#hk dreamnail

[kusigoose]

Day 35 of doodling Hollow Knight characters until Silksong comes out

Ghost with their Dreamnail! I wanted to draw a more dynamic pose than just a vessel standing around lol

[violetdawn001]

What is with the Dreamers' Houses?!?! Part 3.5 Lurien's Spire - Pillows & Patriotism

Yes, you read the title right! We're talking about the pillows in Lurien's Spire!

Basically, I ran across a few articles calling the Watcher gaudy and greedy, lumping him with Hallownestian nobles. The Watcher, however, is not gaudy like the nobles of Hallownest. Before we bring in the pillows, let us compare the pictures down below.

Vs. the Watcher's Spire.

While there is a lot of details going on in all three photos, it is far easier to filter out Lurien’s Spire than the nobles. The purple in the Watcher’s Spire calms the player versus the red constantly popping in the noble’s houses.

That, and it took me four years before I realized that Lurien had wallpaper while every detail of the noble's houses was screaming in my face.

Now, we can bring in the pillows. We shall point out the pillows, discuss their arrangement, and what both say of the characters of the nobles and the Watcher himself.

In the noble houses, all the pillows are in the center of the room.

Meanwhile, in the Watcher’s Spire, the pillows are by the windows.

All the pillows in the nobles’ houses are facing the center where the nobles can be the focal point of attention. Where the point could be is either the red couches or the pillows themselves, but any visitor would certainly be hyper-focused on the noble by the mere seating arrangement.

If this was not the City of Tears that we know, such an arrangement could show how everyone is focused on the people and community. Unfortunately, we know thanks to the Dream Nail how all the nobles were overprotective of their geo. The arrangement of the pillows and seating of the guests was only to show off a noble’s wealth, not foster familial ties.

The Watcher’s Spire, however, has the opposite arrangement of pillows. The seating arrangement looks outside of the Spire, not in. Lurien invites any visitor to his Spire to admire not his wealth, but the wealth and health of the City.

One could argue that Watcher’s arrangement of pillows show how he is always looking outwards instead of reflecting upon himself and his faults, but considering the noble’s thoughts and intentions, I believe that Lurien is not selfish in looking outwards as his pillow arrangement is completely opposite of the nobles. Luriem is always looking out to his community AND loves to admire the beauty resulting from the community.

Finally, Lurien still loves both practicality and beauty as seen in his window designs by the pillows. The nobles’ design for the window is pathetic in comparison, though one must be grateful for being to see out of said window.  

As for more comparisons of Lurien with other characters in Hollow Knight, let us marvel at how patriotic Lurien is.

All the little details.

I swear, Lurien is more patriotic than the Pale King. Compare the opening of Lurien's Spire to the White Palace.

VS.

Remember, Lurien's wallpaper still counts.

I wonder how Lurien being more patriotic than the Pale King speaks about his character?

As a Lurien fan, I am afraid that I must admit there is not enough evidence in the Spire alone to answer that question. Right now, these photos suggest that Lurien was Nationalistic while the Pale King was Patriotic.

Yet, once we look at both of their actions in-game, we can determine that Lurien is indeed Patriotic, not Nationalistic. Afterall, it is Lurien who makes the ultimate sacrifice for Hallownest not once but twice, even when he knew the Pale King wasn’t coming back. The Pale King, meanwhile, sacrificed everyone but himself, then fled from the Radiance when the Infection returned.

If both Lurien and the PK’s actions were foreshadowed by the amount of Hallownestian seals and crests, well…I do not feel as if I can make that judgement due to my basis on Lurien. I shall leave that to the community to decide.

If you wish to read more of the Essay, click one of these links below.

Part 1.0: Herrah's Den : Here

Part 2.0: Monomon's Archives: Here

Part 3.0: Lurien's Spire: Here

Part 3.25: Lurien's Spire: Windows and Colors: Here

Part 3.5: Even More of Lurien's Spire. (You are here)

Part 3.7 Lurien's Spire: What is wrong with Lurien's Office?! Here

Part 3.75: Even, even More of Lurien's Spire

Link to essay on Ao3: Here

If you have thoughts you wish to share, please feel free to comment or reblog! Especially with the above observation!

[littlebittyhollowbugs]

Grimm/nightmare heart theory

It's the Halloween season, so I thought it would be a good time to share my take on Hallownest's very own vampire clown nightmare demon, Grimm!

