New Hanover

The State of New Hanover, also known as New Hanover (abbreviation: N.H.) is a fictional state and is one of the 61 states in the United States of America.
== Description ==
New Hanover, although a southwestern state, is considered a central state. It is located north of Lemoyne, south of Ambarino, northwest of Lannahechee, and east of West Elizabeth.
New Hanover is considered the largest state in terms of square miles compared to the five surrounding states and is diverse in nature. There are three constituent regions and counties in New Hanover:
* The Heartlands - A large mass amount of land. The town and state capital of Valentine is located here, along with Emerald Ranch.
* Cumberland Forest - A small forested region north of the Heartlands. Fort Wallace is located here.
* Roanoke Ridge - A dreadful mountainous region, located east of the Heartlands. The towns of Annesburg and Van Horn are present here.
New Hanover, much like Ambarino and New Austin, is more considerably wild and rural in comparison to West Elizabeth and Lemoyne, but like the other states, is facing industry.
== Geography/Influences ==
New Hanover is a diverse state in terms of geography and influence. New Hanover spans from mass green plains to deciduous forests and winding rivers. The state itself takes inspiration from many real-life Midwestern states: Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Montana, and Nebraska.
* The Heartlands has long rolling grass plains, with some cliffs and bluffs situated across the region, including some trees. The plains appear to be based off of the Pawnee Grasslands of Colorado, while the tall bluffs are reminiscent of the Glass Mountains in Oklahoma. The rest of the plains resemble the rural areas of Kansas and Oklahoma more closely.
* Cumberland Forest is a plateau-based region with a large mountain overlooking Valentine. The forest is heavily covered with spruce trees. The region closely resembles the Black Hills of Wyoming and South Dakota.
* Roanoke Ridge is a deciduous forested mountain region. It is wild in nature, having a lot of small winding rivers, as well as being home to part of the Lannahechee River, cliffs, and mountains. The region closely resembles the Ozark Mountains of south-central Missouri, northern Arkansas, and northeastern Oklahoma.
* Overall, New Hanover’s geography and influences roughly corresponds to the real-life states of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, taking inspiration from each states’ plains, forests, and mountains.
== Red Dead Online: Jon’s Story ==
== The Outlaw’s Saga ==
=== 1898 ===
After a failed attempt at assassination against Alfredo Montez in West Elizabeth, Jonathan “Jon” Wallace and a small group of vigilantes, met U.S. Marshal Tom Davies and Van Horn saloon owner to discuss Montez’s location, discovering that he was hiding in the area, either in the Del Lobo controlled saloon or in a small convoy further north. Montez was eventually found and captured in a small convoy and later taken to Valentine.
After a few days, Wallace and another small gang rode to Valentine under Davies’ request passed on by Old Man Jones. There, the town was preparing for a siege by the Del Lobos, who wanted to free Montez and kill everyone. In response, Davies murdered Montez in his cell in cold blood without a trial. The vigilantes and the marshal all prepared for the upcoming siege ahead, along with the willing townsfolk. The entire town later launched an attack against the intruding Del Lobos and although most of the folks were overwhelmed, the remainders pushed the Del Lobos away. The sheriff, Curtis Malloy thanked them all and agreed to keep Montez’s true circumstances of his death secret and state that he died “in the conflict.”
=== 1899 ===
In mid to late May, the Van der Linde gang escaped the harsh Grizzly Mountains of Ambarino and managed to move and set up camp on Horseshoe Overlook, an overlook plateau that oversees the horseshoe-shaped bend on the Dakota River. The gang stayed in Horseshoe Overlook for nearly a month before they were forced to move camp following a bar fight, a few small incidents, and eventually, a dispute and shootout against Leviticus Cornwall’s men in Valentine. During this time, Arthur Morgan, the gang’s lead enforcer, beat up local farmer Thomas Downes, who owed loan shark Leopold Strauss money from a debt. However, Downes coughed blood into Arthur’s eyes, which was later revealed to be tuberculosis and now effectively infected Morgan, but the symptoms did not show until roughly two months later. The gang moved into Lemoyne and did not return for roughly a month and a half.
Around late July, the gang arrived from Guarma into America and docked near Van Horn in Roanoke Ridge.
After further complications against the Pinkertons, the gang forcibly moved back into New Hanover, settling in Beaver Hollow, a cave deep in the forest. Molly O’Shea, who was drunk and madly in love with Dutch Van der Linde, lied about ratting the gang out to the Pinkertons. Susan Grimshaw shot her with a shotgun in response. During this time, Morgan’s health due to his tuberculosis infection began to grew worse, but this caused him to see things in a different light more clearly, even helping the Downes family recover from Thomas’ death and their financial troubles, freeing them. The gang continued to set up plans for a train robbery against the U.S. Army, while helping the Wapiti Indians. However, Dutch had turned it into a ploy where the Natives would be blamed for the conflict as they were growing restless and aggressive due to Eagle Flies, Rains Fall’s son, being vengeful. A handful of the members: Arthur Morgan, Charles Smith, Sadie Adler, and John Marston were against the revolution, including Rains Fall himself, but due to Dutch’s carelessness, they had to follow their orders.
Morgan and Marston were tasked with rigging and blowing up the Bacchus Bridge in Cumberland Forest in preparation for the train heist, where the U.S. Army would ensure a way to refund the development for the bridge. The two blew the bridge, but discussed Marston leaving the gang soon after it is all over.
After a failed attack on a military brigade in Cumberland Forest, Morgan and Van der Linde were forced to escape by jumping off a cliff into the Dakota River on the state border, while Eagle Flies was captured and imprisoned in Fort Wallace, prompting Morgan and Smith to break him out.
