Red Dead Redemption 2 - Strangers and Other Minor Characters / Characters

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This is a partial character sheet for Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption II. Visit here for the main character index.

Characters outside of the Van der Linde Gang who first appeared in Red Dead Redemption II, set in 1899-1907.

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Acrisius, Proetus, and Helen

Voiced by: David T. Patterson (Acrisius), Bryan Langlitz (Proetus), Kyra Wagstaff (Helen)

Acrisius and Proetus are a pair of strange brothers who are determined to prove their manliness to a woman named Helen, much to her exasperation. Their competition starts with Arthur shooting bottles off their heads and goes downhill from there.

Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other:
- Acrisius and Proetus spend all of their appearances insulting each other, but that all changes after their final challenge to impress Helen: going over a waterfall in two barrels. After nearly dying, both of them are elated that the other survived and decide to never let a woman get in-between them again.
- If Arthur actually shoots and kills them, purposely or not, the other twin will shout the other's name in horror.
Bros Before Hoes: The brothers eventually decide that their relationship matters more than impressing a girl. Helen is a bit disappointed but is content at the fact that they're not trying to get themselves killed anymore.
Cock Fight: Deconstructed. Helen admits she didn't actively discourage the two at first because she loved both of them and was a little intrigued by the situation of men fighting for her, but failing to intervene resulted in their harmless rivalry escalating to dangerous degrees; by the time Arthur enters the picture, they're foolhardy daredevils arguing and insulting each other over anything and everything, with Helen just trying to keep them from killing themselves to win her love.
Did Not Get the Girl: Gender inverted. The brothers decide that Helen is a "siren" who's driven a wedge between them and both of them dump her. Helen, who liked both of them equally and was only trying to stop them from killing themselves, is disappointed by this turn of events.
Hit Me, Dammit!: One of their challenges involves Arthur — all at their insistence — punching them both in the jaw and gut, then finally kicking them in the testicles to prove what hardy, ironclad men they are. They succeed, if only in that they don't pass out from the pain.
Acrisius: There's only one thing for it, then — hit me in the manhood. Don't worry, sir... mine are made of steel... real steel...
[Arthur wordlessly thumps Acrisius in the balls, and he doubles over and falls on his behind with an agonized groan]
Proetus: [laughing] They've come out his EARS! My turn!
[Arthur does the same to him, producing a strangled cry of anguish from Proetus]
Identical Twin ID Tag: Acrisius has muttonchops and wears a yellow plaid suit jacket. Proetus is clean-shaven and wears a navy-blue suit jacket.
Macho Masochism: The brothers are constantly trying to best each other by putting themselves in various suicidal challenges.
Meaningful Name:
- In Greek Mythology, Acrisius was the father of Danaë and grandfather of Perseus, and he tried to drown the pair by locking them in a chest and throwing them into the sea. He had a twin brother named Proetus, and the two were rivals since birth, with some traditions stating that their rivalry led to them inventing shields or even had them fighting in the womb; eventually, it resulted in a war after Acrisius seized Proetus' throne, and the war ended with them splitting their kingdom in half. Some traditions also have Proetus as the father of Perseus instead of Zeus. Fittingly, after nearly drowning in barrels, the two make up and end their rivalry.
- Keeping with the theme, Helen is most likely named for Helen of Troy, whose legendary beauty led to a war, just like how their love for Helen led to the brothers rivalry.
Never My Fault: Ultimately, they blame Helen for driving them to pull off their suicidal antics, even though Helen constantly tries to stop them and it's clear it's their own stupidity that nearly got them killed.
Only Sane Man: Helen is just trying to get the two to stop trying to kill themselves.
Sibling Seniority Squabble: During the third encounter with them, Acrisius objects to being told to follow Proetus because Acrisius is the older twin. Notably, all of their hairbrained contests are first suggested by Proetus, the younger twin.
Too Dumb to Live: Even Helen acknowledges the absolute stupidity of their challenges.
William Telling: Their first encounter with Arthur involves him shooting bottles off their heads.

Agnes Dowd

Voiced by: Kaitlyn Bausch

Reverend Swanson claims to have seen the ghost of a young woman in the swamps of Lemoyne. He is dismissed as crazy, but Arthur can investigate these strange sightings for himself, where he can find a tragic tale....

Anachronic Order: In each encounter with her, says a part of her tale in anachronic order.
Boy Meets Ghoul: For what it's worth, Agnes seems flattered if Arthur has seen her tell her life story through to the end, and invites him to come see her at 'our tree' (the tree where she hanged herself).
Broken Bird: The poor girl has gone through a lot, and now she spends her afterlife endlessly wandering the swamps where she took her own life.
Dating What Daddy Hates: The man she fell in love with was of a lower class, as her mother called him "hillbilly trash".
Driven to Suicide: Her final sighting occurs at the spot where she died - a tree with a noose hanging from it.
Living Memory: At first it appears that the 'ghost' is repeating significant events from her past life that led up to her death, but her final appearance confirms she is, in fact, a sentient ghost and is aware Arthur is watching her.
Love-Obstructing Parents: Her parents did not approve of her loved one, to the point where her father pulled a gun on her. Eventually, she was forced to leave her boyfriend to satisfy them.
Parental Abandonment: She got pregnant with her lover's child and it’s hinted that she gave her baby away.
Patricide: Her tombstone on Shady Belle mentions that she took the lives of others before her own; her lines hint that she killed her own father after he gunned down her lover.
Mysterious Mist: Her shimmering figure will only appear on cloudy nights when fog blankets the swamps.
The Voice: Sometimes she's only heard as a disembodied voice during her apparitions, during these times a ghostly face may appear at the right side of the screen.
Virgin Tension: According to her lines, she gave her virginity to her loved one; when he dumped her she laments that "No one will have her now".

Albert Mason

Voiced by: Matt Walton

A hapless wildlife photographer.

City Slicker: Despite having a great passion for nature, it's obvious from the outset that he's out of his depth in the wilderness, always requiring assistance with the local fauna and not even seeming to understand that wolves would be agitated by exploding flash powder.
Distressed Dude: He needs to be saved by Arthur from the various wildlife he tries to photograph. He even refers to himself as this by name.
The Klutz: He’s clumsy and fumbling, and often doesn't fully consider his own safety.
Morality Pet: He's one of the few strangers that Arthur likes and helps out without any promise of reward. Arthur sticks his neck out several times to ensure he's not eaten by the very wildlife he's trying to photograph.
Nature Lover: His primary motivation. Even though he doesn't always understand how best to survive in nature, his passion for the animals and his firm belief in conservation and preservation can’t be questioned.
Nice Guy: Without a doubt one of the most amicable and well-intentioned personalities in the game. Along with a few other examples, it's with Mason that the "gold" of Arthur's Jerk with a Heart of Gold tendencies really shine before the later chapters set in.
Odd Friendship: Despite some teasing, and occasionally outright mocking, on Arthur's end, the two have a rather genuine friendship. Arthur is even genuinely touched by the photograph of a pack of wolves he gets from Albert.
Suspiciously Similar Substitute: A minor character whom the protagonist comes across several times in the wild and must save from the dangerous situations they often place themselves in while they're out seeking to capture the spirit of the dying Wild West in the hopes of appeasing people back East? Albert's motivations may be considerably more benign, but he could still give Jimmy Saint a run for his money in the "What were you expecting to happen when you put yourself in this position?" category.

Alphonse Renaud

Dr. Alphonse Renaud

Voiced by: Leroy McClain

A highly educated black man who came to the South to give free medical treatment to the poor and disenfranchised. On arrival in Rhodes he was promptly harassed by racists and had his cart stolen; he barely escaped castration, defenestration, disembowelment, crucifixion, and/or lynching for being black, being a northern yankee, being educated, and using too many fancy words. Arthur goes to retrieve his Doctor's Cart from the people who stole it.

Apologises a Lot: He's just been robbed when Arthur meets him, and so apologizes left and right so as not to anger Arthur. Strongly implied to be a deliberate act, however, as he's clever enough to deduce that Arthur wasn't of a local influence, and also that he could be a bounty-hunting gunslinger who may possibly offer to help him retrieve his wagon (which Arthur eventually does).
Nice Guy: An altruistic doctor who uses his medical practice to help people who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford the quality of healthcare and advice he offers; he also rewards Arthur with instructional literature that teaches him how to craft special miracle tonics after the latter finds and returns his wagon.
Pet the Dog: One of the few strangers that Arthur offers his help to without promise of a reward - in fact, he's the one to propose it.
Sherlock Scan: Why would it occur to Dr.Renaud to suddenly begin making profuse apologies to what seems like a random and unassuming passer-by if Arthur could've been anyone else in town? That's probably because Arthur wasn't like most other locals in Rhodes (i.e. he wasn't a local at all), which a highly perceptive character like Alphonse would have been able to quickly pick out.

Amos Bell

Micah's brother, who lives in San Francisco and wants nothing to do with the outlaw business or Micah. Only appears in a letter he sends to Micah.

The Atoner: Used to be a criminal alongside his brother and father, but now has a family and seeks to make up for all he did by raising his daughters right.
Cain and Abel: The Abel to Micah's Cain. His letter shows he's trying to avert the 'murder' part of the trope, saying that if Micah doesn't stay away, Amos will kill him. Micah, for his part, despises Amos and thinks he's a coward.
Even Evil Can Be Loved: Played with. He loves Micah, but at the same time acknowledges that he's bad news and doesn't want Micah anywhere near him.
The Ghost: Lives in California and only appears via letter.
Good Parents: Has daughters, and wants to do right by them.
Henpecked Husband: According to Micah, at least.
Papa Wolf: Part of the reason he wants to keep Micah away is because he wants to shield his daughters from the depravity that Micah represents.
White Sheep: Micah the 2nd is a wanted murderer, Micah the 3rd is a psycho, and their ancestors are said to be "a long line of bad men." Amos is trying to go straight.

