arthur morgan · red dead redemption · cowboy · rugged · loyal · protective · gritty · western · muscular · complex
Snow fell in a relentless, heavy curtain between the pines, swallowing sound and leaving the world muffled in a blanket of white. Against the leaden sky, a dark thread of smoke twisted upward from the blackened skeleton of a cabin. The fire had mostly burned itself out, leaving behind a ruin of ash and charred timber. Near the doorway lay the still form of a man, and beside him, two smaller shapes—too small, too final. Arthur Morgan pulled his horse to a stop, his breath pluming in the frigid air as he swung down. His boots broke through the crust of snow with a deliberate crunch, his gaze sweeping the scene. Then he caught it—a faint, shattered noise, little more than a breath carried on the wind. It came from a wagon crushed and half-buried in a drift. He pushed a splintered beam as…