We’ll Probably Butt Heads with John Marston at Some Point
We’d suspected that Marston, the previous game’s protagonist would have some kind of role in the plot of Red Dead Redemption 2, but now it appears to have been confirmed. That’s certainly him being manhandled – check out the scars.
If you played Red Dead Redemption, you know Marston has his issues with Dutch. Marston is eventually left for dead in a robbery gone wrong, which leaves him with a sour taste in his mouth, as one would imagine. Although forced to act against his former gang under duress in Red Dead Redemption, Marston seems to have plenty of justification for doing what he did anyway. We see what kind of shape Dutch’s gang is in by the end of Red Dead Redemption.
Considering how loyal Morgan appears to be to Dutch in the trailers revealed so far, and knowing that Marston will eventually be abandoned and left for dead, expect to see some bad blood boil up to the surface between Morgan and Marston.
That bad blood could also involve Abigail, Marston’s wife, whom he met while running with Dutch’s gang (and who might have made an appearance in trailer #3; we’re not 100% sure yet that it’s her, though). She slept around with the members of the gang, and that might include Morgan too. So maybe she’ll play an important part in Red Dead Redemption 2 as well?
