Lisa Garland

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Lisa Garland
Game series	Silent Hill
First game	Silent Hill
Voiced by	Thessaly Lerner
Information
Occupation	Nurse at Alchemilla Hospital

Lisa Garland is a fictional character in the first installment of the Silent Hill video game series. Some of Lisa's history is left to the gamer to surmise, since they only learn as much as the player character (Harry) knows.

Contents 1 Bio 2 Role 3 Other appearances 4 References

[edit] Bio

Lisa Garland is a nurse who worked at Alchemilla Hospital. She wants to become an actress and she can be a star She was addicted to White Claudia, a drug being dealt by the hospital's administrator, Dr. Michael Kaufmann, and Silent Hill's resident cult, The Order. One of Lisa's duties was to take care of coma patient Alessa Gillespie. Alessa's body was covered in burn wounds which would not heal, and were always oozing blood and pus, requiring frequent bandaging. Lisa did not understand what was keeping the girl alive, and the ordeal of constantly replacing the bandages took a toll on her sanity.^[1]

[edit] Role

When Harry stumbles into the 'Alternate' Hospital, which is full of gore and demonic nurses, Harry finds Lisa huddled in a room hiding from the monsters. She claims that she has no idea what is going on, explaining that she passed out, and when she came to everything was different.^[2] Lisa is a good source of information about Dahlia Gillespie and the old cult that used to reside in the town.

Harry periodically loses consciousness and finds himself back in the Otherworld hospital, without explanation. Interestingly, Lisa does not act startled when he awakens, claiming that he never left and that he was having a bad dream.^[3] During one of these episodes, Harry wakes up with a start and finds himself in the hospital again; Lisa emerges over him with her eye twitching.

During the final paranormal trip through the hospital, Lisa explains to Harry that she ventured into the basement of the hospital and began to "understand" what is happening.^[4] Lisa realizes that she is in fact a monster, no different than the other nurses roaming the hospital, explaining how she is trapped in the Otherworld and cannot leave. When she begs Harry to hold her, Harry pushes her away, and Lisa starts bleeding from her head and every orifice. She staggers toward Harry until he runs out of the room. Although she sobs and bangs on the door behind him, Harry is too frightened and holds the door shut, leaving her to her fate.

Harry may reenter Lisa's room if the player wishes, only to find that she is gone. Among her things is her diary; In it, Lisa writes that she can't stand being alone with "that patient" in the basement any more and is going to tell "the Doctor" that she quits.^[5] A cryptic video tape which Harry found earlier can now be played if he inserts it into a VCR; The tape recording shows a woman covering her face with her hands (but speaking in Lisa's voice) pleading with an unseen figure and promising she "won't tell a soul".

Lisa does not appear again until the end of the game. If the conditions for earning either the Good or Good+ endings are met, she appears after defeating the final boss; just as Kaufmann is about to escape, a bloodied Lisa rises through the floor and drags the horrified Kaufmann down into the pit she came from. Whether this is really Lisa, or an apparition meant to punish Kaufmann, is left unknown.

[edit] Other appearances

It has been stated by the game staff that Lisa's soul is still in torment for her actions in the first game,^[6] which is represented by the bound nurse Valtiel is seen torturing in several locations throughout Silent Hill 3.

Lisa appears in Silent Hill: Origins, and meets up with Travis occasionally. It is discovered that she aspires to be an actress. Travis discovers Lisa and Dr. Kaufmann in the motel, and it is suggested that they just finished having intercourse. It is interesting to note that, before entering the room, heavy male panting and the sound of a female crying can be heard. Upon inspection of the bathroom and countertops in the room, narcotics can be found. It is speculated that this is the actual person than the one present in the original game as an entity created by Alessa's memory of her.

In Silent Hill 4: The Room, one of the ghost-victims is named Steve Garland. Whether or not Lisa is related to said character has yet to be confirmed or denied.

Lisa will appear as a main character in the Official Silent Hill graphic novel Cradle of Cage.^{[citation needed]}

In Silent Hill (film) a character credited as Red Nurse (played by Emily Lineham) bears a strong physical resemblance to Lisa and acts in a similar capacity as Alessa's caregiver.

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