James Sunderland, a 29 years old man from Ashfield. Works as an office clerk. James thought that his wife, Mary Shepherd-Sunderland, had been dead for three years. Regardless, he received a mysterious letter in Mary's handwriting, claiming that she was waiting for him in their 'special place', somewhere in Silent Hill.  When James arrived at the town, he became ensnared in a series of bizarre and nightmarish events which forced him to question his sanity, morality, memory and personality.