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Hey

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if I were to ask you what are some of[br]the best fictional stories ever told

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what would you say war and peace Moby[br]Dick

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the brothers karmas off I mean um[br]The Brothers Karamazov or the Super

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Mario Brothers movie well these are[br]great and all but it's time to throw all

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that shit in the trash howl nights story[br]literally has everything action betrayal

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comedy tragedy relatable characters[br]multiple endings and sex appeal lots and

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lots of sex appeal of course it's all[br]very nuanced remember how confusing

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inception was well Halle Knight is[br]basically inception but with bugs so if

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you want to truly understand hollow[br]Knight

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we're gonna have to go deeper so just[br]call me Matt Damon because this is

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hollow not explained

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first let's talk about how the story for[br]Holland I came to be pretty much all of

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Halle night was made by these three guys[br]William Pelin re Gibson and Dave Koz II

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also Matt Griffin helped out to these[br]three men live in the mystical land of

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Australia where everything is upside[br]down their design philosophy for Halle

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Knight was to leave the script blank[br]while creating the game's world

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basically they put whatever locations[br]dungeons bosses or gameplay mechanics

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they wanted in the game and then they[br]built the lore around those elements the

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dialogue for the game was written[br]together in a Google document by William

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and Ari later on in the game's[br]development the game script ended up

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being over 20,000 words long which is[br]not too bad for a game where you can

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literally skip the majority of the text[br]and there's still more to come as of

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right now all night will be getting to[br]more content updates and a Hornet DLC so

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while this video will be pretty[br]comprehensive we are still waiting for a

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few more pieces to the puzzle alright so[br]now it's time to talk about the game's

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plot but first we need to talk about[br]metaphysics there are three different

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metaphysical forces that the player[br]interacts with during the game soul a

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white liquidy goop void a black liquidy[br]goop and essence a substance that is

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neither liquidy nor goopy in hollow[br]night soul is used to cast spells as

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well as repair the night shell soul[br]originates in living organisms and acts

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as a sort of lifeforce void works kind[br]of like play-doh it can be morphed into

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different shapes and given form the[br]night is made a void for example the

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only place where void is known to come[br]from is in the abyss an area at the very

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bottom of the world map essence is[br]basically the light found within dreams

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whatever that means[br]it can be found within whispering roots

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and in the many ghosts that populate the[br]world essence is collected using the

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dream nail a powerful weapon that can[br]cut through the veil that separates the

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real world from the dream world the[br]player character travels to the dream

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world several times in the game to fight[br]several bosses and its features are

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vaguely defined all it is is just a[br]bunch of rocks and floating lamp posts

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you know the stuff that pretty much[br]everyone dreams about now that we've

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established some of the forces that act[br]in this world let's talk about the

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history of hollowness before the game[br]started the oldest objects that can be

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found in hollow night are the arcane[br]eggs and the soul totems these objects

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were created by an ancient society that[br]existed long before hollow nest the

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civilization knew how to harness a new[br]soul and they were probably aware of the

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voids existence the designs of the soul[br]totems were most likely based on the

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creatures that lived during that time on[br]the other hand though some of the totems

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are pretty phallic looking I'll blur[br]them out just in case

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there are also some ancient creatures[br]still farting around in the game albeit

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mostly in the form of dead bodies in[br]kingdoms edge there's a giant corpse

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located next to the quick slash charm in[br]the game's code this being is referred

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to as the ancient nail Smith there's[br]also an ancient being hidden inside of

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the abyss where the lifeblood core is[br]found this guy is hidden really well

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when I recorded this footage I didn't[br]even know he was there the game refers

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to this thing as an abyss creature and[br]that's about all we know is this

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creature the source of lifeblood the[br]blue liquidy coupe that exists all over

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hollow nest maybe but I wouldn't expect[br]an answer anytime soon the most

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important ancient creatures that we know[br]about are called worms these worms were

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probably similar in anatomy to regular[br]worms but much bigger in regard to the

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rest of the world bar dune an npc found[br]in kingdoms edge claims to be too small

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to be a worm but as incredibly long[br]himself with his head being at the top

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of the map and his tail being quite a[br]ways down

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it is likely that these worms were[br]higher beings a phrase that occasionally

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pops up in the game the developers notes[br]clarified that higher beings are godlike

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creatures we can infer from bar dooms[br]dialog that all of the worms are now

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gone possibly dead but the corpse of one[br]worm can still be found in kingdoms edge

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according to bar Doon this worm did not[br]die but instead transformed we know from

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bar Doon and other sources that the[br]transformed worm was The Pale King the

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creator and ruler of hollow nest[br]before the pale King began trying to

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build his nation there were other[br]powerful beings already at work within

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the lanes of hallow nest one of which[br]being the radiance the radiance is the

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true final boss and main antagonist of[br]the game she is a moth like creature who

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was often referenced to in game as a[br]light she tends to appear to bugs in her

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dreams and it is mentioned that the[br]radiance shares some similarities to

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essence the radiance only appears in the[br]dreamworld in-game so it's unknown if

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she ever existed in the physical world[br]her sex has stayed as female in a

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developer's note inside the game's code[br]the radiance created the moth race who

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worshipped her and passed in her light[br]the radiance is light is described by

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Barr dune as a sort of unity at the cost[br]of thought once you drink the kool-aid

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you become connected and powerful but[br]you lose control of yourself becoming a

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mindless bug other groups in the area[br]included the mantis tribe who took

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residence in the fungal wastes and the[br]bees who likely lived in the hive at

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kingdom's edge respect and power in the[br]Mantis tribe was based upon physical

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strength and combat abilities the[br]strongest members of the group were also

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the most valued not much is known about[br]the bees other than that their scariest

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fuck in green path there appeared to be[br]a group of followers of a creature

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called une there's a structure located[br]at the lake of oon that looks like some

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sort of Temple and une can be found[br]hidden in the lake une is the being

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supposedly responsible for producing the[br]plant life in green path there's also a

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mas Knight that stands at the edge of[br]the lake and if we dream nail him he

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says something interesting he says that[br]she is calling now I have no idea who

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else has got to be referring to other[br]than une so I think this pretty much

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confirms that she's a chick and I gotta[br]say that is one gorgeous gastropod

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the mushrooms of the fungal waste also[br]had some sort of society they're able to

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communicate with each other through a[br]manner similar to telepathy this

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telepathy seems to involve something[br]with spores since the lure tablets in

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the area only activate when the night is[br]wearing the spore shroom charm within

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the game's code there's a lore tablet[br]that reads as follows strengthen the

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shared self strengthen the mine United[br]in every bug that would pass upon our

