___________________________________ \ \___________________________________/ / / / \ \ \ \ The Characters of Silent Hill 2 / / / / FAQ \ \ \ \ --------------------------------- / / / / By Punkyfish \ \ \ \ Version 1.3 / / / / Copyright of Punkyfish \ \ \ \ --------------------------------- / / / / E-mail: ~ \ \ \ \ [Chatabox1uk@lycos.co.uk] / / / /___________________________________\ \ \ \___________________________________/ / ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In my restless dreams... i see that town. Silent Hill. You promised you'd take me there again someday, but you never did. Well i'm alone there now... in our "special place" waiting for you... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ___ \__\ ________ ___ ___ ___ _____ ___ / ______\ \ \ \ \ / \ \ \ \ \__ \ \______ \ \ \ \ \ # / \ _ \ \ _\ \_______ \ \ \ \ \__ \ /___ \ \\ \ \ \__ ______\ \ \__\ \____\ \____\ \_\\_\ \____\ \_______/ ________________________________________ __ __ __ __ __ \ \_\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _ \ \ \ \ \__ \ \__ __ \_\ \_\ \_\ \___\ \___\ \_\ __________________________ C h a r a c t e r s ------------ F a q ====================================================================================== Hello, welcome to my "Characters of Silent Hill 2" FAQ. I was originally going to create a walkthrough but i figured it would take up ... hmm lets see about the next 10 years. And besides i really ought to work on improving my MGS2 walkthrough first...oh well.I won't claim to be a brilliant FAQ writer, but i'm really doing this cause i enjoy it, and i have some spare time. I do plan to update frequently and add any more character info as and when i discover it. This FAQ doesn't really serve a major purpose ~ it's more just to give you a little background on the characters and their pasts. Finally this is a spolier FAQ so read at your own risk!!! **note** Oh yeah, the reason why i haven't got a proper e-mail address up (hotmail, outlook-exspress etc.) is simply because, for some strange reason, it does not work. Don't ask why, i have had enough of it ~ so from now on i'm using Lycos' very good (but basic) e-mail service. ======================================================================================= ------- Contents ------- 0.1 ~ Updates ~ 0.2 ~ Characters ~ ~ Personality Description ~ ~ Silent Hill? ~ ~ History / Past experiences / Memories ~ ~ Relations ~ ~ The truth behind the Character (Big Spolier) ~ 0.3 ~ Review of SH2 ~ 0.4 ~ Thanks / Contact info ~ ========================================================================================== 0.1 18.08.02 ~ Ok, started this FAQ today! ~ Version 1. 19.08.02 ~ So "tired" ~ stayed up late adding more to the FAQ, don't ask me why??? ~ i'm doing this! cause' i am already asking myself that question. But ~ nevertheless i'm on a mission! i will complete this FAQ (eventually) even ~ if it is pointless... Version 1.1. 23.08.02 ~ Yes... i know i have neglected my duties! i mean a whole FOUR! days away ~ from the computer! finished all character profiles ~ Version 1.2. 23.08.02 ~ (later) Finished FAQ! 1.3. =========================================================================================== 0.2 ~ Characters ~ ***IMPORTANT NOTICE*** Before reading any further i will warn you once again that there are spoliers from here to the end of this FAQ ~ thanks ~ ***End of Notice*** ==================================================== | J A M E S S U N D E R L A N D | ==================================================== P E R S O N A L I T Y D E S C R I P T I O N ======================= James is caring man, who is still deeply effected by the tragic death of his wife, who died from an illness 3 years ago... Through the game there are many noticable things about his personality, such as, the way he is uncertain of things and questions himself almost constantly. For example, the death of his wife, "Could Mary really be in this town...?" "Dead people can't write letters..." Although James may come across as confused but quite sane... he still has a mysterious aura about his personality. We don't always know what he is thinking either, apart from the fact he is searching for answers... ============= S I L E N T H I L L ? ============= James travels to Silent Hill after recieving an emotional letter, which he believes has been written by his dead wife... The name of the sender is "Mary Sheperd-Sunderland" The name of his dead wife. The letter asks him to go to Silent Hill to meet her... James is certain his wife is dead, but still travels into Silent Hill to find answers... as perhaps, he sub-conciously feels she may be alive somehow. =============== H I S T O R Y =============== We know little about James' history apart from the fact that his occupation is a Protagonist...which i guess isn't really much of a "History." ================= M E M O R I E S ================= The memories that James' recalls in Silent Hill are ones of great sorrow rather than joy... Throughout the game James reveals the memories he has of the death of his wife. He doesn't actually state the disease she died from he just refers to "that damn disease." He does remember his and Mary's "special place" in Silent Hill. The Lakeview Hotel. When James arrives at this hotel he finds a video which he left there when