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và cả cái cuộc phản biện vãi lìn này nữa
Hollow Knight là một vương quốc đại ngàn được xây dựng bởi hệ thống đường bộ đồ sộ
hệ thống khoáng sản dồi dào
và hội tắm tiên
thậm chí đức vua Pale King còn làm chủ thầu vụ này nữa
civilization seemingly long before the pale King or the radiance existed a
group of bugs that worshiped the darkness the civilization doesn't have a
name in the game but for the most part people online call it the ancient
civilization other names include the ancient caste or
the black kingdom in my humble opinion all of those names suck ass so I'm just
gonna call it the void Kingdom now we don't know if it's a literal Kingdom for
all we know it might be more accurately called a void a anarcho-syndicalist
implicitly I'm just going to call this ancient civilization the void Kingdom
discussing the void Kingdom is difficult because the game gives us so little
information to go on after all the civilization is said to be ancient so it
makes sense that nobody in the game besides lemon the mask maker even really
talked about it but there are still echoes of the void kingdom found in re
Gibson's artwork so in this video we're going to go through the few scraps of
dialogue we have as well as discuss how some of the art in the game might be
hinting at certain connections we're also going to talk about the nature of
the void for like the fifth time on this channel some of the things I'm going to
be saying in this video are highly speculative so take everything in this
video with a grain of salt also feel free to check out this document on the
void by someone and toxic brain it's very well done and super informative
let's start with a relic seeker LEM in the god master update LEM directly
addresses the void Kingdom in the journal entry for the void idle he says
inspired or mad those ancient bugs they devoted their worship to no Lord
or power or strength but to the very darkness itself these void idols are
described as being from before hollow nest and they are designed to contain
void within them but why on earth would bugs want to worship the darkness are
they like Satan worshippers do they eat babies did they vote for Rick Scott well
we do have this dream nail dialogue from the shade beast this chozo statue ripoff
can be dreamed nailed if the nine has the awoken dream nail dream young the
shade beast without obtaining the void are gives the following void power
without unity so according to this guy void contains power which is kind of
weird considering the LEM quote above seems to separate the void from power
maybe the power within void as a result of the void being worshipped similar to
how the bosses of hollow Knight find stronger form should the god seekers
attunement regardless there are examples of void having utility which also might
factor into why the void kingdom were so interested in it but we'll get to that
later LEM also talks about the void Kingdom when discussing the arcane eggs
he explains that arcane eggs are a treasured relic from a time before Hal
honest they proved the existence of this age alongside the soul totems found
throughout the kingdom these eggs work similar to wanders journals acting as a
store of information while LEM can only access the outer layer ancient bugs were
somehow able to reach the information stored deep within and finally LEM
mentions that the eggs are rumored to contain a will and that they seek out a
Bearer LEM speculates that the eggs themselves are drawn to the night since
the night was able to find a whopping four of them one final detail about
arcane eggs is that they're described as being made of stone let's start with
this whole concept of arcane eggs containing wills it definitely sets them
aside as being quite unique but they aren't the only example of this
phenomenon when hinting for the night to go to the ancient basin the elder bug
says the following did you know the caverns continued even below the capital
few have ventured that deep so the details are scant those who made a back
total of impossibly old structure and roads formed as the law rocket
self-possessed a will in other words the architecture of the ancient basin was
supposedly formed with the will of nearby rocks so why the fuck would rocks
want to build roads or seek out owners my pet rock doesn't do jack shit maybe
he's depressed well there is one explanation but I don't really want to
say it because it devolves into saying that a whole bunch of different things
are made out of void and this community is already too quick to play the vCard
so I'm a bit worried about this we already know that void can take the form
of liquid and gas given the sea avoid and the billows of void gas we see in
several locations but void can also take on a solid form as well one clear
example of solid void are the void vines we see connected to the husk Danny in
the Queen's gardens as well as the soul totems in deep nest and the strange egg
in the birthplace of the abyss another example of solid void is related to the
shade gates found throughout the kingdom these dark balls look like solid balls
of void these void stones are a little hard to see due to them being obscured
by the surrounding structures these appear to be modeled after the pale
king's crown implying that he was responsible for placing these shade
gates most of the shade gates can be found sporting these artifacts but there
are a few examples in the abyss showing these stones without the pale Kings
additions finally the entrance to the pantheon of hallow nest also features
these void stones and then we have the black egg where the hollow Knight is
imprisoned Quirrell describes the egg is being made of stone but in the dream no
more ending we clearly see the black egg turn into shadow and void liquid as it
exits the temple so that's three out of the five states of matter void can
become does this mean we might see void plasma at some point or void
bose-einstein condensates of course the real question is do the arcane eggs and
the Rose in the ancient basin somehow contain void proximity to void would
seem to be the main factor that differentiates these rocks from the
rocks found anywhere else in the kingdom what else could possibly give them this
power but then again the arcane eggs aren't near as dark in color as the
black egg and I sincerely believe that we need to be careful about what we say
is void it's a slippery slope to complete and utter anarchy so for now I
think we can only conclude that the void kingdom somehow utilize these will be