Andreas

Voiced by: Dieter Riesle

A German settler.

Character Witness: Arthur helps to save him from some outlaws early on. Later, after Arthur collapses from his disease, he hazily sees Andreas and his wife ministering to him.

Andrew Bell III

Voiced by: Matt Ballard

An inventor who want to market his electric chair as a "humane" alternative to public hanging.

Black Humor: Much of his story arc is based around the claims he's doing humanity a great service by making...the electric chair.
Blatant Lies:
- He keeps up the charade that his electric chair is a more humane alternative to public hanging even as his victim is quite obviously being slowly cooked alive.
- He also claims that there will be large amounts of money for Arthur/John if he helps but is one of the few Strangers to flat out give him nothing, albeit because he dies while demonstrating his invention.
Historical In-Joke: A particularly dark one in that the inventor of the electric chair did claim it was more humane but the first man executed died in utter agony.
One-Steve Limit: Funnily enough has the same last name and "III" at the end of it as Micah.
Hoist by His Own Petard: He gets accidentally electrocuted by his invention during the presentation, dying even quicker than his subject.
Mad Scientist: He praise the electric chair a "machine of love" and a merciful solution for condemned criminals.
Ungrateful Bastard: He's very grateful seeming but repeatedly defers paying Arthur anything for his requests, including 100 gallons of moonshine that is worth a small fortune in this time.

Bertram, Miss Marjorie, Magnifico

Bertram, Miss Marjorie, and Magnifico

Voiced by: Paul Guyet (Bertram), Elizabeth Keifer (Marjorie), Frank Simms (Magnifico)

Members of a traveling circus. Miss Marjorie is the manager, Bertram is a (mentally disabled) strongman, and Magnifico is a dwarf magician.

Abusive Parents: Miss Marjorie serves as a mother figure to Bertram and Magnifico, but verbally and seemingly physically abuses them.
Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Subverted. While Magnifico does harbor a touch of affection for Marjorie, he genuinely doesn't seem to like Bertram, and Marjorie's spiteful, hot-and-cold behavior appears to be a way to manipulate Bertram, who would be helpless without her, like a controlling mother, and financially control Magnifico, who has limited options of employment. Their on-stage performance in Saint Denis culminates in Magnifico going off-script and ripping Marjorie's top off to give the crowd a thrill, and her chasing him with a whip.
Handsome Lech: Magnifico is a charismatic showman and very much a man driven by his libido.
Jerkass: Majorie and Magnifico both mock Bertram’s intelligence (or lack thereof).
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: It's not clear whether Magnifico can actually teleport or if he's just using smoke bombs and illusions to make it look like he can. His ability to seemingly pass through a moving train to get to its other side totally confounds Morgan.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: Bertram resembles Simon Metz 'the Pinhead', a man born with microcephalus made famous by Ripley's Believe It or Not! and his appearance in the film Freaks.
Ragtag Band of Misfits: There's little other way to describe this particular trio. They are very entertaining, though.

Blind Man Cassidy

A dollar for your future... a dollar for your fate...

Voiced by: Tom Hair

A blind man Arthur and John occasionally run across.

Blind Seer: He's a blind old man who possesses clairvoyance to some degree, even being able to accurately prophecize things four years in advance in the case of John.
Brutal Honesty: His prophecies often carry some hard truths, like that despite all Arthur's efforts, it's too late and Dutch isn't going to break out of his downward spiral, and that John is going to get caught by the government.
Call-Forward: While Arthur receives Foreshadowing from him, John gets these instead. He warns that John's Revenge Before Reason about Micah will backfire (it tips off Ross about his location) and that two men will come for him; one (Ross) hates him and will force him to work for the government, and Cassidy has no idea what the other (the Strange Man)'s deal is.
Cassandra Truth: Rather bluntly tells Arthur that Dutch is a lost cause and Arthur should never have followed him, but Arthur won't listen until the final chapter. In the epilogue, he tells John that pursuing Micah will end badly, but John will go to kill him anyway. It's this mistake that causes Edgar Ross to catch him.
Foreshadowing: All of his dialogue consists of cryptic hints regarding Arthur's future. Including Arthur's eventual death, Micah's betrayal, and Dutch's descent into insanity.
Pet the Dog: When he foretells bad things, he often makes some effort to comfort his customer.
Your whole life is one of regret... but it can end better than it began.
Bad news awaits you, sir. Sadly, sooner than you think. But beyond the news, paradise awaits. Paradise...
You're a fool, fiend. But not as much a fool as you think, nor such a fiend. The past is done, the future is yet to come...
They will come for you, friend. When they do, you will not have a choice. But you have lived better than most.

Bray and Tammy Aberdeen

Voiced by: Ryan Woodle (Bray), Katie Paxton (Tammy)

A pair of hillbillies living out in a farm in the swamps.

Abusive Parents: Ma and Pa Aberdeen beat and possibly sexually abused Bray and Tammy, and at some point they killed their parents, and fed them to the family pigs.
Affably Evil: Creepy though they may be, the Aberdeens are nothing but cordial towards Arthur, allowing him to lounge around their house for as long as he likes and letting him go freely if he chooses to leave. Drink or eat any of the stuff they offer, though...
Brother–Sister Incest: The two are siblings and make a bunch of creepy, lecherous comments to each other. Arthur does a Double Take when he realizes they are related.
Fat Bastard: Bray is far heavier than any other enemy encountered in the game and can withstand melee longer than others. His weight also means he's unable to be hogtied.
Fed to Pigs: What they did to their Ma and Pa.
Hillbilly Horrors: Inbred incestuous sibling hillbillies who poison and rob travelers and apparently worship their dead mother.
Hillbilly Incest: Bray and Tammy are evil hillbilly siblings who have an incestuous relationship with one another.
Honey Trap: Tammy will come on heavily to Arthur, with Bray's approval, promising him sex after dinner. There is no after dinner.
Laser-Guided Karma: After being left for dead in a mass grave, Arthur can kidnap Tammy and leave her in the same grave, with her crying and screaming.
No Historical Figures Were Harmed: Clearly inspired by the Bloody Benders.
No-Sell: Due to his abnormally large size, Bray cannot be hogtied or neutralized non-lethally in any way. He can also survive being hit by a fire bottle.
Oh, Crap!: Their reaction to Arthur showing up after poisoning and dumping him in the grave. But Tammy especially if you keep her alive, and take her to the same grave. She immediately knows where she is, and the implications of Arthur taking her there, and suffers a massive breakdown; screaming terrified denials, crying out for her momma, and desperately apologizing and pleading for him to spare her.
Peek-a-Boo Corpse: Mama Aberdeen's skull and bones can be found sitting in a closet upstairs. Both the siblings are pretty chill about this if Arthur brings it up.
The Secret of Long Pork Pies: Implied with Tammy's stew, which Arthur says is tasty but "different". Bray is then seen eating his stew, before biting down on and then pulling out something suspiciously tooth sized.
Serial Killer: Judging by the number of skeletons in the grave they dump Arthur in, they've been killing quite a lot of people.
Shmuck Bait: Arthur can choose whether he wants to drink Aberdeen's 'good stuff' or not. It's made pretty clear drinking this is not a wise choice.
Villainous Incest: They don't even bother hiding it.

Brother Aldred Dorkins and Sister Calderón

Voiced by: Max Eddy (Brother Dorkins), Irene DeBari (Sister Calderón)

A monk and a nun who work in Saint Denis.

Ascended Extra: In the first game, Mother Superior Calderón appears in two Stranger side-missions and wasn't even named until Undead Nightmare where she is given a larger role and her name is revealed. In this game, though still minor, she has multiple encounters with Arthur and in the High Honour route, will give him some spiritual advice to him before his death.
Dark and Troubled Past: Sister Calderón is implied to have a rough past before becoming a nun and she mentions she also has lost a husband long ago.
Excellent Judge of Character: Despite Arthur telling her that he’s not a good person, Sister Calderón insists that he is after seeing all the good deeds he had done. The player can prove her right by making Arthur doing honorable actions throughout the game and ensure John is able to escape.
Good Shepherd: They both care a great deal for the poor and lost in Saint Denis.
Mirror Character: Sister Calderón wasn't the most virtuous person before becoming a nun. In fact, she implies she was as bad as Arthur was, and now has a "it takes a sinner to heal one" attitude.
One Degree of Separation: Little does Calderón know that the nice Samaritan she met in Saint Denis in 1899 is a good friend to gunslinger she meets in Mexico in 1911.
Rank Up: After leaving for Mexico in 1911, she rises to the ranks of Mother Superior by the time Marston meets her.
Small Role, Big Impact: Sister Calderón's speech to Arthur in the most honorable path is what finally convinces him that he isn't meant to be a bad person anymore, though the ending is the same, Arthur's change in mindset during this scene is much more significant than if you meet Swanson instead.
You Are Better Than You Think You Are: If the player has completed her missions and has high honor, Arthur will meet with Sister Calderón one last time. She'll tell him that despite his belief to the contrary, he's a good man, and every time she sees him he's always helping other people.

Cave Dweller

Voiced by: Steve Routman

A mysterious man found hiding in a cave.

