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[Deep sigh of regret]

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I gotta be honest guys. I’m really disappointed[br]in this latest content pack. I just feel like

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Team Cherry really dropped the ball on this[br]one. Nothing really seems to connect to the

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main game, and a bunch of stuff that they[br]promised in their updates is just completely

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missing. Something about Gods and Glory™[br]is just wrong. I really don’t know why Team

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Cherry went in this direction with their newest[br]content pack. This update sucks. It’s almost

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like I accidently downloaded and played an[br]entirely different game, thinking it was a

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Hollow Knight expansion because they happen[br]to share the same incredibly generic, but

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still somehow trademarkable, name.

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And so the final free update for Hollow Knight[br]is here, and, spoiler alert, Godmaster is

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fucking amazing. The new boss rush mode is[br]fantastic and carefully crafted. The new bosses

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are mostly fun, with one glaring exception.[br]My boy Nosk finally got its wings and I am

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so fucking happy. Yeah, he’s still a little[br]bitch, but he looks so badass so I don’t

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care. But I’m sure you already knew that[br]Godmaster was amazing, so I’ll just shut

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the fuck up and start talking about the lore.

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Now there’s a Zoteload of lore to go over,[br]so let’s just start with probably the biggest

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new piece we got. Team Cherry has finally[br]listened to their fans and given us more information

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on Flukemarm. In case you somehow forgot,[br]the Flukemarm is a giant boss found in the

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Royal Waterways. She is the creature responsible[br]for all of the parasite creatures wandering

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around underneath the City of Tears. So what’s[br]the new lore surrounding this thing? Well,

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in Godhome, there are statues that represent[br]each of the bosses in the game. With these

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statues come short descriptions of each of[br]the bosses. And for Flukemarm we get this:

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“Alluring God of motherhood.”

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That’s right, according to the Hollow Knight[br]lore, this thing is “alluring” or in other

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words, attractive, which mean that Flukemarm[br]is now canonically a MILF.

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Not only that, but we also get a new character[br]related to Flukemarm, the Fluke Hermit. We

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meet Fluke Hermit high up in the Junk Pit,[br]below the Nailsmith’s hut. She is surrounded

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by a pile of… whatever, and she is poking[br]a little fluke with a stick. Dream Nailing

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the Fluke Hermit show that she is scared of[br]her mother, who we know is Flukemarm. Maybe

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this is why she chooses to live high up above[br]where the other Flukes live. The Fluke Hermit

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mentions that she gathers up the Flukemarm’s[br]treasure. You can see that this shit in her

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hideout is also in the room where the Flukemarm[br]fight occurs. The Fluke Hermit also uses the

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words “Grow” and “Little Sisters”,[br]which makes me think she is trying to help

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her sisters grow up from the materials she[br]took from the Flukemarm room. Finally, if

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you wear the Flukenest charm and talk to the[br]Fluke Hermit, she freaks out, because... well...

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you know. We killed her mom. And then she[br]starts wondering if she is the new Flukemarm.

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So what exactly is the point of this new character?[br]Well, my guess is that the Fluke Hermit will

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become more important in the upcoming Hornet[br]DLC, since the new ending implies that it

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will be a sequel. Maybe Team Cherry just wants[br]an excuse to give us another riveting Flukemarm

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fight boss. Either that, or Team Cherry just[br]put her in to try and flesh out the pathway

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from the Junkpit to the City of Tears.

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Another new character introduced in this update[br]was the Pale Lurker. Unfortunately, there

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isn’t much to go on with this girl. How[br]do I know she’s a girl? Well that’s what

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the French translation says, so I’m just[br]going to assume that is what it is. She can

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be found behind the Colosseum of Fools and[br]has a simple key in her possession. From her

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Dream Nail dialogue, we can see that this[br]lady was bonkers. But from the Hunter’s

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Journal entry, we know that her madness has[br]nothing to do with the Radiance’s infection.

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The journal entry also mentions that the Pale[br]Lurker was once a champion in the Colosseum

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of Fools. With her name including the word[br]“pale”, the King’s Idol found in a nearby

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cave, and her Dream Nail dialogue using the[br]word “King”, I think it is safe to say

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that this character is somehow connected to[br]the Pale King. But other than that, I don’t

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think she really helps us better understand[br]anything connected to the Colosseum of Fools.

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Alright, it’s time to talk about the Godseekers.[br]And oh boy, is this lore dense. The Godseekers’

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origins begin in the Land of Storms. The player[br]can actually travel to the Land of Storms

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in game by completing each of the five pantheons[br]with all bindings. Thankfully, you don’t

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have to have all the bindings on at once,[br]but it’s still hard as fuck to do. The Land

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of Storms is a desolate wasteland with high[br]winds, rain and lightning. The area is just

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a long straight pathway that leads to a room[br]containing Godseeker masks piled up on the

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ground. In the background you can see the[br]silhouettes of two large bugs. We can get

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a better view of these bugs by ripping the[br]images from the game.

