Henry Hanson

### Debut

Axel: Spiritual Climax (Episode 46 - Our Spiritual Climax)Jakob: Spiritual Climax (Episode 69 - Bloodshed, Bloodshed, Bloodshed)

## Appearance

Hanson is a slender man who is often seen wearing his white lab coat, further emphasizing his "Doctor" status. His brown hair and eyes match well with the similarly colored dress shirt and black pants he wears, and he's always seen wearing clothes on the nicer side. He wears a watch on his left wrist that he checks every once in a while, though he carries no other accessories.

## Personality

Cold, cunning, and Manipulative, Hanson is a person that makes sure he always gets what he wants. He carries a fake friendly demeanor, staying calm and perhaps even cocky in most situations. He has no problems with lying, scheming or tricking people, and in fact will do it quite often for the pettiest reasons to the biggest plans.

Hanson's incredible planning skills often lead to him cooking up gigantic schemes that have tremendous effects and often appear misleading with their purposes. His plans keep multiple layers, tricks and turns that hardly fail to produce results, and always leave him getting off without a scratch.

Rarely fighting himself, Hanson uses other people on the front lines to achieve his goals, whether those people are manipulated or working willingly varies from person to person however. Hanson is good at trapping his opponents in terrifying situations, and likes to watch as they fail to escape. Oftentimes he will give them an opportunity to escape, only to drag them further down and solidify their place under his boot.

Behind all his scheming and calm demeanor, Hanson can also be brutal and angry. If someone ruins one of his plans or otherwise doesn't follow his orders, he can be quite angry and is prone to snapping. There was even a case once where he murdered one of his soldiers for failing to follow an order which had irreparable consequences.

## Abilities, Attributes, and Powers

### Human Physical Attributes:

Despite all of Hanson's mental and emotional prowess, his physical stats are just the average for a human of his build. Nobody has seen Hanson train or exercise publicly, and there's hardly been any way to appropriately check his abilities, since he avoids physical fights. Despite his avoidance of physical fights, he does keep weapons on him. He carries a pistol and two butterfly knives on him at almost all times.

### Perfect Planning Skills:

Although it might not be considered a power, his planning abilities are certainly an extraordinary ability. Hanson was capable of making the Empyrium serums and manipulating quite a few people into working for him, whether by threats or appealing to their desires. He was also capable of breaking into government protected buildings and stealing important items, all while tricking and misleading the heroes in his source material. He also showed his planning abilities when he destroyed Rendaru Guy's reputation and got off hardly hurt, tricking everyone into forgetting about him.

### Memory View and Memory Manipulation (??? Domain):

Hanson is capable of viewing other people's memories by looking into their eyes, and he can view them faster by physical contact. It takes time to look through the memories and search for things, especially if the character has lived a long life, like the Spirit Wielders. When making physical contact, Hanson is also capable of manipulating the memories of other people. He can erase memories, make them harder to remember, make them show up more often, and with all these tricks he can cleverly manipulate the way a person thinks. He's also capable of making people remember things when he's looking in their eyes, which he can use to manipulate them into seeing him in different ways. For example, if while talking to him you remember someone you like, you might feel more inclined to like him.

Despite all his power, a person is capable of recovering their memories. There will be discrepancies between fact and a person's memories if they're missing something, and they may still feel a sense of familiarity from things they have forgotten. If they're put in enough situations that things stop making sense or otherwise they question the truth enough and find the right train of thought, their memories will come back to them. Depending on how much was changed and how long it's been, they will also likely suffer an extreme migraine with their recovered memories.

### Invulnerabilities:

Hanson's powers, being from the Empyrium serums of his own design, grant him several immunities. It appears that Hanson's physical body doesn't age, as he constantly appears to be around his mid to late twenties, even though he's over 50 at the time of Axel: Spiritual Climax, and over 70 in Jakob: Spiritual Climax.

On top of this, his body and mind cannot be controlled or commanded by anyone other than himself. He can't be forced to do something or think a certain way, and his mind cannot be invaded. If anyone were to enter his mind using another power, he would have total and complete control over the inside of his head, being able to form anything from a fake memory to burning the mental "body" of the intruder.

## Relationships

#### Pen Gwinn:

Hanson and Pen are at odds with each other, mostly because Hanson ruined Pen's life and gave him the powers he often perceives as a curse. Hanson wanted Pen as one of his soldiers, but after how much he got in the way of his plans, he would rather just get rid of Pen altogether. Hanson sees Pen as a bug he'd like to squash, and has no respect for him.

#### Katherine Calida-Gwinn:

At one point, Hanson had Katherine as one of his soldiers. Hanson burned her house down, killing her parents and blaming it on a fake group that he claimed was a subsection of the government. After that, she joined Crow's Nest and Hanson played with her memories to keep her angry and rage filled, having her forget Pen to avoid further complications. Hanson wants her dead after her defecting from the Devil's Kind, and is angry at how much she has interfered in his plans.

#### Jacob Früh:

Hanson tries to keep an iron fist of control on Jacob, and is mostly capable of doing so given his control over the health of Jacob's mother. However Hanson has a strong distaste for Jacob, because he needs him and can't quite get rid of him yet. Jacob is a double edged sword that Hanson hates to have to deal with.

#### Azrail Grimm:

Grimm and Hanson work together well, Hanson as the brains and Grimm as the muscle of their operation. Grimm wants quite a few things, but Hanson has no issue providing them for him as long as Hanson can complete his plans. The two also align similarly in morals, though they have had their disagreements, there's practically no chance the two will separate since they work pretty well together.

#### Magaline Topaz:

Hanson acts practically as Magaline's surrogate father figure, though Hanson is quite manipulative and abusive. He uses Magaline for his ability and often forces him into situations he doesn't want to be in. He restricts him from seeing Katherine and is overall quite controlling, but acts compassionate at just the right moments to keep Magaline with him.

#### Axon Leax:

Hanson views Axon as a little bug who has gotten lucky at consistently pissing him off. As stated previously, he is a man who will get very upset if a plan goes wrong. In Episode 47, Hanson's plan was to use the media as protection, if the Spirit Wielders were to attack him, then that would be the end of all of their reputations, which would change the outlook on Basic Battles forever, Axon was the only one who didn't care. Using a dirty trick on Hanson who then proceeded to get his tooth twisted. This left Axon on Hansons kill list.

## Trivia

* Hanson originates from a Wattpad story written by the creators friend, Memachu
* Hanson used to work for the government while crafting the Empyrium serums, and he stole the serums and the project funds when they shut him down
* Hanson was the third person to successfully gain a power with the Empyrium serum
* Before working for the government as a scientist, he used to be a therapist
* He was stripped of his degree as a therapist
* His proficiency in psychology allows him to more efficiently manipulate people
* Legally Hanson is classified as a domestic terrorist after having Glitch and Jacob raid the 7 World Trade Center and the New York Stock Exchange
* Although he usually doesn't get his hands dirty, Hanson has killed quite a few people himself
* Hanson's final plan has never been spoken out loud or even written down

## Quotes

"A coward who found the best way to take down the number 1." - Episode 47

"It'd be in your best interest not to steal from me." - Episode 69