King's Pass Lore Tablets Examined

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  • I have been mulling this theory over in my head for over half a year now, and I'm still not sure if I agree with all of it. So please let me know what you think in the comments!
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    Video Chapters
    0:00 Spoiler Warning
    0:08 Introduction
    0:41
    1:49 What are "Higher Beings"
    2:34 My interpretation
    6:01 What is "Focus"
    10:34 Masks and Focusing Soul
    13:36 Recap
    14:34 Final Lore Tablet
    15:58 Counterarguments
    18:36 Outro
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  • @purpleblah2
    @purpleblah2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1698

    If I were such a weaboo I had swirly anime eyes IRL, I would also wear a mask to hide my shame.

  • @guibeck8259
    @guibeck8259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5745

    Silksong gotta get released fast otherwise we'll have a 20 min video about each dream warrior

    • @fletchhead938
      @fletchhead938 4 ปีที่แล้ว +382

      Don't give him ideas!

    • @DoomerSlice
      @DoomerSlice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +709

      I would like to see a 20 minute video about Gorb.

    • @headcrabA
      @headcrabA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +232

      @@fletchhead938 No! Give him MORE ideas!

    • @fletchhead938
      @fletchhead938 4 ปีที่แล้ว +281

      @@headcrabA "How good of a Waifu is Hornet actually?"

    • @tinchosabala
      @tinchosabala 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Wouldn’t be so bad.

  • @statical9851
    @statical9851 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4498

    Also i'd really like it if you made videos less on dumb speculation and more on important things like why bretta can blush even if bugs don't have blood

    • @coltonmason4623
      @coltonmason4623 4 ปีที่แล้ว +320

      I mean, hemolymph is similar to blood

    • @raquelchairez7334
      @raquelchairez7334 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Statical that is so valid

    • @matti.8465
      @matti.8465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +222

      Void.

    • @r3ll282
      @r3ll282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@matti.8465 hornet is void

    • @colinlee2904
      @colinlee2904 4 ปีที่แล้ว +477

      Blushing=red
      Red=nightmare essence
      Bretta is NKG confirmed

  • @Dittachu
    @Dittachu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +524

    "higher beings, these words are for you alone"
    "I thought you'd be taller"

    • @kingcole5977
      @kingcole5977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      "higher beings, tell us of your suppliers, tell us of where you get your *BATH* *SALTS* to achieve such a high"

    • @Jester4460
      @Jester4460 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Akivaq he has a very thin hair

    • @theonewhoasked513
      @theonewhoasked513 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "How's the weather up there?"

  • @bbk8168
    @bbk8168 4 ปีที่แล้ว +548

    Mossbag: Does he want me to pay taxes or something?
    onscreen: “No cost too great.” -pk

    • @PancakeBoyyy27
      @PancakeBoyyy27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Well, you kinda have to pay 3000 or so geo to the Pale King, I think it's safe to say he expects you to pay taxes

    • @epicosity1224
      @epicosity1224 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Is the Pale King a liberal???

    • @ragingmonkeycritic
      @ragingmonkeycritic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      You just opened my eyes, this the pale kings initials are PK. Where else have we seen pk. Ness's spells. It was there the whole time
      Ness=Pale King

    • @AshenDust_
      @AshenDust_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Raging Monkey Critic PK Buzzsaw

    • @mousesteam7882
      @mousesteam7882 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@epicosity1224He was pro imagination, and tried to stop disease

  • @m.s.e.advanced2842
    @m.s.e.advanced2842 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3794

    I just saw Mossbag's new upload and honestly *it changed my life*

    • @nathandeleau5100
      @nathandeleau5100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      I liked your comment and honestly...it changed my life.

    • @uwo5744
      @uwo5744 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      i died and honestly it changed my life

    • @Pine2142
      @Pine2142 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      I changed my life and honestly it changed my life

    • @johnheimster3508
      @johnheimster3508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      *Gorb* changed my life

    • @nathandeleau5100
      @nathandeleau5100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@Pine2142 I changed the letters around in my life and honestly...it changed my life.

  • @ShycoWar
    @ShycoWar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +856

    0:55
    Shoutouts to mossbag for being such a boss, he dislikes his own videos.

    • @scapeist5019
      @scapeist5019 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      "That video" refers to MatPat's video, not mossbag's video

    • @deathbyseatoast8854
      @deathbyseatoast8854 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      SCapeIst
      Uh? You sure about that? Im pretty sure that was mossbags debunking video.