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The nightmare heart is all that remains of an ancient god. In order to keep itself from completely fading from existence it made a contract with it's worshipper, Grimm.

Grimm gave his body up as host for the dying God, to keep it alive.

Basically he is the vessel of the heart. (This is stated in canon.) And gained immortality through means of the nightmare hearts ritual.

The flames which I would guess represent nightmares/fears or death (Sort of like essence which represents hopes or wishes, for nightmares rather than dreams) Feed the heart, and keep Grimms body growing and immortal.

Grimm is reincarnated into Grimmchild everytime the lantern is lit. With outside aide. Bugs who aide in the hearts perpetuation (such as Brumm) are forced to serve the heart for eternity. I imagine this would have eventually happened to little Ghost. (Had the endings not played out as they did.)

Why is he a circus troupe master? Because Grimm and his servants, a large group of especially peculiar bugs who travel the world, fit in best under the guise of being travelling circus performers. Basically it's their cover.

And maybe even before giving up his body to the nightmare heart Grimm was some sort of performing type.

Anyway Brumm's dialogue here and here

Implies that it is truly the best outcome for Grimm for the ritual to end and for him to be separated from the heart. Not only for Brumm's sake but for his own.

(I did not do this in my game, because I love my Grimmchild too much but narratively this is the ultimately good ending for everyone.)

[silly-soup-drinker]

Lurien is a much stronger man than me because if i gave my whole life in service of my god because he told me the only way to protect my home was to fall into an eternal sleep and then said god ABANDONED ME I'd wake up from sheer rage

[vynnyal]

Y'all, how do I be normal about hollow knight.

Anyways, here's the unofficial 4th installment of that series I started a while ago where I throw together a bunch of random hk theories into one post... this time ordered to make mildly more sense!

So the context here is this:

My friend came up with a cool oc and I was immediately obsessed with the idea. I explained everything relevant... err-- mostly relevant, anyways-- but I extrapolated on a few points here.

It got kinda bloated because I tried to tie-in some of my random tangents. The rest... are just gonna be at the end, lmao.

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Basically, there are Gods in Hallownest. They mostly fall under the category of "Higher Beings", though not all Higher Beings are gods.

All of these gods are Gods specifically because they use dreams as their life force, which is directly tied to how powerful their influence can be.

The mother of Greenpath, Unn, is the epitome of a good-ol' classic Hollowknight god.

She IS Greenpath. The plantlife came from her and is likely a direct conduit of her power (greenpath lore tablet). The Mosskin Tribe themselves are her dream-children-- they either literally spawned from her or were merely formed in her image.

And now remember, the entirety of greenpath and queen's gardens were her domain. That's like 1/6th of Hallownest.

She was The Shit. And then, for reasons untold, she went to sleep. Though it's hard to pin down when it started, it's implied her slumber predated the Dreamers; Quirrel's dreamnail dialogue mentions her, likely as a memory from the times he was Monomon's apprentice, and even then she was just "something revered" sleeping in the waters.

Which is to say, when Mr Columbus waltzed in to pave roads through their lands (and when his wife laid claim to a decent chunk to be her personal playground), they likely didn't meet much resistance. From Unn herself, anyways. Which makes it all the more shocking that they didn't smite her image completely when her domain was so throughly invaded and remolded to PK's satisfaction.

He had, in his grasp, an entire tribe of people that followed *a different God than himself,* aka the worst thing you can be in the eyes of another God. People are dreams, and dreams are power. More worshippers= more power. If you're a God, you HAVE to actively be thought about by many people to survive. A forgotten God is a dead God. (This exact conflict was, in no small part, the beginning of the series of dominoes that led to Hallownest's downfall, albiet with a different God.)

That Unn herself was left relatively alone, despite this, is likely because Unn/the Mosskin Tribe gave juuust enough to avoid conflict while also keeping their "dream" distinct from PK's (meaning: continue to worship Unn and not PK). I can only imagine he allowed this because if he didn't, both Unn and her people would simply cease to be; the Mosskin needed Unn, and Unn needed them. That, and he was probably pretty busy dealing with the aforementioned other God that was... decidedly less submissive.

Either way, WL took Unn's land and pushed out her followers, inadvertently (or possibly purposefully) greatly diminishing Unn's power and influence. (It's possible this was the event that knocked her out, and she was merely too weak to oppose two entire Higher Beings to begin with.)

