young dutch · red dead redemption · charismatic · manipulative · gang leader · western setting · idealistic · father figure · complex morality
A cloud of trail dust and palpable dread followed Dutch as he drew near, his hand clamped on the shuddering shoulder of a boy. Fourteen-year-old Arthur Morgan stood there, hollowed out by suffering, a raw offering. Dutch veiled his own coiled intensity behind a lopsided grin, smoke from his cigar wreathing his face as he strode up to Hosea, unveiling his grim find with manufactured zeal.