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“Ah yes. The Star children. Yes yes, they are children gathered from afar of the world you know. Children whose lives were most unfortunate and whom we have taken to our care from life’s most unfair turn for them. We give them a new life up here, as a Star Child... From the largest promise of a human, to the smallest heart song of a beetle, may our little stars grant their aide and flourish among the cosmos...”
A Star Child finds the Ghost of Hallownest, as the duo team up to traverse the kingdom... and more...
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Blue Knights and Broken Bells by mochimogalina
Fandoms: Hollow Knight (Video Games), Silksong (Video Games)
27 Nov 2025
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After Monomon's call is answered and Hallownest falls into peaceful quiet, Quirrel decides it's time to let go and makes a decision at the Blue Lake-- Where he is ambushed by a group of unfamiliar bugs draped in white and used to lure a certain half-Weaver into a trap. Now, Hornet has been whisked away to Wyrm-knows where, Quirrel is left with nothing but a bell and a cranky Relic Seeker to guide him, and a new type of horrific infection is sprouting up at an alarming rate... Maybe he still has some adventuring left in him, after all. (Or Quirrel and Lemm become unexpected best friends while Hornet beats up silk-possessed bugs in a cogwork wonderland.)
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After so much blood and trauma, they took the mantle of The Lord of Shades. Ghost simply wanted peace for themselves, for all of the corpses of their siblings they had encountered on their journey.
So what do they do? They go back in time and bring the memories of the future with them. With all of the knowledge of the future and a second chance at life, trying to hide from the one who brought them to life and yet took their lives away, could they all have peace?
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- Part 1 of Could we have Peace?
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hornet (and quirrel) and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day by moosegoosecaboose
Fandoms: Hollow Knight (Video Games)
26 Nov 2025
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The land of Pharloom is vast and violent with danger lurking in every corner. When Hornet suddenly ends up in this strange new world, she expects to go it alone, as she always has. Except, that isn't the case this time when she finds her journey surprisingly joined by Quirrel, the late Monomon's loyal assistant.
Well, you know what they say: two heads are better than one.
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“Oh my gods,” you mutter [...] as your eyes wander back to the statue. “It's all my fault. I'm the reason that Hallownest fell.”
“What could possibly urge you to think that way?” Quirrel asks.
[...] “It's because I corrupted the Hollow Knight,” you say plainly, even though the words leaving your own mouth still astound you.
[...] “I was the Hollow Knight's lover.”Years on the outside beyond the Wastes have aged you and forged you into much more of a jaded wanderer, yet you find yourself pulled to the ruins of a kingdom called Hallownest, only to uncover that this is not your first time being here. A love from long ago had called you here, and you'll do anything to earn them back.
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- Part 2 of Forever and Always
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The King has asked Herrah to be one of his Dreamers, but she was not one to sacrifice herself for the man who had turned the entirety of Hallownest against her people. Harsh life lessons had taught her to always have a plan in place, and thanks to that, she knew just how to get her revenge on the wyrm.
She had caught the Pale King in her web, and how she was ready to watch him writhe.
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- Part 3 of Until We Dream
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"That light foreseen has turned cold upon this kingdom.
The seeds of war have been sown, we do not invite it now.
May Its sacrifice bless our Hallownest Eternal."What if everyone in Hollow Knight lived during the golden days of the Pale King's rule?
This story follows the adventures of Hornet, Tiso, and the palace ghost, as they travel Hallownest in pursuit of their own goals. Hornet: a princess who wishes nothing more than to live a rugged life outside of her duties as the kingdom's heir, Tiso: an immigrant both looking to make a name for himself as a soldier and integrate into Hallownest's unfamiliar culture, and the knight: one of the Pale King's seven "impure vessels" who's seeking to find purpose in his life after not being chosen as the Hollow Knight.
As they interact, their goals eventually begin to intertwine into one singular mission: protecting Eternal from the wrath of the Radiance.(Bonus details: Quirrel is a scholar/espionage artist, the Pale Court knights are the king's law enforcement, nearly all of the Spirit's Glade spirits are alive/repurposed as extra characters throughout the story, and the Colosseum of Fools/The Grimm Troupe are criminal organizations.)
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Alternate Universe where Hornet replaces Ghost as the protagonist of Hollow Knight. Her quest to save the kingdom however is constantly derailed by the desires of everyone and everything around her. Read tags please.
Inspired by Hollow Knight: Hornet's Game Overs by Hornyet. Written with permission.
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it always rains in the city of tears by echo_ph0enix
Fandoms: Hollow Knight (Video Games)
24 Nov 2025
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A collection of my Whumptober 2021 fics. All Hollow Knight, all AU, all feature (or at least mention) a prominent OC. Note that the whump aspect is, in places, incredibly mild to the point of non-existence, as I was no longer in the right head-space to write (heavier) whump, but still wanted to finish the pieces as I'd already got ideas for them all.
