John Marston
Also known as: Jim Milton, Rip Van Winkle
Reformed outlaw trying to buy a quiet life at Beecher's Hope with the family he nearly abandoned, only for the government to drag him back into the violence. Fic loves the prickly little-brother dynamic he shares with Arthur.
Other RDR Characters
Arthur Morgan
14k works
Van der Linde gang enforcer whose tuberculosis diagnosis forces him to reckon with the man he has been and the man he could still be. His journal-keeping, doomed decency made him one of gaming's most mourned protagonists.
Charles Smith
5k works
Quiet, principled hunter of the Van der Linde gang who never wastes a word or an arrow, and one of the few members to escape the life intact. His steadfast bond with Arthur anchors the fandom's flagship ship.
Dutch van der Linde
2k works
The silver-tongued outlaw philosopher whose gang was a family until Tahiti-shaped delusions burned it down. Dutch's slow rot from idealist to betrayer is the tragedy every RDR2 fic orbits.
Hosea Matthews
2k works
The gang's silver-haired conman and conscience, the only man who could ever talk Dutch down. Hosea's death at Saint Denis marks the moment everything breaks, so fic keeps him alive out of spite and love.
Sadie Adler
2k works
A widow pulled from a burning homestead who forges her grief into a bounty hunter the whole frontier learns to fear. Sadie's vengeance-fueled rise makes her RDR2's most beloved woman and a fixture of post-canon fic.
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John Marston appears in 8k+ works on AO3, making them one of the most popular characters in the RDR fandom. You can browse all John Marston fanfiction using the Fanfict Reader app.
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The most popular John Marston ships include Arthur Morgan/John Marston, John Marston/Abigail Roberts. These pairings feature prominently in AO3 fanfiction.
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