He hates the Government so I doubt he joined up for either War. I think Jack used his interest in literature to become a writer, using Arthur/Johns journal, and embellished them with campfire stories Uncle used to tell Jack. Location He probably got killed by the government like John or by some outlaw or someone seeking vengeance much like he did. Around his early 40s, he laments that he never married, and has buried Sadie, Ricketts, and Charles. Maybe started again somewhere else (possibly as an outlaw), perhaps tried to become a writer or something. A horse killer? Or it could have been something completely random, like a freak illness, animal attack, or accident. He also developed an intense hatred for the American government and its law enforcement organizations, deeming them the real criminals and the people responsible for the demise of his family. He wears a beige jacket, a white button-up shirt with a red neckerchief and dark, dirty pants. John tries to learn Jack how to shoot a rifle properly, much to Jack's dismay. Most of Jack's other actions during that time period is unknown. Great in cities with paved roads, and since their goddamn solid steal, they're tanks. However, Edgar Ross, the agent who John worked for, attacks the Marston family, killing John and Uncle. He then unpacks his stuff and begins buying supplies to run the ranch once more. Jack very rarely leaves the camp, with one notable exception being when Arthur takes him fishing - a trip which is soured by the arrival of Pinkerton agents Milton and Ross. The cabin that the Ross family lives in is the same cabin. Game The following morning, Jack is taken by John to help him getting some cattle from MacFarlane's Ranch, from Drewand Bonnie MacFarlane. He wears a white button-up shirt and a vest. Nicknames The latter indicates Ross' location. They won't do that. During the night, John and Abigail are confronted by a pale looking Uncle. Uncle calls for John, as he noticed a big group of lawmen and soldiers attack the ranch (unknown to Jack). Jack practicing his aiming skills, with John by his side. They had returned to West Elizabeth in 1907 and were notably stationed at Pronghorn Ranch for a time, where Abigail and Jack temporarily left John after the former was unsatisfied with Johns actions. Some thought he died in the Great War, others thought he perished due to the cholera outbreak that would be John Marston (father) Abigail Marston (mother) Rufus (dog) Unidentified sister dead Unnamed paternal grandfather dead Unnamed paternal grandmother dead Jack grew up amongst the gang, oftentimes referring to Dutch, Bill, Hosea and Arthur as his uncles. Mansion (?) Hi! Soon afterwards, Abigail and Jack reunite with John, with a new dog, Rufus. He ends up becoming very well known through West Elizabeth and parts of New Austin Jack gets into contact with Pronghorn Ranch in 1916. You dont look much like a Marston maybe a Williamson or an Escuela, Arthur Morgan says during RDR2, implying Abigail likely provided services to Javier and Bill before settling down with John. I know it's mostly implied that Jack became an outlaw after killing Ross. He rents a room there, going by Tacitus Kilgore, grows a beard, and starts Bounty Hunting. He wears a dark grey vest, a blue and white vertically striped shirt, and brown pants. A comment from Jack himself in 1907 suggests the gang not only cared about him a lot and tried to keep him out of their illegal activities, but also avoided mentioning them to the boy, yet Jack still managed to deduce something about it by himself. The Marston family is the family of John Marston, prominent in Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2. He is now a fully grown adult, aged 19, and sports a mustache and a goatee. Its not outlandish to think that Abigail may have contracted something while on the job, causing her untimely death. Jack refuses, leading to a final showdown between the two. Jack is on par with his father in terms of abilities and skills. He does The first event would've been to leave Micah in jail to get executed. Listening to Ross's comments before the duel, he can be heard cursing when he misses the shots. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The way you put it a soldier is a murderer then? Dialogues just what you think) I hope he became a writer or something but I think he'd become a soldier, to And my god, what an amazing game but it got me thinking we still don't really have a headcanon for Jack. arrived. Jack was an intellectual at a young age, with hopes of becoming a writer when he grew up. Start The remaining members of the Marston family continue to live on the ranch. Jack rides to the top of Nekoti Rock, where he is attacked and injured by a bear who lived at the cave on the top of the mountain, while his horse is killed and half-eaten by the bear. The two later takes the meat to the trading post in Manzanita to sell the elk products. It was Dutch who taught John how to read and shoot, ultimately resulting in Marston becoming a member of the Van der Linde gang. Not everyone he helped would be caught up, it's unreasonable to think that. Meeting Philip, Jack finally locates Ross down the river hunting ducks. Hearing the shots, Jack and Abigail rush to the farm, where they find the corpse of a heavily shot John. Jack and Edgar Ross are the only central characters in the series to appear in all four time periods: 1899 and 1907 in, Jack and Ross meet only two times, during ". And