Blood Feuds, Ancient and Modern (2025)

Blood Feuds, Ancient and Modern is a mission in Red Dead Redemption 2.

Mission Overview[]

Suspecting it was Catherine Braithwaite who kidnapped Jack, the van der Linde gang ride to Braithwaite Manor to get him back.

Story[]

After arriving back in camp, Arthur learns from Abigail that Jack has disappeared and the gang determines that the Braithwaites took him as revenge for the gang stealing their prized horses. Enraged, Dutch, Arthur, Hosea, John, Charles, Bill, Javier and Lenny ride to Braithwaite Manor to get Jack.

After arriving, Dutch confronts one of the Braithwaites, and a gunfight erupts. After killing most of them, Dutch and Hosea venture inside the manor and find Catherine Braithwaite and her sons hiding in a room, barricaded inside. Outside, the gang then fights off an attack, and Arthur finds a way into the room. After killing two of Catherine's sons, the gang find Catherine and threaten her, demanding Jack's location. They search the house for Jack, but find nothing, and they decide to set the house on fire. Seeing that one of her sons is barely alive, Dutch shoots him to increase Catherine's agony, and he drags her out of her house as the rest of the gang burn the house.

Once outside, she reveals that her sons gave Jack to Angelo Bronte, and the gang decide to not kill her. As they ride off, she runs into her burning home and collapses shortly after entering the building, where she ultimately dies. The gang ride back to camp.

Trivia[]

• Upon returning to the burnt out manor, Catherine's body can be found and looted.
• Bartholomew Braithwaite doesappear in this mission buthis dialogue is labeled as Gareth. Garethappearswith Gerald in the bedroom, where he is shot dead by Arthur. Plus, if you go to loot or pick up the body, it will be labeled as Bartholomew. This is likely an oversight.

Gold Medal Objectives[]

• Headshot Gareth and Gerald Braithwaite.
• Get 20 headshots.
• Complete with at least 85% accuracy.
• Complete the mission without taking any health items.

Deaths[]

• Gerald Braithwaite - Killed by Arthur in their barricaded family bedroom during their search for Catherine.
• Gareth Braithwaite - Killed by Arthur in their barricaded family bedroom during their search for Catherine.
• Bartholomew Braithwaite - Killed by Dutch when the gang invaded the manor.
• Catherine Braithwaite - Died in self-immolation in the manor fire after the interrogation on Jack's whereabouts.
• Braithwaite family members - Killed by the Van der Linde gang after trying to defend the family manor.

Mission Failure[]

The mission will fail if the player:

• Assaults, kills, or abandons any member of the gang;
• Allows any gang member to be killed;
• Kills Catherine Braithwaite before her scripted death;
• Leaves Braithwaite Manor;
• Kills or abandons their horse;
• Dies.

Missable Items in the Mission[]

• Gold Shield
• Letter to Angelo Bronte

Gallery[]

Video Walkthroughs[]

Background Music Played in the Mission[]

• "Blood Feuds, Ancient and Modern" - Part I plays as the Van der Linde gang begin the invasion of the Braithwaite mansion; Part II plays during the assault on the Braithwaites and the aftermath that follows.

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