The Lore of Every Ending in Hollow Knight Explained

You just beat Hollow Knight, congratulations, but the

ending

you achieved didn't quite make sense and with a total of five to acquire its impact on the story it can be difficult to decipher, don't worry, in this video, on cc mackay, I will explain the story behind.

every

Hollow Knight

ending

, if you click on this video and are wondering how to find them, I'll give you clues at the end of each segment to help point you in the right direction. I won't blame you for forgetting, but this isn't the first time. Upon seeing the

hollow

knight

at the beginning of the game, you are unknowingly shown inside the black egg inside the

hollow

knight

's body.

Glowing orbs of infection swell, breaking through its shell and letting out a loud scream audible beyond the temple walls immediately afterward. a night scene is shown arriving at the hollow nest the dreamers theorized that we were guided to the kingdom by a call from beyond the seals the seals are the dreamer's locks in the black egg the call originates from this same scene it now makes sense why these two events are shown in sequence, it's simply the correct order of events, fast forward through the entire game and defeat the hollow knight as a reward. Proceed to suck out its infected insides and then stay still so we can imprison you inside the black egg for eternity oh um as you finish one's name it looks like you just became the next hollow knight, but what does that mean?

What do we achieve? You lack the context to arrive at a definitive answer. I guess you'll have to increase that completion counter to 100. Percent, if you don't know where to start, open that hatch near Lem's tent to exp

lore

the hollow nest further, you'll need an item locked there, well that's your warning spoiler about ending number two after almost 100 in the game by collecting 1,800 dreams. Essence's parkour through the overly elaborate white palace and the discovery of the truth behind the night and the existence of the hollow knight were rewarded with a slight variation of the ending of the scene in which the hornet is accidentally locked inside the black egg and becomes a seal for his entrance, yes the ending sucks but it's not all bad all those questions we had a few seconds ago now I have answers with the plague that was ravaging Hollownest the pale king needed a way to put quarantined his source vessels were the solution beings born from the root of the worm and the void capable of sealing the heart of the infection within themselves, this actually seems to be an innate desire within the night when he returns to the realm after hearing the infection call indicating that the current container is failing.

This is also observed by the white lady who encourages the knight to replace her older brother, who she claims is the hollow. The knight is weakened because he may have thoughts that make him an impure vessel and vulnerable to infection; However, she also claims that the knight lacks such flaws, making him the perfect vessel to quell the source of the plague once and for all. Whether true or not, we do as she asks. but in the process trapping an unconscious hornet inside the black egg, this turns it into a seal for your entrance that will sleep for an eternity or die if the night is overtaken by an infection when I acquired the sealed brothers and it took me a week and a rusty thumbnail to realize there's more to this fight than meets the eye if you're confused just ask yourself for that split second the hornet intervenes what exactly is he doing right that's your spoiler want to close the video because we're moving on to the final number you have to close it now or you will be spoiled three the source of the infection that ravages Hollownest a superior being made of pure dream essence the main antagonist of Hollow Knight and the final boss you face this is the glow of the one long ago At one time her worshipers happily enjoyed her light but when the pale king arrived in their lands their loyalties began to change her lighthouse offered different benefits to her individuality and an improved intellect favoring her light the tribe of moths turned their backs on the goddess who created soon all the insects had forgotten the radiance and due to this fact, she almost ceased to exist, time passes and the void prospers, however, the bullies began to dream of that ancient light once again granting the existence of the radiant and allowing her to manifest in the real world as the heart of the infection, this would be her revenge against those who betrayed her and her door to the real world, the pale king wished to stop the plague caused by her influence, so he sealed her within the hollow knight, although she was successful, she was not discouraged because, as we know, this prison had a crack.

One day revenge will be realized, all insects will enjoy the light of it. As time passes and the night returns to the hollow nest, however, instead of following his destiny and becoming another vessel, he visits his birthplace and discovers his tragic conception by accepting this and his The movement of emptiness in the soul The king transforms into the heart of the void and merges with the body of the night. This vessel has become a beacon of darkness. A unifier of the void throughout the entire fight against the glare. The knight uses her new power manifesting the emptiness in the realm of dreams feeling defeat. she flies high above, but after a fatal blow, the battle ends, the knight floats ominously in the air and then breaks revealing the shadow within this is the only time we as the player have control over her, showing the incredible affinity of the night to nullify with the help of the hollow knight and a few blows to the face the light of the glow is extinguished once and for all shortly after the black egg dissipates revealing the hornet alive and well, but at the same time sacrifice his outer body he discovers that the night has perished the lord of shadows the shadows of the abyss will no longer leave at their own pace the world is finally safe from the wrath of the glow although there are not many insects alive to restart civilization the lighthouse The king's pale still lingers, attracting insects from all sides to its lands.

It may not be called a hollow nest, but a new kingdom may well arise upon its ruin, and I thought of it not far off, unless this image of the hornet's journey through of the desolate wastelands is actually a red herring. Farlume is actually very far from Hollownest, you'd think that's where Hollow Knight is located. The story concludes, but surprisingly two more endings were added after release. If you're not sure how to find them, just say hello to the godseeker and see what his mind has to offer. That was your spoiler warning, ending number four, here we go to put it in perspective. how powerful the godseeker is, her mind is capable of dragging the royal radiance out of her boss's room only to throw her into the house of god to spend the night in mourning.

