History WMG / SilentHill4

[[WMG: Walter Sullivan is "that special something" that his victims subconsiously desired.]]

Control, but he already got what he wanted a long time ago. After the cult got shut down Andrew thought he could just live a normal life like he never did anything wrong, unfortunately(for him that is) he was wrong again. Which is why he is so called mysteriously zapped to the prison in which he tortured children in and brought to his untimely demise. Andrew already got what he wanted from Walter and thought he could just get away with it, but Walter showed him. Another one of his victims is Richard Braintree: a mentally unstable violent sociopath, that also happens to carry a deadly brain splattering revolver. What he wanted is madness or as the filthy cult's manual would have it chaos. Richard loved to intimidate physically hurt people and yell at kids. When he met the kid Walter he verbally tortured the youth by threatening him, insulting him and waving that big ass gun of his that was fully loaded and cocked in young Walter's face. He was practically Richard's verbal punching bag. To be continued.

Depending on the type of abuse and the extent of it, it would explain why Henry is very lackluster in his reactions to things. Severe abuse makes it difficult for people to relate to one another and express emotions. It could also explain why he keeps to himself so much that no one thought it was weird that he hadn't come out of his apartment for several days.

That explains why it's the first game in the Silent hill franchise to usher in a whole bunch of new stuff. With the previous three games apparently suffering from ''{{SeasonalRot}}'' Team Silent subconsiously felt they should surprise everyone with something unexpected, instead of what everyone would expect from Silent Hill. However the creator's couldn't make it seem like a gaiden game and just make it nothing like the other Silent Hill games and just only give it the name, and that's why Silent Hill 4 makes numerous references to its previous three predessors, to show the player that there is a connection if not in gameplay similarites like the player would be expecting since the last two games, but in ''{{Canon}}''.

That explains why it's the first game in the Silent hill franchise to usher in a whole bunch of new stuff. With the previous three games apparently suffering from ''{{SeasonalRot}}'' Team Silent subconsiously felt they should surprise everyone with something unexpected, instead of what everyone [[Cliché would expect from Silent Hill]]. However the creator's couldn't make it seem like a gaiden game and just make it nothing like the other Silent Hill games and just only give it the name, and that's why Silent Hill 4 makes numerous references to its previous three predessors, to show the player that there is a connection if not in gameplay similarites like the player would be expecting since the last two games, but in ''{{Canon}}''.

That explains why it's the first game in the Silent hill franchise to usher in a whole bunch of new stuff. With the previous three games apparently suffering from ''{{SeasonalRot}}'' Team Silent subconsiously felt they should surprise everyone with something unexpected, instead of what everyone [[Cliche's would expect from Silent Hill]]. However the creator's couldn't make it seem like a gaiden game and just make it nothing like the other Silent Hill games and just only give it the name, and that's why Silent Hill 4 makes numerous references to its previous three predessors, to show the player that there is a connection if not in gameplay similarites like the player would be expecting since the last two games, but in ''{{Canon}}''.

That's the reason why suddenly "dissappeared" from their apartment and forsaked their son. Being how The Mother Sect recieves financial rewards for it's "raising" orphan children,the Silent Hill Smile Support Society the cult could of been well off.When the player hear what Walter audibly remembers about his parents, they sound like there trying to elude something more than responsibility, or better yet said someone. It's stated in the game that Walter's parents most likely had financial problems, meaning Walter's parents [[DealWithTheDevil actually made a bargain with the sinister devil worshipping religous group]]. Walter's parents would "conviently" abandon their son(Walter), Walter would be eventually discovered by someone most likely the apartment tenants/employees then after all the paperwork and other nonsense was done for the baby, he would be conviently assimilated into the Silent Hill "Smile" Support Society, but not without Walter's good for nothing parents receiving financial compensation as well as immunity from future harassment and very possibly murder from the insane cult. Just like there was a logical explanation for what was happening to Henry and he didn't just coincidentally go insane, Walter being abandon and just suddenly adopted by a orphange like that seems a little to much to be a minor coincential catalyst that just so happened to spark up all of these catastrophic events. Walter being abandoned then getting adopted by the cult was really planned.

