The Knight

{{Disclaimer|The Knight has no official name in-game. However, the commonly used title by the [[Team Cherry|developers]] is "the Knight".<ref>[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/11662585/hollow-knight/posts/1532829 Kickstarter post] of 30 March, 2016 where "the Knight" was first mentioned.</ref><br>While many characters refer to the Knight as "it," the wiki uses "they" for ease of reading and syntax.}}

{{Infobox Playable Character
|image1 = <gallery>
The Knight Idle.png|Idle
The Knight Front.png|Front
The Knight Resting.png|Resting
The Knight Shade.png|Shade
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|weapon = [[Nail]]
|equipment = [[Charms]]<br/>
[[Spells and Abilities (Hollow Knight)|Spells and Abilities]]
|energy_source = [[SOUL]]
|gender = Genderless<ref name=reddit/>
|affiliation = [[Pale King]] (father)<ref name=wp/><br>[[White Lady]] (mother)<ref name=wl/><br>[[Hornet (Lore)|Hornet]] (half-sister)<ref name=wlhornet/><ref name=hornetsibling/><br>[[The Hollow Knight]] (sibling)<ref name=hornetsibling/><br>[[Broken Vessel]] (sibling)<ref name=hornetsibling/><br>[[Sibling]]s (siblings)<br>[[Void]] (heart/shade)<ref name=pkvoid/><br>[[The Abyss (Hollow Knight)|The Abyss]] (birthplace)<ref name="birthplace"/>
|aka = Empty one ([[Radiance]])<ref>[[Myla]] Dream Nail dialogue: <i>"KILL IT... how much longer... KILL THE EMPTY ONE..."</i></ref><br>Ghost/Little Ghost ([[Hornet (Hollow Knight)|Hornet]]).<ref>[[Hornet (Hollow Knight)|Hornet]] [[Dream Nail]] dialogue: <i>"Little Ghost... What dreams we share..."</i></ref><ref>Hornet in Greenpath: <i>"Come no closer, ghost."</i></ref><br>Lord of Shades ([[Ancient_Civilisation#Shade_Beast|Shade Beast]])<ref>[[Ancient_Civilisation#Shade_Beast|Shade Beast]] Dream Nail dialogue: <i>"...Lord of Shades..."</i></ref><br>Little one (Last Stag)<ref>[[Last Stag]]: <i>"Greetings, little one! (...) What do you think of my old home, little one?"</i></ref><br>Little shadow ([[Dreamers]], [[Snail Shaman]])<ref>[[Dreamers]]: <i>"Go no further, little shadow. (...) Fade away, little shadow."</i></ref><ref>[[Snail Shaman]]: <i>"What brings you back through here, little shadow?"</i></ref><br>Little squib ([[The Hunter]])<ref>[[The Hunter]]: <i>"Little squib! You may have overcome a few creatures, but you are only just beginning. (...) Don't stop now little squib, many more there are to find, and stalk, and kill."</i></ref><br>Traveller ([[Elderbug]], [[Oro]], the [[Nailsmith]])<ref>[[Elderbug]]: <i>"I'd say it was a foul beast's death, but this cry sounded different...divine? Has something happened little traveller?"</i></ref><ref>[[Oro]]: <i>"I have taught you all I can. Go back into the world, traveller."</i></ref><ref>[[Nailsmith]]: <i>"Hmm? Oh, hello traveller. How strange that we should meet again in a world as vast as this."</i></ref><br>Wanderer ([[Bretta]], [[Relic Seeker Lemm]]).<ref>[[Bretta]] Dream Nail dialogue: <i>"White Wanderer...don't be shy....cold outside....bed is soft..."</i></ref><ref>[[Relic Seeker Lemm]]: <i>"Come searching for rare items have you? Well hands off! This collection is mine and I won't be selling to grubby little wanderers."</i></ref><br>
Wielder ([[Seer]])<ref>[[Seer]]: <i>"Go out into the world, Wielder. Hunt down the Essence that lingers there!"</i></ref>
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|An enigmatic wanderer who descends into Hallownest carrying only a broken nail to fend off foes.|[https://www.fangamer.com/collections/hollow-knight/products/hollow-knight-switch-ps4-pc-game Official manual]
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<ref>White Lady: <i>"Is it more than simply a Vessel?"</i></ref>

<ref>{{HK CP Icon Mini|The Grimm Troupe}} [[Troupe Master Grimm]]: <i>"Even a vessel discarded bears fierce strength."</i></ref>

<ref name=wp>[[White Palace]] [[Lore Tablets (Hollow Knight)#White Palace|Lore Tablet]]: <i>"Eternity in promise and charge in progeny cursed."</i></ref>

<ref name=wl>[[White Lady]]: <i>"Success then for the scarlet heart, and irony, to use my spawn to grow its own."</i></ref>

<ref name=pkvoid>[[Pale King]]: <i>"Born of God and Void. (...) ...Soul of Wyrm. Soul of Root. Heart of Void... "</i></ref>

<ref name="birthplace">White Lady: <i>"The Kingsoul... What is at the heart of it I wonder? If its curiosity wills it, it should seek out that place. That place where it was born, where it died, where it began..."</i></ref>

