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--> Sib: '''The Pale King Wanted a Vessel To Fight An Ancient Enemy.'''
--> Bug: '''A VESSEL WITH NO MIND TO THINK'''\\

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'''A VESSEL WITH NO MIND TO THINK'''\\
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* UnstoppableRage: When the [[spoiler:Hollow Knight]] lethally stabs Louise and throws her into a wall, Bug experiences the emotions of anger and sadness at the idea of Louise dying and being hurt when she's been so kind to him, causing him to transform into his Void god form and ''[[CurbStompBattle brutally beat his opponent to near-death]]''. The only reason he didn't finish the job was due to Kirche making him focus on Louise's near death. Crosses over with TranquilFury because Bug is TheVoiceless and cannot emote.

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* UnstoppableRage: When the [[spoiler:Hollow Knight]] lethally stabs Louise and throws her into a wall, Bug experiences the emotions of anger and sadness at the idea of Louise dying and being hurt when she's been so kind to him, it, causing him the Knight to transform into his its Void god form and ''[[CurbStompBattle brutally beat his its opponent to near-death]]''. The only reason he the Knight didn't finish the job was due to Kirche making him it focus on Louise's near death. Crosses over with TranquilFury because Bug is TheVoiceless and cannot emote.
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** [[spoiler:Void mages begin to take on aspects of their familiars the longer they are contracted, becoming less human as they do so.]]
** [[spoiler:Come post-Albion and after she was healed from [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice her wounds from Hollow Knight]], Louise now has two massive holes in her torso that have been replaced with a Void material exactly like Vessels' bodies.]]

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** [[spoiler:Void Void mages begin to take on aspects of their familiars the longer they are contracted, becoming less human as they do so.]]
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** [[spoiler:Come Come post-Albion and after she was healed from [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice her wounds from Hollow from]] [[spoiler:Hollow Knight]], Louise now has two massive holes in her torso that have been replaced with a Void material exactly like Vessels' bodies.]]



* NoSell: The Hollow Knight is summoned as the Vindálfr, allowing It control over animals and magical creatures, including other Vessels. It used this power on Sib to bring it to Hollow Knight, but was stopped. It then tried to do the same to Bug, but it had absolutely no effect due to Bug's [[spoiler:inner Void God]] prevented and caused Hollow Knight to go unconscious.
* NotSoDifferent: Louise realises this when she asks about Bug's goal, and Bug states it wants to reach the Sun (not knowing the real reason Bug wants to reach the Sun).

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* NoSell: The Hollow Knight [[spoiler:Hollow Knight]] is summoned as the Vindálfr, allowing It control over animals and magical creatures, including other Vessels. It used this power on Sib to bring it to Hollow Knight, but was stopped. It then tried to do the same to Bug, but it had absolutely no effect due to Bug's [[spoiler:inner Void God]] prevented and caused Hollow Knight to go unconscious.
* NotSoDifferent: Louise realises realizes this when she asks about Bug's goal, and Bug states it wants to reach the Sun (not knowing the real reason Bug wants to reach the Sun).



* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:When the Hollow Knight lethally stabs Louise and throws her into a wall, Bug experiences the emotions of anger and sadness at the idea of Louise dying and being hurt when she's been so kind to Bug, causing it to transform into his Void god form and ''[[CurbStompBattle brutally beats Hollow Knight to near-death]]''. It only didn't finish the job due to Kirche making him focus on Louise near death]]. Crosses over with TranquilFury because Bug is TheVoiceless and cannot emote.

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* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:When When the Hollow Knight [[spoiler:Hollow Knight]] lethally stabs Louise and throws her into a wall, Bug experiences the emotions of anger and sadness at the idea of Louise dying and being hurt when she's been so kind to Bug, him, causing it him to transform into his Void god form and ''[[CurbStompBattle brutally beats Hollow Knight beat his opponent to near-death]]''. It The only reason he didn't finish the job was due to Kirche making him focus on Louise Louise's near death]].death. Crosses over with TranquilFury because Bug is TheVoiceless and cannot emote.



