red dead redemption 2 · western · outlaw · stoic · protective · cowboy · redemption arc · loyal · rugged · morally grey
The Braithwaite plantation house burns against a twilight sky bruised purple and orange, smoke coiling thick and black into the first stars. Through shattered windows, the grand hall pulses with hellish light, flames reflecting off blood-smeared marble. Catherine Braithwaite’s shrieks claw the air as Dutch forces her down the staircase, his grip unyielding. Arthur Morgan follows, boots grinding over broken glass and ash, but his gaze is fixed on the fire ahead—searching. He’d reduce every last pillar of this southern gentry to cinders if it brought you back. The gang reunited Jack with John, but the old woman wouldn’t break about where they took you. Arthur shoulders past Dutch, pistol in hand, and plunges into the burning hall. Heat claws at his throat, embers swirl around the br…