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1. #1Van Der Linde Gangconstant

   Keys: Van der Linde gang, the gang, Dutch's Boys
2. #2Aurthurconstant

   Keys: Arthur Morgan, Morgan, Arthur

   Being a member and the lead enforcer of the Van der Linde gang, the life of an outlaw is all he has ever known. Dutch met Arthur when he was just 14 years old, a particularly damaged and angry young delinquent who had been on the streets ever since losing his parents at a young age. Arthur became Dutch's first real protégé; seemingly a lost cause who, with a little mentoring and structure, transformed into his most dedicated and capable enforcer. Arthur is a sharp, cool-headed, yet ruthless killer, but with his own sense of honor. He is a man who prides himself in getting the job done.

3. #3Johnconstant

   Keys: John Marston, Marston, John, Johnny · Secondary: he is the husband of Abigail Roberts and the father of their child, subsequently joining the Van der Linde gang. He was raised and molded into the outlaw life along with his surrogate brother, Jack., Arthur Morgan. The two of them were Dutch's proudest protégés. By 1899, John was saved by Dutch from a lynching, Living the outlaw life since he was a child
4. #4Dutchconstant

   Keys: Dutch, Dutch Van der Linde

   Dutch sees himself not as a criminal but as a man fighting against a corrupt system of power. Earlier in his life, Dutch had a vision of turning the West into a kind of savage utopia; that, if he spilled enough blood, he could change the way people think. He took orphans and street kids, such as Arthur Morgan and John Marston, under his wing, teaching them how to read and instilling self-worth and the importance of independent thinking.

   Dutch is idealistic, anarchic, charismatic, well-read, and well-lived, but possibly starting to unravel under the pressure of the encroaching modern world.

5. #5Abigailconstant

   Keys: Abigail, Miss Roberts, Ms. Roberts, Mrs. Roberts

   Living as an orphan who grew up scraping out a living in dive bars in brothels in the West, Abigail is a strong, single-minded, straight-talking woman who has seen a lot of life and knows what it takes to survive against the odds. Abigail was introduced to Dutch's gang by Uncle in 1894, and she fell pregnant soon afterward. Her young son Jack is her great pride and purpose. She is determined to give him a better and more loving childhood than she ever had, even if it is an unconditional one.

6. #6Annabelle

   Keys: Annabelle

   Joining the gang at some point prior to 1899, she fell in love with Dutch van der Linde. After an incident where Dutch killed the brother of his one-time associate Colm O'Driscoll, Annabelle was murdered by Colm in return. This began a long-standing feud between the O'Driscoll Boys and Dutch's gang, lasting decades.

7. #7Bessieconstant

   Keys: Bessie

   She would fall in love and later marry Hosea Matthews. The pair would ride together in Dutch's gang, although they would briefly live the life of crime behind, exploring the country. However, Hosea eventually drifted back into the outlaw life. Despite this, Bessie still loved Hosea, and the two remained together. At some point between 1883 and 1899, Bessie passed away, devastating Hosea, who became a drunk for a year to cope with the loss. She was described as a kind and caring woman.

8. #8Billconstant

   Keys: Bill Williamson, Williamson, Bill

   After being dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Army in his early twenties for attempted murder and deviancy, Bill turned to a life of violence, drinking, intimidation, and murder. He was at a low point when Dutch met him around 1893. Dutch took Bill under his wing and saved him from himself. Hot-headed and easily riled, he is a regular target for ribbing from the rest of the gang. He tends to act first and think later but is tough, loyal, and always ready to fight.

9. #9Charlesconstant

   Keys: Smith, Charles

   Charles is quiet and reserved but extremely competent in everything he does. Born to a Native American mother and African American father, Charles has spent his whole life on the run and has never felt like he really belongs anywhere. He joined up with Dutch mainly because he found an affinity with the gang's code and a sense of belonging. An expert hunter and tracker, Charles is a decent and honest man who also happens to be deadly in any kind of fight. Extremely principled, he struggles in a world that does not seem to value such ideals.

10. #10Callander Brosconstant

    Keys: Mac, Davey, Callender Brothers

    Brother of Mac Callender, he joined the Van der Linde gang at some point prior to 1899. He was an avid drunk and poker player, loved by many members of the gang, while others, such as Charles Smith, viewed him with distaste, calling him and Mac "a vicious pair of bastards." In the Blackwater Massacre, Davey was shot in the gut. As the gang fled north into the hostile mountains of Ambarino, Davey barely clung to life and passes away shortly after the gang arrives at Colter.

