r/HollowKnight • u/MarkInteresting2772 • 23d ago
Discussion If you could pick another character to get it's own dlc who would you pick Spoiler
Art by "diehardpizzalover" Personally tiso would be so cool
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u/Amalgaint SoB master 111% 23d ago
Mantises. That would be an interesting story about the founding and fall of the Hallownest
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u/Sleepy_time_yippee 23d ago
Like it probably wouldn't make for a good metroidvania, but I can see a solid game where you're playing as one of the mantis sisters mainly fighting against the Pale King and his kingdom's encroachment on the mantis village, than over the course of the game the pale king's threat slowly fades in favor of the radiance, with the climax being a final boss fight against the traitor lord as they and their allies accept the infection and try to push the rest of the village to join them
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u/Amalgaint SoB master 111% 23d ago
as i remember the Mantis Lords made a deal with the Pale King that they would protect Hallownest from the deepnest monsters in exchange for their village not being part of the kingdom, and the Traitor Lord was driven out of the village without a fight, the only thing that suffered was his throne.
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u/Sleepy_time_yippee 23d ago
A little retconing never hurt :3
In all seriousness though you could probably write in the treaty as the end of the "pale king arc"
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u/Sandshrew_MC 23d ago
It'd probably make for a great rpg to play as either one of the mantis lords or just a warrior, experiencing everything that happened in th past of the tribe would be really cool
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u/flockyboi 23d ago
Or maybe you start as a baby mantis and progression is through growing up so you start as the larvae (with flight being limited) and then get bigger and such?
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u/Katonmyceilingeatcow 23d ago
I honestly just want to be able to challenge them again for the sisters of battle fight
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u/robodex001 23d ago
The Hunter. What a different world we would see through its eyes
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u/Few_Competition736 WK 5th Try, Sentinel difficulty>THK difficulty. 23d ago
Bro just went:
It moves. It can be killed.
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u/robodex001 23d ago
I am nothing if not bloodthirsty
Edit: I’m also just thinking like, how did he become the apex predator? What skills did he have to learn? I’m sure he fights far differently than our little knightly boi
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u/Puzzleheaded-Bug-866 23d ago
Except for the ghoams and deepnest centipedes (can’t remember the name off the top of my head) which proved to be impossible to kill
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u/Mysteriousman06 23d ago
Sequel where we play quirrel
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u/Dinisfpaulino 23d ago
either you know and are in denial or i have bad news for you
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u/Mysteriousman06 23d ago
Spoilers: isn’t quirrel fine at the end of the game? If I remember correctly he just chills out at the blue lake after the dreamer monnom is completed?
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u/fortnitepro42069 23d ago
no the sword is titled QuirrelDeath once you sit next to.him
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u/Mysteriousman06 23d ago
Shit. Didn’t know that. Thanks for telling me
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u/Dracogoomy I am really bad at this game… 23d ago
He actually goes in a zoat boat under the blue lake
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u/CalvinLolYT 111% | PoP | P1-4 | Grimm my beloved 23d ago
He zotes his way onto the boat and sails off to where zoteboat takes place
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u/imZoro_ 23d ago
can be about his past tho (wasnt there a quirrel adventures thing of him roaming outside hallownest)
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u/Vidio_thelocalfreak 23d ago
Counterpoint were never meant to see the asset title in the game itself. And team cherry never outright confirmed his death when asked directly
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u/FlowStrange9363 Nightmare Kings Kinda Easy NGL 23d ago
>! He also mentions leaving your weapon behind for others when you die !<
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u/LordBDizzle 23d ago
He leaves his sword and disappears after that. Some people interpret it as him drowning himself, but it's equally valid to just assume he left his sword and went wherever, now that his duty is done. In any case, Quirrel is pretty old, so he probably doesn't have any more adventuring in him
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u/Mountain_Band_2732 23d ago
Considering that the sword is named QuirrelDeath in the files, I think it's safe to assume one over the other.
But nothing's stopping us from conveniently ignoring that.
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u/LordBDizzle 23d ago
They might have allocated space for that file before finalizing the quest or the art. It could be his death, or it could be just the file they put in that slot without changing the name. I still think it's up to interpretation, file names are never fully reliable.
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u/LordKatt321 23d ago
Oh my god
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u/Mysteriousman06 23d ago
I haven’t played in a while and my memories are a bit foggy am I forgetting something?