    • @thensity6594
      @thensity6594 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      The title shows it’s his debunking video

    • @scapeist5019
      @scapeist5019 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thensity6594 I know

    • @MC-zr7hl
      @MC-zr7hl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      @@scapeist5019 I'm not convinced you do in fact know, because if you knew you wouldn't have said what you said...i think

  • @originpulse4234
    @originpulse4234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1711

    Everyone: reads in-game tutorial
    “Oh, so that’s how I play the game.”
    mossbag: reads in-game tutorial
    *”This is clearly political deception to undermine other kingdoms in an attempt to lure gullible travelers to the false hope that is the land Hallownest, why couldn’t we see this before?”*

    • @mossbag69
      @mossbag69  4 ปีที่แล้ว +406

      Haha exactly!!

    • @originpulse4234
      @originpulse4234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +169

      ...he...spoke to me...I feel humbled to be in his presence...

    • @swirltales6046
      @swirltales6046 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      haha American Dream go brrr

    • @maxmelee1145
      @maxmelee1145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      How is this comment only in 3 comments

    • @user-tq3mc3ct1p
      @user-tq3mc3ct1p 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      why does this comment only have 5 replies?

  • @awesomepocalypse3203
    @awesomepocalypse3203 4 ปีที่แล้ว +994

    What if focus is used in a more literal sense of focusing on a goal for example although void has a mind the void tendrils lash out without any goal or focus but when the void becomes the shade lord it is focused on obtaining a goal of killing the radiance. For soul you are “focusing on the objective of healing your wounds or the snail shamans having spiral focuses to vest spells. Just a thought

  • @Rankurusu777
    @Rankurusu777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +466

    You changed since PAX AU.
    It's like we dont even know you anymore. It's like your life has been changed.

    • @attilaschweininger6867
      @attilaschweininger6867 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Mossbag got kidnapped and replaced with Moosebag.

    • @Soter94
      @Soter94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Life Will Change starts playing.

  • @matti.8465
    @matti.8465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +342

    Petition to now start every youtube comment with "Higher beings, this words are for you alone"

    • @gel-pen-gel-drinker
      @gel-pen-gel-drinker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Higher beings,these words are for you alone
      Bepis

    • @Soter94
      @Soter94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Higher being, these words are for you alone
      Ok, LUL

    • @klemmteastwood
      @klemmteastwood 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Higher beings, these words are for you alone:
      to make a long story short i put a whole bag of jellybeans up my ass

    • @hiiistrex2838
      @hiiistrex2838 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Higher beings, these words are for you alone.
      @Deserve Not Desire bruh u messed it up

    • @randomthings8732
      @randomthings8732 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Higher beings, these words are for you alone
      W Y R M

  • @dominatornh981
    @dominatornh981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +344

    I feel like Team Cherry just put some stuff in, and Mossbag’s adding it to some deep lore universe thing, and they’re just rolling along with it to seem smart.

    • @DementedDuskull
      @DementedDuskull 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Illuminati Studios
      When everything in a piece of media is extremely vague and you're expected to piece it all together, that's how you know the creator was just throwing stuff in there. Oh hello Catghost and Petscop I didn't see you there.

    • @nicolassigwalt2209
      @nicolassigwalt2209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@DementedDuskull Murakami's the guy that basicaly shows you're wrong

    • @nicolassigwalt2209
      @nicolassigwalt2209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      In facts, mossbag's videos are very speculative, and Team Cherry said themself Hollow Knight had no lore established, which mean there isn't really an interpretation above the others. In my opinion, all of these things made sense when Team Cherry put them together, but I don't think they were to reflect about why are the tablets in the King's Pass. However, has Hollow Knight got "no lore", that means creating new lore is definitively not trash.

    • @DementedDuskull
      @DementedDuskull 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nicolas Sigwalt
      ...
      What?

    • @nicolassigwalt2209
      @nicolassigwalt2209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DementedDuskull I tried

  • @ValensRenvhaggel
    @ValensRenvhaggel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +302

    I clicked so fast that a tachyon particle felt jealousy

  • @myozx2112
    @myozx2112 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1679

    ‘higher beings these words are for you alone’
    rick and morty viewers: now this looks like a job for me
    (also i’m so happy ur back i was literally rewatching ur old vids today)

  • @tinchosabala
    @tinchosabala 4 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    When playing Hollow Knight: I just read King’s Pass lore tablets, and honestly, it changed my life

    • @indeepgaming4080
      @indeepgaming4080 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I listened to all of Zotes precepts and honestly, it changed my life

  • @anthony-to6cb
    @anthony-to6cb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +555

    Mossbag: “I’m gonna speak nonsense”
    Me: he’s gonna speak 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙮 :0

    • @flip.flap.
      @flip.flap. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Wow, you burned that man like he was the Nightmare King

    • @KingsBard
      @KingsBard 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      oi be nice, he has some good theories

    • @anthony-to6cb
      @anthony-to6cb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Kingofgames2k dw it was only a joke 😣 (and I was mostly referring to the HK one 😬)

    • @DementedDuskull
      @DementedDuskull 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      AnthonyyBxldos
      How did you do that font change?

