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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.94,0:00:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The main character from Hollow Knight is really\Ngood at killing things: Old men, newborn babies,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.83,0:00:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yes, even people who are already dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.93,0:00:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout Hallownest are numerous ghosts,\Nremnant memories of travelers long gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.26,0:00:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s the gravedigger who died after falling\Ninto a grave.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.16,0:00:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s Millybug who died selling cookies,\Na dangerous profession indeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.30,0:00:38.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there’s Marissa, the butterfly\Nwho can be heard singing in the City of Tears.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.99,0:00:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of these ghosts can be struck with the\NDream Nail in exchange for essence.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.90,0:00:48.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this raises a slew of ethical questions\Nabout whether dream nailing a ghost is humane
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.47,0:00:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.60,0:00:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does the ghost constitute an actual conscious\Nbeing?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.60,0:00:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is being a ghost better than not existing\Nat all?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.38,0:00:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can they use their ghostly powers to shoot\Nlightning out of the sky?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.50,0:01:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ghosts in Hollow Knight might seem pretty\Nrandom, but that’s because most of them
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.17,0:01:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were actually characters designed by Kickstarter\Nbackers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.80,0:01:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hence why we get characters like this Guts\Nknockoff, created by David Waldie and Kcin,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.87,0:01:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,created by Nick.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.41,0:01:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But today, we’re going to look at one specific\Ngroup of backer characters: the dream warriors.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.32,0:01:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the Kickstarter backer rewards was\Nto create a dream boss that the player would
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.19,0:01:27.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be able to fight.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.65,0:01:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were originally ten backers for this\Ntier, but only seven backers provided details
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.30,0:01:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for characters.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.83,0:01:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happened to the other three backers,\Nyou ask?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.62,0:01:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that’s a good question.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.27,0:01:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These bosses don’t really give us any greater\Ninformation about the lore of Hollow Knight,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.80,0:01:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that hasn’t stopped literally billions\Nof people from begging me to do a video on
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.36,0:01:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.36,0:01:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So without further ado, here is the Dream\NWarriors’ lore explained.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.29,0:01:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First up, we have Xero, created by Constant\NPham.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.08,0:02:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This dream warrior is located in the Resting\NGrounds and will probably be the first dream
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.28,0:02:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,warrior new players find.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.34,0:02:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xero dreamt of cutting down the infection\Nin his dreams.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.20,0:02:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, you know, that’s how you fight\Ninfectious diseases.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.40,0:02:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just give everybody swords, obviously.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.08,0:02:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then Xero actually turned his nail against\Nthe Pale King, likely due to being infected
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.57,0:02:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the Radiance himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.67,0:02:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This resulted in him getting executed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.50,0:02:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before his betrayal, it seemed like Xero was\Nactually a faithful soldier, fighting for
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.20,0:02:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hallownest and the Pale King.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.44,0:02:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What exactly was he fighting against?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.40,0:02:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we hear about vague things like the\NBattle of the Blackwyrm, but other than that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.67,0:02:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don’t really know what Xero would have\Ndone.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.62,0:02:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seems like those bugs building the tram in\NDeepnest could have used some military back
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.13,0:02:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up, but what do I know?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.30,0:02:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before the fight, Xero tells the Knight that\Nthose who hope are already doomed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.61,0:02:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the fight, however, he realizes that\Nthose who turn against the king are doomed
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.13,0:02:56.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as soon as they raise their weapon.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.81,0:03:01.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Honestly I have no idea what this character’s\Narc is supposed to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.47,0:03:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I guess character arcs don’t always\Nhave to make sense, so whatever.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.37,0:03:09.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Elder Hu was created by Donald Lynch.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.89,0:03:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was a sage who traveled Hallownest tending\Nto those afflicted by the infection.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.75,0:03:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hu died in the Fungal Wastes nearby the Mantis\NVillage.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.47,0:03:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He explains that the mantises below have become\Nmad with the infection.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.92,0:03:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But of course, we know the Mantises weren’t\Ninfected.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.77,0:03:26.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So not only is Elder Hu dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.95,0:03:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he’s also stupid.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.19,0:03:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After his defeat, Elder Hu comes to the realization\Nthat he was the one infected and that the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.31,0:03:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mantises actually killed him.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.82,0:03:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a common theme among all dream warriors.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.14,0:03:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They all think they are still alive when the\NKnight finds them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.63,0:03:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is actually different from how Team Cherry\Noriginally asked backers to write their dialogue.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.67,0:03:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From their original email explaining what\Ndetails they needed from backers, Team Cherry
