If Hornet's direct father, the Pale King, is a higher pale being, and the weaver blood on her mother side are like, connected to Grand Mother Silk who is also a higher pale being. This would make Hornet like, 3/4th higher being and is related to 2 Pale Higher beings on both sides of her family.
I'm still not sure with the Weavers side since they were uplifted by Grand Mother Silk by direct connection via silk threads. But would this make all the Weavers like, half higher beings if GMS contributed some traces stuff in the system? Not as strong as Hornet who literally have half of her genes from a very obvious higher being. But there should be some percentage within the Weavers to be similar to a higher being.
Silksong has given us a lot of clarity for a variety of lore topics, but one that still seems a bit vague to me is the distinction between Pale beings and Higher beings.
We know some things about Pale beings:
Although mortal, they have a seemingly infinite natural lifespan
Pale beings are a type of creature, not one species
A lot of Pale beings have some kind of supernatural abilities; though it isn't clear whether or not that is because they're Pale beings
They seem to have an innate drive/urge toward domination; although the Pale King cared for his subjects, he still ruled them as a god monarch and although Grand Mother Silk cared for her daughters, she could only express that through her dominance over them
But what then is a Higher being? Is it just a catch-all term for any god-like creature? The Hollow Knight Wiki seems to think so. My problem with this definiton is that it partially relies on developer input instead of in-game information. The White Lady for example is listed as a Higher being only due to a Reddit AMA answer.
I thought a definition——or at least something approaching one——of "Higher being" would be possible without out-of-game information due to the Dream Realm and its connection to Higher beings.
The Radiance has power over the Dream Realm obviously, and so does the Nightmare Heart, seeing as it split the Realm into two parts. Unn then is also a Higher being as she created the Mosskin though Dream. The Pale King would also be a Higher being as he was able to transport his palace into the Dream Realm. The Lifeblood creature found in the Abyss might be counted among them too, as distinctive blue dream particle can be seen in its domain.
However, the term "Higher being" is actually used rather sparingly throughout the two games. The Radiance (who probably everyone would accept as a Higher being without question) is only explicitly called a Higher being in the Reddit AMA, while Grand Mother Silk, a creature who doesn't display control over the Dream Realm is directly called a Higher Being by Hornet.
This is my first rp blog, so please don't expect much!
Since this blog is about a character we have very little info on, anything about the beast(from its gender to the way it speaks) is my interpretation, if you disagree with the way it's portrayed, feel free to make another!
Expect Silksong and Voidheart spoilers!
Rules:
1. No nsfw!
2. Remain respectful to anyone involved in any discussion!!
3. Shipping is okay as long as it doesn't cross any lines and remains in good faith and fun!(nothing too serious)
4. Refrain from making any requests, reblogs, or posts in the hopes of making a long-form role-play, I don't really have the most time in the world. Go dms first for planning!
5. Murder has been deemed okay 👍
Don't worry about it too much though, with exception of 1 & 2, I'm really relaxed about rules!
The other stuff!
The Lifeblood Beast goes by any pronouns until something more concrete is released, but currently
It/its and they/them is preferred!
The Lifeblood Beast does refer to itself as lifeblood entirely
Tags:
#plasmified - posts about plasmified beasts and/or persons
#lifeblood core - posts about the lore and history of lifeblood
#lifeblood ponderings - ramblings and posts made in character
#lifeblood heart - OOC posts
#Jonis Blessing - art/media related posts
#lifeblood minds - responses to asks and mentions
#lifeblood beast - posts made in the Lifeblood Beast's pov
#lifeseed puppet - posts made from the lifeseed pov
#other half - posts about @-being-of-lifeblood
#blessed dreams - posts about Blessed Radiance
Warble Moveset:
HP: 3 Masks
Please, Accept Our Eternity(attack)
So We May Relieve You of Death(attack)
1C+1(9), on heads, add 1 point to the total. On 6-8 point total, flip a coin. On heads, gain 1 Blessed. On 9-10 point total, flip a coin. On tails gain 1 Blessed, on heads gain 2 Blessed.
So We May Rid You of Worry(attack)
2C+3(4), on heads, add 3 points to the total. On tails gain 1 Blessed. On 14 point total, gain 1 Blessed. On 2 point total, set point total to 1.