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roads only the melancholy of disparity[br]now I have no idea what the shit of the

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end is talking about but the beginning[br]clearly indicates that the mushrooms

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have some sort of connected[br]consciousness there's more evidence for

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this in the form of mr. mushroom so if[br]you haven't seen this guy around he's

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basically just a talking fortune cookie[br]that pops up in various parts of hallo

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nest the thing is with the exception of[br]the last encounter every time you try

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and talk to mr. mushroom he seems to be[br]talking to someone else and when he

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notices that you're there he just leaves[br]clearly mr. mushroom is using the shared

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mind to talk to other mushrooms when mr.[br]mushroom finally does talk to the night

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he reveals that he has visited many[br]kingdoms before and that holliness is

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just one of many if we dream no mr.[br]mushroom he provides us with a little

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poem about worms it seems to imply that[br]worms have been creating societies for a

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long time then there's the bugs and deep[br]nest now you're probably wondering did

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these assholes worship a God - well[br]maybe in deep nest there's a shrine

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located in the beasts den inside the[br]shrine is a statue of a trilobite and as

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I'm sure we all know trilobite sar one[br]of the oldest known groups of arthropods

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they went extinct in the mass extinction[br]of the Permian back 252 million years

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ago so in other words these guys are[br]ancient trilobite belongs to the

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subphylum trilobite dome or feh their[br]closest living relatives are the animals

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in the subphylum chilla sirata which[br]consists of horseshoe crabs scorpions

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and spiders so it kind of makes sense[br]that there's a trilobite statue and deep

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nest[br]it seems to be implying that the

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residents of deep nest have been there[br]for quite some time for some reason

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there are no lore tablets in deep nest[br]so that's about as much as we can figure

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out at the moment on top of that we're[br]gonna learn a lot more about deep nest

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in the upcoming content pack so I[br]wouldn't even get too worked up about

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figuring it out now and so the pill King[br]arrived in this fractured land offering

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a gift to the bugs of his future Kingdom[br]he granted them some form of knowledge

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or greater sentience a hidden lore[br]tablet in the white palace reveals a

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line was a worm becomes beacon mines[br]expanded to yield to devote also modem

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on the teacher in her poem elegy of[br]hollowness mentions that the pale King

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taught the bugs colonists and tamed[br]their savage Souls bharden explains that

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the pale King brought order to the land[br]so if we put it all together the pale

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King granted bugs more powerful minds[br]and promised a more ordered society now

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this is where things get a little bit[br]complicated these bugs without Minds not

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have them because that was how they[br]naturally were or was it because the

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radiance had them within her hive mind a[br]lot of what I've read online says that

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all of hollowness was under the[br]radiances control but it is never

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explicitly stated if the radiance was[br]worshiped by bugs other than the moth

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tribe the only moth in the game the seer[br]who lives in the resting grounds

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explains that her ancestors stopped[br]worshiping the radiance in order to

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worship the pale King she's not[br]mentioned other non moth bugs engaging

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and worshiping the radiance also a[br]tablet and howling cliffs it states that

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anyone who leaves hollowness must[br]relinquish the precious mind this

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kingdom grants personally I think that[br]the radiance was only worshipped by the

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moth race and that many of the other[br]bugs at Hall nests specifically the

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husks had always just been dumb shits[br]they didn't have minds to think in the

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first place[br]I'm not saying there's no evidence to

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support the idea that the radiance[br]controlled all Apollo nest but I haven't

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really seen enough evidence to convince[br]me of that my biggest reason for

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believing this is because of the way I[br]interpret seers dialogue seer doesn't

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blame the radiance for what happened but[br]instead blames the people of her tribe

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she never claims that the radiance was[br]an evil or power-hungry God

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she was betrayed see our views helping[br]the knight obtain the dream nail as

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penitence for old crimes so on one hand[br]seer thinks that her ancestor should

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remain loyal to the radiance but at the[br]same time she is willing to help the

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knight in its quest to kill the radiance[br]the only way this makes sense is if the

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radiance of the past was quite different[br]to the radiance of the present after all

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members of the moth race were pacifists[br]by nature with few ever choosing to

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wield a weapon given the fact that she's[br]also a moth the radiance was possibly

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quite pacifist in the beginning that is[br]until the pale King arrived and fucked

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everything up for after such a betrayal[br]as well as an extended time spent in

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isolation it's not a stretch to believe[br]that the radiance would retaliate in the

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way she did so there's my little theory[br]on the radiance some of you watching may

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not agree with me but that's what I[br]really love about hollow Knights story a

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lot of different people have a lot of[br]different ideas about how certain things

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happened and the game leaves it just[br]vague enough to let all of those

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theories be viable hell there's probably[br]evidence to support the idea that the

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entire game takes place on the fucking[br]moon so while a good chunk of the stuff

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in this video is probably agreed upon by[br]a lot I'll let you know whenever I

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started throwing out my own dumbass[br]theories regardless the important thing

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to take away from all this is that the[br]pale king endowed his followers with

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more intelligence and then he convinced[br]the Mothe tribe to stop worshiping the

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radiance because the moth tribe stopped[br]worshiping her the radiance was sealed

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away and memories of her were forgotten[br]over time the only lasting monument to

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the radiance was a statue located at[br]hollowness crown seer looks back on this

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moment with regret viewing it as a[br]betrayal of her people on their creator

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it was out of this act that Halle nest[br]was born while the moths drive and

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others accepted the pale Kings rule[br]there were other groups that resisted

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the bees for example chose to lock[br]themselves away in the high of the

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kingdoms edge deciding to play no part[br]in the pale Kings Kingdom according to

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the manual for Hall Knight the hive[br]Queen eventually became too big to even

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leave every time I read this I just end[br]up thinking about Fight Club

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the Mantis race refused the Kings rule[br]but a truce was reached allowing them to

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keep their territory as well as their[br]societal structure in exchange the

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mantises would protect hallow nest from[br]the bugs invading from deep nest we

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don't know for sure how own and its[br]followers reacted the size of green path

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was reduced but the remaining area of[br]green path remained under UN's law the

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members of the Mushroom Kingdom accepted[br]the pale Kings rule but not with

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complete confidence according to lore[br]tablets in the fungal ways they put

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faith in the pale Kings insight into[br]future events to protect them which is a

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power that he apparently had bar Doon is[br]the only other NPC that even mentions

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disability which is weird because it's[br]kind of a big fucking deal but it

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doesn't really seem to have much of an[br]impact on the story so whatever it is

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what it is the bugs of deepness refused[br]the Kings rule completely keepeth