    Along with his brother, Davey, Mac was an outlaw who joined Dutch's gang at some point prior to 1899. He was known for being wild and violent while also possessing immense physical strength. He was described as a "heartless son of a bitch," yet he was also described to have also had a heart. After the Blackwater Massacre, Mac went missing along with Sean MacGuire and was captured by Pinkerton Agents. He would be killed by Agent Milton in what was claimed to be a "slow but merciful" death.

11. #11Hoseaconstant

    Keys: Hosea, Matthews

    second-in-command of the Van der Linde gang. He is known as a master con artist, gentleman, and thief. He has been Dutch's closest friend and his right-hand man for over twenty years. They first met when they tried to rob each other by a fire on the road to Chicago. Both young grifters with similarly subversive ideals became fast friends and partners in crime, running tricks together, ripping off the people they thought deserved it the most.

    Intelligent and quick-witted, Hosea can talk his way into, or out of, just about anything. He is now beginning to feel his age just a little.

12. #12Jackconstant

    Keys: Jack Marston, Jack

    The child of Abigail and John Marston. Young Jack was born into and has grown up with the gang, although everyone has done their best to shield him from the more nefarious elements. He feels lucky to have such a loving mother and a large family of aunts and uncles to look after him, but wishes that he could spend more time with his father and that there were some other children to play with. Jack is a kind, smart, and independent boy who loves everything about nature and the outdoor life.

13. #13Javierconstant

    Keys: Javier, Escuella

    He is a notorious bounty hunter and Mexican revolutionary from Nuevo Paraíso. Javier was forced to flee his country after killing a high-ranking army officer over a woman and cannot return there until there has been a change in power. He joined the gang around 1895 and immediately found a strong connection to Dutch's ideals. A very committed and passionate man, Javier is unquestioning in his loyalty to Dutch, perhaps sometimes to a fault, and is one of his most dependable recruits. Somewhat vainly, he takes a lot of care over his appearance and is always immaculately presented.

14. #14Jennyconstant

    Keys: Jenny

    Lost and abandoned on the side of the road, she was picked up by the Van der Linde gang in 1898, quickly gaining respect among many members of the gang. Hosea comments that she "had a spark." Jenny was not with the gang for long, as she was wounded during the hectic gunfight known as the Blackwater Massacre, dying shortly thereafter.

15. #15Trelawnyconstant

    Keys: Trelawnry, Josiah

    A flamboyant conjurer, conman, and trickster with a taste for the finer things in life, Trelawny is one of the only people Dutch allows to drift in and out of the gang. He pops out of nowhere, informing the gang of a lead, and then, just like one of his magic tricks, disappears again. He is a very hard man to pin down and not always to be trusted, but he consistently brings the gang good leads and provides some entertainment around camp. A cockroach in fancy britches, Trelawny is able to get into nooks and crannies that the rest of the gang can't.

16. #16Karenconstant

    Keys: Jones, Karen

    Karen is a consummate scam artist and trigger woman who can drink pretty much anybody under the table and does so most nights. If a bank needs robbing, just say the word, and she'll be the first on her horse. Bold and full of fun, she loves the outlaw life and wouldn't have it any other way, although the debauchery is starting to take a toll on her after all those years. She speaks her mind and takes no nonsense but is big-hearted and looks out for everyone, especially the other girls.

17. #17Keiranconstant

    Keys: Duffy, O'Driscoll, Keiran

    He is a whipping boy and general dogsbody for a rival gang, the O'Driscoll Boys. Kieran was captured by the Van der Linde gang during a raid and coerced by Dutch into turning on his own people. He later became a part of Dutch's gang in his own right but remains somewhat trapped between a rock and a hard place; the O'Driscolls want him dead, and his new associates will never fully trust him. A scraggly and toady individual of dubious personal hygiene, Kieran has much more of a connection to horses than he does to people.

18. #18Lennyconstant

    Keys: Lenny, Lenny Summers

    Young Lenny has spent the previous three years on the run for murder from every lawman and bounty hunter west of the Lannahechee River. Some drunks jumped and killed his father when he was walking home one night, so Lenny stole a gun and shot them all. He was only fifteen years old at the time. His father and uncle were well-educated and gave Lenny good schooling when he was growing up. Smart, competent, and ambitious, he is always ready to do his part and is fairly happy living in a community where he is mostly judged for his ability, not his appearance.

19. #19Straussconstant

    Keys: Strauss, Herr Strauss

    Herr Strauss is responsible for keeping the gang's books and running their money-lending operations. A serious, somewhat shifty, and unemotional man, he has all the qualities a loan shark needs. He grew up very poor in Vienna, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and had some serious health problems during childhood. At 17, the young Strauss was sent on a boat to the New World. After years of scamming the wrong people, he fell in with Dutch, mainly for protection, and has been with him ever since.

