SILENT HILL 3 CREATURE COMMENTARY

Creatures that have come to have abundant variations.  Each of them holds 
a certain significance.

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Numb body

area:  Sewers

character:  Creature with long, slender legs.  Comes in various sizes

metaphor:  It is given the name "numb body" due to its slow and clumsy 
movements and the fact that its body appears pale as if frozen.

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Double head

area:  Office building, amusement park                                    

character:  Monster resembling a dog that has a split head with sharp fangs  

metaphor:  "Split head."  Its appearance is greatly influenced by the image 
of Alessa after she was incapacitated due to the fire.

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Pendulum

area:  Sewers, amusement park

character:  Monster with two heads and a metallic body.  Although it has no 
wings, it revolves in midair

metaphor:  "Pendulum."  So named for the way that it moves and attacks while
the upper half of its body rotates.

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Insane cancer

area:  Subway, office building  

character:  Monster with a soft and flabby whitish body

metaphor:  "Cancer running wild."  So named because its outward appearance 
is suggestive of a cancerous mass.  

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Closer

area:  Subway, amusement park  

character:  Monster that has an extremely large body.  Attacks with blades 
that come out of the ends of its arms 

metaphor:  Named "closer" because of its ability to obstruct a route with 
its huge body.  It also has the appearance of a Mandarin from the previous 
work that has risen above ground.

(note:  The creature's name implies "someone that closes (something)" 
instead of the more common use of the word meaning "getting nearer.")   

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Slurper

area:  Office building, church  

character:  Humanoid being that crawls along the floor.  Plays dead in 
order to lure its prey  

metaphor:  "Slurper."  Named for its habit of slurping up the rust-colored 
blood and bits of flesh that stick to the floor with its pointed bill.

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Nurse

area:  Hospital  

character:  Nurse-type monster that carries a handgun and iron pipe

metaphor:  A nurse that roams the halls of the hospital.  It may be that
the nurses of the hospital transformed into monsters, but the details 
are unclear.

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Split worm

area:  Shopping mall  

character:  Gigantic worm with jaws inside the tip of its head

metaphor:  "Split worm."  It is patterned after the "split head" creature
that appears in the first game. 

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Glutton

area:  Office building  

character:  An extremely large cylindrical monster.  Regardless of what
weapons are used on it, it is impassable

metaphor:  "Glutton."  Although it is a "monster" that appears in a story 
from a picture book, its form is manifested by the power of the otherworld.

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Memory of Alessa

area:  Amusement park  

character:  A facsimile of Heather that attacks and attempts to kill her

metaphor:  "Alessa's obsession."  Alessa's "other mind" that was separated 
seventeen years ago, it is a memory that clings to this place.

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Valtiel

area:  Hospital, church

character:  Appears in various places, but does not attack Heather

metaphor:  Derived from "valet."  As God's attendant, Valtiel observes Heather 
in order to ensure the birth of God.

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Missionary

area:  Apartment building 

character:  Humanoid monster that obeys Claudia and carries out her commands

metaphor:  "Missionary."  Cult member transfigured by Claudia's power, to 
Heather's eyes the appearance it takes is that of a monster.

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Scraper

area:  Church  

character:  Humanoid monster that carries a weapon in each hand.  Moves with 
great speed 

metaphor: "Scraper."  So named for its habit of incessantly scraping the two 
sharp-edged tools it carries together.  

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Leonard

area: Below the hospital  

character:  Lurks in the water and surfaces to attack without warning

metaphor:  Leonard's transfigured form.  The shape he has assumed is the 
embodiment of Claudia's hatred or of Heather's terror.

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The God

area:  Church	  

character:  God that manipulates flames.  The lower half of its body is in an 
immature state due to its birth

metaphor:  As a result of being born from Claudia's womb, its form is close to 
the image of God she believed in (that of Alessa).




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