Because I like explaining things about Silent Hill

Here's a new blog post specifically about the lore of the first three games.

Let me know if you guys enjoyed it or found it informative. I've got a TON to say about the series, along with some other series.

 

i read it even though i have never played a silent hill game

i just want you to know that i support you doing your thing haya

 

Gratzi, Mist. Was there anything you were curious about and wanted some more explanation? It's fine if not, I just love talking about this series.

 

Well my major struggle was that I didn't know any of the people or (in-game) events referenced since I've not played the series, which is no fault of yours since you're assuming that whoever is reading the post has experience with the games. Other than that it was perfectly comprehensible, though I also can't distinguish between conclusions and connections you've drawn and what information is spelled out in the games.

 

Yeah, you're right. This is more of a primer for people who want to either get into the series or have played some of the games, and want more insight into the town's history.

 

I thought the fog was a side effect of having all that white claudia growing around (the psychedelic plant used to make aglaophotis). I assumed the fog had been there for as long as the plant had, so probably for quite a while.

Not sure about the monsters though but ...

My memory is blurry on that one, what was the story again ? Someone drowned, correct ?
I thought the story kinda implied under water monsters might have been involved.

From what I' ve read of the lore (quite a few years ago) native Americans didn' t turn the place into a spiritual hotspot, it already was. It' s just that the more tragedies happen at the same place the more of a hotspot it becomes.

As for the nature of "unreality" I think that label is ill-deserved. It' s not about what' s real versus what' s not, it' s about a shared, common, perception (i.e. what we call " objective reality") versus subjective perception (you' re enslaved to your or someone else' s mad, twisted perception). So in short SH is about "sanity" versus "madness", but both are real.

 

I guess I will give the post a go, since I have started watching a Two Best Friends play Silent Hill 2. (ITS ****IN GOOOOOOOD)

I love how the commentator knows and talks about a lot of interesting points of the game. It really gets me hooked.

 

Interesting, as I haven't heard about that before. Far as I know, there isn't a concrete origin for the fog, so I didn't try answering that :P

I specifically remember that the "strange events" were never fully explained beyond numerous boating accidents, since you find a document about it in Toluca Prison that cuts off right at the "strange events" part.

Pretty sure you're correct about the Native Americans, though I'm not sure there's any confirmation on if it was or wasn't. The town definitely had some kind of magic to it before any recorded civilization though.

I brought up the term "unreality" as it was specifically called that in the first "Silent Hill" game, I think by Harry.

 

Probably a fan theory I read, white claudia doesn' t bring up much info in the wiki.
Still, knowing that hallucinogenic plants abundantly grow all around the town does seem to explain a lot. ^^

Wasn' t there another memo mentioning a lot of people drowned at once in the lake at an earlier date ? Or that a lot of bodies got disposed there, or something like that ?

 

Just a heads up: the Silent Hill wiki is not a truly trustworthy source of information. They mix things both from the original four games and the newer ones, causing a bunch of fan theories to be written off as fact, and confusion with the lore (since "Silent Hill: Origins" actually changes events of the first game.)

There are mentions of bodies in Toluca Lake, but what the "strange events" mentioned to have happened in 1939 are has (far as I know) never been explained, which makes them all the more mysterious.

 

ITT: Posts I can't read because spoilers

 

I actually made it a point to make my blog post contain as few spoilers as possible, and from all I've read in here, you're safe. This is strictly background information that doesn't give away specific story details.