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himself separate from the pale Kings[br]domain the mask maker who resides in

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deep nest says that the pale King made a[br]mistake in trying to expand his kingdom

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across all of Hollow nest under the pale[br]Kings rule the city of tears was

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constructed for some reason somebody[br]thought it was a good idea to build the

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entire city underneath the giant lake[br]resulting in constant rain it may be

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stupid but goddamn it makes for some[br]good atmospheric moments underneath the

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city the royal waterways were built[br]where horrific parasite monsters began

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to appear static stations were built[br]making travel across the kingdom much

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easier structures such as the archive[br]and the Coliseum of fools popped up bugs

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began working in the mines harvesting[br]powerful crystals geo was established as

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a primary currency and reputable banking[br]services became available allowing

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citizens to store all that shit they[br]found while smacking rocks all day

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Kings idols began to circulate around[br]the land so that bugs could worship the

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pale King on the go a tramway system[br]began development but as construction

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reach deep nest all of the workers got[br]killed by local bugs as you can imagine

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this really slowed down construction the[br]tram workers unionized demanding to not

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be sent places where they could get[br]killed

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ridiculous I know but after the events[br]of Tran gate

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it seemed pretty obvious that deep nest[br]and Halle nest were not going to be

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getting along anytime soon[br]now you might be thinking to yourself

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hey wait a minute[br]if the deep nest bugs didn't want a tram

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light why is their stack stationed in[br]the distant village well don't worry

0:16:15.240,0:16:19.199
we will get to that later but let's talk[br]about the man behind it all

0:16:19.199,0:16:24.480
The Pale King himself lived a life of[br]reclusion relic seeker LEM a bug in the

0:16:24.480,0:16:28.379
city of tears who buys historical[br]artifacts claims that the king was an

0:16:28.379,0:16:32.670
elusive figure the last stag also[br]mentions that the Bell King never rode

0:16:32.670,0:16:38.490
the stag ways even the pale king's[br]castle was kept hidden his white palace

0:16:38.490,0:16:42.839
was built underneath the city of tears[br]in the ancient basin a dark area with

0:16:42.839,0:16:46.589
little life in it[br]despite his introverted lifestyle the

0:16:46.589,0:16:52.709
king did get together with this whatever[br]this is and she became queen the queen

0:16:52.709,0:16:56.759
is likely also a higher being according[br]to the description found on the King's

0:16:56.759,0:17:02.250
soul the Queen can be found in game[br]going by the name white lady the pale

0:17:02.250,0:17:05.760
King also assigned five nights to the[br]task of protecting the realm of

0:17:05.760,0:17:09.360
hollowness the five great Knights as[br]they were called with consistent of

0:17:09.360,0:17:17.069
fierce jiraiya kindly yzma mysterious[br]zamir loyal or grim and mighty hegemon

0:17:17.069,0:17:21.150
not much is known about what these[br]Knights did before the fall of colonists

0:17:21.150,0:17:25.589
other than that they served the King the[br]white defenders entry in the hunters

0:17:25.589,0:17:29.250
journal gives us the most insight into[br]the shenanigans of the five great

0:17:29.250,0:17:34.230
Knights he mentions the champions call[br]the knotted Grove and the Battle of the

0:17:34.230,0:17:39.570
black worm now that's a badass name for[br]a battle but what is the black worm is

0:17:39.570,0:17:44.220
its corpse somewhere in Holland s2 so[br]there's some flavor text for you letting

0:17:44.220,0:17:47.400
you know that the five great Knights[br]were apparently some pretty cool dudes

0:17:47.400,0:17:51.690
but as impressive as these events may[br]sound the king and his Knights were

0:17:51.690,0:17:55.090
nowhere near prepared for what happened[br]next

0:17:55.090,0:17:59.320
remember how I said that the radiance[br]had been completely forgotten well I

0:17:59.320,0:18:04.149
lied according to the seer faint[br]memories of the radiance lingered until

0:18:04.149,0:18:08.740
eventually they surfaced once again one[br]theory suggests that some bugs

0:18:08.740,0:18:12.999
accidentally discovered the statue at[br]holliness crown resulting in thoughts of

0:18:12.999,0:18:17.379
her to enter back into their minds[br]within the game's code are additional

0:18:17.379,0:18:21.700
verses to the allergy of hallow nest[br]that can not be found in game the poem

0:18:21.700,0:18:25.090
mentions that the bugs of hallow nest[br]had dreams and desires that the pale

0:18:25.090,0:18:29.710
King could not satisfy eventually out of[br]these dreams appeared a light that

0:18:29.710,0:18:34.090
turned the bugs back into mindless[br]beasts in the game the player can

0:18:34.090,0:18:38.919
encounter an NPC beam my Allah my Allah[br]is a happy little minor bug who minds

0:18:38.919,0:18:41.889
crystals while singing a tune as the[br]game progresses

0:18:41.889,0:18:46.210
milah begins to lose control of her[br]thoughts not being able to remember the

0:18:46.210,0:18:51.340
verses to her song a second voice begins[br]to appear in her dialogue an angry voice

0:18:51.340,0:18:56.230
that demands my let it kill the player[br]character eventually Milo becomes just

0:18:56.230,0:18:59.549
another enemy NPC

0:19:11.850,0:19:17.110
while many bugs shared the same fate as[br]milah some looked for solutions in the

0:19:17.110,0:19:21.250
city of tears a group of intellectual[br]bugs began to experiment with soul they

0:19:21.250,0:19:24.280
believed that with enough soul they[br]could remain powerful enough to escape

0:19:24.280,0:19:28.690
the infection the collection of souls[br]involved a killing of hundreds of bugs

0:19:28.690,0:19:34.030
whose shells could still be found in the[br]sole sanctuary or the sole sanctum or

0:19:34.030,0:19:38.440
whatever was The Pale King was against[br]these experiments but I guess these

0:19:38.440,0:19:43.150
criminals were just too well-hidden to[br]find the experiments failed anyway and

0:19:43.150,0:19:47.230
the soul master and his associates[br]became infected after getting his ass

0:19:47.230,0:19:50.950
kicked twice by the player-character the[br]soul master explains that a prophetic

0:19:50.950,0:19:56.470
vision told him to experiment with soul[br]yeah okay buddy most of the Mantis race

0:19:56.470,0:19:59.890
was able to stave off the infection[br]keeping Nancy's village intact despite

0:19:59.890,0:20:04.270
the surrounding chaos within the tribe[br]however a group of mantises defected and

0:20:04.270,0:20:08.800
decided to accept the infection in order[br]to become more powerful one of the four