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.07,0:03:55.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expected the dreamers to actually know they\Nare dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.19,0:03:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, the dreamers were originally going to\Ndrop medals that had little messages attached
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.63,0:04:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to them, which later became what we see in\Nthe Hunter’s journal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.05,0:04:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another interesting change made is the location\Nof the Dream Warriors.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.87,0:04:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It appears the warriors were all going to\Nbe found in one location, the Queen’s Glade.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.02,0:04:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can tell from an old development map of\NHallownest that the Queen’s Glade was located
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.09,0:04:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the current day Ancient Basin is found,\Njust below the White Palace foundation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.44,0:04:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Glade was guarded by Fierce Dryya, who\Nwas originally going to be a boss.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.82,0:04:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, there would have been eleven\Nboss fights in just this one spot of the map.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.82,0:04:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Honestly, I’m happy Team Cherry decided\Nnot to do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.15,0:04:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Putting the dream warriors in their own locations\Nmakes them feel more organic, like they actually
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.31,0:04:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,belong in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.44,0:04:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Elder Hu appears to be based on the buddist\Ntradition, as he wears mala, or prayer beads
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.62,0:04:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around his neck.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.78,0:04:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would normally say this feels out of place,\Nbut it seems like Team Cherry is actually
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.91,0:04:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to incorporate another character into\NSilksong who uses this same aesthetic: Shakra.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.34,0:05:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it seems like we might get a little more\Ninformation about whatever group Elder Hu
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.55,0:05:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a part of when Hollow Knight Silksong\Nreleases in 2054.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.52,0:05:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Galien was created by Zachary Virden and can\Nbe found in Deepnest.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.57,0:05:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Galien proclaimed himself as the strongest\Nwarrior in Hallownest and claims he is only
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.08,0:05:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interested in fighting the Knight for the\Nsake of jolly combat.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.94,0:05:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Galien traveled into Deepnest so that he could\Ntrain himself by fighting the bugs found there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.60,0:05:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he was eventually killed off by the beasts.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.88,0:05:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What’s interesting about Galien is that\Nhe actually comments about seeing his own
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.75,0:05:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,body laying on the ground, but he doesn’t\Neven recognize that it’s him.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.89,0:05:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That seems to confirm that ghosts are not\Njust confused, but in denial about their own
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.57,0:05:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deaths.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.57,0:05:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, Wayner in the Spirit’s Glade is\Nliterally holding his head in his hands, and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.24,0:05:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still thinks he is alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.51,0:05:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone who watches shows about real life,\Nactual ghost hunting, knows that ghosts tend
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.23,0:06:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be human spirits trapped in the past, ignorant\Nof the fact that they are ghosts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.50,0:06:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another kinda interesting but not really fact\Nis that Galien is the only dream warrior to
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.82,0:06:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually use a physical weapon during combat.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.12,0:06:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other dreamers just shoot magical projectiles\Nor roll up into a ball or summon ghosts of
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.90,0:06:15.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their dead babies to attack you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.61,0:06:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kinda makes me wonder how bugs like Xero and\NGorb actually fought when they were alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.24,0:06:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marmu was created by Zara Pellen, AKA William\NPellen’s own mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.26,0:06:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marmu acted as the protector of the Queen’s\NGarden, waiting patiently for the return of
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.45,0:06:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her queen, presumably the White Lady.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.71,0:06:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Apparently the White Lady was going to teach\NMarmu how to fly… which seems kinda odd
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.84,0:06:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,considering the White Lady wouldn’t know\Nthe first thing about flying considering she
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.63,0:06:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is literally a plant.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.43,0:06:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A root flying, what’s next?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.94,0:06:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pigs walking on land?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.93,0:06:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marmu appears to be based on a real life insect\Ncalled a puss moth caterpillar.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.64,0:06:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This could be why Marmu talks about learning\Nto fly, but this raises a lot of questions
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.27,0:07:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how we should examine Hollow Knight\Nlore.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.14,0:07:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This would technically mean that Marmu is\Ngoing to transform into a moth, but she doesn’t
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.39,0:07:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seem to be related to the Moth tribe.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.66,0:07:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So are there groups of moths that wander around\Noutside the moth tribe?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.84,0:07:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does Marmu even care about dreams or the dead\Nlike the Moth Tribe did?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.78,0:07:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can Marmu shoot fucking swords out of her\Nface?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.40,0:07:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, it seems like Marmu really doesn’t\Nhave anything to do with Seer and her group.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.83,0:07:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marmu being based on an insect that becomes\Na moth in real life doesn’t mean this character
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.29,0:07:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has anything to do with the other moths.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.50,0:07:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There just isn’t a narrative or even aesthetic\Nconnection between them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.70,0:07:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This same thing happens with grubs.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.33,0:07:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always see comments from people trying to\Ntell me that the grubs are going to turn into
