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| “ | You weren't wrong about these crazy sons of b*tches! | „ |
| ~ Arthur Morgan expressing his disgust about the Murfree Brood to Charles Smith. |
| “ | Some folks is... just evil, ain't no point in trying to explain it. | „ |
| ~ Arthur Morgan after he rescues Meredith from the Murfree Brood. |
The Murfree Brood are a major antagonistic group of the 2018 western action-adventure video game Red Dead Redemption II. They are a family of extremely territorial and homicidal hillbillies who also work as a gang, terrorizing any who come across their area of land.
History[]
Backstory[]
The Murfree family immigrated to the United States in the 1700s and moved to Roanoke Ridge where they began to reside. After the industrialization of the surrounding area, they began to seek seclusion in Beaver Hollow. Bent on keeping their territory to themselves, the Murfree Brood then descended into barbaric savagery and became notorious for their utter inhumane habits of robbing, kidnapping, torturing, murdering, dismembering and eating locals and travelers for what could have only been their own twisted sadism and pleasure. The brood are more than likely inbred, which would explain some of their malformed appearances and signs of utter madness.
Red Dead Redemption II[]
After the attack launched by the Pinkertons, Arthur Morgan and Charles Smith choose to seek a new camp in Beaver Hollow. On their way there, Charles claims that the Murfree Brood are animals and that everyone is terrified of them, yet also states that it would be a good hiding spot for them. After dismounting and dispatching two of the brood, Arthur and Charles move into Beaver Hollow, where the two can either choose to sneak in and ambush them or flush them out with dynamite.
Arthur and Charles soon advance into the caves and find a young girl called Meredith locked in a cage, Arthur rescues her and rides her back to her home in Annesburg.
From there on, the camp use Beaver Hollow as their base and hiding spot from the Pinkertons. However, it should be noted that there are still many Murfree Brood left remaining around Roanoke Ridge, and did not take too kindly to having their home taken from them. Whilst there, Arthur can encounter several ambushes from the brood. A man can also be found having hung himself in order to spare him from the brood's torture, this hanging man is used by them to lure Arthur into another ambush.
After the camp's downfall, the Murfree Brood take back Beaver Hollow as their own.
Abilities[]
The Murfree Brood have guns and ambush abilities but are also known to have some degree of strange durability and strength, as such they are more resilient to damage and tougher opponents than usual. They are also sometimes able to utilize surprising strategy, despite their apparent bestial nature, for example they can sometimes try and kill people by using flaming carts or other traps.
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Other gangs
- Hillbillies
- Mountain folk
Enemies[]
- Van der Linde Gang
- Rival gangs
- City people
- Towns people
- Yankees
- Police
- Sheriffs
- Lawmakers
- Pinkertons
- Bureau of Investigation
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The Murfree Brood are often compared to the Skinner Brothers and the Night Folk, due to their shared cruelty.
- The Murfree Brood are examples of a very common depiction of evil, mutated hillbillies in fiction - other examples include the Sawyers and the Hillbillies from Deliverance.
- It is implied they worship some kind of Lovecraftian god due to a shrine that can be found built by the Brood.
- In Chapter 6 when the gang takes up residence in Beaver Hollow, John may confess to Arthur that he is worried that the Brood is planning some kind of storming of Beaver Hollow to reclaim their territory and that they will rape Abigail in the process. However, John's fears never make it to the realm of reality, and the Brood only moves back into Beaver Hollow after the events of the main game.
- It is unknown why they use firearms considering the fact that they're like wild animals isolated from society. Most likely, however, they stole the weapons off of anyone who set foot in their territory.