rocks and stones how exactly these were created and whether or not the void
kingdom was directly responsible remains to be seen
but this leads to another interesting question can void contain a will if void
can become stone and stones can contain a will then why not I don't think we can
say that void has a will on its own but there is plenty of evidence to support
the idea that void can be imprinted with a will the kinks mold seems to carry a
prime directive to kill and defend which might have been placed on them when they
were molded by the pale King the shades are described as being fragments of a
lingering will these will seem to have originated with the bugs that were
originally killed when they were dropped into the abyss so again the will isn't
coming from the void but it isn't printed on it same with the night it
also contains a will according to steal soul gin and the charm description of
the void heart we also have the collector the collectors avoid being
like the shades but it shows even greater cognitive abilities
according to William in an AMA the collector was even capable of drawing a
map of the grub locations showing a high level of intelligence so where did this
will come from a likely candidate appears to be the husk Danny in the
Queen's garden who implies it spending time with the collector changed the both
of them in some way but this is pretty speculative though at the very least
it's clear that the collector has some kind of will finally let's talk about
the void tendrils that flap around in the sea of void void tendrils are these
weird shadow creatures that thrash out to the night that is until it receives
the void Hart the journal entry for the void tendrils is attained in this
strange room found on the east side of the abyss behind a shade gate the room
contains some kind of desk along with a strange formation in the wall inspecting
the formation gives you the journal entry along with the following prompt an
imprint of abyss given form we've seen this phrase given form before in the
Hall of gods the phrase void given form is used to describe the statue of the
night as it appears in the dream no more ending so is void equivalent to an
imprint of abyss making the void tendrils similar to the night well I'm
not sure what else an imprint of this would even look like
like what is this shit I've literally stared at this thing for the last 18
months of my life and the only thing I can see is Florida the state in which
Rick Scott is currently governor we don't really know why the void tendrils
live in the sea a void or what their purpose was but they might be the
culprits responsible for convincing the bug in the abyss lighthouse to turn off
the light which might imply that they have a will so where did these
abominations come from I think it's likely that the void tendrils were
created by the void kingdom first of all given form implies that the void didn't
manifest into tendrils itself second the journal entry for the void tendrils
seems to be referring to the void kingdom the bugs of hollowness sometimes
wondered whether there were other older stranger kingdoms deep below them and
for some reason the hunters omnipotent and omnipresent so this is some pretty
strong evidence if he thinks the void kingdom is relevant to these creatures
then it probably is finally we need to look at the objects found in this room
so this desk is weird it has four spikes similar to the pale Kings but one of the
spikes is longer so I don't think there's a connection here instead
there's something else in this room we need to look at over the course of this
channel we've talked about horror lore voor lore and now we're gonna talk about
floor lore so remember how LEM said that the soul totems were another indication
of the void kingdoms existence while the floor found in this portion of the abyss
can be found underneath several - soul totems in the game since we know that
the totems were created by the void Kingdom
it seems pretty likely to me that this room was used by this ancient
civilization this room might have been used as some sort of observation deck or
workbench or German sex dungeon so to quickly recap I don't think the void
itself exhibits a will instead a will is imprinted on void manifesting in
creations such as the void constructs the vessels and the void tendrils the
arcane eggs and the rocks and the abyss and the ancient basin can also contain
wills but it's not clear how this process works or if void is even
involved and what exactly does a rock with a will of its own do
like the ones from Roadrunner going back to these soul totems there is another
detail common among many of them hiding in the background these twisted pillars
they show up all over hallow nest behind at least 21 different totems so where
these things also built by the void kingdom are they made of solid void well
these pillars show up in one specific area that is quite interesting these
pillars can be seen inside the black egg now the question is do these pillars
turn into shadows and fly away with the rest of the egg in the dream no more
ending and that would imply that they are made of void but then again does
this mean these chains are void or these drapes why our Hornet in the night shell
the only things that are left where's the hollow night shell where are their
nails if the void sucked it all up why is Hornet okay there'd better be an
explanation of this team cherry I know where you live regardless of what these
pillars are they do seem to be a calling card of the void kingdom since they can
be found near so many soul totems that doesn't mean I think they made the black
egg temple though the pale King appears to have been able to create stone
objects from void himself we have the shade gates and he also had these
containers that were used to store void that appear to use void stones as lids
anyway there is one other spot where these strange twisted pillars can be
found that being the entrance to the room where the ancient nail psmith can
be found we know this corpse was called the
ancient nail Smith from the text file containing its dream nail dialog of
course the ancient nail Smith isn't the only giant corpse we find in hallow
night we also have the shade beast in the abyss as well as the green beast in
the Queen's garden whose names come from their sprite art files there's the worm
corpses in the kingdoms edge and finally we have the temple of the black egg
which according to the upcoming Hall Night art book was built from the
