Her death started the long-standing feud that we see between the O'Driscolls and the Van Der Linde gang throughout the game, and Dutch clearly mentioned several times throughout the game that he had strong feelings for Annabelle.The fact that Arthur Morgan isn't mentioned once in Red Dead Redemption isn't just noted by many fans, but enabled several to accurately predict Arthur's death in advance of Red Dead Redemption 2's release. He fashioned himself into a Robin Hood. At the time, Dutch was an altruistic and idealistic rogue, believing the gang could make a difference in the world. Notable gang members included Arthur Morgan, Micah Bell, John Marston, Abigail Marston, Bill Williamson, and Javier Escuella. Dutch van der Linde was the leader of the infamous Van der Linde Gang, which once operated in West Elizabeth.
It isn't just that he isn't talked about - characters also seem to be slowly forgetting him, willingly or not. What makes less sense is why Bureau men like Edgar Ross — who both investigates the Van der Linde gang and constantly antagonizes John to the point of jokingly suggesting his wife died in prison — would never mention Arthur either.RELATED: Red Dead Online: 15 Moonshiner Tips Everyone Should KnowTaking the events of the two games in order, Arthur isn't just erased from John's world, but the world of Red Dead Redemption at large. It makes sense in some ways — Arthur's death was likely hard for John, and Abigail and Jack are in the custody of the Bureau for much of the first game anyway. At first this might seem like a slightly cheap way to explain why there isn't a single mention of Arthur in Red Dead Redemption. The death of the outlaw is a theme that.
Even the prequel never shows the gang's supposed golden years it begins following the Blackwater job, a robbery attempt gone so wrong that it kills several members and sets the gang on a path of destruction.Even their minor victories like successfully robbing Cornwall's train impound their problems later on. They're already anachronisms, living the frontier outlaw lifestyle long after its heyday. When considering Red Dead's major themes, this goes a long way to reconciling the total absence of the prequel's protagonist from the original game.Red Dead Redemption sees the Van der Linde gang swallowed up by time. Most of the gang is totally lost to the past. Arthur isn't the only Van der Linde gang member who doesn't seem to exist by the time Red Dead Redemption takes place.Almost all of the gang members that John doesn't hunt in the game — outside of Bill Williamson, Javier Escuella, and Dutch van der Linde himself — aren't mentioned in the first game.
My whole life all I ever did was fight But I can't give up neither. Cornered against a cliff in Red Dead Redemption, he says "We can't always fight nature, John. They get their man, but his frozen corpse leads the Bureau to John Marston and to the tragic events of the first game.Dutch sums it up best in a speech he makes across the series.
John Marston's dislike of people mentioning Arthur may seem like a clunky solution, but it also ties into Arthur's story quite well. Arthur can accept it, and in fighting within that acceptance can do more good in his final moments.Arthur's absence from Red Dead Redemption reflects that acceptance of the inevitable that Dutch can never have without giving in to total despair and, in the end, suicide. Dutch tries to fight against the march of time and causes chaos around him. The true possibility for his redemption comes in the potential for him to do good deeds while facing his own total erasure, and acting in spite of the nihilistic knowledge that everyone he helps will one day die themselves.
Instead, their erasure can be read as the true fate Dutch is running from in the first game, and part of the cause of the destruction he leaves in his wake.Red Dead Redemption 2 is out now for PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One.
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