At the end of Red Dead Redemption, John Marston and his family, Abigail and Jack, are living a peaceful life on the ranch. However, John's past catches up to him and he is forced to once again confront his former gang, the Van der Linde gang. In a final confrontation, John kills Bill Williamson and Edgar Ross, the government agent who had been hunting him. However, John is himself mortally wounded in the shootout. As he dies, John tells his son Jack to always remember the good times they had together and to never give in to violence. Jack then buries his father and goes on to live a peaceful life, fulfilling John's wish.