Henry Valin

Henry, staring up at Abaddon.

**Henry Valin**, is the current deuteragonist of Stained Glass Symphony. He is a former member of the research organization, the **Dalwinter Federation**, before being trapped to the Abyss for a decade by **Abaddon**. After being saved by **Dinky**, she and him defeat Raizel and escape the Abyss. Henry now follows and helps her in her mission to bring back Danny Adler.

## Appearance

Henry has only worn one outfit throughout the story so far, with the exception of being occasionally wrapped in bandages. The description is as follows:

*"He was a tall and thin-looking person with pale skin and beady, dark eyes. The man wore a black trilby hat and scarf covering the bottom half of his face. He wore a black leather coat that was lined with silver and gray accents, as well as a gray dress shirt underneath. He wore no shoes, covering his feet with bandages all the way up to his ankles. The man’s hands were also covered in bandages, with a silver ring that had an engraving fashioned onto his right hand’s index finger."* (Page 21, Peaks of Hell and Pits of Heaven)

Currently, he is not wearing any bandages, as Gell has forced him to remove them in order to compete in the Star Stone Guild's entrance exams:

*"All Henry had done was remove the bandages around his face, apparently, it made him stand out too much; he had to admit, he felt oddly exposed without them, even if the fresh air felt good. He did feel that Gell was being a bit hypocritical though, considering he looked like some kind of monk wearing his hood. He figured it was both because Gell had a real reason to be concealed and he wasn’t taking the exam, but he still thought it was a little unfair."* (Page 55, Revival of the Fittest)

## Abilities

### Kismet Clock

Henry has access to his own ability using black mana, the Kismet Clock. It appears on the user's chest as an all black clock, slowly ticking as time goes on. The user can grab two of the white clock hands to manifest a weapon. The first is the **Second Hand**, which increases the user's speed over time. The second is the **Minute Hand**, which increases the user's strength over time. When the user runs out of black mana, they can use up their stored energy from both hands to fire a strong blast of black mana dubbed "Midnight Macabre".

### Wormhole Manipulation

While under the control of Abaddon, Henry was shown to be very proficient in using his wormholes against Chateau, even being able to crack her barrier by adding weight to these wormholes. He was shown to use them to dodge attacks, strike from different angles, and build up speed. While strong, of course, due to Abaddon controlling him, his power with this technique seems to be weaker.

### Weapons

Given to him by his sister, uses a Tricolge Revolver to fire bullets at enemies. He has shown great proficiency in aiming the revolver, evidenced by hitting Chateau in her cervical spine from a good distance away. He has also shown to be able to infuse black mana into the gun, similar to how Abaddon did with his wormholes while controlling him.

## Relationships

### Dinky

Henry is greatly indebted to Dinky and owes her his life. He believes that, if not for her, then he could've spent forever in the Abyss. He tries his best to both protect and help her in any way he can to show his gratitude, even if Dinky is unwilling to let him at times.

### Abaddon

Henry has a great hatred for Abaddon, as he believes he took away both his humanity and the decade he spent in the Abyss. He tries his best to stay as far away from dark magic as possible, so as to not become like him.

### Gell

Henry is shown to be hostile to Gell upon their first meeting, but gradually comes to begrudgingly follow his lead into Star Stone to help Dinky. He is shown to be offended whenever Gell calls him a demon, as Henry believes that demons and descended people are incredibly far off from one another.

### Chateau

During their fight in Star Stone's entrance exams, Henry was shown to form a friendly rivalry with the barrier mage. This is shown when Chateau offers her own mana for Henry to absorb, since he is unable to gain mana through drinking mana potions.

### Mina Valin

Henry is shown to harbor an immense love for his sister and respect for her as an adventurer of the Dalwinter Federation. Even going as far as to sacrifice himself to Abaddon in order to save her life.

### Raizel

Raizel is shown to have taken a special interest in Henry, even insinuating she thought they had "Something Special" (Page 39). It is unlikely that Henry reciprocated these feelings, evidenced by the fact he helped Dinky escape and trap Raizel in the True Abyss.

### Jacque

While with the Dalwinter Federation, Jacque was said to have helped Henry enter at the age of thirteen rather than the usual fifteen. Jacque treated Henry like a child, likely due to Jacque also having two children of his own. In the end though, Jacque was willing to sacrifice Henry in order to get back to his family, even if he was ashamed of it. It is unknown whether or not Henry has forgiven Jacque or harbors any resentment.

### The Dalwinter Federation

Henry is shown to despise the Dalwinter Federation for what they caused to happen to him and the many others before him who explore both the Abyss and other dangerous place. He believes they are a group of crooks and thieves whose only purpose is to further their own goals by attaining more power and riches by using desperate people to do their dirty work.