History Characters / InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailCageOfFlauros

* TheBadGuyWins: In a ''very'' roundabout way. The reason the Cage was created was to destroy the Apex once and for all, so they couldn't hurt the Train anymore. While the ritual gets ruined, the trauma of the events prompts Grace to reveal the truth to the kids following her, which causes the Apex to dissolve as they now want nothing to do with her. So they got what they wanted, just not in the way they expected.

** Destiny: [[VideoGame/SilentHill3 Heather Mason]], being the youngesst member, the only female, who dyed their hair and prophesized to help bring paradise. Bonus points, she's already being praised as some holy figure (Saint Alessa for Heather and Lady Destiny for Destiny herself).

** Destruction: [[VideoGame/SilentHill2 James Sunderland]], who ventures into Silent Hill in search of someone while also holding a very destructive streak in him despite his calm appearance. Bonus points, he butts heads with a young girl [[spoiler:and his fate is with him drowning in Toluca Lake, which reflects the "In Water" ending James could potentially have if DrivenToSuicide]].

* ImpaledByExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Henry is stabbed by Alex's spear before he throws them into Toluca Lake to drown.]]

* MysteriousPast: What is known about them is minimal except that they were once part of an experiment with 19 other beings in the Fog Car and that they've essentially grown up together since they were young.

* WouldHitAGirl: Again, they're against all of The Apex, female members included, and they're more than willing to attack Chloe as long as [[spoiler: she fulfills her role as Lady Destiny.]]

* GuiltComplex: His FatalFlaw; if bad things happen, he believes it's his fault and also pushes others away so that they won't get hurt in the struggle but only strengthens his guilt even more. Henry and Walter weaponize this to turn him into the 'Dream' component of their ritual by making him forget he was ever Alain in the first place.

* FamousLastWords: "Goodbye Hop...thank you."

* HeelFaceTurn: After Hop breaks out of being Despair/Delirium, he decides to no longer go with the Cage of Flauros and dispenses important info about the ritual.

* MysteriousPast: Hop can't figure out a lot about him, outside his dislike of chestnuts, some PTSD over burnt buildings, and the fact that he has a medal [[spoiler:that looks like a Poké ball. It's later revealed that Alex is actually a denizen and that medal belongs to Alain as it contains his soul.]]

* OutOfFocus: Has easily the least amount of character focus out of all the components; while most of them get focus or at least do things, Alex spends most of his time tethered to Hop. He starts getting more focus when Chloe finally reaches Silent Hill.

* ReplacementGoldfish: Is using Hop as a replacement younger brother, being very doting and treating Hop younger than he is.

* {{Balloonacy}}: Should Hop shows signs of anger, the fog around him turns into smiley-face balloons.

** Hop does ''not'' forgive Alex for letting the soldier be brainwashed for a ritual and tries to choke him with the strings of balloons or bash him onto the ground with his tentacles.

* StopSayingThat: He's practically ''begging'' Chloe to stop mentioning "the jerk" to him as, being Delight, he cannot understand negative emotions.

* WalkingSpoiler: Due to the fact that he was the last person to get on the Train and how important he is to the Cage of Flauros, it becomes harder and harder to speak about him outside his debut.

[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailRedLotusTrio Red Lotus Trio]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailChloeCerise Chloe Cerise]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheInfinityTrain Infinity Train]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPassengers Passengers]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheApex The Apex]]], '''Cage of Flauros''')| [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPokemonWorld Pokémon World]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailVermillionCity Vermillion City]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailGohFujihachi Goh Fujihachi]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailParkerCerise Parker Cerise]]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailAshKetchum Ash Ketchum]]) -] ]]

* EvilerThanThou: Walter is even colder than his prisoner, since at least his prisoner never abused or violently attacked ''humans''.

* SickeninglySweethearts: A darker version since most of their time together is them cuddling and kissing one another, much to the horror of the Red Lotus Trio and [[spoiler:Amelia]] during their group chat.

A former assistant to Professor Sycamore in the Kalos region who was researching the Mega Evolution phenomenon. Unfortunately, he fell under Lysandre's manipulation to revive Mairin's Chespin from a coma and nearly lead the Team Flare leader to destroy the Kalos Region along with having Ash nearly sacrificed as a DarkMessiah for Lysandre. After that was over, and thanks to Ash's influence, he decided to find his own path.

* HappinessInMindControl: Finds the hypnosis put on him a blessing as it helps him sleep at night and frees him from the guilt he had for his actions. And in a sense, it also prevents his number from actually changing since he's no longer Alain.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Trusted Lysandre (leader of Team Flare) over Professor Sycamore (his former mentor) when it came to saving poor Chespie. It ended ''badly'' [[UnwittingPawn on his part.]] And now he thinks '''Walter and Henry''' are helping him by erasing the guilt and sense of self in his heart, turning him into a mindless puppet.

* LotusEaterMachine: Whatever happened to him that made him empty and free of worry. It's powerful enough that he fights waking up tooth and nail.

* SoulJar: The Honor of Kalos Medal Alex was wearing actually contained his soul, which is key to waking him up.

* InformedAttribute: {{Discussed}}. At the start of the theme park visit, Chloe questions why he's considered Desire since he doesn't actively try to transform into whatever people desire nor is involved in the more..."adult" form of this. Alex points out that Desire can just mean wanting something so badly even though you can't get it, reflecting how he desires to have Hop as his brother forever. It's later revealed that he becomes a servant to someone else's desires. [[spoiler:And also the initial symbolism of the Bogeyman / Pyramid Head represented James Sunderland's ''frustrations'' of not being able to have sex with his wife Mary and the desire to be executed for his sins.]]

** His backstory in his canon game had him kill Josh (albeit accidentally) via drowning. [[spoiler:He intentionally drowns himself, and Henry.]]