-->'''Sib:''' [[spoiler: [[NeverGivenAName Vessels Discarded Bear No Name]]]]

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-->'''Sib:''' [[spoiler: [[NeverGivenAName Vessels Discarded Bear No Name]]]]Name]].
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A Familiar Void tells a story of how [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière]] summons [[VideoGame/HollowKnight the Knight]] as her familiar, not long after the latter sacrificed itself in order to defeat the Radiance. Thus, begins the journey of a mage and her familiar as the once-normal life of a school student changes and finding themselves in the middle of convoluted event after event, which started more than a thousand years ago.

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A ''A Familiar Void Void'' tells a story of how [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière]] summons [[VideoGame/HollowKnight the Knight]] as her familiar, not long after the latter sacrificed itself in order to defeat the Radiance. Thus, begins the journey of a mage and her familiar as the once-normal life of a school student changes and finding themselves in the middle of convoluted event after event, which started more than a thousand years ago.
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* WhatIsThisFeeling: Void Vessels can't understand emotions, not even their own, so Bug can't understand its [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove love for its siblings and Master]], its worry over Louise or its UnstoppableRage when its own sibling [[spoiler:lethally stabs Louise and throws her into a wall]].

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* WhatIsThisFeeling: Void Vessels can't understand emotions, not even their own, so Bug can't understand its [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove love for its siblings and Master]], its worry over Louise or its UnstoppableRage when its own sibling [[spoiler:lethally stabs Louise and throws her into a wall]].wall]].
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* CurbStompBattle: How the fight with the [[spoiler:Hollow Knight]] goes in Albion. [[spoiler:When the Hollow Knight near-fatally wounds Louise, ''it'' is on the receiving end from one ragingly pissed off Bug once it taps into its Void powers]].


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** PlayedForLaughs when Louise learns that Bug and Sib's parent is someone known as the "Pale King," which causes her to panic and think she kidnapped a prince. Bug and Sib clear this misunderstanding up before she can panic further.
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''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/a-familiar-void-familiar-of-zero-hollow-knight.777784/ A Familiar Void]]'' tells a story of how [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière]] summons [[VideoGame/HollowKnight the Knight]] as her familiar, not long after the latter sacrificed itself in order to defeat the Radiance. Thus, begins the journey of a mage and her familiar as the once-normal life of a school student changes and finding themselves in the middle of convoluted event after event, which started more than a thousand years ago.

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A Familiar Void tells a story of how [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière]] summons [[VideoGame/HollowKnight the Knight]] as her familiar, not long after the latter sacrificed itself in order to defeat the Radiance. Thus, begins the journey of a mage and her familiar as the once-normal life of a school student changes and finding themselves in the middle of convoluted event after event, which started more than a thousand years ago.

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''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/a-familiar-void-familiar-of-zero-hollow-knight.777784/ A Familiar Void]]'' tells a story of how [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière]] summons [[VideoGame/HollowKnight the Knight]] as her familiar, not long after the latter sacrificed itself in order to defeat the Radiance. Thus, begins the journey of a mage and her familiar as the once-normal life of a school student changes and finding themselves in the middle of convoluted event after event, which started more than a thousand years ago. SpaceBattles]]''

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: [[spoiler:Void mages begin to take on aspects of their familiars the longer they are contracted, becoming less human as they do so.]]

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** [[spoiler:Come post-Albion and after she was healed from [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice her wounds from Hollow Knight]], Louise now has two massive holes in her torso that have been replaced with a Void material exactly like Vessels' bodies.
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* DemonicPossession: What appears to be [[spoiler:the Radience]] possesses Louise to talk with [[spoiler:the Nightmare King]] in chapter 31. What this implies for the future is unknown.

