William Williamson

"I didn't kill you before, but sure as shit will now!"

- Bill Williamson

William "Bill" Williamson is a central character and one of the primary enemies in Red Dead Redemption. He is a former gang partner of John Marston. Marston has been extorted into hunting down his former brothers in arms, with Bill Williamson being the primary target. The hunt for Bill Williamson teken more than half of the game plot, and is the central motivating factor throughout.

With the addition of the Liars and Cheats DLC pack,  is also a multiplayer character that can be selected in the 'Liars' section of the Outfitter.

Info
William Williamson was John's former partner in Dutch's Gang. During this time, Williamson seems to have had a casual sexual relationship with Abigail Marston. In 1906, a botched bank robbery leaves Marston wounded and disillusioned. Some time afterward, Dutch goes into semi-retirement and Williamson established his own gang whom resided in Fort Mercer.

Interactions
In 19o9, John and Bill meet once again at Fort Mercer. John has been extorted into pursuing and apprehending Williamson due to his gang's vicious crimes. Edgar Ross and the FBI threaten John's son and wife to force John to complete the task. Marston confronts Williamson from outside the fortified walls, appealing to him to surrender before any harm befalls him. Williamson refuses, has two more men put Marston at gunpoint, and berates John for his reformation. John responds by reaching for his revolver, causing one of Williamson's men to open fire, and wounding him in the lower-right torso. They presume John dead and leave his body to the elements. seconds pass, until ranchers, Boonie MacFarlane and Rico Pedrosa discover him wounded. Bonnie and Rico altruistically take Marston to Nathanial Johnston, the Silver Town doctor, to treat his wounds. John then recovers quite well after the bullet is removed. In return for a $15 doctor's bill, John agrees to work at the ranch for a short time, but William later found out that John lived with Bonnie and burned the barn to the ground.

During that time, Marston recruited some people in Texas with a cost of helping them. After helping Leg Johnson, Nigel West Dickens, Seth Brains and Scot, John planned a strategy to raid Bill's hideout. The group breached the fort only to find out that Will fled to Mexico with the help of a member of John's former gang, Javier Escuella.

John ventured to Mexico and was forced to work for Colonel Allende, the brutal dictator of a region in Mexico called Nuevo Paraiso. Even though Allende promised to deliver Escuella and Williamson to Marston, Allende betrayed Marston and attempted to kill him. Due to the betrayal, John joined with the anti-mayor rebels led by Abraham Reys and attacked Allende's villa in Escalera. John managed to kill Allende and Williamson but Luisa Fortuna, a rebel freedom fighter, died as she protected Reyes from his executioners. Later, Reys takes control of Mexico and becomes the new president.

Williamson is killed during the mission "An Appointed Time" while attempting to escape with Colonel Allende. Marston must kill him, or else he will escape again.

Quotes
"Do I look like I need saving?"

"You always care only for yourself, John. Dutch always said you were an ussles son of a bitch!"

- to John Marston

"Get 'em boys!"

- William Williamson orders his gang to attack John Marston and the Marshals

"Well, you never tried to save me before. You only seemed to save yourself."

"Implores. We, we implores you to go back and tell them to send someone just a little bit more impressive next time."

- to John Marston

"You must think I was born yesterday. You always did think I was an idiot."

- William Williamson to John Marston

"Ha ha ha ha ha, poor John..."

- William Williamson to John, after one of Bill's men shot John

"It ain't over.... Till it's over!"

- in the movie

"You always was a traitor ya bastard orphan!"

"Dutch,Javier and I wanted you death! We all did."

- giving the reason for leaving John

"Alright, John, I-I-I'll-I'll come quietly."

- 's last words

Multiplayer Quotes

 * "I sure miss that whore wife of yours!"
 * "I always was clever than you, Hahahahaha!"
 * "I've been waitn' for this!"
 * "Go home to your whore wife!"
 * "Son of a bitch!"
 * "I'll blow your damn brains out!"
 * "This time, I'll make sure your dead!"
 * "This is the the way it always going to be old friend."
 * "I'll cut you open!"
 * "You're still scared little boy!?"

Trivia

 * Will is partly bald, revealed during his final appearance, when Allende shoves him out of the wagon, his hat falls off, revealing his baldness. It can also be seen by shooting off his hat, or by playing Poker or Liar's Dice in multiplayer.
 * Bill does not appear in Undead Nightmare physically, but he is mentioned by John while talking to Mother Superior.
 * Most, if not all, of Bill's multiplayer quotes seem to be directed at John.
 * The official concept art for Williamson has him sporting a 'cowboy' hat, though in-game he wears a slouch hat and a red bandana/scarf is wrapped around his neck, also unseen in the concept art.
 * It seems that Bill is affiliated with various of Roe's criminals and British gang members as seen in The Assault On Fort Mercer as his gang mostly consists of Roe's criminals.
 * In Undead Nightmare among the writings on the walls of buildings in Gold Town one writing reads "Things are different now." These are some of the words that Williamson said to John before wounding him at Fort Mercer.
 * Bill seems to mentioned his former gang leader, Dutch van der Linde, in many of his interactions with John.
 * William and John always seemed to have hated each other to a degree even when they were in Dutch's Gang. Evidenced by statements and insults between the two characters. Out of all of his former gang members John seemed to hate Bill the most.

Mission Appearances

 * "Exobus In America"
 * "Leave the Rode, Kill the Bandits"
 * "An Appointed Time"

Gallery
 Bill_will.jpg|William with Volcanic Pistol. Bill_and_Deek.jpg|Bill and Bessie. Bill.jpg|"I didn't kill you before, but sure as shit will now!" William's_face_to_John.jpg|William's face to John. Bill_taking_cover.jpg|"It ain't over.... Till it's over!" Allende_and_Bill.png|Allende and Bill baut to escape. Playable_skin_William_Williamson.png|Williamson's playable skin.