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Think about it. In the Hospital he regresses to an inhuman state and rips the heart from a corpse, disgusting himself so much that he once again manifests the "Other" as Walter. However, he's now beginning to lose his grip on his innocence, and so manifests Walter as an adult. Children in Silent Hill have previously been used as a symbol of innocence (e.g. Laura from [[SH 2]]SH2), and his "Other" now appearing as an adult is his subconscious slowly helping him understand his corruption.

He could be another form of Walter Sullivan. That picture of a little boy on the dresser had blonde hair and Henry has brown hair so how could that be Henry Townsend when he was little. Henry's origins are never explained or even hinted at one bit because he doesn't have any, similar to Maria in [[SH 2]]SH2; Mary and Maria look similar and Henry and Walter act similar. Walter despises his childhood and tries to block out any conscious knowledge of it what so ever evidenced by Henry never letting the player know about his early life and [[Henry Walter]] trying to pretend like he can't read his own handwriting. The game player doesn't know how the Ritual of the Holy Assumption works or what it's really supposed to do, but we all do know it gives you supernatrual abilities as well as possible immortality, also the Ritual of the Holy Assumption can be used on a dead person as shown in [[SH 2]]SH2 when Earnest and James used it to bring a loved one back. Also we know Walter Sullivan is capable of many supernatural "godly" feats because of it, that even includes shapeshifting. So he took the form of another man so everyone wouldn't know that the "Walter Sullivan murderer" was still at large. While he |assumed| the Henry Townsend persona, while he did that, he apparently graduated from school got a job and a home that he believed to be his "real mother"(Room 302). Instead of living like a smelly stinking hobo while he was still human he has decided to live with his supposed mother Room 302, waiting for the day he will encounter the appropriate people to sacrifice to his mother. Also we know that the people Henry(Walter Sullivan) meets is people that Walter Sullivan knew in his life time, so what does he do? Trap them in his mind and hunt them down and kill them, that could explain how Andrew Desalvo was trapped in a deserted forgotten water tower prison, this is possible because Walter's nightmare world can extend beyong South Ashfield Heights. Living a normal life has caused Walter to get a grip on reality and become at least some what sane ,that's why Henry(Walter) acts like a normal human being instead of some silly man with an apparent mental disorder. He remembers the kindness Eileen showed her at the train station so after he assaults her he tries to abandon his desire to complete the 21 Sacraments despite her fitting the Mother theme of murder(Mother means she's the mother in her human form), Eileen could be the only victim Walter cared about. We see the remorse Walter(Henry) feels when Henry sees the X-rays and wonders if Eileen is okay. The supposed Walter sullivan that tries to kill Henry we sees is the physical manifestation of the cult inflicted insanity that Walter Sullivan is trying to surpress. The Walter attacking Henry is Walter surpressed insanity and his killer instincts trying to take back over, that could explain why Henry doesn't take any real surprise in seeing it, because he already knows what it is. Walter is now trapped in the nightmare world in which he used to hunt down his prey by his own insanity, in so many words he is trapped in his own mind. He must now fight his way to the bottom to seek the truth. We know from reading Joseph's diary that he became obsessed with Walter Sullivan, and his ten murders and he knows every little thing about him, when Joseph died he became a part of Walter's psyche as well. So now Walter must fight against all the people he killed as ghost so he can meet the ghost of Joseph and ask him what to do. Even though he is trying to abondon all the bullcrap the cult instilled in his mind he apparently stills haves some serious problems with society. Those loud obnoxious monkey creatures are in reality human adult males which he sadistically kills, we know that Walter has a serious problem with animals specifically dogs because he had a bad experience with his first encounter with animals in Steve Garland's pet shop, hence him killing the store owner to get his heart and him killing up every animal in there despite that part not being neccesary so what does he do every time he sees a dog? Kill it. We also know Walter has a serious problem with women due to their female parts so when he sees them he visualizes them as repulsive, disgusting, inferior, dumb and hostile creatures while he kills them. Those bats are just mosquitos but his psyche is so disgusted by outside creatures that it manifests it into the ugliest thing it can. He has a thing against children too, because those two headed babyish monsters could be normal children, note how they aren't as repulsive or even as seemingly violent as the other monster, because Walter doesn't hate children as much. Walter has a renouned warped psyche, so when these monsters are attacking him he is really hallucinating. "Henry" stated that "if you die in this world you die in the real world too" so that means South Ashfield is possesed by Walter evil psyche as well. Basically it's like another Silent Hill. The Crimson Tome could be some symbollic or self mental exorcism. After Joseph informs Walter how to perform it, he doesn't just go and fight his insanity. By Walter meeting Joseph he gained his wisdom and Joseph knows everything about Walter. It's possible that Joseph investigated a child being abondoned in South Ashfield Heights in his past as well. After Walter inherits Joseph's knowledge he seeks the truth about what happened to him when he was a baby before confronting his ultimate self. When Walter comes faces to face with himself his personal demon tells him he is the reciever of wisdom. That means he knows the truth, hence him inheriting it from Joseph. Room 302 wasn't his mother and basically Silent Hill Smile Support Society was bullcrap. He must now choose between letting go of the past and moving on, or punish the world for it's sins and plunging it into hell while he rest in peace. As a previous troper stated earlier the hauntings represent the characters own will to complete the 21 Sacraments, and if Eileen lives the "Other" dies hand's down. If Eileen lives Walter will feel like maybe there is something else to live for and will completely abondon his will to complete the 21 Sacraments, but if she dies that will be much harder.