The Otherworld is frequently depicted as a dark, decaying, oppressive, ruined universe, parallel to the Fog World. When the Fog World shifts to the Otherworld in Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, Homecoming, and the film, an air-raid siren can be heard in the background. Also, many new objects, areas, and puzzles appear in the Otherworld that are absent from the Fog World. However, many doors that were once locked or unlocked in the Fog World are found in their opposite state in the Otherworld. The Otherworld is essentially a darker, more disturbing reflection of the locales of the town, usually maintaining the same physical build and outline. However, for the most part, the appearances of the Otherworld typically follow a similar stylistic pattern. This is in part due to the fact that it is usually the character's own personal influence and experience that is manifested in their particular nightmare world. As such, the Otherworld may appear anywhere from slightly to moderately different, depending on the character's subconscious that it is manifesting. As monsters represent the personal fears and vices of a current inhabitant of the Otherworld, the environment too is altered to suit the subconscious of its current victim(s). The Otherworld has the ability to reflect a character's individual psyche, or even multiple characters' psyches at a given time, and to twist the environment around them into their own personal nightmare. Instances in which characters question their place in reality in the Otherworld. However, the Otherworld should not be confused as being the Order's Paradise. Creatures such as Valtiel play various roles in this mythology.
Members of the Order appear to have a connection to the other worlds, and it is possible that certain members, such as Margaret Holloway, may have some control over the dimensional shifts. As such, their god seems to bestow the Order a certain degree of protection while in the Otherworld. In accordance with the Order's mythology, the Otherworld is akin to a "holy land", in which their god dwells. The only protagonist who can willingly control the Otherworld shifts is Travis Grady through the use of mirrors. Transitions to the Otherworld often occur suddenly and with little warning. Most games in the franchise feature the protagonists caught in dimensional shifts between this world and the Fog World, which is less dangerous but remains hostile nonetheless. Originally localized in Silent Hill, over time, this supernatural phenomenon subsequently extended to neighboring towns, such as Shepherd's Glen and Ashfield, especially with the burning of Alessa Gillespie, who acted as a catalyst for the Otherworld's state. However, there is no doubt that the Otherworld is shaped by minds and the psyche of those present, usually to the effect of creating their own limbo. The Otherworld may be viewed as a cancerous disease slowly infecting reality until reality becomes Hell on Earth, or a dimension invading another dimension. The Otherworld is not reality, yet it remains real on another plane of existence that is impossible for ordinary humans to comprehend and is difficult to describe by human language. The doctor's journal implies it lies on the border where reality and unreality intersect, a place both close and distant. Both "world" and "dimension", however, have been used in reference to the Otherworld both in-game and in official guidebooks. It may be viewed as a parallel or nonparallel plane of existence, although the Otherworld is an abstract concept which has never been officially or completely defined, and attempting to categorize the Otherworld as one or the other would be arguing semantics. The Otherworld, also occasionally referred to as the Otherside, Alternate World, Another World, Dark World, Nightmare World or Reverse Side throughout the series, is the dark and nightmarish mysterious effect that materializes through the ancient powers of Silent Hill, Maine.
Valtiel above Heather crying in the Otherworld. Heather in the Otherworld Hilltop Center. In the same way that a person normally repeats REM sleep and non-REM sleep in regular cycles while he or she is sleeping, when the nightmare world approaches a deeper darkness (sleep), a phenomenon occurs in which light is almost completely taken away and the world shifts into an even deeper nightmare as the cycle shifts again.
These changes occur because there is a cycle in the world of Alessa's nightmares which envelops the town. In the same way, there are also many times when aspects of the town and its buildings change completely. It becomes night (?) on a number of occasions as Harry moves about the town.
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