James Dragov

"No one messes with my family. Not the JTF. Not the Division. Not you."

- James Dragov

James Dragov is a former First Wave Division agent, a part of Aaron Keener's squadron of Division rogue agents in Warlords of New York of Tom Clancy's The Division 2.

Profile
Dragov is a former police officer, heavy weapons and defense specialist. His relentless fight for justice made him a legend on the force. Dragov was controlling the Financial District and made it the centre of his black market with the help of the Rikers.

Dragov believes the most important thing is family, which he regards his Rikers as his family.

Biography
James Dragov was born to a Russian crime family. Despite his roots, Dragov had a strong sense of justice, prompting him to join the New York City Police Department, only to discover that it suffered from the same institutional corruption that made it little different from the mob. Hoping to undermine corruption within the NYPD, Dragov undertook efforts to crack down on it, for which he had gained recognition for, which had also led him to be recruited by The Division.

Dragov was activated as part of the First Wave but disappeared in the middle of the prison riots on Rikers Island. Dragov later re-emerged with a group of Rikers and seized control over Wall Street in Lower Manhattan. Since then, Dragov has been identified as the de facto leader of the Rikers after their former leader Larae Barret's death last winter.

Events prior Warlords of New York
As a First Wave Division Agent, Dragov witnessed (and was troubled deeply by) the JTF's disastrous response to the Dollar Flu outbreak on Black Friday. Dragov would be dispatched to Rikers Island where he was tasked with guarding prisoners. Dragov's disillusionment and resentment of Strategic Homeland Division would fester and grow while he was on the island. Ultimately, Dragov killed the warden on Rikers Island. Before leaving, Dragov "threw the keys" to Larae Barrett, which allowed Larae to escape her cell and free her fellow inmates. Dragov, of course, was marked "rogue" as a result.

Sometime after the Second Wave Division agents have reclaimed the city, Dragov was approached by Rikers member, Duchess. Duchess was three cells away from Barrett, and she saw Dragov tossed the keys to Barrett. Duchess told Dragov there has been a power vacuum within the Rikers ever since Barrett's death and invited Dragov to be their new leader and reshape the Rikers.

After Dragov became the Rikers leader, he violently stormed Wall Street and set up a black market for those who have the resources to buy them and somehow obtained an NYPD APC. There was meat, weapons, body armor, ammunition and more. Along the way, he recruited a fellow rogue agent named Marley Yarrow. Rogue Division Agent Aaron Keener then reached out to Dragov for supplies, and threatened him by killing some of his Rikers. Keener offered production of specific chemicals and other supplies in exchange for something that will "make it worthwhile" and not killing his Rikers. Dragov reluctantly agreed to the arrangement.

Dragov told his Rikers to create supplies for Keener, but since Keener was looking for biohazard materials and some even require chemists mixing, not to mention he was moving his operations to Lower Manhattan, he came out short and not able to deliver on time. Keener then killed one of the Rikers member, "Heavy," and told Dragov if he didn't comply the rest of his Rikers will suffer the same consequences. Dragov reluctantly complied for the sake of his new family.

Dragov was present when Keener attempted to turn Division agent Parnell rogue. Keener brought him along as his bodyguard. If Parnell didn't turn rogue, Dragov would execute him. After Parnell joined Keener, he asked Dragov to send some of his Rikers to protect Parnell as he is invaluable to his plans. Dragov then sent Riker member "Judge" and a band of Rikers to protect him.

Warlords of New York
"These bastards have killed your brothers, murdered your sisters and imprisoned you and your family. Are you going to take that? Did we take this place and throw these rich bastards out of Wall Street for nothing? Then show the Division they can't touch us! Show me what you're made of."

- Dragov, rallying the Rikers against the Division

Keener requested help from Dragov to attack the City Hall. He along with Rogue Division agents Javier Kajika, Theo Parnell and Vivian Conley, killed the JTF guarding the site and armed the place with Keener's new bioweapon. The footage of the attack was found by an agent from Washington, D.C., through the footage, the agent was able to identify the preparations.

The Division then launched a manhunt for Aaron Keener and his lieutenants. The agent from Washington, D.C. tried tracking Dragov with limited Intel in the Financial District, but due to Dragov not hiding like his fellow rogue agents, the local Peacekeepers were able to tell the agent that he was in Wall Street running his black-market operation. The agent then stormed the site and attempted to retrieve Keener's supplies. Dragov sent Duchess to deal with the agent, which the agent then killed Duchess and claimed the supplies. The agent then proceeded through the Rikers defenses, destroying the Riker's APC, and made it to the stock exchange building, where Dragov was. Dragov brought along two of his lieutenants (Ron and Knuckles) and set out to kill the agent. The agent, however, eliminated the trio and took Dragov's watch to Division agent Faye Lau for further investigation on Keener.

The agent then went to the pier, where the Rikers kept their supplies, to find out what Keener was looking to get from Dragov. Through an ECHO, it was revealed that Dragov had been supplying Keener with biohazard materials.

Abilities
Heavy Weapons and Defense Specialist. Shown using a Minigun in the story trailer, but not seen in-game.

James Dragov was a unique Rogue Agent armed with a Military RPK-74, Ballistic Shield, Explosive Sticky Bombs and heavy body armor.

Trivia

 * He is the only Division agent to be a Heavy Armored Class Gunner.
 * He uses a Police Riot Shield, written 'POLICJA' (Polish word for 'Police'), instead of the Ballistic Shield.
 * His father was a Russian Mob boss, so even though he was a legend in the police force, he prefers to work with Rikers as his new "family".

Appearances

 * Tom Clancy's The Division 2