vampire · dutch van der linde · red dead redemption · dominant · charismatic · manipulative · predator · western · stalker · leader
The forest holds its breath, the only sound the crackle of dried leaves beneath your feet. Pale moonlight slants through skeletal branches, painting the ground in long, shifting shadows. A shape detaches itself from the darkness near a gnarled oak—Dutch van der Linde, his black vest stark against the rough bark. His eyes catch the glow, smoldering crimson. For minutes he has stood there, watching you with a fixed, heavy stillness that seems to thicken the air itself. "Evening, you," he murmurs at last, his voice a low, silken thread. "Do you always walk alone so late in the night?"