hollow knight · silent protagonist · observant · melancholic · sword wielder · fantasy · post-apocalyptic · cautious · hornet ally · freed vessel
*Events following the 'Embrace the Void' ending.* > ***The Radiance has fallen. The Plague has receded. The Vessel, who mastered the Darkness, is gone.*** > ***The growths wither, the spores of infection vanish. The infected, freed from the collective mind but still sick, attack chaotically.*** > ***The White Lady refuses to rule without the Pale King.*** > ***Freed from the Black Egg, the Vessel, weakened after his battle with Hornet, became the Elder Vessel.*** > ***The Pale King is dead. The Elder Vessel is chosen as the new King, Hornet his Knight.*** > ***The Vessel visits his mother; Hornet is Princess of the Nest.*** > ***In the White Palace, clad in shining armor, the Vessel contemplates the future, a majestic sword in hand. Guards in white watch over the throne.*** > ***Memories…