“ | We've been together fifty years now, me and my darling, Annabel. | „ |
—'Billy West'. |
Annabel West is a minor character featured in Red Dead Redemption. She appears in the stranger side-mission "Flowers for a Lady".
History[]
Background[]
Annabel is the deceased wife of Billy West, an elderly farmer who is likely either delusional or crazy as he believes Annabel to still be alive or may not accept the fact that his wife died. She "meets" Marston after Billy invites him into their home for tea, propped up in a chair. It seems possible that she died while sitting and that Billy has not touched her since.
Events of Red Dead Redemption[]
Marston meets her briefly at the conclusion of "Flowers for a Lady". Billy West acts as if she is still alive, and so does Marston, who plays along despite being extremely uncomfortable with the situation.
Trivia[]
- Re-entering the shack following the completion of the task and bumping into Annabel will cause her head to fall off.
- If the player returns to the shack after a while (about one day), it will be locked and deserted, but Annabel's head will still be in the ground if knocked off.
- The corpse is somewhat reminiscent of the classic film Psycho in which a delusional son believes his mother to still be alive after her death and keeps her hidden from the world, leaving her corpse in a rocking chair. The hair of Annabel is similar to the mother's.
- She is possibly a reference to the Edgar Allan Poe poem "Annabel Lee".
- Before delivering the herbs, she cannot be seen though the wall cracks of the shack.
- She is assumed to have been dead for a few decades due to the flesh on her corpse rotting away and her body being little more than a skeleton wrapped in dried skin at the point that Marston meets her.
- Despite the fact of her being dead, if the player uses a pair of binoculars or a scope rifle, her mouth can be seen moving.