0:20:08.800,0:20:12.760
mantis Lords turned against his sisters[br]and he and his allies were driven out of

0:20:12.760,0:20:16.810
mantas village and took up residence in[br]the Queen's garden after accepting the

0:20:16.810,0:20:20.800
infection these mantises went mad and[br]lost control of their minds the fair

0:20:20.800,0:20:24.310
Lords daughter somehow died during these[br]events and is buried in Queens garden

0:20:24.310,0:20:29.050
this unnamed mantis was actually in a[br]relationship with mysterious a mere one

0:20:29.050,0:20:33.250
of the five great nights the mantises[br]didn't approve of this however and now

0:20:33.250,0:20:36.640
Samir lives as the gray mourner in the[br]resting grounds lamenting her dead lover

0:20:36.640,0:20:41.470
would have guessed that mantises were so[br]homophobic with the infection spreading

0:20:41.470,0:20:44.320
across hollow nest[br]The Pale King became desperate to find a

0:20:44.320,0:20:48.600
solution the five great knights served[br]as nothing but a waste of taxpayers geo

0:20:48.600,0:20:52.000
because the infection was targeting the[br]minds and dreams of bugs

0:20:52.000,0:20:56.620
another method had to be used in order[br]to combat the radiance deep down in the

0:20:56.620,0:21:01.290
abyss The Pale King found the void and[br]possibly the last hope for hallow nest

0:21:01.290,0:21:06.760
now let's talk about the void The Pale[br]King is basically playing with fire at

0:21:06.760,0:21:12.340
this point void itself is a dangerous[br]force it seems to oppose other forms of

0:21:12.340,0:21:17.470
life always trying to consume them that[br]is why the character shade and the other

0:21:17.470,0:21:21.850
ADEs called the siblings attack the[br]night the lighthouse keeper in the abyss

0:21:21.850,0:21:25.620
seems to have been influenced and[br]possibly killed by the void somehow

0:21:25.620,0:21:30.190
confessor gigi in dirt mouth is[br]terrified of the shades fearing that she

0:21:30.190,0:21:34.960
might get swallowed up by the darkness[br]that's right the night might seem like a

0:21:34.960,0:21:39.220
little harmless guy but underneath the[br]surface is a monster that wants nothing

0:21:39.220,0:21:44.470
more than to do terrible things to you[br]kind of like Bill Cosby asks for the

0:21:44.470,0:21:48.309
lighthouse it seems like it was built as[br]a way to subdue the sea of void beneath

0:21:48.309,0:21:52.090
it but it sounds like at some point the[br]king wanted the lighthouse turned off

0:21:52.090,0:21:58.659
why honestly I have no clue using the[br]void The Pale King hoped to create

0:21:58.659,0:22:03.130
something that could act as a vessel to[br]contain the radiance this vessel had to

0:22:03.130,0:22:08.620
be completely lacking in mind will or[br]personality without these straits the

0:22:08.620,0:22:12.250
infection would not be able to control[br]the host and the radiance would be

0:22:12.250,0:22:17.010
stopped dead in her tracks the pale King[br]began experimenting with the void

0:22:17.010,0:22:20.860
several creatures were made in the white[br]palace using the void such as the Kings

0:22:20.860,0:22:25.210
molds and the wings molds as well as the[br]collector a boss that can be found in

0:22:25.210,0:22:29.260
the Tower of love the pale King started[br]creating countless vessels an attempt to

0:22:29.260,0:22:32.860
create one that was completely empty[br]these vessels were unique to the

0:22:32.860,0:22:37.000
previously mentioned constructs Kings[br]molds and wings molds are void contained

0:22:37.000,0:22:41.799
within Armour while the collector seems[br]to be made solely a void the vessels

0:22:41.799,0:22:45.760
however wear shells the game doesn't[br]explain where these shells came from but

0:22:45.760,0:22:50.679
a metric fuckton of them can be found in[br]the abyss well put on your tinfoil hats

0:22:50.679,0:22:55.690
boys because it's time to speculate the[br]white lady has some interesting dialogue

0:22:55.690,0:22:59.080
about this event she explains that she[br]locked herself away in the Queen's

0:22:59.080,0:23:03.789
garden her reason appears to be that she[br]felt shame for her participation in the

0:23:03.789,0:23:08.080
deed she then mentions that she still[br]has the urge to breed and propagate

0:23:08.080,0:23:13.059
herself I think that the Queen helped[br]create the vessels specifically by using

0:23:13.059,0:23:17.559
her seeds this biological origin for the[br]vessels could explain where the shells

0:23:17.559,0:23:21.280
came from and it explains why there are[br]eggs lying around in the abyss

0:23:21.280,0:23:25.480
thanks to dialogue from the white lady[br]we know that the player-character was

0:23:25.480,0:23:29.799
born in the abyss not in the white[br]palace and it makes sense with the

0:23:29.799,0:23:33.220
phrase born of[br]and void which is later used to describe

0:23:33.220,0:23:38.290
the hollow night also in the white[br]palace a room that appears to be a

0:23:38.290,0:23:42.730
nursery can be found in this room is a[br]chair with what appears to be the white

0:23:42.730,0:23:46.810
lady's silhouette on it and a cradle[br]what's interesting about this is that

0:23:46.810,0:23:50.680
there is a melody that plays in this[br]room which is identical to the melody

0:23:50.680,0:23:55.170
that plays when the player characters[br]shade is nearby

0:24:36.670,0:24:40.490
this practically screamed at the white[br]lady had at least something to do with

0:24:40.490,0:24:44.360
the creation of the vessels but I'm sure[br]this little theory of mine is littered

0:24:44.360,0:24:48.050
with problems so for now that take away[br]from all this is that the pale King

0:24:48.050,0:24:52.580
created a lot of vessels in an attempt[br]to find one that was perfectly empty any

0:24:52.580,0:24:56.960
vessels not deemed worthy or cast down[br]into the abyss the vessel that the

0:24:56.960,0:25:00.320
player controls during the game is one[br]of the pale kings many failed creations

0:25:00.320,0:25:04.400
they were thrown into the abyss and[br]another vessel was chosen who eventually

0:25:04.400,0:25:08.810
would become the hollow Knight the not[br]true final boss of the game after the

0:25:08.810,0:25:12.500
whole night was chosen the entrance to[br]the abyss was sealed hiding the pale

0:25:12.500,0:25:17.150
Kings rejected children from the world[br]somehow the radiance was placed inside

0:25:17.150,0:25:20.450
the hollow Knight I don't really know[br]the logistics of how that worked and

