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  1. Summary

    "There exists a darkness beneath all things."

    "And where in Hallownest's heart?"

    "Beneath our boughs as kin."

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    In a very different sort of world, the Pale King foresaw that his children would be empowered by the void, and this would bring prosperity to Hallownest. Thus the Voidblessed children of the Pale King and White Lady came to be, as a gifts rather than sacrifices. Then came their half-sister, when the king brokered further access to the Abyss for their use through the kingdom of Deepnest.

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    An attempt to put the Pale Family back together then put them through hell collectively. There will be terrible tragedies. There will be family bonding. There will be politics. There will be anime arcs. There will be so many near-death experiences and long recovery periods. But they'll get through it all together, one way or another.

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    Collaboration with Gorsecloud, who wrote this lovely series description!

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  1. Public Bookmark 43

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    A nameless Vessel crawls out of the Abyss. Glimpsing the Light and the sibling it took only confirmed a place above where it was born. There is a way up and out, and the Vessel had made such a climb before.

    (Instead of making it to the Wastes, the Knight is found in Deepnest.)

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    31 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 15

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    "Of all the places I imagined you had vanished to, I did not expect my master's tomb to be among them," Shakra comments mildly.

    Hornet has not been seen for a week after the black threads' vanishing. When Shakra stumbles upon her, she cannot let her disappear again. Despite her hesitation, Hornet agrees to travel with Shakra for a while, going nowhere in particular.

    Hornet can hardly explain herself if she doesn't understand her own reasoning, but Shakra is patient. Some questions—some experiences—just need a bit of breathing room.

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    06 May 2026

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    Shakra recognizing our girl NEEDS A DAMN HUG...

  3. Public Bookmark 29

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    ON HIATUS UNTIL JUNE/JULY

    While attempting to test a new tool, Hornet finds herself thrown into an alternate version of Hallownest.
    One where the Radiance was defeated.
    One where the kingdom continued to thrive.
    One, where, in the absence of Hallownest's demise, a new conflict has arisen.
    A conflict that Hornet soon finds herself at the center of.

     

    Or; Hornet has to figure how to get back to her own time while putting up with her shitty dad

    Or or; I read a couple of time-travel hollow knight fics and got inspired to try my hand at writing one.

     

    Updates every Monday, because I think we all deserve something to look forward to at the start of the week <3

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    01 Apr 2026

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    Ghost experiences various forms of love for the first time. A pat on the head, holding hands, a gift, a hug.

    Alt title: LOVE IS STORED IN THE BUG!!!

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    05 Mar 2026

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    Freeing the Hollow Knight from a mad god’s clutches is one thing; freeing them from their own self-imposed chains is entirely another. Particularly when they understand their rescue as no rescue at all, but simply another god taking those chains in hand.
    Ghost did not request any of that.
    Hornet, having spent the past few centuries desperately believing that all her siblings died in their eggshells, has learned the truth just in time to struggle with how to help a sibling who firmly believes that their own existence as a living thing is the most heinous of crimes.
    Oro is not remotely pleased at having been pulled from his perfectly fine hut to help, and is most definitely not unusually invested here, thank you. No attachment whatsoever to someone who, despite being half-dead, still tries to make of themself a living shield. None at all.
    (He’s also a bad liar.)
    Friends and allies can only get you so far when someone’s greatest battle is against their own mind, and many things in this crumbling ruin of a kingdom are inclined to interfere in the matter. Not all that is dead is willing to stay dead, and the past is not content to remain in the past.
    Nor are these the only Void-kin still alive.

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    29 Jan 2026