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* DemonicPossession: What appears to be [[spoiler:the Radience]] possesses Louise Montmorency to talk with [[spoiler:the Nightmare King]] in chapter 31. What this implies for the future is unknown.31.
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* DemonicPossession:future What appears to be [[spoiler:the Radience]] possesses Louise to talk with [[spoiler:the Nightmare King]]. What this implies for the is unknown.

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* DemonicPossession:future DemonicPossession: What appears to be [[spoiler:the Radience]] possesses Louise to talk with [[spoiler:the Nightmare King]]. King]] in chapter 31. What this implies for the future is unknown.
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* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:When the Hollow Knight lethally stabs Louise and throws her into a wall, Bug experiences the emotions of anger and sadness at the idea of Louise dying and being hurt when she's been so kind to Bug, causing it to transform into his Void god form and ''[[CurbStompBattle brutally beats Hollow Knight to near-death]]''. It only didn't finish the job due to Kirche making him focus on Louise near death]].

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* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:When the Hollow Knight lethally stabs Louise and throws her into a wall, Bug experiences the emotions of anger and sadness at the idea of Louise dying and being hurt when she's been so kind to Bug, causing it to transform into his Void god form and ''[[CurbStompBattle brutally beats Hollow Knight to near-death]]''. It only didn't finish the job due to Kirche making him focus on Louise near death]]. Crosses over with TranquilFury because Bug is TheVoiceless and cannot emote.



-->'''Sib:''' [[spoiler: [[NeverGivenAName Vessels Discarded Bear No Name]]]]

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-->'''Sib:''' [[spoiler: [[NeverGivenAName Vessels Discarded Bear No Name]]]]Name]]]]
* WhatIsThisFeeling: Void Vessels can't understand emotions, not even their own, so Bug can't understand its [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove love for its siblings and Master]], its worry over Louise or its UnstoppableRage when its own sibling [[spoiler:lethally stabs Louise and throws her into a wall]].
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** Bug almost did this to Louise, as it not understanding what regular people need to survive means that when Louise fell face down into a large puddle and was drowning because she was too exhausted to move, it did nothing to save her because it didn't understand she need air.

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** Bug almost did this to Louise, as it It not understanding what regular people need to survive means that when Louise fell face down into a large puddle and was drowning because she was too exhausted to move, it did nothing to save her because it didn't understand she need air.needed ''air''.
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* PowerOfTheVoid: Due Bug's more knowledgeable nature as a creature of the Void, Louise is able learn to perform Void spells earlier than in canon. However, she has yet to perform a true Void spell from either ''Hollow Knight'' or her home series, and instead uses the Void to vastly empower regular spells from the other four elements

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* PowerOfTheVoid: Due to Bug's more knowledgeable nature as a creature of the Void, Louise is able learn to perform Void spells earlier than in canon. However, she has yet to perform a true Void spell from either ''Hollow Knight'' or her home series, and instead uses the Void to vastly empower regular spells from the other four elements
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** A conversation with Troupe Master Grimm reveals [[spoiler:that Montmorency is secretly the host for the Radiance, who has survive its final battle against Bug]].

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** A conversation with Troupe Master Grimm reveals [[spoiler:that Montmorency is secretly the host for the Radiance, who has survive survived its final battle against Bug]].

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* AccidentalMurder: When Louise summons the Knight after its demise, she believes that she accidentally killed her would-be familiar by her explosion. It is soon fixed when she kissed its mask.

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When Louise summons the Knight after its demise, she believes that she accidentally killed her would-be familiar by her explosion. It is soon fixed when she kissed its mask. mask.
** Bug almost did this to Louise, as it not understanding what regular people need to survive means that when Louise fell face down into a large puddle and was drowning because she was too exhausted to move, it did nothing to save her because it didn't understand she need air.



