Personality: With her introduction in the first Silent Hill game, we are only given a glimpse into Lisa Garland's life. She is a frightened nurse who has confined herself to a room for safekeeping, and acts as a source of information for the protagonist. Lisa is relieved to discover another 'normal' human, and so acts rather openly for someone in a survival situation. Even scared out of her wits, she manages a few smiles and freely gives up whatever knowledge Harry needs--even when she doesn't know the reasons behind his questions or doesn't necessarily think it will be useful. Perhaps to put herself at ease, Lisa even allows herself to ramble a bit, though she stops and assures Harry that she will shut up once she realizes it.
The interaction with Lisa becomes progressively weirder, until she eventually comes to the conclusion that she is not a normal person, as she had believing, and just hadn't realized that she was dead yet. Once she admits these thoughts, Lisa's fear and anxiety increase, and she desperately seeks comfort. After being denied this, blood appears and drenches her skin and clothes. Her cries quiet and she disappears until the final moments of Harry's stay in Silent Hill, when she exacts her revenge on Dr. Kaufmann. Whether this is simply because of her now-feral state as a monster or specifically because she harbored resentment for the doctor in her life isn't clear, though her target was.
Through certain documents and a video, a different view of the nurse is provided. While she is certainly helpful and kind-hearted, Lisa isn't quite as innocent as she seems. She was the nurse in charge of caring for the burned and fragile Alessa, but she holds no affection for the girl. Quite frankly, Alessa's powers, though unknown to her, and the combination of the girl's never-healing wounds and lack of death terrified her. She had sympathy, naturally, as anyone would for someone in Alessa's situation, but her heart simply wasn't in the job. Lisa was disgusted and eventually driven mad simply by nursing her charge, and her mental condition deteriorated further when her request to quit was met with the threat of getting cut off from her supply of drugs--more evidence that Lisa is more than she appears to be on the surface. It's unclear how she came to be an addict of PTV, but working with Dr. Kaufmann was her connection to the drug world. It's also assumed that, at least for a time, Lisa had a sexual relationship with the doctor.
With Travis, protagonist of the prequel, Silent Hill: Origins, Lisa is much less the person we see in the first Silent Hill game. She still works as an informative nurse, but she relies on the player less, and doesn't seem quite as endearing. However, it is at this time that we learn something new about the nurse--her dream was to become an actress. Nursing is a bit of a family tradition, and she follows the path with a quiet yearning for her discarded dreams. The change might possibly be due to the fact that the Lisa we are initially introduced to only keeps her humanity because Alessa misinterprets her care as genuine affection. However, it could also be that Lisa simply grew to who she became because of her experiences.
Strengths/Weaknesses: + Kind. + Helpful. + First aid skills. + Aware/good listening skills.
? Dreamer. ? Curious. ? Represses some memories.
- Fidgety. - Prone to bad decisions/situations. - Allows fear to get the best of her. - Dependent on others. - Easily influenced.
Lisa Garland | Silent Hill | Reserved | 2/3
With her introduction in the first Silent Hill game, we are only given a glimpse into Lisa Garland's life. She is a frightened nurse who has confined herself to a room for safekeeping, and acts as a source of information for the protagonist. Lisa is relieved to discover another 'normal' human, and so acts rather openly for someone in a survival situation. Even scared out of her wits, she manages a few smiles and freely gives up whatever knowledge Harry needs--even when she doesn't know the reasons behind his questions or doesn't necessarily think it will be useful. Perhaps to put herself at ease, Lisa even allows herself to ramble a bit, though she stops and assures Harry that she will shut up once she realizes it.
The interaction with Lisa becomes progressively weirder, until she eventually comes to the conclusion that she is not a normal person, as she had believing, and just hadn't realized that she was dead yet. Once she admits these thoughts, Lisa's fear and anxiety increase, and she desperately seeks comfort. After being denied this, blood appears and drenches her skin and clothes. Her cries quiet and she disappears until the final moments of Harry's stay in Silent Hill, when she exacts her revenge on Dr. Kaufmann. Whether this is simply because of her now-feral state as a monster or specifically because she harbored resentment for the doctor in her life isn't clear, though her target was.
Through certain documents and a video, a different view of the nurse is provided. While she is certainly helpful and kind-hearted, Lisa isn't quite as innocent as she seems. She was the nurse in charge of caring for the burned and fragile Alessa, but she holds no affection for the girl. Quite frankly, Alessa's powers, though unknown to her, and the combination of the girl's never-healing wounds and lack of death terrified her. She had sympathy, naturally, as anyone would for someone in Alessa's situation, but her heart simply wasn't in the job. Lisa was disgusted and eventually driven mad simply by nursing her charge, and her mental condition deteriorated further when her request to quit was met with the threat of getting cut off from her supply of drugs--more evidence that Lisa is more than she appears to be on the surface. It's unclear how she came to be an addict of PTV, but working with Dr. Kaufmann was her connection to the drug world. It's also assumed that, at least for a time, Lisa had a sexual relationship with the doctor.
With Travis, protagonist of the prequel, Silent Hill: Origins, Lisa is much less the person we see in the first Silent Hill game. She still works as an informative nurse, but she relies on the player less, and doesn't seem quite as endearing. However, it is at this time that we learn something new about the nurse--her dream was to become an actress. Nursing is a bit of a family tradition, and she follows the path with a quiet yearning for her discarded dreams. The change might possibly be due to the fact that the Lisa we are initially introduced to only keeps her humanity because Alessa misinterprets her care as genuine affection. However, it could also be that Lisa simply grew to who she became because of her experiences.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
+ Kind.
+ Helpful.
+ First aid skills.
+ Aware/good listening skills.
? Dreamer.
? Curious.
? Represses some memories.
- Fidgety.
- Prone to bad decisions/situations.
- Allows fear to get the best of her.
- Dependent on others.
- Easily influenced.