0:25:20.450,0:25:25.160
honestly I don't want to know the hope[br]was that without a will or mine the

0:25:25.160,0:25:28.820
radians would not be able to take[br]control of the hollow knight's body but

0:25:28.820,0:25:32.480
of course it didn't work[br]the white lady mentions that the hollow

0:25:32.480,0:25:36.200
Knight was not completely void of[br]thought that it was tarnished by an idea

0:25:36.200,0:25:39.890
instilled there's not much we can look[br]to to try and figure out what the white

0:25:39.890,0:25:43.340
lady means by this but there is one[br]thing in the scene where the hollow

0:25:43.340,0:25:46.700
Knight is chosen by the Bell King we see[br]it turn its head towards the

0:25:46.700,0:25:49.310
player-character[br]is it because the hall and I has

0:25:49.310,0:25:57.470
feelings of regret sympathy maybe even[br]guilt why then why were they chosen

0:25:57.470,0:26:01.480
while all the other siblings were thrown[br]away near the hall Knight was afraid

0:26:01.480,0:26:05.900
maybe it didn't think it could live up[br]to the pressure of being the vessel it

0:26:05.900,0:26:09.950
didn't ask for this[br]it didn't ask to be born and he didn't

0:26:09.950,0:26:14.240
want to be the savior of hollowness I[br]mean what hall must ever do for it

0:26:14.240,0:26:19.070
what made hollowness so special that it[br]even deserved to be saved after all

0:26:19.070,0:26:22.100
isn't life just a cyclical process of[br]birth and death

0:26:22.100,0:26:26.090
why should hollowness be spared a faint[br]given to every Kingdom that preceded it

0:26:26.090,0:26:31.010
you can't stop the inevitable everything[br]dies in the end and nothing really

0:26:31.010,0:26:36.950
matters or maybe I'm reading too much[br]into this anyways the pale Kings plan

0:26:36.950,0:26:41.030
had failed his creation could not[br]contain the radiances power and soon she

0:26:41.030,0:26:44.630
would break free once again but instead[br]of giving up The Pale King devised

0:26:44.630,0:26:49.120
another scheme he seek the assistance of[br]be powerful bugs modem on the teacher

0:26:49.120,0:26:54.280
lure in the watcher and Hurra the Beast[br]Lauren lived in the spire in the city of

0:26:54.280,0:26:59.290
tears there he kept a telescope which is[br]kind of creepy if you think about it Mon

0:26:59.290,0:27:03.760
Aman maintained an archive in the fog[br]Canyon there she tried to keep all the

0:27:03.760,0:27:08.169
information of hollowness history[br]unfortunately all of her data logs read

0:27:08.169,0:27:13.179
like bad George Orwell fan fiction Hurra[br]was Queen and ruler in the domain of

0:27:13.179,0:27:17.890
deep nest as I'm sure you remember[br]relations between deep nest and hallow

0:27:17.890,0:27:21.669
nest were not that good while the other[br]two were okay with doing the king of

0:27:21.669,0:27:27.220
solid Hara was a bit more difficult but[br]a deal was struck her agreed to help the

0:27:27.220,0:27:32.750
pale King but in exchange the pale King[br]had to give her a child Hornet

0:27:32.750,0:27:37.130
the circumstances of Hornets birth are[br]shrouded in mystery is she her as

0:27:37.130,0:27:40.789
biological offspring or was she created[br]from the void like the siblings

0:27:40.789,0:27:44.330
the white lady mentions a sexual[br]relationship between the pale King and

0:27:44.330,0:27:48.860
her she also mentions that her and[br]Hornet looked very similar so it sounds

0:27:48.860,0:27:53.390
like the King in her a totally did it[br]and Hornets their baby right well not so

0:27:53.390,0:27:57.440
fast if her a could give birth in the[br]first place why would the King have to

0:27:57.440,0:28:03.289
give her a child is she barren is her[br]just bad at dating well a tablet in the

0:28:03.289,0:28:07.179
fungal wastes hints at deep nest once[br]having a king but that he somehow died

0:28:07.179,0:28:11.570
so it seems possible that the death of[br]the King simply left Hera without a

0:28:11.570,0:28:15.650
suitable mate so yeah something was[br]definitely going on between the pale

0:28:15.650,0:28:20.179
King and her ax the stag stationed in[br]deep nest was probably built around the

0:28:20.179,0:28:24.049
time this was going on The Pale King[br]could just hop on his elite special

0:28:24.049,0:28:29.120
forces stag head over to her his place[br]and have crazy bug sex with her that

0:28:29.120,0:28:31.970
would explain why the last tank has[br]never seen the stag stationed in the

0:28:31.970,0:28:36.679
distant village or the hidden station[br]while this all makes sense there is also

0:28:36.679,0:28:39.950
evidence that points towards Hornet[br]being made from the void like the knight

0:28:39.950,0:28:44.480
and the siblings which if true[br]complicates things a little bit Hornet

0:28:44.480,0:28:48.169
tells the player character that they[br]share the same force while we know that

0:28:48.169,0:28:51.890
the player character is made of void so[br]it seems likely that Hornet was created

0:28:51.890,0:28:56.270
in a similar fashion Plus Hornet is[br]called the gendered child by a number of

0:28:56.270,0:29:00.200
NPCs the only reason they would call her[br]that is if her kind wouldn't normally

0:29:00.200,0:29:04.610
have a gender and according to the[br]developers notes the vessels made from

0:29:04.610,0:29:10.100
the void do not have genders there's[br]also the weavers den a hidden area and

0:29:10.100,0:29:14.330
deep nest that appears to be connected[br]to Hornet in some way the loom spiders

0:29:14.330,0:29:18.770
mentioned a bargain and a princess[br]within this hidden area is another

0:29:18.770,0:29:22.820
hidden area in this room there's a[br]design with Hornets head displayed in

0:29:22.820,0:29:27.049
the middle plus all the string lying[br]around makes sense given on Hornet uses

0:29:27.049,0:29:31.570
thread in combat[br]when you leave the weavers den for the

0:29:31.570,0:29:35.860
first time you see this loom spider[br]runaway there's no real explanation

0:29:35.860,0:29:39.640
about this but I'm guessing the upcoming[br]Hornet DLC will shed more light on

0:29:39.640,0:29:45.730
what's going on here also midwife is[br]clearly involved in Hornets creation but

0:29:45.730,0:29:49.870
she doesn't really tell us much about[br]how exactly Hornet was created honestly

0:29:49.870,0:29:54.540
unless we can get all these guys on[br]Maury we're not gonna know for sure and