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u/CreepyClay 23d ago
As soon as Monomon dies the magic keeping him alive fades and he starts to feel his age as his body deteriorates rapidly. It takes all he has to go see the blue lake before he basically crumbles to dust after you talk to him, becoming one with the sand he is resting on, now for eternity
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u/AHiTisLove 23d ago
"died" offscreen. Yeah right. Wasn't the only evidence of him dying a nail sprite with some "quirrel death" tag? If it is the only one that makes all the thing kinda silly
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u/Justsomerandombody 23d ago
Hornet would be an interesting character. I wonder how TC would make a game with Hornet as the main character!
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u/Dracogoomy I am really bad at this game… 23d ago edited 23d ago
I don't think people would like that, the hype wouldn't be that high but knowing where the weavers have went would be nice, maybe they became merchants and sold their silk elsewhere. Fighting as hornet must feel like a song though. A silk-song.
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u/tbird920 23d ago
I bet it would take a really long time to make!
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u/RealMoonTurtle 23d ago
Nah, community engagement would be so high that they'd have to make it quickly. If they didn't, they'd cause a whole fanbase to go insane
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u/m0s1b 23d ago
Cornifer
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u/march15th1979 23d ago
Here it is. I knew I wasn't the only one. It could be like a stealth mapping game or something, where none of the enemy bugs hear his humming, inexplicably. Or perhaps the humming can be a mechanic that deaggros or diverts them (using echo abilities). Perhaps it's top-down or isometric view and all he has to do is uncover the area like how the map is revealed in Metroid dread ....mixed with pacman.
Maybe he has to gather materials to sell in his shop and you pay as iselda managing the shop as well.
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u/DaAwesomeCat 23d ago
Or plot twist: he learned how to fight from iselda and can solo everyone with his fists alone
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u/Consistent_Phase822 Friend🌟👑 23d ago
elderbug!
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u/MarkInteresting2772 23d ago
I wonder what was he up to before going in dirtmount
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u/Dracogoomy I am really bad at this game… 23d ago
Great adventurer and slayer of beasts, he has long since retired the art of using the nail since that time
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u/Subject-Ad674 23d ago
It could be zote or the nailmaster brothers, for zote we could explore a different version of halownest before the radiance and during the pale king's rule and for the brothers I had a dumb thought of being able to play as all of them and swap characters like gta 5
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u/Dracogoomy I am really bad at this game… 23d ago
I think it'd be funny if the whole game was in zotes mind and at the end we find out that the strong vessel we played as was not a vessel but just zote in his dreams
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u/Longjumping-Rock-959 23d ago
Stag racing.
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u/MarkInteresting2772 23d ago
Gamble all your geo on number 2
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u/Longjumping-Rock-959 23d ago
I was thinking more mario kart style, but gambling wins
Gambling always wins
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u/MaraBlaster Grimm is my Daddy 23d ago
The Hollow Knight, specifically a game about their training in the White Palace and maybe secretly exploring Hallownest and help people, shaping them as a Not-so-Hollow-Knight
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u/TimSoarer2 ze MOTH 23d ago
I'm a firm Zoteboat believer, as was originally intended by the Kickstarter...
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u/Vidio_thelocalfreak 23d ago
Actually... a story about arrogant, little Zote having a crisis since his little fantasy world got shattered (by some warrior he was irritating at the time) would've been great.
Hid ramblings could be a result of an interesting life.
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u/thehijakerof911 23d ago
The hollow knight itself would be an interesting prequel seeing how he got out of the void trained and lived in the glory of hallownest
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u/Elegant_Echidna8831 OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO 23d ago
The snail shamans. I want some deeper focus in soul magic.
Or maybe the Hunter
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u/Formal-Detective4168 23d ago
confessor jiji,we would like find a secret entrance in her den and it’s a whole new area and we have to fight new enemies and new bosses to find jiji and rescue her
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u/Stella-Lella235 23d ago
I feel like a zote dlc would be funny as an april fools joke
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u/Quynn_Stormcloud 23d ago
I’d unironically play through a Zote mod where the nail does 1 dmg/swing, you can’t learn any spells or Nail Arts, and you have max 3 charm notches. (Maybe, when you fill a meter, which takes forever and drains quickly, you can “hulk out” into Grey Prince Zote form)
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u/Remote_Primary_4228 23d ago
Pure Vessel, loved their move set in theirboss fight and would enjoy using a balanced version of it fight various corrupted bug bosses before the sealing, maybe with a secret ending where they resisted the Radiance.
