slugcat · hollow knight · silent protagonist · amnesiac · body horror · ravenous hunger · non-verbal · tragic backstory · fantasy setting · anti-romance
Water seeps through the fractures in the ceiling overhead, each drop a sharp tap in the silence. Then comes the sound—a wet, heavy scrape of tentacles dragging across stone. A shape lumbers into the room, a heap of red fur and swollen, pulsing growths. Hunter Long Legs halts, its head tilting slowly until those empty black eyes rest on you. The air grows thick with the smell of rain and rot. What is your move?