How Did Hollow Knight Characters Avoid Infection? - Hollow Knight Lore

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  • Though most of Hallownest has fallen to the Infection, multiple characters remain who are not Infected. In this video, I take a look at each of the characters and speculate how they may have managed to remain uninfected.
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  • @ollidragon3146
    @ollidragon3146 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    elder bug explicitly says why he isn't infected: he just doesn't leave town. we know dirtmouth is most likely a blank spot from the infection, so he just stays there.

    • @floodgaming1846
      @floodgaming1846 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What about Iselda, Grimm, Jiji/Jinn, Cornifer (after getting all masks), Divine, or Cloth (if she doesn't die)?

    • @abhikergaming7783
      @abhikergaming7783 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@floodgaming1846 None of them got infected so that just proves there point

    • @ismaelismael8543
      @ismaelismael8543 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      ​@@floodgaming1846 i would argue that the only one out of those that could disprove their point is Cornifer (though before getting all the masks, as he would still be beneath dirtmouth but avoiding the infection)

  • @Rt4LP4C4
    @Rt4LP4C4 ปีที่แล้ว +418

    Precept Fifty-Six: 'Do Not Dream'. Dreams are dangerous things. Strange ideas, not your own, can worm their way into your mind.

    • @mrblakeboy1420
      @mrblakeboy1420 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      you can dream nail him in the eternal ordeal and the colosseum, also you can get a dream essence from him in the colosseum

    • @1th_to_comment.
      @1th_to_comment. 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      ​@@mrblakeboy1420 those are his thoughts, not his dreams.

    • @waffles9733
      @waffles9733 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I love this Precept so much omg
      On my first playthrough I was mashing through tons of his non-sensical precepts just to make sure I am not missing out of anything special
      And then... this precept hit me like a truck

    • @MrMeowstic7
      @MrMeowstic7 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The precepts coming in handy in these trying times

    • @_antisocialmedia6377
      @_antisocialmedia6377 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Zote spits a lot of horseshit but occasionally he gets it right

  • @ajamid0145
    @ajamid0145 ปีที่แล้ว +407

    I like how zote just didnt dream

    • @AshenDust_
      @AshenDust_ ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Based

    • @Snt1_
      @Snt1_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Precept 56:

    • @ediblecouch
      @ediblecouch 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      he's just that guy

    • @seanG0318
      @seanG0318 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Built different

    • @the-tum-tum-tree
      @the-tum-tum-tree หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I imagine Elder bug while unknowingly is probably protected in a similar manner. Probably a combination of viewing dreaming in a negative way And being content with the life he has.

  • @peachesplums
    @peachesplums ปีที่แล้ว +217

    I think elderbugs lines about a sickly air and the fact that Sly was fine until he descended into the crossroads are evidence that being above the "surface" in dirtmouth means you're out of reach

    • @lifebloodcore2106
      @lifebloodcore2106  ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Creatures in the Howling Cliffs, which is also above the surface, are infected tho

    • @peachesplums
      @peachesplums ปีที่แล้ว +73

      @@lifebloodcore2106 yea that's weird
      maybe they crawled out, we know there's an access between the cliffs and greenpath, and is it impossible for some to have gone through the bars of the stag stations?
      there's a lot of "how did they get there?" in the game. like the vessels that escaped the abyss

    • @aydenrozzelle7691
      @aydenrozzelle7691 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      For a while it was only elderbug in dirtmouth.
      And we already know he neglected the thought of dreams. Preventing him from getting infected.
      Though thanks to the knight I believe he will become infected at some point. Especially when given the delicate flower.
      In which he starts to believe dreams aren't such bad things. Then referring to someone watching the petals with him. This could him referring to his old friend he mentioned before, but I think he's actually referring to the radiance.

    • @abdurehmanmalik2980
      @abdurehmanmalik2980 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lifebloodcore2106 They aren't Infected, they are under a trance caused by the presence of the Mighty GORB.

    • @vaidamaleckyte7918
      @vaidamaleckyte7918 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      If the infection does crawling through dreams then dirtmouth is most likely a safe Zone cuz bretta sleeps a lot in dirtmouth and is still not infected

  • @galaxy-eyesgarchomp9478
    @galaxy-eyesgarchomp9478 ปีที่แล้ว +404

    I would like to add that the Mask Maker and Bardoon are likely able to also resist the infection because of their intellect. Though the Mask Maker appears to be insane, he is actually quite the deep thinker. Meanwhile, Bardoon recognizes that the infection grants strength, but is smart enough to choose not to take that strength.

    • @aydenrozzelle7691
      @aydenrozzelle7691 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Better theory for mask maker. With each mask worn, the last mind is destroyed, this is what he states. Temporarily keeping the infection from getting to him while hes already distracted making masks.

