#Hollow knight headcanons

[cupcakeshakesnake]

New stupid headcanon:

Pointing three fingers at mouth level at someone became a great insult in Hallownest that means "I hope a Primal Aspid spits on you".

A fairly newly-coined insult, as Primal Aspids were once thought to be extinct. Well, they came back and everyone immediately hated them.

[overgrownmoon]

hollow knight weapons compendium pt 1

ok its not a true, comprehensive list, but here are my notes and thoughts about the construction of various weapons seen in hollow knight. this only includes weapons separate from the body, so no scythe-arms or horns.

all images and information pulled from the Hollow Knight Wiki.

[gamergenia]

long post.. image description in alt text

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"Welcome be, you who seek understanding"

Scholar, Priest, or perhaps Historian reading these passages: before you lies a record of the diseases and plagues of our Eternal Kingdom of Hallownest, compiled by yours truly.

In leaving these times behind, I hope to ease, or to save, the life of those struck by these sufferings— or perhaps to help shed further light into a better path towards their definite cure.

Modeas the Researcher

KINGDOM PATHOLOGIA: A Record of the Ailments of Hallownest

- Part 1: Fungal Plague

- Part 2: Crystal Poisoning

- Part 3: SleepWalkers (wip)

- Part 4

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Felt like making a mockup on the style of fangamer's Wanderer's Journal of a medical record from the times of Hallownest's prime; while I will do my best not to contradict canon, have in mind this work will consist mainly of headcanons.

Please note that this is a fanwork, one written and drawn by me, in no way affiliated with Team Cherry.

You can check on sketches and WIPs of this and other projects ahead of public release (and/or just support me in general) at my Kofi page

[sevilai]

Tryna be a little less precious with my sketches. I can never get any ideas out the door because I can never polish them enough :')

Big on the idea that everyone is fine and the siblings just get to be okay and grow together. I'm huge on that actually. Some lil related headcanons under the cut~!

Ghost does indeed tire of the nail sometime around the (effective)age of 12, and in fact DOES join Sheo in art.

Hollow also does this, immediately after physically recovering enough from the sealing/infection deal to do so.

Both of them struggle with feelings of inadequacy with their work. They often paint together and help build each other up.

Hollow(Hero? I've been calling them that) is the type to shut themselves in a room for a few hours every month and walk out with bangers. Every single time. Would be a fantastic animator if the medium existed in Hallownest. Maybe it will someday!

Hornet's not good at drawing but is great at literally everything else. Sewing, crocheting, felting, sculpting, music, doesn't matter. She is unstoppable. Or she would be, if she ever finished anything.

They like to do trades a lot. "I'll paint you that book character you like for a plushie of this character I made." "Do you want a portrait? I'll make you one for a cool figure." It's mostly the vessels shoving art at Hornet until plushies come out.

[phantomgrape]

GUYS

GUYS ITS SO FUCKING OBVIOUS WHAT HAPPENED TO GREENPATH VESSEL OH MY GOD.

EVERYONE WHO SAID HORNET DID IT IS WRONG AND HERE'S WHY.

Ok so. One of Greenpath Vessel's (Geep for short) most notable traits is that their nail is stabbed into them. Why would Hornet stab them with their own mail instead of her needle? That's right because she didn't do it.

But that begs the question, if Hornet didn't do it, then who did?

They did it to themselves.

Now that might sound absurd until you realize that there is AN EXTREMELY NOTABLE VESSEL THAT ALSO STABS THEMSELVES.

THATS RIGHT BABY ITS THE HOLLOW KNIGHT.

In conclusion, Geep is doing the EXACT. SAME. THING. That Hollow did. The only difference is that they were much weaker, and though were most definitely infected didn't have the ENTIRE SOURCE of it inside their head.

[funkyratman]

folks I’d like to request people’s hollow knight headcanons

anything works because it’s cool but specifically the stuff I’m looking for it under the cut

Anything you have for Bretta, any thoughts on this bug any headcanons about backstory anything

Similarly anything on Myla!