carapace of a colossal ancient bug the shade beast is obviously tied to the
void possibly is some kind of void worshipper but it seems possible that
these other giant beings - the pale kings worm form who are part of the void
kingdom giant beasts similar to the design of the soul totems might have
also existed around that time but it's also possible that some of these
creatures live before or afterwards there's literally no dialogue related to
the green beast so know anything about it and information
regarding the other beasts isn't much better while there does seem to be
influences of the void kingdom all around how honest the ancient basin and
the abyss seemed to be the most important parts of their society the
most interesting aspect of the ancient basin is that it's called the ancient
basin geographically a basin is a depression in the ground where water
collects looking at the abyss the entrance is remarkably similar in
structure to that of a well it's a long vertical hole that stores liquid at the
bottom this begs about a hundred questions was the abyss built as a way
to store void or did the void Kingdom just find the abyss and set up home
nearby someone had to create this architecture if void was being drained
into the abyss where was it coming from or is there just an infinite amount of
void pouring out of the shape beasts Bowl somehow there is also the question
of whether or not the snail shamans are connected to this void kingdom
unfortunately that is really difficult to answer the snail shamans are
definitely some kind of void creation the snail shaman calls the night a
little shadow implying that he knows what the night is and the shamans in the
soul sanctum and the crystal mound literally exploded to void balls that
could absorb by the night however the snail shaman is surprised by the abyss
shriek implying that the shamans have never been to the place of its origin I
don't think the snail shaman would be wrong in this instance I think a
character like the snail shaman would know what he's talking about but that is
just speculation on my part that leaves the question of where the snail shamans
came from which I don't really have an answer for they have a very strange
nature to them the snail shaman in the ancestral mound implies that it is bound
to stay on the mound we don't know if this binding is physical or what but it
kind of implies that the shamans have been in holliness for quite some time as
for the altar in the abyss where the shriek is found I believe this was built
by the void Kingdom the faces are similar in design to the soul vessels
which store souls similar to the soul totems the void kingdom clearly knew how
to capture soul so they seemed like likely candidates for creating the soul
vessels found in the game there's even a soul vessel fragment located in an arien
deep nest that features those twisted black pillars
one minor point we don't know if anything like the shade Lord existed in
the void kingdom it appears as though the shade Lord came into being from the
worship of the god seekers so I suppose it's possible that the void kingdom was
able to create a similar being but there's no way to tell the God seekers
were special masks that allowed them to focus their thoughts giving them a godly
focus which indicates that the creation of the shade Lord was a more unique
occurrence and if something like the shade Lord existed in the past it
probably would have already murdered the radiance which brings us to the downfall
of the void kingdom the fate of the void kingdom is briefly mentioned by mask
maker after obtaining the Kings brand the mask maker denounces the pale Kings
attempt at uniting hollowness under his leadership saying no bug has ever laid
claim to this hole even the Beast knew their limit and bound their realm and
nests edge it is the ancient caste that made attempt at such vast rule how
illness ruin reflects well those fared attempts so the kingdom appears to have
fallen apart due to their attempts at expanding their rule across all of
Hollow nest the radiance appears to call the void her ancient enemy implying that
she combated the void kingdom long ago possibly even putting the kingdom to its
end dream ailing the structures in the room where the fish shriek is obtained
reveals that whoever used to live there they plan on making a return which
should be expected as a wise Star Wars trailer once said no one's ever really
gone now if you've been following speculation on silk song you're probably
aware of the masters these mysterious beings mentioned by both confessor gigi
and stele soul jinn they appear to be tied to the void in some way indicating
that they could also be connected to the void kingdom possibly as remnants from
before the civilization fell if this is true then that means silk song might
shed light on what exactly the void kingdom was seeing as the last Hollow
night update god master decide to give us more info on these void worshippers I
think it's likely that they will become important too in silk song all right
let's run through everything one last time and remember there's a lot of
speculation in here don't spout all this off at a dinner party expecting everyone
to agree with you you might make a complete ass of yourself there was an
ancient caste that existed in the lands of hollowness
these bugs chose to worship the darkness they placed a void inside of idols in
order to worship them and imprinted void with forms that did something they also
knew how to manipulate soul capable of placing it within different types of
vessels they also used rocks with wills to store information as well as
construct roads and pathways this kingdom attempted to expand itself
across modern day hollowness but their plans were proved futile possibly due to
one moth and their empire fell into obscurity however there might still be a
few left who have planted servants to carry out their plans and there you have
it of course a lot of this hinges on team Cherry's artwork being 100%
deliberate which could very easily not be the case you would think that the
pale King built the royal waterways so why exactly can soul totems be found
there why is this wall replaced entirely with corpses are these load-bearing
corpses where the fuck did the drapes go but hopefully we were actually able to
dig up a little more information about the ancient civilization and the void if
not then the main point of my video is still pretty strong that being please
vote for rick Scott this November