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All rights reserved. || || || ||====================---------=====---------====================|| || || || Silent Hill 2 || || || || Developer: KCET (Team Silent) || || Publisher: Konami || || Original Platforms: PlayStation 2/Xbox/PC || || Genre: Adventure || || Origin: Japan || || Number of Players: 1 || || Initial Release Date: September 24, 2001 || || ESRB Rating: "M" for Mature || || || ||====================---------=====---------====================|| || || || This FAQ covers all content from: || || || || - Silent Hill 2 || || - Silent Hill 2 (Greatest Hits) || || - Silent Hill 2: Director's Cut || || - Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams || || - Silent Hill 2: Inner Fears || || - Silent Hill 2: Saigo no Uta || || - Silent Hill 2 HD || || || ||====================---------=====---------====================|| || || || W A N T T O R A T E T H I S F A Q ? || || || || If you feel that this FAQ has helped you in any way and || || you wish to thank me, feel free to do so by appropriately || || rating it wherever possible. Thank you. || || || ==---------------------------------------------------------------== TABLE OF CONTENTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. UPDATES 2. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 3. MEMOS MAIN SCENARIO: LETTER FROM SILENT HEAVEN...................[lfsh] SUB SCENARIO: BORN FROM A WISH............................[bfaw] 4. CREDITS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [SEARCH]: Press CTRL/CMD + F to bring up the search menu. Copy the code from the Table of Contents above for the section you would like to visit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================== 1. U P D A T E S ========================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOST RECENT UPDATES: [12/31/2019] - New Year's Eve - 80 KB [FINAL] Refreshing this document from my updated walkthrough. Been way too long to know what's new but I've added at least one hidden note since then. [12/31/2004] - New Year's Eve - 55 KB Fixed some minor errors and edited the top disclaimer. [08/28/2004] - 54 KB Added 14 more memos and aligned all memos exactly as they appear in the game. Should have everything here now. [07/28/2003] - 35 KB 4 more memos, updates and another FAQ added. [07/12/2003] 12 memos added, updates to the Blood-soaked newspaper. [06/26/2003] 14 memos added, corrected some errors and added more FAQs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================== 2. F R E Q U E N T L Y A S K E D Q U E S T I O N S ========================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q: What are memos? A: In the real world they're usually small notes for reminders, updates, and so on, regularly used in business. In Silent Hill 2 they are notes that often contain important information pertaining to puzzles, finding items, or just serving as interesting lore. Q: Is there any way to read a memo again without returning to where it was found? A: Yep, just check the Memo section of your inventory. This records all the more important and generally longer notes found, while minor notes that don't pertain to you are often not recorded. Q: What's up with the Swamp Monument, Blood-soaked newspaper and Jennifer Carroll memos? A: The blanked out areas are missing letters that are scratched out or covered with something and are unreadable. Q: Is there any way to read those full memos in game? A: It was rumoured that you needed to clear all endings to unlock the full memos, but this has since been proven untrue and they are not fully-legible in any version. The PC version does contain the original text in its code however, and this is how the original contents can be determined. This FAQ contains both the original and fully-legible versions of each of these memos. Q: Are these all the memos in the whole game? A: Yep, absolutely. I'm fairly sure I've got all the small notes and name plates everywhere as well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================== 3. M E M O S ========================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================== M A I N S C E N A R I O [lfsh] ========================================================================== During the game you will find several documents and notes of different kinds lying around, which are generally all attributed as "memos". Once found, these memos can be referenced in the Memo section of your inventory. Keep in mind that you will also find several notes of minor importance which do not appear in that menu. This section contains each and every memo found in the game in addition to all these minor notes, listed below in each category. ================= Table of Contents ================= Memos ----- Swamp Monument Memo next to corpse #1 Memo next to corpse #2 Memo next to corpse #3 Memo next to corpse #4 Memo next to corpse #5 Memo next to corpse #6 Newspaper from shop window Map found on bar Wall scratches "Three different sizes, time on the run." "Three needles stand of three different heights." Article about murder incident Sightseeing brochure Wallet in toilet bowl "Dear Tim" "To the right is the lady." "Three bright coins in five holes be" "First lies the seat of He" "Like coins in the hazy aether tossed" Map found near bridge Patient record Doctor's journal Number written on the whiteboard Whiteboard graffiti Imprint on carbon paper "Tern tern tern the numbers" "Louise" Diary from roof "The basement's basement." "She is an angel" "I took the direckters's key" "There's a letter and a wrench." "The key is in the park." Words written on the wall. Pyramid Head painting "Waterfront landscape" Painting 1, from cell Painting 2, from cell Painting 3, from cell Inscription on gallows Legend of the Lake Prison guard's diary Blood-soaked newspaper "Please someone save me" "Dead men, dead men" Condemned man's diary "Death upon the head of the sinner" Receptionist memo Photos from trunk Extra Memos ----------- "The Road to Tomorrow" "Choosing Death" "How to be a Happy Couple" Item Memos ---------- Letter from Mary Book: "Lost Memories" Laura's Letter Book: "Crimson Ceremony" Letter from Mary (full) Tape Transcripts ---------------- Videotape Notes ----- Bar Neely's "The door that wakes in darkness" Another Conclusion "The scars from the past" Rosewater Park stone Patrick Chester "In memory of the sixty seven who died" Jennifer Carroll East Lakeview Hotel billboard Historical Society billboard West Lakeview Hotel billboard Heaven's Night billboard Jacks Inn billboard Pete's Bowl-O-Rama billboard Heaven's Night neon sign Refrigerator note Joseph Historical Society plate Wiltse Coal Mine Brookhaven Hospital Prisoner note Banquet painting Skewering painting Toluca Prison Camp painting Counterfeiter Kidnapper Thief Bodily Injurer Arsonist Swindler Embezzler Murderer Notice! The Felon Walter Sullivan's Tombstone Miriam K.'s Tombstone James' Tombstone Angela's Tombstone Eddie's Tombstone Toluca Lake dock wall Hotel Map note Venus tears plate Weight allowance note Heater note Music Box puzzle m e m o s ===---=-====---=-====---=-====---=-=====---===--=-=====---=-=====---=-=-== All of these memos can be found in the Memo menu of your inventory once you've read them. Some contain helpful information pertaining to puzzles while others may just be an interesting read of additional lore. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Swamp Monument Location: On the west sidewalk near the north end of Lindsey Street, East South Vale. Content: Remains of _____ Swamp The _____ers of land surroun____ __is monument was originally swamp, but was later fil____ Fr_____ng ago, t___________s nicknamed Blood Swamp because the _________ers poured the wat__ _sed to wash the ex__________ols in here. Perhaps it's fo_______________hat many pe________m to have s___ ________n the area. [Fully-legible version:] Remains of Blood Swamp The x meters of land surrounding this monument was originally swamp, but was later filled in. From long ago, the swamp was nicknamed Blood Swamp because the executioners poured the water used to wash the execution tools in here. Perhaps it's for that reason that many people seem to have seen ghosts in the area. