Mentor and protégé.

The relationship between the two is underdeveloped. Ross only speaks once in a cutscene (Enjoy your fishing kid, while you still can) and is heard yelling during the final mission of Chapter 6 (after Milton's death).

It makes me wonder why they created Milton in the first place, when they could've easily had Ross as the main Pinkerton agent chasing after the gang.

@Equivalent-Ambition

Because that's not often how it is in real-life either.

While their relationship could be considered underdeveloped, that doesn't mean Andrew Milton is void of character or completely eliminate his purpose as a character, for that matter.

Personally, it always struck me as similar to the fact that Anthony Comstock inspired the likes of J. Edgar Hoover with his surveillance methods through his abuse of authority, which the latter expanded to a remarkably larger scale in his eventual career as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Their relationship was strictly homosexual.

@H. Roosevelt

The problem is that Milton and Ross' personalities are more or less interchangeable. They both fight for society despite its flaws, they share a smug sense of superiority, often go on long monologues about anarchy or some such, etc, etc.

Really, you could replace Ross with Milton and the only change of the story would be how to write around Abigail shooting him.

You can note that in our first encounter with them, Milton does all the talking while Ross holds the shotgun and ensure Arthur doesn’t try anything. From there, Milton does all the talking, does whatever he feels like and Ross is usually on the sideline watching. Although Ross and fordham were partners (even if Ross technically had higher authority) in the case of Milton and Ross, Milton is the master and Ross is the servant

Also @KidColt.45 what the actual hell?