#Hollow knight Ellina

[littlebittyhollowbugs]

Grimm x Ellina

Why do I always ship rare pairs anyway

Reasons why I ship it~

• She is one of the few bugs who seems unbothered by and actually excited about the Grimm troupe being in town.

• They look good together!

• Ellina seems to be an easily intrigued/excited to try new things and pretty easygoing, I can see her being interested. She's also pretty realistic and down to earth to contrast the showy flamboyant Grimm. I just think their personality traits are compatible.

• They enjoy travelling to distant, and fallen kingdoms. (Each for their own, very different reason, but still.)

• They kinda have Howl x Sophie vibes (everyone should know I love studio Ghibli XD but seriously Grimm is so Howl, the nightmare heart is Calcifer, I could make a whole AU about this!)

Ship headcanons ~

• Ellina helps Grimm uncover the details of his past lives, using the records she keeps. (I have a whole episode about this in our 'adventures of new Hallownest series'. It's how I started shipping them lol.)

• Ellina travels all over the place and meets lots of people, she always makes sure to advertise his shows.

• Also Ellina, who is very artistic, draws elaborate posters for the circus. Which he greatly admires.

• Grimm teaches her how to dance, and she is surprisingly very graceful.

• She also loves music. (Which is implied in the wanderers journal!) So she and Grimm bond over their love for music too.

• Also! Grimm gifts Ellina creepy antique figurines and dolls and she adores them. She's an antique lover. I know it.

Now have some doodles!~

[linterteatime]

Hmmmm more bugs from sad bug game yes

More gijinkas here!

[xxmia0wm4yh3mxx]

guys look at this

normal right? well

but what does this word mean?

okay? and?

oh god

[ersh-ova]

Day 11. Wander

Enter Hallownest... normal style

[silverjayy6]

Ellina is the Blackwyrm:

In the game, the way we know what enemies are called is through the Hunter's Journal, after killing them once. Ellina knows that the Cast-Off Shell is a Wyrm, so she has obviously killed at least one. Perhaps she even defeated the Pale Wyrm in combat, forcing it to turn into the PK. Now of course, the PK changed this story cause we all know how much he loves propaganda. Anyways, it's possible that Ellina even killed all the Wyrms in the world. After all, we know from Bardoon that they're dead. Also, due to the fact that Ellina has bested gods in combat, it only makes sense that she was given a title. And that is why I think Ellina is the Blackwyrm.

[thereareeyesinsidethetrees]

im supposed to be pretending to be asleep right now but

reason to get into hollow knight

if you like journal 3 youre gonna love the wanderer’s journal

ellina has a similar writing style to ford, even including the sidenotes he likes to add. plus the wanderer’s journal is entirely about detailing all the different things in hallownest, so it could be a good way to read up on some of the lore and see if its something youd be interested in learning more about

[netmors]

“These lands have experienced a lot ... 

The end was foretold for them, but they stood where the rest fell. Supreme Beings, Hallownest has outlived you all ... ... And gave birth to new Gods. So far, they are just sparks of souls that have become similar to mere mortals, and only guess about their strength. Maybe it's for the best. Their hour ... He will come yet. Until ... Let life take its course. The Chronicler will follow his path, writing down a new history. Sentinel - guard the borders of a small but busy city. Mantis with a difficult fate will lead his comrades forward in the hope of finding a new home. Mosskin, stroking his pet Mosscreep, sits down without fear on the shore of Lake Unn. Young Bumblebee, who has linked his life with art, will devote himself to rebuilding the great city. And the four kids playing on the GreenPath will just wait for their Uncle Hollow and the cartographer, who decided to climb a little beyond the old map. Three sisters and a brother can finally enjoy their childhood. Their fates are still ahead.

These lands deserve their new dreams. Dreams about the future. Oh no, the journey through the Eternal Kingdom isn't over yet. " 

[silkedsong]

i hit ‘random page’ on the hollow knight wiki a bunch and drew whoever came up. it really wanted me to draw gruzzers apparently

[wingedarrows]

Hey! Official art of nosk with a disguise other than ghost or hornet!