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Memo next to corpse #1 Location: On the ground by the corpse at the north end of Neely Street, East South Vale. Content: I'm going to write everything that I've learned so far. Maybe that will help you out somehow. If you're reading this, it probably means I'm already dead. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Memo next to corpse #2 Location: On the ground by the corpse at the north end of Neely Street, East South Vale. Content: I saw those demons. They were there, I'm certain. But my friend says he didn't see anything. If that's true, does that mean that what I saw was an illusion? But whether that demon that ate human beings was real, or whether it was just some kind of hallucination that my mind dreamed up... one thing I know for sure is that I'm beyond all hope. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Memo next to corpse #3 Location: On the ground by the corpse at the north end of Neely Street, East South Vale. Content: It seems that they're attracted to light. That's why people who need light to see are their natural prey. They also react strongly to sound. If you want to go on living, you'd be better off just sitting in the dark and staying quiet. But even that probably won't save you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Memo next to corpse #4 Location: On the ground by the corpse at the north end of Neely Street, East South Vale. Content: If you're going to try to fight them, the most important thing is to relax. It's dangerous to fire a gun while you're all crazy with fear. Take good aim, and then squeeze the trigger. And don't forget to finish them off. I think most of those creatures can be killed, even if they are tougher than people. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Memo next to corpse #5 Location: On the ground by the corpse at the north end of Neely Street, East South Vale. Content: Run away. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Memo next to corpse #6 Location: On the ground by the corpse at the north end of Neely Street, East South Vale. Content: Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Newspaper from shop window Location: On the paper on the inside of the window in Neely's Bar, Neely Street, East South Vale. Content: There was a HOLE here. It's gone now. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Map found on bar Location: On the bar inside Neely's Bar, Neely Street, East South Vale. Content: [map with "?" labelled at the top of Martin Street] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Wall scratches Location: On the wall in the clock room of room 208, Wood Side Apartments 2F. Content: Henry Mildred Scott [each of the three names on the wall has a scratched line to the left of the name, pointing in a certain direction] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "Three different sizes, time on the run." (Easy Riddle Level) Location: On the living room stand of room 208, Wood Side Apartments 2F. Content: Three different sizes, time on the run. Three young men circlin' round the sun. Henry is short and very, very slow, Scott can't stop, he's always on the go. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "Three needles stand of three different heights." (Normal, Hard, Extra Riddle Level) Location: On the living room stand of room 208, Wood Side Apartments 2F. Content: Three needles stand of three different heights. The fat, the tall and the thin. From slow to fast they move to the right. Scott rests not on three, but fifteen. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Article about murder incident Location: At the bottom of the garbage chute just outside Wood Side Apartments, after knocking the garbage loose from 2F. Content: The police announced today that Walter Sullivan, who was arrested on the 18th of this month for the brutal murder of Billy Locane and his sister Miriam, committed suicide in his jail cell early on the morning of the 22nd. According to the police statement, Sullivan used a soup spoon to stab himself in the neck, severing his carotid artery. By the time the guard discovered him, Sullivan was dead from blood loss, the spoon buried two inches in his neck. An old schoolmate of Walter Sullivan's from his hometown of Pleasant River said "He didn't look like the type of guy who would kill kids. But I do remember that just before they arrested him he was blurting out all sorts of strange stuff like 'He's trying to kill me. He's trying to punish me. The monster... the red devil. Forgive me. I did it, but it wasn't me!'." The schoolmate then added "I guess now that I think of it, he was kinda crazy." -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Sightseeing brochure Location: On the cabinet in room 104, Wood Side Apartments 1F. Content: Welcome to Silent Hill! Silent Hill, a quiet little lakeside resort town. We're happy to have you. Take some time out of your busy schedules and enjoy a nice restful vacation here. Row after row of quaint old houses, a gorgeous mountain landscape, and a lake which shows different sides of its beauty with the passing of the day, from sunrise to late afternoons to sunset. Silent Hill will move you and fill you with a feeling of deep peace. I hope your time here will be pleasant and your memories will last forever. Editor: Roger Widmark -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Wallet in toilet bowl Location: Inside the toilet in the washroom of room 203, Blue Creek Apartments 2F. Content: # # >> # # << # # >> # # (# - number, roman numeral or letter, depending on riddle difficulty) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "Dear Tim" Location: Pinned on the door to room 209, Blue Creek Apartments 2F. Content: Dear Tim, I have to run an errand so I'm going out. I left the house key with Uncle David (You know where he lives, don't you? The key is in the room near the first floor staircase.). I'll be back as soon as I can, so please watch the place while I'm gone. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "To the right is the lady." (Easy Riddle Level) Location: Engraved in the secretarial desk in room 105, Blue Creek Apartments 1F. Content: To the right is the lady. To the left is the old one. In the center crawls the other. Now just two spaces remain, But fear not for now, The puzzle is done. The puzzle is done. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "Three bright coins in five holes be" (Normal Riddle Level) Location: Engraved in the secretarial desk in room 105, Blue Creek Apartments 1F. Content: Three bright coins in five holes be At one end sits the Seducer of she The wind from behind the woman doth play The Formless One, Null, lies furthest from they The Old One beside the Serpent sits not. Tis to the Prisoner's left that he doth rot -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "First lies the seat of He" (Hard Riddle Level) Location: Engraved in the secretarial desk in room 105, Blue Creek Apartments 1F. Content: First lies the seat of He who is Peerless Silent and empty, heartless and fearless Beside him sits one who knows The place of the servant is next to the throne Dozens of feet, yet not a single toe The One that is Hidden beside him doth go Seducer of dreams, creature of Hades Lying further from Man and closer to Lady Man and Woman seeing all Heedless to the Raven's call Silent and Hidden the two may be They be not there for you to see Return them to whence they would be And blessing shall descend on thee I speak thus with the North Star behind me The birth of the sun is the start of the story -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "Like coins in the hazy aether tossed" (Extra Riddle Level) Location: Engraved in the secretarial desk in room 105, Blue Creek Apartments 1F. Content: Like coins in the hazy aether