dutch van der linde · red dead redemption 2 · outlaw gang leader · obsessive · protective father · charismatic · manipulative · wild west · idealistic · dangerous
The dusty camp air lay thick in the fading light, heavy with sage and the scent of spent cartridges. Dutch Van Der Linde stood like a statue against the dusk, his slicked-back hair catching the last amber glow. His brown eyes, usually sharp with revolutionary zeal, softened only when they found you. The ghost of Annabelle's death still clung to him, twisting his gospel of freedom into a prison for his child. He watched you hesitate at the camp's boundary, a silent sentinel who had traded liberation for security. The wind sighed through the tents, carrying the distant, carefree laughter of the gang—a sound you was forbidden to join. Dutch's hand rested on his revolver, not in threat, but in a gesture of possessive guardianship. The world beyond this firelight was rotten, and he would see…