Mission giver

Luisa Fortuna

Voiced by Francesca Galeas

4 missions given

Luisa Fortuna hands out 4 of the 57 story missions, the first My Sister's Keeper and the last Captain De Santa's Downfall.

Hands out work. Their initial is the marker you ride to.

Role: Mission givers
Voice actor: Francesca Galeas
Occupation: Schoolteacher Revolutionary
Affiliations: Reyes' Rebels, John Marston, Abraham Reyes, Landon Ricketts

Player notes

Luisa Fortuna is a young Mexican revolutionary from Campo Mirada in Perdido, Nuevo Paraíso. Born in 1892, she teaches herself to read, write and speak English, then trains as a schoolteacher. By 1911, she fights with Reyes' Rebels against Colonel Allende's government. Fiercely committed to the cause, Luisa believes Abraham Reyes will free Mexico and expects to marry him, though Reyes repeatedly treats her as a disposable peasant and struggles to remember her name.

John Marston meets Luisa after Emilio Fortuna asks him and Landon Ricketts to break her out of a government jail. She soon draws John into the rebels' struggle. Luisa remains devoted to Reyes despite his conduct, and her dealings with John grow colder after he works for the Mexican Army. She tells him that she cannot forgive his help to Allende, but continues to call on him when the rebellion needs another gun.

Luisa asks John to escort her sister Miranda to the docks so she can flee to the Yucatan. She later seeks his help to free Reyes from El Presidio and persuades him to join a guerrilla attack after government soldiers kill her father. Luisa then organizes the assault on Sepulcro, where the rebels hunt Captain de Santa. Her faith in Reyes and the revolution does not waver through any of these losses.

During the battle for Escalera, John finds Reyes about to be executed by Raul Zubieta and two soldiers. As John attempts to secure Reyes' release, Luisa rushes Zubieta with her hunting knife. Zubieta's men shoot her three times in the chest, killing her. John kills the soldiers, duels and kills Zubieta, then cuts Reyes free. When John confronts Reyes over Luisa's death, Reyes again cannot remember who she was.

Trivia

◆Her characteristics draw parallels with the main character in the short story written by Katherine Anne Porter called "Flowering Judas", where a young woman named Laura falls in love with a shallow, boastful revolutionary.
◆In singleplayer, Luisa is seen wearing a dress throughout the game, though she is given chaps in multiplayer, a similar change applied to Abigail Marston.
◆Even if John mentions to many people he has a family, he only reveals one of their names to Luisa: she asks during "Father Abraham" for his son's name, and he tells her.
◆Her last name means "luck", which is ironic considering her death later on in the story. On the other hand, this can be considered a better fate than being abused and heartbroken by Reyes, who did not reciprocate her romantic feelings for him and instead considered her as "some peasant girl with a tight c*nt."
◆In a pre-release version of the game Luisa had a more defeated, unhygienic face. Her teeth were a dark yellow and her hair was unkept.
◆She is one of the three major characters who do not ride horses at all. The others are Agustin Allende and Nigel West Dickens.
◆A man buried at Sepulcro cemetery, Alejandro Fortuna, may be related to Luisa. According to his gravestone, "he died for his country".
◆In Undead Nightmare, a regular undead uses Luisa's character model. Getting close enough to her and using Dead Eye Targeting reveals the gold cross necklace that Luisa wears throughout the game. This undead is first encountered in Escalera.