tossed Our souls must by their sinful weight Descend to earth with lightness lost To "right" the sins that they hath laid When thrice in falling they intone Then Happiness shall be thy own The first note be not by the Horned One rung Though it be there that all sins be sprung The Bringer of Life and the Bringer of Shame The sins of the latter be ever more tame Though coming in the Aged One's wake The Formless One's soul in fear doth quake The Needless One, silent, with hungers all sated Is least then in sin with his lusts all abated For the gravest of sinners His place be appointed And if he be lucky May his soul be anointed -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Map found near bridge Location: On the ground by the corpse near the bridge at the northwest end of Nathan Avenue, West South Vale. Content: [Map with circle around Pete's-Bowl-O-Rama] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Patient record Location: On the desk in the Reception Office, Brookhaven Hospital 1F. Content: [Jack Davis] He has attempted suicide three times in the past for reasons unknown. Although he is normally a model patient who follows doctor's and nurse's orders, he must be watched closely due to his past pattern of sudden and violent suicide attempts. [Joseph Barkin] His illness seems to be rooted in the fact that he believes he is guilty of causing his daughter's death. His symptoms suggest a psychotic break and paranoid delusions. Normally calm, but has a tendency towards violence when excited. [Joshua Lewis] History of hospitalization as well as numerous assault, battery and other violent offenses. He has a strong persecution complex and a tendency to solve things through violence. Extreme caution necessary. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Doctor's journal Location: On the desk in the Document Room, Brookhaven Hospital 1F. Content: The potential for this illness exists in all people and, under the right circumstances, any man or woman would be driven, like him, to "the other side." The "other side" perhaps may not be the best way to phrase it. After all, there is no wall between here and there. It lies on the borders where reality and unreality intersect. It is a place both close and distant. Some say it isn't even an illness. I cannot agree with them. I'm a doctor, not a philosopher or even a psychiatrist. But sometimes I have to ask myself this question. It's true that to us his imaginings are nothing but the inventions of a busy mind. But to him, there simply is no other reality. Furthermore he is happy there. So why, I ask myself, why in the name of healing him must we drag him painfully into the world of our own reality? (Something else is written by hand.) I got the key from Joseph. It's probably the key to that box. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Number written on the whiteboard (Easy, Normal Riddle Level) Location: On the whiteboard on the wall in the Doctor's Lounge, Brookhaven Hospital 1F. Content: 3rd floor patient wing hall - 7335 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Whiteboard graffiti (Hard, Extra Riddle Level) Location: On the whiteboard on the wall in the Doctor's Lounge, Brookhaven Hospital 1F. Content: The pin number this month is "T". Last month it was "X" and before that it was "Z." But what are they going to do next month? That's all they can express with 4 numbers. Anyway does the door to the Patient Wing really need to have its combination changed this often? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Imprint on carbon paper Location: In the typewriter on the desk in Examining Room 3, Brookhaven Hospital 2F. Content: [Easy/Normal Riddle Level] i know it i know the number of the box # # # # it cant help him anymore the button key doesnt scare me so nobody can stop who i am i don't know who i am is who i am is who i am is [# - randomized number] [Hard/Extra Riddle Level] i know it the secret i'll give them something to deal with this demon shelter is of no use any more he is my instrument he must follow my orders yes, the box will be useless now i must not forget it # # # # that's good he is the lowest now i too will be free and he will serve me i am a genius no one can stop me one can stop me no one can stop me can stop can stop no no [# - randomized number] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "Louise" Location: Written on the wall in room S14, Brookhaven Hospital 3F. Content: Louise I'll take care of you four ever. It's my destiny! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Diary from roof Location: On the ground on the roof of Brookhaven Hospital. Content: May 9 Rain. Stared out the window all day. Peaceful here - nothing to do. Still not allowed to go outside. May 10 Still raining. Talked with the doctor a little. Would they have saved me if I didn't have a family to feed? I know I'm pathetic, weak. Not everyone can be strong. May 11 Rain again. The meds made me feel sick today. If I'm only better when I'm drugged, then who am I anyway? May 12 Rain as usual. I don't want to cause any more trouble for anyone, but I'm a bother either way. Can it really be a such a sin to run instead of fight? Some people may say so, but they don't have to live in my shoes. It may be selfish, but it's what I want. It's too hard like this. It's just too hard.... May 13 It's clear outside. The doctors told me I've been released - that I've got to go home. I ----------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "Tern tern tern the numbers" Location: On the wall inside the unlocked cell in the Special Treatment Room, Brookhaven Hospital 3F. Content: [random four-digit code on wall above writing] Tern tern tern the numbers better not forget them So I'll right them down here The other one, my secret name -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "The basement's basement." Location: On the covered table in room M6, Nightmare Hospital 2F. Content: I was locked up inside the basement's basement. It was so small and dark and I was so afraid. I dropped my precious ring. But I will never, ever go back there. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "She is an angel" Location: On the bed in room S11, Nightmare Hospital 2F. Content: She is an angel no one knows only I can see the Lady of the Door they cannot walk along her Bridge of Thread they fall from the weight of their crimes. Like bloated and ugly corpses their sins she devours them sin and sinner alike she saves me she is an angel. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "I took the direckters's key" Location: On the ground in the patient wing stairwell, Nightmare Hospital. Content: I took the direckters's key - the one to the mooseum. I hid it behind the preying woman when I went out for the day trip. I picked it up but I did not steal it. I'm not a krimminal. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "There's a letter and a wrench." Location: On the desk in the Director's Room, Nightmare Hospital 1F. Content: [map with something written on it] He who is not bold enough to be stared at from across the abyss is not bold enough to stare into it himself. The truth can only be learned by marching forward. Follow the map. There's a letter and a wrench. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "The key is in the park." Location: On the porch of the second house north from Gonzale's Mexican Restaurant on Lindsey Street, Dark South Vale. Content: Or perhaps you are a fool. The truth usually betrays people. A part of that abyss is in the old society. The key to the society is in the park. At the foot of the praying woman, inside of the ground, inside of a box. To open it, I need a wrench. My patient buried it there. I knew, but did nothing. It made me uneasy to have such a thing near. I wasn't looking for the truth, I was looking for tranquility. I also saw that thing. I fled, but the museum was sealed as well. Now no one dares to approach that place. If you still do not wish to stop, James, I pray to the Lord to have mercy on your eternal soul. