Clyde J. M. Henderson

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> "N'aw, deal with it!"
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> - Clyde J. M. Henderson

**Clyde James Munsen Henderson Jr.** is a character appearing in Amherst Academy Chapter 1, and is portrayed by JamesFaber.

## Characteristics & Description

Clyde James Munsen Henderson Jr. is a tall and athletic male who stands at an impressive 6'4. He has dark jet-black hair paired with dark brown eyes that are nearly black. He's handsome in a rugged sort of way, giving him a smug unplaced charm, which is accentuated by his deep Georgian accent. He's well-mannered and reserved on a good day, but due to the constant stress and disorder going on at the academy, there is typically a never good day for him. His facial features consist of having hollow cheekbones, an angular jawline, cupid's bow lips, as well as a shorter box-shaped face, paired with freckles spattered across his nose and cheeks. His skin is fair, burning quite easily during the summertime or particularly hot days, though he tans after the burnt skin peels. He has some-what poor vision, as well as an astigmatism in his left eye, requiring glasses for them as he dislikes the hassle of contacts, deciding to suffer with glasses. Due to his imposing height, he is lacking in raw muscle, having more of a long and wiry build. He also has a lye chemical burn scar on his right hand from his brother.

He dresses in the dark sea-green Prefect vest with a dark gray dress shirt underneath. His sleeves are rolled up rather carelessly, giving him a laid back appearance, but that couldn't be further from the truth. He also wears black slacks and converse, allowing him to chase students pretty easily, as he ditched his dress shoes. He is much more scruffy looking than the average Prefect, but still manages to look like one rather easily, mainly due to his imposing height and demeanor to match. If not doing his job, he can be seen picking on students himself. Of campus he wears an Amherst Hoodie and jeans, and typically minds his own business, though he can still throw hands without his paddle or backup.

## Traits & Personality

Overall Clyde is a cynical and tough young man. He, unlike what people think, isn't power tripping or hungry for praise or authority. Instead, he wants the school to be a more livable and peaceful place, which he will take to violent means to achieve. He's stained his hands in blood with cold-hearted will and thorough determination many times before, and will continue to do so until he is satisfied. He was bestowed authority by the Headmaster, and will listen to his orders. Generally, he is obedient, well-mannered, and has a silver tongue and will not stray far from violence if it means getting what he wants out of people.

He is well respected by the members of the Prefect program, and well, almost unanimously hated by everyone other than nonnies he's saved from being harassed or bullied. He came from more humble origins, and was raised by his grandparents, but despite this he is still quick to rage and has very clear anger issues, though he is more than patient with his loved ones or people he cares for. He thinks of and views his program as one big family, no matter how dysfunctional or estranged at times. He has a strict policy against in-fighting or arguing, and is very strict and calculated with how he runs things.

Behind the Nerd 1iC, Clyde is very talented and hard-working when it comes to academics. He is set to become the Salutatorian of the academy upon graduation, partially because his adoptive father is very strict on him about doing his work, and doing so with efficiency and caution. Over the summer he is kept inside a lot and forced to study, which he will likely be able to break upon entering senior year, as he won't have much to do then. Rather than being a super senior and being a Prefect due to his older age, he is a Junior, and typically uses words or grappling to get his way in combat, though he is still older than a lot of the students attending Amherst.

## Chapter 0, Backstory

**PRE-AMHERST STORY**

Chapter I, “Rough Start”

