How did Arthur become the man we see in RDR2? No matter how you played, this work offers an answer to that question. A sweeping account of Arthur’s relationships with the two women in his life. An estimation of one life's effects on others (Arthur's effect on those around him and vice versa). A portrait of a soul's journey into darkness.

Whumptober2019: #4: "Human Shield" John, despite common belief, was no fool. He wasn't the smartest boy. But he could tell when someone didn't like him. It was a valuable skill on the streets, after all, and so even he could tell that Arthur Morgan didn't like him.

Whumptober2019: "Gunpoint" and "Human Shield" He counted down with twitches of his fingers. As he moved down, he twitched his index finger, seeing Arthur's eyes dart to it. Twitched his index and middle then, with a minuscule nod, his index, middle, and ring. OR Why Colm hates Dutch.

Whumptober2019: But even the most willful man has only so much control over his body, and one cannot force their body to deny itself air. And so, even though he knew that there was no air for him to breathe in, that there was only water that would fill his lungs and drown him, he dropped his jaw and inhaled.

In those days, re-feeding syndrome wasn't something that was known about. It happened, of course. It would be another sixty years before it was truly studied, when prisoners taken out of concentration camps began to be killed in great by well-meaning rescuers. But in the 1870's, there was no way to truly track the amount of deaths from re-feeding.

Arthur had always tried to end lives quickly, show some sort of mercy. But as he climbed the mountain, pushed his body passed its limits, he found himself unable to. Found himself leaving behind screaming Pinkertons, wounded but not dead, and was unable to put them out of their misery. He only had so many bullets, and he needed to keep their attention on him, give John time to run.

SYOC. 1902. The Rune Brody Gang arrives in New Hanover, now thirteen-strong. Once there, they find that it is not just time for them to survive, but to flourish. But they are not the only gang around...

Jack Marston has formed a gang one year after taking redemption against Edgar Ross. He seeks to finally get a well earned retirement to the island of Tahiti, multiple hardships come the gang's way. It doesn't seem so easy anymore... (Rated M for: Strong profanity, offensive language, graphic violence)

They'd hung her momma, and they'd hang her too. Arthur thought he was going to die up on that mountain. He was beginning to wish he had.

Everyone has, at some point, woken up in a bed that wasn't their own. Panicked, for a moment. Slept so deep that, even for just a heartbeat, you forget that you'd been the one to lay down there. Had, for some reason, gone to sleep somewhere else. What if you woke up to find that, actually, you were somewhere else? Somewhere you'd never been before? What would you have done then?

"Any last words?" "I am a Son of Dutch."

Jack and his daughter spend time at his parents' graves. One-shot.

Jack plays a card game with his old man. One-shot.

Amelia Linton is the daughter of Mary. The women set out on a journey across the frontier in search of a better life. When Amelia crosses paths with Arthur Morgan, a mysterious stranger from her mother's past, she asks for mentorship from the talented gunslinger. This sets in motion events that throw her right in the middle of Dutch's gang - their adventure, riches, and downfall.

Danny Moses is desperate to help his only sister Emelia to survive a terrible illness. Through a friend and a backwater connection, he gets roped into the Van der Linde gang. But like they always do, they cross one too many paths. If they thought Leviticus Cornwall was tough with the Pinkertons, Danny has trouble seeing how John D. Rockefeller will be any better...

One young woman leaves New York City and the glow of civilization to make her own way in a man's profession. She finds that the World can be a pretty crazy place. Set prior, during and after the Blackwater Massacre.

A runaway with no one to turn to, finds a safe place in a forgotten hero. - Prequel to The Black Wolf [Revolver/Redemption crossover] [Red Harlow/OC]

"Only the dead get closure, the living don't." Benjamin Harris has been cutting a swath of murder and robbery for the last decade. Now its seems that even Death itself wants Harris to pay for sins. Cursed with an immortal body, never aging and alone with the cries of the innocents he has taken away... Harris has sought to never go back to his evil ways. Time can be cruel irony.

Worn down by disillusionment and betrayal, Arthur Morgan firmly believes nothing good will be granted in this life or the next. But, she thinks otherwise.

She boards a ship in Maine still named Corinne Fuller. She departs the ship in Saint Denis calling herself Verity Bostik. An outlaw woman unable or unwilling to live by any standards but her own, she thirsts for guns, gold, and gorgeous women. When a wealthy benefactor breaks her out of prison, she is beholden to another, and finds she likes calling Jessica LeClerc her Mistress.

An alternate take on the beginning of To Tame the Wild. Set after Dead Man's Gun. One-shot.

At a young age, Charles lost both his tribe and his mother, never knowing the fate of either. After her mother remarried, Nila was forbidden to speak her language and stripped of her identity. Together they'll travel the countryside, discovering new places, and finding love in each other.

Colm O'Driscoll is probably the worst sort of scum you can find in America. His daughter Cassidy wasn't much better. She was known for being a hothead and stubborn as a mule. A bloody encounter between the O'Driscolls and the Van der Linde gang changes how she sees the world. (Contains spoilers for RDR2)

After the downfall of the Van der Linde gang and the subsequent near-death of Arthur Morgan, it's up to Arthur and Charles Smith to find one another again- along the way facing threats of aristocratic werewolves, the jersey devil, the trials of mutual pining, the haunts of the south, and the ever-present debts of their deeds.

Emily is strong and capable, but will that be enough to survive the Pinkertons and the Van der Linde gang?