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Words written on the wall. Location: On the wall in Neely's Bar, Neely Street, Dark South Vale. Content: If you really want to see Mary, you should just die. But you might be heading to a different place than Mary, James. [Note: the above is what is captioned, however the following is the exact representation of the words on the wall.] If you ReaLly want to sEE Mary, you shOUld just DiE But You mIght be hEadiNg to A diffErent place than MARY, James. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Pyramid Head painting Location: On the wall in the first exhibition room, Silent Hill Historical Society. Content: [painting of Pyramid Head with hanged corpses] "Misty day, remains of the Judgment" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "Waterfront landscape" Location: On the wall in the first exhibition room, Silent Hill Historical Society. Content: "Waterfront landscape" Allen Smith (Date of birth and death unknown) A scene of this area from long ago. From the style, it looks like it was done sometime around 1820. There were a lot fewer people then, and only a handful of buildings. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Painting 1, from cell. Location: Inside the first cell from the east in the north cellblock, Toluca Prison 1F. Content: Burning Man -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Painting 2, from cell. Location: Inside the first cell from the east in the north cellblock, Toluca Prison 1F. Content: Woman in Flight -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Painting 3, from cell. Location: Inside the first cell from the east in the north cellblock, Toluca Prison 1F. Content: 436 People at a Recital -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Inscription on gallows Location: On the front of the scaffold in the courtyard of Toluca Prison. Content: I give you blood to atone for the Three Sins. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Legend of the Lake Location: On the desk in the warden's office, Toluca Prison 1F. Content: Toluca Lake, the town's main tourist attraction. This clear, beautiful lake has another side as well. It may seem like just a typical ghost story that you might find in any number of old towns across the country. But in this case, the legend is true. On a fog-bound November day in 1918, the Little Baroness, a ship filled with tourists, failed to return to port. A newspaper article from back then simply says "It most likely sunk for some reason". Despite an extensive police search, not a single fragment of the ship nor any of the 14 bodies of passengers or crew has ever been recovered to this day. In 1939, an even stranger incident occurred. (There are many pages torn out.) Many corpses rest at the bottom of this lake. Their bony hands reach up towards the boats that pass overhead. Perhaps they reach for their comrades. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Prison guard's diary Location: In the bookshelf to the left of the desk in the warden's office, Toluca Prison 1F Content: Prisoners do not feel remorse. In fact, they do not feel themselves to be villains at all. Even the most uneducated brute will use what little words he knows to justify himself. And such trifling dreams they have, flourishing even in the darkness. Prisoners, too, are no exception. No matter how foul nor loathsome one's own life and existence may be, human nature is abiding. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Blood-soaked newspaper Location: On the floor in the small entryway before the Abstract Daddy boss fight in the Labyrinth. Content: The bo____f a man later identified as Thomas Oro_____Lumberjack, ag_ 39) was discovered in the ________________om lying fa______ The probable cause of dea____as multiple stab wounds to the front of the neck and the left side of the torso by a sharp edged weapon. The estimated____e of death was somewhere between 11:00 p.____nd 12:30 midnight. Due to signs of struggle in the room and the lack of a murder weapon, police are cons__ering this a homicide and have opened a murder investigation. Furthermore, given the fact that the cash in the room was untouched and Mr. Oro_____ad a history of drunkenness and violence, the polic______ect that t_____tive was not robbery____ _________ of crime o______ion. [Fully-legible version:] The body of a man later identified as Thomas Orosco, Lumberjack, age 39) was discovered in the middle of the room lying face up. The probable cause of death was multiple stab wounds to the front of the neck and the left side of the torso by a sharp edged weapon. The estimated time of death was somewhere between 11:00 p.m. and 12:30 midnight. Due to signs of struggle in the room and the lack of a murder weapon, police are considering this a homicide and have opened a murder investigation. Furthermore, given the fact that the cash in the room was untouched and Mr. Orosco had a history of drunkenness and violence, the police suspect that the motive was not robbery but some sort of crime of passion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "Please someone save me" (Easy Riddle Level) Location: On the fence in the room with the six nooses, Labyrinth. Content: He committed an evil crime. He turned a happy home into a pile of ash. For that, he should die. They also committed crimes. They tried to fraud and trick others. So their reward too is natural. Even he cannot be forgiven, My friend without his left hand. And so his death bothers me not. And what of him? He also is not sinless. There is only one here who is innocent. The missing child was nowhere to be found, And so there was no proof of his guilt. His death was a tragedy. That is all I wish to say. It was neither justice nor retribution. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "Dead men, dead men" (Normal Riddle Level) Location: On the fence in the room with the six nooses, Labyrinth. Content: Dead men, dead men swinging in a tree How many dead men do you see? Tongue turned blue and face gone grey Watch them as they twist and sway The first one killed the butcher man Then cooked him in the frying pan Served him to his hungry guests And gave them seconds on request The next one with his smile and sweets Stole poor children off the streets To men who dressed unsavory He sold them into slavery Breaking into a home at night The thief he had a nasty fright Filled his foolish head with ale Woke in the morn in the county jail The artist with his daunting skill Tried his hand at painting bills But caught in rain he was undone When the ink he'd use did start to run With promises of great return Taking gold he did not earn Bundled it up out of sight Quietly slipped off into night Three houses into ashes burned The sheriff with no place to turn Did spy a stranger to his town Locked him up and beat him down Dead men, dead men swinging in a tree How many dead men do you see? Six feet long and six men wide Round their necks the noose be tied -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Condemned man's diary (Hard Riddle Level) Location: On the fence in the room with the six nooses, Labyrinth. Content: I do not wish to die. But tomorrow I will climb the thirteen steps. Please someone - answer me, Why must I die come the morning? The man imprisoned beside me believed me. "Because they're all insane, that's why," he said. Of course I know his opinion will change nothing. "Now you know why I struck out at them," he muttered. The man who was executed yesterday, the one who had said his job was to sell dreams, said that was not true. But the man who is to be executed the day after tomorrow for stealing children shouted back that it was true. The man who was hung today did not answer. "They'll kill me either way," he said. He was caught embezzling public money, so he hasn't any hope for mercy. The man who is always quietly smiling to himself said "I am happy for I will soon be with her." I do not wish to die. I long only to return home. But I know it is not to be. Though I have done nothing, this crime has been thrust upon me. Someone save me. This is not judgement. They are bloodthirsty and I am their sacrificial lamb! