Silent Hill 4/Characters

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.


 * 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.


 * Artificial Stupidity: She can be this from a gameplay standpoint. This would be fine, if she didn't insist on
 * Bandage Babe
 * Damsel in Distress
 * Girl Next Door: Eileen.
 * Green Eyes
 * Mini-Dress of Power: Deconstructed. A skimpy dress worn by the star of Walter's snuff fantasies.
 * No Good Deed Goes Unpunished:
 * Parental Substitute:
 * Pink Means Feminine
 * Samaritan Syndrome: Lying on the floor, bleeding to death, with "20121" carved into her back, Eileen's first thought is to speak calmly to the boy and urge him to run away.
 * Her soft-heartedness toward lands her in hot water, later.
 * Video Game Caring Potential
 * Her soft-heartedness toward lands her in hot water, later.
 * Video Game Caring Potential

Frank Sunderland
James's father and the superintendent of the South Ashfield apartments.
 * Continuity Nod: To Silent Hill 2, of course.

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?
 * ...And Show It to You: 21 human hearts. Just six to go.
 * Ax Crazy
 * Bad Samaritan: Don't go out! -- Walter
 * Badass Longcoat: A blue raincoat.
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Blond Guys Are Evil
 * Blood Is the New Black
 * Big Bad
 * Calling Card: Ripping out hearts and carving numbers into the bodies.
 * Crucified Hero Shot: Inverted -- strung up and mounted on a giant metal cross.
 * : The Walter Sullivan you encounter throughout the game is . The real Walter's.
 * Dissonant Serenity: The most laid-back character the series has produced yet.
 * Dual-Wielding: Guns, and that's when he's most annoying.
 * Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Even serial killer Walter loves his mommy, . In fact, his love for his mommy is his primary motivation.
 * Evil Laugh: Attempts to cause Walter injury merely amuse him.
 * Famous Last Words: "Mom?" ell, what else?
 * Faux Affably Evil: Behaves this way to Henry. One would almost it's a privilege to be the last of Walter's twenty-one victims.
 * Firing One-Handed
 * Freudian Excuse: Walter's got one. Or a dozen.
 * Future Me Scares Me: The scene with Little Walter meeting his future self. Little Walter doesn't quite grasp the implications, but the player does.
 * He-Man Woman Hater: Has issues with the fairer sex, evidenced by his brutal beatdown of Eileen. Also makes a pastime of mutilating female cadavers, which rise again as scary ol' giantesses.
 * The Illegible: Walter's personal diary is scattered throughout the Forest area on stones; however, Henry is unable to make out several passages due to the script being very childish and scrawling. Eileen is able to translate them when you return to the Forst area.
 * Implacable Man: Being that he's, Walter Sullivan absolutely Can. Not. Be. Killed. You can knock him down or pump him full of lead, but he'll always rise back up again.
 * Monster Sob Story
 * My Death Is Just the Beginning: Even prison couldn't stop his mission.
 * Once Killed a Man with A Noodle Implement: in prison with a serving spoon. Ouch.
 * Perma-Stubble
 * Perpetual Smiler
 * Stepford Smiler: If Walter is an angry man - and there's plenty of evidence to suggest it—he keeps it close to the vest.
 * Psychopathic Manchild:
 * Rise from Your Grave: In the Forest World, Henry uncovers his empty plot..
 * Shrouded in Myth: Authorities are baffled at how this guy continues killing when he's.
 * Thanatos Gambit: Walter after being apprehended. He rose again, which he then walled up inside Henry's apartment.
 * Would Hurt a Child: The Locane twins. Interestingly, they are the only victims who appear as monsters (Bottoms) rather than ghosts.
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Before The Order got their mitts on him.
 * Would Hurt a Child: The Locane twins. Interestingly, they are the only victims who appear as monsters (Bottoms) rather than ghosts.
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Before The Order got their mitts on him.

Cynthia Velasquez

 * Camping a Crapper
 * Kill the Cutie
 * Let Them Die Happy: "It's okay...it's just a dream."
 * This makes her more tragic.
 * Spicy Latina
 * Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl: Victim #16 has elements of one.
 * Stuffed Into the Fridge

Jasper Gein

 * Hillbilly Horrors
 * Man On Fire: Well, ghost on fire. Victim #17, is ablaze even in (un?)death, because said man set himself on fire as part of the 21 Sacraments.
 * Speech Impediment
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Jasper Gein sure loves that chocolate milk.

Andrew DeSalvo
An obese man Henry comes across while the former is trapped in the Wish House's prison. .


 * Acrofatic
 * Fat Bastard
 * Karmic Death:.
 * Meaningful Name: He is most likely named after Albert DeSalvo, the man suspected of being the Boston Strangler.

Richard Braintree

 * Asshole Victim
 * Child-Hater
 * Electric Torture: How Richard bites the dust.
 * Psycho Electro
 * Revolvers Are Just Better