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.32,0:07:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little Radiances because they are caterpillars,\Nand while that might make sense on the surface,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.41,0:07:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know that grubs turn into Grubberflies,\Nwhich is just a completely made up thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.49,0:07:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The biology of bugs in Hollow Knight doesn’t\Nhave to follow reality by any means.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.08,0:08:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For all we know Marmu might evolve into a\N2001 Honda Civic.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.40,0:08:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, there is one Dream Warrior that is\Ndirectly tied to the moth tribe, Markoth.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.30,0:08:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Markoth is unique to the moth tribe however,\Nas he was one of the only members to take
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.73,0:08:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up a weapon.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.91,0:08:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, the only other moth we know of who\Ndid this is Thistlewind, another backer character
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.90,0:08:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found in the Spirit’s Glade.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.91,0:08:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thistlewind even mentions Markoth, making\Nhim the only Dream Warrior to ever be acknowledged
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.53,0:08:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by anyone other than the Knight.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.35,0:08:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Markoth can be found on the outskirts of the\NKingdom’s Edge.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.49,0:08:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thistlewind says he came out here to uncover\Nsome forgotten truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.61,0:08:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, Markoth is too busy threatening\Nus with death to tell us what he was looking
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.40,0:08:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.40,0:08:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe he heard about the Wyrm corpse, or maybe\Nhe wanted to learn about the Hive, or maybe
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.48,0:08:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he wanted to see what was beyond this stupid-ass\Ntent.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.70,0:08:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was lucky enough to get into contact with\NSamuel Dixon, the backer who originally designed
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.00,0:08:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Markoth.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.00,0:09:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Samuel was even able to provide me with\Nhis original instructions for Markoth that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.31,0:09:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he sent to Team Cherry.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.22,0:09:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we compare Samuel’s dialogue to what\Nmade it into the final game, we can see that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.59,0:09:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Team Cherry kept Markoth’s battle-worn stoic\Npersonality.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.53,0:09:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, after being defeated, Markoth gains\Nsome perspective in the final game, as opposed
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.18,0:09:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to still being a complete dick.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.89,0:09:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally we can see that the dialogue for the\Nemblem Markoth would have given you is similar
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.73,0:09:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the quote in the Hunter’s Journal.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.25,0:09:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to Samuel, Markoth was supposed\Nto position himself in the far corners of
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.42,0:09:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the room, and then throw two nails and his\Nshield at the Knight.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.58,0:09:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Knight could then deal damage, which would\Nprompt Markoth to move to a different corner
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.14,0:09:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the room.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.34,0:09:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the final game, Markoth kinda just floats\Naround wherever he wants like a fart in the
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.05,0:09:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wind.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.05,0:09:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Samuel didn’t have any lore to share with\Nme about Markoth, so whatever his connection
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.36,0:09:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to the lore of Hallownest, it appears to\Nhave been manufactured by Team Cherry themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.25,0:09:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So unfortunately, we still don’t really\Nknow the finer details of what truth Markoth
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.18,0:10:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was looking for.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.88,0:10:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is another incredibly cryptic Dream\NWarrior that we really do need to discuss.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.81,0:10:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The deep and disturbing lore surrounding this\Ncharacter has haunted me for years now, and
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.54,0:10:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it’s finally time we discussed them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.89,0:10:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am of course talking about Gorb.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.82,0:10:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A monument to Gorb can be found in the Howling\NCliffs where he is described as “the Great
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.81,0:10:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mind”.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.81,0:10:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gorb claimed to contain all of the world’s\Nknowledge inside of his giant brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.58,0:10:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gorb demanded that others bow to him and ascend\Nwith him.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.64,0:10:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does it mean to “ascend with Gorb”\Nexactly?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.62,0:10:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was he handing out pamphlets or something?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.41,0:10:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A pretty common theory is that Gorb is actually\Na Godseeker.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.04,0:10:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is because of visual similarities and\Nthe fact that the Godseeker also never shut
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.18,0:10:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up about ascending.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.67,0:10:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, I would say that Gorb appears to\Nbe more like a slug creature, while the Godseekers
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.85,0:10:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appear to be bandaged up like mummies.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.29,0:10:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we don’t really know what they look like\Nunderneath.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.01,0:10:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that’s one point against the theory.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.31,0:11:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, apparently the Godseekers have absolutely\Nbeautiful faces underneath their masks, and
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.61,0:11:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we look at Gorb’s face…
