Summary
Across theRed Dead Redemptionfranchise, there have been some truly dark characters. The Wild West seems to break people, or these people seem to try and break the Wild West. No matter the case, the darkest characters in theRed Dead Redemptionseries don’t deserve recognition for their crimes, but they certainly need it to warn others of just how diabolical and cruel these characters can be; so it’s best to keep a loaded pistol on the hip around this lot.
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Across the games ofRed Dead RedemptionandRed Dead Redemption2, players have been introduced to all manners of characters. Whether they are hopeful, quirky, or downright murderous. Some of these characters hold darkness within them that it’s best to avoid or drop them dead.
7Colonel Favours
InRed Dead Redemption2, players will eventually face off against Colonel Henry Favours. This character features prominently in the game’s Sixth Chapter as the antagonist as a flawed and insecure man, clinging to a life that is behind him. Favours fought for the Union in the American Civil War and has been tasked with the role of overseeing and oppressingthe Wapiti Indian Reservation.
Favours is not immune to greed and was bought off by Leviticus Cornwall to attempt to drive the Indians further away from their hand so that the oil-rich land could be his. Favours doesn’t care for other people and their lives, and will happily steal the tribe’s horses and withhold life-saving vaccines. He’s a monster created by sheer greed.
6Colm O’Driscoll
Another antagonist to feature inRed Dead Redemption2, Colm O’Driscoll is the leader of the O’Driscoll boys, a group of outlaws that relish in crime and the mystery of others. They do not steal to share amongst themselves. Instead, they pillage, kill, and sexually assault anyone who they overpower with their numbers. This is all guided by Colm O’Driscoll, a horrible man in the Wild West that has a strong vendettaagainst Dutch van der Linde and his gang.
Colm leads by example, and the O’Driscoll boys are only as bad as their leader. Across the decades that Colm has been a menace, he has stolen, killed, and committed other acts of atrocities toward women. Colm’s fate at the hands of the rope of the law couldn’t come sooner.
5Colonel Agustin Allende
One of the major characters inRed Dead Redemptionis Colonel Agustin Allende, an antagonist and provincial governor in Mexico. Under the boot of Augustin Allende, the Mexican people were oppressed, and their rebellion and revolution were suppressed, with many men and women dead to help himachieve his goals of power.
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Agustin Allende is an invasive man and one that seeks to manipulate and use John Marston to do his dirty work. Allende is a sadistic military man and one who enjoys the torture of others and relishes in sexual abuse. He’s as sick as they come and as intelligent and corrupt as they come.
4Bill Williamson
Bill Williamson featured in bothRed Dead RedemptionandRed Dead Redemption2, but it was the former in which his antagonist role truly shines. InRed Dead Redemption, Bill Williamson is in charge of his gang which hasheld up at Fort Mercer. Williamson was always slightly unhinged, and it shows in his actions as an inexperienced leader.
Williamson and his men engage in sexual assault and murder, desecrating an entire ranch just because they could. Williamson is not a character to mess with, as his hulking size, lack of intellect, and failure to show compassion for others make him a dangerous man that would rather shoot first and ask questions later, or not at all.
3Micah Bell
Few characters have evoked the ire of fans more than Micah Bell. This character is one that fans love to hate for all his evil doings, and his treatment ofRed Dead Redemption2’sprotagonist, Arthur Morgan.Outside of his poor treatment of Arthur, Micah is still a very, very bad person. Micah has committed all sorts of crimes and atrocities and corrupts everything he touches.
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Micah has killed men and women alike and has involved himself in a fair share of unspeakable evils. Micah is addicted to crime, and he is easily one of the darkest characters inRed Dead Redemption, and his corruptive path knows no bounds unless facing the barrel of a gun.
2Dutch Van Der Linde
The leader of the Van der Linde gang, something changed within Dutch. The cause cannot be certain. Perhaps his concussion altered him, or could it just be that he was so sick and tired of losing…Dutch van der Linde was once a wise and somewhat honorable manwho cared about the people around him. Yet, when players meet the father figure of John Marston inRed Dead Redemption, he is a shell of a man and a dangerous friend that lives out in the forests.
Dutch van der Linde may have been a true king of words, but he has fallen from grace. Over the years, he had become one ofRed Dead Redemption’s darkest characters, and he will kill anyone that gets in his way. Man, woman, or perhaps even child.
1Strange Man
Many fans have asked who is the Strange Man inRed Dead Redemption. To which, there simply is no real answer. The Strange Man has been involved with many conspiracy and fan theories from the community, but there is no solid answer. Perhaps the Strange Man is death, perhaps the devil, or perhaps even God himself? All that is known, is that many have damned him.
The Strange Man pops up anywhere he likes and isimpervious to bullets. The Strange Man appears in paintings and pictures, with a shrine found dedicated to him inRed Dead Redemption2. He is involved with a Stranger Mission inRed Dead Redemption, where he provides John with some philosophy and guilt. The Strange Man’s stance on life is one shrouded in darkness and mystery, with his purpose unknown, and his knowledge infinite.
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