Inkweaver: The Vessel's Mastermind

> **An evil that all creatures, and even the Radiance and the Shade Lord feared. A master wielder of Ink and notorious for single-handedly destroying massive kingdoms like the Scorpion Kingdom. Referred to as the Creator of All.**
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## Biographical information

### Marital status

INK ARTS* Ink Wraiths
* Spearhead Slashes
* Vengeance Slash

SOUL ARTS

* SOUL Blades
* Holy Strikes

VOID ARTS

* Cascading Crush
* Void Dash Smash

## Physical description

### Species

* Dragon (Dominant)
* Ink (Secondary)
* Vessel (Partially)
* Spider (Partially)

# Overview

The final boss of Hollow Knight: Vessel of the Desert. He can take the form of anything or any being using the power of Illusion, since he is simply a vessel made from ink. He created the Dream Realm and The Inkmare Realm using the powers of Creation(Ink), Destruction(The First Nail), Light(SOUL), and Darkness(Void) and put all of that into the form of a Vessel.

# Appearance

His mask is a dragon skull with 3 pairs of horns. The first two pairs are side horns that curve a bit upward. He has four arms, and is about the height of Hollow.

# Attacks

### Phase 1

For his first phase, he has 3 attacks and 1 support.

* **Lunge Smash**: He changes his weapon to a spear form, and dashes covering 100% of the arena, jumps up the wall and smashes in the center of the arena. Lunge deals 1 mask, smash deals 2 masks.

* **Teleport**: He forms into an ink puddle and sinks into the floor, and then appears either behind the player to perform an attack, or away from them to dodge an attack.

* **Ink Wraiths**: He leaps to the corner, opens up his chest and releases a sideways Ink Wraith spell that covers 50 percent of the arena. Deals 3 masks.

* **SOUL Blades**: Releases multiple SOUL blades that rise up above the arena and target at the player's most recent location. Deals 1 mask each blade.

* **Void Dash Smash**: He dashes 3 times across the arena, but cannot be hit since he becomes invulnerable on the first and third dashes. He then smashes a corner of the arena, summoning seven Ink Tendrils across the arena in a narrow pattern. Deals 2 masks upon contact with the tendrils.

### Phase 2

He will gain 2 attacks: The **Vengeance Slash** and the **Nightmare Wave**. Although during this phase, he can't use the **Void Dash Smash**.

* **Vengeance Slash**: If hit while white particles flow around him, he will knock back Scorpion into the other side of the arena, teleport behind him, and smash him with his Inkmasher. Deals 4 masks. He will only do this either once or twice in this whole Phase.

* **Nightmare Wave**: He leaps to the throne in the background and watches as a wave of Ink-based enemies attempt to overpower the player. The Nightmare Wave summons 3 Blackened Spirits, 2 Ink Warriors, and 1 Inkmould, all in random order, except for the Inkmould, which is summoned last. Once all the enemies are defeated, he will leap to the center, and smash into the ground, causing an ink shockwave.

### Phase 3

He gains 2 attacks and can't use 3 attacks. He gains the **Ink Hands** and the **Cascading Crush**. He's unavailable to use **SOUL Blades** and the **Vengeance Slash**. He still uses attacks from Phase 1 & 2 that are still available.

* **Ink Hands**:

* **Cascading Crush**: