Dutch van der Linde

Dutch van der Linde is the deuteragonist for the first 5 chapters of the game turned one of the two main antagonists in chapter 6 (alongside Andrew Milton) of Red Dead Redemption 2.

Biography

Dutch is/was the leader of the infamous van der Linde gang and they wreak havoc all across the west until a botched train robbery. this is when Dutch starts losing his sanity as he desperately tries to deliver on the promises to the gang.

After the train robbery all of his gang members start to question Dutch and if he has a plan, his sanity deteriorates further when his longtime partner who helped Dutch build up the gang for 20+ years, Hosea Matthews dies along with Lenny after another of his botched robberies. after Hosea dies, this gives Micah Bell room to slide over and manipulate Dutch into becoming more ruthless with the promise of money, which keeps on making him worse and worse.

Eventually Micah gets so much control over Dutch, leading him to leave John Marston, Arthur Morgan, Abigail Roberts, and Sadie Adler to die at the hands of Mr. Milton and the Pinkertons to die. Additionally he starts using this feud between the government and the natives for his own benefit.

In the last mission, Dutch is persuaded to kill his brother, Arthur by Micah, and realizes he made a horrible mistake, however he doesn't take a side. Micah (depending on your honor) does the deed himself, or leaves him to die peacefully on the mountain or camp due to the incoming lawmen.

Years later in 1907 John goes to Micah's cabin where he sees Micah and Dutch who is working with him because he does not want to admit he made a mistake. Now Dutch has a difficult choice between kill Micah and admit he made a mistake, or kill John and keep living this lie. He eventually admits it and runs off and disappears.