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Nigel West Dickens

Voz de Don Creech

5 missões dadas

Nigel West Dickens dá 5 das 57 missões da história, a primeira Old Swindler Blues e a última The Sport of Kings, and Liars.

Distribui trabalho. A inicial dele é o marcador até onde você cavalga.

Função: Chefes de missão
Dublador: Don Creech
Ocupação: Snake Oil Salesmen
Afiliações: John Marston, Seth Briars, Irish
Também conhecida como: The Snake Oil Guy, Old Man

Notas do jogador

O delegado Eli conta a John Marston que Nigel West Dickens desapareceu e que seus clientes habituais em Armadillo perguntam por ele. West Dickens é um vendedor ambulante de óleo de cobra, que se veste e fala como um inglês instruído enquanto vende tônicos medicinais fraudulentos. John o encontra ferido ao lado de sua diligência ao sul de Coot's Chapel. Bandidos os perseguem enquanto John o leva de volta a Armadillo, onde o médico o trata.

Embora John tenha pouca paciência com West Dickens, o vendedor passa a participar do plano contra Bill Williamson em Fort Mercer. Ele apresenta John a Seth Briars e Irish, cuja ajuda é necessária para o ataque, e fornece uma diligência blindada para o ardil. O grupo entra em Fort Mercer usando o veículo como um cavalo de Troia, mas descobre que Bill partiu na manhã anterior. West Dickens diz que ficou sem clientes em New Austin e fala em seguir para a Europa ou a China.

Mais tarde, John encontra West Dickens preso no posto policial de Blackwater por posse e distribuição de narcóticos. John diz ao policial que o velho vendedor ajudou em sua perseguição a Bill Williamson, e Edgar Ross o chama de herói com sarcasmo. A polícia solta West Dickens.

Na história separada de Undead Nightmare, West Dickens vende seu Elixir em Fort Mercer, alegando que ele cura a praga zumbi e afasta os mortos-vivos. John o obriga a distribuir amostras grátis depois que um cliente é morto do lado de fora do forte. West Dickens entrega uma garrafa a John e pede ingredientes para uma cura verdadeira. Mais tarde, ele o manda a Riley's Charge buscar peças de metal, usadas para construir uma Blunderbuss, e o orienta a procurar desertores em The Scratching Post por um uniforme militar. West Dickens sai a pé, decidido a chegar a Baghdad ou morrer tentando.

Curiosidades

◆His appearance, character, voice, and mannerisms seem to be based upon the actor/comedian W.C. Fields. His outfit is also very similar to Fields' most popular role as "Mr. Micawber" in the original David Copperfield film. Also, Fields played many con artists in his films, one, in particular, involves Fields' character peddling a "miracle elixir".
◆Furthermore, West Dickens' characterization and interactions with John Marston appear to be influenced by the character "Carpetbagger" from the Clint Eastwood film The Outlaw Josey Wales.
◆After the mission "Can a Swindler Change His Spots?", if the player stays at Cueva Seca, they can see Dickens urinating. Afterward. he will stop, walk away, go back and do it again.
◆When John introduces himself in "Old Swindler Blues", West Dickens recognizes John as an outlaw. If John wears the Walton's Gang Outfit or Bollard Twins Outfit, West Dickens will note his membership in the gang.
◆As seen in Undead Nightmare, Nigel West Dickens apparently owns a small valuable item, as he has a small box that he handles very carefully, with rattling coming from the box. This item could also be some of West Dickens' Elixir (which has been revealed to be a powerful Undead Bait) that the old man keeps in a little box and handle carefully to avoid spilling it (and so baiting every undead near).
◆It seems he has been lynched at one point, shown by a scar stretching across his neck. This is likely due to him being caught as a con artist.
◆Despite constantly failing at "cures" and "miracles", West Dickens says he will not give up science.
◆In Undead Nightmare, among the writing on the walls of the buildings in Blackwater one writing reads "I know a cure for all ailments." West Dickens says this to John on his way out of Doctor Johnston's office.
◆Nigel West Dickens and Seth are the only uninfected major characters in Undead Nightmare to not battle the Undead in any way.
◆He is one of the three major characters who do not ride horses at all. The others are Agustin Allende and Luisa Fortuna.
◆Nigel West Dickens is from Fort Wayne, Indiana according to the comment he made on "Liars, Cheats and Other Proud Americans".
◆West Dickens' elixir may also be a laxative as John states that 'that elixir I drank went through me like a dose of salts' during "The Sport of Kings and Liars".
◆Nigel West Dickens explains that he once tried to sell his elixir on MacFarlane's Ranch, before being chased away by Bonnie MacFarlane herself.
◆In Red Dead Redemption 2, Nigel West Dickens is referred to in an anecdote that appears in the Gunsmith catalogue's description for the Sawed-Off Shotgun. In it, a woman from Annesburg recounts having threatened West Dickens with the shotgun after her elderly parents became addicted to his elixirs.
◆He is not mentioned in the final Blackwater Ledger in 1914.