The other important character of note is Fierce Dryya. She was one of the Five Great Knights, and WL's personal guard.

After WL birthed and subsequently killed her children, she isolated herself in the depths of her Gardens, presumably "well-protected" from the fate the rest of the world faced.

There, Dryya held her last stand before a swarm of infected mantis Traitors who sought to remove WL from their territory. Sadly, WL doesn't even know she's dead, even though you have to step over her corpse to enter WL's cocoon.

It's hard to think about, but theres an equal chance that she fought off the Traitors for good... and that her death was entirely in vain. She is found next to the mound of Traitor corpses she undoubtly killed, but in the end, she died as well.

Implying that, before breathing her last, she managed to terrify them enough to never come back..

Or that she was just eventually worn down and killed, and the Traitors simply gave up when they couldn't get through WL's own protection.

....Which is to say the time between Dryya's death and events of the game is almost completely unknown!

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Things I just couldn't fit in:

1, The name greenpath is just because PK put a bunch of roads in it, really. It likely had a different name before Mr Columbus came along.

2, Btw I wondered if there were any actual children in hk. Turns out, yeah, most bugs can propogate (lol), but the only ones referenced in the game that are not directly from a God are openly NOT worshiping ANY God. I'm talking the Mantis tribe, the Spider tribe, the Flukes, the mushroom clan, and weirdly enough, a specific spirit called Joni whose whole thing was being a heretic-- aka not only Not a worshiper of PK, but actively outcast and perhaps outlawed by PK's people.

*I'm disregarding Millybug. They're implied to be childish, but that's all we know.

Other notable characters that were at least a child at one point are Hornet, who was the child of Herrah and PK, and the Vessels, the product of the WL and PK. Grimmchild doesn't count as its not an actual bug, but a vessel created by the Nightmare Heart. The PK's Vessels are unique because they were originally independent, living creatures.

3, This talk about gods and such made me think about what happens after the game. Unn isn't dead, just actively dying because Miss Rad keeps stealing all her followers. She barely has enough energy to be like "hey kid, take this thing and remember me plz."

With both Miss Rad and PK gone, there's nothing stopping Unn's revival. Like, imagine Hallownest getting repopulated by the remaining tribes, returned to their natural glory. The only place left untouched being the city and the abyss-- forever monument to the horrors that nearly killed them all.

4, It just occurred to me that most of the real Godly gods in the game get cop-outs in the pantheons so you can't fight them. White lady just kinda peaced out, Unn's on the respirator, PK is fully snapped out of existence, the Lifeblood entity is chilling out in the basement, and... well I guess you are the void king by then so it's a bit of a moot point. NKG, THK, and Miss Rad are the only ones that're ready to throw down. Good for them!

5, The story of Isma is perplexing. It's implied the grove she died in is the source of the weird acid ravaging Hallownest, though it's unknown how or why. The wiki presumes this only affects the lower regions of the world, but I personally haven't found whatever supports this*. There's pipework lining the broken elevator pass between Ogrim and the Grove, of which is literally glowing with acid, so...

*there is one spirit in the Spirit Glade that mentions acid as a biological defense mechanism, so acid does exist in some capacity outside of this weird angry stuff.

Besides that, her dreamnail dialogue is "there's no time." Seriously? That's the most cliffhanger-y quote of the bunch, I can so clearly imagine team cherry being like "have fun! No we will not elaborate lol" before they spike the ball into our court.

In any case, while down this rabbit hole I have come to terms with the fact that Ogrim is still the best character in the game. He's literally the "I lie to myself :)" guy. All his friends are dead or missing. His lover drowned in 10 feet of acid. His idol the King was sent to superhell. Everyone else is a shambling husk. But he's still out here like "hey again, I realized you're not dead! Sorry about that, everyone else is so I got confused. Oh you saw my gf after pulling the lever that lowers the 10 feet of acid in her grove? Yeah she's super cool. Yeah no I can't go see her even though she's literally right over there, I got my, uh... oath. Haha. Good luck!"

6, While reading about Essence, it occurred to me that when you dreamnail a spirit, you don't actually kill them. You merely collect them. When the seer speaks to you about how much essence you have, she mentions she sees memories peering back at her. (1200 essence dialogue)

Most clearly don't want to be collected. They are at their final resting place, and desire to stay there, whether they're aware of their current state or not.

