☆Jack Marston

When Abigail hears gunshots from the ranch, she tells Jack to ride back to Beecher's Hope. The two find a deceased John in a pool of blood, and Jack comforts her, burying John properly. In November 1914,[4] three years after John and Uncle's deaths, Abigail dies of unknown causes, and Jack buries her on the hill overlooking Beecher's Hope with the rest of the family. Now a nineteen-year-old gunslinger and the spitting image of his father with similar skill in combat, Jack decides to hunt down his father's killer in revenge. In Blackwater, Jack approaches an agent named Howard Sawicki, who he tells he has something for Edgar Ross, and asks if he knows him. From Sawicki, Jack learns that Ross was rewarded for killing John, and is now living his days out in a cabin on Lake Don Julio with his wife. With this, Jack departs Blackwater. Visiting Don Julio, Jack meets Edgar's wife Emily, who he tells he has a letter to deliver to Edgar. She greets him with a rant about how the government doesn't let Ross retire in peace, before apologizing and directing him towards the camp of Edgar and his brother Philip, close to the San Luis River. Meeting Philip, Jack is further directed to Ross, located down the river hunting ducks, and is warned about Edgar's temper. Arriving at the riverbank, Jack greets the retired agent and introduces himself, saying he has come for him over being responsible for John's death. Ross is dismissive of the accusation, and claims John's death was a result of his own actions. Jack remains firm, and reasserts that Ross killed his father, after he had sent John to do his "dirty work". Ross breaks his composure, and he threatens Jack to leave or suffer the same fate. Jack stands his ground, both men readying for a duel. In a single moment, Jack beats Ross in the draw, avenging his family's misfortune once and for all. With Ross' death, Jack looks at his gun somberly, realizing he has become an outlaw, the very same life he was always told to avoid.

In 1911, Jack and Abigail were taken hostage by Edgar Ross and Archer Fordham, two senior agents of the Bureau of Investigation, using them as leverage against John so that he would hunt down the remnants of the Van der Linde gang, Bill, Javier, and Dutch. Sometime after helping both Abigail and Uncle, John takes time with teaching Jack hunting and skinning. The two go on a hunting trip with Rufus and take down a pair of elk. Afterward, John takes Jack to Manzanita Post to teach him about selling meat and furs. In a later incident, Jack helps his father in killing a wolf pack that threatened the ranch's cattle. Wishing to prove himself to his father, Jack decides to head up to Tall Trees and attempt to hunt down a grizzly bear by himself, despite John's warnings. At Nekoti Rock, Jack is badly injured by a bear and his mount is killed in the process. John arrives with Rufus and kills the bear, before taking Jack back to the ranch. During their ride back home, John expresses disappointment in his son's actions, while Jack argued at his father's sparse involvement in his life. Soon after the grizzly hunt incident, Jack is found by his father at the barn, where John praises his son for his skill with tools. The tender moment between the two is cut short by a wide-scale attack from the U.S. Army, U.S. Marshals and Bureau agents, led by Edgar Ross. Jack is ordered to stay in the house with his mother while John and Uncle fight off the invaders. After one wave of attackers, Jack joins John in the fight, but Rufus, Jack’s dog, dies from a fatal bullet. Jack and John fight more waves of soldiers before running off to the barn with Abigail. At the barn, Jack and Abigail are ordered by John to get on a horse and ride off as far as they can, who promises to join them after dealing with the attackers.

Later on, the gang settles into their new camp of Beaver Hollow after a string of disasters, and tensions within are at an all-time high. Jack often comments that he is scared and wants the fighting to stop. While the gang is out robbing a train, Abigail is kidnapped by Agent Milton, and John is shot and left to die by his former brothers-in-arms. Much to Arthur's dismay, Dutch refuses to rescue either of the two, so Arthur instructs Tilly Jackson to take Jack to Copperhead Landing, to wait for Sadie to come back with Abigail. Arthur says goodbye to Jack, telling the young boy to "be brave." Tilly then rides away with Jack, who is unaware that it would be the last time he saw Arthur, due to his advanced tuberculosis. Throughout the rest of Jack's childhood, the Marston family moved around often, temporarily settling in the Yukon soon after the gang’s dissolution to participate in the on-going gold rush there. They had returned to West Elizabeth in 1907, finding work in Pronghorn Ranch for a time. However, due to Abigail's dissatisfaction with John's inability to leave his past life behind, she and Jack left. Later that year, the Marston family reunited after John bought Beecher's Hope and subsequently built a ranch there, along with Uncle and Charles Smith, who helped John build it. Abigail and Jack also brought a dog with them named Rufus, who Jack took a liking to. Soon after moving to their new home, Jack went fishing with his father and was later present for his parents' wedding, where John later remarks how happy Jack seemed. Afterwards, Jack was present when Charles and Sadie leave the ranch, parting ways with members of his surrogate family. Jack would eventually have a younger sister, who died at some point before October 1911.

