The White Lady Conspiracy | Hollow Knight Lore

Have you ever wondered why this video's title is called "The White Lady Conspiracy"? Well its quite a dive into Hollow Knight deep lore, so you'll just have to watch to find out!

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VVV Special thanks and credits to media used below VVV

Thank you to @dragonroilz for making this video's thumbnail! You can follow her on Twitter for more of their amazing art pieces:

As well, thank you to @purpletoaster-v3i for building the custom White Palace scenery for showcasing the Kingsoul!

Doubly well, thank you to @Foxyrobo for making the mod that shoots a bunch of vessels!

And lastly, thank you to Sonicss, Sylve, Daniez, Harv, Lazarus, Manuh, Possibly Legit, and Zacc, who are members of my Discord server who helped me get the multiplayer scenes, you guys were a big help!

Script/Lore Checkers:
- Dragoler (aka GoldenFlowerFan)
- @Alycoris
- YoshiShoes
- @mossbag69

@Alycoris as Hornet & Steel Soul Jinn

@Friskk. as Midwife

Travis Kegerreis as Bardoon

Kyle "Kyphoon" Williams as The Last Stag

Harper Xie Xie as The White Lady

Jonathan Lautre as the Recap Narrator & In-game Descriptions

@JamesDijit as the Pale King

Music (in order of appearance):
* Beast's Den Bench Room
* Unreleased Track | @MatDeiBrughi

Timestamps:
00:00 Vessel Lore Recap
04:58 The King's Brand
07:10 Hallownest's Queen
11:29 ...what're you getting at?
13:29 Dream No More: Recapped
17:42 Charm Showcase: Void Heart
23:40 Charm Showcase: Kingsoul
29:05 Analyzing the Contradictions
34:04 Trade Offer...
35:20 Does she know??
38:30 More than one?
44:48 The Conspiracy Summarized
47:18 Last Loose Ends

#hollowknight #lore #whitelady

[joelbouma]

Its also interesting how the queen originally recognizes the knight as "it" and then graduates into calling the knight "you"

[johnchatzialexiou]

Monomon could be in on the conspiracy to she is the only dreamer that wants the seals to be broken she even sent quarrel with her mask away and then called him back back when a vessel appeared from the wastes

[VoidWalkerOblivion]

Remember that at the end of the day; this is story has a parable about a broken family. A father who believed his way was the only way, and who favoured only one child. A golden child burning out and breaking under the expectations thrust upon them. A half-sister who takes a long time to bond with her sibling. And an unfavoured child coming to terms with the fact that they were unwanted - understanding the reason for the 'void' within them that they can never fill, and rather than spending their life seeking the love and affection of their parents; moving forward with their own life and accepting their parents will not change nor look at them.

A mother who may have cared, but not enough to intercede and was more preoccupied mourning the children lost than the ones she still had, and then trying to reunite with the adult child long down the line.

[johnchatzialexiou]

When you think about it? The white ladies supposed “plan” seems like an inverse of the pale Kings failed one ? Instead of imposing her own will on the vessel like the pale king did with the hollow knight she guided it to a path that their own will would be needed instead of wanting it to obey her she hoped it would do its own will

[Influence]

CC, you do know that the Hollow Knight community is so lore-deprived and Silksong-starved and on the verge of becoming feral like the creatures of Deepnest, that the lot of us will take any of your words (or Mossbag's) as holy scripture and wisdom.

[ncuriousmediator]

Here's my thoughts on the charm designs: the Kingsoul symbolizes a union between higher beings, what else can symbolyze this particular union? Creatures which were birthed from it, eg. Vessels. The Kingsoul symbolizes a vessel, or more accurately, a vessel's outer form, and transforms into Voidheart the same way a vessel upon death splits open to reveal the shade inside. Plus the similarities to a Vessel's parents you listed. The Voidheart symbolyzes a Vessel's Shade and looks like a colourless (as they're described in the Wanderer's Journal) egg being swallowed by the Void.

[vainevainevaine]

12:46 a pretty big hole in your theory opens up here. i think its much more likely Hornet is testing the vessels in combat to see who is worthy to bare the King's brand, and the White Lady was probably made aware of this. after all, lets not forget Hornet's achievements are literally called "test of resolve" and "proof of resolve", indicating shes clearly picking out the vessels who aren't worthy of bearing the king's brand

[autocorrectisdone]

Just a suggestion, maybe the reason Hornet didn't want the Knight to face the Hollow Knight was because she was worried he'd fail and the Hollow Knight would be let out, it's the source of the Infection, look what just undoing one of it's seals did to the Crossroads, imagine if that thing were to be let loose on Hallownest

[thiscat]

I always assumed a bunch of vessels wandered out into the wastes, and only the knight both survived the experience and managed to return

[brewewew]

CCMACI IM GOING INSANE THE VOIDHEART CHAPTER IS SO GENIUS

[Saxophonin]

OMG it actually released!! I was worried CC was gonna pull a a silksong for a second /lh

[traumatizedcritic]

22:48
I love this interpretation of the dream no more ending because it reads as a classic moral or life lesson; that being people will expect certain things out of you, and you may be seen as lesser by some because of it, but don’t let your nature define who you are or what your capable of. You are so much more than what others say you are.