Fading Brings Death's Sorrow, so Let Us Bleed For Your Dying Heart!(attack)
1d5, for each count of Blessed, add 5 sides to die for a maximum of 1d20. On 3+ Blessed count, create a new die with base 1d5 and add 5 sides for each Blessed count above 4 for a maximum of 1d20&1d15. On 6+ Blessed count, create a new die with base 1d5 and add 5 sides for each Blessed count above 7 for a maximum of 1d20&2d15.
1d15, gain 2 sides for each count of Blessed on enemy units. Ignores Blessed masks. After a successful hit, inflict 1 Blessed. Cannot kill the enemy unit.
The Cries of a Thousand Beating Hearts, Wishing to Escape Their Fading, Wishing for Life's Eternity(ultimate)
2+X(10C+3(X)), each heads adds 3 to the point total. Attacks last. Gain 1 Blessed for each missing enemy unit Base Mask. Gain a coin for each count of Blessed. Gain 1 skill reuse for each count of (Blessed/3). Deals double damage to units with Blessed.
Our Blood, Our Blessings(evasion)
1d8, for each broken Base Mask, lose the three lowest roll counts and gain 3 sides for a maximum roll of 14 and minimum roll of 7. If this unit has Blessed, spend 1 Blessed count per broken Base Mask.
Our Heart, Our Eternity(evasion)
1d10, on succesful evade, flip a coin. On heads, gain 1 Blessed. Gain -1 disadvantage per count of Bleeding Heart above 1.
Let Us Mend Your Heart(counter)
1d4, for each count of Blessed, add 4 sides for a maximum of 16. On win, deplete all counts of Bleeding Heart for this turn, and flip a coin, if heads, gain 1 Blessed. On lose, double damage taken.
Fractured Shell(passive)
On 2+ Blessed count and 0 Bleeding Heart, gain 1 Bleeding Heart count.
Liquid Shell(passive)
On 1+ Blessed count, flip a coin when taking damage. On heads, take double damage.
Hearts that Bleed for You(passive)
Can only activate during Proelium Fatale.
Trigger on 0 Base Masks. Gain (4 + enemy unit's remaining Base Masks) Blessed. Purge every Bleeding Heart count. Deactivate passive: Fractured Shell. Deactivate passive: Liquid Shell. Gain (4 + (enemy unit's remaining Base Masks/2 rounded down)) Fading Eternity count. Lose all evades. Inflict 1 Blessed for each of the enemy unit's missing masks. Change moveset.
-Blessed: Fragile Mask. Takes priority over Base Masks.
-Bleeding Heart: Flip a coin every turn per Bleeding Heart count. On heads, lose a maximum of 1 Blessed and lose x-1 Bleeding Heart. On tails gain 1 Bleeding Heart.gft
-Fading Eternity: Decreases by 1 each turn. Remains at 1 count until the enemy unit's Base Masks match the enemy unit's Blessed count. At 0 count, use The Cries of a Thousand Beating Hearts, Wishing for Life's Eternity. At 1+ count, use Fading Bring Death's Sorrow, so Let Us Bleed For Your Dying Heart!
Proelium Fatale(Fatal Battle): If this blog loses, this character will cease to exist. Cannot occur outside of the Lifeblood Beast's domain.
Hai people of farloom and hollownest! I'm da claw manifester and I was born yestahday! And as all knew-born gods do, now I gotsa know everything! Ya sees I'm da higha bein' of knawledge, memori and wishes, but I don't know no nuthin about da wurld yet! Now I needs ta doc-u-ment everything evah! Catagorise it all in littel boxes! Mayke everything ordered neetly and un-chaotic! Everything must be in absolute perfect order! Perfect, I tell you, perfect! Dat's da gist!
Ooc: welcome to my new rp blog for the claw manifestor! The higher being of knowledge, memory and wishes. He's based off of inspekta with a slight hint of bauhauzo both from great god grove and the concept of a monkey's paw.
For those who don't know what a monkey's paw is it's a type of "be careful what you wish for" story where the person gets exactly what they want but the means to get it have horrible consequences for the character. The difference between your classic "be careful what you wish for" story and the monkey's paw is that the wish granter doesn't twist the words of the wishing person to create something they didn't want, the person achieves exactly what they're looking for it's just how they get this is cruel and unusual. The classic example of a monkey's paw is a family wishing for a million dollars, then the son dies in a workplace accident and they get a million dollars in compensation from the company.
Now for the rules. read before you interact!
Don't try to flirt or ship this character, he is aromantic and asexual.
Don't use excessive gore, if you aren't sure if it's excessive gore just contact me. But if you're going to do gore or scary things don't make pictures! Drawn or not.