This is possible through attunement and attunement to the gods of Holonest, also known as the home of the God of Chiefs. closer to the god of gods, who they assume to be the Shining, this attunement also highlights a boss's greatest potential, explaining the notable difference between his normal version and his counterpart absolutely loaded with dream steroids as a cherry on top of the team, not you do. You need to kill the dreamers to access his pantheon, but it will be locked if you don't have an empty heart. This is because, similar to a normal fight, the knight uses it to manifest the void against the radiance, however, it brings God home and the attunement of him with the most powerful beings of Hollownest. has caused the empty heart to function too well the greatest potential of the night is achieved by revealing that he is the true god of gods the lord of shadows we witness him cutting the glow into ribbons she explains comparing this to ending number three it turns out that her Death is not confirmed in that one, but she is dragged into a sea of ​​emptiness that will imprison her for eternity until ending number four, as I said, this is the biggest potential of the night, which explains why we, the player, We click the attack button, however, what follows is not. so simple, unlike the dream, it is no longer confirmed that the nightshade has survived without its external body, it descends to the divine home attracting to itself the astonished seeker of gods, this causes its body in the real world to manifest itself empty and a vessel is not a single being, it is an outer body and an inner shadow coexists with each other in this scene, the outer body has control of the attack button, but then a cutscene plays that indirectly takes away control from us as a player, it's for sure To assume at this point that our influence over the shadow lord has diminished, which explains his supposed rampage.

Also considering the intense music and the violent beating of the void, most interpret that whatever is happening does not bode well for us. As Hollownest progresses, we are shown that the influence of the infection disappears from these vines, confirming that we really did put an end to the glow plague and look, it's a hornet. She has been waiting in the black egg all this time and from there, to her surprise, the hollow knight emerges, whether aggressive due to the shadow lord's influence or surprised by the hornet's hostility, the two brothers prepare to The fight and the scene ends and they embrace the void.

The fate of Hollownest is unknown if a corrupt godseeker will decimate the kingdom's surviving inhabitants. I'm not sure, we can only hope that the nightshade has peaceful intentions in his actions. Speaking of which dragulaire, one of the story checkers for this video made a post on Reddit theorizing exactly that link. It's in the description if you want to read it, but how to acquire the next ending, don't you think the pre-nullified godseeker is lonely in the garbage pit? Perhaps a special gift could help keep you good company. That's your spoiler warning because we are moving on to ending number five, the delicate mission of the flower, the night, with crossing the entire stretch of the hollow nest without suffering any damage at the time of delivery, more they begin to populate the tombstone of the Traitor child, this is a rare mysterious bloom. the conception claims to contain a pure aura inside it, I'm not sure what that means, but it is a powerful item, for example, after gifting it to the godseeker and completing pantheon 5 as usual, his body becomes nullified, but the flower he is holding reacts to the situation with a flash. the dark mass and in an instant disappears, the flower he once held floats to the ground and the scene continues as normal with the black egg, whether the godseeker teleported away from Hollownest or simply ceased to exist.

I'm not sure if the white lady claims that there is a rare power hidden in her fragile petals, not the flower, the petals, this is shown at the end of scene five where one of the nine petals is touched by the void, which which causes the flower to activate and in the end leaves it with eight petals that I would not consider. the death of the gray mourner as proof of something since there is no flower or stem left after she disappears the delicate flower contains mysteries that we cannot answer without the silk song but with the godseeker the empty future is no longer a threat it is clear to see similarly to ending number three the shining The plague is no more and a new civilization can safely prosper under the beacon of the pale king with little chance of the shadow lord having influence over the hollow knight.

The fight between it and the hornet is much more likely to come to a peaceful conclusion for the hollow knight as well. He was able to get out of the black egg and it seems that the black shell of it is still intact, which means that only the entrance is gone. The dreamers who act as seals have been relieved of their duties. I'm not sure if the three of them will ever wake up from their vaunted eternal sleep, but If you're an optimist, Hornet's mom just woke up, you didn't need to kill the dreamers to get endings 4-5, so unless you don't You've noticed that Hornet is no longer an orphaned fixer, the bugs are no longer infected, that's great, Mila is another one, wait. she becomes a shell miner shell means zombie bug uh she might come back to life who knows oh fight since monomon doesn't have to die anymore he doesn't have to give her mask back which means she can live forever, but wait, what if she can?

It doesn't exist without him, oh, and Quirrell is definitely the selfless guy. Hmm, if we were wrong about the dreamers waking up, then he would have no reason to sacrifice himself, but Hornet would still be an orphan. Oh, no, okay, viewer, should a Hornet still be a. orphan, so he fight can live or should fight sacrifice himself so that mataman's extensive knowledge can benefit civilization. I'm curious to know what your reasoning will be on this. I guess ending up with four isn't all doom and gloom if Hollownest is decimated by the void, there's a little Chance Oro and Elderbug somehow activates the delicate flowers you gave them, hopefully teleporting them both away from harm.

That would bean interesting effect derived from those two traversing whatever wondrous realm they find themselves in. I'd love to see it come true one day, oh. right this is a story video i was going to recap, the godseeker is probably still alive and ending five has the best outcome if you spare the dreamers i'm not going to go into the post credits scene too much , as for the story, you should watch it. Self explanatory, although Mossback made a detailed video explaining all of Mr. Mushroom's dialogue before that annotation is there if you want to see it, so cece, I hear you asking which ending is canon, well, to quote himself Team Cherry, all endings are the same. canon, we don't like true endings, you choose the path yourself, we will do our best in all future Hollow Knight content to take

every

one into account, saying that Mr.

Mushroom will probably leave whether you fire him or not, so It is, intercontinental ballistic, Mr. Mushroom. Canon confirmed by the Cherry team. My work here is finished.