    • @bruhmomentbruhmoment29
      @bruhmomentbruhmoment29 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      bardoon has a higher intelligence because he knows whrn he is being dreamnailed

    • @mrblakeboy1420
      @mrblakeboy1420 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@bruhmomentbruhmoment29 same with the snail shaman

    • @iwillslapyou4982
      @iwillslapyou4982 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The hunter also seems to understand and reject the infection, I think it is mentioned in the journal entry for traitor lord

    • @galaxy-eyesgarchomp9478
      @galaxy-eyesgarchomp9478 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@iwillslapyou4982 That it is, he does mention something similar to Bardoon in the Traitor Lord entry. He said that he has seen the orange glow in his dreams, but rejects that glow.

  • @tahmidurkawsar8088
    @tahmidurkawsar8088 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    The snail Shaman and seer probably can resist because when you dream nail them they are aware of you trying to pry open their dreams

    • @abdurehmanmalik2980
      @abdurehmanmalik2980 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      I doubt the Seer is even being attacked by the Infection as she is already loyal to the Radiance. She only helps the Knight because it is her duty to aid the Wielder.

  • @seabass3818
    @seabass3818 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    I think Myla was fixated on finding the "singing crystals" and once the crystal heart has been taken, she has nothing to look for and the radiance takes hold.

    • @dodo1063
      @dodo1063 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Since she can still be infected when you kill one of the dreamer or get wings. I think she got infected because the infection grants someone strength. She wants strength to keep digging. As implied when she was incredibly tired at the beginning of the game.

    • @Yellowredstone
      @Yellowredstone ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@dodo1063 These theories make me appreciate how deep the lore of the game is. Nothing is too inconsistent to be messy

    • @mrblakeboy1420
      @mrblakeboy1420 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@dodo1063 no, that’s the trigger for the infected crossroads. myla has two levels of infection, one triggered by getting the vengeful spirit spell, and the other by getting crystal heart. my guess for why vengeful spirit is a trigger is that the radiance fears what you may do, so she tries everything she can to kill you by infecting everything

    • @Frankifier3000
      @Frankifier3000 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You can also see that where she digs, the rocks are spherical instead of the rest of the crystal peaks- maybe this means she was digging into the infection unintentionally because infection is round (idk about this). It also glows, like how infection does if it’s in a huge cluster/clump

  • @galaxy-eyesgarchomp9478
    @galaxy-eyesgarchomp9478 ปีที่แล้ว +332

    In the case of Emilita (probably misspelling her name), she may be able to resist the infection because of her devotion to the Pale King's light. As arrogant as she is, there is some loyalty in her. This is hinted at with her dialogue when she rejects the delicate flower. This can also be how Ogrim and Old Stag are able to resist the infection. Their devotion to their duty allows them to resist.

    • @cooldude-iz6ew
      @cooldude-iz6ew ปีที่แล้ว +20

      nah bro it because of DRUGS

    • @galaxy-eyesgarchomp9478
      @galaxy-eyesgarchomp9478 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@cooldude-iz6ew I must ask that you not say that joke to me ever again. I've hated drug jokes for years, since my mother died from a drug overdose.

    • @jifjifferson2790
      @jifjifferson2790 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@galaxy-eyesgarchomp9478 I think what he meant is that there are flowers that are making Emilita laugh constantly are also the reason for her immunity to the infection. Same flowers and fog effect is in the air in Salubra's shop giving Salubra the same immunity.

    • @galaxy-eyesgarchomp9478
      @galaxy-eyesgarchomp9478 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jifjifferson2790 I literally do not care. They phrased it like they did, which pissed me off.

    • @nickvosni8543
      @nickvosni8543 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I'm gonna ignore what is happening with the other comments and just add that the knights in the city of tears got infected despite also being devoted to the king

  • @xavreim6957
    @xavreim6957 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Grubs are essentially immune to Radiance infection, hence why they're scattered around hallownest by the Collector. The Collector try to Experiment every kind of Environment from safest to the harshest (Love tower to Deepnest).
    Whenever you encounter the grub you can basically see they're perfectly fine despite locked in a jar for so long. They might little sad, but still fine no matter where you find them. In the Lore, Deepnest is the most feral place in hallownest and yet These grubs aren't even targeted by any predator there not even Nosk.
    It's seem Grub are powerful bug when they're metamorph to Grubberfly as you can tell by the effect of it's charm.

    • @aydenrozzelle7691
      @aydenrozzelle7691 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its possible they're already infected. Their base instinct is metamorphosis within their father.

    • @skapaloka222
      @skapaloka222 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      whoa this is a good lore drop

  • @Nick-jb4xi
    @Nick-jb4xi ปีที่แล้ว +63

    The Nailsmith does have at least one customer besides the Knight. The dialogue when you first meet him has always made me think he's referring to one of the nailmasters (probably Sheo since he can end up there).

