!!'''Henry Townshend'''
Henry wakes up one morning to find that he's been trapped in his own apartment.

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

* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Literally.
* CatchPhrase: 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 [[SilentHill1 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.
* DullSurprise
* TheEveryman
* TheHermit
* HeroAntagonist: When one considers the possibility that [[spoiler:Walter Sullivan]] is really the main character.
* {{Hikikomori}}: The game is an odd exploration of this trope. He was a reclusive agoraphobic before the events of the game, but ''[[InnSecurity during]]'' the game...
* IronicHell: 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 [[{{DullSurprise}} anything]].
* ProtectThisHouse
* TheQuietOne
* ShrinkingViolet: 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.
* TheStoic: Whatever emotions Henry may have, he certainly doesn't express them very strongly, leading to many {{Dull Surprise}}s.

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

[[spoiler: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.]]

* ArtificialStupidity: [[spoiler:During the extended escort mission, she becomes more or less aggressive depending on what weapon she's holding.]] This would be fine, if she didn't insist on [[spoiler: attacking Walter (who is invincible), which if allowed to go on long enough will result in her damage level skyrocketing as he beats her up. The only way to get her to stop is to take her weapon away, forcing her to follow Henry as closely as possible.]]
* BandageBabe
* DistressedDamsel
** BadassDamsel: Can hold her own against enemies very well, even despite her severely injured state.
* [[spoiler: EscortMission]]: [[spoiler: Her presence turns the whole second half of the game into one.]]
* GirlNextDoor
* GreenEyes
* MinidressOfPower: Deconstructed. A skimpy dress worn by the star of Walter's snuff fantasies.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished:
* ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler:Walter seems to think of her as this in a way, thus she is "The Mother Reborn". [[WildMassGuessing Fans speculate that she ends up pregnant of a reborn Walter in the "Mother" ending]].]]
* PinkMeansFeminine
* [[spoiler: {{Protectorate}}]]
* SamaritanSyndrome: 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 [[spoiler:Little Walter]] lands her in hot water, later.
* {{Stripperiffic}}/NaughtyNurseOutfit: Unlockable on a second playthrough.
* VideogameCaringPotential

!!'''Frank Sunderland'''
James's father and the superintendent of the South Ashfield apartments.
* ContinuityNod: To v 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?
* AndShowItToYou: 21 human hearts. Just six to go.
** Actually, only the first 10 involved removing the heart.
* AxCrazy
* BadSamaritan: ''Don't go out! -- Walter''
* BadassLongcoat: A blue raincoat.
** BadassLonghair
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* BloodIsTheNewBlack
* BigBad
* CallingCard: Ripping out hearts and carving numbers into the bodies.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Inverted -- [[spoiler:His corpse is]] strung up and mounted on a giant metal cross.
* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong]]: The Walter Sullivan you encounter throughout the game is [[spoiler:just a projection]]. The real Walter's [[spoiler:moldering corpse is hidden behind a false wall in Henry's apartment]].
* DissonantSerenity: The most laid-back character the series has produced yet.
* DualWielding: Guns, and that's when he's most annoying.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Even serial killer Walter loves his mommy, [[spoiler:the apartment you're stuck in]]. In fact, his love for his mommy is his primary motivation.
* EvilLaugh: Attempts to cause Walter injury merely amuse him.
** He may do it while/ before attacking.
* FamousLastWords: "Mom?" Well, what else?
* FauxAffablyEvil: Behaves this way to Henry. One would almost it's a ''privilege'' to be the last of Walter's twenty-one victims.
* FiringOneHanded
* FreudianExcuse: Walter's got one. Or a dozen.
* FutureMeScaresMe: The scene with Little Walter meeting his future self. Little Walter doesn't quite grasp the implications, but the player does.
* HeManWomanHater: 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.
* TheIllegible: 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.
* ImplacableMan: Being that he's [[spoiler:a ghost himself]], 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.
* MonsterSobStory
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: Even prison couldn't stop his mission.
* OnceKilledAManWithANoodleImplement: [[spoiler:Killed himself]] in prison with a [[FunnySpoon serving spoon]]. Ouch.
* PermaStubble
* PerpetualSmiler
* StepfordSmiler: He is Type C.
* PsychopathicManchild: [[spoiler:In fact, as close to a literal example as it gets.]]
* RiseFromYourGrave: In the Forest World, Henry uncovers his empty plot. [[spoiler:Walter's ghost dug up his body and installed it in Room 302]].
* [[spoiler:SerialKiller]]
* ShroudedInMyth: Authorities are baffled at how this guy continues killing when he's [[spoiler:already dead]].
* ThanatosGambit: Walter [[spoiler:killed himself]] after being apprehended. He rose again [[spoiler:as ghost and dug up his own corpse]], which he then walled up inside Henry's apartment.
* [[spoiler:VillainProtagonist: Arguably, the whole game's about him.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: The Locane twins. Interestingly, they are the only victims who appear as monsters (Bottoms) rather than ghosts.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Before The Order got their mitts on him.
* [[spoiler:TheVillainMakesThePlot]]

!!'''Cynthia Velasquez'''
* CampingACrapper
* KillTheCutie
* LetThemDieHappy: "It's okay...it's just a dream."
** This makes her [[spoiler:revival as a ghost]] more tragic.
* SpicyLatina
* [[spoiler:StringyHairedGhostGirl: Comes back as one.]]
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her normal clothes are quite bold, and on a second playthrough you can unlock an even more revealing costume.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Complete with sad music playing as you find her dying.

!!Jasper Gein
* HillbillyHorrors
* [[spoiler: ManOnFire: Jasper is ablaze even in (un?)death, because said man set himself on fire as part of the 21 Sacraments.]]
* SpeechImpediment: [[spoiler: Except when he dies.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: 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. [[spoiler:Victim 18 of 21]].

* {{Acrofatic}}: Later.
** FatBastard
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: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]].
* MeaningfulName: He is most likely named after Albert [=DeSalvo=], the man suspected of being the Boston Strangler.

!!Richard Braintree
A JerkAss who terrorized his neighbors, Richard's response to falling into the Otherworld is to wave his gun around, [[spoiler: fat lot of good that does him. Victim 19 of 21.]]
* AssholeVictim
* ChildHater
* [[spoiler:ElectricTorture: How Richard bites the dust.]]
* PsychoElectro
* RevolversAreJustBetter
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