For folks that interpret Tiso as an ant why he left his colony

Thoughts on Nola, what species she was, how she and Cloth met, their relationship etc

What you think is going on with jellyfish

[lairde-lampblack]

i recently came up w a headcanon of secretly human transfemme isma the kind cause i wanted to.

get yourself a girl that wins the favor of a tree goddess, transitions, and is then unrecognizable to the same tree goddess when she becomes the tree's loyal knight

[tonythr]

Bretta's previous love interest

Ok ok another quick theory. It doesn't have much proof but hear me out.

We know that Bretta had at least one love interest/partner/crush before she met the Knight.

And we know that this person seemed to have 'left her behind'.

We don't know how much of that is true - it's possible that the mysterious person didn't leave her behind, but her consciousness, being infected by the Light, made her remember it that way.

But we know that when something like that happens, the infected person doesn't completely lose their memories; at least, they still remember some people from their past.

So who is this mysterious person? It's probably someone who was close to Bretta, or at least someone who Bretta had a crush on, since the way she talks about them and the way she instantly falls in love with the Knight just because of a mere thought that the Knight will be someone who will remember her, makes me think that she had a similar experience with that mysterious person.

Well, I think it's this guy:

The reason I believe that is their Dream Nail dialogue. They're apologizing to someone.

The corpse is hidden behind a door in a structure that was built by the Mantis Tribe. This tells us that this bug was probably captured for trespassing and was put in a prison to rot. THAT could also be the reason they're apologizing. Maybe they're asking to be forgiven by the Tribe, regretting their choice and dying with their mind being wrapped around that one last hope of being free again.

And THAT would be a reasonable explanation. However, I think there is another possibility. What if this bug was the one travelling with Bretta, and the one who 'left her behind'? I see it that way: they were travelling together, but then this bug decided to split from her and later was captured by the Mantis Tribe without getting a chance to tell Bretta what happened. This could explain why Bretta was later found deep inside the Fungal Wastes, thinking about someone who (as she thought) left her behind and forgotten about her - maybe she tried to look for them but got lost and infected, which led her to the point where we see her in the game.

If that's the case, it means that Bretta was never actually forgotten, and that her previous partner's (?) dying thought was them trying to apologize to her for making it seem like they left her behind.

Again, I know this theory doesn't have much proof. It's more of a headcanon, really. I just find it very romantic how the whole point of Bretta's story was about finding someone who would give her love (that she totally deserved) or at least a feeling of being remembered, and how it is entirely possible that one of her love interests actually never forgot her.

Also, there is one other bug who always liked Bretta and was very sad when she left Dirtmouth.

Even Elderbug remembered her, which also proves the point that Bretta's fear of being forgotten was always an empty one. It's almost like the game wants us to think about the idea that one cannot be easily forgotten, even if it seems like no one in the world remembers them...

By the way, I get a feeling that Bretta's story might actually not be over. I definitely hope that we'll see some familiar characters in Silksong, and that Bretta will be one of them. Maybe she'll even have a crush on Hornet (jk... unless?)

[vulturereyy]

This is farewell, my old friend.

Though I don't think either of us know it yet.

Hegemol receives an unexpected visitor for the last time.

If you'd like to know some more about my Failed Watcher Knight Hegemol headcanons, feel free to check out my ramblings here, here, here, and some other tidbits here! You are also more than welcome to send me asks about it! :)

A close-up as well... And proof that Isma and Ogrim were definitely not snooping while coming to deliver some medicine to their fellow knight.

Timelapse below!

[ashcoveredtraveler]

Just had a sad headcanon but what if moths just pulled out their fur when they are stressed, kinda like how birds pluck their feather when they're stressed. However I imagine that the fur does eventually grow back, but if they pick a lot of the fur out, then there would probably be a noticeable patch that is shorter than the rest of the fluff. Quite an angsty idea for any of the moth characters in the game.

