Claudia Wolf

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Claudia is a fictional character from the PlayStation 2 video game Silent Hill 3.

Claudia Wolf
Game series	Silent Hill series
First game	Silent Hill 3
Voiced by	Donna Burke
Information
Occupation	Member of The Order

Contents 1 Background 2 Personality 3 Physical Attributes 4 Birthday Letter 5 Voice Actress 6 Silent Hill 4 7 References

[edit] Background

Claudia is a mysterious woman who appears frequently in Silent Hill 3, clad in black. While she is one of the key antagonists of the game, not much is revealed of her past. It is clear that she is a firm believer in the doctrine of The Order, and is trying to hasten the rebirth of God in order to create a paradise. Claudia is driven by the belief that a God born of pain and suffering is more likely to create a merciful paradise than a God that cannot empathize with his creations.

The only clues concerning Claudia's past arise during a cutscene, where Vincent indicates that Claudia was abused by her father, Leonard Wolf.^[1]

As a child, Claudia was raised alongside Alessa Gillespie, Heather's original incarnation. As such, she sees Alessa as a sister and refers to Heather by her past name.^[2] Claudia's mission is to succeed where Dahlia failed in Silent Hill 1, impregnating Heather with God and hastening its "birth". Claudia also holds a grudge against Harry Mason, the main protagonist from the first game who averted God's birth the first time. She hires a private investigator named Douglas Cartland to locate Heather, who went missing after Harry escaped Silent Hill 17 years prior. As Heather is drawn deeper into the Otherworld and tries to find her way home, Claudia dispatches the Missionary to murder Harry in their apartment and leave his corpse for Heather to find. Claudia then summons Heather to Silent Hill, and both Douglas and Heather follow.

At the final confrontation, Claudia plays on Heather's hate and rage over her father's murder to nourish "God". Just as Heather succumbs and is about to give "birth", she swallows the Aglaophotis she has been carrying (hidden in the necklace Harry gave her) and vomits the demonic, worm-like fetus back up. Horrified, Claudia immediately shoves Heather aside and swallows the worm herself. Because Claudia was not meant to birth God, she endures an excruciating death as she staggers into a trapdoor in the floor. Valtiel shoots up from the hole and pulls Claudia's body into the basement where the final boss awaits. The only known remains of Claudia was her dress sprawled out neatly on the basement floor.

[edit] Personality

Much like Dahlia Gillespie from Silent Hill 1, Claudia speaks in religious riddles and holds an overwhelming belief in God. However, while Dahlia's motives were decidedly malevolent, Claudia truly believes in what she is doing. While her faith is unshakable, Claudia realizes that her methods are questionable, and even states that she does not expect to take part in paradise.^[3]

Because of her passionate need to believe, Claudia also has a temper, especially when others seem skeptical or opposed to her mission. She has several moments where she loses composure, particularly with Father Vincent, who openly mocks her faith. Eventually, Vincent's words are met with violent consequences when Claudia stabs and kills him.

[edit] Physical Attributes

While Konami considered many different character designs for Claudia, they ultimately decided on a simpler, more subtle character than they initially intended. Per the official tie-in book "The Book of Lost Memories," Claudia was modeled to look like Julianne Moore. Team Silent purposefully neglected to give her eyebrows, since they believed it would give her an unsettling appearance. ^[4] Claudia also wears simple, plain black robes and does not wear shoes. Though not a physical attribute, it's interesting to note that Claudia speaks with a British accent.

[edit] Birthday Letter

"To little Claudia. Happy 6th Birthday. I love you as if you were my real sister. Here's to you!"

This letter is found in Claudia's room later in the game. It can be theorized that it was written by none other than Alessa, although the note is not signed. However, considering Claudia's apparent fondness towards Alessa - such as calling Heather 'my dearest Alessa' - it is very clear that they most likely shared a friendship at some point.

[edit] Voice Actress

Donna Burke is frequently credited for the voice of Claudia. However, this is false, as Donna Burke was only the motion caption actress. Lenne Hardt is the actual voice of Claudia.^[5]

[edit] Silent Hill 4

We can see a message from Claudia to Douglas about Heather, time previous to the start of the adventure. Also Walter Sullivan in the Hospital World removes the womb of a corpse apparently of Claudia just with underwear, making just a cameo appearance.

[edit] References

• "Lenne Hardt on Silent Hill 3". 

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