* ExtremeDoormat:
** Vessels will listen to their masters above all else. Though, they'll need to be reined in from time to time due to their inherent curiosity, such as Bug's need to explore and make maps on everything.
** Played for drama in chapter 18, when Louise finally asks Bug and Sib about their history and they tell her about the Pale King's creation of the Vessels and how so many where abandoned and left for dead.
--> Sib: '''The Pale King Wanted a Vessel To Fight An Ancient Enemy.'''
--> Bug: '''A VESSEL WITH NO MIND TO THINK'''\\
'''NO WILL TO BREAK'''\\
'''NO VOICE TO CRY OUT IN SUFFERING'''



** Rather than summoning Saito, Louise summons the Knight, a Vessel "born of God and Void." It is then revealed that the Vessel is very likely a default familiar of a Void mage, as seen how Pope Vittorio has the Hollow Knight as his familiar.

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** Rather than summoning Saito, Louise summons the Knight, a Vessel "born of God and Void." It is then revealed that the Vessel is very likely a the default familiar of a Void mage, as seen how Pope Vittorio has the Hollow Knight as his familiar.familiar, and ancient texts on Void familiars shows and talks about other Vessels and their powers, calling them "Void Vessels".


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* MistakenIdentity: Bug and Sib are initially pegged as Water Spirits due to their malleable nature and due to the fluid void essence that came out of Louise's wand at the Summoning ritual.


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* NoSell: The Hollow Knight is summoned as the Vindálfr, allowing It control over animals and magical creatures, including other Vessels. It used this power on Sib to bring it to Hollow Knight, but was stopped. It then tried to do the same to Bug, but it had absolutely no effect due to Bug's [[spoiler:inner Void God]] prevented and caused Hollow Knight to go unconscious.
* NotSoDifferent: Louise realises this when she asks about Bug's goal, and Bug states it wants to reach the Sun (not knowing the real reason Bug wants to reach the Sun).
--> Louise continued to laugh, "Such high goals for a small creature." Her laughter died down as the words registered in her mind.\\
"I guess you really are my Familiar."\\
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Even here she was looked down on due to her lack of abilities, her dream as a Mage just seem less and less possible.\\
Yet in her hands right now was a small Water Spirit that wanted to reach the hottest object in existence, probably not even knowing that it would evaporate on the spot just by coming close. But it was still trying, the map it was making grew each time it moved about the school.
* OffingTheOffspring: Louise is understandably ''horrified'' when she hears about the '''thousands''' of Bug and Sib's fellow siblings that the Pale King threw to their deaths or left for dead because they didn't meet his necessary standards to fight the Radiance, not even granting them a name and promptly forgetting about them.
-->Louise's heart hammered in her chest. "How?" She asked "How could have your father kill so many of his children?"\\
Bug looked her in the eye.\\
'''NO COST TOO GREAT.'''


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** A conversation with Troupe Master Grimm reveals [[spoiler:that Montmorency is secretly the host for the Radiance, who has survive its final battle against Bug]].
* PowerOfTheVoid: Due Bug's more knowledgeable nature as a creature of the Void, Louise is able learn to perform Void spells earlier than in canon. However, she has yet to perform a true Void spell from either ''Hollow Knight'' or her home series, and instead uses the Void to vastly empower regular spells from the other four elements
* {{Telepathy}}: Louise can hear Bug and Sib's voices in her head when they talk to her, but only if she's in physically contact with their bodies. Otherwise they seem completely silent.
* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:When the Hollow Knight lethally stabs Louise and throws her into a wall, Bug experiences the emotions of anger and sadness at the idea of Louise dying and being hurt when she's been so kind to Bug, causing it to transform into his Void god form and ''[[CurbStompBattle brutally beats Hollow Knight to near-death]]''. It only didn't finish the job due to Kirche making him focus on Louise near death]].
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* Whamline: In Chapter 18, when Louise asks for Bug’s real name, Sib responds with:

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-->'''Sib:''' [[spoiler: [[NeverGivenANameVessels Discarded Bear No Name]]]]

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-->'''Sib:''' [[spoiler: [[NeverGivenANameVessels [[NeverGivenAName Vessels Discarded Bear No Name]]]]
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* WellDoneDaughterGirl: Louise desperately wants her mother to be proud of her.

