History Characters / RedDeadRedemptionMicahBellIII

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* LongRangeFighter: It's quickly made apparent that Micah is not really good at unarmed combat, as he winds up jailed in Strawberry after a failed altercation with an enemy outlaw, several of the gang members like Javier and Charles are able to knock him to the ground with relative ease, and when he fights Arthur Morgan, he can barely manage that much despite Arthur dying from tuberculosis (though he does get some hits in). Where Micah does shine however is his marksmanship, as he is able to kill 3 men during the Rhodes shootout, and during his final fight with John, [[NoSell is able to counter Dead Eye.]]

* RiddleForTheAges: How long had he been working with the Pinkertons? Milton says he only turned mole after Guarma but there implications it could go as far back as before Blackwater.

** ''Blessed are the Meek?'' is the first chapter to be focused on Micah, taking what was already established about him in the game's opening and expanding on them. Micah being a mean-spirited asshole isn't enough; the very first thing he does upon being broken out of prison is to cause a mass shootout in Strawberry partly to get back his favorite gun and just to get a sick thrill for amusement. If ''Outlaws from the West affirms Micah as the most hated member of Dutch's gang, ''Blessed are the Meek?'' firmly establishes why Micah is the most evil member of the gang; a rabid, sadistic madman who doesn't care about consequences and will kill anything for the sake of entertaining himself.

* EnemyMine: Arthur and Micah only get along in Guarma, when they both agree they need to get off the island.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: If being a murderous outlaw who’s generally a complete asshole isn’t enough, Micah also takes issue with the ethnicities of his fellow gang members. He complains about having to share a room with “darkies” (Lenny and Charles) and [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Bill Williamson]] in Chapter 1, and in camp he can be seen ordering Charles to fetch him something to eat while calling him “redskin”, as well as telling Javier to “fuck off back to Mexico”. He also complains that the none of the gang's women will sleep with him even when his gun is to their heads.

* WeCanRuleTogether: He tries to persuade John Marston to join him in the epilogue after getting in a standoff while using Sadie as a human shield. Given that he's just tried to kill John and threatened to kill Abigail and Jack afterwards, it's pretty clear this is only a ploy so John will lower his gun and Micah can kill him.

* VilerNewVillain: Even though he only appears in a prequel, he is this to Edgar Ross during the first game. Ross at least has a cause he's fighting for, and the people he acts against ''were'' dangerous criminals. Micah just wants to hurt people, and shows equal gusto in gunning down enemy combatants and harmless civilians.

*** This also implies that Micah has been working with the O'Driscolls behind the gang's backs all along.

* InformedFlaw: Arthur frequently insults and belittles Micah's combat skills, his only unwarranted criticism of him. While he's poor at hand-to-hand, Micah is actually one of the gang's best gunmen up with Arthur, John and Dutch, as shown when he guns down three men [[spoiler:in the Rhodes ambush and when he fights John in the Epilogue.]]

* TheMillstone: Micah often gets the gang in trouble with his sadism and poor judgement, [[spoiler: though given the revelation that he's working with the Pinkertons, it becomes questionable how much of that is millstoning and how much of that is active sabotage]]. In the epilogue, he has one last millstone moment with [[spoiler:his death, as hunting down Micah tips off Edgar Ross about John, resulting in the first game.]] Not even ten minutes in the game tells you he is gonna drag the gang down as he accidentally sets Sadie's house on fire just because her panic amused him.

** At Clemens Point, Micah may approach Arthur and offer a sincere-sounding apology to him for [[spoiler:accidentally getting him captured by O'Driscolls.]]

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Edgar Ross, to the point where both are almost complete opposites. Edgar is a man of law who, despite his ruthless methods of justice, [[WellIntentionedExtremist actually has pretty good points for bringing justice]] to such a dangerous environment as TheWildWest. Contrasting this, Micah is [[ChaosIsEvil chaos personified]] and a murderous monster who believes in no other goal than to steal, kill, and destroy all those around him. What they do have in common, however, is that they're both treacherous snakes who are loyal to no one but themselves, and [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty don't pay for their actions until the epilogue of their respective games.]]

* BigBad: The main antagonist of the whole storyline. Not only is he the true informant of the Pinkertons, but he is also the one who is leading the gang to its imminent decline: manipulating Dutch, creating hostilities, and sabotaging the gang. And unlike the other antagonists in the story (unless you count Dutch as another antagonist in "II"), [[BigBadFriend he is the only one who maintains a personal connection with the player and the gang throughout the story]].

* BigBad: The main antagonist of the whole storyline. Not only is he the true informant of the Pinkertons, but he is also the one who is leading the gang to its imminent decline: manipulating Dutch, creating hostilities, and sabotaging the gang. And unlike the other antagonists in the story (unless you count Dutch as another antagonist in "II", [[BigBadFriend he is the only one who maintains a personal connection with the player and the gang throughout the story]].

* BigBad: The main antagonist of the whole storyline. Not only is he the true informant of the Pinkertons, but he is also the one who is leading the gang to its imminent decline: manipulating Dutch, creating hostilities, and sabotaging the gang. And unlike the other antagonists in the story, [[BigBadFriend he is the only one who maintains a personal connection with the player and the gang throughout the story]].

'''Due to Micah's nature as a WalkingSpoiler, ''all spoilers will be unmarked.'' Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!'''

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Edgar Ross, to the point where both are almost complete opposites. Edgar is a man of law who, despite his ruthless methods of justice, [[WellIntentionedExtremist actually has pretty good points for bringing justice]] to such a dangerous environment as TheWildWest. Contrasting this, Micah is [[ChaosIsEvil chaos personified]] and a murderous monster who believes in no other goal than to steal, kill, and destroy all those around him. The one thing they have in common, however, is that they're both treacherous snakes who are loyal to no one but themselves.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Edgar Ross, to the point where both are almost complete opposites. Edgar is a man of law who, despite his ruthless methods of justice, [[WellIntentionedExtremist actually has pretty good points for bringing justice]] to such a dangerous environment as TheWildWest. Contrasting this, Micah is [[ChaosIsEvil chaos personified]] and a murderous monster who believes in no other goal than to steal, kill, and destroy all those around him. The one thing they have in common, however, [[spoiler:is that they're both treacherous snakes who aren't loyal to anyone but themselves.]]