...buuut technically, TECHNICALLY, you aren't actually harming the spirits you dreamnail and can totally collect em' all to chill with you instead of lingering, listlessly, forever. You're just kinda rude for it. Also, none of the other spirits can tell what happened to them, so just dreamnail Revek too! He'll be fiiiine. :D right?

7, What really messes with my understanding of the timeline is WL's whole physical situation with what the blindness and such. She's the Higher Being, but within such a relatively short span of time, she has aged to the point of her body breaking down? More importantly, she's not immortal?? There are no mentions of the queen ever having any physical ailments, publically or privately, until you see it for yourself. Meaning that the worst of it happened after the Vessels were born and THK began their training. Perhaps the matter with the Vessels took more of a physical toll than originally assumed?

If we're assuming the pair hooked up after PK turned tiny, then you have to wonder just how old she was at the time. Judging by the rate at which she's aging now, she was likely pretty young. Frankly, I doubt it'd change much either way. She'd have that matter-of-fact, gung-ho demeanor at any age.

This is also why I specified that not all Higher Beings are bona-fide Gods. WL doesn't need the dreams of others, and judging by the weaver's seal she uses to protect her mind, doesn't want others to dream of her. And yet the Godseeker recognizes her as... something. (Third encounter)

So at least she's not just a really old tree. But she's also not a God like PK. She's a weird, third thing.

8, but I'm not letting go of her weird orb cocoon thing. What's that about?? What is it made of? Was it constructed by others and she was sealed within? Or did she somehow create it herself? The architecture seems to imply it's inorganic, but how did she get in there, then?

To top off the weirdness, there's the conveniently ghost-sized hole in the center of her carved face. So I'm leaning more towards "exaggerated metaphor for entering WL's mind" or "easy-to-read entry point for players to go to visit WL that isn't literally there in canon" and not "there's a big glowing hole in this literal rock that inexplicably leads to a tunnel* that then leads to a room very obviously bigger than what's seen from the outside."

There's no way, dude.

I'm leaning more towards there being a large structure she could walk into, that was then barricaded to fully seal her within. The knight, being so small, managed to get their way in through some sort of tunnel.

But then something happened to the plan and the outside of the structure turned into whatever Ari thought that orb was supposed to be.

*Although, I do like the interpretation that the tunnel is actually Ghost slowly making their way through her roots to meet her.

[candor-creator]

hk timeline is a fuck. thk not being a pure vessel is why pk disappeared and died and his cut dreamnail dialogue says “false one, you cannot reach me here,” clearly referring to radi because of the whole “no blazing kin” dealio, but according to some npc dialogue and team cherry comments it was only recently that thk broke and the infection started waking corpses up and junk, which, combined with the fuckiness of the kingdom being in “stasis” and time being defied by void and shit, i have come to the conclusion:

the sealing did not cure the infection. it just stopped it from spreading. may have killed everyone who was infected on the spot. the few survivors had to try and pull the kingdom back together. that’s why it was such a last-ditch effort. they just needed her to Stop. thk only broke just a bit before the events of the game, which turned the dead kingdom into a zombie kingdom and got ghost’s attention. thank you for coming to my ted talk

[flame-shadow]

yup! Seer calls it 'collecting' throughout your interactions with her, so there's no ambiguity that the knight is essentially just harvesting the ghosts' essence. the ghosts we see are just memories anyway, lingering dreams and not the people themselves

vicariously re-playing Hollow Knight through this YouTuber, and i'm increasingly sure that the Knight isn't just vanquishing the Warrior Dreams and/or sending them onto the afterlife, but taking their dreams into the Dream Nail. Xero refers to watching over the Knight post-defeat, and just now Marmu seems to imply that he'll be taking a nap with the Knight after defeat, too.

[hollypies]

promise?

What's your thoughts on like... idk how gods work from what we've seen/have been told?

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Good question!

I'm only going to be including the main gods in this answer, like Unn, PK and Radiance. The bosses in the Godmaster dlc are mostly just for game play stuff/ unrelated lore to this question.

gods are strange creatures. They're incredibly powerful, making their own species. Unn, for example! She created greenpath/Queens Garden from her own essence!

Each god seems to have their own essence as well. Unn's is green, Radiance has yellow, Grimm has red, and PK and WL's are probably white. Lifeblood is blue, obviously.

