From their original email explaining what details they needed from backers, Team Cherry expected the dreamers to actually know they are dead. This is actually different from how Team Cherry originally asked backers to write their dialogue. They all think they are still alive when the Knight finds them. This is a common theme among all dream warriors. But he’s also stupid.Īfter his defeat, Elder Hu comes to the realization that he was the one infected and that the mantises actually killed him. But of course, we know the Mantises weren’t infected. He explains that the mantises below have become mad with the infection. Hu died in the Fungal Wastes nearby the Mantis Village. He was a sage who traveled Hallownest tending to those afflicted by the infection. But I guess character arcs don’t always have to make sense, so whatever.Įlder Hu was created by Donald Lynch. Honestly I have no idea what this character’s arc is supposed to be. After the fight, however, he realizes that those who turn against the king are doomed as soon as they raise their weapon. Seems like those bugs building the tram in Deepnest could have used some military back up, but what do I know?īefore the fight, Xero tells the Knight that those who hope are already doomed. What exactly was he fighting against? Well, we hear about vague things like the Battle of the Blackwyrm, but other than that, I don’t really know what Xero would have done. This resulted in him getting executed.īefore his betrayal, it seemed like Xero was actually a faithful soldier, fighting for Hallownest and the Pale King.

But then Xero actually turned his nail against the Pale King, likely due to being infected by the Radiance himself. Because, you know, that’s how you fight infectious diseases. Xero dreamt of cutting down the infection in his dreams. This dream warrior is located in the Resting Grounds and will probably be the first dream warrior new players find. So without further ado, here is the Dream Warriors’ lore explained.įirst up, we have Xero, created by Constant Pham. 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. What happened to the other three backers, you ask? Well, that’s a good question. There were originally ten backers for this tier, but only seven backers provided details for characters. One of the Kickstarter backer rewards was to create a dream boss that the player would be able to fight. But today, we’re going to look at one specific group of backer characters: the dream warriors. Hence why we get characters like this Guts knockoff, created by David Waldie and Kcin, created by Nick. The ghosts in Hollow Knight might seem pretty random, but that’s because most of them were actually characters designed by Kickstarter backers. Does the ghost constitute an actual conscious being? Is being a ghost better than not existing at all? Can they use their ghostly powers to shoot lightning out of the sky? Now this raises a slew of ethical questions about whether dream nailing a ghost is humane or not. All of these ghosts can be struck with the Dream Nail in exchange for essence. And then there’s Marissa, the butterfly who can be heard singing in the City of Tears.

There’s Millybug who died selling cookies, a dangerous profession indeed. There’s the gravedigger who died after falling into a grave. Throughout Hallownest are numerous ghosts, remnant memories of travelers long gone. The main character from Hollow Knight is really good at killing things: Old men, newborn babies, and yes, even people who are already dead.

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