For the most part, they seem to leave Dahlia alone, but if she is near, they throw rocks at her. This is presumably because they know that if they kill Dahlia, then Alessa's rage would only intensify their torment. The cultists seem to let Dahlia live instead of killing her. A final possible reason is that Alessa may have vowed that she wouldn't reunite with her mother until she completed her revenge on the cult. It is also possible Alessa doesn't want her mother to see her in such a poor pathetic condition, covered in bandages with melted skin, as it may intensify her mother's guilt and worsen her mental health. It is possible this is because Alessa is bedridden and the path to her hospital room in Brookhaven is dangerous. Likewise, it is unknown why Alessa doesn't reunite with Dahlia either. In other words, Dahlia is likely immune to the dangers of the Fog World and the Otherworld because Dahlia is the mother of Alessa, who controls these worlds, and is still loved by her.ĭahlia apparently doesn't know where Alessa is and searches endlessly for her. Dahlia seems to be the only one not to be attacked by the creatures because "Mother is God in the eyes of a child", although this hasn't been entirely proven and it is still possible the monsters are somewhat hostile to her. She was cast out of the cult, which comprised the sole remaining people living in the Alessa's alternate world and was looked on with disdain by their members.ģ0 years later, Dahlia appears to be very haggard and unclean, wearing old rags, with matted, unwashed hair and long, dirty toenails and fingernails.
Soon, Dahlia was brought into Alessa's Otherworld and was forced to live with the horrific monsters conjured by her daughter's rage, as well as her immense burden of guilt for not being able to protect Alessa. Dahlia screamed at the sight and was dragged away by the police, while officer Thomas Gucci removed Alessa from her shackles and carried her to Brookhaven Hospital. She ran to get the police, returning sometime later, only to find Alessa shackled onto a large iron seal, still alive with fourth degree burns over her entire body. In the hotel, Christabella asked Dahlia to leave, saying "We fight the sin, not the sinner", and dragged a screaming Alessa through the secret doorway.ĭahlia reacting to the sight of her burned daughter.ĭahlia realized she was tricked and deceived and that the cult intended to kill her child. Alessa was taken to the sacrificial chamber located in the Grand Hotel. Dahlia agreed despite not knowing entirely what Christabella would do to Alessa. When she arrived, Christabella tried to convince Dahlia that Alessa was "filth" that must be "purified", but was vague about what it entailed. In November 1974, Alessa was sexually assaulted by the school janitor and Dahlia was called to the school to take her home. Alessa's ostracism weighed heavily on Dahlia, who loved her child, but was unable to stop the machinations of the Brethren.Ĭhristabella convincing Dahlia to purify Alessa. In addition, it is possible Alessa possessed witch-like psychic powers, as shown in the original script. Because of this, Alessa was ostracized by the townspeople and was considered to be a witch and "sin incarnate". When Dahlia was around 24, she gave birth to an illegitimate child named Alessa, whose father she refused to name. A small shrine to this deity can be seen in Dahlia's apartment, which overlooks Nathan Drugs.
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There are implications throughout the series that Dahlia would physically abuse and lock Alessa in her attic for refusing to believe and pray to God in order to force her daughter into her religion.Dahlia was a member of a religious cult led by Christabella based out of Silent Hill, West Virginia, which appears to worship a female deity. Although Dahlia envisions a "paradise", the benevolence of the cult's deity is in doubt.ĭahlia is the abusive mother of Alessa Gillespie she set Alessa on fire, gave her fourth-degree burns, and kept her in excruciating pain and suffering for seven years, all in the name of her god and religion.
Dahlia is the leader and a priestess of the Order, a cult that worships its own god and is devoted to engineering its birth. She is one of the series' first antagonists, being the main antagonist in Silent Hill and Silent Hill: Origins, and is responsible for most of the terrible events that have occurred in Silent Hill. Dahlia also appears in the game's prequel, Silent Hill: Origins, and is re-imagined in Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. Dahlia Gillespie is a character in Silent Hill, its Play Novel, the film of the same name, and its subsequent sequel.
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