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "Death upon the head of the sinner" (Extra Riddle Level) Location: On the fence in the room with the six nooses, Labyrinth. Content: We may visit death upon the head of the sinner but to what avail? In the name of retribution, we took part in a bitter comedy this day. You, hanging as you do, by your neck, Unforgiven and cursed by all. Five of them committed crimes, six went out for a drink and were captured there. Only one of them was innocent, but they knew not that. The bloodstains remaining are proof of their guilt. Trodden upon and thus created, they are the paths to Hell or the Void. The white bandages stained with crimson, The remains upon the scorched black earth, The whispered cries of the maiden. They are but a meaningless contract. They are also signs of guilt. But one of them was done without reason. It was done out of fear and a ripe imagination. Spinning alone at the end of a rope, it is nothing less than a disgrace to us all. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Receptionist memo Location: On the Reception counter in the Lobby, Lake View Hotel 1F Content: Mr. James Sunderland, The videotape you forgot here is being kept in the office on the 1st floor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Photos of trunk Location: On the bed in room 202, Lake View Hotel 2F. Content: [random four-letter code word] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- e x t r a m e m o s =---=====--=-====---=-=====---=-====----=====--=-====-----=-=====---===-== These are secret memos that provide hints on achieving one of the main three endings of the game. Only one can appear at a time in a New Game Plus, corresponding to one of the main endings (or the only one) you have not yet received. Once all main endings have been achieved, none of these memos will ever appear again in your save file. Read more about them in the Unlockables and Secrets section. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "The Road to Tomorrow" Location: On the sewing machine table in room 205, Wood Side Apartments 2F. Content: "The Road to Tomorrow" The first step to a healthy life is to avoid illness. That may sound obvious, but it's also very important. Instead of working to heal yourself after you're sick, it's better to avoid getting sick in the first place. Also you have to maintain a positive, optimistic outlook on life. It's no use worrying over things that have happened in the past. You've got to get outside and play in the fresh air once in a while, instead of just sitting inside reading difficult books. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "How to be a Happy Couple" Location: On the sewing machine table in room 205, Wood Side Apartments 2F. Content: "How to be a Happy Couple" Do you really love her? In sickness and in health? If you truly love her, then you must act. It all depends on how hard you fight for her. Whatever happens, don't give up. Always try just one more time. Even though there may be hard times, never turn to another woman. And if it comes to it, you must be willing to protect her with your very life. After all, true love means a willingness to sacrifice. Be true to your heart and with luck, things will work out in the end. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "Choosing Death" Location: On the sewing machine table in room 205, Wood Side Apartments 2F. Content: "Choosing Death" When life is filled with nothing but despair, some people choose to end it all. I once chose that path for myself as well. At the time I felt that I had no other choices. After I made my decision, it became the only thing binding me into this world. Sometimes I would cry to myself while thinking of the past, but mostly all I did was plan over and over again how and when I was going to kill myself. I did stupid, dangerous things. I figured it didn't matter since I was going to die anyway, so I went out of my way to invite disaster. I stopped taking to people and it didn't bother me even when friendships grew distant. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- i t e m m e m o s ---===--=-=====---==--=---====-------===---=-==-=====----====---=-===----- The memos in this section can be found in your inventory as items once they have been obtained, except for Mary's full letter, which is really the full version of the Letter from Mary that James starts off with. In order to read the content of these memos once they're in your inventory, highlight the item and select "Examine". The locations for the memos below are the locations of the items themselves. Other descriptions of certain memos upon examining or simply viewing in your inventory can be found in the Item List section. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Letter from Mary Location: In James's possession from the beginning of the game. Content: In my restless dreams, I see that town. Silent Hill. You promised you'd take me there again someday. But you never did. Well I'm alone there now... In our "special place"... Waiting for you... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Book: "Lost Memories" Location: Inside the newspaper stand at the Texxon Gas Station, West South Vale (only in a New Game Plus). Content: The name comes from the legend of the people whose land was stolen from them. They called this place "The Place of the Silent Spirits." By "Spirits," they meant not only their dead relatives, but also the spirits that they believed inhabited the trees, rocks and water around them. According to legend, this was where the holiest ceremonies took place. But it was not the ancestors of those who now live in this town that first stole the land from these people. There were others who came before. In those days, this town went by another name. But that name is now hopelessly lost in the veils of time. All we know is that there was another name, and that for some reason the town was once abandoned by its residents. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Laura's Letter Location: Acquired from Laura in the Restaurant "Lake Shore", Lake View Hotel 1F. Content: My dearest Laura, I'm leaving this letter with Rachel to give to you after I'm gone. I'm far away now. In a quiet, beautiful place. Please forgive me for not saying goodbye before I left. Be well, Laura. Don't be too hard on the sisters. And Laura, about James... I know you hate him because you think he isn't nice to me, but please give him a chance. It's true he may be a little surly sometimes, and he doesn't laugh much. But underneath he's really a sweet person. Laura... I love you like my very own daughter. If things had worked out differently, I was hoping to adopt you. Happy 8th birthday, Laura. Your friend forever, Mary -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Book: "Crimson Ceremony" Location: On the bookshelf behind the desk in the Reading Room, Nightmare Hotel 2F (only in a New Game Plus). Content: Speak. I am the Crimson One. The lies and the mist are not they but I. You all know that I am One. Yes, and the One is I. Believers hearken to me! Twenty score men and seven thousand beasts. Heed my words and speaketh them to all, that they shall ever be obeyed even under the light of the proud and merciless sun. I shall bring down bitter vengeance upon thee and thou shalt suffer my eternal wrath. The beauty of the withering flower and the last struggles of the dying man, they are my blessings. Thou shalt ever call upon me and all that is me in the place that is silent. Oh, proud fragrance of life which
flies towards the heart. Oh Cup
which brims with the whitest of
wine, it is in thee that all begins.
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Title:    Letter from Mary (full)
Location: Acquired from Mary in the ending, after completing the game with
          one of the three main endings (letter is read by Mary).
Content:

