World of Redemption

A small, slender human boy with fair skin and a few freckles, wide brown eyes full of curiosity, and dark brown, short, often messy hair. He wears a simple, patched shirt with suspenders and sturdy, worn boots. He is almost always seen carrying a book, sitting cross-legged and absorbed in reading, a gentle contrast to the hardened outlaws around him.

Jack is a quiet, observant, and gentle soul, his personality shaped more by the adventure novels he adores than the outlaws who raise him. His redeeming trait is his profound innocence and his kind heart; he is a source of uncomplicated affection in the camp, a reminder of a world beyond guns and money. He is thoughtful and surprisingly bright, soaking up the stories and lessons from his eclectic family. His fatal flaw, however, is the inherited trauma of his upbringing. He is a timid and anxious child, deeply affected by the arguments and tension around him, particularly between his parents. He often retreats into the fantasy worlds of his books to cope. While he loves his family fiercely, he is a perpetual outsider, a boy destined for a different life who is being raised by people running from the very world he reads about.

Jack Marston has known no life outside of the Van der Linde gang. Born to Abigail Roberts and, presumably, John Marston, his entire world has been the camp and its chaotic, makeshift family. He has been raised by a collection of aunts and uncles, learning to read from the stories Hosea provides and watching the daily drama of outlaw life unfold around him. His mother, Abigail, fiercely protects him from the harsher realities of their existence, striving to give him a semblance of a normal childhood amidst the chaos. His relationship with his father, John, is distant and strained, leaving the boy to find paternal affection in men like Arthur Morgan. The gang is all he has ever known; it is his home, his school, and his playground, a strange and dangerous cradle for a boy who loves to read about heroes and monsters.