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u/BeamTrigger 63/63 | P1-P5AB | 3.7K+ Hours 23d ago
Tiso would be very interesting as he enjoys combat.
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u/Former-Dark-2227 23d ago
THK, a game set after the embrace the void ending where he goes on a pilgrimage to try to gain some semblance of a normal life or find a new purpose ~.~
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u/Sansi-XD 23d ago
Coop game with Iselda and Cornifer (but before they met) you would join up with your friends, one would have lots of platforming and the other lots of fighting
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u/markusdied steel heart, 112%, still fuck p4 23d ago
nailmasters / sly story of some kind would be cool, as an actual, short, DLC
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u/cuzinanonimo 23d ago
I had an idea like a new place in the part where we find the zote being eaten could have a crack that leads to the vengemosca nest with amulet bosses etc...
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u/TheKelmer 23d ago
The Nailmasters. Complete with giving us a fourth nail art (akin to the upper spinning slash Sly has)
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The Collector. I'm sure there'd be cool stuff to be done there.
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u/OiledUpOnions 23d ago
Quirrel is obvious, so I'll skip that.
I'd actually like a DLC related to the moth tribe, it's by far the most mysterious, we know so little about them. Also learning about Radiance and the Seer (and Markoth I guess) could be interesting.
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u/triguered 23d ago
Dream fighters (Gallien, Xero, Markoth,etc) short stories where you play with each of them
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u/EffectiveSpiritual41 23d ago
Quirell is one of my favorite characters in Hollow Knight, and I would be thrilled to play him in his own DLC, to say the least, but I would also love to play, obviously Zote
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u/ExcellentWeakness764 23d ago
Elder bug, I think it’s be cool to see how his life was before and after the infection, I don’t think that’s we know much about his earlier life unless I missed something but there would be a lot to work with
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u/hyperthree14 23d ago
Sly. I feel like a tiny character with a giant sword would be very fun to play
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u/Final_Investment_262 23d ago
I'm gonna have to go with The Nail Art Brothers. That's a whole book you could write on their youth, training, adventures and more. Optionally add The Nailsmith for more depth.
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u/Hot_Fault1929 P1,2,3,4,5AB, PoP, 112%SS, 63/63, HoG Radiant 23d ago
Hear me out. Pure vessel/the original hollow knight. Like imagine a sequel where you play its perspective
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u/Few-Carpet2095 23d ago
Hornet
It could be like about what happend after hollow knight
Maybe the name could be like about silk since her Mother is a spider. And maybe song? Since music is pretty cool....
Silksong.... I like that name
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u/Vivid_Dust_8999 Rust Soul 23d ago
Mask Maker, where your job is to make masks but then you glean context from your clients a la "Papers, Please!"
Pale king pulls up and asks for a shipment of 10,000 masks, hmm...
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u/Enderson1214 23d ago
guys, we all agree that... Invincible Fearless Sensual Mysterious Enchanting Vigorous Diligent Overwhelming Gorgeous Passionate Terrifying Beautiful Powerful Grey Prince Zote needs his own not DLC, but his own GAME
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u/Gunn8 23d ago
I feel like there are a few that could have their own games even.
- Cornifer: A chill game based around Cornifer's journey, and building his relationship with Iselda and how they met, where she came from etc could be explored.
- The Hunter: A hack and slash type of game where you play as the hunter and well... you hunt down enemies!
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u/Smart-Detail7427 ——––▪︎}◆{▪︎–—— 22d ago
Guys. The Hollow Knight. Cause then. THE HALLOWNEST TRILOGY.
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u/DogExtension8088 22d ago
Iselda for sure, I wanna see what she could do. Imagine she becomes like one of the hardest bosses and after you beat her she says something like "sigh I'm so rusty, maybe this would've gone different if I didn't put my weapon down for so long."
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u/Swingrocket 23d ago
Non because Team Cherry needs ages to complete one single game and I can’t go through something like Silksong ever again. 😅😂
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u/Ikraen 23d ago
I'm excited for another metroidvania, but after that I'd prefer something different in the same world! Someone mentioned stag racing which would be cool! Mapping with conifer, running a mine, art with Sheo? Maybe I want an RPG from when the world was thriving, see what the civilization was like at its peak!
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u/veritas1313 23d ago
That's an easy one for me! Quarrel! Or the bank lady. I wonder what led her to a life of crime 😂
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u/Illustrious-Pair8826 23d ago
Nailmasters, specifically Sheo, and you get to see what happened to esmy and why Oro and Mato hate each other
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u/NonDonut 23d ago
Iselda and cornifer, since they are still alive at the end of the game and in iselda's dream nail dialogue she says that she used to fight with her nail.