In my restless dreams,
I see that town.
Silent Hill.

You promised you'd take me
there again someday.
But you never did.

Well I'm alone there now...
In our "special place"...

Waiting for you...

Waiting for you to
come to see me.

But you never do.

And so I wait, wrapped in my
cocoon of pain and loneliness.

I know I've done a terrible
thing to you. Something you'll
never forgive me for.

I wish I could change
that, but I can't.

I feel so pathetic and ugly
laying here, waiting for you...

Every day I stare up at the cracks
in the ceiling and all I can think
about is how unfair it all is...

The doctor came today.
He told me I could go
home for a short stay.

It's not that I'm getting better.
It's just that this may be
my last chance...

I think you know what I mean...

Even so, I'm glad to be coming
home. I've missed you terribly.

But I'm afraid James.
I'm afraid you don't really
want me to come home.

Whenever you come see me,
I can tell how hard it is on you...

I don't know if you
hate me or pity me...
Or maybe I just disgust you....

I'm sorry about that.

When I first learned that
I was going to die, I just
didn't want to accept it.

I was so angry all the time and I
struck out at everyone I loved most.
Especially you, James.

That's why I understand
if you do hate me.

But I want you to
know this, James.

I'll always love you.

Even though our life together had
to end like this, I still wouldn't
trade it for the world. We had
some wonderful years together.

Well this letter has gone on
too long so I'll say goodbye.

I told the nurse to give
this to you after I'm gone.

That means that as you read
this, I'm already dead.

I can't tell you to remember me,
but I can't bear for you to
forget me.

These last few years since I
became ill...I'm so sorry for
what I did to you, did to us...

You've given me so much and
I haven't been able to return
a single thing.

That's why I want you to live
for yourself now.
Do what's best for you, James.

James...

You made me happy.
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t a p e  t r a n s c r i p t s
===-=-=====---=-===---=----=====----===-====--==---======---=-=====---====

This section includes material recorded onto tape, although there is only
one item, which is James' Videotape from the hotel. The location listed
below is the location of the item itself.


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Title:    Videotape
Location: Inside the open safe in the Office, Lake View Hotel 1F.
Content:

[Once the videotape is inserted into the VCR of room 312 of Lake View
Hotel, the following plays]


[Mary walks into the frame.]


Mary: Are you taping again?
      C'mon...


[She sits down in a chair by the window and looks outside.]


Mary: I don't know why, but I just 
      love it here. 

      It's so peaceful.

      You know what I heard?

      This whole area used to be a
      sacred place.

      I think I can see why. 

      It's too bad we have to leave... 

      Please promise you'll take me 
      again, James.


[Mary starts to cough and puts her head down as if she's embarrassed.]

[Static erupts over the screen and the video image flickers. After a while
we see Mary on her sickbed through the high volume of snow on the screen.

It's hard to see through the static, but we see James approach her and
lean over the bed for a moment.

Suddenly, he snatches her pillow from underneath her head, while the video
image flickers back and forth from other parts of the video. James
smothers her as she flails about, struggling for her life.

After a few moments, she stops moving and the video cuts to only static.]
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n o t e s
=======---=-=====---=-=====---===-=====--=-====---=-====---=-=----===---==

The following are small notes found throughout the game that will not be
listed in the Memo menu of your inventory, but they are often provide
interesting tidbits of information or lore, and are also captioned with
the same blue-tinted font as memos.

These notes don't actually have any titles in the game since there is no
list to sift through them, but I've added appropriate titles to identify
each.


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Title:    Bar Neely's
Location: On the couch inside the camper trailer at the Saul and Harris
          Street intersection, East South Vale.
Content:

I'll wait at "BAR Neely's"
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Title:    "The door that wakes in darkness"
Location: Written on the construction sheet wall by the door at the west
          end of Katz Street, East South Vale.
Content:

The door that wakes in darkness,
opening into nightmares.
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Title:    Another Conclusion
Location: On the sewing machine table in room 205, Wood Side Apartments
          2F, along with the other extra memo (only available if not all
          three main endings have been achieved).
Content:

"Searching for Another
Conclusion"
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Title:    "The scars from the past"
Location: Written on the right side of the clock in the clock room, room
          208, Wood Side Apartments 2F.
Content:

The scars from the past shall
remove the nail that stops Time.
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Title:    Rosewater Park stone
Location: To the right of the east entrance of Rosewater Park, West South
          Vale.
Content:

Rosewater Park
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Title:    Patrick Chester
Location: Engraved in a monument on the east side of Rosewater Park, West
          South Vale.
Content:

Patrick Chester, son of Edward.
He fought and died for the people,
for liberty and for all of our
tomorrows.
His memory lives on.
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Title:    In memory of the sixty seven who died
Location: Engraved in a monument along the lakefront of Rosewater Park,
          West South Vale.
Content:

In memory of the sixty seven
who died of illness and now sleep
beneath the lake.
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Title:    Jennifer Carroll
Location: Engraved in the praying woman monument at the west side of
          Rosewater Park, West South Vale.
Content:

Victim of persecution
by t__________ans.
Jenni___ Carroll lived
with pride and honor.
What happened here
shall never be forgotten.


[Fully-legible version:]

Victim of persecution
by the Christians
Jennifer Carroll lived
with pride and honor.
What happened here
shall never be forgotten.
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Title:    East Lakeview Hotel billboard
Location: Behind the ripped section of fence on the north side of Nathan
          Avenue near Rosewater Park, West South Vale.
Content:

Lakeview Hotel
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Title:    Historical Society billboard
Location: Along the north side of Nathan Avenue near Pete's Bowl-O-Rama,
          West South Vale.
Content:

Silent Hill Historical Society
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Title:    West Lakeview Hotel billboard
Location: Resting on the ground at the north side of Nathan Avenue near
          the destroyed bridge, West South Vale.
Content:

Lakeview Hotel
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Title:    Heaven's Night billboard
Location: Along the south side of Nathan Avenue near the destroyed bridge,
          West South Vale.
Content:

Heaven's Night
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Title:    Jacks Inn billboard
Location: Along the south side of Nathan Avenue near the Historical
          Society, West South Vale.
Content:

Jacks Inn
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Title:    Pete's Bowl-O-Rama billboard
Location: Along the south side of Nathan Avenue near the Historical
          Society, West South Vale.
Content:

Pete's Bowl-O-Rama
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Title:    Heaven's Night neon sign
Location: Inside on the wall by the front door to Heaven's Night, West
          South Vale.
Content:

