Hosea Matthews is a character in Red Dead Redemption 2, a biblical prophet named after a core member of the Van der Linde gang who is arrested and killed by Pinkerton detectives during a robbery of the St. Denis City Bank.
Between 1887 and 1899, Van der Lindbon carried out about 37 different bank robberies across the country. And such a result is naturally inseparable from Van der Lindbon's troika - Ducky Van der Linde, Arthur Morgan, Hosea Amatius.
Born around 1844, Hosea was a theater actor in his youth, often performing in theaters and in the open air, but later turned careers and began a career as a fraudster.
Around 1878, Hosea and Ducky met, one who made a living by fraud and the other who had been stealing for many years, and they set their sights on each other, and ** and the thief met.
Unlike Daci's violent forcible take, Hosea prefers to use his wits to make money, and although he does not like violence, as a gang member, Hosea will not be relentless when force is needed.
Moreover, Hosea loved his wife very much, and never let go of his nostalgia for her after her death, and I was drunk for a whole year after Bessie's death, and even after his death, the first thing in my mind when I woke up and fell asleep every day was to miss her. ”
Hosea is a steady, and he is a think tank in the gang, because Ducky is too aggressive, and Hosea will persuade when making plans, and fortunately Hosea is there. In order to make the Van der Linde Gang develop steadily, and help Daqi to deal with the aftermath many times, and help Van der Linde help everyone get out of danger.
When the background of the story era begins to the westward expansion of the United States, the cowboy era will come to an end, the wheels of civilization will crush the iron hooves of the cowboy, the outlaws will begin to be abandoned by the times, and the survival environment of the gang will be worrying.
As a result, the direction of the gang's development diverged, with Ducky fantasizing about continuing the glory of the cowboy era, while Hosea also saw through the trend of the times and foresaw the end of the cowboy era. But Hosea still chooses to stay in the gang to help Ducky, not only because Hosea is also nostalgic for the lost cowboy era, but also because of Hosea's redemption of himself - he wants to do his best to help the gang people find a new life, and he often admonishes the gang members to hope that they can have a good future.
In fact, according to the background of the story, none of the gang members will have a good ending. It all started in Blackwater, robbing the ferry or committing fraud, and Ducky chose to rob, which directly led to the gang being hit hard. When they arrived at the village of Coulter, the two were still at odds, and Hosea said to Daqi, "Why are we doing this?"When the weather gets better, we can go, and I thought we'd have to keep a low profile. ”
Ducky is stubborn about his plan to rob the train.
Hosea said, "I just don't want more people to die, Ducky."
Hosea wants to adapt, he recognizes reality, Ducky wants to change, he doesn't want to accept the times.
Gradually, Hosea becomes more and more disillusioned with Daci, and the former gang is gone, and now only violence and killing remain.
We have become murderers who do nothing but kill. "Later in the conversation, we can know that Hosea has always felt that the events of Blackwater will kill everyone, and this is the choice of the times and not us.
After the Angelo Brontë incident, because the deceived Ducky wanted revenge, Hosea continued to dissuade him, but the protagonist Arthur was also on Ducky's side (I thought there would be an option here) Hosea said: "You will kill all of us".
Shortly after the settlement of Brontë. The plot begins with the last robbery in Ducky's mouth - the National Bank of St. Denis Lemoine, this robbery because of the leak of the news, (Jasmine is likely to be the one who leaked the gang's actions, and later in the story it is mentioned that Maika only hooked up with Milton after returning from Guama Island, and there are still some doubts here.) During the operation, the gang members were besieged, and Hosea was held hostage by Milton while they were robbing the bank at Ducky, and was later shot dead by Milton.
As a result, Hosea and Lenny died.
Without Hosea's advice, Ducky's plan was like a wild horse. Leading the gang to madness.
Later, after the gang members stole Hosea and Lenny's bodies, they buried them in the Bluewater Swamp. Later, Arthur began to help the gang members, and John suddenly came to his senses and put down his gun and became a farmer.
As a core member of the gang, Hosea has always been the aftermath of Daci's plan, and can give advice for various tasks to make Daci's various plans perfect and exist, while contributing wisdom, Hosea can also be said to be the spiritual mentor of the entire gang, but as the core figure of the gang, as an outlaw, Hosea's end is already doomed, if this is a movie, then as the mentor of the protagonist, he has already received the applause he deserves, and as a mentor of the gang in chaotic times, he is also a great father。