[butterfly-watcher]

While i haven’t personally got the chance to read it yet, it seems the Wanderer’s Journal introduces a new Character called Ellina. And she’s super adorable and i feel like she and Elizabeth would get along really well. They would share stories and knowledge, compare their notes and journals and stuff. Elli could tell Ellina about the life in the city before the infection and Ellina could share stories about places that Elli never saw before.

[ruthlesslistener]

for the “civil engineer” thing, he was also described as such in the Wanderer’s journal from fangamer (which yeah the devs were involved in) where Ellina describes PK as a particularly talented CE, because of the fact that the Queen’s station was made with minimal impact as possible to the surrounding environment. Tbh, the concept of very complex math existing in bug hollow knight freaks me out for no reason other than the fact that I hate math

FUCK YOU'RE RIGHT THAT'S WHERE IT WAS...which really is a massive oversight on my part because I actually have the Wanderer's Journal, but I never got to do much more than skim through it because of a mixture of college and me becoming overly fascinated with the implied dynamics between the civilians of Hallownest and the Mantis Tribe. So that was on me, because I remember lost-kin on tumblr saying that and then linking to the source and me just completely forgetting the fact that it was in the Wanderer's Journal vs some sort of dev interview.

The fact that Hallownest was canonically constructed with minimal impact on the surrounding environment is cool as fuck though, and I really love that little detail about how PK's constructive element intertwines with WL's affinity with nature. It's something that I noticed at the beginning of the White Palace, where everything is very open, spacious, and the architecture is designed to allow plants to coil around it and flourish, but yeah the fact that the rest of Hallownest (with the exception of Fog Canyon, which was terraformed for Monomon) has that sort of seamless blending in with the rest of its surroundings is def. something that I really enjoy about the overall design of Hollow Knight. Mostly because it just indicates how much the Pale King and the White Lady loved each other, where PK's construction aims to embellish the natural world rather than fight against it, as seen in the Queen's Station, White Palace, and the Queen's Gardens. That def. drops off with Crystal Peak, but also alas that kind of makes sense considering the fact that Crystal Peak was Radi's territory, and turning it into a mining complex for energy serves the duel purpose of destroying her legacy as well as getting the resources needed to power the trams.

(granted I'm also biased because my mom is an ecologist and I'm in conservation biology, so sustainable architecture is something I'm super super into, but sTILL. Excited to see how Pharloom compares to Hallownest, esp. since the tribes of Hallownest stuck clearly to their traditional means of building their homes, while Pharloom looks like a clusterfuck of different cultures tied together with industrialism)

Agreed on the very complex bug math thing, though. I hate mathematics and engineering. I mean, it makes sense given PK's...everything, but I'll leave bug physics and calculus to him and him alone methinks.

[littlebittyhollowbugs]

In our series there is an episode in the first season where Ghost does banish the Grimm troupe and the the ritual is broken.

So the nightmare heart dies, but (because we are so attached to the characters and this is basically an everyone lives au) Grimm and Grimmchild both live, now disconnected from the heart and mortal, they decide to come and stay in Hallownest to repay little Ghost by providing the regrowing kingdom with entertainment through their circus.

Now all of this leads to a very fun character arc for Grimm throughout the series where he has a difficult time adjusting to being mortal after a thousand years of being the nightmare hearts puppet.

There are several episodes that tackle this subject and they are some of my favorite Grimm troupe episodes

These four in particular, the first is the banishment episode, the second is a fun one where Ghost/Shade lord loses some of their godly power and Grimm who is adjusting to a similar change steps in to help (may or may not actually be helpful lol).

The third centers around Grimm's fears concerning his childs mortality after Grimmchild is injured during an adventure,

and the fourth is about Grimm uncovering the stories of his now forgotten past lives with the help of Ellina the chronicler (who returns to Hallownest to make a record of the new kingdom.)