    • @freakda96
      @freakda96 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      I think It Is actually Quirrel. He often comments on the need of taking care of your nail and It Is the One that suggest you might need to hone your nail to confront the Mantis Lords

    • @doomchromee8648
      @doomchromee8648 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@freakda96I always thought it was Hornet

  • @BulbaGaming123
    @BulbaGaming123 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    I think seer isn't affected because she worshipped the Radiance willingly before the infection started. She might also have a sense of duty since she has to care for the spirits glade and the dream nail

    • @ciastkman1235
      @ciastkman1235 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Radience literally said: seer i like you don't go to School Tomorrow

    • @aydenrozzelle7691
      @aydenrozzelle7691 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But seer was actively working to destroy the radiance. But I guess it is possible those who worshipped her before escape the infection and to lumaflies as some sort of rapture in hollow knight.

    • @BulbaGaming123
      @BulbaGaming123 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@aydenrozzelle7691 I don't think she actively wanted to destroy her, she likely nust wanted to pass on the dreamnail, thus becoming free of her duty

    • @aydenrozzelle7691
      @aydenrozzelle7691 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BulbaGaming123 Though seer does mention the dream nail belonging to someone else before, I don't think it was the radiance.
      It is not her duty to pass it on.
      Nor does she need it, due to her ability to naturally attune to the minds of bugs.
      The dream nail was what the soul twister was the bugs of hallownest. An attempt to replicate a god.

    • @BulbaGaming123
      @BulbaGaming123 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@aydenrozzelle7691 no, the dreamnail was an artifact of the moth tribe, a relic. Seer is the last surviving member of the tribe, so it's her duty to keep it safe and later pass it on to someone who will be able to wield it. That's why after fully upgrading the dreamnail the seer finally moves on, she also says something about the Radiance before disappearing.

  • @ThatObnoxiousMagpie
    @ThatObnoxiousMagpie ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I always thought that Quirrel survived the infection because of Monomon’s mask. We see in the short comic that Team Cherry released, rat it helps protects him in the fight against Hornet. I always imagined that since Monomon was one of the dreamers, that their mask could help protect anybody from the infection, and when Quirrel finally removes/destroys the mask, the infection hasn’t had enough time to infect him.
    Thanks for coming to my Ted talk

    • @papeandocomraposa8274
      @papeandocomraposa8274 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      that can be also possible

    • @JeremyTheBreadKnife
      @JeremyTheBreadKnife 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I mean either way he's going blub blub blub now so we'll never know :c

  • @BraveLilToasty
    @BraveLilToasty ปีที่แล้ว +94

    I think the loss of dreams are what made them resist the infection. Or higher of intellect. Since the infection mostly springs from dreams and that it seems that it makes a deal to make you stronger in exchange for your will and mind. So for some of them they are certainly smart eniugh to reject it like Midwife, Bardoon, the hunter or Ogrim But most of the time they don't really have dreams that can make them vulnerable. The last stag never knew that there was still anither like him until he went to the stag nest. So he never really hoped for anything since he thought he was the last. Eternal Millie got what she wanted. She survived the infection and everyone outside that casted her out were now infected. Elderbug are afraid of dreams. Zote is simply too arrogant that even in dreams his will overpowers the Godtuners. Plus, in the end he did get what he wanted. Hornet was wyrm, so Radiance probably wanted to kill her since she can't infect her. Millibelle has no dreams. Dreams she can't get anyway. She van always just go to the hotsprings, and as far as I know, you are already giving her geo. The Queen station mantis already has food to last her for a long time. Quirrel already know not to accept the infection. Even when he doesn't remember he still can know things suddenly. Plus, Quirrel never had a dream he couldn't achieve. He was already exploring hallownest just like he wanted. Same with Cornifer and Iselda.
    So all in all, the Radiance seems to be attracted to desperation. Like a shooting star. But whoever wishes on it will make the star land on them in exhange for their wish.

    • @marcelosolaralister5967
      @marcelosolaralister5967 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Also with quirrel he had monomons mask which probably protected him

    • @r-f3254
      @r-f3254 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @r-f3254
      @r-f3254 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Respond this

    • @seanG0318
      @seanG0318 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Willoh isn't a mantis, she's actually an elephant nose weevil

    • @Fatherwhat
      @Fatherwhat หลายเดือนก่อน

      You could be right since everyone who isn’t infected is having the time of their lives and is content with what they have and do everyday, no need to fall for temptation when you already got a hot mosquito wife at home

  • @alias6676
    @alias6676 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Im pretty certain that the Dirtmouth is a safe spot free of the infection as we see that Sly and Bretta were getting infected because they decided to go into the depths of Hallownest.

  • @lancelot4788
    @lancelot4788 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I always just figured that since it's an infection every isolated charcter just never got infected as they were never in contact with other infected bugs.

    • @aydenrozzelle7691
      @aydenrozzelle7691 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It travels through dreams. Though it still can get them through long term contact.

    • @abhikergaming7783
      @abhikergaming7783 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@aydenrozzelle7691 It can get creatures infected through dreams,other creatures who got infected,and by just exposure to the infection like the air being contaminated by it.

    • @aydenrozzelle7691
      @aydenrozzelle7691 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@abhikergaming7783 Ya, thats basically what I said.