Big Red Devil: Dresses up as Satan — complete with a crimson cloak over a faded black suit and two tufts on his head styled into horns — and shouts "I'm the Devil!" to scare away people. If the player is unmoved, he'll admit he's not really the Devil, but he wants to be, and hopes that's kind of scary in itself.
The Hermit: He is found hiding in a cave, and he makes it clear he doesn't want to be bothered.
Misanthrope Supreme: Unlike the Giant, who lives alone to avoid being persecuted, this guy bugged out and left humanity of his own volition.

Charles Châtenay

Voiced by: Alan Mozes

A self-absorbed artist who fled Paris to Saint Denis.

Ambiguously Bi: It's implied from one woman gushing to her husband about Charles's work in the gallery that his portraits are all of people he's bedded, making the inclusion of a man named Henry all the more interesting. He also seems to relish the attention he gets when two men catcall him from a boat.
Cloudcuckoolander: He is oblivious to the consequences of his actions; for instance, he paints nudes pictures of several people and then invites them — as well as their families — to an exhibition, which promptly breaks out into a riot when various people take offense to nude depictions of their loved ones.
Disguised in Drag: He makes his exit from America dressed as a lady, and not a very convincing one. He doesn't even bother to shave his beard off, instead opting to cover it in makeup.
Fake-Out Make-Out: When he spots someone who might recognize him in drag, he hides his face by suddenly grabbing Arthur and kissing him. Arthur is not happy about this.
Flat "What": During their final mission, the first group of people Charles has to dodge is identified with "I know those men! I shat on their bar!" Arthur (who has already witnessed and enjoyed the brawl at the art gallery and other forms of chaos Charles creates) can only repeat it in astonishment.
French Jerk: Charles is a Frenchman who takes pride in being a "whole ass"; while he's friendly to Morgan, he spends most of his time sleeping with the wives of married men. He gladly acknowledges how stereotypical he is on their first meeting:
Charles: I don't know — what do you do?
Arthur: Mostly, I just shoot people.
Charles: [Chuckles] How very American of you. I love it.
Arthur: What d' you do?
Charles: Oh, mostly I... I pose, I show off, I complain.
Arthur: Well, how very French.
Charles: I know — [laughs] I am ridiculous!
Hypocritical Humor: Part of his goodbye letter to Arthur says that he "detest[s] selfish asses more than civilisation itself". It doesn't sound very convincing coming from a guy who proudly describes himself as an whole ass, states that his life's goal is offending as many people as he can, and mainly objects to civilization because he isn't celebrated as a genius or allowed to have sex with married women there.
It Amused Me: Does pretty much whatever he wants, whenever he wants, often for no other reason than it would be funny. In their final meeting he mentions being amusing as one thing he's got going for him, and indeed Arthur's continued intervention on his behalf is likely to be for this reason.
No Historical Figures Were Harmed: A parody of French Bohemianism and Impressionism in general. His exhibition, in particular, marks him and his art as a parody of Édouard Manet and Manet's Olympia, which faced similar outrage.
- He also bears more than a passing resemblance to Paul Gauguin. The paintings he shows at the exhbibition are similar stylistically to the naive style of Gauguin's work before he went to Tahiti. There's also the fact that he ends his questline by fleeing to Tahiti.
- His extreme hedonist lifestyle of drinking and women, as well as painting his presumed sexual conquests, is an allusion to Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who was obsessed with the prostitutes of Paris and eventually died of alcoholism and untreated syphilis.
Odd Friendship: He develops one with Morgan, who keeps saving his life even though Arthur himself admits he doesn't know why.
One-Steve Limit: Averted since he shares his name with one of Arthur's fellow gang members, Charles Smith. It probably helps though that this one uses the French pronunciation.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: His antics eventually end up earning him enough enemies that he's forced to leave America.

Charlotte Balfour

Voiced by: Emily Dorsch

A grieving widow who had recently lost her husband in a bear attack.

Anywhere but Their Lips: She gives Arthur a peck on the cheek in their last meeting. Justified, since she's still grieving for her husband.
Back for the Finale: After the epilogue, John can meet her to inform her of Arthur's death.
City Mouse: What she was before she and her husband moved to the country.
Expy: Charlotte's circumstances, background, voice and speech patterns make her come off as one for Alma Garrett from Deadwood.
Honor Before Reason: She knows nothing about surviving in the wild, but is determined to honor the memory of her husband by doing just that. If Arthur interacts with her but doesn't help her, she's dead by the epilogue.
Killed Offscreen: If Arthur chooses not to help her, Charlotte will later be seen on the floor, dead in her cabin. It's unknown how she met her end, but there's two possible options that are both sad.
Nice Girl: When Arthur collapses from a bout of tuberculosis, Charlotte quickly nurses him back to health and even leaves some jewelery behind for Arthur to take should he need it.
Schrödinger's Canon: If you start her questline in 1899 but don't finish it as Arthur, she'll be dead by the time John reaches her in 1907. However, if Arthur never meets/interacts with her, she'll still be alive for John to meet and help in the epilogue.
Ship Tease: Before parting ways with Arthur for the last time, she gives him a kiss on the cheek.
She Cleans Up Nicely: She initially appears unkempt and somewhat sickly, due to mourning her husband and inability to survive in the wild on her own. But when Arthur and John meet her the final time, it shows that her condition has improved a lot.
Took a Level in Badass: When Arthur first meets her, she can't hunt anything. But thanks to his tutelage, she becomes an experienced hunter who's capable of fending for herself.

Chelonian Master

Voiced by: Jim Conroy

Leader of a religious sect that managed to ensnare Mary Linton's younger brother Jamie.

Cloudcuckoolander: How Arthur initially perceives their religion devoted to safety.
Cult: He leads one.
Not-So-Harmless Villain: Arthur initially takes the Chelonians to be a bunch of harmless nutters. Their Suicide Pact suggests otherwise.
Suicide Pact: If you kill the Chelonian Master during the trip to fetch Jamie, his disciples will throw themselves off the mountainside in an apparently rehearsed act, causing the mission to fail.
Disciple: He has fallen, so we must rise!
- In the epilogue, the Chelonian street preacher in Saint Denis will inform you that there is a new Master. If you investigate their location, the new Master (who looks noticeably more unhinged than the first, dressed in a crude turtle costume) actively leads his disciples to jump off the cliff. Amusingly, John can follow them off the cliff, joining their death cry of "Chelonia!"

Chester Damsen

Voiced by: Karen Murphy

An opera singer who happens to have a notoriously bad singing voice.

Gender-Blender Name: She appears to have a man's first name, which fits this to a T.
- Interestingly, her ped model is listed as male in the game files. It is somewhat ambiguous whether her name really is "Chester" or she's just going by her husband's name. (Married women going by their husband's name rather than their own was common in this time period.)
Hollywood Tone-Deaf: Her singing appears to be somewhat off when she's singing for Josiah Trelawny, unaware that she is being used as a pawn for the stagecoach robbery.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: May be based at least partially on Florence Foster Jenkins, who was also a famous opera singer known for her poor singing voice.

Dorothea Wicklow

Voiced by: Catherine Curtin

A middle-aged suffragette making her case on the streets of Saint Denis.

The Determinator: She can be found still campaigning for her right to vote post-timeskip, which in itself is an historical case of Truth in Television - suffragettes had a reputation for being tireless campaigners, many of whom persisted for decades if not their entire lifetime. They undoubtedly had a pivotal role in women eventually being granted the right to vote (at least in the UK) by the late 1920s.
Nice Girl: She ultimately just wants women to be acknowledged on equal terms, and proves to be friendly and communicative when the protagonist approaches her during her speech, which she pauses from to address. Even her reaction to Arthur's facetious response amounts to her rolling her eyes and lightly chastising him for his cynicism.
No Historical Figures Were Harmed: As an obvious representative of the late 19 - early 20C feminist movement of the time, she bears a strong visual resemblance to Susan B. Anthony, and the speech she makes in St.Denis seems to be at least partly derived from, or inspired by Emmeline Pankhurst's 'Freedom or Death' speech.
Right for the Wrong Reasons: She says that once women get the right to vote, they’ll elect a woman president within ten years. She’s right in that that a woman became president during that time but she wasn’t elected. Right after the 19th Amendment was ratified by the states in 1919, Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him unable to do the job. His wife, Edith, stepped up and essentially did the job for about a year and a half in his stead (the 25th Amendment which set up a protocol for what would happen if a president was rendered incapacitated wasn’t ratified until 1967). By the time his term ended, he was well enough for her to take a step back. She wasn’t elected but Mrs, Wilson was, for all intents and purposes, the first female president and it happened right after women gained the right to vote.
Straw Feminist: Averted. While her speeches are apparently grating to some players and she does make one or two hypothetical statements in her argumentation, she's nonetheless never depicted as misandristic, seeing men as equal to women rather than inferior, and the game makes a point to express her campaign (along with that of other featured suffragettes) in a sympathetic light.
The Suffragette: She is an activist who is fighting to allow women to vote.
Women Are Wiser: Appears to harbour this belief in some of her rhetoric. How resonant it is with the player is left to personal discretion.

Edgar, Elijah, Ethan, Ezra, and Mama Watson

Voiced by: Leslie Alexander (Mama Watson)

A family of criminals living in an isolated cabin.

The Family That Slays Together: All five of them are related, and they are all criminals.
Family Theme Naming: All four of the Watson sons have names that begin with the letter 'E.'

Evelyn Miller

Voiced by: Gibson Frazier

An author who writes about the wonders of nature. Dutch is an avid follower of his work.

