| “ | His mother, Eliza, was a waitress I met. When she got pregnant... she knew who I was, what my life was. I didn't wanna promise nothing I couldn't keep, but... I said I'd do right by them. Every few months I'd stop by there for a few days. | „ |
| —Arthur Morgan to Rains Fall
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Eliza is a minor, deceased character mentioned in Red Dead Redemption 2.
History[]
Background[]
Eliza was a young waitress who met Arthur Morgan at some point in his past. Following a sexual encounter between the two, Arthur got Eliza pregnant with their son, Isaac. As Eliza took to raising Isaac on her own, Arthur did not want to promise support he couldn't give them, but he offered any help he could regardless. Eliza knew who Arthur was and what he did for a living, but had accepted his help and involvement in their lives. Arthur would visit Eliza and their son every few months and would stay with them for days at a time. Arthur described both Isaac and Eliza as "good kid(s)", noting that Eliza was only 19 when she had Isaac.
One day, on a visit, Arthur found two wooden crosses buried into the ground outside of the home and realized that Eliza and Isaac were dead; he learned that they were robbed and murdered for a paltry sum of ten dollars.
Eliza and Isaac's deaths deeply scarred Arthur, contributing to his cynical view of the world and of the life he led. Their deaths also caused him to value the concept of family, which partially led to his resentment of John Marston for a time after he left Abigail and Jack, and by extension the gang.
Events of Red Dead Redemption 2[]
Arthur mentions Eliza when conversing with Rains Fall, voicing his concerns of Dutch van der Linde's interest in the tensions of the Wapiti Indian reservation and the US Army, particularly the involvement of Rains Falls' own son, Eagle Flies.
Mission appearances[]
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- "Archeology for Beginners" (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- Some voice lines that were cut from the game reveal that Eliza was originally intended to have appeared in Red Dead Redemption 2 as a member of the Van der Linde gang. She is mentioned by Arthur, John, Abigail, and Susan, and had some of her own lines as well.[1]
- In Edmund Lowry Jr.’s basement there is a poster of a missing woman called Eliza Bloom.[2]
- A character who was intended to be Leon Fuentes' niece was intended to appear in a cut mission set on Guarma and had a very similar face model to Eliza; her model can be seen depicted on a mission screen intended for said mission.[3]
- Additionally, one of the bathing ladies who can give Arthur/John a luxury bath at the Saints Hotel in Valentine uses a similar head model to Eliza. Another bathing lady can be seen wearing her necklace.
- Mrs. Sinclair also uses a very similar head model to Eliza, and shares her necklace as well as her hair model.
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