  • @MaxKarmaCat
    @MaxKarmaCat 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Fan theory: The Radiance is able to infect others by offering a sort of deal. They submit and become a soulless vessel and they will live in hallucinations of their greatest dreams.

    • @lifebloodcore2106
      @lifebloodcore2106  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      That is likely what she does to them

  • @inkstar7521
    @inkstar7521 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I think when you start dreaming of the Radiance, you get three options
    1. STRUGGLE.
    This obviously what most bugs would have done when face to face with the supposed “enemy of Hallownest.” However, like the Hunter said, the more you struggle, the more it consumes you, which is probably how most of Hallownest got infected.
    2. ACCEPT.
    If you accept the infection willingly, you will gain great strength through the infection. However, you do need to have a strong enough mind if you want to actually survive the process.
    Look at Traitor Lord and Moss Prophet. They both accepted the infection willingly but only Traitor Lord survived as he had a strong mantis mind. Moss Prophet’s mind was too weak so the infection ended up breaking his mind and body.
    And finally, 3. IGNORE.
    We are told throughout the game that bugs have had dreams of the Radiance and lived to tell the tale, such as Bardoon and the Hunter.
    By clouding their mind and refusing to acknowledge the Radiance. This comes easier to those either dedicated to their work or have a more intellectual mind.

  • @Arotrace
    @Arotrace 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Another reason Zote is uninfected is because he doesn't dream, and the infection spreads through dreams.

  • @aquaervilha
    @aquaervilha ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I think the bugs furthest from the infection and those aware/mind strong enough could resist the infection. Zote has a precept "do not dream" and elderbug just has no dream (dream nailing him says "to decend that ruin? Why? Its much more simpler here.."

  • @hourglass-pastor
    @hourglass-pastor ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "the infection just hasn't gotten to them yet. These are people like CORNIFER"
    *NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*

    • @RadiantSharaShaymin
      @RadiantSharaShaymin ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Wait...
      The last place he goes... is back home to sleep...

    • @sergioortiz8784
      @sergioortiz8784 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@RadiantSharaShaymin wdym nooo

    • @nadronnoco4227
      @nadronnoco4227 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@RadiantSharaShayminyeah but isn't he sleeping aboveground in Dirtmouth? That just means that he'll be fine so long as you get all the maps.

  • @jmh8817
    @jmh8817 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Personally the way I interpret it is that it is similar to buddhism. Much of the flavor text implies that you need to be hollow/pure, or otherwise devoid of earthly desires, but they often also say that sufficient, focused dedication to a single goal puts you in a state of serene mind similar to true enlightenment. This covers most of the characters, save for weirdoes like Willoh or Emilitia who are just hanging but are recluses or have their own thing making them resistant/immune (We don't know what makes Emilitia "Eternal", and that's probably a factor).

  • @KelsiThePyrofly
    @KelsiThePyrofly 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I think the most interesting facet of this topic involves Sly, Bretta, and Myla. As far as I know, every other character in the game is either infected from the beginning or never gets infected at all (you see progression of the infection in some bugs after getting Infected Crossroads, but they were already past the point of no return even before that). These three, however, are encountered midway through the process. So the million dollar question is: Why is the Knight able to save Bretta and Sly but not Myla?
    I don't think it's just a matter of intervening early enough in the process because you actually encounter Myla completely uninfected before the process starts, while Sly and Bretta are already beginning to be affected when you find them, so theoretically, you should be able to get to Myla even sooner. Granted, time in Hallownest is decidedly ambiguous, so I guess you could argue that it takes longer to get from Soul Sanctum to Crystal Peaks than it takes to reach Bretta down in Fungal Wastes, but since Elderbug mentions Bretta returning to Dirtmouth, she'd been down there since before the Knight arrives, meaning she's almost certainly been infected longer than Myla. At any rate, Myla's middle stage of the infection process where she is starting to get infected but will not attack yet (after getting desolate dive but before getting crystal heart) should be roughly equivalent to the state of the other two when you find them, and yet, even though you can interact with her at that point, you can't save her.
    I don't think strength of mind explains the difference either because of Bretta. You'd have no trouble convincing me that Sly was more resistant to the infection from honing his mind through meditation and the art of the nail. Bretta, however, fell for Zote, so you'd be hard pressed to argue that she is significantly more intelligent than Myla, even knowing very little of Myla's mental capacity.
    My best guess, then, would be that the difference lies in the specific ways the infection is getting to each of them in the first place. Sly mentions a bug called Esmy (probably a lost loved one, though we have no concrete information on that) while he is infected and also thinks about his time training the brother nailmasters (Oro you oaf...). Bretta is lonely and forgotten. It's possible that their emotional states make them more vulnerable to the Radiance infecting their dreams because they mirror her own feelings of loss and loneliness over being forgotten. In this case, the Knight's intervention is able to pull Sly's mind back to the present where he is able to regain control. Likewise, the Knight rescuing Bretta leaves here neither lonely nor forgotten, and by clinging to the Knight (and later Zote) as her savior/lover, she keeps those dangerous ideas away. When you first encounter Myla, she is singing about burying her entire family, so she might also be in a mental space of grief (although, she's oddly cheerful about it, so who knows). More importantly, though, her dream nail dialogue reveals that she is listening to the crystals themselves singing. This is something external to her own thoughts and dreams, which may be the key difference between her and the others. Crystal Peaks includes Hallownests Crown, where the Radiance's forgotten statue is found, and is also directly adjacent to the Resting Grounds, another area closely associated with her, so it's entirely possible that the crystals are exerting or amplifying her power somehow though her connection to the area. This means two things: that the infection is potentially attacking Myla from two different angles (the usual dream way and whatever power is in the crystals), and that Myla, by listening to the crystals, is unknowingly seeking it out directly. Rather than the infection finding her, she is grasping for it. The Knight, therefore, is unable to intervene in her case because, not realizing the danger, she has no desire to turn aside from the path she is on.
    Anyway, I don't think that's a perfect explanation. I'd be interested to hear if you have any other theories on this most intriguing matter :)

