[Warning: The following story contains major spoilers for Red Dead Redemption 2.]
Regardless of how Red Dead Redemption 2 is played, Arthur Morgan always contracts tuberculosis and passes away by the end of the game. While this reveal does come later in the story, there is a specific scene that makes it clear exactly when Arthur catches this, but it may not be apparent during someone’s first playthrough of the game.
Although there is treatment now for TB, there were barely any available options for people unfortunate enough to contract the sickness at the end of the 1800s when Red Dead Redemption 2 is set. Most people who were unlucky enough to become infected succumbed to their illness, and Arthur Morgan is an example of this, passing away from the infection by the end of Red Dead Redemption 2’s story if he’s not killed off by Micah first.
Throughout the second half of Red Dead Redemption 2, it becomes clear Morgan is sick thanks to his incessant coughing and pale color. A doctor in Saint Denis confirms Arthur Morgan’s tuberculosis diagnosis, and Arthur gets slower and less agile as the game’s conclusion draws near, with the gameplay paralleling how his body and abilities would deteriorate in real life.
This reveal was set up very early in Red Dead Redemption 2’s story, however, as Arthur gets TB during the Money Lending and Other Sins III mission. During the quest, the Van der Linde gang’s loan shark, Leopold Strauss, tasks Arthur with collecting a debt from various people in a rather uncomfortable sequence that sees many of them begging for mercy as Arthur takes what little they have left to pay off the debt.
2024-01-01 02:41:03
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