ISFP 9w8 Characters
Henry appears to be emotionally distant on the surface, but all of his decisions are made with people and his own strong ethics in mind. He does not mind breaking the law when he deems it necessary or more moral to do so, than it would be to let the authorities handle a problem. Henry defends and protects rape victims, becomes a Protector of the innocent (and sees vengeance against children’s abusers as the right thing to do), and crosses Walt a few times on matters of principle, where he sees legal approaches as too slow or too tolerant. He values his friendship with Walt, so he is loyal to him in all ways that do not require an inner betrayal of his principles. He even helped Walt cover up a murder. Henry can suppress his own pain to maintain a façade of not being the vigilante Walt is looking for, after being shot in the leg. He participates in many of their rituals because they hold personal value for him.
Rather than question his Cheyenne traditions, Henry chooses to live them out in his daily life in tangible ways. He takes part in them physically, through spiritual activities (sweat tents, chaining himself or Walt to poles to await divine inspiration, embodying an ancient Cheyenne spirit in physical form to act as an avenging creature and put the fear of punishment into those who do bad things). Henry is a decent bar owner because he’s attentive to what his customers are showing him through their physical responses to things; and he handles intense situations calmly. If Walt needs him to ‘back him up’ by showing up with his fists or a weapon, he will do so. Henry also finds a certain amount of satisfaction in dressing up as and intervening in the form of a vigilante, despite knowing that it could land him in prison. He helps Walt get revenge on the man who killed his wife, then hides it from the law; he helps a woman escape justice after shooting her rapist, and takes her to the Crow reservation so she’s outside Walt’s jurisdiction.
Henry is more trusting of intuition, spirit guides, and dream interpretations than Walt, and often uses them to help inform his decisions. He is deeply rooted in Cheyenne lore and their way of life, offering input that gives Walt insights into how his people think, and how he might get them to cooperate, but reminding him that they distrust the white man because of their long history of being abused by white people.
Henry can be confrontational with Walt at times, calling him out on his B.S. and pointing out the consequences of what he did wrong. He is generally good at covering his own tracks, since he does not want to get caught breaking the law (even if he disagrees with the law).
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Henry is pretty mellow and easygoing, and doesn’t mind breaking the law for a friend, sometimes without considering that it could backfire on him, because it feels like the right thing to do. He avoids judging others a lot of the time, and helps out people from the tribe, or intervenes and tries to get two people to get along for the sake of peace. When he first met Walt as a kid, the two of them got into a bare-knuckle brawl because Henry thought he was being insulted, but then Walt explained why he said what he did about the drinking fountain, and “we have been friends for forty years now.”
Though mellow, when Henry realizes the absence of an “avenging spirit” is needed on the reservation, he steps in to deal out justice and has no doubt that he is in the right. He is willing to break the law and defy Walt, to cross state or reservation lines to hide people who he don’t think deserve to face justice, and even gets into a few brawls with his friend, because neither of them is willing to back down. Henry becomes resolute and unmoving whenever he stands his ground; he will not be pushed around.