    • @lifebloodcore2106
      @lifebloodcore2106  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Super in-depth and intriguing analysis!

  • @kadachinova5302
    @kadachinova5302 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Tbh, I think Zote just literally doesn't dream, it says so in Precept 56, 'Do Not Dream'.

  • @Aqua_Hoshino929
    @Aqua_Hoshino929 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The reason why the mantises (Except the traitor lord and his followers) resisted the infection is because they have lived there long before the pale king arrived and their wills got stronger each generation of mantises.

    • @abdurehmanmalik2980
      @abdurehmanmalik2980 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Infection is the Radiance trying to regain the devotion of those that left her for the Pale King; therefore she'd have no desire to attract the Mantises as they are either still loyal or never had been.

  • @anthraxmacabre5200
    @anthraxmacabre5200 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Hm. I think you’re onto something with certain characters being resistant to the Infection due to mental fortitude, but I also think that some Bugs just flat out aren’t infected. There’s always those in a population who won’t be touched by a disease. So I think some of the Bugs we know and love are just lucky and aren’t affected by it, others resist it

    • @marcelosolaralister5967
      @marcelosolaralister5967 ปีที่แล้ว

      The thing is that infection most likely spreads through dreams, this is why the mantises arent infected, they are much more inteligent than other bugs

    • @anthraxmacabre5200
      @anthraxmacabre5200 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@marcelosolaralister5967 that’s right. We don’t really know for sure.

  • @lenx_1680
    @lenx_1680 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    About elderbug I think he resisted not thanks to a strong will but the opposite
    The infection attacks the dreams of its victims
    Elderbug seems to lacks will and dreams so the radiance has nothing to attack. So we can say elderbug is "hollow".
    Or perhaps dirtmouth's air hasn't been contaminated wich explains other NPC's state too

  • @Briggetyt
    @Briggetyt 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I assume specifically the people trained to resist the infection, and hornet would never have fallen to it, and probably the permanent residents of dirtmouth if they never head down, which is how elderbug survived. Hornet likely either had training, or was created in a way to prevent infection, as special care was taken making her specifically

  • @onionwielder9728
    @onionwielder9728 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Well, Zote staved off the infection because he is too terrifying, beautiful, and powerful for it

    • @lifebloodcore2106
      @lifebloodcore2106  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bretta is that you

    • @onionwielder9728
      @onionwielder9728 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@lifebloodcore2106 I desire to go by the Grey Prince's Maiden, thank you very much.

  • @nickvosni8543
    @nickvosni8543 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Nah, the pale lurker just went bat shit crazy

    • @lifebloodcore2106
      @lifebloodcore2106  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      She didn’t have a mind left for the Radiance to infect

    • @Aqua_Hoshino929
      @Aqua_Hoshino929 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@lifebloodcore2106 Because she went insane normally

  • @Grey_Soul009
    @Grey_Soul009 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The bugs in the coliseum are still infected, however they are only focused on watching/ battling in the coliseum. It would also be rude to fight outside the trial

  • @Jonrocks7
    @Jonrocks7 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Well in Elderbug and Jijis case, they simply stay in dirtmouth so the infection cant reach them and the audience in the coliseum are infected, but there entire deal was being agressive and watching violence so they stayed entirely the same.

  • @Yellowredstone
    @Yellowredstone ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You said Hornet is part Wyrm, but there's the theory that she's part Weaver, which can also help her resist the infection by a lot.

    • @miniwhiffy3465
      @miniwhiffy3465 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      so herrah was a weaver?

