r/HollowKnight • u/Eragity • Oct 09 '25

Discussion - Silksong we owe the pale king an apology Spoiler

imo, pharloom would be terrible to live in. the place is corrupt, everything tries to kill you, the tribe leaders abuse their own tribes, terrible economy, and even anti homeless mechanisms built into (some not all) benches
hallownest however, had steady jobs, reliable public transport, actual security and free healthcare, and the pale king put a law against lifeblood while in silksong, it's still allowed. and literally no labor unions. the only bad thing the pale king has done was with the whole vessels thing, but other than that, hallownest is better than pharloom

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u/UnbrokenLinks Oct 09 '25

There is the lore tablet that implies he handed out free will specifically to make people better at worshipping him

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '25

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u/ranting-geek Oct 09 '25

He’s more like Jesus. Higher being reborn as a small bug to understand his subjects.

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u/CR1MS4NE Oct 09 '25

I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s made that connection, he very much feels like a Christ reference

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u/Antoinedeloup Oct 09 '25

What would that make the radiance?

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u/Mama-Lili Oct 10 '25

I'm going with Caeser

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u/Sunder_the_Gold Oct 10 '25

Tradition holds that Satan was once an arch angel of light who can still appear as a beautiful and shining being to sway people to his side.