you can choose to either get them to join you or you can kill them. John's father also hated the English for what they did to his great-grandparents, although he never met them. Later that year, with the gang on the brink of demise, John is shot and injured during a train robbery and left to die by his former brothers-in-arms, and Abigail is kidnapped by Agent Milton, although Dutch refuses to rescue her. However, the game doesnt disclose how or why she died. After John completed tasks for Abigail and Uncle, he begins to spend time with Jack. Red Dead Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. )Lancelot Milton (?)Mr. Now under the player's control, he buries his Jack and Ross, preparing for a final showdown. Jack is first playable during the final sequence of the mission "The Last Enemy That Shall Be Destroyed"; he is limited to only riding his horseback to the Marston Ranch, and it is the only time where his 16 years-old self is controlled by the player. Jack is brilliant. WebAt some stage during Jack's early years, John left the gang for a year. Pick a crew, and plan it out. John eventually succeeds in this task and reunites with his family at the ranch. I don't think John knew he was going to abandon Abigail and Jack, but regardless there's not really any reason he would opt to help Dutch later on when the whole point of going after Dutch in RDR1 was to save John's family. The game assumes that players will easily accept Abigail died of unknown causes, but it, unfortunately, lost a good opportunity to expand on the circumstances leading up to this characters death. Becomes a bootlegger forming a crew maybe he survives but he may die or be arrested. Mount This led Jack to feel insecure and frightful whenever his father approached him and made him all the more desperate to prove his worth to both his father and himself. Alexandra is a freelance writer based in Montreal. 1907 Were jack decides to put his life on the western front, The first world war has come to a close, also with Jack's military service ending with being able to return back to the United States. Jack was actually somewhat intelligent so he could've done other stuff or he could've been drafted into WW1. He basically spends a good time after his fathers revenge being a Wild West vigilante. If you look into the bookshelfs in GTA5 he wrote a book named "Red Dead" so yeah, guess he became an author. Josh Blaylock (RDR, Undead Nightmare)Marissa Buccianti (child) (RDR 2) Ted Sutherland (pre-teen) (RDR 2) Jack finds and confronts Ross, who shows no remorse for betraying John three years ago, and even threatening that to kill Jack if the latter will stay in the place. WebIn 1911, Jack and his family, were kidnapped by federal agent Edgar Ross, who ordered John to kill his former brother-in-arms. Jack asks John if he will come with them, who says that he'll catch up with them, he slaps the horse and it to ran out the barn. With the addition of the Liars and Cheats DLC pack, Jack Marston is also a multiplayer character model that may be selected in the 'Redemption' section of the Outfitter. Because as @Jannes8492 said everyone he knew were dead or gone and it was very hard for him and had a very bad effect on him, too. *After killing a dog/animal "I used to love animals", *After killing a horse "This what ive become? Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. He has grown taller and is only a few inches shorter than his father. Once defeated, Edgar stumbles backwards and falls to the ground, dead. He wears a beige jacket, a white button-up shirt with a red neckerchief, and dark, dirty pants. If the player attempts to target the gun or arm of the target (normally a disabling shot), the duel will be lost (the bar will simply not fill when targeting his hands; this happens in other important duels also). It's simply that flagship Rockstarprojects now take many years to develop, and the company is simultaneously runningRed Dead Online, meaning that an announcement could still be years away. He became an author. When referring to Abigail and Johns relationship, Dutch says, We all had her, but he married her. Its also been heavily implied that Jack may not be Johns biological son. Red Dead Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. He is also capable of using Dead Eye Targeting. But he eventually gets on the FIB's wanted list, and now he pursued across the country with the full weight of the federal government. After reading stories, as well as hearing stories from his father, Jack decides to ride to Tall Trees, and hunt a bear, in order to prove that he is no longer a kid. Location I know many might think that he became a writer, but I honestly believe that he became a marshal or sheriff. This also includes progress in most Strangers side-missions, for which he has his own recorded lines. Jack's general attitude, character and personality in 1914 is very reflective of the player's honor level. After ending his business with Edgar Ross, John reunite with Jack and Abigail, as well with Uncle, who didn't keep the Marston Ranch in a good shape, leading all the livestock dead or stolen. When playable, Jack can be heard muttering to himself or even towards his deceased father when idle for stretches of time. It would be completely pointless. Red Dead Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. As a little bit of added guilt to weigh on our boy Jacks mind, anyone he helped, anyone he gave money to, would be punished as