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SILKSONG SPOILERS AHEAD BY THE WAY... so me and @9-punk have came up with the oddest and yet still backed up hc/theory/whatever it is?
zote, aka grey prince zote, is the carnivorus plant/possible parasite/possible VOID of greyroot and paleking, born in bilewater and raised in shellwood by nyleth, before eventually leaving to hallownest. first - greyroot. the title of grey prince is where this first began, as well as him mentioning his blade made of shellwood (the same name as where greyroot resides). he mentions that mothers are not to be trusted, and will always betray you
greyroot proceeds to betray hornet within silksong in the rite of birth ritual. second - pale king, possible void. zote is referred to as the grey PRINCE, a title given to the son of a king. now this one doesnt have as much original evidence, but rather evidence from another blog explaining zote may be of void a simular black body, simular shell. and being an "odd vessel" would very well explain he may be the pale kings son he also mentions beware of jealous fathers, explaining almost exactly the pale king.
third - the plant thing, and the nyleth thing. greyroot is heavily hinted at being a plant, from appearance, to location, to roots. this would already be enough to explain zote possibly being a plant, but he also mentions being weary of fire (which.. is obvious but.. plants are infamously weak to fire so?) as for the nyleth thing, this is more of a stretch/hc but.. he mentions respecting surperiours, not mothers or fathers, but those wiser/stronger
its very possible here he speaks of nyleth. if he was raised in ancient shellwood, it would explain why hes not so good at fighting- the plants of that era are not well known for being super deadly. and it could also back up his "prince title" he also says not to forigve brothers, which the splinters of current shellwood call eachother, possibly hinting he resents them for the current state of his once home.
finally - the birthplace thing its very possible that nyleth once ruled bilewater the same as shellwood, due to the simularities she and the enemies have, and because of the roots and finding the odd tendril baby within bilewater, its possible greyroot once resided there. in that, zote couldve been born there, but was given off to shellwood, and nyleth. honerable mentions!! id like to think nyleth is the one who gave him his sword, and he says he made it just to feel more proud his mention of hating statues is due to him missing the only parental figure he had, with all left of her being the statue the reason he is immune to the infection is because plants dont dream the reason i say hes carnviorus is he mentions eating alot ty for coming to my ted talk