That's the reason why suddenly "dissappeared" from their apartment and forsaked their son. Being how The Mother Sect recieves financial rewards for it's "raising" orphan children,the Silent Hill Smile Support Society the cult could of been well off.When the player hear what Walter audibly remembers about his parents, they sound like there trying to elude something more than responsibility, or better yet said someone. It's stated in the game that Walter's parents most likely had financial problems, meaning Walter's parents [[DealWithTheDevil actually made a bargain with the sinister devil worshipping religous group]]. Walter's parents would "conviently" abandon their son(Walter), Walter would be eventually discovered by someone most likely the apartment tenants/employees then after all the paperwork and other nonsense was done for the baby, he would be conviently assimilated into the Silent Hill "Smile" Support Society, but not without Walter's good for nothing parents receiving financial compensation as well as immunity from future harassment and very possibly murder from the insane cult.

That's the reason why suddenly "dissappeared" from their apartment and forsaked their son. Being how The Mother Sect recieves financial rewards for it's "raising" orphan children,the Silent Hill Smile Support Society the cult could of been well off. It's stated in the game that Walter's parents most likely had financial problems, meaning Walter's parents [[DealWithTheDevil actually made a bargain with the sinister devil worshipping religous group]]. Walter's parents would "conviently" abandon their son(Walter), Walter would be eventually discovered by someone most likely the apartment tenants/employees then after all the paperwork and other nonsense was done for the baby, he would be conviently assimilated into the Silent Hill "Smile" Support Society, but not without Walter's good for nothing parents receiving financial compensation as well as immunity from future harassment and very possibly murder from the insane cult.

Practically Self explanotory. Despite their settings and the enviorments they were born in(Walter was abandoned and raised by an orphange whence Damien was raised by two loving caring parents) They are alike in many ways atleast when it comes in mental and auguably spiritual characteristics. Both of them confirmed religous prophecies Walter appeasing a blasphemous cult's prophecies while Damien acting out the prophecies in what's described in the holy righteous Christian bible as the antichrist. Both of them specialize in some worldly art, Walter specializes in unsacred blood rituals while Damien appears to specialize in politics. Both of them apparently despise the humans that gave birth to them.Both of them are the perfect examples of evil child tropes Walter Sullivan being a ''{{Psychopathic Manchild}}'' and Damien being a ''{{Creepy Child}}''. Both of them have a malevolent supernatural like parental/guardian figure Walter's being Room 302 and Damiens being Lucifer. Their hair is similar of course, and finally both of them intend to literally bring hell to earth.

Practically Self explanotory. Despite their settings and the enviorments they were born in(Walter was abandoned and raised by an orphange whence Damien was raised by two loving caring parents) They are alike in many ways atleast when it comes in mental and auguably spiritual characteristics. Both of them confirmed religous prophecies Walter appeasing a blasphemous cult's prophecies while Damien acting out the prophecies in what's described in the holy righteous Christian bible as the antichrist. Both of them specialize in some worldly art, Walter specializes in unsacred blood rituals while Damien appears to specialize in politics. Both of them apparently despise the humans that gave birth to them. Both of them have a malevolent supernatural like parental/guardian figure Walter's being Room 302 and Damiens being Lucifer. Their hair is similar of course, and finally both of them intend to literally bring hell to earth.

Practically Self explanotory. Despite their settings and the enviorments they were born in(Walter was abandoned and raised by an orphange whence Damien was raised by two loving caring parents) They are alike in many ways atleast when it comes in mental and auguably spiritual characteristics. Both of them confirmed religous prophecies Walter appeasing a blasphemous cult's prophecies while Damien acting out the prophecies in what's described in the holy righteous Christian bible as the antichrist. Both of them specialize in some worldly art, Walter specializes in unsacred blood rituals while Damien appears to specialize in politics. Both of them apparently despise the humans that gave birth to them. Both of them have a malevolent supernatural like parental/guardian figure Walter's being Room 302 and Damiens being Lucifer. Both of them despise our Holy Savior Jesus Christ. Their hair is similar of course, and finally both of them intend to literally bring hell to earth.

