SOMNIA APP

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PLAYER INFO

Name: Lunare
Preferred Contact: PM or lobselvith
Age: 18+
Invite Link: Via Plurk!

CHARACTER INFO

Character Name: Sharon da Silva
Canon: Silent Hill (Films)
Age: 18
If Under 16, why is this character a good thematic fit for Somnia?: N/A
Canon Point: Silent Hill Revelation, directly post-merge with Alessa
Wiki Link(s): Here!

SOMNIA-SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

1. Dreams are how Sleep chooses you. What might draw your character into Somnia— a wound, a wish, a weakness? Would they follow the dream, or run from it?

A wish (or, depending on how you view it, a weakness) is what pulls Sharon into Somnia. Her entire motivation in the second film is to save her father. At the point she’s drawn from, she’s already embraced the darkness of Alessa, willingly sacrificing who she is to rescue him. Love, and not a wholly positive version of it, is what drives her, and it doesn’t come without cost.

All it takes is the offer, the whisper of a chance to rescue him, and she will chase the dream, never once stopping to consider the consequences. Because for her, nothing matters more than getting him back. Even if it breaks her.

2. Somnia is a slow unraveling—of worlds, and of selves. How does your character respond to fear, transformation, and losing control? Do they fight, adapt, collapse?

Sharon adapts because she’s never had the luxury not to. Alessa grew up adapting to fear, and Sharon inherited the same survival instinct. It’s a constant pressure, but she’s learned how to live inside of it. She’s good at it. There are moments, especially early on in the film, where fear nearly breaks her, but she always pushes through. Not because it’s easy, but because she doesn’t see another option.

Even when facing Alessa, she embraces the darkness, accepts that it might destroy her, that it might change her into something unrecognizable, and still, she keeps moving. Adapting. After merging with Alessa, she adjusts quickly to that new sense of oneness, to the power humming beneath her skin, to the gravity of what merging might do. Because she has to.

Sharon enters Somnia with a single driving purpose: to get her dad back. That’s the axis her world spins on. She will falter, she will fight, she may even break, but she will always adapt. Because it's what she’s always done. Because it's what she's best at. Because she has to.

3. Connection is the only constant. What kind of bonds does your character form— fast and burning, slow and wary, deep and desperate? How might that shape their time in this world?

Sharon is desperate for connection. Out of necessity, her father is her entire emotional world. But throughout the film, it's clear that Sharon longs for more. The moment he’s gone, she clings to the only person left: Vincent. Not just for survival, but for comfort, for closeness. She confides in him and leans into him for physical comfort. Practically a stranger, but closer than she's ever had the chance to get with someone other than Chris.

She forms bonds quickly, especially under pressure. The worse things are, the quicker she’ll attach. But once things stabilize, she tends to pull back, hesitating over what she shares. It’ll become a pattern: reach out in desperation, then retreat once she starts to feel safe.

This push and pull can make her seem hot and cold, sometimes even manipulative or cagey, but she just lacks experience. Her father has been her only real relationship. She doesn’t know what friendship is supposed to look like. She doesn’t know how to pace it, how to trust it. Still, she craves it. She needs connection, even when it terrifies her. And that need drives her, again and again, to reach out, hoping someone will reach back.

4. What are two major forces in your character’s personality that are often in conflict? (Ex: logic vs emotion, power vs guilt, obedience vs rage, etc.)

For Sharon, it often boils down to a battle between kindness and practicality. Throughout the film, she frequently leaves people behind, not because she doesn’t care, and not for lack of trying, but when the situation becomes hopeless, she makes the hard choice.

The few people she does try to save are ultimately left behind when the stakes are too high. She cares deeply, though. She checks in on strangers, helps Douglas when his fingers are cut off, and rips Suki out of the plastic webbing. But she’s also a survivor, and survival means sacrifice. If she doesn’t keep herself alive, she can’t save her father. And that’s what everything boils down to.

So, she walks away. When Suki is taken, Sharon doesn’t turn back. She could. But she doesn’t. She knows exactly what she’s leaving the girl to face, but she also knows what’s at risk if she stays. Kindness vs. practicality.

The only time she’ll step off that line is when love replaces kindness. If she loves someone, practicality goes out the window. She won’t hesitate. She’ll die for them without a second thought.

VESSEL SELECTION
Which Vessel Type are you choosing: Token or Offering? Token
Why does this Vessel type feel appropriate for your character? Frankly, either Vessel type would be appropriate for someone like Sharon, but given how she merged with Alessa while maintaining who she is, I feel like Token fits her better at this point in time.
Choose one OR list three subclass options within your chosen Vessel type that you think would suit them: Illusionist