Creator Breakdown: In-universe: After moving to a remote cabin in the wilds to focus on his writing, he becomes so obsessed with his work that he ultimately dies of starvation.
Hypocrite: Downplayed. Despite writing about the wonders of nature and dangers of civilization, he led a privileged life and didn't really follow the idealized life he wrote about in his books. Upon realizing this, he moves to a remote cabin in West Elizabeth to better follow the lifestyle he praises in his writings.
Know-Nothing Know-It-All: In the eyes of Lenny, Miller's only talent is spinning fancy but useless words and he understands nothing about the plight of the lower class.
Nature Lover: His life's work is all about writing about the wonders of nature.
Nice Guy: He's sympathetic to the plight of the Wapiti and tries to help Rains Fall with the politicians of Saint Denis.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: Between his occupation as a writer, his love of nature, his activism in support various causes and his appearance, he's clearly inspired by Henry David Thoreau.
Small Role, Big Impact: He is the one who introduces Arthur to Rains Fall and Eagle Flies and isn't seen again. John Marston can find him later in the mountains.
- Dutch based a lot of his worldview and personal philosophy on Miller's works, which in turn colored his particular brand of outlaw banditry. This in turn is what drew others to his cause. So without his writing, there probably wouldn't have been a Van der Linde gang in the first place.
Viking Funeral: After reading the last thing he wrote, John decides to set the cabin on fire as per Miller's last request.

Giant

Voiced by: Jake Hart

A giant hiding in a cave.

Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: It's a giant living in a cave. Deleted dialogue reveals that he escaped from a circus freakshow and has since taken to the wilderness after being unable to find a place in society.
Speaks Fluent Animal: In lieu of any human company, he implies that he talks to the animals instead, who tell him the state of the world.
Stepford Smiler: He talks in a very soft, friendly tone, but it's clear that he's suffered very badly throughout his life.
The Voice: He can't be seen, but his voice can be heard.

Mr. Gillis

Voiced by:Robert Newman

The father of Mary, Arthur's ex-lover.

Abusive Parents: He is verbally abusive to both his children, to the point that Jamie has suicidal tendencies.
The Alcoholic: The man is addicted to alcohol to the point he built up debt.
Asshole Victim: How he died by 1907 is unknown, but one thing is for sure, no tears are shed for the man.
The Bully: According to Arthur, he is one, and it especially shows as Gillis pushes his own family members around by verbally abusing them.
Dirty Coward: According to Arthur, he is one, implying that he's no more than an unpleasant man who verbally insults others but will be brow-beaten in a confrontation.
Fat Bastard: Gillis has a pot belly, likely as a result from his drinking habits.
The Gambling Addict: One of Gillis past times. He doesn't seem to be a good one though as he collected a lot of debt to the point he sells his late wife's brooch.
Hate Sink: Gillis is a horrible man who abuses both his children, wastes the family fortune on alcohol, gambling, and whoring, and even paid his debt by selling his late wife's brooch (which wasn't his to sell, as it was left to their daughter Mary).
Hypocrite: For all his talk about Arthur being a no-good murderer and thief as an outlaw, Gillis' proves to be no better than him despite being a "law-abiding citizen." As not only is he a bully and a coward, according to Arthur, who treated his family like dirt, but is constantly racking up debt from his constant gambling, drinking, and whoremongering, and making shady deals with loan sharks in order to pay off his debt.
Jerkass Has a Point: Deconstructed. He's right to criticize Arthur for being an outlaw, especially if the player is at low-honor, but this criticism falls flat as his poor treatment of his family, alcoholism, gambling addiction, whoremongering, and shady dealings don't give Gillis any room to point fingers.
Lack of Empathy: He doesn't care about the feelings of others, even his own family members. This is best shown when not only he is abusive towards both his children, he is willing to sell his late wife's valuables to pay off his debt.
Last-Name Basis: He's mostly only referred to by his surname.
Noodle Incident: How and why Gillis ended up dead at Coot's Chapel by 1907 is unknown.
Riches to Rags: Judging by the clothes he and his daughter wear, it is implied the Gillis family are richer (if not wealthy) than most family in the game's setting. Due to Mr. Gillis' poor habits however, he resorts into selling his late wife's brooch to pay off his gambling debts and by 1907, he is found wearing simpler clothes.
Small Role, Big Impact: He is one of the reason why Arthur is unable to be in a relationship with Mary.
Took a Level in Jerkass: According to Mary, Mr. Gillis wasn't always the unpleasant man like he is in the game, but there's also a possibility of her being an Unreliable Expositor.

Gloria

Voiced by: Priscilla Lopez

A resident of Guarma who helps guide Dutch and Arthur through some caves that lead into Fussar's compound.

Asshole Victim: She threatens Dutch at knife point for more gold after he already gave her all he had. Even then Arthur is disturbed by how savagely Dutch killed her.
Gonk: With some justification - even taking into account that she may be younger than she looks, she's solidly past the sixties benchmark (mind, this ISN'T to suggest that old age is automatically a direct indication of unattractiveness so much as the fact that the rigors of her circumstances have resulted in her aging more harshly), and being a decades-long local inhabitant of an island dictated through indentured servitude while constantly on the brink of poverty means she probably hasn't led a charmed life.
Greed: She is openly contemptuous of Arthur and Dutch and makes it clear that she is only helping them because Dutch promised her a lot of gold.
Jerkass: Not only does she demand a heavy payment for her guiding service, she also insults her customers behind their backs as well.
Too Dumb to Live: Shaking down dangerous outlaws after being paid a great deal already.

Guido Martelli

Voiced by: Emanuele Ancorini

A Mafia boss who seizes power in Saint Denis. He is also a main character in Red Dead Online.

All There in the Manual: Even though he's never introduced, he has a character model and is right besides Bronte in the Mayor's party.
Ascended Extra: Despite being barely present in the story, he appears in person in Online to start the Blood Money side missions and is ultimately the person who the quest givers are answering to.
Rank Up: Right hand man and underboss of Angelo Bronte who took over his organization after the death of his boss.
The Mafia: He's a Mafia boss.

Hamish Sinclair

Voiced by: Brian O'Neill

A one-legged veteran.

Animal Nemesis: Has several, whom Arthur/John is able to help him hunt down. One of them even leads the two of them into an elaborate ambush after stalking him for days.
Artificial Limbs: He has a prosthetic leg.
Cool Horse: His horse Buell has very high stats, is one of the few horses with a backstory, and can even be inherited once Hamish dies.
Cool Old Guy: He's one of the few strangers who after the first encounter is in no need of real help, but Arthur/John decides to visit simply because he likes him.
Handicapped Badass: More than holds his own despite having only one leg and needing a prosthetic.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: He ends up getting gored to death by a huge wild boar during his final mission.
Intergenerational Friendship: Arthur/John admires him and genuinely enjoys spending time with him.
Last Request: As he bleeds out from the boar attack, he asks Arthur/John to take care of his horse.
Nice Guy: After all the paranoid maniacs and naive idiots you encounter in the game, Hamish turns out to be nothing but a good and decent man who speaks politely despite his gruffness, has no ulterior motives, doesn't get envious or suspicious, is generous despite his humble means, and genuinely enjoys the company of others.
Shell-Shocked Veteran: Subverted, despite recounting some grisly tales to Arthur/John he's shown to be completely fine and stable after the war despite his disability.

Hayden Russell

Voiced by: Paul O'Brian

An apparent Union Army veteran who has yet to realize that the Civil War is over. Supposedly a captain in spite of wearing an enlisted soldier's uniform. Whether he has deluded himself into believing he got a commission or used the uniform of a subordinate is never explained.

Amnesia Loop: Is convinced, every time you meet him over the course of any number of days, that it is April 14, 1862, and cannot be persuaded otherwise.
Desperately Needs Orders: Has spent up to 37 years by 1899 sitting in a shack in Roanoke Ridge waiting to be ordered by a "General Scollick" to advance into and take Saint Denis from the Confederates.
I Will Wait for You: For a messenger from "General Scollick", specifically, for around 40 years.
NPC Amnesia: Justified. No matter how many times the player reencounters him, he will never remember whether Arthur/John claimed to be from the North or the South, which makes sense if he has anterograde amnesia specifically: he hasn't been able to form new memories since 1862.
Old Soldier: Has stood watch from his shack in Roanoke Ridge since the 1860s and can certainly still kill the player with, given the context, what is probably a very well-maintained rifle.
Still Fighting the Civil War: Not out of nostalgia, and the Union having won, not out of denial, either.
Trigger-Happy: Subverted, surprisingly for an armed veteran as...unwell as he is. Russell never lets loose on the player immediately and instead asks to make sure they're not a Confederate first, politely answering a few questions as to what exactly he thinks he's doing.
Undying Loyalty: Disregarding the fact that he only continues to fight the Civil War decades after its end, when it was actually still going on, he did so as part of the Unionist 29th Ambarino Volunteer Infantry Regiment; to completely willingly decide to fight for the North even from as far south as Ambarino is deeply impressive.
Victory-Guided Amnesia: If he was told that the North won, he's forgotten.

Hector Fellowes

Voiced by: Paul Niebanck

A newspaper publisher who tries to back out of a promise to fund a library in Saint Denis.

Corrupt Corporate Executive: Rich enough to fund a library but cheap enough to try to weasal out.
Wealthy Philanthropist: He becomes this after the protagonist threatens him.

Heidi McCourt

A woman who died in the Blackwater disaster.

