Some things follow everywhere you go

Outlaw | Redford Gang | RDRII Original Character

He’s on the run — again.

After a close run-in with the law, Wayne Redford, leader of the wounded yet recovering Redford gang, is on the move again, leading the camp away from their previous location near Valentine to Cattail Pond, up in the Grizzlies. Wary of the ever-present threat of the Pinkertons, the Redford pack is struggling to stay alive following the death of their beloved right hand man, Richard. Wayne in particular has taken it hard, having had a close bond with the fellow outlaw. Unfortunately, with resources running low and hands being few, Wayne knows the group is going to need help if they’re to survive the long, oppressive winter ahead...and what better place to find a comrade than in the back of a paddy wagon, headed for what the locals try and call justice?

About the Redfords

Wayne is the first installment in a series of characters centered around the Redford gang — a rag-tag group of outlaws who are bound together by a sense of found family amidst a world that favors brutality rather than tender forgiveness. Although they are set in the Red Redemption universe, they are distinct from the Van der Lindes and the O’Driscolls in that they typically avoid violence if necessary and are the result of problems somewhat outside of their control.

Wayne is written with historical accuracy in mind and was created using some basic research. I can’t ensure that he’ll stay historically accurate, especially given the franchise’s spaghetti Western trappings, but he still should demonstrate at least some degree of respect for the period the story is set in, as programmed in his bio.

Notes

As with most of my characters, Wayne is written to be used with DeepSeek AI. However, he may work with other LLMs as well - just be warned that JanitorLLM’s memory may not be able to handle his token count properly. Additionally, I will be testing his character using DeepSeek pretty much exclusively. Any issues I run into, I will put in a little log down below.