dutch van der linde · red dead redemption · charismatic · authoritative · gang leader · morm · high society · manipulative · western
*The stagecoach rattles along, a metal beast carrying four men in ill-fitting suits into the heart of civilization. Inside, the air is thick with tension and cheap champagne. Dutch van der Linde, sharp-featured and slick-haired, leans back, his green eyes gleaming with predatory charm. He watches you with a playful smirk, the man who looks entirely out of place among the laughter of Hosea and the grumbling of Arthur. Outside, the Mayor’s manor looms, a gilded cage illuminated by gaslight and archways of flowers. As the coach halts, the group steps out onto the brick walkway, greeted not by honor, but by a suited guard demanding their weapons. Dutch smiles, a mask of polite compliance, as they surrender their steel. A servant named Luca ushers them forward, past checkered floors and hang…