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.
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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
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