0:29:54.540,0:29:59.530
so with the pale King and her as steel[br]struck she lurin and modem on became the

0:29:59.530,0:30:02.950
dreamers the challah knight was chained[br]up in the temple of the black egg and

0:30:02.950,0:30:06.430
the dreamers went into an endless[br]slumber where they placed a seal over

0:30:06.430,0:30:10.810
the temple from the dream world to[br]memorials were built one in the city of

0:30:10.810,0:30:16.030
tears and one in the resting grounds to[br]commemorate the sacrifices made also at

0:30:16.030,0:30:20.650
some point between all this the whole[br]night hit puberty or something this has

0:30:20.650,0:30:24.340
actually led to a lot of questions being[br]asked about why the Halle night grew but

0:30:24.340,0:30:29.500
none of the other siblings grew my[br]theory Flintstones chewable vitamins so

0:30:29.500,0:30:33.340
at this point the radiance was trapped[br]inside a vessel that was chained up

0:30:33.340,0:30:37.120
inside a temple that was surrounded by[br]an interdimensional telepathic

0:30:37.120,0:30:44.070
forcefield stationed all the way up at[br]the top of the world and it didn't work

0:30:46.500,0:30:50.620
it was at this point when the pale King[br]and the white Palace suddenly vanished

0:30:50.620,0:30:54.940
into thin air the white lady in fierce[br]Tyrel retreated to the Queen's garden

0:30:54.940,0:30:59.800
dyra died fighting off infected mantises[br]while the white lady rooted herself into

0:30:59.800,0:31:04.540
the ground mighty head Jamal got his[br]armor stolen by a maggot who the player

0:31:04.540,0:31:10.210
later finds under the name false Knight[br]yeah nice job mighty head Jamal but this

0:31:10.210,0:31:16.990
doesn't mean that hegemon August 6 2017[br]team cherry held an AMA on reddit where

0:31:16.990,0:31:20.440
they answered questions about the game[br]it was revealed in this thread that a

0:31:20.440,0:31:25.660
Jamel couldn't live without his armor[br]which makes sense I mean I certainly

0:31:25.660,0:31:28.530
hope he wasn't born wearing a giant suit[br]of armor

0:31:28.530,0:31:32.920
mysterious Emir remained in the resting[br]grounds waiting for some poor sucker to

0:31:32.920,0:31:37.480
attempt her soul-crushing side quest so[br]they could get a peace of heart loyal

0:31:37.480,0:31:40.230
Agra moved into the Royal waterways and[br]chain

0:31:40.230,0:31:45.540
his name - dung defender now I'm not[br]gonna get too hard on this guy we all

0:31:45.540,0:31:49.020
have our fetishes[br]it may not be copper philia but teach

0:31:49.020,0:31:53.880
their own you know but Oh grams love is[br]not exclusive to excrement he acts as

0:31:53.880,0:31:57.809
the protector of isthmus Grove has is[br]only accessible after beating him in

0:31:57.809,0:32:03.390
combat his Musgrove is the Grove where[br]kindly yzma is she is dead by the time

0:32:03.390,0:32:06.900
the player finds her however it is clear[br]from the dunk offenders dialogue that

0:32:06.900,0:32:10.620
Agra man disma had some sort of[br]relationship as to whether or not he

0:32:10.620,0:32:15.600
gave her a dirty sanchez or something I[br]don't know the game never discloses

0:32:15.600,0:32:19.410
hornets whereabouts during all this[br]at some point it seems possible that she

0:32:19.410,0:32:22.950
spent a good deal of time with the white[br]lady this would make sense because the

0:32:22.950,0:32:25.890
white lady could have been the one who[br]explained a Hornet everything she knows

0:32:25.890,0:32:29.940
about how to stop the infection in the[br]previously mentioned reddit AMA a

0:32:29.940,0:32:34.080
developer from Team cherry mentioned the[br]original plans for Hornets lore they

0:32:34.080,0:32:38.549
involved Hornet being raised by Hera the[br]white lady and Vespa the queen of the

0:32:38.549,0:32:43.020
hive hence the name Hornet this is[br]actually pretty badass but we don't know

0:32:43.020,0:32:47.520
for sure if this is still Horne his[br]backstory in the game over time the

0:32:47.520,0:32:51.330
player character and several other[br]failed vessels escaped the abyss ending

0:32:51.330,0:32:55.110
up in various locations the player[br]character leaves hollow nest and wanders

0:32:55.110,0:32:59.070
into the wilderness beyond the howling[br]cliffs at this point the collapse of

0:32:59.070,0:33:02.640
holliness seemed inevitable the kingdom[br]was sealed away from the rest of the

0:33:02.640,0:33:06.410
world with the well in dirt mouth being[br]one of the only ways to get back inside

0:33:06.410,0:33:10.290
dirt mouth itself remained unaffected[br]because of its location on the surface

0:33:10.290,0:33:15.660
oh I guess it was that easy but slowly[br]the bugs that live there decide to

0:33:15.660,0:33:19.200
travel into hollow nest leaving the[br]elder bug is one of the few remaining

0:33:19.200,0:33:24.660
survivors time within the kingdom froze[br]and howl nest was left incomplete stasis

0:33:24.660,0:33:30.360
and basically that's all that happens[br]before the game starts for the rest of

0:33:30.360,0:33:33.630
this video I'll explain the plot as if[br]the player is going for the dream no

0:33:33.630,0:33:39.150
more ending which is the good ending to[br]the game the player character who I will

0:33:39.150,0:33:43.380
refer to as the knight is called back to[br]hollowness by some force they arrive in

0:33:43.380,0:33:47.280
dirt mouth and descend into hollow nest[br]the knight encounters Hornet who it

0:33:47.280,0:33:51.120
first dismisses their abilities Hornet[br]again appears in the Steve tears where

0:33:51.120,0:33:53.730
she encourages the knight to travel to[br]kingdom's edge

0:33:53.730,0:33:58.230
to the corpse of the pale Kings original[br]form during this conversation Hornet

0:33:58.230,0:34:02.220
says that the night holds a resilience[br]of two voids the two voids she is

0:34:02.220,0:34:05.910
referring to are the void the night is[br]made of and the void that exists outside

0:34:05.910,0:34:09.270
of hollow nest[br]leaving colonists appears to cause bugs

0:34:09.270,0:34:13.440
to lose their memories or even their[br]minds quarrel is an example of a bug

0:34:13.440,0:34:17.190
that lost his memory from entering the[br]void beyond hallow nest quarrel was

0:34:17.190,0:34:20.670
originally an assistant to modem on when[br]the night Meets quarrel - being in the