 He was born with his twin brother, Lars Munsen in Boston, Massachusetts at the Lahey Hospital and Medical Center. It was a clean, and smooth process, but their family was rather poor, not having much to their name besides a small apartment and a shitty, beaten, and scratched blue Plymouth Voyager 1989. Due to this, James’ parents, who he has no recollection of, sent him off to his southern Catholic grandparent’s house on his mom’s side. James was quickly adopted by Cathy and Clyde Henderson, being renamed Clyde Henderson Junior, moving all the way to a rural farm town in southern Georgia.
 Clyde grew up without knowing he had other parents, let alone a brother, though he did know that Cathy and Clyde Senior were his grandparents, he just didn’t question it. He was homeschooled, and raised with traditional values, like how to be a gentleman, how to treat a lady, et cetera. By the time he was just nine years old he was helping out with barn chores, and helping his grandma cook, which he would become quite proficient at.
 He helped out with everything his grandparents couldn’t, and by the time he was 13 he was cleaning out the entire stable by himself, filling up water buckets, changing hay, and feeding the horses that his grandparents owned. His life was good, and it was simple. His homeschooling proved to be good, as he was near prodigal with everything he learnt, the only issue or shortstop being his ADHD, which kept him tapping his feet, or chewing on his nails, sometimes fidgeting with his pens and pencils, but he respected his grandparents enough to try his best to stay focused.

Chapter II, “Death in the Family”

 As he got older, so did his grandparents. He hadn’t really thought of it, but before he got the chance to say goodbye, his grandmother died in her sleep from old age. This struck something in him, and gravely saddened Clyde, but it nearly destroyed his grandfather. Clyde Senior became distant, and eventually decided it would be best for Clyde to move to a boarding school a couple miles north from where his home was. Clyde understood how his grandfather felt, accepting his move (not that he had a choice), and moved north, though a ‘couple’ was an understatement, as he was pushed into Atlanta, being sent to a rather decrepit and unkempt boarding school. Clyde was social enough, but due to his not so common accent he was made fun of quite a bit, being known as the country kid. Him being outcast soon turned into him being bullied, and then tormented, even. Clyde had no fighting experience, but he was rather lean from running barn chores since the age of nine, so he put on a fight, though he’d lose to the much more experienced and rough fighters at his boarding school.

**WIP FROM HERE, REVAMPING BECAUSE I DISLIKE THE PREVIOUS ONE.**

## Relationships

Clyde's has many important relationships, but the most important will be listed here.

Lars Munsen | BIOLOGICAL BROTHER | ARCH-ENEMY
"Fuck you!"- Lars Munsen screaming obscenities at Clyde.
Clyde HATES Lars. He hates him more than any other person, and their hate is quite mutual. The only difference in their hatred towards each other is that Lars views Clyde, who he still calls James due to it being his name at birth pre to it being changed my his grandparents, as a little brother, and still holds a love for him. If Clyde were presented with the opportunity to cut this little psychotic crazy out of his life, he would take it without hesitation. Lars serves as the bane and pure opposite of Clyde's existence, crazed by his ideals and fueled by his ego, served by his gang of vicious dropouts, Lars has made it a mission to torment, abuse, and harass Clyde. He's how he got the chemical scar on his hand, after all.

Bradford Shackleford | ADOPTIVE FATHER | RESPECTED
"Just the two of us, boy."- Bradford Shackleford to Clyde.
Clyde heavily admires Bradford, grateful for the many chances and opportunities he's given him. A few people have noticed how intelligent and academically focused Clyde is, which is credited to Bradford- who forces him to study until he's satisfied he can grasp concepts that're far beyond that of a teenage boy in highschool. He wants Clyde to succeed, and pushes him heavily to do so, to which Clyde respects and loves him for. He is his second father figure, coming after his Grandpa, and legal guardian died, sending him off. He eventually made his way to Amherst, and was taken under Bradford's wing. He is forever indebted and grateful to the late Headmaster of Amherst.

## Clique Relations

Clyde's views on cliques and their views on him will be described here.

FACULTY | ADMIRED
"My, boy!"- Bradford Shackleford
Being the adopted son of the Headmaster, his proclaimed pride and joy, he has all of the bias and backing- whether that be corruption or audits or financial, that he could need. Additionally, he does all of their dirty work, carrying out all of the beating, brutalizing, punishment, or blackmailing that they're too afraid to do themselves. To the Faculty, he is a cold, calculated, and highly intelligent student. The perfect, and ideal Prefect.