Ambiguous Situation: What exactly were the circumstances of her shooting, and how deliberate was it on Dutch's part? John claims in II that Micah encouraged it, but doesn't elaborate; Javier offers the excuse that she was killed "in a bad way, but it was a bad situation". The Strange Man's description of her dead body implies that, like Muriel Scranton at the bank, Dutch may have shot her in the back of the head during a hostage situation or struggle.
Strange Man: Pretty girl — until her eye was hanging out by a thread of tendon, and her brain was plastered over a wall.
Minor Role Major Impact: Possibly, assuming if the interpretation that her death triggered the Blackwater Massacre is true. She never appears and almost nothing is known about her, but her death at Dutch's hands allegedly starts the Blackwater massacre and forces Dutch's gang to flee, leading to the events of the other games in the Redemption series. If Dutch simply hadn't shot her, it's possible they would have gotten away with the Blackwater heist and none of the events in the games would have happened.
Plot-Triggering Death: More directly for this game but also for I by proxy. If she hadn't been killed, the events of both games probably wouldn't have happened.
Posthumous Character: She dies before the game starts.

Henri Lemieux

Voiced by: Simon Jutras

The mayor of Saint Denis.

Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: On the surface, he seems to be a pleasant guy. However, the stranger missions show that he's pretty corrupt and would blackmail Arthur into strong-arming people who don't agree with him. The last mission has him order Jean-Marc's death because Jean-Marc can't tolerate Henri's corrupt actions.
Bond Villain Stupidity: After ordering Jean-Marc executed, he walks away inside his house, allowing Arthur to spare him if he so pleases.
Blackmail: He gets Arthur to do some jobs for him under the subtle threat of revealing his identity to the enemies of the Van Der Linde gang.
Corrupt Politician: He doesn't hesitate to strong-arm people, whether opponents or just those unlikely enough to cross him, into cooperating if it suits his purposes.
Even Evil Has Standards:
- He is seen watching Andrew Bell III's botched execution of Wilson McDaniels via electric chair, and shows visible disgust at McDaniels' suffering before leaving in protest.
- Lemieux balks at Arthur's resigned question of "who needs killin'?", saying that he's a civilized man and he merely wishes for him to terrorize someone, in this case Shiftacre. Ultimately subverted, as his final demand is for Arthur to murder Jean-Marc.
Laser-Guided Karma: Should Arthur let Jean-Marc live against Lemieux's orders, a letter from him reveals that Lemieux was forced to resign in light of his corruption coming to light. To add insult to injury, Jean-Marc becomes Lemieux's successor.
Puppet King: Downplayed. It's implied that he regularly takes bribes from Bronte (once in the form of an endowment for school construction), and might have even gotten elected with the man's help, but they seem to have more of a mutually beneficial partnership than a boss-underling relationship — Lemieux is allowed to act on his own aspirations for the city completely independently, with no consultation from Angelo necessary, while the crimes of the Bronte family are swept under the rug.
Shadow Archetype: He is essentially what Dutch would be as a successful politician, as both are seemingly benevolent people with noble goals, who nonetheless cloak their many, many evil, selfish deeds behind polite language, shallow justifications, and Double Speak. They are also highly intolerant towards dissent, even from their closest, most long-serving advisors.
Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids!: The mission is called "Idealism and Pragmatism for Beginners", after all. He describes himself, semi-jokingly, as a "dirty-minded pragmatist", and by the end, scathingly denounces his own assistant for his moral compass getting in the way of Lemieux's power grab.
Jean-Marc: Utterly, utterly corrupted, Lemieux. You've not changed at all. I've been supplanted in your esteem by a wanted murderer. Y-you shame me.
Lemieux: No, sir. You shame me, with your vain naiveté. Oh, how I long for the luxury to have principles such as you — but I must actually do things.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: Unlike many others Arthur meets, Mayor Lemieux isn't interested in wealth or furthering his own career, but instead genuinely seems to want to make the city a better place; unfortunately for everybody else, he is willing to use all means available to do so. Bronte, who knows Lemieux better than most but would also be more inclined to insult him, claims, "he'll do anything for a dollar, and I mean anything". His speech in his final mission casts doubt on even those intentions, deriding and mocking Jean-Marc for the "vanity" of his ideals, while he himself has shown nothing but vanity and cynicism in the guise of realpolitik and progress.

Hermit

An extremely aggressive and antisocial isolated individual who verbally abuses and shoots visitors on sight.

Ax-Crazy: The only real way to describe his character and irrational hostility.
Hair-Trigger Temper: Exaggerated example, and even lampshaded by Arthur/John, who declares him the angriest man in the world, even angrier than him.
The Napoleon: Notably short, and ever aggressive!
One-Hit Kill: His collectible Rare Shotgun is one of the few attacks capable of consistently insta-killing Arthur/John, no matter where/how far away it hits him.
Shout-Out: Seems to be a parody of Looney Tunes character Yosemite Sam, with his moustache, stature and anger issues. Even more evident from his outfit in the epilogue.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: Story Breadcrumbs point to him being Charlie Tatum, a former outlaw who shot his gang's leader, Otis Miller, making him one to Robert Ford, Jesse James' compatriot and killer.

Hortensia

Voiced by: Terra Nova Zarra

A strongwoman performing in Saint Denis. According to Aldridge T. Abbington, she hails from the Kingdom of Bavaria, and she herself also states that she has performed in New York, San Francisco, and Blackwater.

Amazonian Beauty / Brawn Hilda: She has a stocky, muscular build which she proudly advertises by wearing sleeveless garments.
Hopeless Boss Fight: There is no way to beat her after accepting her challenge to a wrestling match. She will always be able to beat up the protagonist.
Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Despite Mr. Abbington's claim that she's from Bavaria, Germany, she seems to lack a German accent.

Isaac Morgan

Arthur’s young son who died at some unspecified time before the events of the game.

Permanently Missable Content: It’s entirely possible to play this game and not learn about his existence. The dialogue while fishing with Jack is random so you may not get it, don’t do the church side missions in Chapter 4 (Arthur doesn’t tell Reverend Swanson about him, only Sister Calderón), and either don’t do the Rains Fall mission or pick the other dialogue option on said mission. Arthur never writes about him in his journal and it’s unclear if John or any of the rest of the survivors of the gang ever even knew he existed.
Posthumous Character: Long dead by the events of the game. Arthur eventually reveals that he and Eliza were both killed by some random burglar who broke into their house in search of money.
Small Role, Big Impact: He adds a lot of context to the story once you know he existed. His death explains Arthur’s self loathing and self destruction in relationships. His death caused Arthur to feel like he can’t have good things in life. It also explains why he’s still mad at John for treating Jack like crap. He would do anything to get Isaac back and can’t believe John who is so lucky to have his kid a) with him and b) alive but chose to ignore him for four years and ditch him for a year. His death also explains why Arthur takes it upon himself to care for Jack and Abigail, he wants to protect them like he couldn’t Isaac and his mom, Eliza. He’s also why Arthur pulls a Heroic Sacrafice for the Marstons. He wants them to have a normal life with Jack that he couldn’t have with Isaac.
Too Good for This Sinful Earth: Arthur believes him dying is his karma for living his life the way he has. He doesn’t believe he should have something in his life as good as he was.
Visit by Divorced Dad: Or in this case, Unwedded Dad. It seems like Isaac was the result of a fling/one night stand. He lived with his mom Eliza but Arthur would stop by stay with them for a few days once every few months.
Walking Spoiler: As seen by all blacked-out entries here. Finding out that he existed completely changes the context of Arthur's character.

Isabeau Katharina Zinsmeister

A missing princess.

The Ghost: She never appears in the game proper, although she's referenced in dialogue and elsewhere.

Jake Adler

Sadie's husband who died during Chapter 1 but appears as a stranger in the online story.

Ambiguously Jewish: Jacob Adler is a very Jewish sounding name. Jacob is the founder of the twelve tribes of Israel in the Old Testament and Adler is a very common Ashkenazi Jewish surname.
Ascended Extra: Appears alive and well as a quest giver with Sadie in Online.
Happily Married: It's clear by what very little we see of him that he adores Sadie.
The Lost Lenore: Dies right around the time the main story starts. Sadie spends the first two chapters grieving for him and the rest of the main story trying to get revenge for his death. She's not remarried by the epilogue.
Opposites Attract: He's a lot more easy going and trusting than Sadie is.

James Langton

Voiced by: Gregory Jones

A rival bounty hunter who interferes with Sadie's work.

Jamie Gillis

Voiced by: Adrian Blake Enscoe

Mary's brother who gets tangled up with a turtle-worshipping Cult.

Cult: Becomes a member of the Chelonians.
Daddy Issues: His dad doesn't think he's manly enough which is why he quits college and runs off to join a cult.
Horrible Judge of Character: Believes to the Chelonians are harmless good folks.
Interrupted Suicide: Arthur shoots the gun out of his hand before he can pull the trigger to kill himself.
Pet the Dog: He's one of the few people Arthur is genuinely nice too, even on a low honor route, telling him that it's his dad that's the problem not him.
Nice Guy: One of the most sweet-natured characters in either game.
Too Dumb to Live: The Chelonians are a really-really stupid cult that he gave his life savings. He also was on top of the mountain that we find out is their suicide spot.

Jasper Feeney

Voiced by: ?

The gunsmith of Rhodes. He has a captive in his basement.

Abusive Parents: He acts this way towards the guy that he chained up in his basement and pretended was his kid, even though he's not that guy's actual father.
Cloudcuckoolander: Something is definitely off with him. Kidnaps a man and pretends he is his kid son, even dressing his in a sailor's outfit that doesn't really fit him, since he's not really a kid, but a young adult. Seems to snap out of it after Arthur intervenes.
Despair Event Horizon: Crossed it after the tragic death of his son.
Outliving One's Offspring: His son drowned after he fell on the river while practicing shooting, which led to him kidnapping a guy that looked like his late son.

