How Old Is Dutch & The Van Der Linde Gang In RDR2?

27.05.2024 - 00:59 / screenrant.com / John Marston

The fall of the Van der Linde gang is a major plot point across the games, with the 2018 prequel, , showing the group's final days in 1899. 's story picks up years later with John Marston tasked with tracking down the remaining members, including leader Dutch Van der Linde, in a bid to save his family from Edgar Ross and the Bureau of Investigation.

When players are re-introduced to the Van der Lindes in, it's clear that the group has been around for quite some time.'s opening sequence immediately introduced players to the game's protagonist Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang in desperate times as they tried to survive a harsh winter on the run after a failed ferry heist in Blackwater, with Dutch realizing that the «age of outlaws» is finally coming to an end, incentivizing him to acquire enough money for his gang to escape the law and retire, which results in him obsessing over "" frequently throughout the campaign.

Rockstar's acclaimed Red Dead series spans several decades in the Wild West with numerous protagonists across its three main Western titles.

The Van der Linde gang is mostly split into two age ranges, the younger generation in their 20s and 30s, and the older ones in their 40s and 50s, and Dutch falls into the latter category, with many of the younger members of the gang initially looking to him for guidance — even if later in the game it became evident that his leadership was flawed. According to the official guidebook published by Piggyback, Dutch was born in 1855, making him 44 years old during the events of .

The ages of the Van der Linde gang members during is as follows:

Name

Age

Dutch Van der Linde

44

Hosea Matthews

55

Arthur Morgan

36

John Marston

26

Abigail Roberts (later Marston)

22

Jack Marston

4

Uncle

50

Sadie Adler

25

Bill Williamson

33

Micah Bell

39

Charles Smith

27

Lenny Summers

19

Karen Jones

Mid-20s

Tilly Jackson

Early 20s

Simon Pearson

48

Leopold Strauss

53

Javier Escuella

Mid-20s

Sean MacGuire

Mid-20s

Mary-Beth Gaskill

Early To Mid-20s

Josiah Trelawny

Between 40-55

Molly O'Shea

Mid-20s

Reverend Swanson

Mid-40s

Dutch Van der Linde clearly had a colorful life before founding his namesake gang, through Red Dead Redemption 2 only provides a few details.

The gang's roots lie in a fateful meeting between Dutch van der Linde and Hosea Matthews, at a campfire on the road to Chicago around the mid-1870s. At the time, the two were small-time hustlers and Hosea attempted to con and rob Dutch, but realized that Dutch had done the same and stolen from him in the meantime. Instead of coming to blows over the deception, both saw the skill that the other had and laughed about it before deciding to team up, forming The Van der