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The Land of Storms also contains an item that[br]unlocks a Journal entry for the Weathered

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Mask. The description of the mask says that[br]it originates from a godless land, and that

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the design of the mask allows the wearer to[br]focus their thoughts through the crest. There

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is also a quote from a poem titled “Lament[br]of the Godseekers”, which explains that

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the previous Gods that the Godseekers worshipped[br]abandoned them. It’s hard to say what the

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Godseekers did to cause their gods to forsake[br]them, but it must have been something horrible.

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Or it’s possible that their gods just died.[br]Maybe these silhouettes are of the Old Gods’

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corpses. Regardless of why the Old Gods are[br]gone, it’s clear that their departure had

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a negative effect on the Godseekers. And it[br]has to do with how the Godseekers’ mind

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works.

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The Godseekers have a shared mind. The Godseekers[br]we talk to in the update almost always say

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“Our mind” as if they share one singular[br]mind. The Godseekers in Godhome also mention

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that their mind is a sea. With this shared[br]mind, the Godseekers’ attempt to connect

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themselves with the Gods. The description[br]on the Weathered Mask mentions that the wearer’s

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thoughts are focused through the crest of[br]the mask. It is through this focus that the

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Godseekers are able to communicate with the[br]Gods and “ascend” their own mind. The

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Godseeker in the Royal Waterways puts it best[br]when she says the following:

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“By attuning Ourselves We clutch at their[br]greatness, their immortality. Their unknowable

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splendour.”

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During the Pantheon of Hallownest the Godseeker[br]also says:

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“We live only to serve the gods, to seek[br]them out.”

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So what happens if there are no Gods around[br]for the Godseekers to attune with? In their

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Lament, the Godseekers mention a woeful silence[br]after the Gods of Thunder and The Gods of

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Rain departed them. Also, there’s this line[br]from the Godseekers where they ask what gods

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will save them from their silent mind. So[br]yeah, the Godseekers really want to be around

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gods otherwise their mind suffers in silence.

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Which brings us to the next part of the story,[br]the journey to Hallownest. Turns out there

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is yet another hidden area in the new DLC.[br]This one happens completely by random when

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you Dream Nail the Godseeker in the Royal[br]Waterways. Instead of being taken to Godhome,

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you are taken to a strange area that looks[br]similar to the Howling Cliffs. Here we see

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the Godseeker hiding in a cave next to a strange[br]contraption. The Godseeker talks about how

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they will find their way to their new gods.[br]After you look at the device, you get kicked

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out of the area and booted back into Godhome.

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This scene appears to be a memory from the[br]Godseeker, showing her journeying out of the

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Land of Storms in order to find a new God.[br]The device is likely an older version of the

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God Tuner, an item the Knight receives after[br]opening the cocoon that the Godseeker was

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sealed in. The God Tuner seems to have a couple[br]of different abilities, one of which being

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the ability to locate powerful beings. It[br]is with this device that the Godseekers were

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able to find Hallownest. In the Pantheon of[br]Hallownest, just before the Pure Vessel fight,

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the Godseeker mentions that the lingering[br]power of the Pale King’s presence in Hallownest

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was what lead the Godseekers to the kingdom.[br]The Pale King’s afterglow must have been

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picked up by the Godtuner, leading them straight[br]into Hallownest.

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This is where things get a little weird. The[br]next time we see the Godseeker, she is inside

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of a cocoon with a lock placed around her.[br]The Godseeker probably didn’t place these

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chains upon herself, unless she used some[br]sort of reverse David Blaine maneuver, so

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it was probably someone else who did this.[br]In one of her dialogues she mentions that

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her sleep was a “forced hibernation”.[br]I think it’s worth pointing out that this

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cocoon is also called a coffin in the game’s[br]text files.

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I speculated in my last video that it was[br]the Pale King who locked the Godseeker up.

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This doesn’t make sense however, seeing[br]as it was the Pale King’s afterglow that

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lead the Godseeker to Hallownest in the first[br]place. So who else could have done this? Well,

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there’s the Weavers, but it seems like they[br]would use spells or spool rather than chains

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and a key. So maybe it was one of the Five[br]Great Knight? Possibly the Dung Defender,

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the Grey Mourner, or Hegemol, if he’s still[br]alive, that is. Or maybe it was Hornet. But

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it seems weird that she wouldn’t warn the[br]Knight about the Godseekers if she knew they

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were in Hallownest. So yeah, I am clueless[br]on this one.

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Once the Knight opens the cocoon, the Godseeker[br]falls out and drops the Godtuner. When you

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first pick up the Godtuner, a description[br]of the item pops up. It says:

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“Seek the gods of Hallownest. Tune their[br]power. Through their strength, ascend.”

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The Godseeker will tell the Knight that they[br]are listening for the Gods but that some of

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them are still distant and must be awoken.[br]So it’s up to us to seek the Gods and with

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the Godtuner, attune them to the Godseekers’[br]mind. I don’t know why the Knight keeps

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agreeing to perform errands for all of these[br]random bugs it finds. It does know it’s

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allowed to say “no”, right?