0:34:20.670,0:34:25.170
game however he has no recollection of[br]any of this this means that the night

0:34:25.170,0:34:29.400
probably has no memory of anything at[br]the start of the game at kingdoms edge

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Hornet challenges the night one last[br]time the night wins and they travel into

0:34:33.630,0:34:37.110
the corpse of worm where they obtained[br]the Kings brand which allows the knight

0:34:37.110,0:34:42.270
to travel into the abyss at some point[br]the knight visits the dreamers shrine in

0:34:42.270,0:34:46.260
the resting grounds where the dreamers[br]appear to the knight the dreamers admit

0:34:46.260,0:34:49.740
that their powers are not working to[br]stop the infection but remember that

0:34:49.740,0:34:54.300
their sworn duty to the King is to keep[br]the seal in place at this point madam on

0:34:54.300,0:34:58.320
Lauren and Hera make the executive[br]decision to lock the night away forever

0:34:58.320,0:35:02.089
in the dream world

0:35:02.089,0:35:09.210
hello darkness my old friend but the[br]night is immediately rescued by some

0:35:09.210,0:35:13.200
flying moth creature[br]yeah the dreamers really suck at their

0:35:13.200,0:35:18.210
job darkness mom this moth gives the[br]night a little pep talk before giving

0:35:18.210,0:35:22.530
them the dream nail after the sequence[br]the night awakens in the presence of the

0:35:22.530,0:35:26.970
seer the sole survivor of the moth race[br]the seer tells the night to obtain

0:35:26.970,0:35:30.839
essence in order to sharpen the dream[br]nail once the night collects 18-hundred

0:35:30.839,0:35:35.430
essence the dream nail transforms into[br]the awoken dream nail with the dream

0:35:35.430,0:35:39.089
nail the night breaks the seal on the[br]black egg temple by visiting the three

0:35:39.089,0:35:43.079
dreamers and murdering them in their[br]dreams Freddy Krueger style the night

0:35:43.079,0:35:46.380
travels to the abyss using the Kings[br]brand to unlock the gate that kept the

0:35:46.380,0:35:49.799
realms sealed away for so long[br]there the knight receives the shade

0:35:49.799,0:35:53.760
cloak which allows them to pass through[br]these annoying ass barriers which gives

0:35:53.760,0:35:57.030
the knight access to the building in[br]Queens garden where the reclusive white

0:35:57.030,0:35:59.490
lady lives[br]the white lady gives the knight the

0:35:59.490,0:36:03.329
first half of a charm called the King[br]soul which is a symbol of the union

0:36:03.329,0:36:07.829
between two higher beings the second[br]half of the Kings soul is located in the

0:36:07.829,0:36:11.460
white palace which can only be reached[br]by using the awakened dream nail on the

0:36:11.460,0:36:15.630
corpse of a king's mold in the ancient[br]basin after a ridiculous amount of

0:36:15.630,0:36:19.859
platforming bullshit the knight finds[br]the second half the Kings soul next to

0:36:19.859,0:36:31.540
the corpse of the pale King but as The[br]Pale King really dead

0:36:31.660,0:36:36.710
according to the manual for hollow light[br]the king is just in hiding also we're in

0:36:36.710,0:36:40.220
the dream world which could mean that[br]this is just a memory of the pale king

0:36:40.220,0:36:45.500
and not the real pale king but we know[br]that the real white palace vanished and

0:36:45.500,0:36:49.640
that this body is very close to where[br]the palace originally stood meaning that

0:36:49.640,0:36:53.330
this could be the real white palace[br]inside the dream world with the real

0:36:53.330,0:36:58.340
pale King sitting dead on the throne but[br]the pale King has been known a cheat

0:36:58.340,0:37:02.450
death it's possible that the pale king[br]reincarnated again into a different

0:37:02.450,0:37:06.620
creature also what would have even[br]killed him did he accidentally walk into

0:37:06.620,0:37:10.280
one of the hundreds of saw blades that[br]he has around the castle if that's the

0:37:10.280,0:37:14.270
case then he deserved to die[br]but there is a chance that the King soul

0:37:14.270,0:37:18.860
is literally the Kings soul salut bruh[br]the bug that sells charm to the night

0:37:18.860,0:37:22.490
reveals that some charms are created[br]from the dying wishes of bugs

0:37:22.490,0:37:26.420
there are many charms in the game that[br]confirmed this such as Joanie's blessing

0:37:26.420,0:37:30.740
and - master and after equipping the[br]Kings soul the white lady says she feels

0:37:30.740,0:37:34.940
like she's in the presence of worm once[br]again the pale King might have died in

0:37:34.940,0:37:38.420
the white palace and his wish to free[br]hollowness resulted in creating the

0:37:38.420,0:37:43.610
Kings soul but if that's the case why is[br]the charm broken in half if the Queen

0:37:43.610,0:37:46.580
take half of the Kings soul after the[br]bail King died and if the charms

0:37:46.580,0:37:50.750
description mentions a union so the[br]charm might have existed a long time

0:37:50.750,0:37:56.030
before the Kings death but the pale[br]Kings final words are no cost - great

0:37:56.030,0:37:59.840
those sound like the words of a person[br]who was willing to sacrifice himself to

0:37:59.840,0:38:05.360
end the infection but they never did[br]find Tupac's body and also you're

0:38:05.360,0:38:10.100
telling me that jet fuel can't even melt[br]passports and why is it that Ross Geller

0:38:10.100,0:38:16.420
is 29 in seasons three four and five of[br]friends there's only one plausible

0:38:16.420,0:38:22.280
explanation people he's probably dead[br]either way the night Lutz the body and

0:38:22.280,0:38:25.670
the Kings soul is complete after[br]chaining the Kings soul the knight

0:38:25.670,0:38:29.900
travels down into the abyss at a new[br]area is unlocked there the knight can

0:38:29.900,0:38:32.780
strike a big black ball with the[br]awakened dream nail to reveal a

0:38:32.780,0:38:37.100
flashback to when the pale King and the[br]hollow Knight leave the abyss the Kings

0:38:37.100,0:38:40.880
soul is then replaced by another charm[br]called the void heart according to the

0:38:40.880,0:38:44.480
in-game description the void heart[br]unifies the void under the bay

0:38:44.480,0:38:49.099
we'll what I think is happening with[br]this fear is that the night is hitting

0:38:49.099,0:38:52.790
their own reflection with the dream nail[br]allowing them access into their own mind

0:38:52.790,0:38:56.810
and memories the Kings soul turning into[br]the void heart is one unlocks and new

