Mark Johnson

Mark Johnson
Gameplay
Game	Red Dead Redemption II
Biography
Gender	Male
Location	Siltwater Strand
Family	Son Wife
Occupation	Train Robber (Formerly) Stagecoach Robber (Formerly)

Mark Johnson is a minor character featured in Red Dead Redemption 2.

Background

Years ago, Mark Johnson was a train and stagecoach robber, who was wanted across the American West. He chose to put his past behind him to raise his family, and disappeared for years while he and his wife raised their son. Despite this, the government is still after him, and he has been labeled "at large".

Events of Red Dead Redemption 2

When in Rhodes, the player can pick up a bounty on Johnson. After riding to Siltwater Strand, the player will find Johnson teaching his son to ride a horse. He will confront Johnson, who will ask to speak to his son. If the player complies, Johnson will thank him before quietly talking to his son. If the player lets Johnson talk to his son, Johnson will wriggle his way off the horse, and soon after, his friends will ride in demanding the player let him go. Return Johnson to the Rhodes Jail for twenty-five dollars. If you visit the gallows hill behind sheriff's office couple of days later you can attend Johnson's execution and either watch him being hanged or save him by shooting the rope and killing the lawmen which is a direct reference to Sergio Leone's "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" spaghetti-western famous scene. Johnson will then tell the player that he doesn't understand his actions but forgives him and runs away. This is the only known way of saving Mark Johnson.

Interactions

Bounty Hunting

Trivia

• If the player kills his wife he will become enraged by Arthur actions.
• The player can not harm his son or the mission will fail.
• His name, past and fate seem to be a play on John Marston.
  • His initials reversed are identical to Marston's (MJ for Mark Johnson and JM for John Marston).
  • His backstory of becoming a rancher after running from a life of crime is also identical.
  • His difficult relationship with his son mirrors the one between Jack and John.
  • If captured by John, his remarks after being thrown in the cell could be seen as foreshadowing for Marstons eventual fate.
• If you don't let him tell his son "Goodbye", the gang members will not come after the player.

Gallery

Wanted Poster