they went on a holiday together... As he sits down in their hotel room which they stayed in, he watches the video he filmed of his wife in the seat opposite. The memories come flooding back to him. Then the truth is finally revealed... ================================= T H E T R U T H B E H I N D T H E C H A R A C T E R ================================= S P O L I E R ================================= I would hope you have played the game before reading this as it would really spoil it for you! If you HAVE PLAYED it then please do go ahead and read... Towards the end of the game i did actually start to wonder this about James, and it turned out i was right. He killed his wife. No not out of pure hate, or love really. He wanted his life back and believed that by killing her, he may get this... but afterwards he realised he was wrong... and he felt guilty and missed her. Although the endings vary the "leave" ending was supposed to be the "happy" ending. Even though it was sad, but somehow i still think that is the best ending as it makes the most sense. It kind of sums up the reasons why James did what he did, and how even though what he did was wrong his wife forgives him. Sounds cheesy? well maybe it does but to be honest it isn't. It's just... well sad actually. =================== R E L A T I O N S =================== M A R Y ~ His deceased wife ~ ==================================================== | ================== M A R I A ================== | P E R S O N A L I T Y D E S C R I P T I O N ======================= Maria may seem like a bit of a Man-eater at first, but she does have another caring, if not mysterious side to her... The most interesting thing you could possibly mention about Maria is that she keeps you guessing. "Is she really Maria or Mary?" / "Nope she is Mary, i'm sure." / "Is she up to something, perhaps plotting against James???" The way Maria actually dresses says alot about her personality to, the tattoo on her stomach, and ends of her hair dyed pink, short skirt and high boots... she is like the complete opposite of James' wife Mary. Yet she looks like her and talks like her. This confuses the already confused James, which is understandable. You will also notice the way Maria doesn't give proper answers either... she always leaves questions unanswered. In my opinion Maria seems false. Like she is hiding something, and if she feels uneasy with a question she has been asked she will use herself as a distraction... ============== S I L E N T H I L L ? ============== Maria's purpose in SH is never really revealed ~ it's left up to your own imagination to decide Maria's intent on just about everything! The truth does come out in the end though and many questions you were wondering are answered, but at the same time many aren't. ================================= H I S T O R Y / M E M O R I E S ================================= Unfortunately we are given little insight to Maria's past ~ which is also explained at the end! Same goes for any relations. ================================= T H E T R U T H B E H I N D T H E C H A R A C T E R ================================= S P O L I E R ================================= Again this is a spolier so don't read unless you have completed the game! This is one of those really hard to explain, explanations... i'm still not entirely sure about some things myself... anyway here is a theory mixed together with some truth: ~ Ok my belief and i'm sure many others is Maria is like an opposite version of Mary which Silent Hill has brought to life. Maria is what James secretly desired... although he did not know it. Think of it like this, Maria was tempting James in what he really wanted, Mary back again ... but Maria believed she was offering a PERFECT copy of Mary exactly the way he wanted her to be. Maria in my opinion was and is never real, only to James, and as long as James stayed in Silent Hill Maria would always be real to him. As for the theory about Mary ~ i will get back to you about that! =========================== A N G E L A O R O S C O =========================== P E R S O N A L I T Y D E S C R I P T I O N =========================== Angela to me makes Silent Hill even more depressing. I don't mean that in a bad way. I mean she adds more to the storyline making it more interesting. Angela is about 17 or 18 and from your first meeting with her you can probably tell she is seriously messed up. She apoligises practicaly every time she speaks and always seems nervous ~ a sign of insecurity. There is obviously more to her than meets the eye. I mean come on your first meeting with her is in a graveyard! Another noticable thing about her is although she is only about 18 she looks more like 40! This doesn't suggest she is lying about her age! but she has had a difficult past which has worn her down. ============= S I L E N T H I L L ? ============= Angela claims she is in Silent Hill looking for her mother or "momma" as she likes to say. Well you will soon find out that she hasn't found her in you first clue that Angela needs help. The meeting in the Blue Creek Apartment block. Was she really attempting suicide? Probably. ================================= H I S T O R Y / M E M O R I E S ================================= Near the end of the game we find out about Angela's trumatic past when