Red Dead Redemption 2: 10 Facts About The Heartless Bookkeeper Leopold Strauss

Micah Bell defecting to the Pinkertons is a subject of much contention among the game's community. It's unclear whether he was captured and forced to spy on the Van Der Linde gang in exchange for his life, or if he went to them in free will in hopes of creating the best situation for himself. Given his selfish personality and willingness to turn friends on one another the latter option is the one that makes the most sense canonically. Rockstar Games will likely never explain why he defected, but that doesn't mean a lingering mystery needs to be sol

Charles Smith is underrated and underappreciated in the Van Der Linde gang. His ties to his Native American heritage become invaluable later in the crew's story as working alongside a tribe becomes the focus of Arthur Morgan's empathetic nature as he courts death.


Now that the gang's all but abandoned and she's not connected to any of their wrongdoings she was able to pursue anything she liked. The role of a bounty hunter came naturally to her and because of her blemish-free record, she has a lot of trust from the authorit


After killing the men who beat his father to death, Lenny went on the run at the age of 15. He continued to live a life of constantly being on the move until he ran into Dutch and the Van Der Linde gang in the Grizzlies in 1

Westerns have been a staple of entertainment for decades and when a genre like that is explored for that many years it begins to birth tropes that permeate through multiple films. One of these tropes is the story marking the good guys with white cowboy hats and the outlaws with black ones. In Red Dead Redemption 2 , Micah Bell who's a primary antagonist sport a white hat throughout, and Arthur Morgan who's the main character and protagonist of the story wears a black one. This is meant to play with player's preconceived notions of Westerns and foreshadows the events of the game opposit

It retroactively makes him a more dynamic character int he first game due to the information players gather from his time inside the Van Der Linde gang. Since they're kind of a package deal you can go ahead and add his wife Abigail right next to him at the #3 spot on the list.

If this list was comprised of every single member Micah Bell would easily come in the last place among the group. Though plenty of the other members were selfish or just jerks in general, Micah was working to actively cause drama.


Like Jack Gleeson who portrayed Joffrey Baratheon in Game Hardware Reviews of Thrones, Blomquist does an incredible job at making players which nothing but disdain upon their character. Fans may never forgive Micah Bell, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't appreciate Blomquist's performa


It's unclear if the name was the only thing that was passed down, or if being the worst type of human was a genetic trait passed down through generations in his families bloodline. He had a one night stand with a woman in Blackwater, so there's a chance a Micah Bell IIII exi


Unfortunately for him his uncle passed away from a heart attack and left him alone in unfamiliar territory. This is where his schemes began as Strauss started swindling people out of their own money to make a liv


This is likely due to her being a newer addition to the crew, and most people probably don't know who she is due to a lack of a previous criminal record. This lack of association is great considering she moved on to a more lawful car


Whether it be his facial features or small stature, Strauss looks like the oldest member of the Van Der Linde gang. It turns out that he was two years younger than Dutch's right-hand man, Hosea Matth

Once Hosea passed away, Dutch had little to no resistance or push-back from someone he truly respected which only accelerated the groups fall from grace. Hosea's death was the straw that brought the horse's back.


She starts as an innocent wife who then turns to a life of violence and crime to fulfill her revenge and animosity towards the O'Driscoll gang. By the end of the game, she's still an angered and rigged person who often uses violence to cope with her unresolved issues of l


Earlier the topic of Sadie Adler not being associated with the Van Der Linde gang in the news or with law enforcement was covered. This is crazy and pretty fortunate for her considering most of the crew was known by name and hunted d


The beginning of Red Dead Redemption 2 starts very slow as it peels back the layers of what the world Rockstar Games created is capable of presenting. Very early in the game, as the Van Der Linde gang is looking to survive a brutal winter, they come across Sadie Ad


It's quite obvious he isn't American simply due to his thick European accent. The beauty of the Van Der Linde gang is that all that matters is your loyalty and contributions to the group. It didn't matter where you came f

Charles and Sadie Adler are arguably the closest pairings among the gang right behind Arthur and John Marston or Micah Bell and Dutch Van Der Linde. The two of them show that good people and outlaw tendencies aren't mutually exclusive things.