well. Unlocked by His grief and loneliness appear to have developed a severe case of depression and self-loathing. Note: The events of Undead Nightmare are not considered part of the same canon as Red Dead Redemption. In 1911, Jack and Abigail were taken hostage by Edgar Ross and Archer Fordham, two senior agents of the Bureau of Investigation, using them as leverage against John so that he would hunt down the remnants of the Van der Linde gang, Bill, Javier, and Dutch. I don't know if this question has been asked before on this sub, so forgive me if it has. He has also taken to wearing his father's hat. That'd be really nice, but if he's forced to have to good karma in order to live, then wouldn't that take away some of the "freedom" in the game? 1911- Jack now has longer hair and is a few years older, He wears a dark grey vest, a blue and white striped shirt, and brown pants. The age of outlaws was over. Jack and Abigail's status afterwards is unknown. Will there be a Red Dead 3? John and Abigail had two children together, a son, Jack Marston (born in 1895), and a daughter, whose date of birth and death are unknown. The timeline would match up pretty closely if Jack went to Mexico and joined up with a Pancho Villa type revolution. I think realistically the best choice is to keep going backwards, show us the gang young, and we can see characters like Davey, learn about Hosea's relationship (I can't remember her name) and Arthur's time with Mary. Jack and Ross draw their handguns, but Jack is faster and Ross is gunned down by the young duelist. Failing the duel and restarting it results in Ross using a different shotgun to hunt each time, either the. 1899- Jack is between the age four-year old boy with brown hair and faint freckles on his face. That's the end of the story. He quits ranching and closes everything down. The Marston family goes to sleep, and although Jack voices his worry for Uncle's absence, John decides to leave things for the next day. Jack first appears reuniting with his father after John finished his business with the Bureau of Investigation and is allowed to return back to the Marston Ranch. San Luis River Jack looks down at his handgun, understanding that while he avenged his family by killing the man who destroyed them, Jack is close to become an outlaw, the very life his father didn't want for him, and tried to avoid it in every way. Before being hogtied, Jack chases Rufus but fails to catch him. Jack was all about revenge even though revenge killed his father, he goes down the same path and dies, like poetry. /r/RedDeadRedemption - A subreddit dedicated to Red Dead Redemption & Red Dead Redemption 2, developed by Rockstar Games, the creators behind the Grand Theft Auto series. John begins to call for his son at the ranch, but is then told by Uncle about Jack's plans. As a result of his upbringing, Jack initially lacked his father's courage and superior combat, farming, and survival skills, but possessed intelligence and empathy that far surpassed John's. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Sometime after helping both Abigail and Uncle, John takes time with teaching Jack hunting and skinning. This is the only side-mission which John Marston cannot complete. Jack's deep love for his family also ironically results in becoming the very thing his parents didn't want him to be: an outlaw. Though her husband John Marston dies at the end of the originalRed Dead Redemption, Abigail and their son Jack manage to escape the Pinkertons and government forces, leading players to believe that both of them are safe momentarily. Soon after moving to the ranch, Jack went fishing with his father and was later present for his parents' wedding, where John later states how happy Jack seemed. After Jack guns down Ross, he looks at his weapon in an almost questioning way, perhaps questioning if the decision to kill Ross was something his father wanted, as John always wanted Jack to have a life of peace. The tender moment between the two is cut short by a wide-scale attack from the U.S. Army, U.S. He doesn't want to fight for the government. Yeah and just killing Edgar wasnt illegal since it was a duel, He became an outlaw, just like his father, if you play after finishing the game, by some dialogues you can tell he is pretty depressed and he HATES the government and everything that has something to do about it. Turning Jack's life into a video game would make it a violent and tragic affair. She loves travelling, drinking too much coffee, and shopping as a sport. Unfazed by Ross' threats to kill him, Jack challenges the older man to a final duel. Red Dead Redemption 2 is an epic tale of life in Americas unforgiving heartland. In the original Red Dead Redemption, players take control of John Marston as he is forced to hunt down his former gang members from his Dutch Van der Linde days. Rockstar Games Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. And being VERY generous with his cash. Related:What Red Dead Revolver's Main Character Could Be Doing In RDR3. WebAt the end of Red Dead Redemption 2, Sadie Adler, John Marston, and Charles Smith avenge the death of Arthur and the unnecessary falling apart of Dutch's Gang by killing Micah Bell. During his childhood, Jack grew in the gang's life, and developed a close bond with John and Abigail's friends and fellow outlaws Dutch van der Linde, Bill Williamson, Arthur Morgan and Javier Escuella. 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