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Red Dead Redemption 2fans have been trying to work out how the game’s protagonist, Arthur Morgan, received his noticeable chin scar and the most probable answer that players could come up with is that the Wild West outlaw may have cut himself through the simple act of shaving. Rockstar Games’Red Dead Redemption 2is one of the highest-selling games of all time, shipping out more than 65 million copies worldwide since its release six years ago.

This news comes as no surprise to players who have already sunk hundreds of hours into the open-world action title due to its incredibly in-depth and complex narrative, immersive visuals, and a stellar line-up of captivating characters. Although plenty of time has now passed since its release in 2018,Red Dead Redemption 2still holds many secretswaiting to be discovered, including countless side quests and wild gameplay moments that take players off the beaten path.

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Holding onto a few secrets of his own, the elusiveArthur Morgan is one of gaming’s most loved charactersdue to his colorful criminal background, intertwined with drama and tragedy, with many of these mysteries revealed as players dive deeper into the game’s story. On Reddit, fans ofRed Dead Redemption 2’s Arthur Morgan have been discussing how the notorious outlaw and lead enforcer of the Van der Linde gang got his prominent chin scar. Of course, due to Morgan’s rowdy nature, his chin scar could have been the result of a bar fight, a hunting accident, or even from falling off his horse, but fans believe that the simplest of answers is that he cut himself from shaving.

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The first six chapters ofRed Dead Redemption 2take place in 1899, towards the end of the Wild West era and during this period, most men who had enough coin in their pocket likely went to a barbershop to get shaven. Given that, for the most part, Arthur Morgan wasn’t usually flush with money and spent a long time on the road, this could explain why he may have taken on his own grooming duties, using the tricky double-edged razor to keep himself looking respectable but succumbing to the common shaving accident.

Morgan isn’t the only character fromRed Dead Redemption 2with an unexplained facial wound.John Marston has aHarry Potterscaron his forehead that fans think could be an Easter egg placed into the game by Rockstar. Whether it was a shaving accident or something more sinister, Arthur Morgan still remains a central topic of conversation after all this time, and players will surely continue to unravel many more future riddles regarding the beloved cowboy.

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America, 1899. The end of the wild west era has begun as lawmen hunt down the last remaining outlaw gangs. Those who will not surrender or succumb are killed. After a robbery goes badly wrong in the western town of Blackwater, Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang are forced to flee. With federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America in order to survive. As deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, Arthur must make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him. From the creators of Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption 2 is an epic tale of life in America at the dawn of the modern age.