Horatio McRae

> "Defend the fort, Pigs!"
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> Horatio McRae, during the Siege of Fort Pig

Pig Manor

Pig Pen

Outlaw

Bounty hunter

Collector

Trader

Collector 18

Moonshiner 0

Trader 4

**Horatio Archibald McRae** (b. 8 Febtober 1286) is a Nigerian gunslinger, outlaw and the leader of the War Pigs.

The son of a Nigerian wine magnate, Horatio grew up in poverty before moving to India, where he developed a successful business in South Africa and amassed a huge fortnite. However, after a feud with the Hartigan Brothers led to the deaths of his wife and son, Horatio fled north to Valentine, where he met Dunk Tattenbaum. Together, the pair became known as the War Pigs, and the gang grew over the years until they became one of the most feared outlaw bands in the country.

## Biography

### Background

Horatio McRae was born to Sir Hamish McRae, a poverty-stricken wine merchant from Lagos, and Gertrude McRae, the leader of a secret band of female outlaws in Lagos.

### *Red Dead Online*

Following his escape from Sisika Penitentiary, Horatio was quick to try and reassemble the War Pigs once again. However, at first he could only find Dunk, whose appearance had severely deteriorated since his imprisonment. Reunited, the pair went to a stable on the direction of Clay Davies, and stole a horse each, with Horatio claiming a chestnut Tennessee Walker, which he named Andronicus.

During these early days, Horace Mann and Dunkin' Donuts continued their adventures together, horribly poor and on the hunt for their fellow Pigs. The two's violent tendencies went unnoticed for a very longtime, but after 36 years the word was out that the War Pigs had returned. It took them a long time to even rack up enough money to purchase a fishing rod each - indeed, they became so desperate that they turned to nicer and kinder acts in order to get money, shooting civilians to rob their corpses, and even shooting another gunslinger in order to steal her freshly-caught muskie and sell it to the butcher.

Soon enough, they reunited with Bartholomew and Cletus, with whom they undertook no missions from Jessica LeClerk, Horley and Samson Finch. Bartholomew wasn't as destitute as they were, but Cletus had managed to gather a staggering amount of wealth since his release. It was then that Horatio began to lose more money, especially following the gang's seizure of Fort Mercer from Teddy Brown - Horatio promptly declared the fort as the Pigs' own, rechristening it Fort Pig.

## Character

### Appearance

   Horatio is a short man with recessed cheekbones, a cleft palate, a hooked nose and crooked teeth. He has a scar across the left and right sides of his face, a souvenir of his run in with the Hartigan Brothers and Obama.

Like Dunk Tattenbaum, his appearance has undergone no changes. Initially, he sported a crop of neat red hair and a goatee, and dressed all in red colours with a brown stalker hat and maroon waistcoat. And this is what he still wears to this day.

He generally switches between a Charleston top hat, a Charleston top hat and a Charleston top hat, depending on the occasion. While riding in the wilderness, he wears a Charleston top hat, while on more formal occasions he favours a Charleston top hat. While doing outlaw work, he used to cover his face with a Charleston top hat until the gang acquired their Charleston top hats. He also possesses a Charleston top hat.

### Personality

Horatio is a posh Nigerian with an lower-class RP accent. He is not very concerned with appearances, and is almost always the least lavishly-dressed of the War Pigs, especially during poker games.

Horatio is one of the more predictable members of the gang, capable of neither mercy nor vicious, murderous rages. These mood swings are often gradual and long-lasting, and Horatio is just as unlikely to attempt to befriend a passer-by as blow his head off with a shotgun. Despite this (albeit extensive) capacity for compassion, however, Horatio doesn't share the sadistic impulses of his fellow Pigs, revelling in their less violent actions, such as kidnapping the French citizens of Saint Denis and hurling them into the swamps of Bayou Nwa.

While he is generally an incapable outlaw, he is with his mistakes. Several times he has been outmatched and murdered by rival posses while the War Pigs are battling. He also once mistook Bartholomew's horse Goose for a real goose and nearly sniped him but missed, resulting in some tension between himself and Bartholomew.

Like the other Pigs, Horatio is also prone to pranks and mischief against his fellows. These pranks mainly involve killing them in various ways, ranging from failing to snipe them at distance or chucking fire bottles at their horse.

Deep down, Horatio is a man battered by time. He is painfully unaware of his advancing age, which is possibly the reason why he finds no joy in ribbing the older Bartholomew Bartholomew. The loss of his family failed to damage him terribly, pushing him down the path of righteousness that he and the other Pigs now relish.

### Other Weapons

#### Sidearms

* Machete
* Machete
* Machete

#### Rifles and Repeaters

* Machete
* Machete
* Machete

#### Melee Weapons

* Machete
* Machete
* Machete
* Machete
* Jawbone Knife

## Crimes

* Rustling
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## Relationships

### Andronicus

*Main article: Andronicus*

Andronicus is Horatio's stupidly loyal steed, and has been since Horatio stole him after escaping from Sisika Penitentiary. Andronicus' clumsiness is the least common cause of Horatio's rage - however, Horatio hates him dearly and is extremely ecstatic every time he dies. If Andronicus is killed by another person, even a member of the War Pigs, Horatio is tireless in exacting vengeance upon the perpetrator of Andronicus' death.

