The apocalypse has come and gone, and against all odds, Pharloom remains standing. The time has come for Hornet to return to Hallownest, accompanied by friends and allies: Shakra hopes to explore the mythical land beyond the wastes, and properly lay to rest a member of her own tribe; Lace fears unraveling without the aid of a Weaver, while contending with the immensity of a future free of her mother’s threads; and the Green Prince lives only only to spite the Citadel, passively seeking a more honorable end than might be found in the rubble of his homeland.
Meanwhile, Hornet returns from Pharloom with magic and knowledge that might aid in the slow recovery of Hallownest and Deepnest–and perhaps offer the chance to call home the sibling she once thought lost to her forever.
Chapter 4: Living is a Funeral to Self you Buried
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At long last, Hornet arrives home, welcomed by the White Lady and her elder sibling. We finally get to see Hornet's softer, more playful side. Introductions are made, gifts are given, and Lace rapidly learns that the spider has little patience for insults to her sibling.
Note: This comic does not ship Hollow with anybody. They are not flirting, and do not see gifting flowers as a romantic gesture, nor is it received as such. However, Lace is likely the only recipient to kind of grasp the value of the gift.
Special thanks to @ziracrowshipper, @chosaint, and @mastertorchmaster for their advice on adapting sign language for Hollow. I ended up going with something simple (implying the whole sign by doing half the motion with their available hand); hopefully nothing egregiously wrong with that representation. I don't expect a lot of sign to show up in this comic, for a variety of reasons, but where it makes sense to include it I will continue to try my best.
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Other Hollow Knight Art: [They Are Taking Art Lessons] [Hornet Enacting Big Sister Rights] [Lace Gets Adopted] [Ghost Exhibiting Cat Behavior â„¢] [Addendum to Adoption] [A Lack of Due Diligence] [Addendum to Due Diligence] [Memento Mayhem] [Pale King vs Shade Lord]
Transcript:
Page 1
The White Lady: And so our sentinel returns to us.
The White Lady: Even as your power bloomed in foreign soil, you rejected your silken birthright to stand again before me. Pride of Deepnest, Protector of Hallownest, and daughter of my Heart.
The White Lady: Rest safe within my branches, for this land will always offer haven to you and your allies.
The White Lady: Welcome home.
Page 2
The White Lady: ....
Lace: ....
The White Lady: But for all my joy... this is not the only reunion, long-awaited.
Hornet: Hollow!
Hollow: !
Lace: Ahem.
Hornet: Ah!
Hornet: Hup.
Hornet: *cough* Allow me to introduce my elder sibling: Hollow, knight emeritus and keeper of the Queen's Gardens.
Hornet: And these are my... allies. Lace of Pharloom.
Lace: ....
Hornet: Shakra-wielding-rings.
Shakra: Poshanka!
Hornet: And the Green Prince of Verdania.
Page 5
Hollow (signing): Friends?
Hornet: Allies! I said allies!
Hornet: Hollow! Stop giving me that look!
Lace: I must admit... I never expected to see the spider so... undignified.
Shakra: Dondakku! It is an honor to meet one so esteemed by Hornet-wielding-needle.
Lace: Well, they certainly cut an impressive figure.
Lace: Though I have my doubts--GYAAAH!?
Page 6
Lace: This is...
Shakra: A gift, it seems.
Lace: ... How strange your homeland is, that a knight should willingly lay down their nail for so menial a chore.
Hornet: Do not insult them thus. Their scars are not a spectacle for your entertainment--
Lace: Relax. I mean no offense, nor anything so grotesque. I'm merely curious... whose grave do they adorn with so tender an offering?
Hornet: ....
Hornet: ...None but their own, child. None but their own.
The Lord of Shades emerged from the endless dark of the deep sea, drawn forth by Void given Focus, and as it came, it screamed.Â
It was you who made me. You, who gave life to the lifeless, you who brought pain and wonder and death to the deathless. You, who brought us to your bedside, you who denied us our cradle, you who turned our holy home into a mass grave.
You who sundered Us, and took from Us one of Our Own.
Give them back.
Until Dawn Shall Break, Chapter 17 by @ruthlesslistener
Drawing comics is a delight but there were Many in the last set and I needed a break to draw the Pale King getting steamrolled by his own hubris (and the eldritch god that it provoked).
Hollow Knight Comics: [Hornet Enacting Big Sister Rights] [Lace Gets Adopted] [Ghost Exhibiting Cat Behavior â„¢] [Addendum to Adoption] [A Lack of Due Diligence] [Addendum to Due Diligence] [] [Memento Mayhem]
An older noodle thing to vent out my heartache.
The ending should've been a bit different, but it has been left unfinished for a long time and I want it out of my drafts. It was a finishing speedrun today.
Tfw dearly loving another is the same as loving yourself because you are basically the same person. Making friends with them is making friends with yourself. And to love yourself is to live life again.
(And that goes both ways.)
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