While many might know the fates of the Van der Linde gang and the way the events of Red Dead Redemption 2 unfold, they may not understand how each gang member actually became a part of the Van der Linde gang in the primary place, leaving the origins for these outlaws untold.
With so many outlaws as an element of the Van der Linde gang, it’s value knowing how each character found Dutch before the events of Red Dead Redemption 2, and the way joining the Van der Linde gang would without end change their lives for higher or worse.
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Dutch Van der Linde
Dutch Found Hosea, a Man Who Was His Thief Equal
- Performance by: Benjamin Byron Davis
Dutch Van der Linde formed the Van der Linde gang alongside Hosea Matthews after the 2 attempted to rob one another within the mid-1870s. The duo saw their potential after they managed to rob one another, and Dutch’s silver tongue convinced Hosea to partner up as a duo that would rob the wealthy and provides to the poor – a notion that enticed the nice moral standings of Hosea.
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Hosea Matthews
Hosea Found Dutch, An Equally Talented Thief
- Performance by: Curzon Dobell
Hosea Matthews met Dutch Van der Linde at a campfire, where the duo, unknowingly robbed one another at the identical time. Hosea, impressed by Dutch’s skills and charisma, decided to affix him across America because the two would live their very own version of a Robin Hood life to rob the wealthy and provides to the poor, albeit without the interference of the law.
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Arthur Morgan
Arthur Was An Orphan, Raised by Hosea and Dutch
- Performance by: Roger Clark
After the death of Lyle Morgan, Arthur Morgan’s father, Arthur was an orphan who didn’t have much skill, but when he bumped into Dutch and Hosea in 1877, they saw his potential. The duo took Arthur in as their very own and raised him as a son, teaching him how one can read, write, shoot, and turn out to be an outlaw identical to they were.
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Susan Grimshaw
Dutch and Susan Had a Relationship Together
- Performance by: Kaili Vernoff
Also around 1877, Dutch Van der Linde got himself involved with a fiery woman often known as Susan Grimshaw. The romance between them blossomed and can have later fizzled, however the two remained inseparable after she joined up with the trio, turning this old guard of outlaws into the beginnings of a family.
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John Marston
John Was An Orphan, Saved and Raised by Dutch
- Performance by: Rob Wiethoff
Around 1885, a young orphan was to be hanged for thieving but was saved by Dutch Van der Linde. This young orphan was John Marston, who would soon come to be Dutch’s golden boy. Like Arthur, Dutch taught John how one can read and shoot, and John would turn out to be the second son of the gang, with Arthur as his older brother. John is loyal to the Van der Linde gang, but he did leave them for a 12 months after his son Jack was born.
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Josiah Trelawny
A Charismatic Scammer Who Comes and Goes As He Pleases
- Performance by: Stephen Gevedon
It’s likely that Josiah Trelawny joined in with the Van der Linde gang escapades after being won over because of Dutch’s charisma, perhaps when the 2 met in a saloon. Josiah isn’t directly involved with the Van der Linde gang and comes and goes as he pleases, but he often has useful information regarding scores and bank jobs which has him cross paths with Dutch through the years.
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Uncle
A Roaming Freeloader Who Becomes Dutch’s Court Jester
- Performance by: James McBride
Uncle would have joined up with the Van der Linde gang prior to 1894, and it’s not exactly specified why Uncle joined the gang or how Dutch found him. It’s greater than likely that Dutch found Uncle amusing, and saw him as a court jester to maintain him entertained and charmed, even when he was moderately lazy and didn’t like doing any dirty work, or any work in any respect for that matter. Uncle was company to have around, so it’s likely that Dutch saw Uncle moving into drunken trouble in an area town and brought him with him.
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Simon Pearson
A Navy Cook Who Got In Trouble With Loan Sharks
- Performance by: Jim Santangeli
After leaving the Navy after just a brief stint, Simon Pearson was down on his luck and needed the financial aid of loan sharks. Nevertheless, when things went south, Pearson was saved by Dutch Van der Linde, a passerby who took a liking to Pearson’s stories and talents as a cook, and so Pearson joined because the camp’s cook.
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Orville Swanson
A Reverand Who Saved Dutch’s Life
- Performance by: Sean Haberie
Orville Swanson could also be a person of the material, but he’s also a person of alcohol and morphine. Swanson’s strong moral standing never gets in the way in which of his substance abuse, which is why he was of the appropriate mind and body to save lots of Dutch Van der Linde in an unspecified incident, perhaps an altercation at a saloon that Dutch was attempting to rob together with his charisma, just for Swanson to speak everybody down. Dutch owes Swanson, which is why this reverend is allowed to stay around.