    • @anthony-to6cb
      @anthony-to6cb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Ties de Jong not really, this is in *asterisks* and this is from an 𝙖𝙥𝙥

  • @crabhm5537
    @crabhm5537 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I think when the final lore tablet mentions last and only civilization, the eternal kingdom, it means that Hallownest will be the only civilization left standing and will be eternal. But we all knew that was a fucking lie because of the radiance

  • @schmoocums8686
    @schmoocums8686 4 ปีที่แล้ว +342

    Hey so what if the knight can read the higher beings tablet cuz he’s made of void, and wears a mask because void does not have a face, and therefore can’t focus, leading to the knight becoming the Shadelord, “Void given focus,” and tossing its mask away, since it now has focus and a face of its own
    That was my thought process while watching this, but idk if you’ve already thought of it with your immense speculative brain

    • @mossbag69
      @mossbag69  4 ปีที่แล้ว +228

      Actually yes! While making this video, I noticed something about the Mask Maker's dialogue. He says "A mask! A face! Does it need one? Does it not? To define. To focus. To exist."
      What I just now noticed is the use of the word "it". Mask Maker might actually be asking these questions about the Knight itself, not just creatures in general. So maybe his dialogue here is alluding to how the Knight needs its shell to focus, but the Godmaster endings show the Knight having it's own focus without the shell.

    • @XeroErichsen
      @XeroErichsen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Interesting speculation , but one that certainly raises some questions.
      For one , if the knight could manifest into the Shadelord himself - what was the necessity to fight the Radiance in his standard vessel form in the first place? You point out that it was a result of him acquiring the prerequisite focus it takes to transcend to this form ; however what part of this process was catalyzed by fighting the Radiance (if at all) ?
      Secondly , the Shadelord is apparent to be the "physical" manifestation of the raw , untamed force of the Void per say. Is it really possible for a vessel (or any creature) to embody the entity thus formed by itself? I am inclined to discard this assertion , since it would have wild implications as to the identity of the vessels themselves and the nature of Void besides many other significant aspects of the lore.
      Furthermore , about @mossbag 's remark about the Mask Maker's dialogue : "A mask! A face! Does it need one? Does it not? To define. To focus. To exist."
      ...I am not certain if it is referring to the knight in any capacity particularly insinuating its status as some incarnation of Void , but rather the same statement would make perfect sense considering the Knight's being a vessel. The vessels were birthed/created with the singular purpose of warding off the radiance or incarcerating it within themselves. This singularity of existence would be tampered with , by the existence of an "identity" - yet at the same time a sense of identity would be absolutely essential to sustain a Focus to achieve its same very purpose of emerging victorious over the Radiance (?)
      This does create a weird paradoxical situation in this regard. However yeah I would really like to acquire some second insight on this matter.

    • @Mohamedalielmomo
      @Mohamedalielmomo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      ​@@XeroErichsen Mossbag presented a theory in his video on Godseeker's lore that the Shadelord might have been somewhat created because of the Knight beating the pantheons, getting the godseeker's attention which might have led her to attune to the void or something.
      Before that, the void has no mind, no shape, no ability to focus, hence the need to make a mask for the vessels.
      But, when after ascending the whole Godhome, the Knight defeats the Absolute Radiance - becoming the God of Gods in the eye of the Godseeker - it gives Mind/Focus to the Void (as mentioned with the Shadelord statue) where it only had Form before that.
      So it could still be a valid theory.
      What makes me think the Godseeker might actually be the cause of the Shadelord ascension is the fact that we found her trapped in a coffin, which might imply that someone thought of her as a potential threat.

    • @M_1024
      @M_1024 ปีที่แล้ว

      But your shade can still shoot fireballs, even without mask

  • @peteralfano9217
    @peteralfano9217 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I like the imagine the whole "you shall achieve feats of which others can only dream" is the pale king throwing a bit of shade toward the radiance

    • @samgomez9942
      @samgomez9942 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Damn I like that.
      Also, throwing "shade"?

