Walter Farhad

Walter Farhad is a practicing Zoroastrian who runs Camp Wildwoods. He follows the principles of:
 * Humata, Hukhta, Huvarshta (which he has embroidered on three pillows), which mean: Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds.
 * There is only one path and that is the path of Truth.
 * Do the right thing because it is the right thing to do, and then all beneficial rewards will come to you also.

Walter, when alive in Persia, (modern-day Iran) was accused of a crime that he does not talk about. He was bound in tight cloths, tortured, covered in oil, and killed by being chained inside a coffin. To ensure that his suffering "lasted forever", a golden beetle with inscribed markings on it was bound to his chest. It reads: يجب أن تتحمل عذاب الحياة إلى الأبد ، وتستمر لفترة أطول من نبض قلبك, or roughly:

"You must bear the torment of life forever, and last longer than the pulse of your heart"

This was technically a charm, as the golden beetle was filled with blue meteorite fragments. However, it wasn't activated until it touched blood. While Walter thrashed in the tomb, he smashed his chest against his coffin door. The beetle's sharp metal legs broke skin, and the charm activated.

Walter's body continued to wither away in death, but his consciousness remained. When his coffin was discovered and opened many years later by grave robbers, the thieves attempted to grab the gold beetle, but the “mummy” in the tomb grabbed back. Walter escaped and found himself in the U.S., having been illegally transported there in his sealed coffin. He acclimatized to the U.S., learning English and establishing himself throughout the Great Depression. He bought and refurbished Camp Wildwoods in the 80's, where he trains and looks after his pupils, including Sawyer, Sullivan, Mac, Louise, and more.

Because his consciousness is connected to the golden beetle charm, Walter is not invulnerable. His charm is damaged during the final destruction of Autumn Industries. Because of the inscription on the charm being worn away and broken, Walter experiences "glitches" in his consciousness, which mimic Alzheimer's symptoms, and he passes away shortly thereafter.

The golden beetle charm itself is later turned into an earring, which Sawyer Autumn wears as a tribute to Walter. Her oldest son, Reno, later inherits it.