[munjatkumo]

I think it depends whether Hornet would be called king or queen. A royals status is always legitimized by the people, especially in the absence of a constitution, like in post-apocalyptic Hallownest. Mantis lords are women (aside from the traitor), despite lord being understood as a masculine title in the real world. So the mantis tribe might call Hornet king, because maybe to them royal titles are gender neutral. Maybe in their eyes she would've been appointed king, and therefore IS the king, no matter her gender.
The Hive on the other hand is ruled by a queen, so it's likely they'd refer to her as queen.
But individual bugs and other bug communities might have differing opinions. And since Hallownest in the post-apocalypse no longer has a unified culture, there can't be a consensus either. Maybe there are even some characters that would not recognize either Hornet OR Ghost as the ruler. The pale court no longer holds any power in the land. And what sort of a ruler are you if you're not able to rule over anything?

[Awenova]

I think the White Lady simply wants to guide the Knight. She knows the vessels have an instinct to seal the infection and have been instructed to do so since birth. She knows the Knight has amnesia. Her "awaited" quote probably is describing how the Pale King and Hallownest was awaiting a vessel strong enough to seal the infection, not necessarily defeat the Radiance. I think she was trying to help explain to the Knight that the vessels have that purpose to help aide the Knight with its amnesia. And so, I think her request to replace the Hollow Knight is genuine. She thinks the vessel, especially one capable of reaching her, is strong enough to replace the Hollow Knight.

The Knight may as well be the only vessel that will ever step foot in her hiding place, so I don't think she has any idea of needing to save her half of the Kingsoul for other vessels. I think she gives it up, because that opportunity won't happen again.

I also think her words about the charm are meant to be interpreted at face value. Having infinite soul would help the Knight on its quest to replace the Hollow Knight. It's not her fault the Highest Beings, Team Cherry, decided the charm needed to be sub-bar in gameplay.

Lastly, I think she changes her mind the same way Hornet does. Hornet kills vessels to prevent them from replacing the Hollow Knight and taking the King's Brand. At some point in the game, Hornet believes the Knight can replace the Hollow Knight but is not capable of defeating the Radiance. Hornet doesn't actively try to hunt down the Knight, but she will test it once it gets close to the King's Brand.

I think the White Lady's mindset is the same. The Knight's journey to complete the Kingsoul changes her mind about the Knight, like how the Knight ascending the Abyss changes Hornet's mind. I'm sure it's not just the charm's completion that the White Lady is able to notice about the Knight. She senses all of the Knight's accomplishments in the game. I think completing the charm is just the hair on the camel's back that convinces her that this indeed is a vessel capable of more than its predetermined purpose. This is a vessel strong enough to not only seal the infection, but destroy it. At this point, she encourages the Knight to gain the power of the Void Heart which requires going back to the Abyss. She offers the Knight the ability to choose the fate of Hallownest just like Hornet, because they both respect the autonomy of the Knight.

Although I disagree, I think you made a cool theory and a cool video.

[Gopal_eats_rocks]

Netflix level documentaries on hollow knight 😭😭 this is a great vid cc!! Been watching the channel for a second, love the stuff 🍞🍞🍞🍞

[DakisUsed]

Fantastic video, your editing skills are ridiculously good

[OddyOddity-obuv]

I like to think that the Voidheart was the void's approval in response to The Knight's decision to kill The Radiance. Ancient enemy, and all that.

[Windette]

Here are the bits of the video I loved with timestamps!

The animations are amazing, the little icons like the kingsbrand and the sound that accompanies it Chefs kiss
1:32 how tf did you do this shot? multiplayer? The quite technical compositional requirements of this because of the scrolling background hurts my head.


8:16 You bothered to animate the "Late Queen" text to shift to the side, it's so clean and subtle but makes such a big difference.
10:02 YOU BOTHERED TO MAKE THE SONAR ACCURATE!!!

11:40 The animated fights between hornet and the vessel looks SO GOOD!
Just reached 13:00 this musical interlude goes f*cking hard

17:42 The background being pieced together during the void heart introduction is so neat (especially the shade at the end)
20:44 The fact you paused just before leaving the bone pile was such a nice touch, 20/10 cinematography.

24:07 the fuck did that pedestal come from?! that is 100% something I do not recognize from the game.
25:16 You even animated the charm rattling around inside the lantern casing, you madman.

26:11 pffftt the flood of vessels scene is hilarious, oh my lord that must have taken so long wow.
26:51 why did the pale king just fuggin die after saving the PNGs from their liminal existences.

29:05 IT'S FINALLY HERE! A GAME WE HOLD DEAR! WITH ONE SIMPLE CHANGE! (also the mossy running in place is still hilarious don't think i wouldn't notice)
31:48 (you're gonna hate me cause the last bit of text teleports down by 1 pixel at the end i'm so sorry xD)

34:23 the H A N D S!
36:05 the fact that you tracked her onto the egg for this shot. B R E H

36:58 Forshadowed footage finally gets resolution letsgo!
37:15 the cement scraping xD ffs

38:02 I want you to help explain to me how you did that shot! wtf?!
43:25 I like this shot... it's just good

45:14 dude the MENU on the left looking just like within the shops is SO CLEAN.

All in all this was f*cking awesome and I'm left very impressed

[Chunky_Chimp]

You know how the new Minecraft update adds the “Pale Garden”. Well the White Lady could be described as “Pale” and she lives in a “Garden”. MINECRAFT IS COLLABORATING WITH HOLLOW KNIGHT!!!

[thatonefuyu]

Bagmoss and ClosedCaptionsMaci just forcing team cherry to rewrite silksong’s lore every time a video comes out