  • @xbeninem8860
    @xbeninem8860 4 ปีที่แล้ว +296

    Me about to go to sleep
    "Mossbag has uploaded a new video"
    Me: "I don't need sleep, I need answers"

  • @rodrigomateodelgadodelacru8154
    @rodrigomateodelgadodelacru8154 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    "out there,speculative,nonsense" so you are learning the matpat way

  • @yaminoroy
    @yaminoroy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    >"I should sleep, theres work tomorrow"
    Mossbag: "nope"

  • @kemori_
    @kemori_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    I clicked at a moderately more lively pace than my usual clicking speed

  • @HerrscherPuppet
    @HerrscherPuppet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +715

    MOSS DADDY I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!
    Also are you ever going to make a lore video on the Hunter?

    • @mossbag69
      @mossbag69  4 ปีที่แล้ว +361

      Sure. That sounds easy.

    • @cameronwallace8265
      @cameronwallace8265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      @@mossbag69 famous last words.

    • @alexsprague1824
      @alexsprague1824 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      i hope im in the screenshot when he shows this in the video

    • @prronce
      @prronce 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Alex Sprague same

    • @themilkssiah
      @themilkssiah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Alex Sprague same

  • @jaredtherock5692
    @jaredtherock5692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    "The last and only civilization" could be referring to a belief that the Pale King views other lands as Savage compared to his own kingdom. Also, we are still unsure of Silksong being a prequel or a sequel, right?

    • @Josuh
      @Josuh 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yeah

  • @anthony-to6cb
    @anthony-to6cb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Us: waiting for Silksong news
    Mossbag: lOrE TaBleT SpeCuLaTioN

    • @MC-zr7hl
      @MC-zr7hl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hey I'll take what I can get lol

  • @otherwiseaaron
    @otherwiseaaron 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Maybe he is saying “last civilization” to suggest that other kingdoms, though clearly civilizations, are not civilized compared to Hallownest. Like he is downgrading other civilizations because they are “not as great as his.” It is clear that the Pale King is not the most reliable narrator.

  • @friedkeenan
    @friedkeenan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I always figured the "last and only civilization" thing was because the Pale King was so confident that Hallownest would last forever that in the future all other civilizations would crumble, leaving only Hallownest

  • @mdj3638
    @mdj3638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    "Dont assume that I'm right"
    This is now fact.

    • @MC-zr7hl
      @MC-zr7hl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I laughed when I first heard that because I thought it was a joke because I figured that most people would assume he's wrong or at least remain neutral until convinced by whatever argument he was about to make and I figured he would think the same thing but now idk maybe he really does think everybody just automatically assumes he's right no matter what he's talking about lol

  • @patrickrandolph132
    @patrickrandolph132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    6:40 One of Zote's presepts (presept 40 to be exact) says obay no law but your own. He is clearly an anarchist

  • @palchumfriend4887
    @palchumfriend4887 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Im more curious about that “Born of God and Meme” playlist

    • @twatwaffle2593
      @twatwaffle2593 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It's mostly animatics of the hollow knight characters over audio of other things.

    • @trevorpgamer1936
      @trevorpgamer1936 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nova X37149 still it has some good memes

    • @crimsonzero3165
      @crimsonzero3165 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@trevorpgamer1936 yah

    • @twatwaffle2593
      @twatwaffle2593 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think the stuff at the end being boring skewed the rest of it

  • @beachloop1537
    @beachloop1537 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    15:40 One thing you are forgetting Mossbag. These civilizations could have been created after the Pale King's demise, and Hallownest had fallen to the infection. By spreading elsewhere, bugs were able to escape The Radiance's last influences (the infection), and built new civilizations modeling Hallownest in many ways.

  • @mirrormimi
    @mirrormimi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I wonder if Mossbag feels weirder about (lightheartedly) making fun of William and Ari now that he's met them.