* MeaningfulName:
** Shepherds are people who tend, herd, feed, or guard herds of sheep. Hop is associated with sheep (as his starter mon is Wooloo) and immediately attaches himself to him as the first person he met once he entered the train. Shepherds are supposed to keep their flock intact, lead them from pasture to pasture and protect them from predators. Alex shelters Hop leads him directly into Silent Hill and directs Hop to [[AmbiguouslyEvil Walter and Henry]]...
** It turns out that as Desire, his job is to lead passengers to enter Silent Hill for a 'psychoanalysis' to determine what's going on with them.

* ForWantOfANail: If Paul had his Gastrodon on him, there'd be one less child murder in the Fog Car and one less broken Paul.

* HisOwnWorstEnemy: Paul is a powerful Trainer, but as a human being his apathy and pride prevent him from getting anywhere. This has him trapped in a cold and lonely place just as cold as he is, and he is utterly without help or hope, broken to a shell of his former self by someone even viler than him.

* KillingInSelfDefense: Deconstructed. Electivire attacked Sean since the boy was trying to attack Paul's "Nulls" and sent him into the water. The problem is that Sean couldn't swim and was paralyzed from his fear of drowning and Paul was unable to save him. And even if it ''was'' self-defense, Paul just inadvertedly let ''a child'' die, his body dropped at the location the Train picked him up and now his soul is to be reincarnated into a denizen.
* LackOfEmpathy: Paul doesn't care for others -- barring his older brother -- and because of this, he was unable to help an Apex child when he was knocked into the lake. Now he's shown to be a prisoner of someone with ''less'' empathy than him. It's later revealed that he was horrified with what was happened and now is afraid of ''leaving'' the Train and having his brother learn of this.

* LossOfIdentity: Kind of. By the time Chloe shows up, he just mutters "I am Despair", now accepting himself as part of that twisted ritual, but a piece of his old self is still around. The story switches out between calling him Paul/Despair depending on what side of him is in control at the moment.

* RefuseToRescueTheDisliked: According to Paul, he had been attacked by a member of the Apex. He refused to help the kid when the kid started to drown and watched him die. In actuality, Paul couldn't save the kid because of his lack of his Gastrodon and it's implied that Sean was unable to move because of Electivire's Thunder Punch paralyzing him.

* TheUnapologetic: His FatalFlaw, refusing to acknowledge his mistakes out of pride or stubbornness...even when that mistake was leaving another child to drown. Walter himself is disgusted with how Paul refuses to admit his mistakes. It turns out that it's more because Paul doesn't want to put the blame on his Pokémon for causing it. When he's reunited with his mons, the first thing he does is apologize for being mean to them.

* BreakTheCutie: Once he realizes what's happened to him, and seeing that his number has now risen to '''1090''', he breaks down in tears, blaming himself for not telling Leon about his problems sooner because now it would take at most ''a full year'' before he returns home on the Train.

* CheerfulChild: Enforced; as his ritual designation is Delight, he has to be both smiling and have a mindset of a child. This is not a good combination as time goes on and he doesn't know how to express his anger and frustrations except bottling it up with even ''more'' smiles.

* GenreSavvy: ZigZagged; he assumes the Train came because of the pain in his heart (which is correct) but also thinks that he'll only be there for a day or two on the Train but come back to find that [[YearInsideHourOutside only ten minutes have passed]] (which is incorrect; he's been stuck there for about two months).

* GoodCounterpart: By the start of Act 3, he could be considered one to ''Parker'' of all people. Both of them are younger brothers who hold a degree of admiration towards their older siblings, and after a particular incident, both struggle with a very volatile emotion. But while Parker's emotion is anger that's barely kept under a lid, Hop's emotion is happiness, and if that gets challenged in any way, Hop cracks ''lighting fast''. Both of them also hold an insane RealityWarper power to them, but while Parker was granted the power to control the Unown and was not only aware of it, but could control it, Hop only has his emotions at his disposal, which are so strong that the Car molds to his desires, and he's completely unaware of this.

** His ritual designation is the youngest member of the original Endless, yet Hop is the most powerful one out of them all. Moreover, he always felt overshadowed by Leon, the world's best trainer whereas here, he has no equal.

* ShadowArchetype: To Chloe. Hop is always smiling and doesn't like thinking about horrible feelings or working his way through them, rather he wishes to stay in ''Silent Hill'' forever (albeit this is due to him being brainwashed). In contrast, Chloe is already close to leaving and realizes that she can't focus on her happiness if it means hurting others.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Out of all the components, he's the only one who's not a jerk, a buzzkill, or both, and among the passengers, he's the only one who came into the Train with clean hands (Alain helped Lysandre, Chloe had a violent streak, and Paul... is Paul).

* HypnoPendulum: [[spoiler:Walter uses a bell on Paul to calm him down.]]

* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Henry loves giving affection to his patient with head pats, kisses, and gentle strokes against the cheek. Walter later does this with his prisoner. The main difference is that Henry tames his patient with kindness, Walter is doing his as a sign of cruelty. Alex points out that Henry initiates "skin-to-skin contact" with Dream via cuddling.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Chloe talks to Hop on her phone, something breaks in Hop's mind that causes Walter to start acting nervous and requests Chloe to ''not'' make the boy snap.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Neither of them saw Grace as anything important to their plans. [[spoiler:Grace ends up murdering Walter after being weakened by Chloe's last summon.]]

* VillanHasAPoint: Their methods are extreme, they've traumatized three trainers and are about to murder the Apex with a horrific ritual. But they make a very ''very'' valid point that something has to be done to them because One-One and the Train just giving them giant numbers for the denizens they massacre isn't getting into their heads that they are ''assholes''.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Discussed; the fact that Paul is broken down is what Chloe considers "overdue karma" due to how he's been known to be an abusive Pokémon Trainer and a bonfide asshole overall. Saint Ash tells Chloe that despite everything Paul was before, he does ''not'' deserve any of the torture given to him or the idea of him never returning to Reggie.