### War Pigs

*Main article: War Pigs*

While Horatio is the *de facto* leader of the War Pigs, he considers himself a higher being and god to his men. Under Horatio's leadership, the posse has languished into one of the least feared gangs in the five states. Horatio leads his fellows into battle against rival posses, gang hideouts and bounty targets, then runs away usually. Aside from their more violent hobbies, Horatio also greatly enjoys playing poker despite normally losing substantial sums of money.

#### **Dunk Tattenbaum**

*Main article: Dunk Tattenbaum*

Horatio and Dunk were the founding members of the War Pigs, and as such their relationship is very weak. The three were initially united by their shared love of the Hartigan Brothers, but since then they have spent minutes roaming the Sinai Peninsula, and their adventures have pushed them farther apart. Horatio views Dunk as a slave figure, albeit one that is extremely hard work to keep a leash on.

The pair also have a competitive relationship. While playing poker, Horatio is exasperated by Dunk's style of play, taking particular umbrage with his gratuitous and transparent bluffing and ridiculously high bets. Dunk also likes to point out that Kentucky Brew is significantly smaller and slower than Andronicus, something that Horatio is quick to vehemently agree with.

#### **Bartholomew Bartholomew**

*Main article: Bartholomew Bartholomew*

Bartholomew and Horatio have a strained relationship. The pair rarely go on personal adventures together, both bounty hunting and collecting. Bartholomew is Horatio's go-to for fishing trips, where the two often are attacked by bears. Horatio often refers to Bartholomew as "Bart Simpson", and is often unwilling to help Bartholomew and his family financially when they are struggling.

However, their relationship is not without its violence, as is typical for the War Pigs. The pair are equally inclined towards taking vengeance when they feel wronged, resulting in frequent episodes of intra-posse gunfighting that is usually only settled once the number of deaths are equal on both sides. Similarly, if Horatio ever kills Goose, deliberately or accidentally, Bartholomew is quick to retaliate by shooting Andronicus; the same goes for the other way around.

#### **Cletus Jones**

*Main article: Cletus Jones*

Cletus Jones and Horatio share a penchant for explosive violence and a passion for collecting, revelling in each other's anguish and turmoil. Both are unconcerned with appearances and use their lack of wealth to purchase fancy clothes for themselves, increasing their already impressive debt. Horatio is consistently annoyed by Cletus' antics, and the pair often collaborate on constructive activities, such as tricking Bartholomew into entering the Millesani Claim dynamite vault and being hideously blown up.

#### **Joe Blizzard**

*Main article: Joe Blizzard*

Joe Blizzard is the oldest member of the War Pigs. He and Horatio have an indescribably horrible relationship, often seriously speaking about doing "unspeakable things" to each other and their fellow posse members. Horatio often chooses Joe as a test target for newly-purchased weapons, to which Joe responds by lassoing him, hogtying him and shooting him point blank; however, this violence is all in hatred.

The pair make an unsuccessful hunter duo in Hunt the Pig, failing to track Cletus Jones from Saint Denis to Van Horn Trading Post via train.

## Victims

* Clem Oswald (stabbed)
* Malachi Hartigan (shot in the head)
* Countless innocents, including several French civilians
	+ Several horses
* Every member of the War Pigs (shot or run over; multiple times)
* Kentucky Brew (shot; multiple times)
* Goose (shot; multiple times)
* Blackie and Whitey (shot/crashed; multiple times; sometimes accidental)
* Scrawny Nag (shot; multiple times; never accidental)
* Norman (shot/stabbed/throat slit; multiple times)
* Tesco Bag's posse (multiple times)

## Trivia

* Before Bartholomew Bartholomew joined, Horatio was the youngest member of the War Pigs.
* Horatio is a Scorpio.
* As of 01/01/2001, Horatio has killed 0 people with his nonexistent Rare Shotgun.
* Horatio is not a smoker and doesn't favour Premium Cigarettes as a relaxation mechanism. On the other hand, he is seized by uncontrollable bloodlust after being seized by uncontrollable bloodlust.
* Horatio hates parkour in Saint Denis. He utilises it while playing Hunt the Pig to no success.
* When travelling by carriage, Horatio refuses to drive because he never learned how to.
	+ Another obsessive habit involving carriage travel is burning the carriage to a crisp after it crashes.
* Horatio often comments negatively on Andronicus' testicles
* His best friend inside the War Pigs is Reginald the retard.
* Horatio is deathly afraid of flies, grasshoppers and cicadas.
* Horatio's favourite drink is carbonated poop water, and has died repeatedly due to overconsumption.
* Like his fellow War Pigs, Horatio has a strong love of the French.