History Characters / SilentHillHomecoming

* {{Determinator}}

* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: She's very polite to Alex and he mentions that, in the absence of any affection from his mother, he looked to Margaret Holloway as a sort of mother figure. She has a kindly, parenting tone in her voice when telling Alex [[TheReasonYouSuck the reason he and his parents suck]], and holds it for a bit before she loses it. She then tries to murder him.]]

%%* EscortMission

%%* AbusiveParents

%%* BitchInSheepsClothing

%%* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk
%%* NiceHat

%%* TortureTechnician

%%* TheFaceless
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Alex's first dungeon involves him helping someone retrieve her memories. Alex [[spoiler: himself suffers from trauma-induced amnesia, and the end of the game involves him remembering.]]

* EscortMission: Yep.

* [[spoiler:OffWithHisHead: His daughter returns as a monster and decapitates him.]]

* TheFaceless

** [[spoiler: JerkWithAHeartOfJerk]].
* NiceHat

* HoistByHisOwnPetard[=/=]ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Suffers a very KarmicDeath trying to torture Alex with a power drill]].

* AbusiveParents: Hoo boy.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: See below.

* Foreshadowing: Alex's first dungeon involves him helping someone retrieve her memories. Alex [[spoiler: himself suffers from trauma-induced amnesia, and the end of the game involves him remembering.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard[=/=]ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: [[spoiler:Suffers a very KarmicDeath trying to torture Alex with a power drill]].

* BitchInSheepsClothing]]: See below.

%%* HoistByHisOwnPetard[=/=]ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]

%%* TortureTechnician

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: Both of his parents are doomed before Alex arrives. When his mother is trapped in a death machine, he can choose to give her a MercyKill... or just let it tear her apart. Likewise, he can refuse to forgive his father for all the things he did to Alex before the old man is slaughtered. Given the awful things they did to him through his life, it's hard not to cheer him on, or at least sympathise, when he takes the "let them suffer" decision.]]
* [[spoiler:KillTheOnesYouLove: He accidentally drowned his brother when they were both kids. He can also choose to MercyKill his mother.]]

* [[spoiler:TraumaInducedAmnesia: He forced himself to forget about accidentally drowning his brother, and about his parents attempting to murder him afterwards.]]

* [[spoiler:UnreliableNarrator: Due to his TraumaInducedAmnesia.]]

* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong: Alex accidentally knocked Josh into Toluca Lake on a late-night boating trip.]]
* [[spoiler:DeathByFallingOver]]

* [[spoiler:AbusiveParents]]: Hoo boy.
* [[spoiler:BigBad]]: Slowly becomes apparent as she talks to Alex.
* [[spoiler:BitchInSheepsClothing]]: See below.

* [[spoiler: FauxAffablyEvil:]] [[spoiler: She's very polite to Alex and he mentions that, in the absence of any affection from his mother, he looked to Margaret Holloway as a sort of mother figure. She has a kindly, parenting tone in her voice when telling Alex [[TheReasonYouSuck the reason he and his parents suck]], and holds it for a bit before she loses it. She then tries to murder him.]]

* [[spoiler:HidingBehindReligion: The Order is in large part an excuse for her to exercise her murderous ideals.]]
* [[spoiler:HoistByHisOwnPetard[=/=]ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]
* [[spoiler:OffingTheOffspring: She sacrificed Nora and tried to have Elle killed when the latter disagreed with her plans.]]

* [[spoiler:TookALevelInJerkass: Possible, Alex seemed to see her as more of a mother figure than his own when he was younger, so either she was faking or she used to be a more caring person.]]
* [[spoiler:TortureTechnician]]
* [[spoiler:WalkingSpoiler: As you can tell.]]

* [[spoiler:AxCrazy: Seem to sadistically delight in the notion of tearing Elle apart.]]
* [[spoiler:ChainsawGood: He wields a circular saw as a weapon.]]
* [[spoiler:TheDragon: He acts as one to Judge Holloway.]]

* [[spoiler:TortureTechnician]]

* [[spoiler:HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Adam's eventual fate. Same for Lillian; however, you can choose whether she will be alive to feel it happen.]]
* [[spoiler:ICannotSelfTerminate: Since Lillian is strapped to a torture device and is slowly being ripped apart, she begs Alex to kill her before the device does it instead.]]

* [[spoiler:BuriedAlive: How he killed his son. It's how his family kills the children for the ritual, always.]]
* [[spoiler:LudicrousGibs]]: [[spoiler:After Joey returns as Sepulcher, he smashes his father into a bloody smear.]]
* [[spoiler:MayorPain: Played with. In the past, he was supposedly respectful and friendly, but after killing his son, he's become a bit of both types, as he becomes an alcoholic out of guilt and keeps digging up graves in the cemetery to cope. Also, keep in mind that he's mayor of a [[TownWithADarkSecret city that has a pact with the cult from Silent Hill]], so he may have always been MayorPain.]]

* AbusiveParents: Suffers heavily from this.

* [[spoiler:KillTheOnesYouLove]]: One is canon, two are optional.

* [[spoiler:TraumaInducedAmnesia]]

* TheUnFavourite: Was this to his parents.
* [[spoiler:UnreliableNarrator]]: See above.