[transmogrified-in-the-void]

My two favorite hollow knight headcanons is 1. THK gets a pure nail-esque arm that's actually a LOT more similar to long john silver (treasure planet)'s arm, and ALSO they get an eye that ALSO is like long john silver's for the one that's cracked. I want THK to be long john silver. They also should have a little tiny baby nosk like morph.

and 2. zote is just a really entitled british guy. his mask is like the vessels bc he wants to be like royalty. he thinks hes so much better than everyone else all the time. he should be rich british core. this is my truth.

[overgrownmoon]

hollow knight weapons compendium pt 2: silksong and headcanons

this half includes weapons seen from the silksong teasers/trailers, the pale court mod, and some of my own designs.

god i hope that shields in silksong are called buttons. button shields are a real type of shield and it would fit so well, man...

[shentheauthor]

I have a lot of thoughts about my hollow knight gijinkas, and ik nobody asked, but I’m gonna dump them anyway

the vessels don’t have mouths or noses

A few of them do, but the knight and the hollow knight weren’t born with mouths

THK has a mouth that was torn open by the radiance so she could SCREEAM

The radiance is highkey insane /pos

Really it was desperation that drove her there

That’s just kind of a general headcanon, but anyway

The vessels aren’t really human, just humanoid. They’re born of two gods and the void, so they don’t have a drop of human blood in them

Hornet, however, is half human. She doesn’t have gray skin like the vessels do, but she is unnaturally pale, and she blushes silver (courtesy of the pale king)

Humans of Hallownest aren’t 100% “human” either, but that’s mostly because of the gods’ influence

Many have pointed ears or sharp teeth

Or both

A few have wings

The moth tribe have antennae and are less human than others bc of the radiance

Void beings are still just void, but they have a slightly more human shape

The collector has a mouth

When the vessels are destroyed, the shades are capable of displaying emotion, though most don’t

Ghost enters Hallownest with overgrown hair. Split ends, awful tangles, etc

Quirrel cuts their hair for them

Hornet helps them braid it when they get closer

Ghost does have a mind and emotions, they just can’t express them

As time goes on, they become more animated (stimming, etc)

In the beginning tho, they mostly just nod and bow, and stare blankly

Ghost bleeds black

When they get the void heart, they get more black in their hair

When they have the kingsoul, they glow

The vessels don’t really wear clothes, they just don’t have anything to cover up

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Kingdom Pathologia, part 1: Fungal Plague

Also known as "Traveler's Cushion" or Glutton's Wart", it shows a distinctive fungal growth in the affected's body.

Most common in merchants and wanderers that frequent the route through Fungal Wastes; most times caused by frequent inhaling of the region's fumes and spores, but eating undercooked wild mushrooms will also cause this ailment.

Besides the shrumal growth, other symptoms include:

- Nausea

- Headache

- Mild lethargy

- Dissociation

- Hallucinations

- Mild fever

- A strong drive to dive into bodies of water or acid, or to reach the highest point in sight

(At some point they also claim to hear voices)

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Treatment

The usual treatment is cautious removal of the growths; this is a delicate, painful procedure as one must be certain to remove all the roots as well.

However, if it has reached the head, often coming out of the eyes, it is considered a lost cause.

In most cases, faint traces of the roots end up remaining, causing the illness to resurge or for different diseases to appear.

It is not unusual to see overgrown bodies on the edges of the route.

It is said the Mantis Tribe has ointments and beverages effective in fighting off this plague, but getting your hold on such trades is difficult. And costly.

Only the nobles could afford such thing.

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Next chapter: Crystal Poisoning

Directory / Masterpost

[ersh-ova]

Day 3. Path

My headcanon! Back in old days, most adventurous Hallownest inhabitants used to hunt albino Alubas for Pale King's palace. Anyway, path = pilgrim's way