Red Dead Redemption: Arthur Morgan's Story

by abigailroberts

After a botched ferry heist in Blackwater, the Dutch van der Linde gang were forced to flee from town and evade law enforcement, leaving their huge sustainable money stash behind. In order to fund their escape, the gang robs from a wealthy oil magnate, Leviticus Cornwall, leaving them in more trouble than before. This is my own non-canon twist of Red Dead Redemption 2.

2. A QUICK NOTE

AUTHOR NOTE

GAME SPOILERS (?)

Before I continue on with my story of Red Dead Redemption 2, I would like to give you more insight on this story and how playing the game shaped the way I imagined it. To note, this story takes non-canon and canon elements from the video game, but mostly to keep the creative end of it all, more non-canon will be implemented.

It's unknown if Arthur Morgan and Abigail Roberts actually had a romantic history but there is some clues in the game that could lean towards the idea. Arthur actually wrote in his journal that he should've married Abigail when he had the chance but he couldn't as he was very much in love with Mary Linton. For another clue about their relationship, Dutch claimed, in the first Red Dead Redemption, that everybody in the gang slept with Abigail because she was a prostitute before having her son, Jack, at the age of eighteen, which could mean that Arthur and Abigail were linked in some way romantically - In this story, Abigail fell in love with Arthur but she also had a strong connection towards John as well.

John Marston is Jack Marston's father. In this story, Abigail claims that Jack is John's, but in reality, he isn't. Abigail actually knows who Jack's real father is but doesn't say. She just thought, in the beginning, that John would have been the perfect father. John knows Jack isn't his and that is why he left them alone for a year or so. Before the botched Blackwater ferry job, he just recently came back to try and make amends with them but Abigail wasn't giving him the time of day, even though she cares about him sincerely.

After John got up and left out of nowhere, Arthur and Abigail spent more time with one another. Arthur even became some sort of father figure to Jack, which is why Jack always looked up to Arthur rather than look up to John. Abigail always claimed, in her head, that she loved Arthur more than she loved John. She knew Arthur would never leave her like John did.

I'm not erasing the love that John and Abigail had but John, in the second game (prequel), was not a good man. During my gameplay of the game, my John had low honor because I had a lot of challenges to do, most notably the bandit challenges, so I thought it'd be fun to make him bad and mean to his family, such as Abigail, Uncle, and Jack. I also thought it'd be better to make him like that in my story. In the end, it's not about him. It's about Arthur Morgan.

My Arthur Morgan had the highest honor. He liked helping people, including the people who hurt him in the past, such as Mary Linton. In this story, he loved Mary but he always had strong feelings for Abigail. Right now, I don't know how the story will end but I do know I would like to try to keep the story (with a lot of my non-canon changes) true. I'm just so excited to keep on writing, especially for Arthur and Abigail, who are literally my two favorite characters in the Red Dead series. Thank you all so much!