
Van der Linde gang
Главарь: Dutch van der Linde
Van der Linde gang действует в районе Transitory; 1 названный участник.
- Главари
- Dutch van der Linde, Hosea Matthews (co-founder), Arthur Morgan (lead enforcer), Susan Grimshaw (administrator)
- Статус
- Disbanded (1899)
- Территория
- Transitory
- Связи
- Wapiti Indians, Gray family (temporarily), Braithwaite family (temporarily), Saint Denis Mob (temporarily), Guarma Rebels (temporarily)
Заметки игрока
Dutch van der Linde и Hosea Matthews основывают банду после того, как в середине 1870-х пытаются обмануть и ограбить друг друга у дороги на Chicago. Они становятся напарниками и следуют убеждению Dutch, что преступники могут противостоять властям и богачам, помогая бедным. Arthur Morgan попадает к ним осиротевшим подростком и становится самым доверенным стрелком Dutch. Susan Grimshaw остаётся в банде после окончания отношений с Dutch и поддерживает порядок в лагере. Позже Dutch принимает John Marston, а банда вырастает в кочующую семью воров, мошенников и беглецов.
В 1899 году банда действует на всё более тесной территории американского фронтира и переносит лагерь, когда приближаются законники, Pinkerton или враги. Её члены только что бежали из Blackwater после сорвавшегося ограбления парома, в котором Davey Callander получает смертельное ранение, а Jenny Kirk погибает. История впервые встречает их укрывшимися среди снегов Colter. Оправившись, банда разбивает лагеря в Horseshoe Overlook, Clemens Point, Shady Belle и Lakay, ведёт дела с семьями Gray и Braithwaite, а затем выступает против обеих, и связывается с мафией Angelo Bronte в Saint Denis.
Замыслы Dutch становятся всё кровавее, пока банда грабит банки, сражается с O'Driscoll Boys и Pinkerton и теряет людей, среди которых Hosea Matthews и Lenny Summers. Проваленное ограбление банка в Saint Denis оставляет Dutch, Arthur, Bill Williamson, Javier Escuella и Micah Bell на Guarma. Там они помогают местным повстанцам, прежде чем вернуться в Америку. В Beaver Hollow Arthur узнаёт, что умирает от туберкулёза, и понимает, что Micah передаёт сведения Pinkerton. Dutch бросает Arthur во время окончательного распада банды, а выжившие расходятся. John, Sadie Adler и Charles Smith находят Micah на Mount Hagen, где Dutch убивает его и уходит.
Интересные факты
- ◆Almost every member of the gang has a custom sidearm, and some even have custom longarms, with examples of the latter including John, Sadie, Bill, Lenny, Hosea, and Uncle.
- ◆The gang's exploits are based on those of an amalgamation of several historical Old West gangs, particularly those of the 1890s that have become prominent in American literature, television, and film. These include the Dalton Gang, the Doolin-Dalton Gang (the original Wild Bunch), and especially Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, among others. Some examples of similarities are:
- ◆The Daltons participated in a disastrous robbery in Coffeyville, Kansas where multiple members were killed, not unlike the Blackwater Massacre or the Saint Denis bank robbery.
- ◆All eleven male members of the Doolin-Dalton gang met violent deaths, and a similarly large number is ultimately true for those in the Van der Linde gang.
- ◆Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch pulled off a train robbery in 1899 that resembles the mission "Who the Hell is Leviticus Cornwall?", in which they used dynamite to blow open a train car. This robbery also put the real-life Pinkertons on their trail. Later on in 1899 they planned to run away to a subtropical island, and unlike the Van der Linde gang they made their getaway in 1901.
- ◆In the backstory, it was mentioned that Dutch and Hosea did a job in Kettering, Ohio around 1877. This is an anachronism, as the city was named after Charles F. Kettering in 1952.
- ◆Dutch, Bill, Micah, Javier, John and Charles are the only known members with a fugitive status, or are at least the only ones still wanted by the government in 1907.
- ◆In the game's end credits, Cleet and Joe are not listed as members of the Van der Linde gang: They do not include those two characters in the first subsection of the part of the credits, that lists the Cast, called "The Van der Linde Gang", but instead they list them in the much longer second subsection entitled "Full Cast". Here both of them are identified as "A Hired Gunman".
- ◆Mary-Beth, Tilly, Grimshaw, Strauss, Abigail, Pearson, Swanson, and Molly are the only members not to have a named mount. Out of them, Grimshaw will ride a horse after chasing down Anthony Foreman in "No, No and Thrice, No", Mary-Beth and Tilly both ride Tennessee Walkers when assisting in robbery companion missions as well as when Tilly escapes with Jack, Strauss rides a Morgan or Tennessee Walker if banished from camp, Swanson would ride away on a Tennessee Walker if alerted before "Who is Not Without Sin" and Abigail will temporarily commandeer Sadie's horse Bob in Arthur's final mission.
- ◆The Black and White photo of the gang for the compendium would have had to have been taken between "The First Shall Be Last" and "A Short Walk in a Pretty Town" due to the presence of Sean. It is, however, implied that it is after "Further Questions of Female Suffrage" due to this being the mission where Sadie first starts proving that she can ride with the men in the gang and is seen wearing men's clothing. However, this mission takes place not long after "The Sheep and the Goats", which means the gang would have still been heavily wanted at the place the photo was taken: Smithfield's Saloon in Valentine making it unlikely the gang would have traveled there to take a photo.
Названные участники
1Участники с собственными страницами приведены ссылками. Остальных вики называет, но статей о них нет.
List of members
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