Ocelot

Raised by the Philosophers, he participated in the founding of the Patriots. His mother was the last survivor of the Philosophers, The Boss; his father, the Cobra Unit's medium soldier, The Sorrow. He was born on a battlefield in Europe during World War II with the name Adam, but was abducted immediately after birth by a Philosophers operative. For nearly 20 years after his kidnapping, he had no contact with his mother.

In the 1960s, Adam (Ocelot) made the rank of major as a young elite in Russia's military. He later became captain of the Ocelot Unit, an elite team of operatives within the GRU's special forces, Spetsnaz. He participated in the theft and development of the Shagohod together with Colonel Volgin and The Boss.

While squaring off against Naked Snake, who had infiltrated the Soviet Union in 1964 to recover Sokolov, Ocelot attempted to manually load rounds into his automatic pistol (a Makarov), but failed when the weapon jammed. After that encounter, he switched to a weapon devoid of jamming issues, the revolver, which he used exclusively thereafter. He specialized in handling twin guns, and grew to enjoy the tension born from having to pause to reload his weapons.

Taking inspiration from the popular Westerns of the day, he began to practice showy gunplay and trick ricochet shots. His aesthetic drove him to such feats as juggling with three Single Action Army Revolvers.

Furthermore, he developed an aesthetic appreciation for the sadistic torturing methods displayed by Colonel Volgin.

His allegiance with Colonel Volgin in the GRU during the 1960s was far from the result of shared ideals.

Ocelot was a spy for the establishment KGB which stood in opposition to the GRU. He reported every detail of the GRU's revolt back to the KGB, and plotted to use the American spy, Naked Snake, in order to destroy Groznyj Grad.

At the same time, he was a spy for the American CIA, charged with securing the country's secret funds, the "Philosophers' Legacy", then under Colonel Volgin's control.