* [[FauxAffablyEvil:]] [[spoiler: She's very polite to Alex and he mentions that, in the absence of any affection from his mother, he looked to Margaret Holloway as a sort of mother figure. She has a kindly, parenting tone in her voice when telling Alex [[TheReasonYouSuck the reason he and his parents suck]], and holds it for a bit before she loses it. She then tries to murder him.]]
* HangingJudge: She is the town's judge. [[spoiler: her designated method of murder is through "the noose" as defined by the carvings in the late parts of the game.]]

* [[WalkingSpoiler: As you can tell.]]

* ParentalFavoritism

* {{Badass}}: At least Gameplay-wise. Alex shows incredible skill with various weapons and can basically kill dozens of monsters with a simple knife.

* BigBrotherInstinct

* [[spoiler:KillTheOnesYouLove]]

* TraumaCongaLine: Typical of Silent Hill protagonists, but good Lord does Alex stand out. Guy doesn't catch a break.
* TheUnFavourite
* [[spoiler:UnreliableNarrator]]

* EscortMission

* BadassNormal
* ConspiracyTheorist

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* TokenMinority

* [[spoiler:BigBad]]
* [[spoiler:BitchInSheepsClothing]]

* HangingJudge
* [[spoiler:HidingBehindReligion]]

** WordOfGod mentions that Alex was trained by his dad.

* TheWoobie

* [[spoiler:YourMindMakesItReal]]: [[spoiler:A possible reason why he can fight so well, since he never was in the army in the first place.]]

** Justified if [[spoiler: he really was a soldier, although it's rather unlikely that he was.]]

* {{Determinator}}: Fighting dozens of horrifying monsters, seeing the gruesome deaths of [[spoiler: mayor Bartlett, Dr. Fitch, his mother and his father]] and the general horror that is Silent Hill didn't stop him from [[BigBrotherInstinct trying to bring Josh back]]. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, said brother was DeadAllAlong]].
* [[spoiler: KillTheOnesYouLove]]
* ShellShockedVeteran: [[spoiler: Ultimately subverted, since he started to believe he was this to cope with his brother's accidental death.]]

* [[spoiler:YourMindMakesItReal]]: [[spoiler: A possible reason why he can fight so well, since he never was in the army in the first place.]]

* NeutralFemale: Due to the particulars of gameplay, the only thing Elle will help with is lifting gates. Alex can be swarmed by [[spoiler: cultists]], and she will just stand by.

* [[spoiler: DeathByFallingOver]]

* MadeOfIron: He somehow manages to survive a ''lot'' of abuse. [[spoiler:Whether he ultimately survives his horrific torture at the hands of the Order members, however, is dependant on the player's choice.]]

* [[spoiler: AbusiveParents]]: Hoo boy.
* [[spoiler: BigBad]]
* [[spoiler: BitchInSheepsClothing]]

* [[spoiler: HoistByHisOwnPetard[=/=]ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]
* [[spoiler: OffingTheOffspring: She sacrificed Nora and tried to have Elle killed when the latter disagreed with her plans.]]
* ThisIsADrill: [[spoiler: She doesn't have good intentions with it.]]
* [[spoiler: TookALevelInJerkass: Possible, Alex seemed to see her as more of a mother figure than his own when he was younger, so either she was faking or she used to be a more caring person.]]

* AbusiveParents: They were cold to Alex as a child, and doted on Josh. [[spoiler: They had their reasons for this, due to their involvement with the Order.]]
* [[spoiler: HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Adam's eventual fate. Same for Lillian, however you can choose whether she will be alive to feel it happen.]]
* [[spoiler: ICannotSelfTerminate: Since Lillian is strapped to a torture device and is slowly being ripped apart, she begs Alex to kill her before the device does it instead.]]

* TheAlcoholic: Fell into this hard [[spoiler: after sacrificing his child]].
* [[spoiler: BuriedAlive: How he killed his son. It's how his family kills the children for the ritual, always.]]
* [[spoiler: LudicrousGibs]]: [[spoiler: After Joey returns as Sepulcher, he smashes his father into a bloody smear.]]
* [[spoiler: MayorPain: Played with. In the past, he was supposedly respectful and friendly, but after killing his son, he's become a bit of both types, as he becomes an alcoholic out of guilt and keeps digging up graves in the cemetery to cope. Also, keep in mind that he's mayor of a [[TownWithADarkSecret city that has a pact with the cult from Silent Hill]], so he may have always been MayorPain.]]

** [[spoiler: Ironically, she returns as a porcelain doll monster and kills him.]]

* {{Irony}}: His heroism has this, given that [[spoiler: Alex was supposed to be sacrificed through drowning by his parents.]]
* [[spoiler: OffWithHisHead: His daughter returns as a monster and decapitates him.]]

* CreepyChild: Alex keeps seeing Josh in various levels, and he doesn't exactly look happy to be there. Also the fact that, like Alessa from the first game, he has an affection for bugs and spiders, which can be creepy in and of itself.

* MadeOfIron: He manages to survive a ''lot'' of abuse. [[spoiler:Whether he ultimately survives his horrific torture at the hands of the Order members, however, is dependant on the player's choice.]]

* DistressedDamsel: You have to save her from the Asphyxia.

* [[spoiler: OffingTheOffspring]]

!!Joshua Shepherd

!!Adam and Lilian Sheperd

* [[spoiler: ICannotSelfTerminate: Since Lilian is strapped to a torture device and is slowly being ripped apart, she begs Alex to kill her before the device does it instead.]]

** [[spoiler: Ironically, she turns as a porcelain doll monster and kills him.]]

!!Deputy Wheeler

* MadeOfIron

!!Judge Holloway