Chariot is a monster appearing in the pachislot adaptation of Silent Hill 2.
History[]
In the continuity of the pachislot Silent Hill games, James Sunderland battled the creature known as Chariot during his journey through Silent Hill, Maine.
Appearance[]
The Chariot resembles a male humanoid with flesh from its arms and shoulders forming into a long hood over its head. Its lower body is made up of two large, trunk-like tentacles for legs at the front and rusty-looking metal frames with a large pair of wheels to the rear. It also sports several long, rusty, nail-like spikes from the back of its torso.
In its right hand, it carries what appears to be a long dual-shafted polearm, similar in appearance to a giant tuning fork.
Symbolism[]
In Silent Hill 2, nine monsters were manifested from James Sunderland's subconscious mind, which are linked to the nine red squares, and Chariot was not among them.[1][2] Whether the game deviates by tying Chariot to James, or the creature has an alternative origin, is not specified.
Trivia[]
- The Chariot is the only Pachislot monster who did not appear in Silent Hill 2.
- The Chariot could represent the Major Arcana tarot card of the same name. As its name and similar appearance suggests, there are a few similarities to a chariot – the area where the wheels are act as a carriage, the two large trunk-like tentacles represent pulling horses, and the long dual-shafted polearm that the creature is carrying in its right hand symbolizes the charioteer's spear.
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