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   O, Tarnish'd Twine by vaultbuggo

   Fandoms: Hollow Knight (Video Games), Hollow Knight: Silksong  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen, Other
   • Work in Progress

   17 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Hornet/The Second Sentinel (Hollow Knight)
   • Hornet & The Second Sentinel (Hollow Knight)
   • Hornet (Hollow Knight)
   • The Second Sentinel (Hollow Knight)
   • Shakra (Hollow Knight)
   • Other Silksong Characters (I Do Not Want to Tag Them All)
   • Original Characters
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Slow Build
   • Developing Relationship
   • Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies
   • Cursed Shackles
   • Set Prior to Act 3
   • Worldbuilding
   • Suicidal Ideation
   • Suicide Topics
   • whereas I throw Senti & Hornet into situations and beat them up with a crowbar
   • ft. Shakra Wielding Braincell
   • Not Beta Read
   • original worldbuilding
   • Self-Harm

   Summary

   During her travels, Hornet finds a mysterious shackle meant to bind malfunctioning automatons for future disassembly. Such a discovery would be insignificant — except more and more similar shackles keep appearing around the choral chambers, as if hunting a certain prey.

   She's not the only one who has noticed. The Second Sentinel of Pharloom remembers such shackles from ages ago — and if their suspicion is correct, it is not just themselves who is in danger from an old hunter's obsession.

   It will take both of their combined strength to combat this unseen foe…

   (…and if that draws them closer together, well. That's just a bonus.)

   Language:

   English

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