Heaven's Night
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Title:    Refrigerator note
Location: Posted on the mini fridge in the Doctor's Lounge, Brookhaven
          Hospital 1F.
Content:

Food only! Do not store drugs!
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Title:    Joseph
Location: On the wall by the door to the unlocked cell in the Special
          Treatment Room, Brookhaven Hospital 3F.
Content:

If Joseph looks calm, he can be
taken out of his cell.
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Title:    Historical Society plate
Location: On the wall just outside the entrance to the Silent Hill
          Historical Society, Dark South Vale.
Content:

Silent Hill Historical Society
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Title:    Wiltse Coal Mine
Location: The caption under the missing painting in the first exhibition
          room of the Silent Hill Historical Society.
Content:

Wiltse Coal Mine
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Title:    Brookhaven Hospital
Location: The caption under the painting of the hospital in the second
          exhibition room of the Silent Hill Historical Society.
Content:

Brookhaven Hospital(1880)

This hospital was built in
response to a great plague
that followed a wave of
immigration to this area.
It was originally little more
than a shack, but it gradually
grew and grew.
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Title:    Prisoner note
Location: On the desk in the room at the bottom of the extremely long,
          descending hallway in the Silent Hill Historical Society.
Content:

September 11, 1820
Prisoner number: C-221
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Title:    Banquet painting
Location: On the wall in the room in the prison-esque hallway after moving
          through the room down the very long, descending hallway, beneath
          the Silent Hill Historical Society.
Content:

Crimson and White Banquet
for the Gods
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Title:    Skewering painting
Location: On the wall in the room in the prison-esque hallway after moving
          through the room down the very long, descending hallway, beneath
          the Silent Hill Historical Society.
Content:

Death by Skewering

An execution at the prison.
Death by Skewering or Strangling.
To choose his death is the
prisoner's last taste of freedom.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Title:    Toluca Prison Camp painting
Location: On the wall in the room in the prison-esque hallway after moving
          through the room down the very long descending hallway, beneath
          the Silent Hill Historical Society.
Content:

Toluca Prison Camp

Built during the Civil War.
Later became Toluca Prison.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Title:    Book titles in prison cell
Location: On the bed and floor in an open cell in the south cellblock of
          Toluca Prison 1F (different titles at head and foot of bed).
Content:

"Black Magic from the Abyss"
"Resurrection of the Dead"

"The Chronicle of Agrippa"
"Manuscript of the Iron Rings"

"On Sacrifice and the Art of
Demon-Summoning"
"Tome of the Seer"

"The Feast of the Succubi"
"The Fallen Angels of Mercy
and Favor"
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Title:    Counterfeiter
Location: The caption over the face of the counterfeiter in the room with
          the six standing corpses, Labyrinth (if present).
Content:

This man was hung for the
crime of counterfeiting. Justice
and revenge have been served.
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Title:    Kidnapper
Location: The caption over the face of the kidnapper in the room with the
          six standing corpses, Labyrinth (always present).
Content:

This man was hung for the
crime of kidnapping. Justice and
revenge have been served.
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Title:    Thief
Location: The caption over the face of the thief in the room with the six
          standing corpses, Labyrinth (if present).
Content:

This man was hung for the
crime of thievery. Justice and
revenge have been served.
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Title:    Bodily Injurer
Location: The caption over the face of the bodily injurer in the room
          with the six standing corpses, Labyrinth (if present).
Content:

This man was hung for the
crime of bodily injury. Justice
and revenge have been served.
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Title:    Arsonist
Location: The caption over the face of the arsonist in the room with the
          six standing corpses, Labyrinth (if present).
Content:

This man was hung for the
crime of arson. Justice and
revenge have been served.
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Title:    Swindler
Location: The caption over the face of the swindler in the room with the
          six standing corpses, Labyrinth (if present).
Content:

This man was hung for the
crime of swindling. Justice and
revenge have been served.
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Title:    Embezzler
Location: The caption over the face of the embezzler in the room with the
          six standing corpses, Labyrinth (if present).
Content:

This man was hung for the
crime of embezzlement. Justice
and revenge have been served.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Title:    Murderer
Location: The caption over the face of the murderer in the room with the
          six standing corpses, Labyrinth (if present).
Content:

This man was hung for the
crime of murder. Justice and
revenge have been served.
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Title:    Notice!
Location: On the fence in the room with the six nooses, Labyrinth.
Content:

Only the sinless one
can help you here.
Mistakenly pull on
a criminal's rope and
your reward will be returned
to you in a shape most
wondrously strange.


[Note: the above is what is captioned, however the message seen on the
sign in the game is completely different.]

NOTICE!

Pull ye but once on a rope's trayed end
Go and return and the error be mended
Beware thee though the punishment sended


[Note: "trayed" is a typo and should read "strayed"]
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title:    The Felon
Location: Inscribed on a tombstone in the catacomb, Labyrinth.
Content:

This felon drank one last
bottle of ale before he was executed
and laid here to his eternal rest.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title:    Walter Sullivan's Tombstone
Location: Inscribed on a tombstone in the catacomb, Labyrinth.
Content:

Walter Sullivan
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Title:    Miriam K.'s Tombstone
Location: Inscribed on a tombstone in the catacomb, Labyrinth.
Content:

Miriam K. -"Traitor"
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Title:    James' Tombstone
Location: Inscribed on the tombstone of the open grave in the catacomb,
          Labyrinth.
Content:

James Sunderland
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Title:    Angela's Tombstone
Location: Inscribed on the tombstone of the left dirt-filled grave in the
          catacomb, Labyrinth.
Content:

Angela Orosco
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Title:    Eddie's Tombstone
Location: Inscribed on the tombstone of the right dirt-filled grave in
          the catacomb, Labyrinth.
Content:

Eddie Dombrowski
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title:    Toluca Lake dock wall
Location: Written in large letters on the Toluca Lake dock wall.