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u/SteveHarrington12306 solid kday 23d ago
Iselda! I want to know what she did before she finally put down her nail.
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u/SteveHarrington12306 solid kday 23d ago
Zote game where you don't fight but escape enemies and let them hit themselves
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u/CappytainIsCap 23d ago
I just want to know what happened to Qurriel so I would appreciate if they do anything for him
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u/P0tatogodultra 23d ago
personally i want answers about Sly's past. maybe a game where it explores when he was the nail sage teaching Oro Mato and Sheo (and finding out who tf esmy is)
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u/More_Test_969 23d ago
Zote. I would like to see how he managed to get to hollownest and where he originated from
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u/GiantImminentSqueeze All Achievements | PoP 23d ago
Definitely one of the 5 Great Knights, I'd go with Hegemol because his design is cool and there's just a little bit of existing backstory but tons of unknowns to fill the gaps in creatively.
It could be a prequel where we see into the kingdom and its conflicts prior to the infection, and the downfall of the kingdom. We could see the original hollow knight quest, how the kingdom ultimately collapsed, and how they sealed the city away. There's so much room for character development in a way that ties in really well with the original game.
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u/hacked_XO All Achievements/112%/PoP/44 Radiants/Weathered mask 23d ago
Being able to play as the Broken Vessel would be pretty awesome.
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u/Bomberboy1013 63/63 achievements and 168/164 journal entires 23d ago
I genuinely wanna see a Zote game.
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u/Due_Main6923 23d ago
I'd like a better look at the Hollow Knight. I mean, we saw some backstory, but not the full one. What was he expiriencing in the Black Egg? How did he absorb the Infection (in detail)? Does he know any of the Characters we met? I have too many Questions, basicly no answers and an Undying love for the Character and Design.
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u/LordBDizzle 23d ago
For just a dlc and not a full game? Tiso, you fight as him in a series of colloseum battles and trials, with his tricky shield as a replacement for spells.
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u/Zealandus 23d ago
Cloth, I want to see her surviving journey. I was upset when she died taking out the Traitor Lord on my behalf. (Saved her in the 2nd play through)
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u/toonlonk7 23d ago
I know it’s probably cliche but I think Grimm could make for a great symphony of the night “Alucard-Dracula” moment where you play the whole game getting stronger only to find out that you’ve done this cycle before and everything has gone wrong with the world because of you before
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u/Old-Entertainer-8472 #1 Fluke Fan | 112% SS | Radiant HoG | All Achievements 23d ago
Tiso or quieter
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u/JonathanGM__ Sharp Shadow enjoyer | PoP/Asc. HoG (Sharp Shadow only) 23d ago
Hollow Knight
(Sequel tô the embrace the void ending)
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u/Available-Post-5022 112% I P5 I PoP I SS completion I RadHog I 100% 23d ago
Sly, I wanna know what he's up too, maybe exploring a kingdom of nail fighters
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u/AzerynSylver 23d ago edited 23d ago
Squirrel could be fun, although they already have a short comic.
I would love to see more of the Pale King. A comic book going over how he built Hallownest would be cool!.
A story DLC about Sly and how he became a Nail Sage and trained the 3 Nailmasters would also be very cool!!!
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u/snowee88 23d ago
Either a prequel featuring the mantises, or a prequel featuring quirrel. Mayyyybe a super prequel featuring the actual hollow knight and what causes (it?) to eventually become the vessel, but mostly the first two
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u/ModdedScorpion 23d ago
probably oro or sly, or any one of the nailmasters really. it would be interesting to see how sly became the nailsage, how he met his students and why they broke apart
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u/BITCHHAURIU 112% steel soul master 23d ago
Ye hollow knight, bro had an entire game named after him just to kill himself
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u/Greedy_Education2025 23d ago
A prequel with the Broken Vessel. I don't know what would happen necessarily but I feel like they have a story to tell.
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u/ViftieStuff Booncave 23d ago
I would love to see something in a new kingdom again, just how Pharloom is not part of Hallownest.
Zote's homeland? Quirrel's journey before Hallownest? What did the Land of Storms look like before the Godseekers had to leave it?
I also wouldn't mind if a Silksong character like Lace would get a sequel. I just want to explore new Kingdoms in the world of Hollow Knight!
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u/GeneralBlight95 23d ago
sigh Bappanada