* AffablyEvil: For a pair of homicidal cult leaders whose ultimate goal is to wipe out a bunch of children, and the lengths they go for it, they're surprisingly nice people, playful, charming and capable of compliments. It's especially notable with Walter, given how much of an asshole he was in his original game.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Not only are they Denizens, but they're ones whose true forms are so terrifying that they ''need'' to take a human form to talk with people. Just to give you an idea of how horrifying their true forms are, ''Chloe'' freaks the everloving heck out upon seeing them.

** They show excitement over having Hop over in their apartment and keeping him there, and Alex "chuckled darkly" when Hop asked to know their names. Then we see Walter torturing someone in Chapter 16...

* AmbiguouslyHuman: They look human but there's no way a human could take control of a car that houses ''Silent Hill''. Walter eventually confirms that they [[spoiler:and Alex]] are denizens. Chapter 18 has Henry and Walter reveal their real selves, but they're so horrifying that the likes of Chloe and ''Amelia'' are panicking.
* AntiVillain: Their methods are utterly abhorrent and unforgivable in the end, but they just want to try put an end to The Apex's torment of the Train once and for all. They later drop the "Anti" as Arc 3 continues.

* BreakingSpeech: Walter gives this to the prisoner in Chapter 16 about how worthless his 'strength' is when his soul is so dark as to [[spoiler:leave a child to drown]]. Both he and Henry do this a lot, which makes it very satisfying to see [[spoiler: Alex and Grace shut them up for good]].
* CameraFiend: Implied; Alex mentions that Henry was going to take photos of the Lakeview Amusement Park in Chapter 16 (it's worth noting that the original Henry was also a photographer).

* TheCorrupter: Their plans needs the pieces to act a certain way that's ''completely'' against their true selves, so the two of them work hard to reshape the Passengers in order to make the ritual work.

* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: [[spoiler:Walter decides to calm Paul down in Chapter 18 with something soothing...and pulls out a bell. Those who remember ''that'' specific arc of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl would know what that's supposed to represent. He also made fishcakes for Paul's breakfast as a reminder of the boy who is "currently sleeping with the fishes".]]

** Chloe: Henry is also a lover of books and seemingly nice and kind, but the kindness hides a darker reasoning for his patient while Chloe's kindness is genuine and for their benefit, not hers.

* FerrisWheelDateMoment: In Chapter 18, it's mentioned that their first date was going on a Ferris Wheel to look at the stars.

* HypnoPendulum: [[spoiler:Walter uses a bell on Paul to calm him down in Chapter 18.]]

* InsistentTerminology: In Chapter 19, Henry tells Alex that he's not carrying his patient in a ''wardrobe'', but a ''cabinet''. ItMakesSenseInContext.

* SickeninglySweethearts: A darker version since most of their time together is them cuddling and kissing one another, much to the horror of the Red Lotus Trio and [[spoiler:Amelia]] during their group chat in Chapter 18.

* BrokenAce: The winner of the Kalos League but also is guilt ridden for the actions he committed under Team Flare's name.
* ChekhovsGunman: He is mentioned once by Ash and referred to by Serena before Chapter 14 reveals that he was once a passenger. Then Chapter 17 shows that he never left Silent hill...

* HeWhoMustNotBeNamed: He's referenced but never stated by name in Chapter 14 until [[WhamLine the very end.]] And then the last two words of Chapter 17 cement what happened to him.

* LotusEaterMachine: Whatever happened to him that made him empty and free of worry with Chapter 15's final scene presumably describing, in his point of view, what it feels like.

** He's found crucified in Chapter 17, similar to the fate that Ash had when Lysandre copied him. In a way, he's sacrificing himself for the sins he committed.

* UncertainDoom: At first, nothing was known of what happened to him when he got onto the Infinity Train. In Chapter 14, Henry and Walter themselves wonder what became of him...all while noting that Alex is wearing an Honor of Kalos Medal. Then Chapter 17 reveals he's ''also'' stuck in Silent Hill and he represents Dreams and Chapter 19 reveals that he did visit a few cars before entering The Fog Car and was plagued with nightmares about everything he did while oblivious to Team Flare's true nature.
* WalkingSpoiler: Given that his name isn't mentioned until the end of Chapter 14 and then Chapter 17 reveals just what happened to him makes him this trope.

* HiddenDepths: He's a good cook as revealed in the dinner he makes in Chapter 29.
* InformedAttribute: {{Discussed}}. In Chapter 29, Chloe questions why he's considered Desire since he doesn't actively try to transform into whatever people desire nor is involved in the more..."adult" form of this. Alex points out that Desire can just mean wanting something so badly even though you can't get it, reflecting how he desires to have Hop as his brother forever. It's later revealed that he becomes a servant to someone else's desires. [[spoiler:And also the initial symbolism of the Bogeyman / Pyramid Head represented James Sunderland's ''frustrations'' of not being able to have sex with his wife Mary and the desire to be executed for his sins.]]

* OutOfFocus: Has easily the least amount of character focus out of all the components; while most of them get focus or at least do things, Alex spends most of his time tethered to Hop. He starts getting more focus starting at Chapter 29.

* AccidentalMurder: Claims the death of an Apex member as one of these. But considering how Walter points out that he left the kid to die means that it's just Paul's way of saving face. Chapter 20 reveals that Electivire attacked the kid, Sean, in self-defense and Paul couldn't save him since he had no Water-types (particularly his Gastrodon) at the time.

* BreakTheHaughty: Becoming a prisoner in Silent Hill has ''not'' done wonders for his ego or sanity and he's completely gone by Chapter 18.

* ColdBloodedTorture: Suffers this at Walter's hands as the maniac works to turn him into Despair, isolated in some sort of dungeon all alone, blindfolded, attacked, and then hit with Chinese Water Torture. It does its effect, as Paul is gone by Chapter 18.
* CompositeCharacter: While he is based off of Murphy Pendleton, he also carried James Sunderland's subconscious desires to be punished for his crimes and the original Alex Shepherd's backstory of accidentally drowning a child in Toluca Lake.