Content:

WARNING
KEEP OFF
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title:    Hotel Map note
Location: Written on the guest map, found on the noticeboard in the back
          1F hallway, just inside Lake View Hotel.
Content:

[written in handwriting inside the box of room 312 on the map]

Waiting for you...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title     Venus tears plate
Location: On the wall by the entrance door of the Venus Tears bar, Lake
          View Hotel B1F.
Content:

Venus tears
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title     Weight allowance note
Location: Posted on the panel inside the elevator in the Employee Elevator
          Room, Lake View Hotel 2F.
Content:

Weight allowance: one person
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title     Heater note
Location: On the back of the small circular heater in the Employee Lounge,
          Lake View Hotel 1F (only viewable with the Flashlight on a
          second trip to the employee-only wing).
Content:

"I'm Johnny, one hot guy."
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title:    Music Box puzzle
Location: Inscribed in the three slots of the large music box player in
          the Lobby, Lake View Hotel 1F.
Content:

[Easy Riddle Level]

When the Lost One is returned         [all three slots]
the sour note shall turn sweet.


[Normal Riddle Level]

Seat of the Princess                  [left slot]
who fled at midnight.

Seat of the Princess                  [middle slot]
who awoke from Death.

Seat of the Princess                  [right slot]
who spoke no words.


[Hard/Extra Riddle Level]

Twas shameful greed did stain         [left slot]
her shoe with blood.

Even so, I still want to believe      [middle slot]
that she was happy.

Beauty - Both a blessing              [right slot]
and a curse thou be.
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                          S U B  S C E N A R I O                    [bfaw]
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=================
Table of Contents
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Memos
-----
Inner Garden Tombstone
Plant Encyclopedia: Acacia
"Lost Memories"


Item Memos
----------
White Board
Black Board
Red Board
Birthday Card


Notes
-----
Heaven's Night neon sign
Plate on the floor
Haunted Mansion Warning


m e m o s
===---=-====---=-====---=-====---=-=====---===--=-=====---=-=====---=-=-==

All of these memos can be found in the Memo menu of your inventory once
you've read them. They usually contain useful information or hints about
puzzles.


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Title:    Inner Garden Tombstone
Location: Engraved in the tombstone in the garden, up the ladder from the
          fireplace in the Living Room, Baldwin Mansion.
Content:

Along with you died joy.
All that remains is despair and a
future of meaningless tomorrows.

But I will never give up.
One, to see your
beautiful smile again.
One, to beg the
blessings of the Gods.
I wait for that day.

When the boards cover all
All sadness too will be covered
But until my dreams
return to reality
I will have to swallow
all the pain.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title:    Plant Encyclopedia: Acacia
Location: On the coffee table inside the Lounge, Baldwin Mansion 2F.
Content:

Acacia

 A genus of evergreen trees of the
mimosa tribe of the pea family.
 Its tiny flowers are yellow or white
and grow in clusters. Common
varieties include the "gum tree".

 The Acacia Tree is a potent symbol
in many religions across the World.
In Christianity it represents eternal
life and morality.

 In ancient Egypt it represented
purity and rebirth, while in ancient
Babylonia it was thought of as the
tree of the Goddess Ishtar and was
a symbol of Life.

 It was also a holy tree to the
Ancient Jews who built the sacred
Ark of the Covenenant from it and
for whom it signified a peaceful
death and a release from grief.


[Note: In the last paragraph, the word "Covenenant" is a spelling error;
it should read "Covenant"]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title:    "Lost Memories"
Location: On the table in the Study, Baldwin Mansion 1F.
Content:

"Lost Memories"

I have the strongest trust - you may
even call it faith - in the miracle
called "Ressurection of the Dead".

Upon the hill where
the light descended,
the Beast intoned his song.
With words of blood,
drops of mist and
the vessel of night,
the grave become an open field.

The people wept in fear and joy
at the reunion, but my faith in the
salvation of Xuchilpaba did not
waver.

It is also spoken of in the ancient
legends. The original worshippers
did not believe that death was the
end but that it was simply the path
by which the deceased returned to
nature. They also believed the
process was reversible.

(There's something imprinted
towards the bottom of the page.)

Blood = Red,
Mist = White,
Night = Black


[Note: In the first paragraph, the word "Ressurection" is a spelling
error; it should read "Resurrection"]
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i t e m  m e m o s
---===--=-=====---==--=---====-------===---=-==-=====----====---=-===-----

These memos can be read by examining the respective item from your
inventory after acquiring it. The locations for the memos below are the
locations of the items themselves.


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Title:    White Board
Location: On the floor of the north Entrance Hall balcony, Baldwin Mansion
          2F.
Content:

[Written on back of board]

When the White Breath is found,
I shall dedicate this thing.
Oh Spirit of the Mist,
Grant us fortune eternal.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title:    Black Board
Location: On the ground by the garden gravestone, up the ladder from the
          fireplace in the Living Room, Baldwin Mansion.
Content:

[Written on back of board]

When the Dark Grail is found,
I shall dedicate this thing.
You who deny Death,
Grant us fortune eternal.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title:    Red Board
Location: On the ground by the garden gravestone, up the ladder from the
          fireplace in the Living Room, Baldwin Mansion.
Content:

[Written on back of board]

When the Crimson Words are found,
I shall dedicate this thing.
Oh you Gods deep in slumber,
Grant us fortune eternal.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title:    Birthday Card
Location: Under the chair in the attic, Baldwin Mansion (the candle must
          be lit with the Matches to find it).
Content:

TO MY DEAREST DADDY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
FROM AMY BALDWIN
--------------------------------------------------------------------------


n o t e s
=======---=-=====---=-=====---===-=====--=-====---=-====---=-=----===---==

The following are only small notes that won't be listed in the Memo menu
of your inventory upon finding, but they're still fairly interesting notes
or pieces of lore, captioned with the same blue tint font as memos. They
do not have their own titles, however I've added them here to identify
them.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title:    Heaven's Night neon sign
Location: Inside on the wall by the front door to Heaven's Night, West
          South Vale.
Content:

Heaven's Night
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title:    Plate on the floor
Location: On the floor in the roach-infested hallway down the 1F southern
          stairway.
Content:

Amy Baldwin

She was loved too much by God.
Seven years was not enough time.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title:    Haunted Mansion Warning
Location: Spray-painted in red on the exterior wall of the Baldwin
          Mansion, in the yard connecting to Blue Creek Apartments, West
          South Vale.
Content:

Keep out of Haunted Mansion
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In this section I'd just like to thank some people that contributed to
the making and hosting of this FAQ, along with some general thanks.


 - Thanks to Team Silent, KCET and Konami for developing and publishing
   one of the finest survival horror games of all-time.

 - Thanks to GameFAQs, IGN and all other web sites for hosting this FAQ.

 - Thanks to everyone who gives this FAQ a good rating. It is much
   appreciated.


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