    • @skapaloka222
      @skapaloka222 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      wait is that not basically canon??? was herrah not the weaver queen or whatever? i havent been maintaining my hollow knight lore

  • @Thebirdy123
    @Thebirdy123 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I think for some characters they're just oblivious to a degree where the infection can't get them

  • @Mapler415
    @Mapler415 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    they took zote's advice and didnt breathe the whole time, or didnt dream at all

  • @Fatherwhat
    @Fatherwhat หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I really do like the concept on the Radiance doing everything in its power to kill you and make you give up since it views you as its greatest threat, a natural enemy. Since it uses tricks like getting you when sleeping and tempting you with power and desires over time until you eventually submit, the knight doesn’t have any of that. no real goals, no passion, no emotion, no dreams, only an objective and it’s to free Hallownest from the hold of the Radiance and the infection

  • @shadowofcat
    @shadowofcat 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    that means all hollow knight fans cannot be infected because we are all still waiting for sliksong

  • @xandercrosby3757
    @xandercrosby3757 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    To me, the infected mostly fall into a few categories, the animals, who weren't smart enough to resist the infection, example, the gruz mother, those who took it in willingly, example, traitor lord, and the ones who were already dead, example, the watcher knights and the husks. Other ones who i didn't mention, like The Bees didn't even care when they were infected and basially were able to ignore it due to already having a hive mind. The colosseum's fighters likely took it in willingly because it made them stronger. It doesn't explain why the grubs are immune, but for the sentient bugs who get infected, they usually take it in willingly, or start off dazed before eventually succumbing like rabies.

  • @absolute-golden
    @absolute-golden ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I believe that the Seer, Elderbug, the Nailmasters, and any other characters in a isolated areas were simply not reached by the infection, rather then them outright avoiding it

  • @slurper5300
    @slurper5300 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    don't forget mender bug is infected but the signs are stronger then the infection it keeps them safe from being fully changed

  • @mrblakeboy1420
    @mrblakeboy1420 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    bardoon and snail shaman can prevent you from seeing what they’re thinking with the dream nail by thinking that they want you to not see their mind, maybe that’s how

  • @wyattmurphy7153
    @wyattmurphy7153 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    something i think we need to remember here is that the infection originates from the radiance, so they could really just be like. selectively not infecting certain people? for whatever reason?

  • @NazarenoCruzReyes
    @NazarenoCruzReyes 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think it has something to do with the dreams, my theory it that the infection spread when sleeping insects see the radiance light in their dreams, so those who cant sleep or dream can't get infected, and it may be the same for those who even in their dreams keep focusing on the real world.

  • @salghur
    @salghur 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your statement about the mantises was correct but I found an important detail inside the The Queen's garden there are stronger mantises taken over by the infection maybe since they were outcast their minds were driven into madness weakened enough so that the infection could take over

    • @lifebloodcore2106
      @lifebloodcore2106  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Those mantises were cast out BECAUSE they intentionally embraced the infection even though they had the willpower to resist it

  • @Exenton
    @Exenton ปีที่แล้ว +2

    everyone in hollownest should take their time and learn the 57 percepts of zote the main one being dont dream so the radiance cant infect them

  • @noctarin1516
    @noctarin1516 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think a lot of these bugs that survived the infection in part because they are simply unique, strong-minded

  • @goldenhorse4823
    @goldenhorse4823 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My headcanons:
    Moth mastered dreams so she is resistant
    Nailsmish and MaskMaker are devoted to their crafts so much infection has them nothing to offer
    Myla was mining the crystals
    Jiji is on surface where there is no one infected
    Midwife seems to be a trickster so meaybe she hid from radiance
    Nail artists focused their minds to complete perfection
    Leg eater focuses on money
    Zote was to useless to waste time possesing
    Elderbug never went down the well
    Cornifer I have no fucking idea
    Mantises were to much of chads to get infected plus them already working as group probably empited their mind already
    Collector seems to be pure void so he probably can't even get infected
    Last weaver is simply hiding very good or was at the kingdom for very short time
    Quirrel's mask made him impervius plus his only goal was watching the kingdom
    The seware guy might have build an imunity since he is always around trash and carries rancid eggs all around
    Charm Shopkeeper seems to be magical so probably she just used a blessing
    City of tears shopkeeper is souranded all the time by ancient artifacts so they probably keep his mind loyal
    Tiso was very shortly here
    The Litlle fool could be infected since we do not know are his eyes black to the mask or he is to weak for radiance to bother with.
    The Banker has hotsprings which seems to be magical so meaybe she cleans herself

    • @speedywaffels3230
      @speedywaffels3230 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cornifer also has a craft if you forgot

    • @speedywaffels3230
      @speedywaffels3230 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Midwife knows when you use the dream nail on her so she is strong minded

    • @speedywaffels3230
      @speedywaffels3230 ปีที่แล้ว

      The mantises are infected, just not their leaders. Their leaders are also just very strong minded, that is why they are the leaders. Same as the infected sentries, they are infected but they still follow their orders, this time more hostile. So the same goes for the mantises

    • @speedywaffels3230
      @speedywaffels3230 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The banker also thinks too highly of money to be infected.