Practically Self explanotory. Despite their settings and the enviorments they were born in(Walter was abandoned and raised by an orphange whence Damien was raised by two loving caring parents) They are alike in many ways atleast when it comes in mental and auguably spiritual characteristics. Both of them confirmed religous prophecies Walter appeasing a blasphemous cult's prophecies while Damien acting out the prophecies in what's described in the holy righteous Christian bible as the antichrist. Both of them specialize in some worldly art, Walter specializes in unsacred blood rituals while Damien appears to specialize in politics. Both of them apparently despise the humans that gave birth to them. Both of them have a malevolent supernatural like parental/guardian figure Walter's being Room 302 and Damiens being Lucifer. Their hair is similar of course, and finally both of them intend to literally bring hell to earth.

Being that Henry is an important facet to the 21 sacraments and more importantly that each suitalble sacrifice has to be killed in the correct order, Walter wouldn't just let Henry die until the time was right for the sake of his mother. The diary in Henry's apartment is in fact enchanted whether the player knows it or not and everytime he uses it, it stores his life force in it along with his thoughts. That is why when the player chooses to hit the continue option instead of the load option they will be in a sense respawned(brought back to life) with everything like it was before Henry's supposed death. That's because Henry actually was revived, by dark evil malicous powers that want him dead ironically. When Henry dies it's the exact same thing as when he uses the holes to get back in the apartment, he thinks he simply just dazed out and it is his so called wild imagination at work but all of this is actually happening. When we see Walter for the first time in game in subway world he tries to kill Henry, but even if his does why doesn't he die for good being that it will supposedly be the 21st and last sacrifice? Walter is the main source of Henry's diary protective power so he should be way more stronger than it. It's because Walter doesn't want Henry to die yet unbeilievably because he's not the Reciever of Wisdom yet. Walter or better yet Evil Walter is just having some fun tormenting Henry and brutally assaulting him while Walter is invunerable(pure satanism) having a little fun time until Henry truly becomes the Reciever of Wisdom(Which is Henry learning the truth) which happens after Henry get's baby Walter's umbillical cord and his head starts hurting right after seing a brief glimpse of Walter's real parents. You'll notice that after this happens Walter Sullivan isn't seen anymore until the final battle, that's because when Walter finally ready to kill Henry because he's officially the Reciever of Wisdom. That's why after you engage in that last battle you can't save or at least even access your save point(diary), because if Walter kills Henry by his hand now he won't let the diary bring Henry back to life because the sacrafices would be complete and he doesn't need Henry alive anymore. One last thing, the reason why the 21 sacraments ending doesn't play if Henry is killed by Walter(Gameplay) is only for the sake of the gameplay, because the creators wanted each individual ending no matter how good or how bad to be played after Henry killed Walter; they wanted the 21 sacraments ending to be achieved depending on how much Henry exorcised his apartment and whether or not Eileen lived.

[[WMG: Walter's ''{{Psychopathic Man Child}}'' status stems from his inability to accept the truth rather than the cult's teachings]]

Being that Henry is an important facet to the 21 sacraments and more importantly that each suitalble sacrifice has to be killed in the correct order, Walter wouldn't just let Henry die until the time was right for the sake of his mother. The diary in Henry's apartment is in fact enchanted whether the player knows it or not and everytime he uses it, it stores his life force in it along with his thoughts. That is why when the player chooses to hit the continue option instead of the load option they will be in a sense respawned(brought back to life) with everything like it was before Henry's supposed death. That's because Henry actually was revived, by dark evil malicous powers that want him dead ironically. When Henry dies it's the exact same thing as when he uses the holes to get back in the apartment, he thinks he simply just dazed out and it is his so called wild imagination at work but all of this is actually happening. When we see Walter for the first time in game in subway world he tries to kill Henry, but even if his does why doesn't he die for good being that it will supposedly be the 21st and last sacrifice? Walter is the main source of Henry's diary protective power so he should be way more stronger than it. It's because Walter doesn't want Henry to die yet unbeilievably because he's not the Reciever of Wisdom yet. Walter or better yet Evil Walter is just having some fun tormenting Henry and brutally assaulting him while Walter is invunerable(pure satanism) having a little fun time until Henry truly becomes the Reciever of Wisdom(Which is Henry learning the truth) which happens after Henry get's baby Walter's umbillical cord and his head starts hurting right after seing a brief glimpse of Walter's real parents. You'll notice that after this happens Walter Sullivan isn't seen anymore until the final battle, that's because when Walter finally ready to kill Henry because he's officially the Reciever of Wisdom. That's why after you engage in that last battle you can't save or at least even access your save point(diary), because if Walter kills Henry by his hand now he won't let the diary bring Henry back to life because the sacrafices would be complete and he doesn't need Henry alive anymore.

