Rains Come

## History

### Background

Sometime prior to 1899, Rains Come was named Chieftain of the Wapiti Indians. As a young man, he fought for his tribe, though he later became a pacifist. Rains Come had signed three treaties with the United States government as of 1899, two of which had already been broken, while the third consigned his tribe to live on the Wapiti Indian Reservation. Rains Come also had a wife and two sons; his elder son had his head smashed by a drunken soldier and his wife had her throat slit, also by a soldier. Only his younger son, Brave, lived.

### Events of *Red Dead Redemption 2*

#### Colter Chapter

Rains Come is seen alongside Brave and Paytah, observing the Van der Linde gang's evacuation from the mountains, on their journey towards Horseshoe Overlook.

#### Saint Denis Chapter

In response to attempts from the US Army to drive the Wapiti Indians off their reservation due to the alleged oil deposits beneath it, Rains Come attends Mayor Henri Lemieux's party with Brave and is seen giving a document to the mayor. Later, Rains Come is seen with Brave talking to Evelyn Miller, where they are trying to arrange a meeting with a city councillor in an attempt to stop their relocation. Arthur Morgan approaches them soon after; Rains Come offers to pay him well if he steals incriminating documents from the Cornwall company in the hope of preventing them from being moved from the reservation.

#### Beaver Hollow Chapter

Arthur next encounters Rains Come at the reservation to talk to him, if the player decides to help him. Rains Come welcomes Arthur into his tent but chastises him for going on a raid with Brave. However, Rains Come forgives Arthur and expresses his condolences after discovering his illness and says he hopes Arthur can find peace. The chief then asks Arthur to go out on a ride with him, which he accepts. On the way, Rains Come collects some herbs to help Arthur with his cough and talks with him about various personal troubles. As they continue on, Rains Come discovers that the Army have destroyed an ancient spiritual shrine that the tribe holds dear. Realizing that if his people learn of this they will have war, he offers Arthur money to recover them for him without hurting anyone. Arthur gladly volunteers to do so without payment and soon brings a chanupa back to the chief. If Arthur managed it non-violently, Rains Come gives him an owl trinket and laments that his son hasn't demonstrated such restraint.

Later on, Rains Come rides into camp with some news: that Colonel Favours has arranged a truce meeting between the Wapiti Indians and the US Army. Rains Come requests that Arthur and Charles come with him to the event, citing that it looks better if people from outside the tribe are present. Despite Rains Fall's hopes, the meeting goes badly; Favours gives a condescending tirade against the Indians and it becomes apparent that he will not make any concessions. Matters then come to a head when Favours has Captain Monroe arrested and charged with treason, all for helping the tribe too much. Arthur and Charles take a hostage and rescue Monroe as a gun battle erupts, during which Rains Come manages to slip away.

Later on, Arthur visits the reservation and meets a despondent Rains Fall, in despair about the failed truce meeting and his son's capture. Arthur informs him that he and Charles plan on rescuing Brave from Fort Wallace, initially prompting a negative response from Rains Fall, who says that the tribe's conflict with the Army is already bad enough. However, Arthur and Charles go to rescue Brave anyway, to which Rains Come offers no protest.

Soon afterwards, Rains Come rides into Beaver Hollow pleading his men to not go to war, though they do not listen to him and attack the US Army at the oil fields unabated. Brave is mortally wounded in this battle, so Arthur and Charles bring his body back to him. Rains Come weeps as he watches his last son die, at which point Arthur and Charles leave him alone to mourn.

#### Epilogue

Eight years later, John Marston can meet Rains Come at the train station in Annesburg, who recognises Marston as an associate of Arthur. Rains Come reveals that he and his tribe were forced to flee to Canada and that he had temporarily returned to America to mourn the death of Brave, which he had still not fully recovered from.

After John gives his condolences on the loss of his son, Rains Come then boards a train to return to Canada. In the credits, Rains Come is seen gazing at an eagle flying in the sky and wiping away a tear.

## Character

### Personality

> My only boy... my precious boy... do not mistake my strength for weakness.
>
> Rains Fall to Eagle Flies

Rains Come is a pacifist, unlike his son Brave. He wishes that everything the Indians do is done in peace, and is willing to put up with decades of abuse from the U.S. Army if it means no war. Despite this, he understands the views his son possesses about wanting to fight against their oppressors and there being glory in death, but after seeing the deaths of so many of his own people and his enemies, he claims he hasn't found glory in any of their deaths. He seems to admit his pacifism and lack of action against his people's oppressors, claiming that he is a disappointment to his son.

### Appearance

Rains Come is an old man with long black hair, one strand of which is tied up with a red ribbon. One of his two outfits is a rather fancy one with a brown hat with a feather attached, a black coat, a red shirt, black pants and boots. The components of his other outfit are a brown coat, a light-green waistcoat, a blue shirt and no hat.

## Mission appearances

*Red Dead Redemption 2*
* "Eastward Bound"
* "The Gilded Cage"
* "American Fathers I"
* "Archeology for Beginners"
* "The Fine Art of Conversation"
* "The King's Son"
* "My Last Boy"
* "American Venom" (credits)
* "Rains Fall"

## Quotes

> Yes, my people, if we are even a people anymore... we fought hard... we've made peace treaties... and those treaties were broken... and we've been moved and punished and... punished and moved.
>
> Rains Fall to Arthur Morgan

> We cannot fight another war.
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> My son thinks there is glory in death. Maybe he's right... but for me... I saw death being handed out so freely by the most foolish of men... I never could equate it with victory.
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> They moved us here. They've taken everything we had... I signed three treaties myself, and they've broken each one. And now they've taken the last hope...
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> Rains Fall to Arthur Morgan in "Archeology for Beginners"

> My son, my last son... don't. When I was your age... I fought. I saw death. I have killed. The men I knew were slain. My first born, your brother... had his head smashed by a drunken soldier. My wife had her throat slit. We made peace. I knew not to trust, yet I had no choice. Maybe you were right... maybe the slow death is worse than a fast one. Maybe none of these men are good. Maybe a world in which they came to us... is a world that we can not endure. But endure we must.
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> Rains Fall holding a speech in "My Last Boy" in order to prevent Brave from attacking the oil fields.

> Ah, well... my people aren't really a tribe, we're just a... bunch of families, I suppose... but we're in Canada now.
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> Rains Fall to John Marston in the Epilogue

## Trivia

* Aspects of Rains Come appear to be based on Native American leaders such as Plenty Coups, Sitting Bull and Red Cloud.
	+ Rains Come appears to be somewhat based off Red Cloud, a real-life Oglala Lakota tribal chief who was a prominent Native American leader in the 19th century. Red Cloud fought against the United States Army but similarly adapted a pacifist approach later in his life while leading his tribe to transition from inhabiting their ancestral lands to settling onto reservations.
	+ There are also similarities between Rains Come and Sitting Bull; after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, in the game represented by the mission My Last Boy, the tribe led by Sitting Bull was forced to relocate to Canada. In the epilogue of Redemption II, eight years after Arthur Morgan's death, Rains Come meets John Marston at the Annesburg train station and reveals that he and his tribe moved to Canada.
	+ There are some similarities between Rains Come and Plenty Coups; Before surrendering to the United States he was known as a feared and respected chief and leader of his people and known for counting Coup. Rains Come himself is implied to have been a much-respected warrior in his youth.
* In the credits cutscene, Rains Fall's appearance has noticeably aged, however when John meets him at the train station, his appearance appears to be the same as how he was eight years prior.
* Meeting Rains Come in the epilogue results in a sizable boost in honor.