* CrimeOfSelfDefense: It turns out that the reason behind Sean's death was that Paul's Electivire defended him when the kid tried to attack him. But of course, nobody listens considering this is '''[[{{Jerkass}} Paul]]''' we're talking about. When the memories are played out in Chapter 31, everyone can conclude that it was really self-defense.

* ElectricTorture: On the receiving end from Simon when the Apex member gets tired of not getting answers in Chapter 30.
* EmptyShell: Has become one by Chapter 18, fitting for someone embodying Despair. The narration even calls him a shell of a human being.

* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Paul is slowly losing his mind from the captivity Walter has trapped him in. He cries himself to sleep, going stir crazy from the stillness, and is constantly kept in darkness. He loses it by the end of Chapter 18.

* LossOfIdentity: Kind of. By Chapter 18, he just mutters "I am Despair", now accepting himself as part of that twisted ritual, but a piece of his old self is still around. The story switches out between calling him Paul/Despair depending on what side of him is in control at the moment.

** By Chapter 18, he's stuck in a straitjacket, showing how his constricting views about strength ended up trapping him in a Hell he can't escape from and that he is not strong at all, but absolutely weak to the core.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Henry and Walter are transforming him into Delight for the ritual, brainwashing him into regarding Alex as his big brother and acting more like a little boy than he should. We later learn that he's been reduced to a six-year-old because that was the last age he had nothing but unreserved love for his older brother via a special herbal mixture that he inhales. By the time Chloe talks to him in Chapter 24, Hop has essentially forgotten his life prior to entering the Train and always assumed he lived in Silent Hill.

* TheCameo: Shows up in Goh's "nightmare therapy" in Chapter 21, where he and Chloe are good friends.

* EmbarrassingNickname: Implied when Shepherd asks Hop if he was called "Hoppy" in the past and Hop blushes at it. Confirmed in Chapter 14 when Leon notes that Hop signed an email with that name...and he hasn't been called that in years.

* GodzillaThreshold: Him becoming Delirium is easily this, as not only is he the strongest thing in the Fog Car, but him becoming Delirium would mean shedding the niceness he had as Delight, meaning he wouldn't have anything deterring him from sending everything to hell. When he does become Delirium in Chapter 30, ''it's a sign that things have gone to shit''.

* JumpScare: When Chloe talks to him in Chapter 24, she mentions a list of people in Galar who would miss him. But during it, her phone suddenly shows a red smiley face with ''white-blood tears'' before it reverts back to Hop's smiling face. He does another one when Chloe arrives in The Fog Car and she asks too many questions, to which he turns back at her and the fog turns into ''more'' smiley balloons.
* KiddieKid: Since arriving in Silent Hill, Hop has regressed mentally. Despite going on a trainer journey and being self-reliant, he relies on the adults to care for him. Hop becomes very affectionate, passive, and childlike as Alex takes him through Silent Hill to the point of asking for a bedtime story and having snacks like chocolate milk and butter cake. He even addresses himself as "Hoppy" in an email to his brother...which Leon notes that Hop hasn't been called that in years. Chapter 23 reveals that he was brainwashed by Walter to revert into a six-year-old mindset.

* SweetTooth: Ever since arriving in Silent Hill, he snacks on chocolate milk and butter cake. During his brainwashing session in Chapter 23, he asks for a grape lollipop.

* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: While he won't pull a Hulk anytime soon, having the ability to ''manipulate the Fog Car'' more than makes up for it. And given that he's supposed to be Delight/Delirium, it's imperative that he ''remains'' happy. Then he shows off how dangerous he can be when Chloe sets up off at the end of Chapter 30.

* SpoiledBrat [=/=] SpoiledSweet: As Delight he acts and thinks he's the latter, but he really is the former: not only is he given everything he wants in order to stay happy, but he completely rejects negative feelings, both from himself and others, to the point that if this gets challenged, he turns into Delirium.

!! Simon Laurent / The true Apex

* AntiVillain: Their methods are utterly abhorrent and unforgivable in the end, but they just want to try put an end to The Apex's torment of the Train once and for all.

* BreakingSpeech: Walter gives this to the prisoner in Chapter 16 about how worthless his 'strength' is when his soul is so dark as to [[spoiler:leave a child to drown]]. They do this a lot, which makes it very satisfying to see [[spoiler: Alex and Grace shut them up for good]].

* AdaptationalWimp: Zigzagged; he actually has the most combat experience out of the Silent Hill protagonists outside Murphy Pendleton from intensive training put on by his father but he never uses them and is cowed by Walter and Henry's strength.

* AlasPoorVillain: Despite everything he hates him for, [[spoiler:Hop still mourns his death.]]
* AmbiguousDisorder: May have PTSD given how he can't stand chestnuts and repeatedly chants "ash" when he encounters a burnt building which ''would'' come in line with his canon portrayal. [[spoiler:It's hinted to be because he's holding onto a part of Alain's memories via his Honor of Kalos medal which is confirmed later.]]

* BerserkButton: Hurt Hop and you will suffer.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He's not Hop's older brother by blood, but he will protect Hop if need be. Simon learns this the hard way.

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: How he kills Henry.]]

* BrokeTheRatingScale: His number grew exponentially big when he murdered Sean. It's later revealed that it's now at '''42007'''. To compare at the time that this was revealed, Hop's current number was 1090, and Chloe is just one revelation away from leaving the Train forever.

A trainer in the Galar region and younger brother of the Pokémon World Champion Leon who wishes to climb the ranks and one day fight against his older brother. The author reveals that he will play a prominent role in Arc 2 of ''Blossoming Trail'' as he had been taken by the Train before Chloe did and ended up in The Fog Car (aka ''Silent Hill''), but forgot to omit that it's for a ritual component.

