… the Void! I couldn’t have been happier to see it expanded upon in Silksong, it’s probably my favorite aspect of the worldbuilding, but we still know almost nothing about it.

Feel free to share any fun ideas or theories! I also have a few questions I’d love to get this communities thoughts on:

  1. Is there one huge mass of Void that reaches to Hallownest, Pharloom & possibly other kingdoms, but still ultimately just one finite body of “liquid”? Or is it below everything?

  2. Is there anything solid below, and if so, how deep does it go? (e.g. in relation to the depth of GMSs cocoon)

  3. Is the surface everywhere generally on the same elevation? Some small openings below Hallownest are at slightly different heights, but not by much. Below Pharloom AFAIK it’s either the same, or all the same height.

  4. Are the Void Tendrils creatures living inside the body of liquid? Or are they manifestations of the Void itself? If they are creatures, were they born like that, or did they turn into that form?

  5. When the White Lady mentions the Void in the Red Memory, she says:

    Witness, the first light. The only means we possess to resist that void with which our family is forever linked.

    Does “our family” here refer to the Pale King, White Lady, Hornet etc., or is it referring to Pale beings in general?

  6. Do you think the creation of Pale beings is somehow related to the creation of the Void? I have a feeling the contrast is deliberate.

  • FooBarrington@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Thanks for the response!

    Team Cherry is also very considerate with their choice of word. It would make more sense for White Lady to say ‘my kind’ instead if that were the case.

    That’s actually what gave me the idea - Hornet and the White Lady aren’t genetically related. Since there is nothing metaphysically linking Hornet to the Void besides her half siblings, maybe “our family” being “forever linked” with it could relate to Paleness.

    The Snail Shamans also specifically wanted to see GMS be destroyed by the Void, which strengthens this idea.

    But either way. It’s impossible to tell until we see another pale being that has no connection to the pale being we already know.

    We do in Silksong! Hornet explicitly calls GMS a Pale being, e.g. in the dialogue with the Green Prince.

    • CarrieForle@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      We do in Silksong! Hornet explicitly calls GMS a Pale being, e.g. in the dialogue with the Green Prince.

      Guess I gotta do a refresh go of Silksong again 🫠

      I looked at the dialogs again. And yeah our family probably just means pale being. Since Snail Shamans refer GMS as pale kin. The bugs of Hollow Knight probably view family differently than us.

      On a side note, before your comment, I always thought the thing that is ‘forever linked’ is the Everbloom. That’s what happened when you’re not good at English haha.

      • FooBarrington@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        3·
        6 days ago

        Great point with the Snail Shamans, the “pale kin” certainly supports the “Pale family” theory!

        On a side note, before your comment, I always thought the thing that is ‘forever linked’ is the Everbloom. That’s what happened when you’re not good at English haha.

        Very understandable, it’s not the type of speech you encounter every day. Prior experience with Souls games certainly helps with that!

        Though it would still make sense either way. I’m convinced that the “first light” and the “Paleness” are directly linked, and the Void is probably more or less directly related too.

        My current head canon is that someone, probably the Steel Masters, attempted some kind of “ascension ritual” that’s similar to what the Soul Master attempted, only much larger in scale. Something prompted them to try and create their own light - and it worked, it created beings that shine bright enough to bask whole kingdoms in their pale light. But the mass sacrifice transformed the victims into a thoughtless mass that only wishes to extinguish any light it can find…