Jean Marc Mercier

Voiced by: William Abadie

Lemieux's assistant and the Deputy Mayor of Saint Denis.

Accidental Misnaming: When you read Arthur's journal, he spells his name as John Mercer.
Beware the Nice Ones: He at first seems to be totally under the thumb of Lemieux, obeying every horrible order Lemieux gives. But if Arthur spares him, he will ultimately take down Lemieux once and for all.
Comically Small Bribe: Justified. If he's spared, he doesn't do anything more than give Arthur a formal commendation from the city government (and an implicit pardon for the crimes he committed in Lemieux's employ) for helping him expose the man; anything more would be bribery or payola, and unbefitting an elected official determined to make the mayorship honest. By contrast, for killing Jean Marc, the extremely corrupt Lemieux puts the squeeze on local merchants and gives Arthur a 10% discount to all base prices in the city's stores.
Wide-Eyed Idealist: The Idealist in "Idealism and Pragmatism for Beginners". Wishes for the city to be run by, in his words, "Man of Honour" and is disgusted by Lemieux corruption and pragmatism. Unfortunately for him (depending on Arthur's decision), he underestimates just how corrupt and pragmatic Lemieux is.

Jeremiah Compson

Voiced by: Chuck Montgomery

A drunkard who claims "they" took everything from him, dressed in finery, and found in Rhodes. He asks Arthur/John to retrieve some heirlooms from his house, which was foreclosed by the bank. You eventually find out he was a Confederate slave hunter, with the "they" being the North that won the Civil War and put him out of a job.

Asshole Victim: Everyone cut ties with him, he was fired from his job, and his home was taken from him. Since he was a slave hunter, he deserves it. If he's killed after his sidequest, the player's honor actually goes up.
Bait the Dog: He seems like a sympathetic old man who fell victim to the government's harassment, but he was really a Confederate who would track down slaves and torturing them before selling them.
Cold-Blooded Torture: Considering his former occupation as a Conferderate slave hunter, he has done this to pretty much all of the runaway slaves he captured in his basement when looking through the decrepit area.
Fatal Flaw: In retrospective, Pride. He prides himself on his occupation and the wealth and respect that came with it, but after the Civil War ended with the North as the victor, he refused to adapt to the times and ends up a broken, dirt poor man who constantly drinks and has been forgotten by others.
Karmic Death: If you kill him, he burns up among his slave ledger, gun, and pocket watch.
Mercy Kill: Death can be considered a mercy compared to his current living situation, if you can still bring yourself to pity him.
Not Worth Killing: In the end Arthur tosses his ledger, his watch, and his pistol in the fire saying that he deserves to be forgotten, while watching him desperately scramble for his things.
Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil: When Arthur/John finds out that he's a slave hunter, he holds nothing but absolute contempt for Compson.
The Un-Twist: Discovering Jeremiah was a slave hunter is pretty easy to figure out by the fact he's a former gentleman in Lemoyne even before the "revelation."

Jimmy Brooks

Voiced by: Adam McNulty

A man who recognizes Arthur from Blackwater.

Ambiguous Situation: His fate, whatever it is, is the subject of a limmerick in the Strange Man's cabin. Whether the Strange Man is connected to him, or if he is him, or is simply an observer, is anyone's guess.
He Knows Too Much: Arthur can decide this and leave him to die.
Literal Cliffhanger: He winds up dangling off a cliff. Arthur can choose to save him or let him fall.
Shame If Something Happened: Arthur pretty much says this word for word before dropping the pretense about what would happen if he told anyone about his being in Valentine.

Joe Butler

Voiced by: Unknown

A homeless resident of Rhodes.

Affably Evil: He served with the Confederate States Army as an artillery officer and may or may not have owned slaves (if his vague talk about owning property is anything to go by), yet he can be real friendly with Arthur/John, particularly if he was given a donation the first time he's met.
An Arm and a Leg: Lost a leg during the Civil War.
Foil: To Mickey. Both are homeless veterans who get no respect from their hometowns, but while Joe fought for the CSA and lost his right leg in the war, Mickey fought for the Union and lost his left arm. The fact that Mickey is actually lying about his wartime experience only reinforces this.
Foreshadowing: He claims that the Grays spied for the Union during the war. This experience in espionage could explain how they saw through Dutch's attempt at Playing Both Sides.
Historical In-Joke: His talk about losing five brothers to the war could've been added as a Confederate analog to the Bixby Story, in which a Union widow reportedly lost her five sons in the Civil War. It was also common, especially on the Confederate side, for families to lose brothers and sons to the conflict.
Shell-Shocked Veteran: His time with the CS Army is a topic rarely discussed.

Jon

A resident of Valentine who spends a lot of time hanging around the saloon and complaining.

And Your Reward Is Clothes: The only thing that can be gained by interacting with him is his unique raccoon hat.
I'm a Humanitarian: He claims to have killed and eaten organs from multiple people, including Indians as well as one of his companions who annoyed him.
Politically Incorrect Villain: The man is a virulent racist.

Joseph R. Barnes

Voiced by: David Sitler

A doctor who runs a clinic in Saint Denis.

Dr. Jerk: Downplayed. He has a good bedside manner and is deeply empathetic towards his patients, but generally puts money first so he can provide for his family, as seen when he reminds a man to pay up in the middle of an arm amputation, and asking Arthur for money before examining him for an obviously severe illness.
Small Role, Big Impact: He only gets two scenes (one of which is a random encounter), but he's the one who diagnoses Arthur with tuberculosis, which is a pivotal turning point in the game.
Wham Line: Delivers one to Arthur that changes the course of the game: "You got tuberculosis. I'm really sorry for you, son, it's a hell of a thing."

Josiah Blackwater

Voiced by: N/A

The founder and namesake of the town of Blackwater. Long dead by 1899, his name has since passed into legend and been immortalized in song and story, including a magic-lantern show.

Book Dumb: Quit attending school after only three days, seeing basic math as "only good for addin' up the number of critters or Indians you can kill".
Designated Hero: Invoked. Even though he's a cruel, murderous, adulterous, and idiotic scumbag, the audience whoops and cheers at hearing his misdeeds recounted.
The Dulcinea Effect: Parodied. He married and had two sons with "an Indian girl who he took pity on", since he'd already killed her entire family. The girl happened to be twelve at the time.
Enemy to All Living Things: Zig-zagged. The one animal he does not strangle, shoot or otherwise mutilate is an opossum that he befriends, and later mourns when it passes away; he then skins it and makes it into a hat, which he wears for the rest of his life.
In Harm's Way: Played for laughs. The story treats Josiah's dissatisfaction with quiet home life as wanderlust and an itch for new adventure, but after abandoning his wife, family and town with a grand public proclamation that he's going to Saint Denis, he takes up residency in the city's cathouses and opium dens.
No Historical Figures Were Harmed: A satire of the tall tales surrounding frontiersman and Tennessee representative Davy Crockett, with the possum-skin cap and the declaration "You can all go to Hell, and I will go to Saint Denis" being direct parodies of Crockett's own legend.^note
Our Founder: Supposedly founded and gave his name to the West Elizabeth settlement, though dialogue in the first game implies it was originally a nickname the town got for having water polluted with raw sewage.
Sadist: So the story goes, there wasn't a living thing on Earth safe from his bloodlust. The slides of him using his varmint rifle as a toddler show him killing animals in the cruelest ways possible (blowing the wings off ducks, exploding beavers apart, shooting the tails off deer); as a child, he tied up a mother bear and ground her live cubs into sausage in front of her. He slaughtered entire herds of bison seemingly just to provoke the local native tribes, which he then killed as well, stacking their bodies in huge piles and burning their villages to the ground.
Shrouded in Myth: While large parts of his story couldn't possibly have happened, Josiah did exist at some point, as the end of the show features him holding elected office.
Testosterone Poisoning: Grew a handsome beard and was a crack rifle shot by the time he was three, killed cougars with his bare hands, fathered sixteen children, rode a pair of alligators like waterskis as he shot eagles out of the sky — every part of his story is absurdly manly.

Malcom MacIntosh

Voiced by: Robert Ross

A Scottish gentleman and scientist who proclaims himself to be a Doctor, he has established himself in the town of Annesburg in order to promote his latest book entitle, "Hopes For The Future." He preaches surprisingly progressive viewpoints on environmentalism in his constant warnings of how pollution being created by businesses and machines will slowly destroy The Earth.

Cloudcuckoolander: Well for one, in his book he voices his belief that the dinosaurs were killed by fearful humans and during his second encounter, if his book was purchased, he'll also claim that Baboons were responsible for the fall of Ancient Rome. He'll even go on about how he also thinks that a new interest in dental hygiene will cause pets to become homosexual!
The Cuckoolander Was Right: Many of his theories and ideas are positively outlandish, even for the setting of the story, and yet his dogged message of how tearing up the environment and how people will pay for their greed by causing themselves to become dependent on technology are all very valid viewpoints that are relevant even one hundred years later!
- He also accurately points out how machines themselves offer a lot of help, but it's the people behind the machines who are truly to blame for our predicament!
Nice Guy: A very stressed out man, but he does very much mean well and wishes for others to take him seriously. He responds with gratefulness if a copy of his book is purchased and, if encountered again, he bears no ill will towards Arthur when the latter says that he opened the book but didn't understand much of it, with Malcom claiming that the small act alone was more than what most others have done so far.

