Memory of Alessa

The Memory of Alessa

Other names

None

Debut

Silent Hill 3

Other appearances

Silent Hill: Revelation

Health

High

Locations

Otherworld Lakeside Amusement Park

Weapons

Knife
Pipe
Handgun
Sub-machine Gun

Attack method(s)

Slashing
Hitting
Using firearm

The Memory of Alessa is a boss character in Silent Hill 3. Heather Mason encounters her in the Otherworld's Lakeside Amusement Park, where combat ensues. She appears as a bloody, ragged doppelgänger of Heather, save for the dead, pale, rotting skin and Alessa Gillespie's head of dark hair. She attacks Heather on the carousel after Claudia Wolf confirms that God is currently in her womb, feeding off her hatred.

CharacterEdit

The Memory of Alessa attacks Heather using weapons normally at the heroine's disposal. She begins combat with the knife, which is Heather's default and starting melee weapon. Her attacks are weak, but fast, and she'll parry most of Heather's attacks, including gunfire. Blocking her attacks and then counter-attacking is the wisest method with which to defeat her, the katana being the best tool to do this. She will collapse and appears to "evaporate" in a pool of blood, appearing elsewhere on the carousel with a handgun. Heather can take cover behind the horses to avoid being shot, and once melee range has been reached, she will attempt to strike Heather with the pistol.

Her second defeat will force her to return with a steel pipe, which is much more dangerous than the knife. After this, she can be treated like she was previously, but will attempt to retreat. After her third defeat, she will reappear with a Submachine Gun. The same tactics apply as with the handgun, save for her increased damage and firing rate. Also, you must knock her down several times, whereas you would normally only have to do so once, making this a particularly dangerous phase. Take note that engaging her during the second and fourth stages using a melee weapon will cause her to try using her firearms as melee weapons too, rarely attacking Heather with gunfire. After she is beaten the fourth time, she will finally be defeated.

Upon dying she leaves a message printed in red blood on the carousel floor.

SymbolismEdit

The Memory of Alessa is just that, the imprint of Alessa (now Heather) left in the Otherworld by her powers and mind. It is a manifestation of Alessa's mind that wants, above all else, to stop "God's" birth, and to spare the world (and herself, Heather) from the event should it occur, reasoning a relatively quick death was preferable to the alternate fate.

Silent Hill: RevelationEdit

A photo from the set of the 2012 film Silent Hill: Revelation shows Memory of Alessa hugging Heather on the carousel.

TriviaEdit

• The carousel that Heather fights the Memory of Alessa on is the same one where her father, Harry Mason, fought Cybil Bennett back in the first Silent Hill.
• On "Hard" mode, the Memory of Alessa needs to be knocked down a few times when she is using the Sub-Machine Gun.
• The message left by the Memory of Alessa reveals her intention to free "herself" from the suffering she must endure as the Mother of God:

• However, after reading the above message, Heather comments that she does not think in the same way as "Alessa", and that she is going to confront her fates, no matter how gruesome they may be:

Gallery Edit

The Memory of Alessa in the Japanese novelization

The Memory of Alessa collapsing

The Memory of Alessa's face

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