Judge Holloway
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| “ | You try so hard to raise a child, to instill your values into her. You want her to be her own person, but you hope she'll always remember what's important - family.
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Margaret Holloway is a female judge living and working in the town of Shepherd's Glen. Shown to be the driving force behind the disappearances of a great many residents of Shepherd's Glen, she is one of Silent Hill: Homecoming's two antagonists, the other being Curtis Ackers, both of them representing the series' primary antagonistic force The Order, Silent Hill resident cult.
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Character
The main antagonist of Silent Hill: Homecoming and the mother of both Elle and Nora, Judge Holloway is, in fact, a descendant of one of the original founders of Shepherd's Glen. As a Holloway, she is tasked as the Keeper of Lore, as ordained by her family's pact with God. Holding to her duties to the best of her abilities, it is when things in Shepherd's Glen begin to go horribly wrong that she takes it upon herself to attempt to correct the misdeeds that have occurred. To accomplish this, she has revived The Order.
First encountered shortly after Alex Shepherd returns home, she seems surprised at his return, and she lets him know that their hometown hasn't been changing for the better. She then insists he head home, saying she'll, perhaps, see him later. When Deputy Wheeler and Alex come upon her in Overlook Penitentiary, Alex ushers Judge Holloway out of the chamber they find her in, just as Asphyxia kidnaps Wheeler. She flees the chamber with a smile on her face, and latches the door shut behind her.
Ultimately, she is killed in conflict with Alex. After he is taken to The Order's lair by Curtis Ackers, the judge and Alex enter into a heated conversation wherein Judge Holloway reveals her motives and the real reason for the decay of Shepherd's Glen. She then attempts to rectify Adam Shepherd's shortcoming, by killing Alex. She is killed instead, when the drill she was using to torture Alex is driven through her skull.
Personality
Durung her final confrontation with Alex, much of Margaret's personality is exposed. She claims that the protection of her family had always been her first priority. So much so, that the sacrifice of her daughter Nora was a worthy price to pay. When Adam fails to fulfill his portion of the Pact, Margaret turns to the Order as a means of salvation. She has the residents of Shepherd's Glen abducted in order to either convert them back into followers of the Order, or to kill them. However, this apparent concern over faith is clearly a ruse, as she lefts very clear that she is willing to murder her only remaining daughter due to her "desobidience". Also, while the other parents were as believers as she was, they all suffered some sort of remorse and repent over the murders of their own children. Isaac Shepherd himself stated in his tomb that if there was any justice at all God should never forgive him, for although they did what they did in order to protect the town, it doesn't remove the guilt over such act. Not only Margaret is absent of this remorse, as she even demonstrates a certain taste in ordering and developing tortures to those who refuse to accept the teachings of the cult in extremely cruel manners before finally killing them (Lillian Shepherd, Wheeler,Elle) and (almost) Alex. She shows no remorse for her actions and zero empathy for the suffering of others. As the only remaining leader of Sheperd Glen's Order sect, she rules with iron fist and fear. Her simple concern over faith actually hides her true desires of order and control over all and everything according to her own visions and selfish ideals. Based on all theses aspects she can be considered a clinical psychopath, due to her egoistical vision of the world as well as her sadism in getting rid of those deemed "unworthy".
Trivia
- Judge Holloway is one of the three parental characters in the game who was not killed by a monster version of their son/daughter, the others being Adam and Lillian Shepherd.
- In Alchemilla Hospital is an X-ray of a skull impaled through the jaw with a nail. This could be seen as foreshadowing the means through which Judge Holloway was killed.
Gallery
 Judge Holloway Concept by Kenzie LaMar |
 Original concept art by Kenzie LaMar |
 Concept art by Kenzie LaMar |
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