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.45,0:11:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well actually, that checks out.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.43,0:11:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what does the actual dialogue say about\NGorb.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.08,0:11:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Hunter’s Journal entry describes Gorb\Nas being a mysterious life-form.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.31,0:11:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s a really interesting word to use.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.02,0:11:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now obviously, any living thing is a life-form,\Nbut the connotation surrounding that word
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.67,0:11:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is usually linked to extraterrestrial life.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.98,0:11:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So does this mean Gorb is some kind of alien?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.57,0:11:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s not all, the Hall of Gods also gives\Na pretty interesting description to Gorb,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.15,0:11:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,calling him a “Dreamborn god of the beyond”.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.34,0:11:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What exactly is “the beyond”?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.17,0:11:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could it be outer space?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.29,0:11:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe ascending with Gorb is literally ascending\Nin some kind of spaceship.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.85,0:11:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, the architecture of Hallownest seems\Nfar too complex for simple bugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.04,0:12:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would make much more sense if there was\Nsome advanced alien race helping build these
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.79,0:12:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,monuments.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.18,0:12:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of the unexplainable aspects of Hollow\NKnight lore have any answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.22,0:12:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where did Bretta go?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.30,0:12:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aliens!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.30,0:12:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did the Hollow Knight grow?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.39,0:12:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aliens!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.39,0:12:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Pentagon?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.28,0:12:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aliens!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.28,0:12:22.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now obviously, I am mostly joking, but there\Nreally isn’t much to go on with Gorb.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.71,0:12:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The concept of the mind, and using it to ascend\Nis a noticeable theme in Hollow Knight.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.80,0:12:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there doesn’t seem to be anything special\Nabout Gorb.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.76,0:12:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gorb was created by Aladar Appaponyi.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.75,0:12:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps he could shed some light on why Gorb’s\Nbackstory is so incredibly vague and odd.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.31,0:12:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was able to get into contact with Aladar,\Nbut apparently he didn’t really have a backstory
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.02,0:12:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Gorb.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.02,0:12:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn’t even give Gorb a name.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.84,0:12:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All he gave Team Cherry was this drawing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.25,0:12:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This early version of Gorb was a slug that\Nwielded a nail in his mouth.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.29,0:12:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea was that he tricked the player into\Nthinking he was weak, but in reality he had
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.72,0:13:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,great defense.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.61,0:13:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it seems all of Gorb’s strange alien\Nnonsense came from Team Cherry themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.87,0:13:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This leaves us with one final Dream Warrior:\NNo Eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.78,0:13:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No Eyes can be found in the Stone Sanctuary\Nin Greenpath.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.38,0:13:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was a warrior who disappeared during the\Ninfection.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.54,0:13:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Out of all the dream warriors in the game,\NI’d say No Eyes is the most interesting
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.45,0:13:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the most cryptic.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.54,0:13:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No Eyes was first revealed in a Kickstarter\Nupdate where Team Cherry explained that her
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.65,0:13:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,backstory was one of the most disturbing bits\Nof fiction they had ever read.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.92,0:13:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, they didn’t share any details\Non what her original backstory is, but luckily
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.12,0:13:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone on Reddit was able to contact the\Noriginal backer, Liza Kretzschmar, and provide
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.34,0:13:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,us with No Eyes’ backstory.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.77,0:13:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the reddit post, No Eyes was\Noff on a quest when the infection spread throughout
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.16,0:13:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hallownest.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.33,0:13:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had left her children behind, thinking\Nthey would be safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.61,0:14:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When she returned, she refused to believe\Nthat her children could have been killed by
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.12,0:14:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the infection, so she ran inside the sanctuary\Nto get them out safely.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.47,0:14:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She found them inside, both maddened and hungry.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.08,0:14:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No Eyes tried to pick up some of her children,\Nbut they swarmed her, devouring her eyes along
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.12,0:14:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the rest of her body.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.11,0:14:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No Eyes’ ghost would warn the player to\Nstay away from the sanctuary.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.34,0:14:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her nursery rhyme that she sings was supposed\Nto actually be instructions on how the player
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.34,0:14:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needs to move throughout the room in order\Nto avoid getting hit by the children.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.16,0:14:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole battle was just avoiding the ghosts\Nuntil all the rounds were finished.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.28,0:14:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course in the final game, the ghosts are\Njust the way No Eyes attacks as she teleports
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.03,0:14:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the room.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.03,0:14:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the nursery rhyme is just gibberish...\Ncreepy gibberish.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.76,0:14:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This backstory kinda makes sense with No Eyes’\Nquote in the Hunter’s Journal which reads
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.99,0:14:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“They’re coming…
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.15,0:14:56.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What’s inside of you….
