Characters in BO1

The first four playable survivors of the Aether story, active from the World at War maps through the Black Ops era.

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  Tank DempseyA loud, fearless United States Marine and a founding member of the Ultimis and Primis crews.
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  Nikolai BelinskiA cynical Soviet soldier whose role grows increasingly central to the Aether story across its Ultimis and Primis timelines.
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  Takeo MasakiA disciplined warrior seeking honor and truth, a founding member of the Ultimis and Primis crews.
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  Edward RichtofenA brilliant and unstable Group 935 doctor whose experiments with Element 115 and the Aether drive the original storyline. His Ultimis and Primis incarnations pursue opposing goals across the multiverse.