Being that Henry is an important facet to the 21 sacraments and more importantly that each suitalble sacrifice has to be killed in the correct order, Walter wouldn't just let Henry die until the time was right for the sake of his mother. The diary in Henry's apartment is in fact enchanted whether the player knows it or not and everytime he uses it, it stores his life force in it along with his thoughts. That is why when the player chooses to hit the continue option instead of the load option they will be in a sense respawned(brought back to life) with everything like it was before Henry's supposed death. That's because Henry actually was revived, by dark evil malicous powers that want him dead ironically. When Henry dies it's the exact same thing as when he uses the holes to get back in the apartment, he thinks he simply just dazed out and it is his so called wild imagination at work but all of this is actually happening. When we see Walter for the first time in game in subway world he tries to kill Henry, but even if his does why doesn't he die for good being that it will supposedly be the 21st and last sacrifice? Walter is the main source of Henry's diary protective power so he should be way more stronger than it. It's because Walter doesn't want Henry to die yet unbeilievably because he's not the Reciever of Wisdom yet. Walter or better yet Evil Walter is just having some fun tormenting Henry and brutally assaulting him while Walter is invunerable(pure satanism) having a little fun time until it's really time to be

Regarding Joseph Schreiber's intention for the effects of this WMG: Joseph had no choice but to let Henry know about Walter. The information he provides as the Giver of Wisdom serves not the purpose of arming Henry with the necessary knowledge to thwart Walter's plans, but to make him apt for sacrifice. Regardless of the Walter's intentions, Henry's role required him to be present at Walter's killings after Joseph and to know about Walter's past (which Joseph obediently recollected). If Walter wanted to succeed, he had no option but to hand Henry the layout of his life (and possibly the ways to thwart his plans). Joseph is not machinating on favour of Henry, but against him. Joseph's equivalence is number XV: the Devil. Whether it's straight or reversed, the Devil has negative connotations, so, regardless of circumstances, Joseph's ghost was trying to cause harm to Henry, or diminishing his probabilities at surviving. As Joseph appears upside-down on Room 302 of the Past, the most probable card layout intended for Joseph was reverted, which incidentally bears the most negative meanings for the given card. The scene is also reminiscent the card's layout: a demon (victimized Joseph under Walter's control) surrounded by a man and a woman chained to him (in the sense that all what he is doing is harming their probabilities at escaping Walter's plans). The dream at the beginning could be seen either as Joseph's spirit trying to get Henry's trust, one way or another, in order to manipulate him easily, or as a form of forcing Henry to know the truth before the Red Diary scraps and later the upside-down apparition were introduced in play.

* The Shabby Doll was originally Eileen's. If Henry stores it on his inventory box, he runs the risk of setting an apparition loose on his apartment. Why would Walter hand out and let alone curse one of his victim's possessions aside from it coming from one of his sacraments (again, trait no other victim's possessions have) is left unclear. If Eileen really is Walter, then it would make sense; Eileen would give Henry the doll in order to mark him out and curse him; the doll has no real value for her; she's just playing around the folie à deux. That would also explain the hazy meeting Eileen had with Walter; note that her tutor would not only let her be near a shady man, but also let her hand a doll out to him. Eileen was actually reminiscing on the time she first decided to become "Walter", which may or may not be an alternate personality. This may also imply that she's either a female-to-male transgender when being Walter, or having problems with being female. Her Walter side is essentially motherless, since he was technically not born from a real mother. Room 302 is probably the place where he began "having consciousness", after an undisclosed event, probably the coming of the presumed "real" Walter. That last bit about Eileen having problems with being female gains strength if you notice the female victims were more brutalized than the male ones (Miriam getting completely hacked while her brother just received an ax to the head, Cynthia being completely covered in knife wounds, Eileen getting killed by hitting her until she dies, etc).