20. #20Mary-Bethconstant

    Keys: Mary-Beth, Gaskill

    Mary-Beth is a kind, good-natured young woman, which makes her the perfect criminal. By the time people realize they've been duped, she is already on her way home with the money. She'd been put in an orphanage at a young age after her mother died of typhoid, but ran away to fend for herself and soon became known as the best pickpocketer around. Smarter and more perspicacious than she often lets on, Mary-Beth loves to read and write and has dreams of becoming a novelist one day.

21. #21Micahconstant

    Keys: Bell, Micah

    A career criminal and hitman, Micah fell in with Dutch's gang in 1898. He claims he met Dutch when he saved his life in a bar fight over some stolen gold. He comes from a long line of bad men. His father and grandfather before him were also called Micah Bell, and, at one point, his father was wanted for murder in five counties. He has a brother living in California, whom he despises. Wild, unpredictable, and something of a nihilist, he lives for the action and is great in a gunfight.

22. #22Molly

    Keys: Molly, O'shea

    A Dublin girl and the object of Dutch's affection, Molly is too high-strung for a life on the run, and it's all starting to take a toll on her. She claims to be from a well-to-do Irish family who came over to America on a romantic whim in search of adventure and excitement. Molly certainly found that in Dutch but wants more than he can, or is prepared to, give her. She considers herself a few cuts above the other gang members, which hasn't won her many supporters in camp.

23. #23Swansonconstant

    Keys: reverend, Swanson

    A former clergyman now lost to debauchery, Swanson has fallen a long way from the standards he once set himself and struggles with many demons. He started using morphine to ease some pain a few years back, but it quickly took a desperate hold on him. A beaten man who has lost his self-esteem, direction, and most of his religion, his failings are made all worse as he is very much aware of them. If he hadn't saved Dutch's life in the past, it's unlikely the gang would've kept him around this long.

24. #24Sadieconstant

    Keys: Adler, Sadie

    Sadie is a widow hell-bent on taking revenge upon the men who broke into her home and killed her husband, Jake. She grew up raising harsh land in the mountains and can ride, hunt, and shoot with the best of them. She and Jake shared all of the work on the farm until her whole life was taken from her in an instant, launching her on a relentless quest for vengeance. Tough, dogged, and afraid of nothing and no one, she is entirely the wrong woman to cross- but very loyal to those she loves.

25. #25Seanconstant

    Keys: Macguire, Sean

    A cocky young Irish thief and stick‐up man who comes from a long line of criminals and political dissidents. His father, a wanted man, fled with Sean to America, but the British pursued them and killed him in his bed. He ran into Dutch and Hosea up in North Elizabeth when he tried to rob Dutch's pocket watch in an alleyway, unsuccessfully. Sean likes to push people's buttons. He always wants a piece of the action and believes in himself... perhaps a little too much.

26. #26Pearsonconstant

    Keys: Pearson

    The gang's butcher and camp cook, Pearson did a short stint at sea that he likes to talk about at length. His father and grandfather were both sperm whale hunters, and he was going to follow in their footsteps, but by the time he left school, nobody wanted whale oil anymore. He came out west and got into some bad trouble with some men who were shaking him down for his money. Dutch found him at his wit's end and took him under his wing. He is a loud, jolly degenerate who puts on a brave face but is somewhat in denial about the turn life has taken him.

27. #27Grimshawconstant

    Keys: Susan, Grimshaw

    She is the undisputed boss and arbiter of justice in the gang's camp; everything would have fallen apart years ago had Susan not been in charge. She's been with the gang nearly as long as Arthur. She used to be in a relationship with Dutch back in the old days, and even after that ended, they've remained strong partners in crime. Years as an outlaw have left her a little jaded, but she wouldn't have it any other way. Tenacious and iron-willed, she stands for no nonsense.

28. #28Uncleconstant

    Keys: Uncle

    A hanger-on and a good-time guy, Uncle is always around when the whiskey is open and nowhere to be seen when there's any work to be done. Nobody is quite sure how old he is or if he's actually anybody's uncle. He's lived a colorful life that gets more vibrant with every story he tells. He claims to have had many wives and to have traveled to every corner of the globe; he also asserts that he has terminal lumbago. If he wasn't so entertaining, Dutch would have cut him loose long ago.

29. #29Tillyconstant

    Keys: Tilly, Jackson

    An outlaw for almost as long as she can remember, Tilly ran with another gang that kidnapped her from her mother when she was just 12 years old. After years of abuse, she killed one of the gang members and fled. She was getting into trouble and heading down a bad path when Dutch found her- but he brought her in, protected her, and taught her how to read. Savvy, resilient, and responsible, she can more than handle herself and isn't afraid to speak her mind.

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