<ref name=wlhornet>White Lady: <i>"It faced the Gendered Child? She's a fierce foe, strong in mind and body, striking reflection of her mother, though the two were permitted little time together. I never begrudged the Wyrm's dalliance as bargain. In fact, I feel some affection for the creature birthed."</i></ref>

<ref name=hornetsibling>[[Hornet (Hollow Knight)|Hornet]] to the Knight: <i>"Would you supplant our birth-cursed sibling, or would you transcend it?"</i></ref>

<ref name=reddit>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/8swt8n/were_team_cherry_and_we_just_released_hollow/e12zmrs/ Reddit AMA comment] on the Knight being genderless.</ref>

<ref>[[Cut Content (Hollow Knight)|Developer note]]: <entry name="gender notes"/>the hollow knights have no gender.</ref>

[[File:Pale King Abyss.png|thumb|200px|]]

<ref>The scene that is shown after using the [[Dream Nail]] on the egg in [[The Abyss (Hollow Knight)|the Abyss]].</ref>

<ref name="escape">[https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/6rvds8/we_are_team_cherry_the_developers_of_hollow/dl80ppe/ Reddit AMA comment] on the Knight escaping the Abyss.</ref>

<ref name="hornet">Hornet: <i>"You've seen beyond this kingdom's bounds. Yours is resilience born of two voids."</i></ref>

<ref name="voidachievement"><i>Void</i> [[Achievements (Hollow Knight)|achievement]]: <i>"Remember the past and unite the Abyss"</i></ref>

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<ref>[[Dreamers]]: <i>"What compels its climb out of the darkness? What compels its return to this sacred kingdom? A call from beyond the Seals? By the Vessel, or by that captive light?"</i></ref>

<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/6rvds8/we_are_team_cherry_the_developers_of_hollow/dl80fdb/ Reddit AMA comment] on why the Knight left Hallownest.</ref>

[[File:Screenshot_HK_The_Knight_Birthplace.png|thumb|200px]]

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<ref>[[Void Heart]] description: <i>"Unifies the void under the bearer's will."</i></ref>

[[File:Screenshot HK Dream No More.png|left|thumb|200px]]

<ref>[[Godtuner]] pick up text: <i>"Seek the gods of Hallownest. Tune their power. Through their strength, ascend."</i></ref>

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{{Gallery
|Image1 = Screenshot HK Knight 01.png!The Knight crawling out of their siblings' corpses some time after being born
|Image2 = Screenshot HK Knight 02.png!The Knight in King's Pass after returning to Hallownest
|Image3 = Screenshot HK Knight 03.png!The Knight sitting on the Dirtmouth Bench
|Image4 = Screenshot HK Knight 04.png!The Knight obtaining the Vengeful Spirit Spell
|Image5 = Screenshot HK Knight 05.png!Quirrel and the Knight sitting in the City of Tears
|Image6 = Screenshot HK Knight 06.png!The Dreamers trapping the Knight in a dream
|Image7 = Screenshot HK Knight 07.png!Hornet rescuing the Knight from the Cast-Off Shell
|Image8 = Screenshot HK Knight 08.png!The Knight obtaining the Shade Cloak
|Image9 = Screenshot HK Knight 09.png!The Knight trapped in Beast's Den
|Image10 = Screenshot HK Knight 10.png!Quirrel and the Knight spending a final moment at Blue Lake
|Image11 = Combat.png!Promotional art of the Knight and [[Lost Kin]]
|Image12 = The Knight.png!Promotional art
|Image13 = Knight Action.png!Promotional art
|Image14 = Knight godmaster.png![[Godmaster]] promotional art
|Image15 = The Knight Markoth Watercolor Ari.jpg!Watercolour art of the Knight and [[Markoth]] by [[Ari Gibson]]
|Image16 = The Knight No Eyes Watercolor Ari.jpg!Watercolour art of the Knight and [[No Eyes]] by Ari Gibson
|Image17 = Knight Watercolour Ari.jpg!Watercolour art by Ari Gibson given to a Kickstarter backer
|Image18 = Tiso Watercolour Ari.jpg!Watercolour art by Ari Gibson given to Tiso's Kickstarter backer
|Image19 = The Knight Death.mp4!The Knight dying
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<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201111171109/http://teamcherry.com.au/jam-games/ Team Cherry's list of game jam games].</ref>

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<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/teamcherry/gallery/ Team Cherry's DeviantArt profile].</ref>

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[[File:Knight One Mask.gif|thumb|150px|The Knight with one Mask left]]

<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/367520-Hollow%20Knight Steam Trading Card] of the Knight.</ref>

<ref>[[Ari Gibson]] in a [https://mixer.com/TeamCherryGames?vod=57373184 Q&A stream] (01:35:15): "<i>Arguably, yeah, like 'Wanderer' is more accurate.</i>"</ref>

<ref>[https://www.fangamer.com/products/hollow-knight-pin?_pos=1&_psq=wanderer&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Fangamer Merch]: "<i>The Wanderer Lapel Pin</i>", currently "<i>The Knight Lapel Pin</i>"</ref>

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