Eddie Dombrowski
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| “ | Killing a person ain't no big deal...Just put the gun to their head...pow!
-Eddie tries to justify his aggression to James. | ” |
Eddie Dombrowski is a character from Silent Hill 2.
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Background
Eddie was drawn to Silent Hill due to his deeply troubled past. All that is known about Eddie before coming to Silent Hill is that he worked at a gas station. Because of his weight, Eddie had been verbally abused all his life; he ignored it and remained civil until he finally snapped and shot and killed a dog and then shot a local football player in the knee, all whom he claims were insulting him. For a while, he traveled, a fugitive from the law, before coming to rest in Silent Hill. Eddie explains that he felt drawn to the town because of his guilt.
The clothes Eddie wears are child-like and are too small for him, and he wears a backwards cap. They also look very dirty and sweaty.
Silent Hill 2
On arriving in Silent Hill, Eddie, like all who venture within the town, is instantly brought into a nightmarish vision of his own personal hell, extrapolated from his cruel deeds and choices in life. Eddie is continuously found in the vicinity of a brutally murdered corpse, all the while claiming to have nothing to do with it. That is until he begins to lose his grip on sanity and proudly admits to his crimes with a sadistic cheer. Eddie eventually decides to kill anyone who mocks him, seeing that a person's intelligence and looks mean nothing once they are dead.
In Pete's Bowl-O-Rama, Eddie is seen having a conversation with Laura, and he told her of his crimes. In the game's trailer, Laura is seen giving Eddie a playful kick next to a white van.
In the Labyrinth, James Sunderland is allowed to step into Eddie's Otherworld, which takes on the form of a meat locker. It is bitterly cold, frosted over and huge lumps of meat hang from meat hooks. This presumably represents Eddie's cold detachment from reality, and his lack of remorse in killing people. James tries to reason with Eddie, but Eddie's growing insanity and desire to blame others for his own mistakes causes him to translate James' reasoning into insults. James is forced to protect himself, and ultimately kills Eddie in the meat locker.
Creator's comment
In the initial stages of the scenario, Eddie was actually a very cheerful character. Therefore, the name was borrowed from Eddie Murphy. In the end however, they changed his personality completely.
Trivia
- In Silent Hill: Homecoming, it is possible to get an achievement called Eddie's Legacy, ironically after killing the first Feral, a canine demon Alex encounters.
- The dog, Mira (from the Dog Ending in Silent Hill 2) doesn't like Eddie. When Eddie is shown during the credits of the Dog ending, Mira growls angrily, this alludes to Eddie's murder of a dog.
- Eddie acceptance of his murderous path could be one of the many paths Silent Hill would offer to the visitors, i.e Maria's ending in Silent Hill 2 or the Butcher ending in Silent Hill Origins.
Gallery
 Eddie's Concept Model |
 James confronts Eddie in a meat locker |
