Pale King

### Relatives

Ghoncl (son) Hornet (daughter) Hollow (son) Dryya (daughter) Ase (son) FS (son) Floret (son) Lailoken (father)

## Appearances

### Appears in

Dope Knight, Dope Knight 2, Dope Knight 3: Discord and Darkness, Dope Knight 4: Dopemaster

### Debut

Dope Knight, Chapter 4 (mentioned), Chapter 6 (appears)

**The Pale King**, often abbreviated to '**PK**', is a wyrm and is the King of Hallownest in the *Dope Knight* series.

## Appearance

PK is remarkably short for a wyrm. In his Hallownestian form, he is small and thin. His head is long and white, and atop his head he has a circle of pointy blade-like horns that resemble a crown. PK's eyes are black. His actual body is rarely seen, but it is assumed that he is humanoid in shape. He wears a long light grey cloak that trails behind him when he walks.

In his wyrm form, PK is huge and imposing. His body is long and snakelike, and the 'head' is ringed with blade-like horns that can be seen in his Hallownestian form.

## Personality

PK is entitled and selfish, but tries to keep up a good public image. He is very concerned about the upkeep of 'his' kingdom and is incredibly self-centred. If the ownership of his kingdom comes under threat, PK will not hesitate to do anything in order to keep it in his possession. He can be very controlling and disparaging towards those he does not like, but is completely the opposite to those he does. PK is materialistic and believes that anybody's love can be won through gifts.

## History

### In Dope Knight

PK is first mentioned in Chapter 4, where Ghoncl is referring to how he could "probably beat him up" (whilst in a doped up stupor). He later makes his debut appearance in Chapter 6, which is told from his point of view. He attempts to browse Hallownest's dating sites, but is interrupted by Lurien who tells him that he has visitors. Lurien brings Ghoncl, Seer and Monomon into the room, and they inform him of the impending threat of the Radiance. PK reacts by sending Ghoncl to Deepnest to gather Herrah's aid, Lurien to gather the Great Knights, and asks Seer and Monomon to remain in the palace. He tries to go back to browsing, but notices that Ghoncl has urinated all over the floor again. PK expresses frustration at this.

PK returns later when Ghoncl, Hornet and Hollow return from Deepnest with Herrah, who tries to make an advance on PK. He goes to explain the plan to defeat the Radiance, but Monomon points out that they can't take Silverweed in fear of being mind-controlled. After Quirrel suggests talking to Lemm, PK phones the latter and gathers information about the Radiance enough to form a plan, utilising Seer's Dream Nail and edibles.

He is at the head of the Radiance Take Down Battalion when they arrive at Crystal Meth Peak, giving everyone a motivational speech of sorts. During the actual battle he does not do much, due to fear of being obliterated by the Radiance. He is however seen shouting orders at Lurien when the tides turn in the Battalion's favour during the fight.

Finally PK appears during the knighting ceremony in Chapter 10, where he commends his knights as well as Monomon and the others. He also makes Hornet and Hollow official knights of the kingdom, and pronounces Ghoncl the 'Dope Knight' at Ghoncl's own request.

### In Dope Knight 2

PK is mentioned by Hornet in Chapter 1, because he requested that she, Ghoncl and Hollow check out some new arrivals in Dirtmouth. He makes an appearance later on in Chapter 3 when the Royal Family is having breakfast in the morning. He is noted to be covering himself with his cloak, implying previous debauchery. When the White Lady tries to get him to see how 'filthy' Ghoncl is, he half-acknowledges her until she force feeds him watermelon, much to his distress.

Later, he is thought of by Hornet with a surge of anger as Hornet rages about how he never does what he's supposed to. She sees him after arriving at the hospital with Wasp, and he informs her that Floret is ill with tetanus. In the following chapter, PK intervenes in Ghoncl's and Hornet's fight when he returns home to the White Palace, proceeding to question the two on what caused the fight. He is interrupted by Grimm's arrival outside, who states that Ghoncl will have two days to return the drugs he stole, otherwise Hallownest will be overrun by an unspecified blight. PK refuses to lose his kingdom, and gags Ghoncl to get him to cough up the recreationals to no avail. Next he calls Monomon to see if she has plants to induce vomiting, but is again out of luck.

When they take Ghoncl to Grimm's tent after the two day time limit, Grimm personally gives PK an ultimatum after PK admits that they hadn't been able to retrieve the offering: either Ghoncl is used as a sacrifice instead, or the entire kingdom falls ill with tetanus. PK deliberates on just having Ghoncl be sacrificed, until Hornet intervenes with her own ultimatum. PK expresses annoyance at this later, but is somewhat thankful for her intervention and the resulting extended time.

On the day of Ghoncl's and Grimm's battle, PK tells Ghoncl that he'd better win and is confused by Ghoncl's sudden confidence. As the battle begins he is watching from the sidelines alongside the rest of the Royal Family and the Gammy Gang. Grimm refers to him as 'Wyrm' after being freed from the Nightmare Heart's influence, and it is later revealed that he and PK knew each other before PK came to Hallownest.

## Relationships

### With The White Lady

The White Lady is PK's wife and he loves her dearly, enough to put up with her calling him 'Wyrmy' and force feeding him watermelon every morning. Their relationship is implied to me nonmonogamous, as PK does not care about the Lady spending time at the Colosseum of Thots, nor does she care about him seeing Herrah and browsing dating sites.

### With Herrah

Herrah is one of PK's mistresses, though she does not think of herself as such. PK is attracted to her but refuses to admit it, instead pretending to have a rivalry with her when asked. Herrah herself is constantly craving him however.

### With Dryya

Dryya is PK's favourite child. He is proud of shaping her into a talented knight and likes to take credit for this, despite Dryya having natural talent and taking it upon herself to train. Dryya in return sees her father as a controlling asshole but does not express this to him out of respect for his position as king.

## Trivia

* PK's name is usually abbreviated for ease during writing.
* His nickname, 'Penis King', is a running gag within the series. He deeply detests it.
* Out of all his children, PK likes Dryya the most, whereas he despises Ghoncl.
* It is unknown exactly where PK came from before arriving in Hallownest, but previously knew Grimm.
* PK’s real name is Paimon.

1. ↑ Revealed in Dope Knight, Chapter 9
2. ↑ Revealed in Dope Knight 2, Chapter 9