In an act of vengeance, although Dutch attempted to negotiate with Leviticus Cornwall in Annesburg, the latter refused and Dutch shot and killed him in retaliation. Arthur Morgan and Micah Bell were present and all three escaped.
On one fateful day, Eagle Flies rallied a large army of warriors and recruited the Van der Linde gang in attacking the Cornwall Kerosene and Tar factory in the Heartlands. In the beginning of the battle, Morgan, Smith, Adler, Paytah, and a handful of warriors charged the factory to find and rescue Eagle Flies, dispatching dozens of soldiers along the way. Dutch and his party went in search of money and things of value. Morgan and Van der Linde reunited and discovered state bonds in Cornwall’s office. Although the two were leaving together, a bursted steam pipe stunned Morgan, who was quickly surrounded by soldiers. Van der Linde left Morgan for dead, seeing as Morgan was losing faith in his plans. Before Arthur could be stabbed and killed, Eagle Flies arrived to save Morgan, but was shot fatally by Colonel Henry Favours. Morgan killed Favours in retaliation and helped Eagle Flies to safety. Morgan, Smith, Paytah, and a few accompanying survivors escorted Eagle Flies up into Ambarino towards the Wapiti Reservation, where Eagle Flies died.
During the infamous train robbery, the train passed through Roanoke Ridge. The train later re-entered into New Hanover after crossing over Grizzlies East, but the train went over the edge of the destroyed Bacchus Bridge. Most of the gang survived, but Marston was shot during the robbery. Although he survived in reality, he was left behind for dead by Dutch.
The gang returned to Beaver Hollow, only to be notified by Tilly Jackson that Abigail Marston was kidnapped by Agent Andrew Milton and the Pinkertons and taken to Van Horn to be tried for murder on a boat. The gang agreed to keep riding and leave her behind, effectively orphaning the Marstons’ son, Jack. Morgan and Adler decided to rescue Abigail themselves and sent Jackson and young Jack to Copperhead Landing. The two rode to Van Horn, where Adler assaulted the Pinkertons while Morgan provided sniper fire. After Milton captured Adler, Morgan confronted him and Milton revealed that O’Shea was not the rat, but Micah Bell III himself, who ratted on the gang since their return from Guarma, but in a struggle for the gun, Abigail managed to get free and shot Milton before he could kill Morgan. The three escaped from the pursuing Pinkertons into the woods, where Morgan sent the two women to Copperhead Landing to await tensions to calm down until they could run somewhere far away, but not before Abigail revealed to Arthur that she found the key to Dutch’s chest full of the gang’s money, hidden under a wagon in the cave. Morgan himself rode to Beaver Hollow to confront Bell, who naturally denied his involvement. The two engaged in a standoff that further escalated when Marston limped into camp, yelling that Van der Linde left him to die. While everyone struggled to pick sides, Grimshaw joined Arthur’s side, but when Javier Escuella announced the Pinkertons arriving, this distracted Grimshaw long enough for Bell to shoot her dead. Dutch then announced that they need to choose who they are with: him or Arthur and John. The gang stood with Dutch, but before they could execute the two men, the Pinkertons arrived in time. While the rest of the gang fled into the woods, Morgan and Marston fled into the cave and found another way out into the woods, where they called their horses, but was forced to flee from the pursuing Dutch, Micah, Cletus, and Joe as well as the Pinkertons. The two rode throughout Roanoke Ridge, eventually escaping Dutch, but eventually, as the two rode towards the Ambarino border, their horses were shot out. After finally catching a moment of peace, Arthur mentioned the money chest, but Marston refused to return, fearing that he would be killed in minutes and wanted to return to his family. In the end, Arthur agreed to ensure that Marston would escape safely. The two fled over the Ambarino onto a shared border cliff, where Morgan ultimately died of tuberculosis and injuries.
=== 1900 - 1905 ===
=== 1907 ===
John Marston eventually returned to the state to meet Sadie Adler in Valentine once again.
=== 1932 - 1935 ===
=== 2013 ===
Around 2013, a former NYPD officer named Calvin Rook, received a tip that the Neo-Confederacy of America were targeting Valentine in New Hanover, which had faced industrialization, but still maintained some traditional ways. Rook cleared the town of attacking soldiers and fled the area.
== Locations ==
* Valentine
* Annesburg
* Van Horn Trading Post
* Bacchus Bridge
* Flatneck Station
* Bard’s Crossing
* Flat Iron Lake
* Lannahechee River
* Butcher Creek
* Beaver Hollow
* Horseshoe Overlook
* Dakota River
* Fort Wallace
== Deaths ==
* Thomas Downes
* Molly O’Shea
* Leviticus Cornwall
* Colonel Henry Favours
* Agent Andrew Milton
* Susan Grimshaw
* Virgil Edwards
* Numerous counts of Pinkertons, Cornwall bodyguards, U.S. Army soldiers, Murfree Brood members, 7th Generation members, lawmen, and cowboys.
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== Trivia ==
* New Hanover’s name is inspired by Hanover, Germany.
* A real-life county named New Hanover is located in North Carolina, U.S..
* New Hanover shares the same state abbreviation as New Hampshire. This could be an oversight. It is possible that the actual state abbreviation is “N.A.”
* New Hanover, New Hampshire, New Austin, New York, New Jersey, and New Mexico are the only American states to have the name “new” in it.
* New Hanover, Ambarino, West Elizabeth, and possibly North Elizabeth take inspiration from the real-life states of Colorado and Wyoming.