Silent Hill 4/Characters

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Henry Townshend

A photographer with a bit of a voyeurism fetish, Henry wakes up one morning to find that he's been trapped in his own apartment.

Henry is number 21 of the 21 Sacraments, "The Receiver of Wisdom", the final stage of Walter's ritual to "awaken his mother".

  • The Call Knows Where You Live: Literally.
  • Catch Phrase: Henry's "What the hell?!"
    • Henry is infamous for "What the hell?", even though he says it only four times throughout the game, or (for those keeping track at home) only one fewer time than Harry Mason describes his daughter to people as "just turned seven last month, short, black hair" And, one presumes, this is only because he ran out of people to ask.
  • Dull Surprise
  • The Everyman
  • Hikikomori: The game is an exploration of this trope.
  • The Ishmael: You control him, yes, but the story's more or less about Walter.
  • Ironic Hell: An agoraphobic who can't leave his apartment. Gotcha!
  • Kuudere: Henry shows a lot of willingness to help others but rarely expresses the fact. Justified in that he never really expresses much of anything.
  • Protect This House
  • The Quiet One
  • Shrinking Violet: Henry is mentioned by the others as very shy, so it's not seen to be too strange when he doesn't emerge from his apartment for days on end.
  • Stalker with a Crush: The apartment seems to taunt Henry's inclinations in this direction. The previous occupant, Joeseph Schreiber, was made aware of the peephole into Eileen's apartment before he died.
  • The Stoic: Whatever emotions Henry may have, he certainly doesn't express them very strongly, leading to many Dull Surprises.

Eileen Galvin

Henry's next-door neighbor. She's upbeat and perky.

Of the 21 Sacraments, she is "The Mother Reborn". She should have been killed by Walter, but he was stopped by the mysterious boy (Young Walter). She still suffered many injuries and was sent to the hospital, but ended up being sucked into the dark world again; this time, Henry managed to get to her before Walter did, taking her under his care and protection. She cannot die, but she does suffer damage, which affects her survival at the game's end.

Frank Sunderland

James's father and the superintendent of the South Ashfield apartments.

Walter Sullivan

A supposedly dead serial killer—so what is he doing still stalking the halls of Ashfield Heights, killing (or attempting to kill) everyone he comes across?

Cynthia Velasquez

Jasper Gein

Andrew DeSalvo

An obese man Henry comes across while the former is trapped in the Wish House's prison. Victim 18 of 21.

  • Acrofatic
  • Karmic Death: Andrew runs the very prison that he was trapped in. You find out that the children were often forced to drink water with leeches in it.
  • Meaningful Name: He is most likely named after Albert DeSalvo, the man suspected of being the Boston Strangler.

Richard Braintree

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