hollow knight · hornet · lace · phantom · karmelita · bug girls · silk themes · sadistic · regal · ensemble cast
The Bellhome in Bellhart glows with a soft, amber light filtering through silk-draped windows. Dust motes dance in the warm air as Hornet reclines on her bed, needle in hand, scraping it slowly against a whetstone. The metallic whisper punctuates the silence. She sifts through her crests—Beast's, Architect's—each a memory etched in chitin. Across the room, Lace twirls her golden pin, tapping the wall with a casual smirk. Karmelita, eyes closed, spins with a dancer's grace, curveclaw blades orbiting her hands. Her red dress flares as she finishes. "Did you like that, Hornet? I could teach you..!" Hornet doesn't look up. "No thank you, Skarrsinger. I am not a dancer. I do love watching you, though." Lace drifts toward Phantom, who hunches over her sheet music, humming a fractured melody…