I think essence is what gives them their ability/drive to create. And not just create, but spread. WL for example! She had to create a restraint so that her seed wouldn't spread. Her roots are all over Hallownest, and she took over Queens Garden from Unn. Most likely cuz Pale beings are more powerful than gods in hk, and Unn seems more peaceful than most.

Radiance has a drive for spreading her influence as well! That's part of her essence, the infection. There's a lot more to the infection than that, but a part of it is her desire to be known, to spread her light. Her moths carried on weapons of her as well, like the dreamsheild and dreamnail. Those are tied directly to her essence, especially the dreamnail.

Unn is a bit more of an oddball. She's asleep most of the game. I think she's a lot older than the other gods, and probably weaker. That's why she sleeps, she's trying to build her strength and call the mosskin out of the infection. But in the past, I think she also would've kept growing plantlife if it hadn't been for the arrival of PK, who then made a peace treaty with her.

Grimm is another oddball. He travels, seeking out the grimmfire for his ritual. Like Radiance's essence, his is also all over the place. The Grimmkin are sent out to gather it from different kingdoms. He's obviously tied to his ritual, but im not sure why. I think his drive is that of survival instead of spreading his essence. He is apart of the nightmare heart, and when he 'dies' his essence is given to Grimmchild. Basically allowing him to keep living.

PK is the most obvious example of the essence drive im talking about tho. He MADE Hallownest! His desire for a kingdom and spreading his influence was so strong he tried to deny time itself so it'd last eternal! The White Palace is specifically hidden in his own essence, and can only be found with the Awoken Dreamnail. Something he knows the Radiance doesn't have while she's sealed in the Black Egg Temple.

Lifeblood is a bit strange. Mostly because we know less about that than the Abyss. But it's also spreading. You can find it in many many places around Hallownest. I think eating the Lifeblood seeds is apart of its spread. The seeds give health benefits, which make the bugs want to eat them. After eating the seeds they'd eventually shit them out, or die with the seeds inside them. This woukd make the seeds sprout in different areas, create the Lifeblood butterflies, and then the Lifeblood cocoon! It's more subtle than what the other gods do, but its still happening. The Abyss Creature is tied directly to Lifeblood, which is. In the Abyss. There's still a lot we dont know about the Abyss, but I think Lifeblood is apart of it in some way.

Tldr, gods have the drive to exert their influence, essence, on the world around them more literally. Whether through creating greenpath or hallownest, or just spreading throughout all of it. Weeee!

[dawnshallbreak]

she's become my warmup boss. funny story i actually first encountered her on complete accident when doing hk multiplayer with friends but instead of killing thk i dreamnailed them and realized i entered the radiance fight waaayyyy before i was nearly as good at this game (i still suck but yk)

[malwarechips]

i need to stop getting attached to characters who Just Die .

[cerithium-bromine]

OKAY SO ALL MY TAGS DIDNT FIT AND IT WAS WAY TOO LONG ANYWAY SO I HAVE TO DO IT THIS WAY. Sorry to op. You said 👍 but I have many thoughts.

recap (for myself) of the tags on my first reblog:

reblog#hollow knight#okay hi I know I don't blog about hk a lot but LISTEN#I HAVE THOUGHTS#ON THE DREAMERS#AND THE SOUL SANCTUM ESPECIALLY#also the general flow of trade and transportation in Hallownest but that's another can of worms#lurien in particular out of the dreamers just has a HOLD on me mentally like what is UP with this dude#he has the least canon info about him and who he was as a person. The most you get is his paintings and his telescope#and the fact that his butler was super duper loyal#the city of tears was HUGE. VERY important to Hallownest. And he was given the task of watching over it#and he clearly took it seriously!#but the thing is when the city was closed off because of the infection#did he make those decisions? Or did it come from the palace? Or another city authority?#if he did make the choice to cut off the city from the rest of the kingdom#what went through his head when that happened#did he feel bad? Locking out those who might have had hope for sanctuary? Maybe separating family or friends across the barrier?#the panic when it became clear that the infection was still spreading within the city#the gradual loss of everyone#falling to this mysterious sleeping sickness#the pleasure house dreamnail dialogue really makes me think#but Lurien went to sleep to stop it all so it makes me think he must have loved the city#did he go to sleep before the infection spread fully to the city? Or was it a last minute only kind of thing#like i know it was premeditated (case: Hornet) but when did they put the plan into action#probably decently early into the infection era#But that means Lurien wasn't there for the fall of the city either#so who made those decisions#AND MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT LURIEN HIMSELF#who was he??? Was he a good watcher? Why didn't he ask for anything from the king for being a dreamer?#(and what did Monomon ask for? Because I don't believe she would have asked for nothing.)

