Character · Red Dead Redemption
Edgar Ross
Edgar Ross is a federal agent of the Bureau of Investigation and the main antagonist of the original Red Dead Redemption. In 1911 he forces John Marston to hunt down his former gang by holding John's wife and son hostage.
After John does everything asked of him, the government betrays him: Ross leads the raid in which John is killed. Three years later, John's son avenges him.
- Died
- 1914
- Status
- Deceased
- Nationality
- American
- Affiliation
- Bureau of Investigation
- Role
- Federal agent
- Games
- Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption 2
Biography
Blackmailing John Marston
In 1911 Ross and the Bureau take Abigail and Jack Marston into custody to coerce John into tracking down his old associates, Bill Williamson, Javier Escuella and Dutch van der Linde. John completes the grim list in exchange for his family's freedom.
Betrayal and revenge
Rather than leaving John in peace, Ross leads an army raid on the Marston ranch at Beecher's Hope, where John is gunned down. In 1914 a grown Jack Marston tracks the retired Ross down and kills him, closing the story.
Personality
Ross is pragmatic, manipulative and without remorse, a man who frames cruelty as the price of progress and order. He embodies the new century's faith in government power.
Relationships
John Marston
The reformed outlaw he blackmails and then betrays, the central victim of Ross's pursuit of order.
Jack Marston
John's son, who grows up to hunt Ross down and kill him in 1914.
Dutch van der Linde
The old gang leader and one of the targets Ross sends John to hunt down.
Death and fate
Edgar Ross is killed by Jack Marston in 1914, shot in a duel by a river. His death is the final act of the original Red Dead Redemption.
Behind the scenes
Ross is the central antagonist of Red Dead Redemption (2010) and appears briefly in Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) as a younger Bureau agent. He is, by design, one of the series' most hated figures.
Trivia
- He works for the Bureau of Investigation, a forerunner of the FBI.
- He forces John Marston to hunt Bill Williamson, Javier Escuella and Dutch.
- He is killed by Jack Marston in 1914.
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