* InsistentTerminology: Hop starts calling Wooloo a "sheep" instead of a Pokémon, one of the biggest hints that Hop of Postwick is ''gone''.

* BreakingSpeech: Walter gives this to the prisoner in Chapter 16 about how worthless his 'strength' is when his soul is so dark as to [[spoiler:leave a child to drown]].

* DoesNotLikeSpam: Doesn't like chestnuts as it gives him headaches. [[spoiler:This probably is hinted to Alain because of him being the reason Mairin's Chespin was sent into a coma; later revealed that he's been carring Alain's Honor of Kalos that hosted his soul.]]

* NighInvulnerable: [[spoiler:As the Bogeyman, almost ''nothing'' can phase him. Not fire, not guns, not a bunch of Apex brats kicking him. The only thing that has damaged him is Delirium slamming him on the ground via his tentacles.]]

* DramaPreservingHandicap: Considering who Dream and Despair are, they could easily tear through the Fog Car and get the hell out of there. So they have to be tortured by the guilt of their actions in order to ensure that things are ''bad''.

** Destiny: [[VideoGame/SilentHill3 Heather Mason]], being the only female who dyed their hair and prophesized to help bring paradise.

** Destruction: [[VideoGame/SilentHill2 James Sunderland]], who ventures into Silent Hill in search of someone while also holding a very destructive streak in him despite his calm appearance. Bonus points, he butts heads with a young girl.
** Despair: [[VideoGame/SilentHillDownpour Murphy Pendleton]] who is sent to prison, is connected with the death of a child, and his Silent Hill experience was associated with water.
** Delirium: [[VideoGame/SilentHillOrigins Travis Grady]], who was just a normal passerby who ends up in Silent Hill but gets involved with the girl associated the ritual (Alessa for Travis, Destiny for Delirium) and may/may not have an insane side to him. Bonus points, an older Travis appears in the beginning of ''Homecoming'', giving Alex a ride to Shepherd's Glen.

** For the trio of Destiny, Destruction and Delight (the most recent three): Delight again is Nice, Destruction is Mean and Destiny is In-between

-->'''Walter:''' Monsters...''they looked like monsters to you?''

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: For two denizens who reside in Silent Hill, they consider themselves nicer than those of the Apex. [[spoiler:Even if it means brainwashing one boy, torturing another, a third passenger crucified and turned into an empty shell and Chloe's role in the story, being used for a ritual to stop them.]]

* YouAreNumberSix: They both have numbers on their chests, Walter being 11121 and Henry 21121.

* CompositeCharacter: He combines the aspects of [[VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories Harry and Cheryl Mason]] due to being related to ice, cold and heavy denial, who is okay living in an ideal dream world and worships someone (in this case, Ash) like a superhero or savior.

* RoomFullOfCrazy: His room in the Price Hospital has the word "Ash" scrawled all over the walls.

!! Simon Laurent

* AdaptationalAbomination: [[spoiler: Is capable of transforming into the Bogeyman whereas he was "gifted" this in oe of the bad endings of his game.]]
* AdaptationalWimp: Zigzagged; he actually has the most combat experience out of the Silent Hill protagonists outside Murphy Pendleton but he never uses them and is cowed by Walter and Henry's strength.

* DoesNotLikeSpam: Doesn't like chestnuts as it gives him headaches. [[spoiler:This probably is hinted to Alain because of him being the reason Mairin's Chespin was sent into a coma.]]

* InformedAttribute: {{Discussed}}. In Chapter 29, Chloe questions why he's considered Desire since he doesn't actively try to transform into whatever people desire nor is involved in the more..."adult" form of this. Alex points out that Desire can just mean wanting something so badly even though you can't get it, reflecting how he desires to have Hop as his brother forever.

* MysteriousPast: Hop can't figure out a lot about him, outside his dislike of chestnuts, some PTSD over burnt buildings, and the fact that he has a medal [[spoiler:that looks like a Poké ball. It's later revealed that Alex is actually a denizen and that medal belongs to Alain.]]

* BrokeTheRatingScale: His number grew exponentially big when he murdered Sean. It's later revealed that it's now at '''42007'''. To compare, Hop's current number is 1090, and Chloe is sitting at somewhere slightly above a ''4''.

* ForWantOfANail: If Paul had his Gastrodon on him, there'd be one less child murder in the Fog Car.

** His current number is ''42007'' is based on the premiere of the ''Diamond and Pearl'' anime in the US (April 20, 2007)

* TheUnapologetic: His FatalFlaw, refusing to acknowledge his mistakes out of pride or stubbornness...even when that mistake was leaving another child to drown. Walter himself is disgusted with how Paul refuses to admit his mistakes. It turns out that it's more because Paul doesn't want to put the blame on his Pokémon for causing it.

* WouldHurtAChild: Zigzagged; he let Electivire attack Sean, but he wasn't expecting Sean to cry for help in the lake and ''drown''.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Puts his complete trust in Henry and Walter, the latter being a SerialKiller. Unless those two did ''something'' to the boy...and it's increasingly clear that they ''did''.

** His ritual designation is the youngest member of the original Endless, yet Hop is the most powerful one out of them all.

* SanitySlippage: The more and more he feels bad emotions, the more his sanity depletes until he breaks and becomes Delirium.

* AffablyEvil: Assuming he's even evil. Not only does he drive away Henry and Walter when they got Chloe and Paul cornered, and also tells them to come to him so he can save them.

* LightIsNotGood: He casts light into the church to drive away Henry and Walter, and he's surrounded by a bright glow and white clothing. However, he's also an artificial backup Destiny in case Chloe can't fulfill the role.

* DwindlingParty: As The Fog Car saga keeps going, the components slowly dwindle away: Destiny has no desire to fulfill her role, Delight/Delirium finally sees reason and they and Desire decide to help the heroes, Despair is broken out of their brainwashing, and Dream eventually wakes up. By the end of Part 5, the only components still active are Death and Destruction, and the latter is an omnicidal WildCard who quickly leaves to prove he's superior to everyone.