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Tilly Jackson
An Orphan Who Fled Her Gang to be Saved by Dutch
- Performance by: Meeya Davis
Tilly Jackson was forced to turn out to be an outlaw on the age of 12 after being kidnapped by the Foreman Brothers, a gang that will abuse her until she retaliated and killed the cousin of the gang’s leader, Malcolm Foreman. Alone and orphaned, Tilly was rescued on the roadside by Dutch Van der Linde, who raised her just as he had done before with Arthur and John.
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Mac & Davey Callander
Two Brothers Who Rode Ruthlessly with the Van der Linde Gang
These two brothers were loyal to the Van der Linde gang, but extremely vicious and able to attack anyone that even checked out them funny. While it’s not known how each Mac and Davey joined the gang, it’s greater than likely that their rough attitude and similar age difference to Arthur and John saw the pairings meet in a saloon, perhaps over a fistfight or a drink – or each.
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Leopold Strauss
An Immigrant Who Was Taken in by Dutch to be the Gang’s Financial Aid
- Performance by: Howard Pinhasik
Strauss looks as if a late addition to the Van der Linde gang because of his more modern ways of compressing money out of individuals by being a loan shark. Strauss was hired as a debtor for the Van der Linde gang after Dutch was impressed together with his intellect and financial skills, but because of Strauss’ immigrant status and the gang’s need for financial records, it’s likely that Strauss was recruited later than other members.
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Bill Williamson
A Frustrated Discharged Soldier Who Tried to Rob Dutch
- Performance by: Steve J. Palmer
After being dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Army, Bill Williamson would hold a grudge against anyone that a lot as checked out him, which is why by 1893, he made a powerful impression on Dutch Van der Linde as this drunken dullard tried to rob him. Dutch empathized with Bill’s frustrations, and brought him home to the gang where he’s been loyal ever since.
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Abigail Roberts
A Prostitute Who Was Dropped at the Van der Linde Gang by Uncle
- Performance by: Cali Elizabeth Moore
1894 saw the Van der Linde gang introduced to Abigail Roberts, an orphan and a prostitute that was brought in by Uncle. Abigail took a liking to John Marston and decided to stick with the Van der Linde gang. While Abigail can have slept with most men within the camp, her affinity to John Marston quickly became love, and her loyalties remained with him.
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Javier Escuella
A Mexican Revolutionist Who Adores Dutch’s Ideas About Society
- Performance by: Gabriel Sloyer
Javier Escuella eloped to America after becoming a notorious criminal in Mexico with a bounty on his head far too high to see him return to his home country. Javier needed to flee his country after killing a vital official in Mexico, and this revolutionary saw sense in Dutch’s ideals after the 2 met while attempting to steal the identical chickens.
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Sean MacGuire
An Irishman Who Tried to Rob Dutch and Hosea
- Performance by: Michael Mellamphy
Somewhere in North Elizabeth, Sean MacGuire saw the proper targets to rob with Hosea Matthews and Dutch Van der Linde. This young Irishman had the flawed men, as that they had already emptied his revolver in order that he couldn’t rob them. As an alternative of punishing the young lad, they gave him a spot to remain inside their gang.
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Karen Jones
A Woman Who Made It Clear She Can Ride With the Boys
- Performance by: Jo Armeniox
It’s unknown how Karen Jones joined the Van der Linde gang, but her loud personality, love for adventure, and the outlaw life, greater than likely made her a first-rate personality for Dutch to pluck out of the lesser society of some small town. It’s likely that Karen was entranced by Dutch’s promise of an outlaw life, resulting in Karen joining in just a few years prior to 1899.
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Molly O’Shea
An Irish Woman of Wealth Who Fell in Love with Dutch and His Lifestyle
- Performance by: Penny O’Brien
Molly got here from a wealthy family in Dublin, Ireland, but later abandoned them in a quest for adventure and romance. She found exactly that in America, where she fell in love with Dutch Van der Linde and joined the gang. Her youthful nature and jealous tendencies make her a freeloader with a relationship that isn’t set to last.
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Mary-Beth Gaskill
A Ragabond who Eloped with the Van der Linde Gang After Being Caught Stealing
- Performance by: Samantha Strelitz
Mary-Beth was a straightforward street urchin who would use her innocent looks to pickpocket and steal off of unsuspecting folk. Nevertheless, after getting on the flawed side of the flawed man, Mary-Beth is hunted for her crime, just for her to fall in with the Van der Linde gang for further protection.
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Lenny Summers
A Young Man Who Runs From the Law After Killing His Father’s Killers
- Performance by: Harron Atkins
Sometime in 1898, the Van der Linde gang bumped into Lenny Summers, a young man on the run from the law after committing a string of murders to avenge the lynching of his father. Lenny saw safety within the Van der Linde gang and decided to stop running from the law alone and begin running from it with a band of execs who would teach him just a few tricks of the trade.