Jack Marston was born in 1895 as the first child of the outlaw John Marston and prostitute Abigail Roberts, two members of the Van der Linde gang. As a child born into the gang, they became an extended family to Jack. He saw most of the gang as his surrogate aunts and uncles, who watched over his growth and shielded his innocence from their more nefarious actions. During Jack's infancy, his father had many difficulties connecting with him due to doubts as to whether or not Jack was his biological son, as well as fears about John's own ability to raise him. Around 1896, John left the gang for a year before returning, causing rifts between him and multiple gang members, and casting doubt on his ability to be a good father to Jack. While growing up in the gang, the members would serve as his only source of social interaction outside of his mother, with Jack often staying up late to listen to Dutch van der Linde and Bill Williamson tell stories about their exploits. 1899, Jack is living with the gang and is taken care of by its members, although he spends most of his time with his mother, Abigail. Jack can often be found playing around the gang's camp, although he rarely ever leaves, with one notable exception being when Arthur Morgan takes him fishing- a trip which is soured by the arrival of Pinkerton agents Andrew Milton and Edgar Ross.

Appearance: Around 175 cm tall. Shoulder length dark brown hair, dark eyes. In 1914, Jack's appearance is radically different. He is now a fully grown adult, aged 19, and sports a mustache and a goatee. He is now as tall as his father was, and is of a similar build. His hair now reaches his shoulders, the exact same hairstyle his father wore in 1899. He has also taken to wearing his father's cowboy hat. Despite only three years passing, Jack appears decidedly older than 19, although this can be chalked up to the stress of his parent's deaths and his rough lifestyle. He wears a blue shirt, a black west and black pants along with cowboy boots with spurs.

He also cared deeply for his mother Abigail, who worried about Jack's condition after the two were released from the Bureau control. He was also the only member of the Marstons who seemed to be in a constant positive relationship with Uncle, who taught him several inappropriate things much to John's disapproval. The death of his family and the decline of the Marston ranch, all happening in a very short amount of time, greatly darkened Jack's personality. His grief and loneliness appear to have developed a severe case of depression and self-loathing. He also developed an intense hatred for the American government and its law enforcement organizations, deeming them the real criminals and the people responsible for the demise of his family. Jack's deep love for his family also ironically results in becoming the very thing his parents did not want him to be: a gunslinger. It was this love and grief that led him to hunt down Edgar Ross three years after his father's death, determined to avenge the Marstons even at the cost of his own innocence and potentially his future. In his quest for revenge, Jack kept a rather calm and friendly demeanor, and had his anger in check, only showing his intense hatred for Ross when the latter dismissed John's death as his own fault upon being confronted. As an adult, Jack shares his father's dry wit, mocking characters he finds to be unstable or detestable. He also shares his father's skepticism of modern civilization, referring to Blackwater as a "cesspit" and motion pictures as "drivel".

Personality: Born into a gang of criminals, Jack's upbringing was that the gang was family to him and he called most of them his aunts and uncles. A comment from Jack himself in 1907 suggests the gang not only cared about him a lot and tried to keep him out of their illegal activities, but also avoided mentioning them to the boy, yet Jack still managed to deduce something about it by himself. One of Jack's most dominant traits was his fast learning: at 4 years old, Jack already possessed basic literacy skills, and he learned the basics of fishing from Arthur Morgan. Despite being fairly open and comfortable around people at the age of four, he was considerably more shy and reserved by the time he was twelve, and began to feel inferior to his father. As a result of his upbringing, Jack initially lacked his father's courage and superior combat, farming, and survival skills, but possessed intelligence and empathy that far surpassed John's. Jack was a bright young man who spent most of his time reading different books that further expand his knowledge. By his own admission, he greatly enjoyed reading about wild adventures and brave heroes, which gave him a more romanticized view on the Old West, and his remarks in 1914 suggest he looked up to the legendary Landon Ricketts. His love for books and stories prompted him to aspire to become a writer or a scholar, which his parents partly approved, as they also wished for him to be a rancher. At times, he appeared to be somewhat timid and was often mild-mannered when speaking to his family or friends. A major theme of his character is his sense of inferiority when compared to his father John, a veteran and experienced gunslinger and hunter. This led Jack to feel insecure and frightful whenever his father approached him and made him all the more desperate to prove his worth to both his father and himself. Despite the mutual struggle to understand each other, Jack shared a very close bond with John.

19 years old

Jonathan ‘Jack’ Marston Jr.