Valtiel?

[Larva]

Maybe I'm not looking hard enough, but can anyone tell me what importance he serves? Other than creeping me out that is...

[Spider]

Valtiel is the protector of God. God in this case is Alessa/Heather.

It is his job to make sure that God doesn't die. Within certain spots of the game where Heather dies, Valtiel will come and drag her off. This is supposed to reflect him bringing her back to life.

It is very deep and I will post it from Lost Memories soon enough. Right now, just know that he is the one who keeps Heather alive to birth the God.

(Take a close look at where he appears outside of the death scenes...)

Edit: my spelling is atrocious tonight

[Larva]

Wow didn't think of that. I have yet to see the "dragging off scene", just him turning those handles.

[=AoD= Captain]

I know there are more places, but if you let yourself be killed by a monster in the mall or the hospital you should see him come up and drag you off. Others here know precisely where.

[Spider]

Here is the first page about Valtiel in Lost Memories. I will get the rest up soon.




Valtiel shadows Heather as if stalking her ever since her encounter with him in the shopping mall. While this strange creature observes Heather, he makes no effort to inflict harm upon her; the truth is that he has a unique purpose, a role he plays which enters into the game.

The fact of the matter is that in the religious tradition of Silent Hill, Valtiel is a saintly being corresponding to an angel. Concerning that complex and profound reason for existence, let us consider such things as his design and behavior from various angles.

(Whenever there is a shift to the Otherworld, Valtiel appears before Heather. It can be said that this being is a guide to the Otherworld)

To ensure the protection of the unborn deity, he watches Heather, mother of The God.

Since the name Valtiel means "attendant" by way of the English word "valet", his existence as an angel is derived from suffixing "-el". In short, he is the being that attends to and watches over The God. For the purpose of carrying out his duty of watching and protecting the mother until the time comes for The God to be born, he does not harm Heather.

An angel in the town's religious organization that governs the cycle of rebirth, he appears as a symbol of the otherworld.

Valtiel's intentions have little to do with Heather; his concern is primarily with the god that sleeps inside her. It can be thought that in order to restore The God to this world, every time Heather (Alessa) dies, he is the one responsible for resurrecting her many times over. Additionally, the valve handle that Valtiel turns with his left hand represents the idea that "The God can be reborn any number of times", which can be thought of as having significance to the basis of the sect's doctrine.

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Deciphering the meaning hidden in the design of the being that ties together the three works of the series.

In the long-standing religious tradition of Silent Hill, Valtiel is worshipped as a being that is close to The God. And so even in the previous works of the series, Valtiel has appeared in different forms. In other words this is why Valtiel ties together various events that have taken place in Silent Hill.

In the case that any events transpire in Silent Hill in the future, Valtiel may again appear before players in another form.

V.1: Ceremonial Robes

In the school's otherworld, a number of body-shaped figures can be seen. If one looks closely, it becomes cleat that there is something familiar about what the figure is wearing. What looks like a body bag is actually the ceremonial robe of the town's religion. This robe is modeled after the appearance of an angel from Silent Hill's traditions, namely Valtiel.

V.2: Pyramid Head

One notable connection between Pyramid Head and Valtiel is the fact that they both stalk the protagonist persistently.

If the helmet that conceals Pyramid Head's face were to be removed, it would become apparent that the designs of the two are surprisingly similar. When the executioner's outfit that is Pyramid Head was designed, it was modeled after Valtiel, an angel from the indigenous religion.

Pyramid Head's gloves are very similar to Valtiel's. At the back of the garmnet Pyramid Head wears, there is a mark where the cloth is stitched together, which is also a shared characteristic.

Creator's Commentary

In Silent Hill 3 the connection to the first game is quite clear, but the point of contact with the second game isn't so obvious. I created Valtiel because I wanted to relate the works of the series through a creature. In the religion of Silent Hill, Valtiel exists as one who is close to The God, and Pyramid Head takes the shapes of Valtiels's reason for existence. That is to say, the Pyramid Head character was born from the townspeoples' idolatrous ideologies. In the first game, the ceremonial robes were in homage to Valtiel. - Masahiro Ito