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And so, as you encounter all of the different[br]bosses in Hallownest, they become attuned

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to the Godseekers’ mind, where they appear[br]in both the Pantheons and the Hall of Gods.

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At this point, I think I should point out[br]that some of the bosses that are classified

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as “Gods” are a little strange. I’m[br]not sure why anyone would ever consider the

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Massive Moss Charger to be a god, but hey,[br]maybe the Godseekers are onto something. Maybe

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you could make a religion out of this.

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Anyways, let’s talk about what happens inside[br]of the Godhome. The Godseeker starts off by

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calling the Knight a cringer. Rude. She then[br]tells the Knight to get lost, because it is

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too puny to be in the home of Gods. From this[br]point the player now has access to the Hall

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of Gods, a place where they can refight bosses[br]on a variety of difficulties. But the main

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thing we want to look at are the Pantheons.[br]This is where all of the new bosses for the

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update can be found, including the Nailmasters,[br]Sly, The Pure Vessel and the Absolute Radiance.

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These bosses weren’t integrated into the[br]base game, so it appears that the Godseekers

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can attune with at least some beings without[br]needing the Knight to go fuck them up beforehand.

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Let’s look at the Nailmasters first. Unfortunately,[br]we didn’t gain much new lore for them. The

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first fight is between Oro and Mato. In his[br]Dream Nail dialogue, Oro mentions how his

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path is his alone, which is pretty much what[br]he said in the base game. Mato’s most interesting

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line is “Don’t leave me behind!”. Which[br]really doesn’t tell us much. Probably the

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best part about this fight is this moment.

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“GASOOOOOOOOO!!!!!”

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Lorewise, I want to say that in this moment,[br]Oro and Mato are setting aside their differences

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and working together to try and beat the shit[br]out of one of their pupils. Inspiring, isn’t

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it? Sheo gets all philosophical on us in his[br]dream nail dialogue. Saying stuff like “What

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is a God, if not an artist?” and “Are[br]we all seeking something different?” Well,

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I’m seeking lore, and this shit is a waste[br]of time to me, Sheo. What the hell and I supposed

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to do with philosophy? Actually make something[br]of myself achieve happiness and self-actualization?

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Yeah right.

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Sly’s new dialogue doesn’t add any new[br]lore either. He’s still a badass boss though.

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I especially like the part where he starts[br]jumping all over the fucking walls. But why

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exactly didn’t he teach this technique to[br]the Nailmasters? Some teacher. Also, what’s

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the deal with Sly’s voice?

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[High pitched grunting and shouting that would[br]make any human baby cry]

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Does Team Cherry just let any random person[br]off the street record lines for these characters?

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Of course these bosses each have their own[br]new entries in the Hunter’s Journal. They

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still don’t give us any new lore for the[br]characters, but there is some interesting

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stuff related to the Godseekers. Each entry[br]includes a prayer from the Godseekers. In

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each of these entries the Godseekers make[br]it clear that they are looking for one god

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in particular, the one they call the God of[br]Gods. This God of Gods that the Godseeker

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is referring to is the Radiance.

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During each of the Pantheons, the Godseeker[br]will show up and talk with the Knight. For

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the first three Pantheons, she just talks[br]about how we are going to get crushed by the

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gods. But the fourth Pantheon is where things[br]start to get interesting. This dialogue happens

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right before the battle with the Pure Vessel,[br]which is a younger version of the Hollow Knight.

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The Godseeker explains that while the Hollow[br]Knight’s body is currently in a state of

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ruin, the glory of its pure form still endures.[br]She then says that the Pure Vessel’s power

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will attune her to the God of Gods. If you[br]Dream Nail her, she also says that they are

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seeking the God sleeping within.

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The Godseeker also ponders what connection[br]the Knight shares with the Hollow Knight before

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stopping herself. She then freaks out, claiming[br]that we are sowing blasphemies in her mind.

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To me, this is a really important moment.[br]The Godseekers are finally starting to take

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the Knight seriously. This could be a sign[br]that the Godseekers are beginning to attune

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with the Knight. This is important because[br]it seems as though attunement is a two way

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street. The Godseekers desire to attune with[br]gods, and when they do so, the gods are restored

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to their prime strength. The Pure Vessel is[br]a prime example of this.

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But let’s put a pin in that discussion.[br]Because we need to talk about the Pure Vessel.

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This boss helps us better understand an important[br]aspect of the Hollow Knight. The question

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of how the Hollow Knight grew has generated[br]a lot of theories, and while my theory never

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really gained any traction, there was another[br]theory that floated around for a while. This

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theory basically stated that the Hollow Knight’s[br]growth was due to it taking on the infection.

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The evidence for this was that there are a[br]lot of other creatures in Hallownest that

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changed form due to the infection. This new[br]boss debunks that theory, since the Pure Vessel

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shows no sign of infection.

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The Hunter’s Journal entry for the Pure[br]Vessel says the following:

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“Chosen vessel, raised and trained to prime[br]form.”

