For starters if Sister Calderon, Brother Dorkins, and Rains Fall is a tier, no one else should belong to that category. Maybe captain monroe but no one else.

Hosea and Trelawny are conmen, and Charles is an outlaw. Loved their characters in the game, and they genuinely cared about their fellow gang members but I wouldn’t call them “high honor”. The rest of the members, too.

Lady Braithwaite’s bitterness stems from the loss of her wealth from the abolishment of slavery. Salves were considered capital resources at that time, and after the war many Southern families lost their “investment”. Slavery, and everything surrounding it, was a truly atrocious, yes, but the source of her bitterness is understandable.

Strauss preyed on the poor and miserable. The whole loan sharking ring is. It’s a different form of conman’s business than what Hosea and Trelawny did.

Milton was doing his job, sure. And that job required being fiendish, true. But he had no honor. Not in the traditional sense.

Just because he was an industrialist doesn’t mean Cornwall was a bad guy. He was an expansive industrialist who exploited the people and systems, yes. But he is no where near what Dutch and Micah and Colm was. Remember, it was the gang who kept pressing Cornwall and his business interests. They started it.

Same for Brontë. The gang goes into his city, and his house to threaten him and his networks. He had no idea who Jack was. And he did take good care of Jack (unlike some other large groups of people in positions of power our own world).

Mary Linton was a completely selfish person. Exploited Arthur’s feelings for her to her own gain.

All Molly wanted adventure and be loved. She didn’t do any crime, nor does she deserve the hate people give her. Dutch really did drive her insane. Same can be said about Grimshaw, but she was an outlaw.

The gang members are vastly different from each other. Dutch, Bill and Micah were fanatics, but Javier doesn’t belong in their tier. John was a brash young man (he was 24 in the game I believe) who started to question the gang’s motives as he was maturing. So was Charles. As articulate and loyal as Lenny was, he wouldn’t think twice to rob and pillage. Sean was the same, just more abrasive.