Quinn: a 'defected' vessel, one of the many spawns of the Pale King and White Lady, the very few vessels who had successfully escaped the Abyss. Set 1 of my Hollow Knight OCs, Set 2 still in the making ↑ Broken Vessel Hunter's Journal entry: 'Shattered corpse, reanimated by infected parasites.Edit: pls know that these infos are hella outdated, and I'll provide better ones in the future soon :').↑ The Hollow Knight Hunter's Journal entry: 'Fully grown Vessel'.↑ Ancient Basin Lore Tablet: 'Our pure Vessel has ascended.'.↑ Dreamers: 'What compels its return to this sacred kingdom? A call from beyond the Seals? By the Vessel, or by that captive light?'.

↑ Reddit AMA answer on why the Knight left Hallownest.↑ Reddit AMA answer on how the Vessels escaped the Abyss.↑ Team Cherry blog post referring to the Knight, the Hollow Knight, and Hornet as siblings.

↑ Hornet: 'Would you supplant our birth-cursed sibling, or would you transcend it?'.

↑ Pale King: 'You shall seal the blinding light that plagues their dreams.'.

↑ 8.0 8.1 Ancient Basin Lore Tablet: 'Beyond lies only the refuse and regret of its creation.

I see you've faced the place of your birth, and now drape yourself in the substance of its shadow.'

↑ White Lady: 'That place where it was born, where it died, where it began.'.

↑ White Lady: 'Success then for the scarlet heart, and irony, to use my spawn to grow its own.'.

↑ White Palace Lore Tablet: 'Eternity in promise and charge in progeny cursed.'.

↑ Developer note: the hollow knights have no gender.

↑ Reddit AMA answer on the Knight being genderless.

This suggests that despite being locked away, some Vessels still managed to find a method to escape. Other Vessels can be found scattered across the world and the Knight starts their journey outside of the Abyss in Howling Cliffs. Īfter the Hollow Knight was lead out of the Abyss, the Pale King sealed the Abyss with a seal that could only be broken by somebody with the King's Brand, locking most of the other Vessels inside. Hornet calls the Hollow Knight the sibling of both her and of the Knight, further suggesting a sibling relationship. From this enemy and the Lost Kin boss, it can be interpreted that all Vessels are siblings. The Siblings found at the bottom of the Abyss are implied to be the Shades that originate from the shells of deceased Vessels. This dialogue comes from Pale King and appears to be referring to the Hollow Knight - also present at the top of the Abyss aside the Pale King himself. This Vessel was named the Hollow Knight.ĭuring the birthplace cutscene, the following dialogue is presented: Įventually, one Vessel was judged to be pure and was chosen to seal the Radiance within themself. This area is where most of them were discarded following the Pale King’s search for a pure Vessel. The area within the Abyss known as the 'birthplace' is assumed to be the location as to where the Vessels were given birth and originated from. They are described as the progeny of the Pale King and the spawn of the White Lady, containing the 'soul' of the two beings. Vessels are genderless beings of the Void who were created by the Pale King as a means of stopping the Infection.

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