James Sunderland comes to Silent Hill after apparently receiving a letter from his wife Mary, who died of an illness three years before. While exploring the town, he encounters Angela Orosco, a teenage runaway searching for her mother; Eddie Dombrowski, another teenage runaway; and Laura, a bratty eight-year-old who befriended Mary and accuses James of not truly loving her. While searching a local park, James also meets Maria, a woman who strongly resembles Mary but has a much more assertive personality. Maria claims that she has never met or seen Mary, and because she is frightened by the monsters, James allows her to follow him.