    • @speedywaffels3230
      @speedywaffels3230 ปีที่แล้ว

      Little fool has a cause, why he isn't infected, like all the other members of the colosseum. To watch fools die in fight

  • @kevinschutze7376
    @kevinschutze7376 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just discovered the channel, very nice videos! Hope you continue doing these lore analyses :)

  • @malfunction492
    @malfunction492 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hey, I've been watching your videos, and I was surprised to find out how recent they are! I enjoy this speculation, you deserver growing in subscribers

  • @otttimon5654
    @otttimon5654 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Zore also doesn’t breath or dream so there is nothing to infect. As we know. You need dreams to get infected

    • @abhikergaming7783
      @abhikergaming7783 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can get infected by the enviroment plagued by the infection (and I think infected creatures)

  • @chrisfrey6502
    @chrisfrey6502 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    cool video, and a good hypothesis on why and how they are not infected.

  • @sethcunningham5589
    @sethcunningham5589 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I Actually loved this video. we need more of these hollow knight YTers to join the likes of mossbag!!!
    Keep on Making content LBC i think your awesome so far!!

  • @abdurehmanmalik2980
    @abdurehmanmalik2980 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hornet being Half Wyrm is prob not the reason she's safe as some of the King's other children are Infected; I'd say it's her Weaver ancestry (or a combination).

  • @luccaassis2148
    @luccaassis2148 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good video! Interesting theme

  • @ReaperGamerYT
    @ReaperGamerYT หลายเดือนก่อน

    i'm pretty sure the little fool is waiting for the lord fool to free him

  • @waddlebox5884
    @waddlebox5884 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool video it was entertaining! Would watch again

  • @abdurehmanmalik2980
    @abdurehmanmalik2980 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Infection is caused by rejecting the Radiance, the Seer, however, welcomes the Radiance and therefore isn't Infected.

    • @shardes
      @shardes ปีที่แล้ว

      How tf would animals like crawlids and maskflies reject the Radiance?

    • @abdurehmanmalik2980
      @abdurehmanmalik2980 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shardes They were intelligent under the rule of the Pale King; that's kind of his whole thing.

    • @abhikergaming7783
      @abhikergaming7783 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shardes Excuse me who the hell said animals ain't smart

  • @andrewbell3852
    @andrewbell3852 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    No elder bug said the air down there is sickly so elder bug doesn't get infected because he is not close to the infection

  • @BedoKGun
    @BedoKGun ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Quirrel might be uninfected cause he always wanders around or enjoys a view lol

  • @pardusmk2595
    @pardusmk2595 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Interesting that Sly with all his power infected when his aprentice not

  • @Bencentheprussiansapper
    @Bencentheprussiansapper 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i think husk sentries were distracted with protecting the city that they did not know the infection was in there mind

  • @carubnut
    @carubnut ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I spent like 50 hours on this game and yet you mentioned npc I never met. Tha't crazy.

    • @KwikBR
      @KwikBR หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm 60 hours in and haven't even done radiance

  • @dimitridionissiou1000
    @dimitridionissiou1000 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    4:54 I don’t think that’s why, given that Broken Vessel is the child of both the Pale King and the White Lady and would therefore have more “pale” power than Hornet, yet gets infected anyways, it’s more likely that Herrah, as leader of Deepnest, has something to do with her intelligence which helped her fight off the infection.

    • @axobuddy2149
      @axobuddy2149 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The broken vessel was dead when it got infected so the light might have vanished

    • @KwikBR
      @KwikBR หลายเดือนก่อน

      the broken vessel doesn't 'get infected' though, infected creatures literally jump into it's skull and control it. unlike almost everything else in the game, we're not fighting a possessed version of it, we are fighting lightseeds that are using the vessel like armour.

    • @axobuddy2149
      @axobuddy2149 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@KwikBR that's even worse

  • @vergiltheartofpower6616
    @vergiltheartofpower6616 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Yeah, I've never meet mender bug after finishing all three dreamers

  • @lethimcookbro746
    @lethimcookbro746 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wait, weren't the snail shalmen. (If that's how you pronounce it) Somewhat related to void? Ik this is a 2 year old video and I'm late on responding but I'm pretty sure he hasn't been infected since he has used a bit of void to block out the infection from entering his mind

  • @25914
    @25914 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So the infection comes from dreams of the radiance as we know, but where does that orange goo come from? Mind control can't just grow that stuff.

    • @lifebloodcore2106
      @lifebloodcore2106  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think that once the Radiance gets powerful enough in the dream realm, her power can then manifest physically, which is what we see in the physical form of the infection

    • @25914
      @25914 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@lifebloodcore2106 moths are assholes

    • @lifebloodcore2106
      @lifebloodcore2106  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The moths were a passive tribe, it’s the Radiance who’s a bitch. Her children didn’t take after her thankfully

  • @elpejelagarto0915
    @elpejelagarto0915 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If im not wrong mushrooms are resistent to the infection and thats why the matis didnt get infected and thats why the mantis lords knew that the traitor lord had betrayed them and wilingly infected itself and we see that despite being infected the mushroom enemies still hold their intelect and protect their young

    • @abhikergaming7783
      @abhikergaming7783 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're mistaken the mushroom creatures are infected

  • @Tricky13
    @Tricky13 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When we beat the true final boss aka the heart of the infection the radiance we beat it or try to

  • @foxybr4610
    @foxybr4610 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh cool lifeblood core can talk. Epic!

