It may also be a reference to the Ouroboros, or the snake/dragon-like creature that symbolizes one's own life and rebirth, leading to immortality. The tattoo of a snake on her stomach could possibly symbolize ritual suicide, as well as the embodiment of evil and malevolent natures.
When meeting Harry, she is seen sitting on the bed, and asks Harry if he is looking for her daughter in a sexually suggestive tone. When her older version is met, she acts bossy towards who she thinks is Cheryl. When Harry first meets her in The Balkan, she is seen having a cocktail. She also has a tattoo of a snake on her stomach and a large black scorpion on the right side of her upper back. She wears short shorts with a black buckle belt, a large amount of black eye liner, purple blush, violet eyeshadow, and rosy lipstick. This Dahlia is blonde and wears a red top that shows off her cleavage with the phrase "Live Fast" on the front and "Die Young" on the back. Dahlia's manifestation has three forms: Seductive, Stoner, and Punk. She also has blonde hair.ĭuring the game, Dahlia's manifestation's appearance changes depending on the gameplay, though she is always a short-haired woman. This is seen in the "Love Lost" and "Wicked and Weak" endings, and in the scene where Cheryl reunites with her after leaving the lighthouse. Harry's ex-wife, the real Dahlia, wears a pink blouse, blue jeans, and brown knee-high boots. This optional scene is not determined by what ending is achieved. Cheryl sees her, and they hug and walk away. Dahlia berates Harry for not having enough money, calls his novels "shit", and tells him that he is a pathetic "dickless waste of space".ĭepending on the player's Psych Profile, Dahlia may come to the lighthouse after Cheryl's therapy session. If the player achieves the "Wicked and Weak" ending, footage of Cheryl entering her parent's bedroom is shown, in which she records Dahlia violently slapping Harry. Silent Hill Shattered Memories - Wicked and Weak Ending In the videotape, Harry is leaving their house and Dahlia asks if he will be okay on his own. If the player achieves the "Love Lost" ending, Dahlia is seen speaking to Harry not long before his death. Dahlia then phones Harry once more and tells him to come back for Cheryl's sake. The water is transformed back into ice and Harry sets course to the lighthouse. Sometime after, Harry wakes up to find the Ice World freezes Dahlia, changing her back into her older version. Dahlia seduces Harry, and it is implied they have sex. Inside, Harry finds the young Dahlia again and asks her to take him to the lighthouse. The nightmare reappears, freezing her, and Harry soon finds himself in a Nowhere-like area.Īfter passing through Lakeside Amusement Park, Harry finds a boat at the moor. This older Dahlia reveals two things to Harry: they are married and that Cheryl is at the lighthouse. This version reflects Cheryl's feelings of resentment and disgust toward her mother. She looks older and more worn than even the real Dahlia, and her behavior is less sexual than the younger version. Later, when Harry is inside the Green Lion Pawn Shop, an older version of Dahlia calls out for Cheryl. After blacking out, Harry wakes up alive at Alchemilla Hospital and is being pushed in a wheelchair by Cybil Bennett, who tells him the events he described could not have happened. As Harry struggles to escape, Dahlia is motionless, still frozen.
The SUV plummets into the river below, trapping the two inside. Before they can drive across, however, the Ice World takes over, freezing Dahlia and then the bridge itself, which collapses. Upon reaching the bridge on their way through town, she waits for Harry to lower the bridge from the control room. She tells him she came to pick up the SUV parked outside and to take Harry to Simmons Street where he would meet up with Cheryl at his more current address. Dahlia seems surprised at his confusion, though she isn't interested enough to explain anything to him. Upon returning, he finds that Dahlia is sitting in Michelle's place. Harry first encounters this manifestation at The Balkan, a nightclub, after leaving Michelle Valdez downstairs while he searched her room for her keys. Kaufmann states, "She's not the monster you make her out to be." This also caused Cheryl to resent her mother later on, as Dr. Harry left her and his daughter before being killed in a car crash, leaving behind a broken family and an especially traumatized Cheryl. Her relationship with Harry grew turbulent to the point that the two fell out of love and divorced. Dahlia was Harry Mason's wife, and the mother to Cheryl Heather Mason.
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