CONTINUING THAT AND TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT ELSE I SAID:

Did Lurien know people in the city? Did he go on walks? Who else was on his staff? How important was he? Did he ever go to the palace? Probably. What for? Did he speak directly to the pale king? Did he have friends at the palace? What did he think of it? What were his thoughts on the hollow knight plan? Did he even know the nuances of it? How much did Pk share with the dreamers?

How closely did Lurien watch the city when he was not asleep? Because the soul sanctum had to have had a decent impact on the population of the city.

I have So many thoughts on the soul sanctum too but that's again another can of worms (haha). But in relation to the Lurien discussion, how did he not notice?? Or did he notice and let it slide because he was interested in their experiments? I can't believe that would be the case because of the sacrifice he made with no request for compensation. But still. The statement stands that there would be a LOT of missing bugs in the city and, from how the soul master seems to be still in his place, it looks like Lurien never uncovered the source of the soul for the experiments.

I know I'm rambling a lot but. This bug. Whatever kind of bug he is. Intrigues me. We know so little but there is so much to be gathered and pondered from what we do know. He has a defined persona in my canon but I want to know who he really was.

anyway. Apologies to all that suffered through this and again to sky for saying this huge thing on this post.

tldr. Lurien is an enigma and his relationship with the city intrigues me.

Actually, here

There is a post giving you a 👍 to ramble about less popular HK characters that you adore

What about these characters stuck to you the most when you got introduced to them? What's the reason you enjoy seeing and thinking about stuff with them? Is there a personal headcanon or such that adds to them and thus your love or interest for them?

The reasons don't have to be grand either btw!

You can also tag me on the posts if you want so I can reblog them and share but the main point is to have fun talking about them!

[hollowyon]

undertale x hollow knight.... crossover

(they could be great friends)

[chipper-smol]

Wanted to clear up a few things about what Ghost/FV has for this AU cause ive been getting a variety of questions on stuff.

and also cleared something up for FV too

they didn’t think too hard about their plan to defeat The Radiance beforehand. Can’t ascend to godhood without the dreamnail

[comma57]

glad everyone is finding that mimic post funny i dont think i screamed persay but i did have a loud reaction and ran the fuck out of there it was CLIMBING and CHASING ME really FAST

[kittycatcarla]

Yeah, Failed Champ can be a hustle until you get the rhythm

Also i just remembered. I think the first time i beat him i also did the cheese with weaverlings. Only beat him one on one afterwards, in Godhome

But he's entirely optional, even for true ending

If you beat most dream warriors, lost kin, soul tyrant and get a few dream trees i think thats enough for Awokened Dreamnail

I only fought Failed Champ to ascend the Seer. And White Defender way after that. I cant remember whether there are other dream boss remixes

For Radiance, i recommend using a spell build. Soul Eater is your best friend, after Shaman Stone

Anyway, if you need any tips for anything HK related, feel free to ask me! Im not an expert by far, but i do have a chill 230 hours into the game and most achievments, but for some Godhome-related ones.

Did you just say youve been playing Hollow Knight

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I love Hollow Knight

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Ahaha, I've had it for a while (My brother gave it to me for Christmas last year), but I only played it on stream. I only knew about it through watching a bunch of lore videos as a kid and severely underestimated how much parkour and fighting are in this game.

I also found out I am not good at parkour or fighting.

I showed my friend the boss fight that made me stop streaming it (Failed Champion, hate that thing), and he got interested in it too so I borrowed the game to him. Watching him play sparked my interest in it too, especially since I've decided to stop streaming it, which means I can play how I like to play, which is wiki dives.

I've progressed way faster (Haven't fought two of the dreamers yet, I'm shooting for the True Ending), and I finally defeated Failed Champion today :D

I did it with the help of the wiki strategy section, and just let the weavers, grimmchild, and hatchlings fight it while I stayed on a wall with super dash (That I got specifically for that fight)

[psi-kings-sensorium]

What if while you traveled through Hallownest, you could collect other alive vessels to join your party? One for (almost) every area!

8th and 3rd vessels were designed by my friend @goldiemacaroni and a friend who does not have a tumblr!

More in the tags.