The Order (Silent Hill)

The Order is the religious organization that has provided the antagonists for most of the Silent Hill games. Although it has three different sects, they all have the goal of bringing God into the world. After the events of the first game, it underwent a period of inactivity until it was revived with financial aid of a young priest of the Order named Father Vincent.

Mythology
The Order's myth's state that God came into the world in ancient times when a man and woman made a sacrifice of serpents and rods. God prepared to create Paradise for mankind, but her strength failed her and she passed away. However, through faith and vigilance, mankind could restore her to the world and usher in Paradise.

Sect of the Holy Woman
This sect believed that God be summoned by immolating a young woman with psychic powers. Members of this sect include Dahlia Gillespie, Claudia Wolf, Leonard Wolf, and Father Vincent.

Sect of the Holy Mother
This sect believed that god would be summoned by a series of twenty-one ritual sacrifices, known as the 21 Sacraments for the Holy Mother. This is the ritual that the serial killer Walter Sullivan attempted to carry out. The sect also ran the Wish House Orphanage, an institute which brainwashed children into loyal disciples of the Order. Sullivan grew up at Wish House.

Sect of Valtiel
This sect was founded by the Order priest Jimmy Stone as a mediator between the two aforementioned rival sects. They followed the angel Valtiel, called the attendant of God. Stone facilitated Walter's performance of the ritual by implanting Valtiel in his subconscious. Things didn't go as planned: Sullivan killed both Stone and his right hand George Rosten as part of the 21 sacraments, subsequently weakening the sect.

Demise?
The deaths of Claudia and Vincent in Silent Hill 3 as well as those of the members of the other sects such as Jimmy Stone and George Rosten from the Valtiel sect and that of Toby Archbold from the Holy Mother sect by the hands of Walter Sullivan several years thereafter have apparently caused the destruction of the Order. Whether it is truly gone or exists in limited, underground form remains to be seen.