Talk:List of Silent Hill characters

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Contents 1 Characters vs. Monsters and such 2 This is a bad idea. 3 Movie 4 It is requested that this article (or a section of this article) be expanded 5 Birth Years 6 Images 7 Paragraphing

[edit] Characters vs. Monsters and such

Ok, I removed the paragraph about Valtiel, him not really being a main story character and all. But really because the name is disagreeing with me.

I've read several stories that "Valtiel" is a name given to him by a fan that just became popularly accepted and the character was never officially named. I'm going to look for an article to back this up and I'll post the link to it.

Also, Pyramid Head should be removed as he fits more into the monster category on the page for the Silent Hill Monsters. So, he's over there now. TotalTommyTerror 18:46, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

May have been for nothing. Valtiel's back. --Thaddius 23:43, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This is a bad idea.

This entire section is nowhere near comprehensive. Some of the information listed is so vague as to be completely worthless, and several key characters (Ernest Baldwin, Stanley, Valtiel, etc) are completely absent.

In order to make this section actually meaningful, it SHOULD be split up into a bunch of such pages for each character in the vein of the Street Fighter characters article.

And yes, Valtiel is the monster's real name. The official Silent Hill III strategy guide states it as such. And as a symbolic monster, Valtiel does belong in some section or another.--67.173.63.91 07:26, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Movie

What is the movie doing here? It's complete chaos! 84.10.229.124 11:32, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

I was going to move the Movie info to the movie section, but it's already there pretty much word for word. Section deleted!

[edit] It is requested that this article (or a section of this article) be expanded

Do you really mean that??? Or is that just bullshit????

• It is. Don't listen to it.

[edit] Birth Years

There is no concrete evidence in the games of when they take place, so these aren't official they are just someone's interpretation of the timeline. Should they be reworded?

Sefiros 23:18, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

• I agree 100%. I mean I see various edits where people's interpretation are being randomly plugged in. Harry Mason was born in 1954... no wait in today's edit the year of his birth is 1951... No sources are ever left. I say leave them out until something official can be found.--SHFan06 06:56, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

• If I remember correctly there was a date in Alessa's Diary (Silent Hill 1, I don't think the excerpt in SH3 has the date listed) which in which the final entry couldn't have been written more than a day before Harry reads it. Basing other peoples ages around that, and linking that Alessa is 14 at the time of writing, at least a few character's ages and/or approximate dates/years of birth could be found. I'm too busy right now to find this out specifically, and I can't seem to find a fansite which lists that memo. Getting ahold of that memo could shed some light on this topic, anyone willing to look for it or should I try to clear up some time in my schedule for it? -- Moggy 00:41, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Heh, well look at that, I found it. Here are the last two entries.

April 19, 1986 - I have no choice but to get out of this place. A valuable pendant, which I especially like, I wear around my neck. Does it look good on me? Results in tomorrow's entry.

April, 1986 - It would be better for "myself" to die. After all, it's nothing to be afraid of. That child... that demon. When I think of the endless pain it will bring when it is birthed. I decided that, instead of the suffering and cruelty I endured in that sick room. That I would like to bestow a more gentle and peaceful death on "myself". Why do "I" resist? I never thought of "myself" as such a fool.

I'd assume the last entry was made on the 20th, which is possibly the day that SH1 takes place on, though it could be anywhere from the 19th to the 30th. Hope this sheds some light on this topic. -- Moggy 00:51, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

That is a believable memo as the second entry is repeated verbatim (except for the month/year) in SH3.

[edit] Images

This Pages needs iMages

[edit] Paragraphing

The article suffered a bit from being a solid wall of text. I added some paragraphing and spaced out the descriptions slightly to make it easier to read. It's not perfect though and can probably be improved upon.