Nathan Wake was born on April 1st, 2049, in the Commonwealth of America; he went on to live a good life. He was valedictorian, captain of the track team, and a member of both the water polo and basketball teams. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the United States Army. And on May 5th, 2069 Nathan Wake was killed in action.
On May 6th, 2069 the CIA inducted a new agent, Allen Marks. Allen Marks was a Black Ops agent, one of two dozen to be given the honor and burden of saving the world. As a unit they'd perform Ops so dark that when the war was over, the CIA was going to put the survivors on trial for war crimes. Allen Marks wasn't going to survive the war. He would be imprisoned or sentenced to death.
Allen Marks wasn't always in foreign lands, he wasn't always on an op. He spent at least five months of his year in the States planning, prepping, and being a public figure for the CIA.
On July 4th, 2075 he was at a government soirée when he met the assistant DA for the city of Boston, Nora Taylor.
Nora and Allen Marks were married on September 18th, 2076. Their son, Shaun, was born February 12th, 2077.
From March to September, Allen Marks was in Russia investigating a gulag. He was given October to plan and come November, Allen marks was going to free the 213 American prisoners and die during the escape. Nathan Wake was going to be among the rescued prisoners to return to his family.
Allen Marks was going to die – only to become Nathan Wake. He would find his old life. Allen Marks was never meant to survive the war. Nathan Wake was destined to survive everything.
Nora and Shaun were going to be asked to a CIA public office where Allen would explain everything. Nora was going to be angry, but she understood the war. She would call Nathan "Allen" a few times before she finally got used to it. Nathan Wake was going to retire, with honors.
pBut on October 23rd, 2077 the bombs fell. Nathan Wake was never reborn. Allen Marks and his family took shelter in a vault, where Allen was going to tell Nora everything. But they were sealed in Cryogenic chambers, Allen was going to tell Nora everything, but when he awoke from his cryosleep it was to his son horrid sight.

"Let him go, I'm only going to tell you once." Allen couldn't see whoever the scratched sandpapered voice belonged too, he didn't recognize it, but he recognized the next noise. BANG

Allen was going to tell Nora everything, but now she wasn't alive to be told.

Once, Allen Marks had intended to become Nathan Wake, but now, Allen Marks was stuck. He would always be a Black Ops CIA agent and Lord help the soon to be dead man who dared to kill his wife and take his child.
Lord help anyone who stands in his way.