(1/2) What headcannons do you have if Alessa was evil? For instance, everything is the same except: in the first game she wasn’t burned for the ceremony, and was somehow extricated and went on to become one of the cult leaders (or the right-hand man), what would she be like if she was erratic and lethal?
Actually, I like that Alessa was not evil despite everything she had to endure. I find this more interesting than the stereotypical possessed/evil child or creepy little girl. Also, it doesn’t really matter here, I guess, but I want to mention that I only consider SH1-4 canon. I don’t care what Konami says, the other games are, for me, just fan-project spin-offs at best or horrendous bootleg trash at worst. Anyway, evil Alessa AU. I took some liberties with it regarding the source material, though.
Instead of being burned, Alessa made a deal with the incubus. The demon will stay with her. He grants and enhances her powers in return for human sacrifices.
The demon does not directly interfere with Alessa’s actions. He’s mostly there as an observer, but he talks to her in her mind. At least at first, the older Alessa gets, the more she changes. She becomes more and more radical and cruel. Whether these changes are of her own making or whether the demon is gaining more control over her, no one can say.
Dahlia was baffled when she saw Alessa walk out of the fire unharmed. She was the first who got a demonstration of Alessa’s new powers, but Alessa did not kill her yet. Half of Dahlia’s face was burned. She wore a mask in public to cover up the massive scar afterward.
Dahlia stayed the leader of the cult for several years. Alessa was her right-hand man, but many members started to worship her directly and saw her as a goddess.
In her early 20s, Alessa took over as the leader and sacrificed Dahlia in the flames, as she wanted to do with Alessa all those years ago. Claudia became Alessa’s right-hand man. She was her “sister”, always loyal and a believer. Who would be better suited for this position?
Many people in town joined the cult out of fear or because Alessa’s powers convinced them to become believers. She promises peace, health, and prosperity for her followers.
The cult can do whatever they want in Silent Hill and some neighboring towns, and their influence keeps expanding. The police won’t go against them. They even help to cover up the cult’s activities. Some police officers are also members, others are simply afraid of them.
Alessa’s first victims were some kids at school who used to bully her. She trapped them in the otherworld one by one and let monsters kill them.
She can drag people into the fogworld or otherworld at will if they fulfill certain requirements. The feeling of guilt or an overall negative mindset is helpful. Probably due to her connection with the demon, it’s even easier if they are sinners, have hurt people, or have committed crimes. If not it’s more difficult, but she can use a ritual for the same effect. In that case, Alessa needs a personal item or part of the person’s body. Some hair or a little blood will do. She can trap people there forever until they die.
Alessa herself can switch between dimensions as she pleases and take people with her in and out. The ritual with the personal items may be necessary beforehand.
The older Alessa gets, the more control she has over the fogworld and otherworld. At first, the areas covered by these dimensions were rather limited (about one building), but over the years, she learned to expand it so she could cover the entire town.
Everyone who opposes Alessa or the cult ends as a sacrifice. Most of them are burned alive or sometimes bleed out. Technically, it’s enough if Alessa kills these people or if she’s present, a specific method is not required. (She could just shoot them if she wanted). However, Alessa wanted a ritualistic approach for the show, and flame purifies all. Most of her victims are killed without witnesses, though.
The cult has multiple sacrificial sites in town. The most holy one is located in the otherworld and is only accessible with Alessa.
The people Alessa traps in the fog- or otherworld are usually sacrifices for the demon. She doesn’t have to kill them herself, she can just wait. Sooner or later, these people are killed by monsters, commit suicide, or die of dehydration or starvation (or they risk eating or drinking what they can find). Sometimes, even other people trapped there kill them.
Alessa enjoys it to see them suffer. She sometimes plays with them and promises them help or a way out just to lead them into their doom.
If these people are lucky and Alessa considers them worthy, they may have the chance of salvation, and Alessa offers that they can join the cult.
The area around Silent Hill became notorious for its disappearances, even though not even a quarter of the actual number is known publicly. The police usually claim these people went missing in the surrounding woods while hiking.