[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailRedLotusTrio Red Lotus Trio]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailChloeCerise Chloe Cerise]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheInfinityTrain Infinity Train]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPassengers Passengers]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheApex The Apex]]], '''Cage of Flauros''')| [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPokemonWorld Pokémon World]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailGohFujihachi Goh Fujihachi]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailParkerCerise Parker Cerise]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailAshKetchum Ash Ketchum]]) -] ]]

** Destruction: [[VideoGame/SilentHill2 James Sunderland]], who ventures into Silent Hill in search of someone while also holding a very destructive streak in him. Bonus points, he butts heads with a young girl.

** Delirium: [[VideoGame/SilentHillOrigins Travis Grady]], who was just a normal passerby who ends up in Silent Hill but gets involved with the girl associated the ritual (Alessa for Travis, Destiny for Delirium) and may/may not have an insane side to him. Bonus points, Travis appears in ''Homecoming'', giving Alex a ride to Shepherd's Glen.
* FaceMonsterTurn: What will happen to them once the ritual comes to pass.

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: They were both humans in their home series, but they're Denizens here.

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:As things start derailing more and more throughout The Fog Car, Walter loses it.]]

-->''"No plan survives the enemy."''

* AdaptationalAbomination: [[spoiler: Is capable of transforming into the Bogeyman whereas he was "gifted" this in the bad ending of his game.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: May have PTSD given how he can't stand chestnuts and repeatedly chants "ash" when he encounters a burnt building which ''would'' come in line with his canon portrayal. [[spoiler:It's hinted to be because he's holding onto a part of Alain's memories via his Honor of Kalos medal.]]

* GenreSavvy: As Arc 2 ends, he warns Henry and Walter how "no plan survives the enemy" and that they need to double down if the Flauros will have any chance of success.

** Is part of a ritual that sacrifices others. In his home game, he was oblivious for the most part that ''he'' was supposed to be the sacrifice.

* KnifeNut: Carries a combat knife on him, threatening to use it on Chloe if she hurts him [[spoiler:and then uses it on himself to turn into the Bogeyman.]]

* MysteriousPast: Hop can't figure out a lot about him, outside his dislike of chestnuts, some PTSD over burnt buildings, and the fact that he has a medal [[spoiler:that looks like a Poké ball. It's later revealed that Alex is actually a denizen.]]

* BeyondRedemption: Walter and Henry state that he's this after he let a child drown. He himself begins to believe this and requests that Hop finds a way to deliver his Pokémon to Ash or Reggie, knowing that he doesn't deserve them. He even admits that he belongs on the Train.

** The only person Paul actually cares about is his brother, Reggie. But Walter notes that, deep down, Paul doesn't belong or fit with anyone, ''especially'' not the older brother who truly loves him. Reggie tells Ash and Trip that the last time they fought, it was over how Paul hated Reggie "breathing down his neck" with Reggie replying that someone had to since their parents passed on.

* EveryoneHasStandards: He ''tries'' to state that he didn't mean to let the Apex member drown in the lake and he's shown to have some sort of moral code in the anime. That said, Walter doesn't believe it for a second and gaslights him to make it so that it was all ''his'' fault for the deed when it was all an accident from Electivire knocking Sean into the water in self-defense.

* FatalFlaw: Pride and Apathy. Paul doesn't care for other people and he only cares for himself. He refused to help a child from drowning despite being capable of and refuses to apologize no matter what. Later it turns out it was all an accident and he wanted to save the boy.

* HorrifyingTheHorror: Him calming down as the ritual approaches actually manages to ''scare Walter''.
* InsistentTerminology: Inverted; after his torture, he can't utter the word "Pokémon" at all, and instead says terms like "friends" or "surprise balls".

* KillingInSelfDefense: Deconstructed. Electivire attacked Sean since the boy was trying to attack Paul's "Nulls" and sent him into the water. The problem is that Sean couldn't swim and was paralyzed from his fear of drowning and Paul was unable to save him. And even if it ''was'' self-defense, Paul just inadvertedly let ''a child'' die.

* RefuseToRescueTheDisliked: According to Paul, he had been attacked by a member of the Apex. He refused to help the kid when the kid started to drown and watched him die. In actuality, Paul couldn't save the kid because of his lack of his Gastrodon.
* RuleOfSymbolism: By Chapter 18, he's stuck in a straitjacket, showing how his constricting views about strength ended up trapping him in a Hell he can't escape from and that he is not strong at all, but absolutely weak to the core.
* ShockAndAwe: HIs Electivire is Thunder-type.

!! Hop Hyacin / Hoppy

** For someone with a cheery designation, the color that fits with him is ''black''.

* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: As long as Dream keeps dreaming of Ash as some sort of messiah figure, Saint Ash will exist. So naturally, when he wakes up, Saint Ash is the first thing to go.

* LightIsNotGood: He casts light into the church to drive away Henry and Walter, and he's surrounded by a bright glow and white clothing. However, he's also an artificial backup Destiny in case Chloe can't fulfill the role.

* NiceGuy: He not only drives away Henry and Walter without a second thought, but he also offers to "save" Paul and Chloe from their current predicament. Not that Chloe agrees with the idea.

* SpannerInTheWorks: He completely ''derails'' Henry and Walter's plan, choosing to help Chloe undo Despair's brainwashing in order to take away another component. Even when he ''stops existing'', he details the plan, as it means Dream has woken up.

* {{Foil}}: To [=UnChloe=]. They're both artificial entities that are personifications of a shallow simplification of the people they represent. However, [=UnChloe=] was a SatanicArchetype associated with darkness, while Saint Ash is a MessianicArchetype associated with light. [=UnChloe=] was a CardCarryingVillain who enjoyed torturing people for her own amusement, while Saint Ash is a NiceGuy (or at least acts like one) and is more interested in ''saving'' people.

