Take on Micah [Spoilers Ahead]

[Qbert]

So those of you who know about who ratted, he may come off as some idiot (which he is) but in the end he did it for the same reasons that john does what he will eventually do in rdr1. Micah had a son same as John the only difference is Micahs son was wanted along with his father for murder, so you can see how quickly they could flip even a cold pos like Micah. He's still a miserable pos but in his final moments I couldn't help but think of John's final moments in that barn and why he did what he did.

[zilapos]

Micah had a son? I have no idea ! which part of story mention it?
I do know Micah had a brother though .

[Oldsport]

damn i didnt know micah had a son? how old is micah and how old would his son have been?

[Qbert]

Its not mentioned in the story but as I was riding around something pooped on my screen about a treasure map and how I should keep my eye out for them. It was around a lumber mill I believe, I didn't find a map but by some cliffs were a few newspaper clippings mentioning how micha and his kid were wanted for killing someone in Ohio or something. I will try to figure out how to post the picture 

[Orfan Loom]

That's interesting.

 

 

I think Micah is older than Dutch. 

I think Dutch is about 45-46 (Wiki says 41, but in this case I don't see how a 16-year-old boy would become a father figure to an 11-year-old Arthur when they met)

 

Edit: Now, according to Wiki -

 

In 1899:

• Dutch is 41
• Arthur is 36
• John is 26
• Hosea is ?

 

Now, the ages at which they joined Dutch

• Dutch met Hosea in 1876 - Dutch was 18
• Arthur joined the gang in 1878 after Hosea, Arthur was 16
• John joined in 1885, he was 12 (at this point Dutch is 27, Arthur is 23)

 

That still doesn't explain how Arthur would adopt Dutch as a father figure. Because Dutch and Arthur are basically from the same generation. 

 

Is Arthur really so beta? Did he have to follow someone smarter than himself? Even if this someone was only a few years older.

 

 

Edited November 19, 2018 by Orfan Loom

[Qbert]

https://www.photobox.co.uk/my/photo/full?photo_id=501310000585

I think I did it right. Note it's a rather old scrap but still no limitations on bounties and where it was located it looked like bounty hunters were camped there

[Orfan Loom]

4 minutes ago, Qbert said:

https://www.photobox.co.uk/my/photo/full?photo_id=501310000585

I think I did it right. Note it's a rather old scrap but still no limitations on bounties and where it was located it looked like bounty hunters were camped there

Try uploading the picture to imgur.com, it's one of the best ones.

 

And then just copy the direct link of the picture on imgur and paste it here.

Edited November 19, 2018 by Orfan Loom

[Hondaslayer]

25 minutes ago, Orfan Loom said:

That's interesting.

 

 

I think Micah is older than Dutch. 

I think Dutch is about 45-46 (Wiki says 41, but in this case I don't see how a 16-year-old boy would become a father figure to an 11-year-old Arthur when they met)

 

Edit: Now, according to Wiki -

 

In 1899:

• Dutch is 41
• Arthur is 36
• John is 26
• Hosea is ?

 

Now, the ages at which they joined Dutch

• Dutch met Hosea in 1876 - Dutch was 18
• Arthur joined the gang in 1878 after Hosea, Arthur was 16
• John joined in 1885, he was 12 (at this point Dutch is 27, Arthur is 23)

 

That still doesn't explain how Arthur would adopt Dutch as a father figure. Because Dutch and Arthur are basically from the same generation. 

 

Is Arthur really so beta? Did he have to follow someone smarter than himself? Even if this someone was only a few years older.

 

 

11 year old would easily look up to a 16 year old and I can see how 25 years later that same 16 year old might come to see the 11 year old sort of as a son too.

[jje1000]

It's in a newspaper scrap here:

 

 

it might be dated to 1877, and it notes of a Micah Bell, aged 38 and a Micah Bell, aged 17. It possibly indicates that the Micah that appears here is the younger one.

 

If so, Micah would be 39 in 1899 and around 47 in the epilogue. Interesting to see some parallels between Micah and Arthur, IMO.

Edited November 19, 2018 by jje1000

[AUScowboy]

The amount they've added and built on/into the overall Red Dead continuity with this game is fairly impressive. Definitely nice to see since R* seem to go out of their way not to closely connect the GTA games since the HD era/universe started. Beautiful job with this prequel, it's making me want to shell out money for a PS3 so I can continue the story in chronological order.

[Qbert]

I played red dead 1 again using PlayStation now a few weeks before rd2 came out just to refresh 

[zilapos]

5 hours ago, jje1000 said:

It's in a newspaper scrap here:

 

 

it might be dated to 1877, and it notes of a Micah Bell, aged 38 and a Micah Bell, aged 17. It possibly indicates that the Micah that appears here is the younger one.

 

If so, Micah would be 39 in 1899 and around 47 in the epilogue. Interesting to see some parallels between Micah and Arthur, IMO.

 

Cool stuff ! I recall that Micah once have a chat about his father's story at campfire , he use "old Micah Bell" to difference he self and his father consider they have the same name , and mock his father for listen to a women .

 

By any chance the "old Micah Bell" Milton mentioned in the end is not Micah him self , but his father ?