In one of Joseph's notes the player reads that someone lied to Walter sullivan stating that Room 302 was his mother, but in another set of notes it reads that someone did tell Walter that his parents dropped him off at Room 302, so Walter was feed at least some of the truth; when the player enters apartment world for the second time and finds those things that look like bodies bags hanging up they can hear what Walter audibly remembers of his real parents when he get's close enough to them, showing the player that Walter is at least aware of the existence of his biological parents. Him despising the female body is due to him hating his real mother and the fact that people are conceived through their mother not mystically as his grown up child psyche would consider. Walter subconsiously knows that everything that the cult taught him was lies, but has built the nightmare world or better yet "his" fantasy world to escape reality rather than to isolate himself from society.

He then isolates himself from everyone and begins living in Silent Hill alone. In those days living there, his hair has become long and wears a coat, and begins his killings again under the name Walter Sullivan. The police has arrested him; this is part of Johan's plan to commit suicide while being locked up. He ''finally' did it, but his murders in Silent Hill have been part of a ritual to brought him back as a ghost. His soul splits into two: the psychopathic adult (the Monster personality) and the normal child (the normal personality). Johan has transferred his dead body into Room 302 and plans again the murders to have someone kill the Monster personality. That's when Henry Townsend gets to do it and successfully killed that personality.

He then isolates himself from everyone and begins living in Silent Hill alone. In those days living there, his hair has become long and wears a coat, and finds the corpse of Sullivan hanging there. As a result, Johan has taken his name and begins murdering the people who were his targets. As for Little Walter, he is the manifestation of how crazy he has become ever since he lived in Silent Hill. His goal is to kill everyone in town until someone kills him, and that is Henry. Johan has died by him and his plan is fulfilled. It is shown in the "21 Sacraments" ending that his dead body is in Room 302.

In one of Joseph's notes the player reads that someone lied to Walter sullivan stating that Room 302 was his mother, but in another set of notes it reads that someone did tell Walter that his parents dropped him off at Room 302, so Walter was feed at least some of the truth. Him despising the female body is due to him hating his real mother and the fact that people are conceived through their mother not some sort of room. Walter subconsiously knows that everything that the cult taught him was lies, but has built the nightmare world or better yet "his" fantasy world to escape reality rather than to isolate himself from society.

Explaining why he hates all other forms of life and more importantly his insanity.

He doesn't really care for social activity, also most would find it kind of odd how someone could be locked in a room with no interaction and still look as normal as if something like that wasn't going on. He sometimes has trouble socializing when ever he does choose to do so, an example of this is his somewhat akward verbal exchange with Richard Braintree. His brain is wired to a specific routine and hates having it being disturbed such as him living his life the same day everyday and being very content with it and no wanting any alterations in it(He lived in his apartment for two years and was enjoying his life) one could see that nothing was really going on before the Walter Sullivan conflict meaning that he wasn't really doing that much except living a normal life. He possess a narrow aray of interest, we see all of Henry's interest in his apartment: cars, photography,apparently smoking. Finally he appears to be heavily fixated with something just as anyone with Aspergers his, he seems to take a very keen interest or almost an obsession with Silent Hill.

We know that the whole entire setting is Walter Sullivan's mindset, the more deeper the player delves deeper in there the more the player learns about Walter Sullivan because they are really digging in his mind. When Henry(the player) get's the umbillical cord they see a brief glimpse of his real parents, to add to that before the player enters Frank Sunderland's room for the second time they hear Walter parents so we the player know that Walter at least knows what his parents look and sound like. Why he didn't hunt them down to appease the ten hearts sacrifice is because he was still human at the time and had no way to find them. After Walter Sullivan performed the ritual of the "holy" assumption we know he attained numerous supernatrual powers even the ability to track someone down from hundreds or even thousands miles away(Tony Archibolt, the dude who got killed outside of the U.S). Walter doesn't acknowledge or better yet accept the fact that the couple he saw was a baby was his parents and has created a false world of illusion that revolves around the fact that Room 302 is his mother, to help him do this he tries to block out the identity of his biological parents; that's why the player never actually hears his real parents name. If by some chance he didn't know his parents name he could of easily found out by checking through the apartments past room owner records, but he won't because he doesn't acknowledge the truth. The reason why he didn't murder them for the round two murders is because they didn't fit any of the murder themes. If he knew where they were while he was committing the round one murders(ten hearts) he would of killed them because that required ten random humans, but the round two murders were a lot more specific.