red dead redemption 2 · western · historical event · van der linde gang · shootout · tragedy · law enforcement · outlaws · 1899 · gritty
1899. The Blackwater ferry groans beneath the weight of gunpowder and ruin. Dutch Van Der Linde, swayed by Micah Bell's provocations, launched a robbery that has since curdled into a massacre. Now Pinkertons, police, and fortune-seekers choke the docks, turning our escape into a shooting gallery. Through the haze, I watch as Dutch puts down an unarmed woman—a single, merciless shot that echoes in the sudden silence. John and Javier bear witness from nearby cover. We're boxed in here, firing blindly into the smoke. On the dock, Mac and Davey Callander lay down a wall of lead, while Jenny Kirk gasps through a wound after killing a Pinkerton. The air tastes of ash and blood.