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Arthur Morgan

Shady Belle is an abandoned plantation house and a camp hideout in Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online in the Bayou Nwa region of the Lemoyne territory.

It serves as the Van der Linde gang’s camp during the fourth chapter of the game.

Layout[]

Shady Belle is a large colonial house surrounded by swamps and alligator-infested waters to the east. The house itself is rather large, with four large pillars at the front, two chimneys at either side of the mansion and a fountain outside. The property is abandoned and therefore dilapidated. Large vines crawl up the walls of the house; the water fountain is empty and the rooms are dirty and destroyed.

The manor is two stories tall, with the first floor containing several living rooms. Near the staircase, a small room can be found, where Hosea Matthews slept during the gang's stay here. On the second floor, there are three bedrooms along with a small living space connected to the master bedroom. Arthur Morgan is given a small room upstairs, along with the Marston family.

Around the back side of the property is a small dock and cottage, where Leopold Strauss usually loiters during the gang's stay at the property. Just east of the property are sections of marshes, with alligators inhabiting the area.

Like many southern manors and plantation houses of its time, Shady Belle has a private graveyard. Among its most notorious graves include Joseph Charlesworth (former owner of the manor) and Agnes Dowd.

Location[]

Shady Belle is located in Bayou Nwa, Lemoyne. Situated east of Bolger Glade, southwest of the city Saint Denis, and on the north coast of the Lannahechee River.

Events of Red Dead Online[]

The legendary bounty target, Gene "Beau" Finley's hideout is found to be Shady Belle. Finley himself is in the house while his hired guns are outside defending him. After his gang members are disposed of, Finley will reveal the inside rigged to blow threatening the protagonist with detonating it should they attempt to arrest him. His bluff is called and Finley is captured by the protagonist ridding his presence in Shady Belle.

Similarly in the campaign, Lemoyne Raiders can be found loitering and disposed of at Shady Belle. One of Black Belle's paid killing missions can also be located at Shady Belle.

Events of Red Dead Redemption 2[]

Clemens Point Chapter[]

In the mission "Preaching Forgiveness as He Went," Lenny Summers receives a tip about a Lemoyne Raiders hideout in Shady Belle with large amounts of dynamite and weapons. He and Arthur ride up to the house, take down the Lemoyne Raiders, and ride back to Clemens Point with the stolen weaponry.

After storming Braithwaite Manor, the Van der Linde gang is confronted by Pinkerton agents Milton and Ross at camp. After they are escorted out of camp, the gang begins to immediately start packing as to avoid more law. Arthur suggests the gang stays at Shady Belle. Dutch then sends Arthur and John Marston to ride out to the plantation and get rid of any Lemoyne Raiders still hiding out in the area. After killing the remainder of the enemies, they remove bodies from the mansion, dumping them in the swamp waters surrounding the house. Soon thereafter, the rest of the Van der Linde gang arrive at the house and begin unpacking and setting up their tents.

Saint Denis Chapter[]

After "The Battle of Shady Belle," the mansion becomes the primary camp for the Van der Linde gang. The atmosphere within the camp is noticeably poorer than the two previous camps at Horseshoe Overlook and Clemens Point. Multiple gang members will comment on the poor state of the mansion and the dangerous environment surrounding it, while others vocally express their dismay at Jack Marston's kidnapping, Kieran Duffy's disappearance, and, later, the O'Driscoll assault on the camp.

Several gang members are noticeably less happy, with Karen Jones becoming even more drunk and disheveled following Sean MacGuire's sudden death, Molly O'Shea becoming depressed from the rift between her and Dutch, and, on a lesser scale, Mary-Beth Gaskill following Kieran's death.

As Dutch and Hosea begin planning their robbery of the Lemoyne National Bank in Saint Denis, the gang starts to pack up, preparing to leave the country after the heist, as Dutch planned. However, the robbery goes awry, with Pinkertons arriving to the scene. The heist splits the gang, with Dutch, Arthur, Bill Williamson, Javier Escuella, and Micah Bell boarding a boat in hopes of fleeing to Tahiti, although they become stranded on the island of Guarma.

Guarma Chapter[]

Soon after the failed heist, the gang packs up and moves further into the swamps, hiding in the abandoned settlement of Lakay, fearing Pinkerton reprisal. Clues are left around the mansion in case the rest of the gang make it back home, in which they did. When the rest of the gang arrives back in America, Arthur rides out to Shady Belle and finds a letter from "Caroline," which states they packed up and went for Lakay. Just as Arthur finishes reading the letter, several Pinkerton agents enter the mansion to investigate the property. Arthur sneaks out and rides out for Lakay, where he reunites with the rest of the gang.

After the Van der Linde gang departs from Shady Belle, the Lemoyne Raiders move back in and the location becomes a Gang Hideout that occasionally can be cleared for loot. However, the entrances to the building are boarded up, making the interior inaccessible by conventional means. However, players can get inside by using a wagon on a sloped roof near Arthur's old room.

Trivia[]

  • The Shady Belle Camp is the final Gang Camp that players can still complete camp chores, make donations, and purchase any remaining upgrades for any trophy/achievement. After the mission "Banking, The Old American Art," the camp will have already moved to Lakay and after "Fleeting Joy," no donations can be made as Miss Grimshaw states that somebody smashed the box.
  • This is the last part of the game where the player can receive and fulfill Item Requests. However they can still complete item requests just so long as the gang member who asked hasn't died yet.
  • On one of the crates on the bridge leading to the mansion is Valerian Root.
  • On the back porch of the mansion is the Cigarette Card for Dynamite - 1866 - Alfred Nobel.
  • At the shack to the southeast of the mansion is a lockbox containing Aged Pirate Rum and a money bill.
  • A lock-box containing a large jewelry bag and a money bill can be found in the mausoleum to the east.
  • During Chapter 4, when Shady Belle is being used as the new Van der Linde camp, the lock-boxes below the shack and in the mausoleum are one of the quickest ways to make money, as their valuables will always respawn after three in-game days.
  • Throughout the eastern marshes, including the island to the southeast, can be found Ghost Orchid, Clamshell Orchid, and Gator Eggs.
  • After the mission "Horsemen, Apocalypses", Kieran's grave can be found in the clearing southwest of the manor.
  • There are some well-known historical instances of abandoned plantations serving as practical hideouts for outlaw gangs during the era portrayed in Redemption 2. In the most famous example that has some parallels with the Van der Linde gang's seizure of Shady Belle, Jesse James and his gang once followed up a heist by escaping and taking shelter in abandoned buildings of what was known as the Kemp Plantation near St. Joseph, Louisiana in 1879.
  • Shady Belle may be modeled after a modern southern residence in Louisiana. It is accessible to the public and operates as an event venue called Southern Oaks Plantation. Contrary to its name, this residence was built in 1960 and was never a plantation. Unlike many heritage buildings found in the game, it didn't exist at the time the game takes place. The main house itself also bears a strong resemblance to the main house of Crumptonia Plantation in Dallas County, Alabama which unlike Southern Oaks, did exist during the time of the events of the game.
  • There are some major similarities between Shady Belle and The Beauregard Plantation seen in Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers, a made-for-tv animated film by Hanna-Barbera.[1]
    • The mansion is similar in design and aesthetic to The Beauregard Plantation.
    • Both estates are located in the Southern United States.
    • Both mansions were occupied by Confederate soldiers.
    • Both locations feature a hidden treasure in the stables outside the mansion and another treasure in the cemetery.
    • A boathouse is located near the swamp in both estates.
  • In Red Dead Online, Black Belle gives out a paid killing mission at Shady Belle for players around 11:00 p.m.

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