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1. Flesh of the Heart by BlackInkBlueParchment

   Fandoms: Hollow Knight (Video Games)  

   • Not Rated
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   24 Oct 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Hornet & Widow (Hollow Knight)
   • Hornet & Lace (Hollow Knight)
   • Herrah the Beast & Hornet (Hollow Knight)
   • Lace & Phantom (Hollow Knight)
   • Bell Beast & Hornet (Hollow Knight)
   • Grand Mother Silk & Lace & Phantom (Hollow Knight)
   • Hornet & Second Sentinel (Hollow Knight)
   • Hornet & Twelfth Architect (Hollow Knight)
   • Hornet (Hollow Knight)
   • Lace (Hollow Knight)
   • Widow (Hollow Knight)
   • Seamstress (Hollow Knight)
   • The Hollow Knight | Pure Vessel
   • Herrah the Beast (Hollow Knight)
   • Grand Mother Silk (Hollow Knight)
   • Phantom (Hollow Knight)
   • Bell Beast (Hollow Knight)
   • Second Sentinel (Hollow Knight)
   • Twelfth Architect (Hollow Knight)
   • Pre-Canon
   • technically
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • little girls shouting at each other
   • canon architect hivemind
   • desperately trying to show not tell
   • but guys i really wanna tell
   • Hornet has a really genuinely awful time
   • Body Horror
   • Gore
   • Medical Horror
   • Mentions of Suicide
   • sprinkling of crack
   • Fluff
   • hornet is 7 for most of this
   • lace is a sweetheart
   • hornet is a sweetheart
   • Pharloom's Glory
   • BlueSR Speedrunning Strats
   • Child Death
   • it's hornet
   • bench mechanics
   • Hornet dies a lot
   • BAMF!Hornet
   • to balance out the shitfuckery of Pharloom
   • Hornet is strong but the author is out to get her
   • Happy Ending
   • very happy
   • Pure Vessel is alive but still haunting the narrative
   • child vs the horrifying reality of class disparity
   • vague allusions to crest mechanics
   • come anywhere near my fic with ai and i bite
   • canon adjacent
   • Hornet and Lace being best friends
   • semi-implied future Lacenet
   • Bell Beast is Called Eira (Hollow Knight)
   • hornet eats rocks
   • Mayor Widow of Bellhart
   • Widow is best auntie

   Summary

   Two seasons before the sealing of the Hollow Knight, the Princess of Hallownest is taken by the Choir. She is only seven.

   All she wants is to return home in time to hug her mother goodbye, and she will face all the cruelties of Pharloom to do so. However, pale beings and mortal bugs and the weight of all their sins have other plans for the little Princess.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   123,335

   Chapters:

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