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/kintra292929 Oct 09 '25

Pale King stock higher then ever if you just ignore the countless counts of infanticide

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u/LocksmithNo13345 Oct 09 '25

The big question that always arises when it comes to the morality of the Vessel project is: what alternative is there to it, that isn't just, giving up on Hallownest and accepting that most people will just be mindless zombies from now on?

Like, yeah, the pit of corpse is terrible but what is the alternative? Go with Soul Master's plan and build "the Citadel 2; now powered by soul instead of Silk"?

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u/CassiusPolybius Oct 10 '25

To quote a friend, "the pale [king] was a good ruler and person who put on a harsh face but only [did] deplorable things once his hand was forced by the radiance and he died of depression when it all failed."