John Marston, from the beginning of Red Dead Redemption 2, is left to die by wolves on the cliff of a steep mountain, leaning on a small cliff, freezing. The cold winds are refreshing to some, and deadly to others. Wolf's howls are heard from afar, Marston's cowboy hat sits beside him, his face covered in blood, his thigh above his knee bitten and bleeding. It is not snowing, but still very, very cold, and the mountain is drowned in snow and ice.