[linterteatime]

All the hollow knight gijinkas i have made so far, with links for easy find (◕_◕)

Troupe Master Grimm, Divine, The Radiance, Brumm, Broken Vessel

Quirrel, Mantis Lords, Traitor Lord, The Knight/Ghost, Tiso

Hornet, Lace, Myla, The Collector, Bretta

Pure Vessel, White Lady, Pale King

Marissa, The Hollow Knight, Iselda, Xero, Eternal Emilitia

Monomon The Teacher, Cornifer, Cloth, Jiji, Soulmaster

Hive Knight, Queen Vespa, Grey Mourner, Traitors Child, Marmu

God Seeker, Blue Child Joni, Herrah The Beast, Midwife

Nightmare King Grimm, Markoth, Gorb, Zote The Mighty, No Eyes

Grimmchild , Dung Defender, Moss Prophet, Grub, Grey Prince Zote

Paint Master Sheo, Nailmaster Oro And Mato, Nailsage Sly, Nailsmith, Lurien The Watcher

Salubra, God Tammer, Pale Lurker, Seer, Thistlewind

Small changes to Pure Vessel, Troupe Master Grimm, The Radiance

Fierce Dryya, Mister Mushroom, The Hunter, Snail Shaman

Isma, Revek, Steel Soul Jinn, Tuk

Flukemarm, Fluke Hermit, Dream Warrior Galien, Relic Seeker Lemm

Milibelle, Nosk, Elderbug, Maggot

Grimmkin Novice, Grimmkin Master, Grimmkin Nightmare, Elder Hu

Distant Villagers, Grimm Steed, Massive Moss Charger, Kingsmould

Unn, Cristal Guardian, False Knight/Mighty Hegemol, Watcher Knights

Gruz Mother, Vengefly King, Leg Eater, Menderbug

Willoh, Grubfather, Hot Spring Bugs, Mask Maker

The Last Stag/Old Stag, Brooding Mawlek, Little Fool, Soul Warrior

Ummu, Bardoon, Soul Twister, Volt Twister, Mistake, Folly

Extra stuff for the gijinkas + Fixes for old ones

Greenpath Vessel, Ellina The Chronicler, oblobbles, royal retainers

White Defender, Lord Fool, Winged Nosk, Grub Mimic

(Greenpath enemies): Mosscreep, Mossfly, Mosskin, Volatile mosskin, Fool eater, Squit, Obble, Gulka, Maskfly, Moss knight, Mossy vagabond, Durandoo, Duranda, Aluba

(Fog canyon enemies, The hive enemies, and 3 other ones without groups): Ooma, Uoma, Lumafly, Lifeseed, Bluggsac, Wingmould, Husk hive, Hive soldier, Hiveling, Hive guardian.

(Enemies from the abyss, ancient basin, and some others): knight's shade, siblings, lightseed, infected balloon, mawlurk, lesser mawlek, shadow creeper, entombed husk, void tendrils.

(I will make more dw)

[lutiaskokopelli]

Do you guys know who this bug is? If you don’t, this is Ellina the Chronicler, aka the presumed in-universe author of the official Wanderer’s Journal. I recently acquired the book myself and could give it a read, and... Well, it clearly doesn’t give much about Ellina’s character. You can check out mossbag’s video about the Journal if you’re curious, but in a nutshell, the only things we know are pretty much that 1) she visits Hallownest at the same time as the Knight, it’s just that they constantly miss each other, somehow. And, 2) Hwurmps make her laugh. Which is, uh, reassuring because whoever wouldn’t find the hwurmps funny has a problem. Even the Hunter finds them amusing.

I must admit, I’m a bit stumped regarding this character. She’s exhaustive in her research (I mean, she’s far from mossbag’s level, but in her defense it’s a bit hard to understand any lore when you don’t know who the Radiance or the Hollow Knight are). She sees a lot of grubs but never frees them (>:C). This bit would give me “I’m a journalist and journalists should report information without interfering with the events” vibes, but all at the same time she mentions saving Zote once or twice. So welp. She also mentions meeting the Elderbug, Quirrel, Cloth, Iselda, Salubra, Sly, Cornifer, Tiso and countless others (pretty much all NPCs in existence, all in all), but we never get any detail regarding what kinds of stuff they talk about. Her interactions with the shopkeepers at least seem to be strictly shopping business, and not a single word besides that... But it’s just because it’s really not mentioned and she doesn’t really describe their personalities, just what they sell and what is a good deal.

