Nothing gets forgiven. After reuniting with his family, Marston wears brown pants, a grey shirt with leather gloves and an undone black vest, along with black boots and his classic hat. He did everything Edgar Ross wanted, took his verbal abuse, and still got killed in the end. In the end, John realizes that the only way to save his family from the government's crosshairs is to lay down his life. Rob Wiethoff auditioned for the role of John Marston by folding laundry while reading his lines. In Nuevo Paraíso, John finds that Mexico is actually in worse shape than America, and he heads to Las Hermanas, where he meets the Mother Superior. Without a retcon, the daughter would've had to have been given away or somebody else is the mother. She tells John that she needs a normal undead to really find out. Not much information is given about Jack's birthday, or birthplace. Sadie hid in the cellar to avoid the same fate. They then head back to camp, and the gang throw a party to celebrate Jack's return. West Dickens gives them a lecture about what is inside his "miracle" wagon, before rapping sharply on the side of the wagon to signal John, who shows himself and kills most of the outlaws while assaulting the fort. In Escalera, Seth is shown stealing the ancient mask once again, causing the dead to rise again, including John Marston. Once the family return to the farm, Jack and John begin to spend more time together. He also gives John some of the elixir to use as bait. The gang became an extended family to Jack, with most of the members becoming aunts and uncles to him. After the Pinkertons find out the location of the gang's camp, John and Arthur go to Shady Belle, in order to clear out any Lemoyne Raiders so that the gang may set up a new camp there. We do get to see how being part of the Van der Linde Gang has affected this much younger John. 3 Link to post Share on other sites. "Peacemaker" is coincidentally a nickname for the, John is #2 in Game Informer's "30 Characters who Defined a Decade" list in their December 2010 edition. Edgar Ross, the newly appointed head of the Bureau of Investigation catches wind of the events on Mount Hagen and goes to investigate, finding nothing but Micah's frozen corpse and no trace of the missing Blackwater money. The game's final scene shows federal agents Edgar Ross and Archer Fordham observing John's ranch. He has level 2 left parted off-black hair and a beard of level 4 length. Can I get cliff notes as I dont plan on playing RDR1 again.-Spoilers for RDR1-Marston is tasked with hunting down Bill and Javier by Ross in exchange for Abigail and Jack and, presumably, immunity. With his old gang dead, John and his family are returned to their ranch. Dutch goes back to save him, but ultimately decides to leave John to die. American (Scottish descent) Our old protagonist from RDR1, who lets Arthur Morgan take the wheel in RDR2. Unlike his older self, John is seen as having a more apathetic, colder personality towards his family. He is both Van der Linde's greatest success, and his ultimate undoing. Jack was born around the mid 1890's. As the protagonist after Chapter 6, he appears in all. Guidelines for Requests -Online Requests Are Once Again Open! In the year 1911, John was approached by Edgar Ross, a governmental official whose position of power is never explicitly revealed. [2] He felt that the audition was a waste of time, but received the role a few days later. Seriously, just because John Marston is the main character doesn't make him angel. However, he was blinded in a bar fight south of Chicago and died at some point later, when John was eight years old. In Armadillo, John meets Marshal Leigh Johnson, and Johnson asks John to find Eli and Jonah, who have been missing for a few hours. Gameplay If John decides to follow the "freak with a glass eye" lead, he will find Seth Briars in The Old Bacchus Place, playing cards with an undead Moses Forth. Zombie Marston walks and runs lopsided, but when he draws a weapon his stance returns to normal. Thus, he gave up his former life to become a farmer and a family man. John's father was blinded in both eyes during a bar fight south of Chicago at some stage, and loved to talk about Scotland and how he hated the English for what they did to his great-grandparents, although he never met them.In 1881, John's father passed awa… Occupation During a stand-off between Micah and Arthur about the former being a traitor, John makes a shock return, still injured, claiming that Dutch left him to die. [24], For his role in Red Dead Redemption, Wiethoff won Outstanding Character Performance at the 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards. John heads to a nearby shed to grab his gun. Gender In Undead Nightmare, John Marston, the protagonist, is in his house with his wife, Abigail, and son, Jack. They take the mask to the crypt where Reyes found it, and after John places the mask back in the altar, the zombies are returned to normal and John heads home. Once they return to Colter, Abigail scolds Marston for his actions, and he is left to recover during the rest of their stay. John asks Seth if there's a cure to the plague, and Seth tells him to clear the graveyards. Marston confronts Javier and holds him at gunpoint, although Javier manages to escape. After John helps them clear it out, the train heads to the border. Well, Jack isn’t really an established character as an adult. The three take out some of the O'Driscolls silently, before a shootout ensues. I do prefer John as a playable character because of how determinant and angry/badass he was, but I definetely think that Arthur no doubt had the best redemption story because of how much he changed. 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