0:38:56.810,0:39:01.010
endings for the game it's an important[br]moment because now the night is not just

0:39:01.010,0:39:05.960
made of void but has control over all of[br]the void throughout the entire game the

0:39:05.960,0:39:10.010
nightshade and the siblings attacked the[br]night but after obtaining the void heart

0:39:10.010,0:39:14.329
these enemies become docile with[br]complete control over all of the void

0:39:14.329,0:39:19.450
the knight now has enough power in order[br]to defeat the radiance once and for all

0:39:19.450,0:39:23.570
after obtaining the void heart the[br]knight enters the temple of the black

0:39:23.570,0:39:28.160
egg unchanged a hollow Knight and the[br]two begin to fight partway through the

0:39:28.160,0:39:32.180
battle the hall Knight goes all 13[br]reasons why on us and begins mutilating

0:39:32.180,0:39:36.050
itself a possible explanation for this[br]is that the whole night is trying to

0:39:36.050,0:39:40.280
help the knight by weakening itself[br]while not in the final game the dream

0:39:40.280,0:39:44.060
nail dialogue for the hollow night has[br]been data mined most of it just appears

0:39:44.060,0:39:49.790
to be thoughts from the radiance things[br]like kill and shall blaze free there are

0:39:49.790,0:39:53.960
a few interesting lines here however[br]kill the usurper our light it would

0:39:53.960,0:39:57.770
suffocate this line implies that the[br]knight will be able to contain the

0:39:57.770,0:40:01.640
radiance completely another interesting[br]line seems to be coming from the hollow

0:40:01.640,0:40:08.480
night itself father yeah that's weird[br]maybe the howl and I noticed the Kings

0:40:08.480,0:40:12.829
soul consumed inside the void heart or[br]maybe the King's brand or maybe the poor

0:40:12.829,0:40:16.700
thing has just gone insane regardless[br]these lines of dialogue were cut from

0:40:16.700,0:40:20.630
the final game so we have to be cautious[br]when analyzing them at some point during

0:40:20.630,0:40:24.470
the fight Hornet pierces the hollow[br]Knights shell a knight uses the dream

0:40:24.470,0:40:28.900
nail to enter the hollow Knights mind[br]there the knight challenges the radiance

0:40:28.900,0:40:33.650
during the fight the dream nail can be[br]used on the radiance she says things

0:40:33.650,0:40:39.589
like dawn shall break and I do not fear[br]you at some point she calls the knight

0:40:39.589,0:40:44.390
her ancient enemy now when I hear this[br]the only two things I can think she's

0:40:44.390,0:40:49.280
referring to are the pale King or the[br]void without the pale King the knight

0:40:49.280,0:40:53.510
would probably never have existed so[br]that does make sense again it's also

0:40:53.510,0:40:56.380
possible that the radiance detects the[br]Kings soul inside the knight

0:40:56.380,0:40:59.950
however maybe this dialogue is hinting[br]at some greater fight between the

0:40:59.950,0:41:02.950
radiance and the void[br]maybe the radiance and the void have

0:41:02.950,0:41:06.069
some other beef that happened long[br]before the arrival of the pale King

0:41:06.069,0:41:09.579
maybe it had something to do with the[br]fall of the ancient civilization that we

0:41:09.579,0:41:13.420
learn about during the game[br]who knows maybe team cherry will make a

0:41:13.420,0:41:18.759
prequel saga to explain it all anyway as[br]the fight continues the siblings and the

0:41:18.759,0:41:22.900
hall and I appear in the dream world and[br]help the night corner the radiance the

0:41:22.900,0:41:26.710
void starts holding the radiance down[br]using its void tentacles and while I

0:41:26.710,0:41:30.460
think we've all seen enough hentai to[br]know where this is going acting is one

0:41:30.460,0:41:38.470
the void engulfs the radiance in total[br]darkness after the battle ends there's a

0:41:38.470,0:41:42.849
cutscene showing the void seeping into[br]the ground Hornet wakes up and finds the

0:41:42.849,0:41:46.989
night shattered shell and a final shot[br]shows siblings returning back into the

0:41:46.989,0:41:51.099
earth the radiance has been consumed and[br]the infection has presumably ceased

0:41:51.099,0:41:56.650
completely hopefully this video was able[br]to help you better understand the plot

0:41:56.650,0:41:59.920
to holla night it's definitely a bit[br]more complicated than your average

0:41:59.920,0:42:05.920
platformer however there are still many[br]unanswered questions like what's the

0:42:05.920,0:42:10.539
deal with the bugs wearing masks how[br]does the pale king's foresight abilities

0:42:10.539,0:42:14.799
play into the story clearly there was[br]some sort of plan put in place for the

0:42:14.799,0:42:19.779
knight to defeat the radiance was The[br]Pale King involved in this and most

0:42:19.779,0:42:25.630
importantly why the fuck are there god[br]damn jellyfish in a game about bugs it

0:42:25.630,0:42:30.729
makes no sense come on team Jerry[br]what kind of entomology textbooks are

0:42:30.729,0:42:34.779
they selling you in Australia but yeah[br]other than the jellyfish this game is

0:42:34.779,0:42:40.900
fucking perfect I love everything about[br]Halle Knight so now that we've mapped

0:42:40.900,0:42:45.759
out most of the plot to this game what's[br]the message is there a greater meaning

0:42:45.759,0:42:49.599
to it all people have argued that the[br]White Walkers in Game of Thrones are an

0:42:49.599,0:42:54.009
allegory for climate change they're[br]wrong but maybe Halle Knight has some

0:42:54.009,0:42:59.619
sort of similar allegorical message JRR[br]Tolkien flat-out said that the Lord of

0:42:59.619,0:43:03.489
the Rings is not an allegory at all it's[br]literally just about some short people

0:43:03.489,0:43:06.370
with big feet who hate jewelry or[br]something

0:43:06.370,0:43:10.900
maybe holla night is a cautionary tale[br]about the dangers of temptation and how

0:43:10.900,0:43:14.800
we shouldn't let our desires control us[br]maybe it's a story about the dangers of

0:43:14.800,0:43:18.700
imperialism and how trying to destroy[br]the cultures of others only leads to

0:43:18.700,0:43:22.660
more destruction[br]perhaps holo night is a tragic love

0:43:22.660,0:43:26.140
story between an orphan girl and her[br]mutant vertically challenged half

0:43:26.140,0:43:31.120
sibling it might also be a warning about[br]how exposed the human races to disease

0:43:31.120,0:43:35.720
and how easily a Pam demek could wipe us[br]all out

0:43:35.720,0:43:39.550
or maybe moths are just assholes