  • @Anonymous-Shade
    @Anonymous-Shade 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Personally, I do believe he put those there for the vessels.
    If a higher being and another higher being have a child, it's safe to assume that child would be a Higher Being as well. Just add void and you have vessels. Perhaps he realized his mistake or knew the Hollow Knight would be flawed, only to put those there for the real Hollow Knight (the Knight) when they return to Hallownest. The lore tablets do talk a lot about how they can only "produce ones such as you" and such. Hallownest couldn't possibly be the only place with Higher Beings (cough cough, Pharloom) and the vessels were made in Hallownest. As for the Mask Maker idea, I don't really think a face means to exist. I think it means you need an Identity to exist. Something people can recognize you by and some bugs, as he says, does not have that trait. The Pale King wants the vessels to take off their masks to, perhaps, fight the Radiance with Darkness vs Light.
    As for the last lore tablet, I'm not entirely sure what to make of it. Maybe he didn't want the vessels to be all too curious and wander off to other kingdoms. Only to stay in Hallownest. Who knows?
    That's my take on it, anyway.

    • @BigNuttyyeah
      @BigNuttyyeah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Is it possible the Pale King genuinely believed Hallownest was the only kingdom?

    • @Anonymous-Shade
      @Anonymous-Shade 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@BigNuttyyeah It is entirely possible. But from how a kingdom generally works, goods come in and out all the time. That's how you'd make an economy. There had to be another kingdom to trade with. (Then again, there is the Moss Tribe, the Weaver Tribe, and the Mantis Tribe)

    • @BigNuttyyeah
      @BigNuttyyeah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Anonymous 「【Shade】」 I agree that it’s probably unlikely that the Pale King thought Hallownest was the only civilization. Are there any mentions of trade with other kingdoms or characters confirmed to be from other kingdoms that are also confirmed to be alive during the Pale King’s life? Also, how likely is it that the other higher beings would believe Hallownest is the only kingdom?

    • @Anonymous-Shade
      @Anonymous-Shade 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@BigNuttyyeah Ze'mer, or the Grey Mourner. She apparently comes from another kingdom she calls "Lands Serene" which is where the Delicate Flowers are from. Besides that, I don't recall any other instance.
      As I said before, there probably was with no real archive or evidence. It's simply common logic

  • @ericbao7740
    @ericbao7740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I was editing mossbag's captions and I just see, "The owner already provided CC for this video."
    and then I broke.

    • @mossbag69
      @mossbag69  4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Sorry! Just so you know, I will always provide English captions for my own scripted videos.

    • @ericbao7740
      @ericbao7740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mossbag69 ok thanks!

  • @whereislamp3912
    @whereislamp3912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Omg i was so scared you weren't gonna upload until silksong came out hoolly i clicked as soon as i got the notif

  • @ElyssaiscsPowellesc
    @ElyssaiscsPowellesc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "This C H O N K Y bug corpse"

  • @CoffeeWyrm
    @CoffeeWyrm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    The interpretation that "higher beings" is anyone who managed to find a way above their base instincts is something I never thought of, but makes quite a bit of sense in hindsight.
    Also, I thought the fungi were born by the dream of Unn, and that blessing is where they drew intelligence from?

    • @philltheotherguy1868
      @philltheotherguy1868 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Coffee Coffee iirc it’s the moss people who were created by unn, not the mushrooms. The Hunter claims that mushroom people were created by the infection.

    • @CoffeeWyrm
      @CoffeeWyrm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@philltheotherguy1868 I mean, given Mr. Mushroom that doesn't seem likely, or why the Mushrooms don't exhibit the typical signs of Infection.
      The only mention I could find for their creation was "something queer in the air has caused these mushrooms to grow hearts, minds, and even faces!" but that's vague at best and also doesn't fit with the Radiance's MO, since they're still individual creatures.
      Honestly, the Mushrooms seem like one of the only creatures who are completely immune, or just don't show any symptoms for, the Infection.

    • @themockingdragon135
      @themockingdragon135 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CoffeeWyrm as best as I can tell Mr. Mushroom is separate from the Mushroom tribe, but somehow related. Maybe he's like a prophet or something? But you're right in thinking that the Mushroom tribe were not spawned of the infection, at least some of their lore tablets (readable and noticeable when wearing fungal spores charm) clearly refer to a time before the infection. But I don't think they're immune to the infection, as the Shrumal warriors and ogres have attacks which are bright orange, infection coloured. The only creatures in all of Hallownest that are definitely able to resist the infection at will besides other godly creatures are the Mantises. And before you mention the mantis traitors, they're only infected because they were infected willingly.

  • @woomyiism
    @woomyiism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    6:07 can't believe Team Cherry used the words "Amongst Us" in a lore tablet, I'm never reading lore tablets again and I am going to become illiterate in order to make sure I don't accidentally read any

  • @lemmonboy6459
    @lemmonboy6459 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Got damn it, I was trying to get through No Nut November, and then you upload Lore.
    Heck you mossbag.

