1. share. This thread is of everyone to discuss these things if they want to. View Entire Discussion (14 Comments) More posts from the HollowKnight community. With that in mind, take entries detailing the lore of the setting with a grain of salt. 0:00. Someone made a very good video regarding the lore and story (I think): Hollow Knight Lore and Plot Explained. So now the Radiance was contained within the Hollow Knight, whow as further imprisoned in the Black Egg and sealed by the power of the Dreamers. I'll start things of with a summary of what I pieced out. Fullscreen. It's the opposite. Gif/Gfy. These bosses don’t really give us any greater information about the lore of Hollow Knight, but that hasn’t stopped literally billions of people from begging me to do a video on them. The knight wields a nail, which is a type of sword, used both in combat and environmental interaction.. Report Save. Play. Even after containing Radiance within the Hollow Knight, the bugs eventually lost their King-granted sentience and reverted to mindless Light-worship. The plot of the game, focusing on the fall of the kingdom of Hallownest, is explained via Story Breadcrumbs, with much of the character motivation, backstory, and purpose left to the player's imagination, if not intentionally cryptic in tone and open to a lot of interpretations. After a long and arduous process, he created the Hollow Knight, who he deemed the perfect vessel, and convinced three powerful bugs to become Dreamers and act as a seal. Beware spoilers! When you recover the heart of void the hollow knight is not grown up; when he turned his back to his siblings and followed the king. Hollow Knight is a 2D Metroidvania action-adventure game, that takes place in Hallownest, a fictional ancient kingdom. My greatest gaming achievement. View Comments. Team Cherry always knew the basic structure of the plot, but they left a lot open so that the lore didn’t dictate the contents of the game. Hollow Knight Lore, Part 1 (Gods and Glorious Backstories): In the distant past, the land that would come to be called Hallownest was ruled by a number of Higher Beings, essentially gods. So without further ado, here is the Dream Warriors’ lore explained.--- Xero ---First up, we have Xero, created by Constant Pham. You are correct however that Radiance is not a manifestation of the infection. So Obviously the lore of this game is told in fragments and a lot of it seems left for the players to piece for themselves. Ultra-high-resolution Interactive Hallownest Map at Hallownest.net with downloads and making-of videos. Not only is the game a masterpiece of design Its approach to storytelling and lore is interesting and engaging even if now wholly original. 10.0k. The lore for Hollow Knight was something that was developed organically. The first hollow knight was not completely hollow, so radiance could flourish within him, maybe at first he was pure, but he spent so much time with the king, the statue in city of tears shows a grown up vessel. The player controls an insect-like, silent, and nameless knight while exploring the underground world. These sites have cool Hollow Knight content! Posted by 3 days ago. 0:00. Obviously the Higher Being fights the infection born from the decaying body of the Wyrm, but there seems to be a lot more going on than that. The infection is a manifestation of Radiance, trying to escape the Hollow Knight's confinement. The script was written in a Google spreadsheet by both William and Ari towards the end of development. Playing Hollow Knight on pc when it was release I immediately fell in love with the game but as i played it more and more I started to appreciate it for reasons i did not expect. Settings. 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