If you're planning to do arcs with this character contact me first to see if I want to be involved.
Don't randomly attack him with an rp blog character, tell me first and I will either deny or give you permission. Tip: if you make it a fight using the warble system this will increase the chance of me giving permission.
This character is an Indian tiger centipede, if I get anything wrong about the species it will be appreciated if you correct me. Your reward will be a like to your comment and a reply thanking you. I will fact check you on anything you say though and correct your corrections.
If I don't answer your ask you can always dm me about why. Just be respectful about it or I won't answer.
I have the right to not answer asks that make me uncomfortable.
Be nice and respectful towards each other.
Tags and warble sheet under the cut.
Grand ones: interactions with other higher beings
Tags:
Mortals in my realm: interactions with other blogs
Mortals shrouded: anon asks
Centipedes claw: answering wishes prayers to this god.
Warble sheet:
The claw manifestor:
Health 6
Evasion check: 2d6
Offensive dice: puncture roll 1, damage 1, d10, gives 11 soul on succes; focus roll 3, damage 2, d4, requires 11 soul; wish claw roll 2, damage 2, d8, requires 50 essence.
Defensive dice: parry: memento mori roll 1, damage 1, d10, requires 25 essence; parry: swirling pale flame roll 1, damage 1, d20, requires 33 soul; guard: grow roll 1, d10, spread half the final number across 2 turns.
Ability: higher being, make 25 essence at the end of every turn. Can hold 100 essence and 33 soul.
In the dead of the night at about 4 AM, my chaotic brain started to have some thoughts about Silksong, its world and characters, and particularly Lace, which ended up with me going in circles and trying to form analysis around her. Lace has been described as "cloaked in mystery" in her first ever description. And I don't think that being just a regular yet powerful foe appearing twice is enough to be teased as such.
And if you'd allow me, I'd like to offer you an analysis as to why this may matter more than we think for her character.
I think I'm gonna get my first point quickly out of the way for this theory, and that is Lace's color palette. White.
White/pale colors are rarely used in hollow knight's outfits or body colors outside of masks, and so far every single character who has been shown with these colors has proved to either be a pale being or overall close to one/a higher being overall. Exemples include :
The Radiance, The White Lady and the Pale king, which are fully white and are confirmed to be gods of some kind.
The pure vessel, which we can assume is a pale being simply by genetics.
The unnamed moth, which is powerful enough to break the 4th wall (guardian of the messages left from Kickstarter backers)
Bardoon, which isn't confirmed to be anything specific but is still gigantic, very knowledgeable and particularly old, and powerful enough to understand that he's being dreamnailed.
And the five great knights. Yes, Ogrim is red and Ze'mer is a faded greyish pink in-game. But let's remember that one, they were both shaped by their new environments, far from their king's influence and no longer serving a purpose for them, only focusing on their own personal goals. Ogrim was shown to be white in the white defender fight and his visions of the knights also show them to be white figures.
The only major outlier I could find were the maggots, but I overall think this is more of a choice based on the species because y'know ... Real maggots are white. There's also the small fact that the only maggots we find in-game are around the ancient corpse of a great knight but it still feels like a unimportant detail.
Against this idea, there's also the very valid thought of "ok her outfit is white but she has a black body, she can't be a pale being" that could come up, but I will point out that every single vessel in-game has pure pale being blood and yet has a black body. You could argue that it's the void and you'd probably be right. But then I would also like to bring up Hornet's existence. No void in her, half pale being and yet, she has a black body.
I would also like to add the fact that the only white spaces in hollow knight are the white palace and kingdom's edge (the one place a giant wyrm corpse is making white).
And so far in Silksong, the only white space we've seen is the white field of roses we fight Lace in.
So far, Lace shows a lot of characteristics that I think we could correlate to traits we learned to associate heavily with pale beings, that is :
The ability to control/tame less powerful creatures (more specifically her butterflies, which are heavily similar to ones you can find in the white palace)
Control over seals of binding (ability to break off the one that was keeping Hornet trapped)
Heavy confidence over her own abilities and starts questioning herself only when proven wrong by being seriously beat up (yes I'm talking about you pale king and radiance)
Seems to hold a lot of very important knowledge that is undoubtedly hidden from most of the other characters in the kingdom, or else there would've either been more guards protecting hornet's cage or more people to come and help her.
Heavy importance lore-wise. So far in hollow knight, the only bosses we've fought more than once are ones that have heavy story relevance. They're not necessarily pale beings but I still believe that elevates her character.