    • @mechadragon1443
      @mechadragon1443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Join use brother for hentai is our place of belonging

    • @nikolapetric7089
      @nikolapetric7089 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I shaved myself because of this video

  • @limabean536
    @limabean536 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I know it’s a bit of a stretch, but have you thought of redoing the first video with your current knowledge of Hollow Knight? I saw you mention it on your Twitter but kinda skimmed over it.
    Also, Epstein didn’t kill himself.

  • @Rebelnightwolfe
    @Rebelnightwolfe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    You could have used the following bugs animations for these words: Deep. (Deepling) Hard. (Garpede) Throbbing. (Dead Moss Prophet) :)

  • @LilyTheMentallyInsane
    @LilyTheMentallyInsane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I looked at the king’s pass lore tablets and honestly, it changed my life.

  • @dominatornh981
    @dominatornh981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I thought Mossbag was just going to go into hibernation until Silksong, but apparently not.

  • @Ismael-kc3ry
    @Ismael-kc3ry 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Another possibility is that it all has to do with the winds in the cliffs. Quirrel talks about how the wind “clouds his mind.” So it sounds like the wind makes it hard for him to focus, which is why faceless bugs outside Hallownest are mindless.

  • @mrgs555
    @mrgs555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:57 "why shrek forever after is an underrated gem" is marked as watched.... a man of culture i see

  • @thesymbiotenation.4552
    @thesymbiotenation.4552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    We can bet that when SilkSong comes out, mossbag will have a literal goldmine of theories and content about it!

    • @drdca8263
      @drdca8263 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not literal

    • @ZachPlum
      @ZachPlum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If Silksong comes out during his lifetime

  • @2yoyoyo1Unplugged
    @2yoyoyo1Unplugged 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Can you make a lore video on the different parts of the City of Tears and what you think different areas were for? Like analyze the level design and backgrounds and stuff to put together how the City worked? Maybe analyze the caste system if you can? Could work into a broader analysis video on how the regions of Hallownest interacted, for example how Forgotten Crossroads functioned and who lived there, where the lower class of the City lived, who or what lived in Greenpath, to what extent the Fungal Wasted were colonized or used by the Kingdom, etc.
    I know it’s a big ask, but I feel like you’d make a legendary video just giving your two cents on it. If you do it make sure you meme this comment into the video anyway bapanada BEEYOTCH

    • @MC-zr7hl
      @MC-zr7hl 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That would be awesome. Idk if we have enough information to speculate all that much on that topic but it would be fun to watch him try lol

    • @2yoyoyo1Unplugged
      @2yoyoyo1Unplugged 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      M C spread the word then

    • @ChadtronicFan
      @ChadtronicFan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mossbag talk about this or I'll send a pipe bomb to your mailbox

  • @clink_erton
    @clink_erton 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    0:55 - My playlist made it into a vid, time to party.
    _* proceeds to dance *_

    • @ebb4128
      @ebb4128 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      * hops onto screen from off screen* b o o g i e t i m e

  • @eeofication
    @eeofication 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My interpretation was that the tablets were The Pale Kings last ditch effort to save Hallownest. I think it's possible that he knew the Pure Vessel was impure thus "wrote" those tablets in order to teach the other vessels. You literally hear a strange breath when you "read" them, and I think The Pale King "wrote" the tablets with his last breath in the royal throne room.

  • @funnyman9308
    @funnyman9308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    When you’re at a family gathering and excuse yourself to watch a mossbag video

  • @cdevans97
    @cdevans97 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Mossbag
    More like
    Mossf
    riend who I cherish

  • @smashgeartv1412
    @smashgeartv1412 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    My take on the whole mask thing is that the knight uses the masks to hide his true form (Void), as when all of your masks break, the void inside the knight spills out all over the place, as there is no longer anything to contain the knights true form in it's shell

  • @goldenex9741
    @goldenex9741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I really appreciate people who go through these kinds of lengths to make compelling videos about the lore of games that are more cryptic than the Da Vinci Code and makes me appreciate it more. Also, I appreciate this channel for doing a good job of it too.
    I wonder if the great "mossbag" will do other lore videos about other games than Hollow Knight. Of course, I await for the Silksong release and I would be watching this channel as closely as the godtuners would.
    If ever you decide to make lore videos of other games with confusing yet compelling lore, I am most curious on your take of the game "Blasphemous".
    Cheers to this channel!

  • @mariapazgonzalezlesme
    @mariapazgonzalezlesme 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Ah yes, the sight and melody of Hollow Knight's Lore. It fills the void from within my soul.
    Ba dam tusss.