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I think this is the best explanation we are[br]going to get. The Hollow Knight was raised

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and trained to prime form, so that’s why[br]it looks different than the other Vessels.

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Another interesting thing about the Pure Vessel[br]is that it has both of its arms.

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Alright, boys and girls. It’s time to dive[br]into some speculation territory. It’s impossible

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to Dream Nail the Pure Vessel, but what’s[br]interesting is that there is Dream Nail dialogue

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for it in the game’s code. The same thing[br]happened to the Hollow Knight in the base

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game, but in that instance, there was a ton[br]of other unused dialogue that got left in

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with it. For the Godmaster update, there really[br]isn’t too much unused dialogue here, which

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makes me think Team Cherry did this intentionally.[br]These are the Pure Vessels actually thoughts,

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we just aren’t allowed to see them in game.[br]If this is true, then the fact that it has

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dialogue at all indicates that the Pure Vessel[br]isn’t truly hollow.

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[Cue sappy music]

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Looking into what the dialogue says is pretty[br]depressing honestly. The Hollow Knight is

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basically just telling itself to stop thinking.[br]So if the Hollow Knight is actually thinking

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these thoughts, then that means it must have[br]been told what its purpose was, probably by

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the Pale King. So it knows what is at stake,[br]and it knows it isn’t truly hollow so it’s

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trying its best to keep itself from thinking[br]or feeling anything for the sake of the kingdom.

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The Hollow Knight wanted so badly to save[br]Hallownest from the infection. But that feeling,

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that desire, that hope was what ultimately[br]doomed them all.

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Kind of ironic,

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♫IT’S LIKE RAAAAAIIINNN!!!♫

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♫IT’S LIKE RAAAAAIIINNN!!!♫

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[Angery Radiance roar]

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After the battle we get this cutscene.

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[Angery Radiance roar]

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[Angeryer Shadelord roar]

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The scene shows the Knight in the same pose[br]it makes after teleporting somewhere. It then

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looks up and catches the Hollow Knight’s[br]eye...holes. This stare seems to imply some

0:16:08.320,0:16:13.149
sort of camaraderie between the two Vessels.[br]This camaraderie is shared by the other Vessels

0:16:13.149,0:16:18.580
who observe this in silence. There is definitely[br]room for more interpretation here, but I personally

0:16:18.580,0:16:21.070
don’t think there is much else going on.

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Then a light shines down from above, and we[br]hear the Radiance’s trademark roar. We then

0:16:25.870,0:16:30.699
hear another roar as a wave of Void covers[br]the screen. So we are all well acquainted

0:16:30.699,0:16:36.180
with the Radiance’s roar that happens in[br]the scene, but what is this new roar we hear?

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The name of the audio file implies that the[br]roar comes from something called the “Shade

0:16:40.120,0:16:44.250
Lord”. We’re going to be seeing the Shade[br]Lord a little bit later, so let’s table

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this discussion for now.

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I want to mention a few miscellaneous things[br]before we move on. There is a lifeblood room

0:16:50.090,0:16:54.480
that can be accessed in Godhome. You have[br]to complete at least 8 binding challenges

0:16:54.480,0:16:59.570
in the Pantheons to open the door. Inside,[br]there is an object you can strike to activate

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Lifeblood Cocoons that will show up during[br]the Pantheons. On top of that, you can also

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see our friend, the Abyss Creature. So what[br]does this tell us about the Abyss creature

0:17:07.989,0:17:12.470
and lifeblood in general? Pretty much nothing[br]other than that this thing classifies as a

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god which is obvious.

0:17:15.259,0:17:20.049
Some of the bosses in Godhome have new Dream[br]Nail dialogue. Hornet appears to know that

0:17:20.049,0:17:25.269
she has been pulled into Godhome, but she[br]seems unsure of what exactly is going on.

0:17:25.269,0:17:28.990
From looking at his Dream Nail dialogue, it’s[br]obvious that Grimm is fully aware of what

0:17:28.990,0:17:33.840
is happening. In fact, he even bows to the[br]Godseeker before each fight. Both of these

0:17:33.840,0:17:39.259
characters have some sort of Godlike status.[br]Grimm is a Higher Being, for sure. As for

0:17:39.259,0:17:44.489
Hornet, her father was the Pale King, so she[br]is, like, half Higher Being, or whatever,

0:17:44.489,0:17:48.369
so this is possibly why she is only somewhat[br]aware of what is going on.

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And now we move on to the fifth and final[br]Pantheon. This is where you have to fight

0:17:52.659,0:17:58.799
almost every single boss in the game without[br]dying. Yeah, it’s hard as fuck. In fact,

0:17:58.799,0:18:04.489
it’s harder than fuck. If this is fuck,[br]then this is the Pantheon of Hallownest. The

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biggest problem people seem to have with this[br]Pantheon is that there are new endings for

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the game locked behind the 42 boss gauntlet.[br]I can see why this would upset people. Personally,

0:18:13.940,0:18:17.869
I don’t think Team Cherry made the wrong[br]choice by putting the new endings behind such

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a difficult challenge. But I also wouldn’t[br]be mad if they made it a little more accessible

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either.