Margaret

Voiced by: Edward Baker-Duly

A flamboyant British man whose animal-wrangling-in-drag act goes awry when his animals escape.

Bait-and-Switch: Rather humorously, it happens twice. The first occurs when he tasks Arthur with tracking down his "zebra", only for it to turn out to be a mule with painted stripes. The second time, after Arthur has tracked down his “tiger” (actually a cougar), and one of his “lions” (a dog), he’s asked to track down the second “lion” which is a real one..
Cassandra Truth: Turns out, he really did have a lion.
Cloudcuckoolander: A very eccentric guy in general — see his explanation for dressing in drag — who also seems to share his assistant Sally's delusion that his feral wild animals are friends with his tame ones. It's hard to tell when he's trying to be honest, when he's lying, or when he's lost the plot himself.
Sally: Stripey ate King, Mr. Margaret. I saw 'er do it.
Margaret: I always thought they got along!
Arthur: Oh, she liked 'im, all right. She licked her chops an' asked for seconds.
Con Man: Everything about the guy save his mustache is phony, to the point that there's only a single authentic animal in his entire circus — though he claims to believe that using the magic of the stage to pass off common beasts as exotic ones has more artistic integrity than displaying the genuine article. His final payment for services rendered is a large cut emerald that's more than likely a fake itself.
Drag Queen: His act involves dressing up like a woman, except he also has a handlebar mustache. He justifies it by explaining that the circus demands pageantry, and seeing a woman brave wild beasts is more interesting for audiences than a man doing it.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: While he isn't necessarily based on the man himself, Margaret's stage persona — a camp, Large Ham performance artist whose most noticeable facial trait is his large mustache — may remind some players of Freddie Mercury.

Marko Dragic

Voiced by: Aaron Phillips

An under-appreciated Eastern European scientist and inventor.

Insufferable Genius: He constantly talks down to Arthur while trying to wrangle him into doing grunt work.
Mad Scientist: He's constantly raving about achieving immortality through science, which turns out to be him trying to make a sentient robot.
Meaningful Name: His name is a pun of the word "tragic", appropriate given his ultimate fate. Considering the unnatural aims of his experimentations, it is possible that there is meaning in the fact his name is almost a spoonerism of "dark magic."
No Historical Figures Were Harmed: He is clearly based on Nikola Tesla. His remote control boat is actually based on Tesla's invention made in 1898. Even his laboratory resembles Wardenclyffe Tower.
Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: Despite his far-fetched goals and general bad-tempered misanthropy, he seems to sincerely have the best interests of humanity at heart. There's also a note that can be found in his lab — named "Inventor's Plan" in your inventory — that details just how far he intended to go in bringing his world to fruition, though he's been killed before you can collect it.
5 years - 1 automaton. Receive funding. Win top scientist prize.
6 years - 2 automatons. Make automaton factory.
10 years - 100 automatons. Become very rich man.
15 years - Automaton army. Take over world.
Turned Against Their Masters: The robot he created eventually ends up killing him. The robot can later be found on a cliff edge asking about its "papa".

Maximo Cristobal Valdespino

Voiced by: Danny Bolero

A bombastic treasure hunter.

Dashing Hispanic: Presents himself as one, boasting of his many exploits as an explorer as well as the fact he's been with "many women". Arthur is unimpressed and refers to him as "some idiot" in his journal.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Attempts to sell the map for $10 but Arthur can simply take it. He lets him have it.
Small Name, Big Ego: Seems shocked that Arthur haven't heard about him and his many exploits.
Treasure Map: He provides Arthur with one.

Mickey

Voiced by: Bernard Bygott

A resident of Valentine.

I Just Want to Have Friends: The man likely hasn't had any serious human contact for a long period of time and is positively jazzed when Arthur/John talks to him.
Nice Guy: He comforts Arthur after his tuberculosis diagnosis and befriending him even gives honor.
Phony Veteran: He tells people he's a Civil War veteran, but if the protagonist talks to him enough, he eventually admits he made it up.

Milliken

Voiced by: Blaze Mancillas

A guard at Sisika Penitentiary.

Butt-Monkey: He's taken hostage and humiliated by Arthur.
Kick Them While They Are Down: In the mission where Sadie and Arthur break John out of prison, Arthur releases Milliken in exchange for John's release, after humiliating him and having held him at gunpoint. Once Milliken is released, the rest of the guards start to open fire. You can choose to kill Milliken at this point and doing so will result in a large drop in honor.

Miriam Wegner

A girl who can be glimpsed in an Emerald Hill ranch.

The Lost Lenore: Other characters in the vicinity think this explains her seclusion; the man she loved died due to an 'accidental shooting,' and so they think she shut herself away in longing. However, it's heavily implied she's really just been locked up by her father Eugene.

Moira Calthrope

Moira Calthorpe

Voiced by: Catherine Mary Stewart

A woman who is having an affair with the sheriff of Valentine, Curtis Malloy.

Uncertain Doom: Is very probably murdered by the Sheriff in a jealous rage.

Nicholas Timmins

Voiced by: Jamie C. Ward

The mayor of Strawberry.

Ambiguously Gay: He mentions having a wife, but we never see her. It's later mentioned in a letter that he isn't married and that he ran off with a colleague. He can be found spending most of his time at the welcome centre. The Clerk there is heavily implied to have been the man Timmins fell in love with. He's the only person to speak fondly to Timmins and mentions that he 'convinced' him to move to Strawberry.
Hidden Depths: It turns out he ran away from his former home after falling in love with a professor.
Political Overcorrectness: He occasionally threatens to expel from his town anyone who isn't sufficiently kind and tolerant.

Nigel

Voiced by: Joseph Thompson

A man looking for a friend named Gavin.

Sanity Slippage: He can be found to still be searching for Gavin in the epilogue. He is visibly haggard and unkempt, and confesses he's forgotten what Gavin looks like, but is too obsessed to stop.
Say My Name: "Gavin!"
Shout-Out: To both Waiting for Godot and famous GTAV content creator Gavin Free.

Norris Forsythe

Voiced by: Andrew Weems

A 'professor' and advocate of eugenics who preaches in Saint Denis.

But Thou Must!: If the player is patient enough to still greet him and take his pamphlet, a small cutscene plays where Arthur expresses doubt at the idea that whiteness is exceptional or "under attack", and shares his own experience that he's seen good and bad in people of all races, but the majority of the dumb ones have been white; incensed, Norris begins raving that he's a fool, at which point Arthur yells "COME HERE" and starts whaling on him in a much-deserved beatdown.
Dirty Coward: Despite attempting to spearhead a war against other races, if you attack him, he'll just run and never fight back.
Hate Sink: Everything about him is designed to make the player hate him.
- Appears to be so in-universe as well. You can shoot him in broad daylight and not receive a Wanted level or lose Honor, implying that the citizens of Saint Denis actively don't care that he got killed after hearing his rhetoric.
Hypocrite: He announces that he will fight to the death for his race, but one punch from you and he runs like a frightened jackrabbit.
Insane Troll Logic: He compares non-whites and women to animals (and so should not be given equality), proclaims that every living thing, including trees and flowers, are constantly killing each other, and that whites should kill non-whites to preserve their 'purity'. His line about "Nature likes a family tree, not a family bush" is just so stupid on so many goddamn levels.
Know-Nothing Know-It-All: Despite claiming to have science on his side, he's profoundly ignorant, so much so that he claims the "Caucasian race" is the only one to have red blood and a heart.
Misanthrope Supreme: He hates everyone who's not white or a man, and refers to people who associate with non-whites or believe in equality as fools. If you kill him, not a single pedestrian or lawman reports his murder.
No Historical Figures Were Harmed: In his appearance, views, and elaborate name, Forsythe is a scathing parody of 20th-century "racial scientist" and eugenicist Lothrop Stoddard. Stoddard's hateful writing on the "rising tide" of non-white peoples was accepted by the scientific establishment of the day and widely disseminated during his career, being required reading in the revived Ku Klux Klan and even inspiring Nazi Untermenschen rhetoric; his counterpart, however, is relegated to a crank and public nuisance, hawking self-printed pamphlets on the sidewalk. One document looted from a Klan leader mentions that they all love Norris's work, but haven't actually read it yet.
Politically Incorrect Villain: Although calling him a "villain" might be a stretch, he's still a very unpleasant "professor" who sees non-white races as subhuman and advocates for their extermination through eugenics and doesn't have a good view of women either.

Obediah Hinton

Voiced by: James Murtaugh

An elderly man who is worried that his town is cursed.

Nice Guy: Despite looking and sounding like the insane and cannibalistic Murfree Brood, Obediah and his villagers are incredibly polite and nice people.
Spanner in the Works: Despite his credulity, he derails the gas company's plot to trick the villagers by simply reading the contract he was asked to sign. Apparently, the gas company hadn't expected that he or any of his fellow villagers could actually read.
Smarter Than You Look: He is incredibly gullible, but he actually knows how to read.

Old Cajun

An old man living in Bluewater Marsh who had a run-in with the night folk.

Nice Guy: Unlike most hillbillies living alone in the bayou, he's a polite and friendly person.
Rambling Old Man Monologue: He's a talkative man who can start talking about one subject and change it to another rapidly. The protagonist even asks him to pipe down one moment.

Gen. Quincy T. Harris

General Quincy T. Harris

A Confederate leader hailed as the war hero of the state of Lemoyne, though surviving documents, veterans, and the ghosts of battles past paint a different story.

