![]() ![]() ![]() He rebels against Dutch, advises (and possibly aids) brother-in-arms John Marston to leave the outlaw life, and goes out on his own terms. ![]() But regardless of the decision, Arthur Morgan emerges for the first time in his life a man free of the manipulations around him. How does he choose to live out his last days on earth? As someone fully embracing wanton nihilism and murdering, looting, and destroying their way through the world? Or someone ever so gradually trying to improve the lives of those around him? It’s ultimately a choice left up to the player. That moment becomes a crossroads for our hero. There’s no plot fussing or hope-clinging, it is then and there Arthur (and us) know he’s going to die. Whether it was the fact that Dutch and Hosea took in Arthur and groomed him to be a psychopath in order to earn their love, the failure of his relationship with Mary Linton, or the death of his son Issac, Arthur has lived a hard life.Ī key plot twist halfway through the game reveals that Arthur has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. Morgan’s gradual transformation from unlikeable, gruff henchman works because it’s supported by a powerful underlying pathos that slowly unfolds throughout the course of the story. When Arthur was revealed to be the protagonist of Red Dead Redemption II, people didn’t really know what to make of him or how he was going to compare to John Marston, one of the most beloved characters in video games. ![]()
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