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.91,0:14:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Strip it out!”.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.91,0:15:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It appears as though No Eyes is warning others\Nabout her children coming to eat their eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.93,0:15:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.93,0:15:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the Knight interacts with her, she seems\Nto think the Knight is one of her children
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.75,0:15:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at first.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.75,0:15:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’ve seen this before that sometimes ghosts\Ndon’t really understand what they are looking
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.11,0:15:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at and… well No Eyes is fucking blind.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.24,0:15:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she’d probably think anyone who walked\Nin there would be her child.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.71,0:15:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she starts by saying “Please, don’t\Nhurt me!”
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.07,0:15:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which reinforced the idea that her children\Nattacked her.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.33,0:15:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then the dialogue takes a bit of a turn.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.37,0:15:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No Eyes says that the Knight can’t sleep\Nwith its eyes open, and it can’t dream if
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.41,0:15:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s still breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.42,0:15:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Judging by the sentence structure here, No\NEyes wants the Knight to stop breathing so
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.93,0:15:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.17,0:15:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s a pretty strong parallel to the\NRadiance here, especially when we look at
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.16,0:15:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No Eyes other dialogue.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.89,0:15:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this means No Eyes might have succumbed\Nto the Infection.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.10,0:15:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that Xero and Elder Hu met similar\Nfates, but this isn’t guaranteed for all
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.12,0:15:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dream warriors.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.61,0:16:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Galien died because he was a moron, and Gorb\Nprobably died from a coke overdose.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.57,0:16:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it might be that No Eyes was infected,\Nand then decided to strip the eyes out of
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.51,0:16:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her children so that they could sleep and\Ndream too.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.44,0:16:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That would explain why the ghosts she summons\Nalso appear to be missing their eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.14,0:16:17.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can tell from No Eyes’ next line that\Nthis resulted in her children saying loathsome
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.07,0:16:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things while they slept.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.42,0:16:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This might be a reference to the fact that\Nthese bugs’ ghosts still haunt the Stone
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.73,0:16:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sanctuary.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.62,0:16:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another explanation is that No Eyes tore everyone's\Neyes out as a preemptive measure to try and
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.55,0:16:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stop the infection from getting to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.01,0:16:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically she’s blinded all her kids out\Nof fear, but ultimately they all still perished.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.08,0:16:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the battle with the Knight, we see that\Nall of these spirits are finally put to rest,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.22,0:16:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and No Eyes embraces being taken to a place\Nwhere the Radiance’s light and dreams can’t
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.05,0:16:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,haunt her and her children anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.11,0:16:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m not really sure how the line “They’re\Ncoming…” fits into either of these two
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.26,0:16:56.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interpretations though.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.09,0:16:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who are “they” if not No Eyes’ children?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.27,0:17:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Radiance?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.80,0:17:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other infected bugs?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.04,0:17:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regardless, it does seem like Team Cherry\Ntweaked the Liza’s original story at least
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.59,0:17:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.84,0:17:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that’s pretty much all I have to say\Nabout the dream warriors.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.21,0:17:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They haven’t been discussed much on this\Nchannel, but that’s mainly just because
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.40,0:17:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are pretty inconsequential to anything\Nthat actually happens, unlike say a character
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.43,0:17:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Menderbug.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.09,0:17:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, there’s nothing wrong with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.11,0:17:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Small, pointless details are what make Hollow\NKnight such an amazing game.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.67,0:17:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like how the bench in the Archive has Monomon’s\Nface on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.60,0:17:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or how the Glowing Womb bugs turn into little\Nturds when you have the Defender’s Crest
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.23,0:17:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equipped.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.23,0:17:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or how the Nailsmith’s rotting corpse can\Nbe found in the junk pit.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.58,0:17:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.32,0:17:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, have you ever heard of a little\Nhellhole called Discord?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.51,0:17:50.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If so, maybe you’d like to check out my\Nnew Discord server called mossbag & friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.17,0:17:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There, you can talk about all things Hollow\NKnight or mossbag related.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.79,0:17:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like discussing the moral implications of\Ndream nailing ghosts.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.37,0:18:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or bitching about how the latest Indie World\Npresentation didn’t shadow drop Silksong.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.11,0:18:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We even have some amazing invite and banner\Nart created by ZamZam and Yoclesh.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.02,0:18:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So please, check the link in the description\Nif you’re interested, and let’s see how
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.58,0:18:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,long it takes before I regret ever creating\Nthis server.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.81,0:18:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m thinking….
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.55,0:18:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,April.