bubala jano
did you know that books are still a
thing like people not only still read
books but actually make books too
shocking I know
I didn't realize this until fangamer
announced a whole new holo night
Wanderers journal that would be released
alongside the new physical collector's
edition of the game this journal is
written from the perspective of a new
character a ladybug named Elena on their
website team cherry explained that this
new book would be an epic tome of
exploration investigation and lore team
cherry has also worked closely with the
authors Kari Fry and Ryan Novak to
ensure that everything the book would be
totally accurate well Kari and Ryan were
incredibly generous and sent me an
advance copy of the new journal they
also sent me a packet of hot dogs for
some reason thanks Kerry Fry's artwork
really does justice to re Gibson's
in-game sprites I mean just look at this
drawing of fluke marm that Hall of God's
description is starting to make more
sense now and all of this artwork is
accompanied by Ryan's descriptions of
all of the varies friends and foes found
in holo night and the amount of lore in
this book is staggering first of all
this book does a good job at covering
most of the lore in the game there isn't
much on the end game bosses but the book
does go through each area discussing
most of the bosses and enemies as well
as theorizing about numerous
miscellaneous background objects if
you're new to hollow Knight lore this is
a great read but even lore experts like
myself can find a few new tidbits of
lore so this book introduces a lot of
small pieces of information for example
sleeping under whispering roots can give
bugs vivid dreams this book also tells
us that leg eater is confirmed blind but
at the same time this book also gives us
information on big events like the
timeline of the infection spread through
hallow nest I will go through this new
information chronologically from where
it is in the book for the most part but
I will jump around a bit to where needed
I'm also going to skip that random
chapter on the manatees not sure why
that was even in there first up we have
an explanation for the hot springs
according to Alan uh these Springs are
the result of heat seeping up to the
surface through underground vents
of all the ways that the knight can
collect soul in the game the hotsprings
have always been the strangest to me
according to Ellen ah the hot springs
restore the body and soul but I always
thought the knight had to pull soul from
somewhere else maybe there is soul in
the water sort of like how there is soul
in the air according to the deep focused
charm so I guess by sitting in the water
of the night absorbs the soul through
osmosis or something the journal makes a
note of these strange plants calling
them pale ferns now anytime something is
called pale we immediately have to think
of the pale beings in the kingdoms edge
we can see something similar to the pale
ferns growing out of the ground there
are also these strange vines that expand
outwards these seem to be sprouting from
where the worms corpse can be found as
for why anything like this would be
growing in forgotten crossroads I have
no idea is this from the white lady I
only seem to think that it's just
natural so maybe that's the case the
journal mentions that the temple of the
black egg was fashioned from the shell
of an ancient bug now if that's the case
then this thing was fucking massive how
does a creature that big even exist well
I guess the characters in the game are
bugs and humans are canonically at least
five times bigger than bugs so I guess
it's not that big of a deal what is a
big deal is how exactly they got the
black egg through that door another
ancient bug mentioned in the journal is
the one found at the top of kingdoms
edge some people have been saying that
this corpse is the corpse of a worm but
we don't know exactly what kind of
creature this was maybe it was just a
worm but with an O instead of a why have
you ever wondered why the grub father
has all this random shit in his burrow
like seriously masks shards pill or
Pokemon dildos from etsy.com well
apparently this is a common practice
among grubs they like to collect shiny
things and hide them in their burrows
what I find more interesting is that
Alona was apparently finding these grubs
and choosing not to free them what an
asshole
next up apparently all buzz are said to
be attracted to the resting places of
powerful beings now this kind of makes
sense we see one near the white lady's
cocoon thing and we also see one at the
lake of on but we also see them in the
back
crown of mar musa rena so you're telling
me this oversized kickball of a boss is
supposed to be as powerful as the white
lady i suppose it's possible wait does
this mean benches or powerful beams too
now I think it's time we get into a
meteor topic the timeline for the
infection that afflicted how nest and
the surrounding areas has always been
incredibly vague but in this book we are
actually given a few hints about how
things might have progressed there are
two sentences stating that the fungal
wastes have only recently become
impacted by the infection Elena also
claims that deep nest has only recently
been hit by the infection and that the
weavers had only recently left the
kingdom she also claims that the doors
to the city of tears were closed in an
attempt to keep the infection from
spreading into the capital the first
outbreak of the infection ended with the
ceiling of the hall night inside the
black egg according to the dung defender
despite this effort Halla nest was
eventually brought low implying that the
infection was still somehow influencing
the kingdom from the hunters journal
entry for the light seed it appears as
though the infection had been seeping
down into the ancient basin for quite
some time implying that there was
infection coming from somewhere up above
there is a line from midwife that hints
at deep nest infection happening shortly
before the events of the game
she says that few would seek her
services in recent times due to the
infection as for the weavers having left
holliness recently there is still one
Weaver hanging around but I don't know
if that really proves anything we can
see that young Weaver's did end up
getting infected
so maybe the weavers left before the
