Henry (Fire Emblem)

Henry is a playable character in Fire Emblem Awakening.

When Henry was a child, his parents wanted nothing to do with him for unknown reasons, and had him sent to an elite magic school to get rid of him (in the Japanese version, he was sent to an orphanage). The institution that he was sent to was a cruel and neglectful place, where they carried out painful punishments, barely taking any action when he accidentally set himself on fire. There Henry endured great hardships, and as a result he ended up becoming slow to feel any pain.

Due to being neglected, Henry enjoyed being in the company of animals, who all seem to be attracted to him many times for some reason. As a child, he was particularly close to a wolf, but one day, when the wolf attempted to visit him, the wolf was killed by the villagers, and Henry found the wolf's body while surrounded by other villagers. This made Henry snap and slaughter everyone out of blind rage.

Eventually, he grew into a powerful user of sorcery in Plegia, which earned him quite a reputation, even to Tharja, though Henry's identity was obscured to others due to always having a murder of crows around him. Henry had also befriended Mustafa and his family, where he would often times be invited over, where Henry would be given a bag of peaches by Mustafa, and that Henry reminded him of his son. Mustafa also wanted Henry to consider himself to be part of the family. Henry had also gotten to know Campari and Vasto, though for all of them, Henry never felt a true attachment as friends.

Personality

Approaching every situation with a constant, yet eerily cheerful expression, Henry is an unorthodox Dark Mage with a bright enthusiasm towards bloodshed and war that contrasts with the usually dour nature of the art. He is prone to fits of laughter and glee whenever carnage or the macabre is involved. He is utterly fearless as a result and does not fear death, even finding it, should it happen to him, particularly cathartic.

He is amoral, notably being the one to alert Panne of the assassination attempt on Emmeryn simply on a whim and to stir up further action in the war despite being a conflict of interest for his homeland. He initially does not see any issue with sacrificing innocents if it will win the war, but does amend his ways after Robin tells him not to. He has stated that while he will obey his superiors, he will flat out ignore any order he deems "stupid". However, he's not entirely evil, simply maladjusted.

In his localized version, he is a jokester, making puns and macabre jokes often at other people's expense. He takes life in a carefree manner and hardly gets serious, even making jokes in inappropriate situations. He is presented as simple, but a bit of an odd-ball compared to the rest of the cast. In the original Japanese version, he is much more subdued, mainly laughing in inopportune times and has difficulty expressing his emotions properly. His natural smile is in reality a coping mechanism; he believes if he smiles he won't feel bad, and he doesn't much care to dwell on sad things.

Henry does exhibit positive traits in his supports as he is capable of caring for others. Maribelle at one point describes him as "having the oddest ways of putting a person's mind at ease" due to his cavalier yet upbeat attitudes concerning mortality. While Henry did not care for most of his Plegian cohorts, he admits to Ricken that he would avenge him if he was ever killed. He does go on to become a relatively normal father and dearly loves his family. He does truly desire to help and make people feel better, especially his comrades, if only in his own special way.

Despite his cheery and fearless nature, Henry has abandonment issues due to his childhood. Not only does he beg Panne not to leave him in their supports, he makes a point of reassuring Nowi in their S-support that she'll no longer be alone if they're together and have children (as Nowi also fears being left behind due to her long life span).

Henry has the lowest blood pressure out of all the people in the army.

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