Talk:Arthur Morgan/@comment-32717985-20180427204418/@comment-5728015-20180503204315

Well, he either dies, works as a mole for the government, or leaves the game early on (or all of the above), since he isn't part of John's hitlist in RDR1. I suppose he could also have died offscreen in the period between the two games (maybe tuberculosis like Doc Holiday, or maybe the feds got him before they picked up Marston), but that would be a pretty lame explanation.

Personally, I'm hoping for some combination of the above, like that he's slowly dying of tuberculosis, and as the gang continues to fall further into depravity, he gets an offer he can't refuse, one last chance to do the right thing before dying, and stop his friends from becoming worse monsters then they already are. Of course, nothing goes as planned, and the whole scheme blows up spectacularly, leading to Marston leaving the gang, and high tensions causing the others to run completely wild; as our hero's health starts to rapidly go south, he goes for one final desperate gamble to stop them, only to have the tables turned on him, and Dutch quietly whispers into his ear that he has his own friends in the feds before shooting him down. As he slowly bleeds out, seeing their leader gun down one of their own causes tensions in the gang to finally boil over, leading to a shoot-out that ultimately leaves half the gang dead, while the rest go their separate ways, allowing the protagonist to die in peace knowing his goal was accomplished, and paving the way for RDR1.