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Random Hollow Knight headcanons, Herrah edition:

Despite the confident, outward persona she projects, Herrah actually has a very low opinion of herself. This is a result of being called "the Beast," not just by Hallownest but even the Deepnest spiders before she became queen.

When Herrah met her future husband, she did not realize he was the King of Deepnest, as she'd never been near the village nor socialized with any of the "normal" spiders of Deepnest. He didn't mention it to her for the longest time because he liked being treated like a normal person, and worried her knowing would change her attitude towards him.

Herrah's passion towards leading the people has sprung from two different places: --It was her husband's pride and joy. He loved his people and that love extended to Herrah once she married him. She looks after her people as a way to honor her late husband --She has very closely tied her worth to her ability to be a good queen. She gets very insulted when someone questions her as a leader.

Herrah is a very proficient warrior. Her skills were built from the ground up, as she had to live most of her life on her own. She's become a master of fighting, hunting, tracking, etc.

Before she met her husband, Herrah had no aspirations. She believed "the Beast" couldn't have the luxury of dreaming for anything bigger than the life she had.

After meeting her husband, Herrah begins dreaming of having a happy, loving family. She knows it sounds corny and wouldn't admit it aloud to anyone she wasn't close to.

She blames herself for her husband's bloodline ending. She was never able to produce an heir for him, and so her most vital role as queen was never delivered. There are some days she wishes he took a mistress just so his bloodline could live on.

tumblr, i am ever-so curious: how would you all expect hollow to eat soup? through their void tendrils? through a mouth? their eyes? some combination of those?

do you think hornet would have survivors guilt. yeah she's not a vessel but shes still a child of the pale king and one of the few of millions--possibly billions to have knowingly survived. combine that with the guilt that comes with having to kill(?) the ones who ARE alive because she knows what they'd do. now top that with her feeling the need to take up the role of sentinel to protect her father's legacy, mother's sacrifice, and siblings tomb. uuuough

Day 3. Path

My headcanon! Back in old days, most adventurous Hallownest inhabitants used to hunt albino Alubas for Pale King's palace. Anyway, path = pilgrim's way

i have like my own story for Tiso but it keeps changing

Do I want him to be from a collapsed ant colony and be very distant about talking about where he's from because he doesn't like dealing with those thoughts

Or do I want him to have run away from home to fight and earn money for his ant mom

Headcanon on the names and title of Hallownest

Titles and names are two very different things in the kingdom of Hallownest.

Titles represent what you are and your place in society, they are bestowed upon everyone, and their rarity places you on the social ladder.

The most shared title are; merchant, worker, servent, scholar, knight, noble....(and else) most of these are just banal adjectives to describe common people, therefore they're social status are not very high and/or they are not very important people.

Others, with a higher status (of more importance) are gifted with a scarce title.

One witch describe their utility with more precision and compliment their being.

Greater title of a common place are usually accompanied with a gratifying complement; the mighty knight, the good scholar, the obedient servant, the nail master.....

And title of greater being are usually simple and unique, their simplicity is ment to strike the narrator and intrigue them.

Such title belong to their owner and them only; Watcher, King, Beast, Teacher, Confessor....

Names on the other hands are considered to be very personal and intimate, it is said that they represent your being and your soul. They are used by close friends and family only (like japan I think).

It's considered rude and a lack of respect to call someone you do not know personally by their name.

Even if one's name is known through out the entire kingdom, most will use their title.

Voices of Hallownest

Headcanons about the gods of Hallownest and their voices .

I don't specially think the gods of Hallownest truly have a voice. I think that they use the sound/voices of their followers.

When you hear a god (pk, radiance, wl) you do not hear a singular voice as one would expect but multiple (all of their followers voices whether they are young, old, male, female, or in very rare occasions, dead). If a god's "speech" is strong, booming, present it means that they have a great number of devout in which they can draw multiple voices from ( a god can choose whose voice they are taking ). Ofc this process has an effect on the devout, when the divinity uses their voice often/to much/with to much intensity, their worshipers will most likely have a sour throat or a raspy voice.

For exemple; the Radiance used hers a lot . She basically screamed in armory with her followers and it had repercussions, the moths had very sour throats and raspy or distorted voice ( it showed in Hallonest's prime and in the game event) . When she was forgotten she could barely talk, her speech was only a small pained whisper. But when the infection began her screeches were heard again (through the infected) more violent and angry then ever.

The Pale King does not use his voice very often, he cared a little bit more about his subjects well being than the Radiance (he doesn't really need to talk to be understood, a simple look of the eye or flick of the claw will make someone seize the order/want/intentions) this ensue in the citysen of Hallownest having clear and define voices.

The white lady, her, only uses the voice of trusted friends and ladies in waiting, like her knight Dryya, Marmu and others...

(And these trusted friends get showered with honey treats for their throats). She mostly uses female speech as she prefers how it sounds..

I also think that a gods voice can take some what of a physical form .

Like, golden light would come out of radi's mouth when she talks.

It would look like that

PK's speech would literally float in the air

Exactly like that !

And WL would have flowers come out of her mouth like that one brothers Grimm tale witch I CAN NOT remember the name of... (it was sm like "toads and diamonds")