* ShadowArchetype: He's pretty much the most shallow parody of Ash imaginable, being reimagined as a saint-like figure who wants to save everyone.

* WalkingSpoiler: Just mentioning his ''name'' not only reveals the extent of Dreams' powers, but that the Cage of Flauros isn't as done for without Chloe as Lady Destiny.

A trainer in the Galar region and younger brother of the Pokémon World Champion Leon who wishes to climb the ranks and one day fight against his older brother. The author reveals that he will play a prominent role in Arc 2 of ''Blossoming Trail'' as he had been taken by the Train before Chloe did and ended up in The Fog Car (aka ''Silent Hill'').

* BreakTheCutie: Once he realizes what's happened to him, and seeing that his number has now risen to '''1080''', he breaks down in tears, blaming himself for not telling Leon about his problems sooner because now it would take at most ''a full year'' before he returns home on the Train.

** His number after he regains his sanity, 1080, is the episode when Wooloo first appear in the anime (''Journeys'' episode 5).

** His number after he gains sanity, 1080, is the episode when Wooloo first appear in the anime (''Journeys'' episode 5).

* DoesNotLikeSpam: Doesn't like chestnuts as it gives him headaches. [[spoiler:This probably is hinted to Alain because of him being the reason Mairin's Chespin was sent into a coma.]]

* OutOfFocus: Has easily the least amount of character focus out of all the components; while most of them get focus or at least do things, Alex spends most of his time tethered to Hop. He starts getting more focus in Chapter 29.

!! Henry Townsend and Walter Sullivan

* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Henry loves giving affection to his patient with head pats, kisses, and gentle strokes against the cheek. Walter later does this with his prisoner. The main difference is that Henry tames his patient with kindness, Walter is doing his as a sign of cruelty.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Just like Hop, but this is to forget his failures and guilt to leave him a perpetually empty shell, completely forgetting his old life as Alain and accepting that he is the embodiment of "Dreams".

* RealityWarper: Not as strong as Delight, but still present. His memories/dreams become the monsters that roam Silent Hill.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He has an adverse fear of fire, referencing Team Flare and Lysandre's attack on Lumiose City.

* BeyondRedemption: Walter and Henry state that he's this after he let a child drown. He himself begins to believe this and requests that Hop finds a way to deliver his Pokémon to Ash or Reggie, knowing that he doesn't deserve them.

* CrimeOfSelfDefense: It turns out that the reason behind Sean's death was that Paul's Electivire defended him when the kid tried to attack him. But of course, nobody listens considering this is '''[[{{Jerkass}} Paul]]''' we're talking about.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: While it's heavily tainted, Hop is still the same sweetheart he once was before entering the Train. But his emotions are so much stronger than before he entered that he can actually ''manipulate the Fog Car.''

* CorruptTheCutie: He was a NiceGuy with some self-esteem issues before the Train, and by extension Henry and Walter, reached him. Now, his cuteness is nothing more than a mask.

* EasilyImpressed: Whether it's an elaborate HauntedHouse, or Chloe singing a verse from a song, Hop isn't particularly hard to please. Not that anybody's complaining.

* EmotionSuppression: If it doesn't bring joy or happiness, Hop will seal the emotion deep within himself, no matter how unhealthy it is. And once it gets out, then everyone within the vicinity is ''screwed''.

As part of the plan to rid the Apex off of the Infinity Train, two denizens in the Fog Car have created a plan: gather beings that represent seven different concepts and use them to create a cage to trap the Apex. The only way for the Apex to leave is if all members realize their mistakes and learn that the Train was to help them heal and move on, and that numbers are not important.

'''Note: Due to the highly spoilerific nature of this page, there will be unmarked spoilers for Arc 2 and 3. Read at your own risk.'''

* CommonalityConnection: Four components have had their lives affected by Ash Ketchum both for good and bad: Paul and Alain encountered and fought Ash, while Chloe and Paul's self-esteem issues became worse when he entered the picture (directly for Chloe, indirectly for Hop).

* EvilPlan: Henry and Walter intend on bringing together seven beings that embody specific traits (Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair, and Delight) and use them in a ritual called "The Cage of Flauros" to enact vengeance on the Apex. They're Death, they've got Dream (The Patient/[[spoiler:Alain]]), Delight (Hop), Desire (Alex), and Despair (The Prisoner/[[spoiler:Paul]]). All they're missing is Destruction (Simon) and Destiny...[[spoiler:aka Chloe.]] According to them, the Cage of Flauros will keep the Apex in the Fog Car and will only let them out when all of them realize the errors of their ways (in other words, let their numbers drop and realize it's a good thing). Should even ''one'' person refuse this, then they will continue to trap them for good. Of course, if that ''is'' the real plan...

* AdaptationRealtionshipOverhaul: Enemies in the game, husbands in the story.

* {{Bookworm}}: Henry was reading ''Literature/AmericanGods'' before Walter shows up in the Prelude.

* HiddenDepths: Walter is also as well-read as his husband, as he comments on Chloe's "Mister Sir Henry Mother-of-Furfur" insult as a reference to a [[Literature/SylvieAndBruno lesser Lewis Carroll work]] instead of [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes what she's really saying.]]

* WouldHitAGirl: Again, they're against all of The Apex, female members included, and they're more than willing to attack Chloe as long as [[spoiler: she fulfills her role as Lady Destiny.]]

* CommanalityConnection: Four components have had their lives affected by Ash Ketchum both for good and bad.

[[folder: Delight/Delirium]]

[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailRedLotusTrio Red Lotus Trio]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailChloeCerise Chloe Cerise]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheInfinityTrain Infinity Train]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPassengers Passengers]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheApex The Apex]]], '''Cage of Flauros''')| [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPokemonWorld Pokémon World]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailGohFujihachi Goh Fujihachi]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailParkerCerise Parker Cerise]]) -] ]]

'''Note: Due to the highly spoilerific nature of this page, there will be unmarked spoilers for Arc 2. Read at your own risk.'''