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When we first see the Godseeker in this Pantheon,[br]she marvels at how far we have come, and tells

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us that the Godseekers will be listening closely[br]to us. Again, this is important. The Godseekers

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are beginning to pay attention to the Knight.[br]If the Knight talks to the Godseeker again,

0:18:39.480,0:18:43.700
she will tell it to continue its combat and[br]to continue its ritual.

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We then get to see the Goodseeker talking[br]about a few of the other Gods of Hallownest.

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Okay so I don’t know why I have been pronouncing[br]this as Uun. The spelling clearly indicates

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it as Unn. I guess Uun just sound more like[br]a name for a slug. I don’t know, sorry.

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Basically the Godseeker confirms that Unn’s[br]strength has faded from what it once was.

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This explains why she has stopped appearing[br]to her children in Greenpath.

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The next God we see missing out on the party[br]is the White Lady. The Godseeker says the

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White Lady is easily able to avoid the attunement[br]process as if she were intentionally diminishing

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her power to avoid detection. If we Dream[br]Nail her, the Godseeker says something else

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that’s interesting:

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“The chance of meeting is too rare.... but[br]thine resonance! Could you be one of Them?”

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What does Godseeker mean by “Them”? We[br]know next to nothing about the White Lady’s

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origins. Could this be a hint at future character[br]development for everyone’s favorite tree

0:19:37.470,0:19:38.870
lady thing?

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Finally, we have the Pale King. The Godseeker[br]mentions that the Pale King’s afterglow

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lays heavy on the kingdom of Hallownest. She[br]also says this:

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“A God so strong... Yet erased so completely.[br]How could it happen?”

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I think she is referring to the death of the[br]Pale King here. Now if you believe that the

0:19:56.109,0:20:00.440
White Palace in the Kingsmold’s mind is[br]real and not a dream, and you don’t think

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that the Pale King reincarnated a second time[br]somehow, then you would probably think the

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Pale King is definitely dead. But like the[br]Godseekers, we don’t actually know what

0:20:09.330,0:20:13.509
killed the Pale King. This dialogue makes[br]me think that Team Cherry is going to actually

0:20:13.509,0:20:18.549
give us an answer to this question in the[br]upcoming Hornet DLC. Or you know, maybe they’ll

0:20:18.549,0:20:22.390
just give us more Fluke Hermit lore instead.

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After this room, all that’s left are two[br]more battles, the first of which being with

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the Pure Vessel. After defeating it, the Radiance[br]reveals herself. But this isn’t your daddy’s

0:20:31.720,0:20:37.009
Radiance. This is the Absolute Radiance. She’s[br]got blades that curve, attacks that overlap

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on each other, and there’s this really tricky[br]section at the end where she goes full ballistic

0:20:40.820,0:20:46.109
on the Knight. If you’re able to dodge this[br]bullshit and land the final blow, the Knight’s

0:20:46.109,0:20:52.070
shell breaks and it turns into a gigantic[br]monster with eight eyes, the Shade Lord.

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This giant creature doesn’t just consume[br]the Radiance like in the Dream No More ending,

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it completely destroys the asshole. One important[br]thing to notice about this fight is that as

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the void comes up to confront the Radiance,[br]there are no shades in sight. This is quite

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different from the first Radiance fight. If[br]we go back to the cutscene from Pantheon Four,

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we see the void cover the screen along with[br]all of the Vessels. I think this is establishing

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that the Shade Lord itself is responding to[br]the Radiance’s call, whereas in the regular

0:21:19.149,0:21:23.580
Radiance fight, it was the fellow shades coming[br]to help the Knight. The fact that the Shade

0:21:23.580,0:21:28.919
Lord covers over the Vessels may also indicate[br]that the Vessels or the shades have actually

0:21:28.919,0:21:33.309
become a part of the Shade Lord. But it’s[br]hard to tell.

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So why am I calling this thing the “Shade[br]Lord”. It is never called this in game,

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but there are files in the code that refer[br]to it as the Shade Lord. It is also called

0:21:43.340,0:21:47.299
the God of Gods. But I see that as more of[br]a title. So I’m just going to call this

0:21:47.299,0:21:51.860
thing the Shade Lord for now. Also because[br]I’ve already said God like 128 times in

0:21:51.860,0:21:52.860
this video.

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So, how the fuck did this become this? Let’s[br]start by looking at the Knight statues in

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the Hall of Gods. If you are able to defeat[br]every boss in the Hall of Gods, you are given

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access to a room containing a statue of the[br]Knight. The statue will take three different

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forms depending on what difficulty you have[br]beaten each boss on. The first statue simply

0:22:13.920,0:22:19.200
shows the Knight in its traditional form.[br]Inspecting the statue gives you the following

0:22:19.200,0:22:20.080
description:

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“Not bug, nor beast, nor god.”