  • @Zhongler69
    @Zhongler69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Well I was about to go to sleep but obviously watching this is more important

  • @voidofecto
    @voidofecto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    What are these “words” you speak of

  • @speedwagon9274
    @speedwagon9274 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My head canon theory about the Grimm troupe
    Is that it is a metaphor for fighting Karen in court for the kid

  • @andrew_cunningham
    @andrew_cunningham 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thought there was nothing left to pick over in this game but somehow this was one of my favourite episodes yet. Digging down into vague yet repeatedly used terms seems like a surprisingly productive way to get inside the writers' heads with cryptic stories like this. Someone with an English degree could probably put a name to this approach... I'll just have to keep thinking of it as "Big Brain Analysis".

  • @pur0we0n212
    @pur0we0n212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was just having marathon with your theories videos, so yeah this is just perfect

  • @fieldrequired283
    @fieldrequired283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    To me, "the last and only civilization" was a testament to the Pale King's hubris. Hallownest was supposed to stand eternally, so eventually, it *would* be the last and only civilization, as time eventually claimed all the others.
    Of course, things didn't quite pan out that way. The tablet ends up being bitingly ironic, in much the same way as Ozymandias's boastful pedestal inscription in the featureless desert.

  • @beehappy120
    @beehappy120 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    FINALLY, the people on r/hollowknightmemes have some material to work with again!

  • @venom-wb3du
    @venom-wb3du 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You ever just check your subscription box and see mossbag uploaded 9 seconds ago.

  • @fabianlopez8648
    @fabianlopez8648 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Gorb probably lost his mind wen he traveled to the howling cliffs tat is probably why he is chidlish

  • @statical9851
    @statical9851 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    my theory is that they just forgot these tablets were in the game

  • @NotZedMain
    @NotZedMain 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    i want you to talk about the things that changed your life

    • @fryderyksadocha8044
      @fryderyksadocha8044 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If he will make video it will *honestly change my life*

    • @NotZedMain
      @NotZedMain 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fryderyksadocha8044 i want to be changed too

  • @zatmaggot4909
    @zatmaggot4909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2:24 I doubt anyone will see this, but it actually could be true that the game is speaking to players. In the secret backer area the moth treats the messages of the backers as being very important. "Utterings from another world" he says.

  • @hellcurrency
    @hellcurrency 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve been rewatching your vids, waiting for a new one to come out. Thank you.

  • @hornetsentinel
    @hornetsentinel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    *walks into hallownest
    pale king: faces! faces for everyone!

  • @zacross8504
    @zacross8504 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The reason the mask maker has spiral eye? He’s a spiral life form!

  • @arilizart9375
    @arilizart9375 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “Dont just assume I’m right” Mr mossbag you could tell me that the knight is made of void lasagna and I would still devote my soul to you

  • @PerroTrotavidas
    @PerroTrotavidas 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    A new mossbag video! Wonderful! Now I got something to rewatch like 12 times in two months while I wait for more.
    FATHER I CARVE LORE EVEN THO YOU TALKED PRETTY MUCH ABOUT EVERYTHING IN HOLLOW KNIGHT ALREADY

  • @birdsforbrains2
    @birdsforbrains2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Confession: my crackpot theory for the lore tablets was that they were intended for us, the players. It seems like Ellina wasn't able to read the lore tablet (at least that's how I interpreted it). Besides the one instructing the knight on how to focus soul, each one feels very... meta. Why would the knight need to know that the abyss contains something shameful (to paraphrase), if it would know this already? Besides the higher beings we know of: grimm, mothra (who wouldn't be reading them anyway) and the pale king and queen (who would already know the information on them), who else would read them?
    We know the knight, its siblings and the hollow knight are meant to be vessels that can contain higher beings. What if in a way, the knight's containing us? The white lady said that the knight was not tarnished. If it was truly hollow, why would it make such seemingly unnecessary choices like choosing to sit to watch the lake with quirrel or sitting to listen to Marissa the singer? They don't progress any sort of quest, they're just... choices the knight is free to make, so why would the knight choose to go out of its way to do these if it doesn't have any desires (because of the whole hollowness thing)?
    I could also be 110% wrong and an idiot for even thinking any of this but what fun would hollow knight be if we didn't obsessively speculate over tiny things like who Lord Fool was, how Hornet got her name, or how zote became such a raging sex god

    • @dipsfriesinchocolate5063
      @dipsfriesinchocolate5063 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wouldn't the Knight actually *not* know that? Because they lost their memories after leaving Hallownest, didn't they? They were simply "called" to the kingdom, but not truly knowing, or remembering, about what it hid. They were basically a newcomer to Hallownest throughout the game.
      Although this still doesn't explain that tablet's purpose.

