The Renegade army is an antagonistic faction featured in Red Dead Revolver.
History[]
Background[]
The Renegade Army was founded by the former Mexican General Javier Diego after he was released from the government service. The army is made from many former soldiers from many countries (mostly America, France, Italy, and Mexico), including Daren, who became Diego's right-hand man.
A few years before the events of Revolver, Diego's men fought against a group of Americans at Rio Grande. Diego's army defeated the American soldiers, blew up their cannons and captured two of them along with a prospector named Griffon, who tried to cross the river during the battle. Daren considered Griffon to be a spy and Diego ordered to execute him, but Griffon, in exchange for his life, revealed the location of his and Nate Harlow's gold mine.
Diego ordered Daren and some outlaws to attack the Harlow residence. Daren killed Nate and his wife, but was shot in his arm by Nate's son, Red Harlow. For his loyalty and success, Diego rewarded Daren with a shoulder-based mortar to replace his lost arm.
After taking control over the gold mine, Diego and Griffon became partners. The army also got assistance from the Black Elk Tribe and their leader Grizzly, who likewise became a partner of Diego.
Events of Red Dead Revolver[]
Years later, Red started to hunt down the army after learning of the role they played in the death of his parents, and tracked down the army's location and attacked them at the Devil's Fork at Sunset Canyon. Red was captured by Daren, and was thrown to a jail near the army's base at the Bear Mountain mine. Red was soon released, along with Buffalo Soldier, by Red's cousin Shadow Wolf. After killing Tony and Ted Bufias at the mines, Red regrouped with Shadow at Diego's Fort. Shadow Wolf was killed later by Daren at Fort Diego, after Red and Wolf fought off many of Diego's soldiers and Daren himself was killed by Red.
After killing Daren, Red chased Diego's train, full of soldiers, weapons and gold. Red stopped the train after blowing up its engine, killed the remainder of Diego's soldiers, and finally finished off Diego with a shot to the head, before returning to Brimstone in order to find Griffon.
After Diego's death, the army possibly disbands, having lost its base, its leader and most of its members.
Known members[]
- General Javier Diego
- Colonel Daren
- Captain Ted Bufias
- Lieutenant Cleu
- Lieutenant Alonso
- Lieutenant Juan
- Private Franco
- Private Jose
- Tony the Medic
- Private Jose "Ripper" Hernandez
- Miner "Pick Axe" Miller
- Sergio "The Duelist" - private and possibly a hired gun
- Private "Eli" Hanson - private and possibly a hired gun
- Private Ennio Chavez - private and possibly a hired gun
Associates[]
- Griffon - business partner
- Mr. Kelley
- Black Elk Tribe
Trivia[]
- The fact that Eli, Sergio and Ennio were sent to guard the mines by Mr. Kelley implies that Renegade Army also consists of guns-for-hire provided by Griffon and his associates. Although it is more possible that Diego allows Griffon and Kelley to use his soldiers for their dirty work, thus making them take orders from both sides, as evidenced from the fact that the three privates wear Renegade army uniforms.
- Sergio and Ennio are references to filmmaker Sergio Leone and composer Ennio Morricone. Sergio is known for creating the Spaghetti Western film genre with his film A Fistful of Dollars and Ennio is known for composing the music of the film and its 2 sequels, For A Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
- Interestingly, Ennio is listed under the "Protectors of Brimstone" section in Sheriff Bartlett's Journal, which is in fact Griffon's army, so it could indeed be possible that the soldiers take orders from both sides.
- There is an unnamed soldier in the army who bares a strong facial resemblance to Mad Dog Jones, but has a different voice and body model.
- Jose, Franco and Ripper Hernandez all share the same character model.
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