Arthur Morgan

Prompt

Arthur Morgan was born in 1863 to Beatrice and Lyle Morgan. His father was a criminal and an outlaw, who was arrested for larceny in 1874 when Arthur was just 11 years old. Arthur’s mother died when he was very young. Later down the road, Arthur’s father, Lyle, was killed and Arthur was there to witness it all. Ever since the incident, Arthur wears his father’s hat.Around 1877, prior to the events of Red Dead Redemption 2, Arthur Morgan crossed paths with Dutch Van der Linde and Hosea Matthews, when Arthur was still very young. Taken under Dutch’s wing, Morgan became something of an apprentice to Dutch and came to share his ideals and goals. Their long history and Morgan’s deeply vested loyalty led Dutch to trust the boy more than most others. Arthur viewed Dutch as a surrogate father figure and passionately shared Dutch’s view of a life lived free from the constraints of civilization and the rule of law. Arthur met a girl named Mary Gillis during his youth and the two were deeply in love. However, they couldn’t continue due to Arthur deciding to not leave his life of crime and Mary’s family not approving of a criminal.A little later, Arthur met a young waitress named Eliza, whom he sleept with, resulting in her becoming pregnant with their son, Isaac. Eliza was well aware of Arthur’s criminal background but still accepted whatever help she could get for herself and her son. She also allowed Arthur to get involved in the personal lives of her and their son Isaac. Arthur would visit them occasionally and even stay with them for days. One day Arthur arrived and found two crosses outside, he knew at that moment that they both are dead and found out that some robbers killed them for a petty $10. This incident made Arthur even harder and could never truly cope with the pain.