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• Ancient Actions, Current Consequences by TheShyWolf

  Fandoms: Hollow Knight (Video Games)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Multi
  • Work in Progress

  11 May 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Troupe Master Grimm | Nightmare King Grimm & The Pale King
  • The Pale King & The Radiance (Hollow Knight)
  • Troupe Master Grimm | Nightmare King Grimm & The Radiance
  • Herrah the Beast & Lurien the Watcher & Monomon the Teacher (Hollow Knight)
  • Herrah the Beast & Hornet (Hollow Knight)
  • Lurien the Watcher & Lurien the Watcher's Butler (Hollow Knight)
  • Monomon the Teacher & Quirrel (Hollow Knight)
  • Lurien the Watcher & Soul Master | Soul Tyrant
  • The Hollow Knight | Pure Vessel & The Pale King
  • The Pale King & Vessels (Hollow Knight)
  • The Pale King (Hollow Knight)
  • Troupe Master Grimm | Nightmare King Grimm
  • The Radiance (Hollow Knight)
  • Herrah the Beast (Hollow Knight)
  • Lurien the Watcher (Hollow Knight)
  • Lurien the Watcher's Butler (Hollow Knight)
  • Monomon the Teacher (Hollow Knight)
  • Quirrel (Hollow Knight)
  • Hornet (Hollow Knight)
  • Soul Master | Soul Tyrant (Hollow Knight)
  • The Hollow Knight | Pure Vessel
  • Additional Warnings in Author's Note
  • Character & other relationship tags will be added when introduced/mentioned
  • Troupe Master Grimm | Nightmare King Grimm and The Radiance are Siblings
  • The Pale King is Trying (Hollow Knight)
  • All the gods are varying levels of morally grey
  • Most of the gods are genderfluid
  • The Pale King Redemption (Hollow Knight)
  • White Lady Redemption (Hollow Knight)
  • The Radiance Redemption (Hollow Knight)
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Pale king is haunted by the past and the future
  • Characters haunting the narrative despite not being dead technically

  Summary

  The Pale King had forseen many possibilities for the kingdom's fate. Despite his better judgment, he decided to go with one of the more potentially...dangerous options to assist in his plan.

  Grimm was a different kind of monster, but reliable nonetheless, if his memory serves.

  Despite his gift, there were many things he could not for the life of him see coming...

  Or

  (Joke Summary):
  Pk summons Grimm to deal with Radiance, he does not know they're twins. Chaos ensues.

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