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Examining the statue will also give you an[br]entry in the Hunter’s Journal for an item

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called the Void Idol. The Void Idol is described[br]as a rare artifact from a time before Hallownest.

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It also says that the idol contains a drop[br]of liquid from the Abyss. There is a quote

0:22:37.789,0:22:42.729
from Relic Seeker Lemm saying that the ancient[br]bugs worshipped the darkness itself.

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The second statue takes the form of the Knight[br]during the ending of the Radiance battle in

0:22:46.590,0:22:49.549
the base game. The statue’s description[br]says:

0:22:49.549,0:22:51.559
“Void given form.”

0:22:51.559,0:22:55.220
I think this is referring to the fact that[br]once the Knight obtained the Void Heart, it

0:22:55.220,0:23:00.049
was able to command the Void and summon it[br]during the Radiance boss fight. The Void Idol

0:23:00.049,0:23:02.169
description for this statue states:

0:23:02.169,0:23:05.169
“Volatile liquid of the Abyss writhes within”.

0:23:05.169,0:23:09.580
This implies that while the void has form,[br]it isn’t completely controlled.

0:23:09.580,0:23:14.239
The final statue takes the form of the creature[br]that we see in the Embrace the Void ending.

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Interestingly, the description for this statue[br]has actually been changed since the first

0:23:18.760,0:23:24.059
release of Godmaster. In update 1.4.2.4 it[br]read:

0:23:24.059,0:23:26.479
“Void given mind.”

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But since update 1.4.2.8 it now reads:

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“Void given focus.”

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The Void Idol description for this statue[br]reads:

0:23:34.730,0:23:40.611
“Rare artifact from a time before Hallownest,[br]its spires twined in a unified form. Contains

0:23:40.611,0:23:43.720
a large amount of liquid from the Abyss, perfectly[br]still.”

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So in this last form, we can see that the[br]Void is now calm, as if something has total

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control over it.

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Hopefully all of this information didn’t[br]confuse you. I wanted to give you context

0:23:54.440,0:23:59.730
for all of this, but it’s the last statue[br]that I really want to discuss. Basically all

0:23:59.730,0:24:03.649
we have to figure out is how the Void was[br]“given focus”. Because this is how the

0:24:03.649,0:24:08.590
Lord Shade came to be. I am going to present[br]my current theory of how this happened. I

0:24:08.590,0:24:12.719
think there is plenty of room for other interpretations,[br]and I would love to hear them in the comments

0:24:12.719,0:24:13.719
below.

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Let’s start with the Godtuner. Remember[br]what the item description was when we first

0:24:17.860,0:24:18.860
picked it up?

0:24:18.860,0:24:23.859
“Seek the gods of Hallownest. Tune their[br]power. Through their strength, ascend.”

0:24:23.859,0:24:28.390
The Godtuner tells the Knight to attune itself[br]with the Gods of Hallownest. This attunement

0:24:28.390,0:24:32.830
happens through combat, according to the Godseekers.[br]The Godseeker explains:

0:24:32.830,0:24:37.619
“Through sacred combat are We attuned to[br]this Kingdom’s greatest beings.”

0:24:37.619,0:24:42.239
When redoing the Pantheon of the Knight, the[br]Godseeker asks us if we too are seeking to

0:24:42.239,0:24:47.260
attune with the Gods, implying that it is[br]also possible for the Knight to do so. Which

0:24:47.260,0:24:50.710
means this line from the Godseeker also applies[br]to the Knight:

0:24:50.710,0:24:54.759
“We shall attune Ourselves to thee and ascend[br]ever higher!”

0:24:54.759,0:24:59.659
So what does it mean to ascend? Well, the[br]Hall of Gods features ascended versions of

0:24:59.659,0:25:04.359
all of the bosses, which are more powerful[br]than their original versions. So I think it’s

0:25:04.359,0:25:09.099
safe to say that ascention makes a being more[br]powerful. The Knight’s ascension happens

0:25:09.099,0:25:12.980
at the end of the battle with the Absolute[br]Radiance. The flavor text for getting the

0:25:12.980,0:25:14.940
Embrace the Void achievement reads:

0:25:14.940,0:25:19.019
“Ascend the Pantheon of Hallownest and take[br]your place at its peak”.

0:25:19.019,0:25:23.849
So the Knight attunes to the bosses through[br]combat and ascends them when it beats the

0:25:23.849,0:25:25.190
Pantheon of Hallownest.

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But what exactly drives all of this? What[br]is it that allows the attunement and ascension

0:25:30.509,0:25:36.440
to happen in the first place? Well, the Godseekers[br]have to be involved. Because none of this

0:25:36.440,0:25:41.299
confusing attunement garbage was important[br]until they showed up. But what is it about

0:25:41.299,0:25:46.359
the Godseekers that makes them special? They[br]aren’t Gods. The Godseeker in the Junk Pit

0:25:46.359,0:25:48.299
admits this herself when she says:

0:25:48.299,0:25:52.710
“Ye must think Us Godly. Amusing, foolish.”