Lace is one of the rare people able to resist the curse of Pharloom, similarly to how Hornet was able to resist the infection. Once again, this is not a pale being only trait. But a large majority of the hollow knight characters that had resisted the infection were either pale/higher beings (The white lady, Hornet, Bardoon), people under their direct influence (the great knights), travelers that weren't here long enough to be infected (tiso, quirrel, cloth) or were in places that seemingly were far enough to be protected (the nailmasters, Bardoon, the last stag). Otherwise, despite being long lasting inhabitants, people's mind couldn't fight back (Myla, Sly, Moss prophet, Bretta ...)
And what does all of that brings us to ? What if that's true, where would that bring us ?
If Lace is linked to pale beings somehow, I have two main thoughts as to how this could go :
First option, Lace is a direct servant of a pale being, perhaps of the old ruler of Pharloom that was potentially overthrown by the church. I think that in this context, her actions could make a lot of sense. Pharloom's folly does talk about a creature currently deep in slumber, most likely deliberately kept asleep as its power and beastly nature seems to make them feared, probably implying anger when woken up. If someone is keeping the ruler captive to take their place in the shadow, it has to be the church. And if this is who Lace is serving, it would make sense for her to go actively against them and try to sabotage their plans.
Hornet, as a half pale being, could've been used to either seal the beast further or even kill it, and Lace would logically have to get rid of her to avoid such fate. And since we know she will fill the same role as Hornet in the first game, her becoming our ally and teaming up with us for the greater good would make sense if she's still following some orders
It's also interesting to note that Lace is a particularly skilled fighter, able to rival Hornet's power, and that strength is something she must've been taught. She's a fencer, which is an art that requires a lot of training. It is possible that she was self taught but having a guide to help her learn such a precise art would make sense. Lace will already be seen in the role of a protector, guarding the elevator beneath the rose field. It would make sense that she was taught to fight and more specifically to kill if her original purpose was to protect someone or something.
The second option, the one I personally enjoy the most, is that Lace is simply a young pale being trying to grow up in what is definitely a chaotic environment. And I think this would parallel Hornet's story particularly well.
Hornet saw her kingdom's downfall during her youth and was unable to do anything against it. She grew up alone in an hostile environment without anyone to guide her and feeling the need to attack and kill most sapient beings she saw out of fear (getting rid of a lot of her siblings and attacking Quirrel basically on sight). Hornet only ended up admitting just how bad things were and accepted her kingdom's fate when it was too late. She needed help, and she didn't receive it on time, which only led her to becoming more passive and defeatist once she realizes she's not strong enough, leading the knight into Kingdom's edge to receive the king's mark and having to just sit down next to her mother waiting for her to be murdered. Hornet went from feeling like she was in control of everything to losing twice in a row and rethinking her entire life.
And Lace may be going through the same thing
Lace is currently alone, isolated from her kingdom due to a curse very similar to the Radiance's that takes control over most beings in her kingdom. She is against the church (shown by her liberating Hornet and trying to get rid of her despite her importance for them) and therefore probably sees most sapient beings around her as threats. The first thing she offers Hornet is death, acting like this is the right thing to do because otherwise she'd be suffering, similarly to how Hornet believed she had to kill any intruders she saw for the greater good. I heavily doubt that Lace is the reincarnation of the pale being that ruled over this place similar to how the pale king was. Well, at least not one with memories of previous lives. She's obviously young. She's playful, energetic, teasy but also doesn't have the sheer power and prestence older pale beings tend to have. But she may be their daughter, making her yet another lost princess unsure of how to protect her kingdom.
If this idea is somehow correct, this would mean that Pharloom may actually be a direct parallel to Hallownest's downfall. Except this time, the princess will have the possibility to access help BEFORE it's too late, to fix the kingdom before the ones in control take decisions that will inevitably doom this place.
Lace will inevitably have to admit her weaknesses to herself and get closer to Hornet in one way or another. She's one of the main characters, if not confirmed to be the second main character in this story. Her boss battle was central to the demo. She had enamel pins printed and gifted out to players of the demo as promotional material, which if you don't know, are QUITE EXPENSIVE. She has another confirmed boss battle and in hollow knight, the only character we fight twice outside of the dream realm is Hornet. Everything is leading us to believe that she will be important, and I will go as far as to say that just like Hornet, she may actually be the key to unlock different endings. Pale beings have a power over others, and the current leadership of Pharloom needs to be overthrown.
The end goal may very well be for us to lead Lace into coronation.
