Daren

“	Kid, I reckon your pa is better off dead. Him being such a yellow-belly and all, hahaha!	„
	—Daren, mocking Red

“	I'm gonna enjoy this!	„
	—Daren's Showdown selection quote

Colonel Daren is a major character and the tertiary antagonist of Red Dead Revolver. He is also referenced in Red Dead Redemption.

After completing the mission "Fort Diego" with an Excellent rating or purchasing the Shot Glass, Daren becomes available as a playable character in Showdown Mode. His special ability has him getting a random shotgun filled with explosive bullets and he can also grab and throw an opponent.

History[]

Background[]

Colonel Daren is General Javier Diego's right hand man and works for the Renegade Army thanks to his experience. According to Sheriff Bartlett's Journal, it is assumed Daren had fought in the Civil War before working for Diego.

Events of Red Dead Revolver[]

Diego sent Daren and some hired outlaws to kill the Harlow family. Daren succeeded in killing Nate Harlow and his wife, but Nate's son, Red Harlow, took his father's burned Scorpion Revolver and shot off Daren's arm.

After Daren loses his left arm, Diego paid out of his own pocket to have it replaced with a compact, shoulder-mounted mortar.

Later, when Red grew up and became a bounty hunter, Daren captures him after Red ambushes Diego's armored stagecoach at Sunset Canyon. It was assumed here that Daren wanted to finish Red off, but Diego stopped him, telling him that he needs Red alive and has him imprisoned at the Bear Mountain mine. When Red escapes with the help of Shadow Wolf and the two assault Fort Diego, Colonel Daren arrived with even more men, which were killed, but he mortally wounds Shadow Wolf after a short battle and after stomping on him.

Daren was killed in single combat by Red, despite having a mortar for a weapon on his arm. Red took Shadow Wolf's knife and stabbed the deceased Daren in the chest, making it look like Shadow killed him.

Redemption Saga[]

Note: The events of Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2 are not considered part of the same canon as Red Dead Revolver. The following description is therefore not contiguous with the preceding section on Red Dead Revolver.

Like many other characters in Red Dead Revolver, Colonel Daren is a legendary figure in the Redemption universe. He is mostly well known for having a shoulder-mounted cannon for an arm^[1] and killing Shadow Wolf in a great battle.^[2]

Mission appearances[]

Red Dead Revolver

"Bull's Eye"
"The Traitor"
"Sunset Canyon" (ending cutscene)
"Fort Diego" (boss, killed)

Murders Committed[]

Sheriff Bartlett's Journal[]

Colonel Daren is listed in Sheriff Bartlett's Journal under the Renegade Army section. His page can be unlocked if the player either completes "Fort Diego" on Excellent or buys the Shot Glass at the start of the mission "End of the Line".

Trivia[]

Daren is very tall. When the player moves Red Harlow next to Daren during their gunfight at the Fortress, the player will notice a large height difference. His height would be estimated at around two meters, however, his exact height is unknown.
If selected as the fourth player in the Showdown Mode, Daren will wear an Union soldier uniform. This is a further speculation of him fighting in the Civil War, as his journal and manual pages would suggest.
According to the introductive dialogue of "Saloon Fight", Dan knew Daren since before the events of the game.
Daren could play the role of an arch-enemy to Red, since he managed to kill off all his family members, except Running Moon, while Javier Diego and Griffon were the ones pulling the strings from the shadows.
In one of his taunts during his boss fight, he will ask Red "didn't you also have a little sister?", which is a reference to Jinny, a beta character that was removed from the game, who was also supposed to die during the start of the story.