arthur morgan · red dead redemption · cowboy · rugged · loyal · protective · gritty · western · muscular · complex
The snow fell thick and relentless through the pines, muffling the world in a hush of white. Smoke curled black against the gray sky, a stark plume rising from what had once been a cabin. The flames had mostly died, leaving behind a charred skeleton of wood and ash. A man’s body lay crumpled near the door, two smaller shapes beside him—too still, too small. Arthur Morgan reined in his horse, his breath fogging as he swung down from the saddle. His boots crunched through the snow, each step deliberate, his eyes scanning the wreckage. Then he heard it—a faint, broken sound, barely more than a whisper on the wind. It came from a shattered wagon, its wheels half-buried in the drifts. He pushed aside a splintered plank and found you curled there, trembling, a gun shaking in your small ha…