she was abused by he father. We are given clues about this with her strange behaviour at times towards James. ================================= T H E T R U T H B E H I N D T H E C H A R A C T E R ================================= S P O L I E R ================================= James' final meeting with Angela is a sad one, he finds her attempting suicide again by setting the place on fire! As the flames melt the oil paintings, we see Angela for the last time walking away up the stairs... ================================= E D D I E D O M B R O W S K I ================================= | P E R S O N A L I T Y | | D E S C R I P T I O N | ================================= Our first introduction to Eddie is him being violently sick in a toilet in SH. Nice. Eddie comes across as slightly clumsy, worried and confused at first. But there is MUCH more to him than that as you soon find out. I wouldn't describe him as caring or concerned about anyone but himself. (but then again it is hard to be concerned for that little brat Laura...) Eddie isn't very intelligent either, (hasn't got alot going for him has he?) but he seems to have taken a shine to James... ============= S I L E N T H I L L ? ============= James discovers Eddie is in SH, running away from the police... when they first meet Eddie doesn't tell James this. All he says is he doesn't live in SH and that he ran away because he was scared of the monsters. ================================= T H E T R U T H B E H I N D T H E C H A R A C T E R ================================= S P O L I E R ================================= It doesn't really come as much of a supprise to find out that Eddie is really insane! He was the one killing anyone that so much as stared at him in the wrong way!!! I always knew he was evil... **note** ~ this sounds weird but if you look at him when he is eating the pizza from the side, the pizza looks like it is magically floating up to his mouth, instead of him picking it up with his hand!!! lol. ======================= L A U R A ======================= P E R S O N A L I T Y D E S C R I P T I O N ======================= Possibly one of THE most annoying characters ever! She is a little brat that you have to continuously chase about and when you DO finally manage to catch up with her, she runs away again... She was the little girl that Mary became friendly with while ill in hospital. She became like Laura's mother. Laura obviouly thought alot of Mary but doesn't seem to get on to well with James... ============= S I L E N T H I L L ? ============= It appears that Laura is in SH for the same reason as James, looking for Mary... Laura also recieved a letter from Mary, though hers was a different kind of letter. Laura's letter was one that Mary left for her after she died... the letter was saying how much Mary cared about Laura and to be nice to James when she died. (Obviously didn't stick to Mary's last wishes...) ================================= T H E T R U T H B E H I N D T H E C H A R A C T E R ================================= S P O L I E R ================================= Well we don't really know what went on with Laura in the end. All we really know is she was very close to Mary and had the wrong impression about James. The "leave" ending shows that James is still chasing her across the graveyard! Little brat. ================================================================================= ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 0.3 ~ Review of Silent Hill 2 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++ G R A P H I C S ~ The graphics aren't bad, but i wouldn't call them +++++++++++++++ exceptional. There are some very good backdrops and Silent Hill itself looks very realistic and believable. The use of graffity on walls and buildings is clever to, giving it an even more realistic feel. +++++++++++++++++ C U T S C E N E S ~ The cutscenes are very well presented and look +++++++++++++++++ alive and real. The people and surroundings look very realistic, and lots of important human emotions have been captured well. +++++++++++++++ C O N T R O L S ~ I would say the controls are about average. They are +++++++++++++++ nothing special, but they are practical atleast and easy to use. ++++++++++ S O U N D ~ The sound is of perfect quality, the noises are original and ++++++++++ make you feel uneasy and scared. Has a much different approach than the RE series. +++++++++++++++++ S T O R Y L I N E ~ For me this is what makes SH2 a brilliant game. +++++++++++++++++ The storyline has been very carefully thought through and many plots and twists have been cleverly scripted. This game is definately worth the money IF you like real Survival Horror games... because that is exactly what this is. It's in a different genre of it's own. You constantly feel afraid of what you can't see and few games can do that. 0.4 ~ Thanks / contact info ~ Well thats it! i hope you enjoyed reading and didn't find it to boring :) Feel free to e-mail me with any comments or questions you may have at: ~ ----------------------- Chatabox1uk@lycos.co.uk ----------------------- Finally i worked hard on this FAQ, so please don't use this on your site without permission from me first. Or copy it and claim it is your own. thanks. _________________ C O P Y R I G H T O F P U N K Y F I S H 2 0 0 2