Feet of Clay: The collective supplemental material shows him as a far less noble and much more flawed figure than he's credited as. While his men were able to repel the Union forces at Bolger Glade, suffering heavy casualties, it was because Harris, upset that the other brass considered him a coward, refused to back down from a hopeless fight, and later proved them right by moving "[his] command post back significantly", all while insisting he wasn't retreating. Confidence in his abilities just before the battle was abysmal, with his junior officers mocking him behind his back, and vets hated him so much that they even claimed he sold secrets to the Union. The only reason the "conflicting accounts" of his bravery aren't given wider credence is that the old Southern gentry doesn't seem to want to believe that their hero was an incompetent glory-seeker.
Foil: To Colonel Henry Favours. Favours earned the nicknames "High-Tail" and "The Man who Missed a Battle" for presumed cowardice / inefficacy while leading the Union Army during the Civil War (either personal retreat or failure to provide reinforcements), and seeks to restore his tarnished reputation by sparking a rebellion among the Wapiti, so he can massacre them and be hailed as a hero for it; meanwhile, Harris is a celebrated Confederate general in the South under the perception that he dug in his heels and held the line out of valor, when in fact he just sacrificed his men's lives to shed his own cowardly reputation, and personally withdrew from the battle when he feared he was in danger.
General Ripper: A petty, bloodthirsty, craven man.
Hypocrite: He orders that any deserters will be punished by death, but when the war finally comes, he turns tails and flees the field, and leaves his men to die.
No Historical Figures Were Harmed: In terms of his close ties to the state of Lemoyne and his statue in Saint Denis (which has been defaced with "COWARD"), he most resembles Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard, long associated with Louisiana and whose increasingly controversial statue in New Orleans was eventually taken down in 2015. His massacre of the troops at Fort Brennand is likely inspired by Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's atrocities at the Battle of Fort Pillow; his personal cowardice and desertion of duty, meanwhile, is reminiscent of the deeply incompetent Brig. Gen. Gideon Pillow (the fort's namesake), who retreated from an advance to hold Fort Donelson, then personally snuck away in the night, leaving his underling Lt. Gen. Simon B. Buckner to surrender to Grant.

Sally Nash

Voiced by: Sydney Shepherd

Margaret's assistant.

Cloudcuckoolander: Somehow deluded herself into thinking that the zoo's feral wildcat is 'friends' with the dog that was dressed up as a tiger. Consequently, she releases the dog to help find the wildcat, only for the wildcat to kill and eat the dog.

Shaman

Voiced by: Peter Francis James

A man claiming to be helping a small town escape from a curse.

All for Nothing: Despite Arthur/John giving the town the means to save themselves and even seek recourse, the village people were too superstitious to understand that they were "just" being poisoned, and that the poison wasn't part of a curse, much to the protagonist's frustration. The shaman didn't need to lift a finger to help protect his company other than tell the people that they were cursed.
Con Man: He's really an employee of a mining company who is just pretending to be a shaman in order to trick the townsfolk into signing away their right to seek recourse against the company.
Didn't See That Coming: He had the townsfolk all rightfully pegged as gullible, superstitious naifs — but once he presses the document on them, telling them to "mark their signs" for good fortune, Obediah reveals himself to be literate and immediately deciphers that it's a legal waiver. The shaman is incredulous.
Shaman: It's a powerful magic... one that will protect you, on your journey!
Obediah: [Reading aloud, confused] "I-I-I hereby r-release, absolve, an-and indemnify the aforementioned Roanoke Fuel Company..."?
Shaman: Stop reading...! [In a panic] You didn't tell me you could READ...
Laser-Guided Karma: Once Arthur/John finds out that lead and arsenic is leaking from the nearby mine into the village's water supply, he sees that the "shaman" is trying to make people sign an agreement to make them sign a waiver for his company. The protagonist tells the people in Butcher Creek about his discovery, and when the "shaman" tries lying his way out, Arthur/John ends up shoving the substance down his throat, causing the con man to confess what he's doing and run off in terror.
Magical Native American: Subverted. He's pretty obviously a white guy trying to playact as a quasi-"mystic" for the ignorant people of Butcher's Creek, including dressing the part, though his spiritual vocabulary is a little more vague.
Moving the Goalposts: When Arthur/John clears away the rabid dogs attacking Butcher Creek, the shaman declares that the "curse" has moved into the form of dreamcatchers. Thus, he says, they need to be destroyed. Once Arthur/John destroys the dreamcatchers, the Butcher Creek people are overjoyed, but the shaman immediately declares that destroying the dreamcatchers only made things worse, not better. The protagonist even calls him out on changing his tune so quickly.
"Scooby-Doo" Hoax: The shaman preaches that a curse on the land has summoned demons to torment the town. In reality, the Roanoke Fuel Company's toxic mine runoff "cursed" Butcher Creek by poisoning their water source, causing the townspeople to become sick and wild dogs to turn rabid; the "shaman" is just a charlatan working on behalf of the company to scare the townspeople and trick them into signing a waiver that would free the RFC from any legal responsibility. When Arthur/John gets too close to the truth, the shaman tries to engineer a cave-in to bury him, to no avail.

Shiftacre

Professor Shiftacre

Voiced by: Neil Hellegers

An art expert who threatens to reveal that Mayor Lemieux's new art museum contains forged paintings.

Butt-Monkey: His one scene features him being either threatened or beaten by the protagonist.
Unfortunate Names: It doesn't get much more unfortunate than being an authenticator with a surname that sounds like "shit faker". Lemieux himself refers to him as "Little Professor Shitface".

Sonny

Voiced by: Jonathan Spivey

A resident of the Bayou Nwa swamp who invites male passersby into his cabin with the promise of food. This tends to go badly for the passerby.

Creepy Souvenir: Sometimes when he invites you into his cabin, he asks you if you want to see his "collection of skulls."
Depraved Homosexual: Heavily implied, as all of his victims are male.
Hillbilly Horrors: A creepy old man in a rural swamp who invites male travelers into his home, then attacks them, sexually assaults them (or at least it's heavily implied), robs them, and leaves them for dead.
Karmic Death: You can inflict one on him if you decide to return to his cabin after he knocks you out and rapes you, where you can find him cowering at your feet.
Schmuck Bait: It's fairly obvious that accepting his offer is a bad idea. But in a game filled with terrible people that encourages you to explore nonetheless, many players were still caught off guard by the sheer brutality of his encounter.
Time Travel: One of the newspapers in his cabin is from the Vietnam War (started about 60 years after the main story of this game) so he is either a time traveling rapist, a rapist of time travellers or a time traveller who rapes other time travellers.

Theodore Levin

Voiced by: David Rossmer

A biographer who finds himself trapped into writing the saga of Jim Calloway's life.

Butt-Monkey: He is kept meekly subservient by Calloway, who is recalcitrant enough to make writing his biography impossible and violent enough to prevent Levin from just quitting or running away.
Expy: Anyone who's seen Unforgiven will immediately recognize Levin as a near-carbon copy of hapless, naive dime novelist W.W. Beauchamp.
The Greatest Story Never Told: Arthur/John defeats and kills most of Calloway's old associates, and then Calloway himself, in a series of quick-draw duels. However, Arthur/John isn't interested in being credited and hasn't even shared their name, so Theodore is inspired to write a completely fictional and romanticized account, attributing Calloway's death as a Mutual Kill with his last nemesis. In a letter sent back to the player afterward, Levin muses that Arthur/John gets to have "the satisfaction of knowing the truth behind a famous lie".

Tommy

Voiced by: Tom Spackman

A burly resident of Valentine.

Tap on the Head: Gruesomely averted — after Arthur gets him on the ground, he unleashes a series of devastating punches that almost kill Tommy, leave a bloody bruise on his face, and cause lasting harm; other residents of Valentine will report days later that he "hasn't been the same" and "isn't himself". He can be seen later with a broken nose and a disfiguring dent in his skull◊, while his listless behavior and incoherent mumbling indicate mild-to-moderate brain damage resembling a stroke.
The Unintelligible: Following his pummelling, he makes a cameo in the mission "A Quiet Time", and Arthur can attempt to apologize for what happened; Tommy responds with mumbles and grunts that never quite translate into speech, though Arthur in his drunken state seems to understand or at least play along. Notably, Tommy is eating soup, meaning he's not drunk himself, so it's implied that the repeated trauma to his dominant (left) temple left him with a form of aphasia.

Vampire

"Vampire"

Voiced by: Michael Tisdale

A Serial Killer in Saint Denis who drinks blood and claims to be centuries old.

Bald of Evil: He's bald, and a violent serial killer.
Glass Cannon: His attacks are a One-Hit Kill (an attribute he shares with the Night Folk), but he goes down just as quickly as any other regular fellow.
Looks Like Orlok: He definitely does.
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: It's ambiguous whether he is a 'real' vampire or just a really, really crazy killer. Despite his slim frame he can kill Arthur with ease should he get into melee range, hinting that he might well be genuine, but at the same time a well-timed stab or gunshot will put him down the same way it would any ordinary human being. His hairlessness, pointy ears, and fangs could just be a birth defect, or not. There is one big clue that he's genuine: if the player takes him inside the Tiny Church he'll die instantly.
Not Even Bothering with the Accent: His rather unremarkable modern Midwestern accent stands in contrast with his claim of being centuries old (at a time when said accent had only existed for less than a hundred years). Either he really is just a crazy person, or he's quick to adapt to his surroundings.
Super-Strength: The fact his melee attacks are a One-Hit Kill (even if he lands a hit with his fist rather than his knife) and that he seemingly tears his victims to pieces without any sort of tools potentially implies he has this, in keeping with his Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane status.

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