Henry

**Henry the Green Engine** is one of the main protagonists of the SeventyVerse and the third engine on the North Western Railway.

## Backstory

Plans were stolen from Sir Nigel Greasley to build a new prototype of engine. Unfortunately for the thief, they stole the rejected plans. The thief realised too late they had the wrong plans, so Henry was built. Henry knocked about a few railways before finally ending up on the Great Northern. He then befriended Gordon, his half-brother. When Gordon was offered to go to Sodor with another engine, the other engine ended up pulling a few strings so Henry could tag along instead.

## Main line team

### Gordon

Though they get into some disagreements, Gordon and Henry are very close. Gordon stood in Henry's defense when he was being ridiculed for his old shape, and was a very good brother to him.

### James

James and Henry are often butting smokeboxes, and argue over who's to take the express when Gordon's unavailable. However, when Henry crashed into the back of James' goods train, the red engine felt an overwhelming guilt. Despite their spats, the two do have each other's backs.

### Donald and Douglas

Henry helped to keep the twins' spirits up when Sir Topham Hatt left the island for a holiday during Donald and Douglas' trial. He took them to his forest, and in return, they helped rescue him from a snowdrift and helped to rebuild his forest after it was damaged in a storm.

### Bear

Henry got along very well with Bear. The hymek stood up for Henry against Bowler when he said Henry should have been burned alive. Henry also helped Bear when his injector failed, and was very happy when Bear had passed his trials. Years later, Bear is one of the engines that resides with Henry at Vicarstown sheds. According to Henry, they could chat for hours.

### Emily

Henry stood by Emily's side when she was accused of stealing Annie and Clarabel from Thomas. He was also convinced to return Annie and Clarabel to Thomas when Emily didn't feel like talking to the blue tank engine. In return, Emily helped him when he had leaky water pipes.

### Murdoch

Not too much is known about their relationship, but Murdoch did fill in for Henry during the London trip. Years later, they reside at Vicarstown together. Henry admitted that Murdoch isn't much of a chatter, but he is patient and willing to listen.

### Rebecca

Though Rebecca is a bit lively and over the top in Henry's eyes, Henry does recognise Rebecca's immense amount of kindness and being full of hope. He doesn't mind that Rebecca took his empty spot over at Tidmouth Sheds.

## Other friendships

### Edward

Henry was the first engine to find Edward in a very sorrowful looking state. He was ready to defend Edward from other bullies, due to their shared trait of shy steaming. Later on, Edward revealed to Henry that he was gay. Though Henry was surprised, he promised to keep it quiet. The two often confine in each other about various issues.

### Toby

Though they don't interact too much, Henry and Toby's relationship is pretty good. When Henry was using Welsh Coal, Toby understood what it was like to struggle to the nearest station, as his water tank was very small.

### Diesel

Though Diesel did ultimately lie about Henry and use him as a tool to lie about Duck, Diesel has been slowly amending his ways. When Diesel was station pilot, Henry was the first to defend Diesel and tell Duck that he's joined the fleet. However, since Arry and Bert returned to Sodor as the Ironworks shunters, Diesel's relationship with the other engines has become strained.

### BoCo

Henry was hostile to BoCo at first, until he realised that he had design flaws. From there on out, Henry and BoCo had each other's backs. Henry even helped BoCo up Gordon's hill when he broke down. BoCo repaid the favour when Henry got stuck on Gordon's hill.

### Rosie

Though they didn't interact too much until Henry moved to Vicarstown, Henry sees Rosie as a little sister. Her cheekiness does get on Henry's nerves sometimes, especially in regards to his crush on Nia. According to Henry, he feels he and Rosie can chat for hours.

### Dennis

Henry finds Dennis' grumpy behaviour amusing and often ignores his antics. Not too much is known about their relationship, but it is known that Dennis is one of the engines who resides at Vicarstown sheds.

## Romance

### Nia

Nia and Henry started to bond over their love of nature and wildlife. Henry was eager to take Nia down to his forest, and Nia even showed Henry that elephants aren't as bad as he thought. A crush is budding between them.

## Personality

Henry can get a bit hot-tempered from time to time, and arrogant. However, he is the most easy going of the big engines, and even will rebel against Gordon and James if he feels they are doing something wrong. Due to his trauma from nearly being burnt alive and due to his kipper crash, Henry is a bit of a worrier. He was also pessimistic during his shy steaming days, and less confident in himself than he is now. Henry also grew to be less selfish and was willing to help Frieda when Vinnie was cheating, even if that meant he would lose the Strength Competition.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Henry was built from rejected plans when Gresley was trying to design Gordon, the LNER A1s. Therefore, he and Gordon are half-siblings. The LNER A1s were built between 1922-1935. As Henry was a rejected prototype, he was built in 1919. He doesn't have a real life engine he is based on. In the original books, Henry was rebuilt into a London, Midland and Scottish Railway's (LMS) Stanier 5MT "Black Five" 4-6-0.

### Livery

Henry is painted in NWR green with red lining on his cab, splashers, tender, cylinders and boiler and yellow lining around his windows. His number (3) is painted on his tender in yellow with a red outline. He has a white running board with red bufferbeams and valences. Before Sodor, Henry was painted in a darker green with no logo or number. There was also a joke about Henry being repainted blue, but he never was.

## Differences from the episodes and the books

* Henry came to Sodor at the same time as Gordon, rather than before.
* Henry stopped in the tunnel due to steaming problems, not because of his fear of the rain.
* Henry is in his TVS 'new shape', and lacks his wheel splashers per his post-*The Flying Kipper* appearances in Series 1. This means he doesn't have his Black 5 appearance of his book counterpart.
	+ His image above in his new shape has the wheel splashers, however.
* Henry is kinder than he is in the books or the early show.
* Henry is in a romantic relationship with Nia.
* Henry was never repainted blue, but he once was in a darker green with no logo or number.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actor for Henry is Keith Wickham who voiced Henry in the UK dub of the CGI episodes and specials.