Name: Albert Mason

Door: Door Pass / Dominant

Canon: Red Dead Redemption 2

Canon Point: A few weeks after the quest Arcadia for Amateurs Part 4, in which he and Arthur Morgan go to the swamp looking for Alligators to photograph.

Age: mid 30s.

Appearance: link to image

History: Albert Mason is the scion of Anglo-German immigrants to America. His father, a doctor and amateur scientist was a pillar of the community, who ensured Albert received a good education and made prevision for Albert to attend Columbia University. Unfortunately, Albert's father died before Albert began his degree, but Albert still pursued his studies in Chemistry.

It was during his time at Columbia that Albert became interested in photography, first through the chemistry required in the development and fixing process, but then in the art. He fell in with a bohemian crowd of artists, including painters, writers, poets, and other photographers. It was during this artistic awakening that something else in Albert stirred, and he fell in love with another young man at University. They had a wonderful time, spending long hours in museums and libraries, walking and talking about everything and nothing, and Albert thought that his happiness would last forever. In the weeks leading up to their graduation, Albert's beau told him that his parents had arranged for him to court a young lady from another good family and that they would almost certainly be married in the summer. As such, Albert and he would have to stop seeing each other. Albert was heartbroken, and while he continued his studies, and earned his degree, it was not with the same gusto.

But time heals, and Albert moved on. He became interested in wildlife photography years later, after the famous hunter Gus MacMillan invited him to take photographs of him with some of his prized kills. Appalled by the sheer amount of skins, stuffed animals, glass-eyed trophies, and the man's utter disregard for the lives of those animals, Albert began his quest to photograph as much of the beauty of American wildlife as he can, before it was destroyed forever.

It is at this point he meets Arthur Morgan, in West Elizabeth, and Arthur helps him recover his bag from a coyote. He is clearly taken with Arthur straight away, and when they meet again through the course of the game, Albert clearly regards Arthur as a good man. Albert has no reason not to think highly of Arthur, as despite any previous player choices about low or high honour behaviours, the game mechanics will only allow the player to help Albert, rather than harm him or impede his work.  


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Inventory: Albert brings with him:

Samples: one, two, three