So... There are two main questions at play here. First off, since Ellina is supposed to visit Hallownest at the same time as the Knight, it’d be logical to think that she’s also present currently -- at least, that’s a tangible possibility. It’d be unlikely for her to take a big role because there’s a lot of other NPCs who are already seen in the game and who are destined to play a big role; but, then again, Iselda is an example that even “background NPCs” who aren’t supposed to be seeng outside of Dirtmouth can be active in Hallownest itself nonetheless and have their moment of glory, if only for the time of a few episodes :p

So here goes:

Would you like to see some Ellina cameos every now and then, just for fun?

If yes, any suggestions for her character?

btw before i checked her picture again the memory i had of her face gave me lots of millibelle vibes

[pupyzu]

Pronouns or names based around the video game hollow knight?

under the cut!

PRONOUNS:

abyss/abysses/abysself

bug/bugs/bugself

claw/claws/clawself

cloak/cloaks/cloakself

crea/ture/creas/creaself

creature/creatures/creatureself

crystal/crystals/crystalself

dark/darkness/darkself

dark/darks/darkself

desolate/desolates/desolateself

desolate/dive/dives/diveself

dive/dives/diveself

dream/dreamer/dreamself

dream/dreams/dreamself

dream/gate/dreams/gateself

dreamer/dreamers/dreamerself

ellina/ellinas/ellinaself

entity/entities/entityself

focus/focuses/focuself

fool/fools/foolself

geo/geos/geoself

hallow/hallows/hallowself

heart/hearts/heartself

hollow/knight/hollows/hollowself

howl/howls/howlself

knight/knights/knightself

life/blood/lifes/lifeself

life/seed/lifes/lifeself

mask/masks/maskself

nail/nails/nailself

night/mare/mares/nightself

pale/king/kings/kingself

realm/realms/realmself

shade/shades/shadeself

shadow/shadows/shadowself

shard/shards/shardself

shriek/shrieks/shriekself

slash/slashes/slashself

soul/souls/soulself

spirit/spirits/spiritself

tear/tears/tearself

unn/unns/unnself

vengeful/spirit/spirits/spiritself

vengeful/vengefuls/vengefulself

vespa/vespas/vespaself

vessel/vessels/vesselself

voi/void/voids/voidself

void/voids/voidself

wander/wanderer/wanderself

weaver/weavers/weaverself

wing/wings/wingself

wraith/wraiths/wraithself

wyrm/wyrms/wyrmself

🌀/🌀s/🌀self

🌌/🌌s/🌌self

🔩/🔩s/🔩self

🕳/🕳s/🕳self

･┈┈･･⟡ ∞ ⟡･･┈┈･

NAMES:

Abyss

Brumm

Divine

Ellina

Fool

Geo

Grimm

Herrah

Hollow

Knight

Lemm

Lurien

Myla

Nymm

Oro

Quirrel

Seer

Sheo

Sly

Soul

Spirit

Tuk

Unn

Vespa

Vessel

Void

Willoh

Willow

Zote

i also feel like a lot of my kenochoric themed names might fit!

[pocketpen]

DTIYS Submission

I just finished my drawing for @toonist-artist​ DTIYS contest! I decided to do it with my Hollow Knight OC’s: Manteau, and a new OC/bugsona, Dahl! She’s a ladybug. She’s HEAVILY inspired by Ellina the Chronicler (might change her up later), but she has a few different physical features and a VERY different personality. More on her later though!

Here’s the drawing!

It may look a bit different from their original post, that’s because I wanted to do a HK bench and keep things true to HK style as well as my own. I really like the way it turned out :3

Thanks for viewing! Constructive criticism is always appreciated!