sickness could claim the adults now this
is where things get weird
ellen:oh states that the hive is
unmarked by the spread of the infection
this can't be true there are several
reasons to believe that the hive was hit
by the infection first of all all of the
enemies explode with that same orange
particle effect that regular enemies do
and don't say that shit is honey honey
doesn't take on a gaseous form if it did
I'd be smoking it right now
characters like the mantises and dung
defender give off white particles when
hit because they aren't infected the
bees do not do this second the
whispering route in the hive uses the
phrase light familiar and light is
usually
to the radiance third the hive husk
which can only be found inside of the
hive has the same orange tint in its
eyes which confirmed to the infection
has at least reached some of the bugs in
the hive and finally we have team Kerry
confirming that the hive was infected in
a reddit AMA after the death of Queen
Vespa so why does this passage say that
the hive was unmarked by the spread of
the infection while there are two
possibilities the first possibility is
that I actually know the lore better
than team cherry this is entirely
possible I am pretty smart i watch Rick
and Morty the other possibility which i
think is more likely is the team cherry
knowingly left us in the book we have
evidence that team cherry has altered
some of the wording on these very pages
so I don't think they overlooked this
but why would team cherry do that you
ask well this book is written by
character in the world of how honest
which means that she is looking at the
world through her own limited
perspective let's be real of course team
cherry wouldn't hand us a whole
smorgasbord of mouth-watering new lore
on a silver platter at least not without
making us work for it I don't think
everything we find this book should be
taken as canon as some of these claims
are just elinoz musings about how oddest
maybe team cherry should have put an
asterisk next to that totally accurate
remark but that doesn't mean we should
throw this whole book away as far as I
can tell this is the only blatantly
wrong statement in the book and it still
offers interesting insight into the lore
simple things that I had never even
thought of so while this book might have
at least one lore inaccuracy I still
think we can glean some information from
it well with that out of the way let's
move on to the crystal peak now this is
an area of the game that I've neglected
in my videos but honestly there's a lot
to talk about here the biggest question
regarding this area revolves around the
crystals basically there's a strong
connection between these crystals and
the radiance first the journal entry for
the crystal eyes husks mentions that
there's a hidden power within the
crystals they can be used to fire
searing beams of light and they also
apparently sing this is also mentioned
by milla who claims that she can hear
the crystals singing and then
she can almost make it out and we all
know what happens to her after that the
journal entry for the crystal guardian
also mentions that it can only see light
inside of its crystal prison and that it
shoots blazing beams of light the word
blazing has only used three other times
in the entire game and each instance
refers to the radiance and during the
enraged Guardian fight we can see that
it has dream nail dialogue that is
written in all caps this appears to be
the radiances voice since her dream no
dialogue is also in all caps a lot of
the dream no dialogue for the enemies in
this area reference light and the
whispering route mentioned something
about a refracted light and now we have
L&S saying that this refracted light is
mesmerizing so I think we can safely say
at this point that the crystals in the
crystal peak are somehow connected to
the radiance is light it's not clear
whether the energy found inside these
crystals are from the reigns's light or
some other source the deep focus charm
implies that crystals might be able to
draw in soul somehow I'd recommend you
check out this lore doc from metal if
you want to read more about this theory
but what does the crystal peek have to
do with the radiance well it all has to
do with hallow nests crowd this is one
of the most interesting pages in the
book
Elna describes the glyphs in this area
is giving off a radiant light
she says the glyphs were likely from a
civilization that predates how honest
she mentions how some of the glyphs seem
to display winged creatures which sure
she also theorizes that these glyphs
were made because the civilization
wanted to be remembered by future
civilizations now there is a lot to
break down here these glyphs remind me
of seals of binding and we know that
these seals can be used to preserve
something of great importance so I guess
it makes sense that it could be used to
preserve the memory of a people the seer
talks a lot about the importance of
being remembered the radiance also
mentions that she will not be forgotten
the moth race was known for tending
graves after all and when the pale King
arrived the seer explains that the moths
sealed the radiance away by forgetting
about her so being remembered is a big
part of
both tribes tradition so this statue was
possibly built by the moths before the
pale King arrived there's also a
developers note that says this lingering
statue is what led to the outbreak of
the infection the fact that this is
lingering implies that it was built
before the pale Kings arrival however
the statue itself contains a pale or and
is resting atop a cliff that features a
design common in Halla nests
architecture so maybe this monument was
made after the radiance was sealed away
and those hushed whispers of faith that
seer talks about are referring to the
same people who built this monument in
secret ellen:oh claims that the seer is
helping the knight to strike back
against the radiance for causing the
infection but in the game all that is
ever stated is that the seer is looking
for the wielder a figure her people have
been dreaming about for a long time not
sure how Alona would know more than us
on this matter I guess she can actually
talk unlike the knight so maybe she just
straight-up asked her now this next bit
is something that makes so much sense I