PREFECTS | REVERED
"Morning, Clyde."- Kazumasa Sakai
To the Prefects, Clyde is their leader. He can be seen as rather merciless to other students due to his brutal and unorthodox methods of getting what he wants, many students not actually even knowing what he wants. Generally, he just wants the school to be more orderly, and less of a living hell to attend. The Prefects he has sought out personally and hand-picked offer their devout and absolute loyalty, maybe out of fear, maybe out of respect, maybe out of both. He is looked up to by most of the students in the program.

PREPS | SUSPICOUS
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He has had little to no interactions with them, none that are special enough to recall even if they do exist other than them housing Lars for a bit. Due to this, he has his suspicions, and is more hesitant to strike deals or take bribes from them. He no longer trusts them more than the average student, if anything, he trusts them less.

GREASERS | STRONGLY DISLIKED
"THIS IS POLICE BRUTALITY!"- A Greaser crying out as Clyde beat them with his paddle.
Clyde hates these people, their hair and way of dress piss him off, and their general attitudes and resistance to even passive or simple commands make him angry. He takes pleasure in beating them when they step out of line. He doesn't mind the women that hang around the Auto-Shop though, simply because they usually don't spit on him or cause much trouble. This is the clique he's had to brutalize the most due to their thick skulls and fiery language. He also has his suspicions about their little 'hangout room', having Faculty and Townies lounging around, which is definitely unusual to him.

BULLIES | DISLIKED
"RUFUS WOULD BE BARBARIAN KING THOUSAND YEARS AGO!"- Rufus' infamous quote.
Self-explanatory, they're bullies. They cause trouble, and have been hanging around Lar's gang a bit, offering them uniforms and protection. Clyde doesn't know what twisted or demented deal they've struck up, but he doesn't like it. He finds them to be pretty annoying, but he dislikes the Greasers more, which they've aided him in fighting, and snitched on. He routinely makes sure they aren't causing a ruckus on campus, but will leave them alone if they're sticking to themselves, or just shoving around a singular student.

TOWNIES | HATED
"Go cry to your girlfriend! Oh wait, she's dead! BWAHAHAHA!"- Lars mocking Clyde.
They sneak onto campus, deal drugs, and are a bunch of dropouts who are the scourge and bane of Clyde's existence, all of that being bundled up and turned to 100 by his biological brother who runs the group of psychos. Though he has subdued their BOSS a few times, leading to her arrest, these are a group of troublesome loners who he hates. To put it simply, they're crazed psychotic anarchists that fuck with children as a job, so Clyde naturally does not get along with them. He relishes in the opportunity of beating one whenever it's presented.

VARSITY | DISLIKED
"NOT THE TEETH!"- The Varsity 1iC as Clyde bashed his mouth into the sink.
Stereotypical roidheads who give him a hard time. They've fought with him and other Prefects a couple times, so he has a natural bias against them, especially for their bullying of non-cliques and nerds, as well as their raging disrespect for authority. They often overstep the already paper-thin line that Clyde tolerates, so they've clashed a couple times. Clyde had watched their coach be arrested, and generally doesn't care for them or their members, finding them to be annoying. He finds most Cheerleaders to be annoying and bratty, but there are a few he tolerates.

NERDS | NEUTRAL
"Ermm.. acktchually my GPA is .0004% higher than yours!"- The Nerd 1iC.
They're Nerds, and surprisingly have caused a bit of trouble for him and his Prefects. He's brawled with them, beaten their chain of command, and subjugated them easily enough. Generally, he doesn't care for them very much anymore, and they've lost his aid and favoring. He's over most of the stuff they've done and lets them stick to their own if they don't cause any trouble, though he does still keep an eye out.

## Themes

 - Clyde's Regular Theme

 - Clyde's Battle Theme