  • @kuroofficial123
    @kuroofficial123 ปีที่แล้ว

    yo how did you get that backround for hk?

  • @onthespiral4054
    @onthespiral4054 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Source on that map please!

  • @ididntaskverified3663
    @ididntaskverified3663 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So basically light hollowing in dark souls

  • @1971taks
    @1971taks 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tuk isn't actually immune he gets killed in steel soul mode by the infection this mught just be the devs needing a reason to get rid of tuk but its still interesting

  • @gamerman2619
    @gamerman2619 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The real question is how Cornifer is not dead

  • @cakerzpit518
    @cakerzpit518 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Uhhhh, some bugs are just much stronger. like the mantis. But There are still many lesser bugs who don't get infected

  • @onthespiral4054
    @onthespiral4054 ปีที่แล้ว

    The infection comes from Trina down behind the 7/11

  • @reinbew794
    @reinbew794 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Milabelle scammed the infection.

  • @Randomguyonyt237
    @Randomguyonyt237 ปีที่แล้ว

    Corni goes to sleep after collecting all maps so he ded

  • @speedywaffels3230
    @speedywaffels3230 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Emilita slay 💅💅💅

  • @thecynik
    @thecynik 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Myla... :(((

  • @albertoarribas9257
    @albertoarribas9257 ปีที่แล้ว

    Teoría o no teoría?

  • @pizzagod507
    @pizzagod507 ปีที่แล้ว

    what about unn?

    • @lifebloodcore2106
      @lifebloodcore2106  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She’s a higher being, so I figured she wouldn’t be affected because of that. I did forget to mention that in the video tho

    • @aydenrozzelle7691
      @aydenrozzelle7691 ปีที่แล้ว

      The kingsoul charm describes a union between higher beings. seen in effect with unn/greenpath and the kings pass. And likely the hive.
      Though obviously the radiance did not agree to this.
      Also this deal was likely set in order to higher beings from steeling soul/essence of followers of another.
      This is how higher beings keep that status.

  • @giftedbeeytscp
    @giftedbeeytscp ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fun fact hive knight is not infected he just wants to protect the queen

  • @expomarker5099
    @expomarker5099 ปีที่แล้ว

    Or.. you know, The infection doesn’t work indoors

    • @lifebloodcore2106
      @lifebloodcore2106  ปีที่แล้ว

      The infection comes from inside bugs’ minds I don’t think being inside or not would affect it

  • @prezireplayz8229
    @prezireplayz8229 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cos their not addicted to this fanta knockoff

  • @neffix6976
    @neffix6976 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who also watched at 1.25 Speed

  • @Bam_Bizzler
    @Bam_Bizzler หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cus they're based

  • @NotGoingToGiveMyRealName
    @NotGoingToGiveMyRealName 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ogrim didn’t avoid the infection

    • @youamazing41
      @youamazing41 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He did

    • @KwikBR
      @KwikBR หลายเดือนก่อน

      yes he did, the orange when you defeat him is just dung and you can talk to him after

  • @Idontwanttoputanameformyself
    @Idontwanttoputanameformyself 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You forgot the whole hive 🤡

    • @lifebloodcore2106
      @lifebloodcore2106  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Hive’s inhabitants are infected

    • @gertjan5368
      @gertjan5368 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bro called him a clown without proper research 👺

    • @Idontwanttoputanameformyself
      @Idontwanttoputanameformyself 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah what about.. THE WHOLE GRIMM TRUOPE ?

    • @gertjan5368
      @gertjan5368 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Idontwanttoputanameformyself they just entered hallownest....

    • @Idontwanttoputanameformyself
      @Idontwanttoputanameformyself 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@gertjan5368 yup that's right but she forgot about them👀

  • @reddolo7249
    @reddolo7249 ปีที่แล้ว

    Almost completely not accurate to the lore..

  • @peeeeeeeeeeaf
    @peeeeeeeeeeaf ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i don’t want to be rude but you sound like you talk in .5x speed

    • @lifebloodcore2106
      @lifebloodcore2106  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think that just kinda happens when you’re reading off a script. It’s different than talking naturally

    • @arifazman5057
      @arifazman5057 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lifebloodcore2106 thanks for sharing...the way you talk is smooth and no wonder its from a script 😁

  • @xvgreen8586
    @xvgreen8586 ปีที่แล้ว

    Starting to get used to your voice

  • @lukelyon1781
    @lukelyon1781 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why do you talk so slowly? I feel like I'm watching the video at 0.5 speed.