Hollow Knight

Hollow Knight is a 2017 game released by the Australian game design group Team Cherry. It is an action/adventure platformer and metroidvania in which the player plays as the Knight, exploring the ruined kingdom of Hallownest and uncovering its secrets. The game has enjoyed popularity and favorable reviews since its release, and the fandom remains active. In particular, fans are eagerly awaiting the sequel game Silksong since it was announced in 2019, though it does not yet have a release date.
==History==
Team Cherry also released official tie-in comics, including one about Quirrel (Google Drive link).
==Canon==
===Gameplay===
===Story===
==Fandom==
===Speedrunning and Modding===
Speedrunning and modding are prominent activities among the fan community, sometimes combined. Some prominent speedrunners are fireb0rngg and Skurry. 
A number of prominent mods; especially randomizers (that put the items in different, randomized locations) are popular as they allow for novel gameplay.
Hollow Knight: Pale Court is basically a fan-made DLC that adds a lot of backstory for the Five Great Knights.
===Silksong Anticipation===
Since the sequel was announced, there has been much fan anticipation. People speculated about new characters revealed in a March 2019 announcement,Team Cherry Provides Hollow Knight: Silksong Update, New Characters Revealed. Nintendo Life. 19 March 2019. Accessed 8 September 2021. archive link particularly Lace, who is often shipped with Hornet.As of September 2021, Lace Character Tag on AO3 has 145 works despite the character not yet appearing in any released game content. Archive link showing 100 works posted as of January 2021
Some fans are creating art or stories to count down (or really count up) until Silksong's release, e.g. WeeblesJeebles has a daily series of fanart called "Day <x> of poorly drawing hollow knight until silksong comes out".WeeblesJeebles archive post by u/Alexanderjk5. Reddit.com. May 2021. Accessed 8 September 2021. archived link
Others made their own mods in anticipation of the release. (e.g.: Horo Nite: Solksing)
==Fanworks==
===Fanart===
File:For the Protection of the Kingdom by Peripapaya.png|For the Protection of the Kingdom by PeriPapaya
File:Hollow Knight by hyamei.jpg | Hollow Knight by hyamei
File:Hollow Knight cosplay at Comic Con India 2022.png|cosplay by ask_2k1
* by Aspidiske (Tumblr link)
* by Aspidiske, showing Lurien, Monomon, and the Hallownest writing system
* by Sam Olsen
* Drawing every character, Day 72: The Hunter, part of a series to draw every character in the game by 1cefinix ()
* by u/1cefinix, 2021
* by u/TotoroGuo, 2021 -- crossover fanart with Spirited Away
===Videos===
* by mossbag
* by TekTonic
* Hollow Knight Synthsong: Synthmaster's Playlist, synthwave remixes of the soundtrack by MAT. Combined with art and lore snippets building a cyberpunk AU of the game.
* by Kandy Songbird
* a sleeping ghost (Hollow Knight Animatic) by Soar 319
* EPOCH meme | Hollow Knight AMV by Fabycinder
* Hollow Knight | Touch-Tone Telephone PMV by Kandy Songbird
* Siblings ~ Hollow Knight animatic by Azanny
* Siblings: A Hollow Knight Fan Short by cbak101 (@infinimart)
* Skeleton [Hollow Knight Animation] by Brokkulli (27 Dec 2024)
* cookie skip by Northflowo (22 Aug 2022)
* HOLLOW THINGS :) by NekoDraw0 (2 July 2023)
* SPIDER-VERSE x HOLLOW KNIGHT ANIMATION - SPIDORNET into the HALLOW-VERSE by NORI (15 July 2023)
* Hallownest Ode/圣巢颂(animation)||Hollow Knight by F-N-Chabry (8 April 2022)
====Multi Animator Projects====
* CURSES || Hollow Knight 5th Anniversary - Stellamarius (24 Feb 2022)
* EMPIRES - Hollow Knight - Stellamarius (23 Dec 2022)
===Fanfiction===
* by Aryashi, relationshipcrimes
*, by CorundumBleu
==Communities==
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*Hollow Knight Modding - Discord for mods
==Resources==
*Hollow Knight Wiki -- (Fandom.com wiki is deprecated as of October 2023)
==References==
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