#black egg

[mercuriobebop]

A little homage to the Hollow Knight's sacrifice before Silksong is out. Eventually.

WIPs and sketch below the cut

I usually work with brainstorm dirty and rough lines, then clearer line and then add flats, lights or shadows as I see fit. Last is the sketch just before inking because this is an illustration, comic pages do not need such detailing for me.

I work with several layers. One has inking, descriptive lines. Other has textures, blacks, details, etc. And the last one has extra details, temp lines (that end up being final) or in this case, white crosshatch in case I want to change my mind light-wise.

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the Pale King's involvement on the making of the black egg

It is already assumed by the majority that PK was involved in some way; it is a fair assessment but I feel like it's most of the time an assumption based on PK's situation relative to it

- powerful magic being

- head of the project

- smart and inventive

So decided to gather a lil bit of evidence in favor of his direct involvement

1- The lore tablets that start with "higher beings, these words are for you alone" are more likely written by PK himself, given the one before the abyss and the fact that they open with PK's voice (plus the whispers of soul) (you could also count the world sense tablet within it).

The background that shows up behind these texts have a certain detail which in closer observation looks quite similar to the pillars of the black egg's corridor

2- both the abyss and black egg entrances are sealed with a stone door that is conjured out of thin air, with a ringed texture unlike normal shell/fossils but much like the rings of a worm (or a certain chunk of the wyrm, which is a sprite depicted here); the "key" needed to open the door displayed in white within an indentation.

Not shown in the image, but both seals (the white glowing patterns that show when casting a spell) have the glyph that represents the king's brand.

The black egg door also has a structure reminiscent of ribs, but not like the normal looking straight ribs of fossils all over crossroads (more prominent near the mawlek graveyard); rather, they're more similar to the ribs and teeth of the wyrm

Now, the seal of binding developed by the weavers seems to have been a key element in the project, but

1- it's a very specific design, which we do see within the egg but only in its central chamber

2- the pale king makes plenty use of it within the palace, so maybe it is either possible to make it in a "compact way" to be deployed afterwards at any moment and any place, or the king was able to replicate it after the first version was made

The rest of the egg could be a modified version or multiple completely different seals, but it is very likely that much of it was made by the pale king

[potatomoonjuice]

Behold, Veggel!

[anime-to-the-t]

Hello Kitty at Owakudani, Hakone, Japan: Advertising Kuro-Tamago

The Black Eggs of Owakudani are unique for being boiled in the sulfur and iron rich waters of Mt. Fuji, dying the shells black.

It's said that eating one of these eggs can add 7 years to your lifespan.

I learned these fun facts from my friend Masako when I visited there a couple of years ago!

I did of course eat an egg too! :)

[shereachesout]

Black Egg - Marjorie Cameron

[whoops-lost-the-ranger]

"No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering. Born of god and void. You are the vessel. You are the Hollow Knight."

-Pale King, Dad of the Year

[altar-ov-plagues]

[lagt-duck]

In the black vault far above

Through it's sacrifice hallownest last eternal