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So what is it about the Godseekers that makes[br]them so special? It all goes back to the Weathered

0:25:57.440,0:26:02.690
Mask. The mask allows the wearer to focus[br]their thoughts. In the Pantheon of the Sage,

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the Godseekers tell us the following:

0:26:04.769,0:26:10.179
“Until through Godly focus do We attain[br]communion with that great power sleeping in

0:26:10.179,0:26:11.669
the Kingdom’s heart...”

0:26:11.669,0:26:16.950
I think this “Godly focus” is what makes[br]Godhome work. It’s what allows creatures

0:26:16.950,0:26:22.019
to be attuned back to their prime forms and[br]what allows them to become more powerful through

0:26:22.019,0:26:27.580
ascension. All of the abilities that the Godseekers[br]have come back to this Godly focus.

0:26:27.580,0:26:32.369
For the first four Pantheons, the Godseekers[br]have no interest in the Knight, seeing it

0:26:32.369,0:26:38.289
as a weak and meager... cringer. At the end[br]of the Pantheon of the Knight, however, the

0:26:38.289,0:26:42.830
Godseeker mentions how the Knight is beginning[br]to get into her mind. Not long after this

0:26:42.830,0:26:47.460
moment, we hear the Lord Shade’s roar for[br]the first time. Once the knight makes it to

0:26:47.460,0:26:52.620
the Pantheon of Hallownest, the Godseeker[br]starts paying attention and listening to us.

0:26:52.620,0:26:57.109
By the time the Knight has finally defeated[br]the Radiance, all of the focus from the Godseekers

0:26:57.109,0:27:01.929
is pointed towards this tiny little bug. And[br]with all of that Godly focus being directed

0:27:01.929,0:27:06.259
right at the Knight, who just so happens to[br]be unified with the Void thanks to the Void

0:27:06.259,0:27:11.090
Heart, the Lord Shade finally makes a formal[br]appearance. The Godseekers have given focus

0:27:11.090,0:27:12.529
to the Void.

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Before we get into the ending cutscene I wanted[br]to talk about the new Lemm quote we got. It

0:27:17.610,0:27:18.610
reads:

0:27:18.610,0:27:23.950
“Inspired or mad, those ancient bugs. They[br]devoted their worship to no lord, or power,

0:27:23.950,0:27:26.969
or strength, but to the very darkness itself.”

0:27:26.969,0:27:30.919
So this pretty much confirms that the ancient[br]civilization before Hallownest worshipped

0:27:30.919,0:27:36.769
the Void. To what extent we don’t know.[br]Did they worship the Lord Shade, or just the

0:27:36.769,0:27:41.389
Void in general? Did the Lord Shade even exist[br]in the past, or did it only come into being

0:27:41.389,0:27:47.419
because of the Godseekers? A more involved[br]Void does jive nice with the Radiance’s

0:27:47.419,0:27:53.099
dialogue where she calls the Knight her ancient[br]enemy. Did the Radiance combat this Void monster

0:27:53.099,0:27:54.450
in the past?

0:27:54.450,0:27:59.229
Alright, let’s move on to the cutscene.[br]So the Lord Shade comes down from the sky

0:27:59.229,0:28:04.159
and gives the Godseeker a friendly hug. You[br]can hear the Godseeker’s voice in this scene,

0:28:04.159,0:28:10.539
and to me, it sounds like she is more in awe[br]than she is scared. After all, the Godseekers

0:28:10.539,0:28:15.419
were looking for the most powerful God, and[br]now, there’s one in her presence. Also,

0:28:15.419,0:28:20.330
in Godseeker mode, Godseeker keeps talking[br]like she gets off to being pulverized by a

0:28:20.330,0:28:25.360
god, so this all makes sense. After this scene[br]we see the Void leaking out of the Godseeker

0:28:25.360,0:28:30.149
in the Junk Pit. The Void then erupts out[br]of her, seemingly unleashing itself into the

0:28:30.149,0:28:31.779
land of Hallownest.

0:28:31.779,0:28:36.850
The final scene takes place at the Temple[br]of the Black Egg. Hornet watches as the Radiance’s

0:28:36.850,0:28:42.429
infection fades away, and we hear the sound[br]of footsteps and rattling chains. A figure

0:28:42.429,0:28:45.950
appears in front of the camera and Hornet[br]prepares herself for battle.

0:28:45.950,0:28:50.370
We can tell from this scene that the Radiance[br]is truly dead, since the infection is fading

0:28:50.370,0:28:54.980
away. Why does killing the Radiance in Godhome[br]kill the real Radiance? Since it Radiance

0:28:54.980,0:28:59.869
was already in the Dream world, maybe attuning[br]to it works in a different way than normal.

0:28:59.869,0:29:04.940
One of the Godseekers in Godhome says “A[br]bridge”. Maybe all the Godseekers did was

0:29:04.940,0:29:09.119
find a way to bridge the Godhome with the[br]dream inside of the Hollow Knight’s mind.