    • @CutMeSomeSlackTheVII
      @CutMeSomeSlackTheVII 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ugh i am so tired of meta stuff in games like basically everygame has some sort of meta in it its just exhausting

    • @Edgeperor
      @Edgeperor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Team Cherry don’t seem like the kind of people to put “meta” stuff in their games

  • @sir.squigglestheawesome
    @sir.squigglestheawesome 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    OH HELL YEAH!! 54 SECONDS WOO AGO THIS VIDEO WAS POSTED!! AND now i can loop for another few months until the next...

  • @reidpattis9478
    @reidpattis9478 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    All of your videos has very impressive content. Good stuff.

  • @RTDelete
    @RTDelete 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The mask theory fits a lot of things quite nicely, such as Quirrel's whole mask and memory thing

  • @JawnGG
    @JawnGG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    With a life this changed, I think you need to become MossBAG. Think about it.

  • @rachmatzulfiqar
    @rachmatzulfiqar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    me : "i have no idea what mossbag is talking about in this video"
    team cherry : "neither do we"
    but i still love the video, it sparks my curiousity for silksong

  • @Rob-vj6ew
    @Rob-vj6ew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A mossbag video in this period wut....amazing

  • @LimavianYT
    @LimavianYT 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Its 2AM where I live, but honestly it‘s never too late to watch mossbag

  • @w00tyd00d
    @w00tyd00d 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    0:55 Mossbag disliking his own video lol

  • @st01c64
    @st01c64 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    8:41 My Theory is that the description “Void Given Focus”, is referring to the manifestation of the Shade Lord, through the *focus* of the Godseekers and Knight.

  • @zompowerful
    @zompowerful 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I genuinely enjoy the amount of thought and editing that mossbag puts into his videos. I dub thee King of Lore & Speculation.

  • @u.c9142
    @u.c9142 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Whoa, i was just watching your videos again today aftrr a long time

  • @purpite1001
    @purpite1001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'd love to see a 20 minute theory about how zote is a liberal

  • @TheXell
    @TheXell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Please remember to let the Ads play for mossdaddy.

  • @batscove
    @batscove 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "is he expecting me to pay taxes or something" *shows the no cost to great dialogue*

  • @idontknowhowtoname1266
    @idontknowhowtoname1266 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    i watch mossbag videos and honestly, _it changed my life_

  • @dominatornh981
    @dominatornh981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    So now that anything from Hollow Knight can get a whole video...
    Can we get a creepypasta about Bretta?

  • @sirpufflington8116
    @sirpufflington8116 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This mans be uploading Hollow Knight theories years after it was released

  • @paulh3892
    @paulh3892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how the story is told in this game! Little pieces of the story are taken in from dialogue, signs, as well as implied by corpses of a bygone era. Hollow Knight always leaves me hungry to learn a little more about the places and the bugs that inhabit them.
    Great video as always! Looking forward to Silksong!!

  • @why3994
    @why3994 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    what is this... A new video from mossbag? Honestly, it changed my life

  • @Boombotz482
    @Boombotz482 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    “You might want to call these speculative”
    Me: so Mat pat level, got it

  • @isleaguegood984
    @isleaguegood984 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Honestly it changed my life

  • @silas9673
    @silas9673 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You feckin got me to get this game and now I’ve beaten it with steel soul. Thanks mate

  • @peacefultreasure8497
    @peacefultreasure8497 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    OH MY GOD FINALLY
    I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A NEW VIDEO
    MY LIFE IS COMPLETE

  • @flip.flap.
    @flip.flap. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    YES IT'S BEEN SO LONG

  • @ElReinoSagrado
    @ElReinoSagrado 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Drink everytime Mossbag says "soul" or "focus"

    • @kingcole5977
      @kingcole5977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Why drink when we have *B* _A_ *T* _H_ *S* _A_ *L* _T_ *S*

    • @kyleflanagan963
      @kyleflanagan963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      No thanks, I choose life.

  • @ramennoodles8041
    @ramennoodles8041 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mossbag! Your back!? I'm a relatively new subscriber but I like your videos and I would love it if you continued to make them :)

  • @Anezka890
    @Anezka890 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome vid mossbag!