can't believe I never noticed it before
in the cast off shell where the Kings
brain is found there is this strange
object
Helena theorized is that it might be
some sort of egg and looking at it now I
can't believe I missed this this was
probably what The Pale King hatched out
of after molting his worm form if this
is true then this puts to rest the whole
idea that the pale King took on a third
form after his death in the white palace
since there's no broken egg anywhere
near him Elna also mentions that arcane
eggs are jet-black
which I guess makes it even more likely
that they are made of void I know I've
said before that black doesn't equal
void but shut up another small detail we
got was an explanation for what these
things are Elna believes that they were
used to extract soul from bugs and
inject them into other bugs that could
explain why the room is filled with
follies and mistakes which were the
results of experiments with soul gone
wrong the machine itself also contains
the spell twister charm which reflects
the desires of the soul sanctum for
mastery over Souls the journal also says
that the Blue Lake is filled with
blue-hued minerals explaining why the
lake is a perfect place for quarrel
drown himself we also get confirmation
that bar Doon is a caterpillar not sure
that was in question but it's not
confirmed anywhere else
we also learned the fog Canyon was once
a part of green path
this isn't stated anywhere in the game
from what I can tell but it is alluded
to with green path music lightly playing
in the fog Caden region of the world map
Alana also takes a stroll into the abyss
and somehow survives she gives us a very
interesting description for these
strange egg looking objects claiming
that they are colorless she also says
that it seems they were broken from
within by a powerful force the comet
that stands out most of me is the claim
that the eggs are colorless I always
thought these eggs were just completely
black Elin also makes note of the sea
avoid saying in acts with a mind of its
own so if the sea acts with a singular
mind then that means that the sea avoid
isn't full of a bunch of individual void
tendrils but instead is the collective
mind of the void itself that kind of
weakens my theory that the void tendrils
were created by the ancient civilization
but at the same time Ellen also calls
the void murky water what the fuck kind
of water has she been drinking
Elna also claims that the abyss
lighthouse was built atop a natural
spire it certainly does look like they
just stuck the lighthouse part onto a
pre-existing structure but does that
mean that this thing formed naturally
this design is the same that we see in
the background of the main room in the
abyss where the vessel shells are also
underneath that we can see a pattern
very similar to the one where the void
tendril entry can be found if all of
this is naturally occurring it would tie
in to elder bugs common about the rocks
down in the ancient basin possessing a
will of their own
there is one strange detail regarding
how Elaina interacts with the lore
tablet right outside of the abyss
basically Elna says that she is unable
to decipher the tablet now these tablets
are very unique in that they say higher
beings these words are for you alone
from dev notes ama's and the king cell
description it seems as though higher
beings is a phrase reserved for
characters like the pale king the
radiance and the white lady but it seems
a bit odd to me that these tablets would
only exist
for the benefit of like three people
there are a total of five lore tablets
that use the phrase higher beings one in
the howling cliffs three in the Kings
pass and one in the ancient basin it
isn't really clear who these tablets
were made for but there is a clue when
the second lore tablet in the Kings pass
the tablet says let all bask in your
majesty for only this kingdom could
produce one such as you so according to
this lore tablet how unless somehow
produces higher beings I don't think the
pale King was making godlike creatures
since he seemed to be interested in
ruling how honest unopposed this has led
me to believe that the phrase higher
beings is referring to bugs that the
pale King has granted higher thought to
through his beacon so what does this
mean for Ellen ah why can't she read the
tablets I'm pretty sure she's an
intelligent bug she probably even
watches Rick and Morty maybe this tablet
can only be read by bugs that were
specifically granted higher thought
through the pale Kings beacon so bugs
like Alana tea so cloth though and corna
fur would be unable to read it since
their intelligence is not native to howl
honest I'm pretty shaky on this though
so feel free to tear my reasoning to
shreds and that's about it for new
content there are quite a few things to
think about with this new book it adds a
little bit of information to the world
of how honest giving us more thoughtful
descriptions of background objects and
environments no one in game says shit
about holliness crown so it's nice to
hear at least one bugs perspective on it
I do wish Eleanor would have told us a
little bit more about her own past she
kind of lacks the backstory we see an
other traveller such as Oh cloth and tea
so but I guess she's just trying to be
objective I'm sure people wouldn't be
too happy if I started talking about my
first marriage in the middle of my
analytical lore video now like I
mentioned before it appears as though
there is a mistake in this book and it's
entirely possible the team chair left
the mistake in the book since Alana is a
character from the world of how honest
who doesn't have all of the information
this means we have to take her claims
with an air of caution despite this most
of the information in this book seems
pretty reasonable for the most part
enough raises a lot of things as poss
abilities with a claim about the hive
being the only objective claim that I
think is downright false
regardless it's great to be able to hold
a physical book about Halle Knight in my
hands and it looks great on any
bookshelf - of course there is one final
piece of lore to discuss team cherry has
finally listened to our cries and given
us confirmation of one of the most
heated debates in Halle Knight lore
discussion that's right
pickles are finally canon just like in
Rick and Morty