A former assistant to Professor Sycamore in the Kalos region who was researching the Mega Evolution phenomenon. Unfortunately, he fell under Lysandre's manipulation to revive Mairin's Chespin from a coma and nearly lead the Team Flare leader to destroy the Kalos Region along with having Ash nearly sacrificed as a DarkMessiah for Lysandre. After that was over, and thanks to Ash's influence, he decided to find his own path.\\

* ChekhovsGunman: He is mentioned once by Ash before Chapter 14 reveals that he was once a passenger. Then Chapter 17 shows that he never left Silent hill...

* [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil Being Tortured Turns You Into Despair]]: The torture Walter puts him through is so horrific that, when everything is said and done, Paul, the last person of the four Pokémon trainers part of this ritual, cracks and becomes Despair.

* CrimeOfSelfDefense: It turns out that the reason behind Sean's death was that Paul's Electivire defended him when the kid tried to attack him. But of course, nobody listens considering this is '''Paul''' we're talking about.

* DespairEventHorizon: Hey, he's not denominated despair for nothing. Walter's goal with him to transform him into the ritual component he needs was to make him cross this. He's very much on the verge of crossing it. By Chapter 18, he's already broken. And later chapters have him stuttering when he tries to talk, avoid eye contact with others and looking more like a kicked Rockruff.

* ElectricTorture: On the receiving end from Simon when the Apex member gets tired of not getting answers.

** The only person Paul actually cares about is his brother, Reggie. But Walter notes that, deep down, Paul doesn't belong or fit with anyone, ''especially'' not the older brother who truly loves him. Reggie tells Ash and Trip that the last time they fought it was over how Paul hated Reggie "breathing down his neck" with Reggie replying that someone had to since their parents passed on.

* WalkingSpoiler: ''No one'' was expecting Paul of all Pokémon characters to be on the Train or that his role was going to be a tortured prisoner; at least with Alain he was implied by WordOfGod!

** Call him a spoiled child at your own peril. Chloe learns this the hard way.

* BeyondTheImpossible: Most passengers don't have the ability to manipulate the Train, and those who do have used technology to do it. Hop's emotions are so strong that he [[spoiler: turns the Fog Car into an EmpathicEnvironment. Not even the likes of Henry and Walter boast that ability!]]

* DramaticIrony: Hop's role in Henry and Walter's EvilPlan in the ritual against the Apex is "Delight." Considering the seven roles are based on ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' and Delight is more known as ''[[GoMadFromTheRevelation Delirium]]''...it doesn't speak good things for Hop. [[spoiler: Especially when Paul accidentally presses his BerserkButton early and causes him to start devolving...]]

* FlowerMotif: Hyacinths. They are usually seen as symbols of power, pride, and competition, reflecting Hop's goal of being a top trainer like his older brother.

* GoodCounterpart: By the start of Act 3, he could be considered one to ''Parker'' of all people. Both of them are younger brothers who hold a degree of admiration towards their older siblings, and after a particular incident, both struggle with a very volatile emotion. But while Parker's emotion is anger that's barely kept under a lid, Hop's emotion is happiness, and if that gets challenged in any way, Hop cracks ''lighting fast''. [[spoiler: Both of them also hold an insane RealityWarper power to them, but while Parker was granted the power to control the Unown and was not only aware of it, but could control it, Hop only has his emotions at his disposal, which are so strong that the Car molds to his desires, and he's completely unaware of this.]]

* InsistentTerminology: [[spoiler:Hop starts calling Wooloo a "sheep" instead of a Pokémon, one of the biggest hints that Hop of Postwick is ''gone''.]]

* {{Irony}}: His ritual designation is the youngest member of the original Endless, yet Hop is the most powerful one out of them all.

* NoteToSelf: [[spoiler:After Paul requests Hop to deliver his Pokémon to another passenger from their world so they are safe with either Ash or Reggie, Hop scribbles one of these to himself to deliver the present to AK. Alex intercepts it but Walter dismisses it for the time being.]]

** [[spoiler:Hop loses his smile when Paul brings up Ash Ketchum and it's a sign that he's going to lose it.]] In fact after this incident, any time he's about to lose that smile is a huge cause for alarm.

* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:Starting in Arc 3, if anything starts causing Hop to lose it, the fog somehow starts changing into smiley-face balloons. Chloe assumes that it's because he has such extreme emotions that Silent Hill starts to ''react'' around that. Not even '''Henry and Walter''' have that ability.]]

* SpoiledBrat [=/=] SpoiledSweet: As Delight he acts and thinks he's the latter, but he really is the former: not only is he given everything he wants in order to stay happy, but he completely rejects negative feelings, both from himself and others, [[spoiler: to the point that if this gets challenged, he turns into Delirium.]]
* StepfordSmiler: Tries to hide his concerns to Leon, afraid that his big brother won't understand what it means to be constantly losing all the time. Then this is taken into creepier levels if we take his email to Leon into account. According to Walter, Hop is to be the embodiment of "Delight", giving even darker connotations. [[spoiler:Then the smile starts showing off how mentally ''unstable'' he is when Paul accidentally brings up Ash. And it gets to the point that ''Walter'' is starting to become terrified of him...]]

* SweetSheep: His Wooloo is an adorable fluffy mon covered in wool. [[spoiler:When it evolves into Dubwool it's still a sheep but not as adorable.]]
* SweetTooth: Ever since arriving in Silent Hill, he snacks on chocolate milk and butter cake.

* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: [[spoiler: While he won't pull a Hulk anytime soon, having the ability to ''manipulate the Fog Car'' more than makes up for it. And given that he's supposed to be Delight/Delirium, it's imperative that he ''remains'' happy. Then he shows off how dangerous he can be when Chloe sets up off at the end of Chapter 30.]]