We knew the Red Dead Redemption 2 shenanigans would really kick off when the PC port arrived, and aside from modders discovering you can transform into dozens of animals and characters from the game, players have also found something a bit creepier. If you thought spooky season was over, think again.
Light spoilers for Red Dead Redemption 2 ahead.
Over on the Red Dead Redemption subreddit, user DaniMoz noticed something rather strange. “IKZ is in the game files, Using mods to play as her. This is what she looks like.”
IKZ, for those not up to scratch on their Red Dead Redemption 2 lore, stands for Princess Isabeau Katharina Zinsmeister. The strange thing about this particular character is that she’s been missing for 15 years by the time we take the as Arthur Morgan, and we never meet her in-game.
According to the Red Dead Wiki, Princess Isabeau was kidnapped during a visit to the US by the Luxembourg royal family, and her missing person posters can be found in Van Horn Trading Post – along with an anniversary article in the New Hanover Gazette No. 29. And, rather more creepily, there are some trunks with her initials on at the fence in Van Horn Trading Post. A man near Elysian Pool also informs the player he’s looking for the princess – but nobody ever sees her.
The identity of the princess has become something of a meme amongst Red Dead Redemption fans, while others on the Red Dead Mysteries subreddit have taken the search rather more seriously. But it turns out her in-game model has been there all along – and all it takes to access that is a bit of modding.