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• let be what is, let be what isn't by Silent_Shell (The_Winged_Warrior)

  Fandoms: Hollow Knight (Video Games)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  27 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • The Hollow Knight | Pure Vessel & Hornet
  • The Hollow Knight | Pure Vessel
  • Hornet (Hollow Knight)
  • Iselda (Hollow Knight)
  • Cornifer (Hollow Knight)
  • Nailmaster Sheo (Hollow Knight)
  • Seer (Hollow Knight)
  • Troupe Master Grimm | Nightmare King Grimm
  • minor OCs
  • White Lady (Hollow Knight)
  • Lord of Shades | Void Given Focus (Hollow Knight: Embrace the Void Ending)
  • Siblings | Abyss Shades (Hollow Knight)
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Injury Recovery
  • Post-Delicate Flower Ending (Hollow Knight)
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Grief/Mourning
  • It/Its Pronouns for The Knight (Hollow Knight)
  • It/Its Pronouns for The Hollow Knight | Pure Vessel
  • there's a small hint of silksong at the end
  • This was kinda supposed to be a 5+1 but it's kinda just...6 chapters of their own thing now

  Summary

  After an eternity of being locked up, the Hollow Knight is free. It's not quite sure what to do about that.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  22,217

  Chapters:

  6/6

  Comments:

  22

  Kudos:

  143

  Bookmarks:

  28

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  1,745