Henry Daniel Mills
Storybrooke/Earth MAIN Character
Henry is also known as the truest believer.
Gender: Male
Status: Alive
Home: Regina's house
Occupation: Student
Physical Description
Species: Human
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Age: 10
Show Information
Portrayed by: Jared S. Gilmore
Currently no magic except a rare and beautiful amount of belief.
Family/Relationships
Emma Swan and Neal Cassidy are his parents.
Rumpelstiltskin and Mila are his paternal grandparents.
Snow White and Prince Charming are his maternal grandparents. His Maternal Great Grandparents are King Leopold and Queen Eva (Snow's parents) and King George and Ruth (Charming's parents)
Regina is his adopted mother as well as his Great Grandmother via marriage.
Peter Pan is his Paternal great-grandfather.
History
Henry is born in a prison in Phoenix, Arizona, and given up for adoption by his birth mother, Emma, because she wishes to give him his best chance in life. ("Tallahassee", "The Heart of the Truest Believer")
After being given up by Emma, he is placed with his first family, but for an unknown reason, it doesn't work out. He is put up for adoption again in Boston, where Regina adopts him. She names him Henry after her father. Henry is very fussy as an infant and Regina has repeated troubles calming him down. She attempts to tell him a bedtime story, but he suddenly vomits on her shirt. A thorough check by Dr. Whale at the hospital proves Henry is healthy, but he suggests looking into the birth parents' medical records for genetic diseases. While Regina talks with Sidney on the phone about looking up the information, she hands Henry to a hospital volunteer, Mary Margaret, who instinctively begins rocking and soothing him. Stunned that Henry has finally quieted down, she takes him back into her own arms, to which he starts to cry again, leading her to believe there is something wrong with her as a mother. When Regina, at last, manages to help Henry relax, she receives data from Sidney about her child's birth mother, who was abandoned in the woods eighteen years ago, causing her to suspect this is the grown-up savior of the curse. Since Mr. Gold was the one who procured Henry for her, Regina confronts him about orchestrating everything, but he chalks up her erratic behavior to being a full-time mom. Regina return Henry to Boston, where he will be given to the next potential family, but as she says goodbye to him, she cannot deny her love for Henry and decides to keep him. Even so, she is constantly afraid the birth mother will come searching for Henry one day. After receiving advice from the town therapist, Archie, Regina brings Henry in a crib to her vault, telling him a fairytale story of a queen and her prince, while she makes and then drinks a potion to help herself forget about who his birth mother is. ("Save Henry")
At ten years old, Henry feels unloved by Regina, and is further saddened by the fact his birth mother gave him up. He relates all of this to his teacher, Ms. Blanchard, during lunch time. Henry is also frustrated by the sameness in town, and believes he doesn't belong. To cheer Henry up, she gives him a fairytale storybook, and explains the stories in it are a reminder that his life will get better if he just holds onto hope. He shows interest in the book, and casually flips through it. For a brief moment, Henry sees a mirage of Ms. Blanchard as a princess. ("Going Home")
Henry becomes rebellious towards Regina and begins having therapy sessions with Archie. From reading the storybook, he realizes the stories in the book are real as well as that every person in Storybrooke is a fairytale character under the influence of the Dark Curse. Henry also recognizes his mother as the Evil Queen and has knowledge about the savior, also his birth mother, who is prophesied to break the curse in twenty-eight years. Seeing as it's now twenty-eight years, he steals Ms. Blanchard's credit card and uses it on an online website to track down his birth mother, Emma Swan, in Boston.