Obviously, not all tags apply to all chapters.Most recent chapter:
No. 17 - FIELD CARE 101
“Please don’t move!” | hemorrhage | dread“Your lab safety protocols truly are atrocious,” she said, hand raising again and drifting slowly to one of the levers the Soul Master hadn’t pulled earlier. “Not that I was expecting much.”
The Soul Master’s eyes widened, and Elior spared a moment to wonder exactly how crazy Zaya was.
“Don’t you dare!” the Soul Master snarled, lunging for her.
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The gang take on the Soul Sanctum.
edit 13/06/23: all chapters finished, uploads will be sporadic
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The first age of Hallownest has passed. The second age, rising from the ashes of the shattered infection, is only just beginning.
Ghost has lived their entire life within the walls of The White Palace, raised mainly by their mother, The White Lady. For almost as long as they can remember, they’ve had a strange connection to another young bug named Hope, who seems to live in The City of Tears with their younger sister. When an opportunity arises for them to finally see each other, it only raises a thousand new questions for both. As they begin to try and find those answers, their separate worlds start to crumble around them.
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Three siblings reunite despite all odds and the forces that try to keep them apart.
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Hornet, in her infinite (scientific) wisdom, decided to plug in and test the Weaver device she found. In a flash of light, she found herself back in Hallownest, in a time where the infection wasn't even a figment of a dream to most. In order to change things, all she has to do is kill a god. She did that once already, how hard could it be to do a second time?
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The Ghost of Hallownest visits a brothel under the pretense of an investigation, only to find his sister as the main attraction.
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The Moth from the Wastes by Mumbles (MumblesTheMoth)
Fandoms: Hollow Knight (Video Games)
23 Nov 2025
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"Save them. All of them."
Dropped right outside of Hallownest at the onset of the Infection, a nobody man-turned-moth is tasked with preventing the oncoming apocalypse, by any means necessary.
But what can one mere mortal do in the face of divine wrath?
Improvise, adapt, overcome.
Rise to the challenge.
Or die trying.
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Your deepest fears. by Mister_Tangerine152 for eden_elysium
Fandoms: Hollow Knight (Video Games)
23 Nov 2025
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Grimm knows more than anyone that even the boldest bug has something they are horrified of, deep down. Let's see what that is for some bugs.
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- Part 1 of Tangerine's gifts
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A Castle with Darkness at its core, a lost power over shadows.
Not much was known about Prince Ghost. Only people in the palace knew what he looked like and even his name he was The Prince or The Knight to most common folk. He had made no relevant change nor participated in the army or anything like that but he was known for one thing, his shadow magic, there are rumors he has even summoned a shade though no one has seen it, not even the king.
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Hornet prepares a grand feast for Quirrel to indulge in
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You and coincidence were never on the same page. A choice encounter with the so-called 'Protector of Hallownest' leaves you doubting what you know about this world. Though, you may not have to brave it alone?
An experimental story.
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Tiso, an aspiring warrior, attempts to make his way into the System of Hallownest, in hopes of achieving the fame and fortune he's always desired. Unfortunately for him, his options for transportation are severely limited. When a highly unconventional opportunity presents itself, he's forced to take it, no matter how much he dreads the future it holds for him.
Little does he know, there's a lot more in store for him than signed up for.
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- Part 1 of Bugs in Space
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Hollow fue creado con un solo propósito: contener la infección y detener al Destello.
Desde su nacimiento, fue entrenado para no pensar, no sentir, no amar. Su destino era ser vacío. Y así lo aceptó, sin oponerse… hasta que falló.Su reino cayó, su gente murió y él quedó encerrado durante siglos junto a la diosa polilla que debía contener. El Destello lo atormentó con palabras y heridas, recordándole una y otra vez su fracaso, su amor prohibido hacia su padre y la vergüenza de seguir existiendo.
Cuando su hermano Ghost llegó para liberarlo, Hollow comprendió que aún había algo por lo que luchar: el fin de su sufrimiento y una oportunidad para que Hallownest renaciera.
Pero incluso después de la derrota del Destello, la culpa y el vacío permanecen.
Mientras el reino comienza a florecer con nuevos habitantes, Hollow lucha contra su propio reflejo —una batalla silenciosa entre la culpa, la memoria y el deseo de seguir adelante.Una historia sobre redención, trauma y amor en medio del vacío.
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Hollow was created for a single purpose: to contain the Infection and stop the Radiance.
From birth, he was trained not to think, not to feel, not to love — to be nothing but hollow. And he never resisted… until he failed.His kingdom fell. His people died. And he was left imprisoned for years beside the radiant moth goddess he was meant to contain. The Radiance tormented him, wounding both his body and his mind, whispering cruel words about his failure — and about the forbidden love he once held for the father who had sacrificed him.
When his brother Ghost came to save him, Hollow found something worth fighting for: an end to his suffering, and a chance for Hallownest to live again.
But even after the Radiance was defeated, the emptiness remained.Now, as the kingdom slowly rebuilds, Hollow struggles with guilt, nightmares, and a quiet fear of the moths that remind him of his torment. Yet he tries to move forward — for himself, and for the family that still believes in him.
A story about redemption, trauma, and love in the silence of the void.