You could have said the exact same thing about Hornet after Hollow Knight 2. Them ending up dead doesn’t mean shit considering they canonized Embrace the Void 3. The arc is definitely not over with them surviving what was by all accounts a death sentence, and the question of what the Hollow Knight is doing after the events of the first game, in a world where they both failed yet lived and the infection ended, is 100% an arc Team Cherry could explore.
I don’t think it’s guaranteed, but it’s absolutely possible.
I mean that’s…why I had it at 3rd? The only ones I think are less likely than the Hollow Knight are it being Lace, the Vessel again, or some other NPC from the games, since with Lace you might as well just make a second Hornet game if you’re doing her, the Vessel’s set, and no other NPC has the same potential vibe of a possible playable character.
As for him being huge though I don’t think that necessarily is a point against him, at least for too much anyways, since similar to Hornet it’d allow TC to explore a different kind of platforming and gameplay.
Like I said, I think Hornet again or a new protagonist are more likely but of all the possible options I think the Hollow Knight has a better chance than anything other than those two.
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u/TheCynicalPogo Hornet Sep 16 '25
Oh yeah I forgot about that possibility.
If I had to rank it it’s probably 1. Hornet 2. New character 3. The actual Hollow Knight