0:29:09.119,0:29:12.840
Getting back to the cutscene, some people[br]have said that the infection is being turned

0:29:12.840,0:29:16.469
into Void, but I think these vines are just[br]normally that dark.

0:29:16.469,0:29:21.059
Let’s talk about the figure approaching[br]Hornet at the end of the cutscene. It’s

0:29:21.059,0:29:25.549
obviously the Hollow Knight. We hear its chains[br]rattling, we see the bottom part of its shell

0:29:25.549,0:29:29.729
and we also see it’s nail. And since the[br]Radiance is dead, the Hollow Knight would

0:29:29.729,0:29:35.029
presumably no longer be infected. But this[br]does raise the question. How the fuck did

0:29:35.029,0:29:39.190
the Hollow Knight free itself from the chains?[br]This doesn’t make a lick of goddamn sense

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to me. Seriously, did it somehow pull off[br]some sort of reverse reverse David Blaine

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maneuver? I mean I get what Team Cherry is[br]trying to do. After all, ending it with Hornet

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just standing there like a dumbass wouldn’t[br]have been that exciting. But it still bothers

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me.

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This ending totally caught me off guard. I[br]honestly thought the Hornet DLC was going

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to be a prequel. In fact I had a whole video[br]planned where I was going to go through and

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predict what I thought would happen. Luckily[br]I was too lazy to get that done before this

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update came out. But now that the new ending[br]seems to be strongly hinting at a sequel,

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I am actually really excited. The Shade Lord[br]looks absolutely terrifying, and I have no

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idea how Hornet is going to stand any chance[br]against it. Yeah, I don’t think her needle

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is going to do shit. However, thanks to an[br]alternate ending, we do have an idea of how

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the Void might be defeated.

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If the player has successfully delivered the[br]Delicate Flower to the grave in the Queen’s

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Garden, more flowers will begin to grow in[br]that spot. These flowers can be taken to various

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other NPCs in the game. This is probably what[br]Team Cherry meant by romantic options. Still

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can’t give one to my waifu though. Taking[br]the flower to the Godseeker unlocks an alternate

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ending where the Godseeker and the Void disappear,[br]presumably stopping the Void from tearing

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into Hallownest.

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The description for the flower says that it[br]glows with a pale light, which is usually

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a sign of something having a connection to[br]the Pale King. Turns out that’s not true.

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Eternal Emilitia tells us that the flower’s[br]pure aura is no match for the light of the

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Pale King. The White Lady also tells us that[br]the flower is not even from Hallownest, implying

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that Mysterious Ze’mer brought it with her[br]from some other land. We have no clue where

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that was, but there is something about Mysterious[br]Ze’mer that is worth pointing out. After

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completing the Flower quest, Ze’mer nopes[br]the fuck out of existence, similar to how

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the Delicate Flower caused the Godseeker to[br]also disappear. That’s about all we know

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for now. It seems pretty likely that the Hornet[br]DLC will get further into exactly what is

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going on here.

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And that’s it. That’s all of the lore[br]I can mercilessly beat out of this update.

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Okay, there is one more thing, you can now[br]find the Nailsmith’s body floating in the

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water near the Junk Pit. I’m glad Team Cherry[br]gave us that image. But yeah that’s it.

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Well, there’s also the Eternal Ordeal. This[br]is a minigame of sorts where you have to fend

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off against an endless stream of Zotes. It’s[br]a cool area, but there isn’t any lore to

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discuss. For some reason, Team Cherry didn’t[br]add Journal entries for the additional zotelings.

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This is unacceptable. Alright I actually am[br]done this time. There’s nothing left in

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the game to talk about.

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But there is something not in the game that[br]I need to talk about: Glorified charms. In

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case you hadn’t noticed, they kind of don’t[br]actually exist. Rumor is these charms would

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have required the entire game to be reworked[br]so that they wouldn't completely break everything.

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But Team Cherry hasn’t put out a formal[br]blog update saying why the charms were cut

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or even what they would have been like, so[br]I don't really know for sure. This update

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is still amazing regardless, but it is still[br]a bit of a bummer. I just hope Team Cherry

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fills us in on how the charms were going to[br]work at some point in the future.

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So where does this update leave us? This isn’t[br]100% confirmed but it looks like Hallownest

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is about to get totally fucked by the Shade[br]Lord, and it’s up to Hornet to stop it.

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How will she do that? Hell if I know, that’s[br]Team Cherry’s problem now. They’re the

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ones who have to come up with a solution to[br]this problem that actually makes sense. I

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mean, I’ll try and figure it out, but my[br]theories can be as ridiculous as I want as

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long as I put the word “speculation” in[br]the video title. That’s the beauty of having

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a lore channel after all.

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Speaking of which. I know this happened like[br]two months ago, but thanks for 10,000 subscribers.

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I’ve really enjoyed being able to make these[br]videos for the Hollow Knight community, and

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I love hearing your theories in the comments[br]section and on some of the other websites

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like Twitter, and Discord, and Reddit and[br]LinkedIn. I promise to continue doing whatever

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it is I am doing. See you in 12 weeks!