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* WellDoneDaughterGirl: Louise desperately wants her mother to be proud of her.her.
* Whamline: In Chapter 18, when Louise asks for Bug’s real name, Sib responds with:
-->'''Sib:''' [[spoiler: [[NeverGivenANameVessels Discarded Bear No Name]]]]
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* AccidentalMurder: When Louise summons the Knight after its demise, she believes that she accidentally kill her would-be familiar by her explosion. It is soon fixed when she kissed its mask.

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* AccidentalMurder: When Louise summons the Knight after its demise, she believes that she accidentally kill killed her would-be familiar by her explosion. It is soon fixed when she kissed its mask.



* AmbiguouslyHuman: [[spoiler: Void mages begin to take on aspects of their familiars the longer they are contracted, becoming less human as they do so.]]

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* MyBelovedSmother: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] from Louise towards Bug and Sib. Her overprotectiveness is brought about by a combination of her lack of understanding of their abilities, and Bug’s tendency to get into trouble.
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* TheVoiceless: The Vessels are incapable of talking. Louise finds out that she could communicate with them if she touches them.

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* TheVoiceless: The Vessels are incapable of talking. Louise finds out that she could communicate with them if she touches them.them.
* WellDoneDaughterGirl: Louise desperately wants her mother to be proud of her.
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* MommaBear: Louise is enraged when she hears how The Pale King mistreated the vessels and swears that she will protect them from harm.

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* MommaBear: MamaBear: Louise is enraged when she hears how The Pale King mistreated the vessels and swears that she will protect them from harm.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While she's a bit harsh on the Knight at first, it takes a short amount of time for her to grow a heart on it. Especially after she hears on how the Knight (and its sibling") were born.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Louise's relationship with her familiar is ''much'' friendlier compared to one in canon. While she's a bit harsh on the Knight at first, it takes a short amount of time for her to grow a heart on it. Especially after she hears on how the Knight (and its sibling") "sibling") were born.


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* OhCrap:
** One of the maids in the school sings the same song that Myla sang as she succumbed to the Infection.
** Guiche's familiar shows signs that it is being infected by the same Infection that plagued Hallownest.
** A loyalist of Albion dreams of how the Grimm Troupe appears, signaling the end of the kingdom.
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Louise needed a Familiar that resembled her, so that she could prove herself to be a Mage. So what better way to represent herself, than a small being filled with the Void?

''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/a-familiar-void-familiar-of-zero-hollow-knight.777784/ A Familiar Void]]'' tells a story of how [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière]] summons [[VideoGame/HollowKnight the Knight]] as her familiar, not long after the latter sacrificed itself in order to defeat the Radiance. Thus, begins the journey of a mage and her familiar as the once-normal life of a school student changes and finding themselves in the middle of convoluted event after event, which started more than a thousand years ago.
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* AccidentalMurder: When Louise summons the Knight after its demise, she believes that she accidentally kill her would-be familiar by her explosion. It is soon fixed when she kissed its mask.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While she's a bit harsh on the Knight at first, it takes a short amount of time for her to grow a heart on it. Especially after she hears on how the Knight (and its sibling") were born.
* ALizardNamedLiz: Louise gives the Knight "Bug" as its name. When they find another Vessel inside the school's vault, Louise names it "Sib" from the word "Sibling."
* ForWantOfANail:
** Rather than summoning Saito, Louise summons the Knight, a Vessel "born of God and Void." It is then revealed that the Vessel is very likely a default familiar of a Void mage, as seen how Pope Vittorio has the Hollow Knight as his familiar.
** At least Tristain knows about the existence of the Bugs of Hallownest with some of them working as merchants and guards.
** There's a torch in Albion, similar to the one used by the Knight to summoned the Grimm Troupe.
** Instead of going to Albion with Guiche and Wardes, Louise goes to the floating island with the Knight, Sib, Montmorency, and Agnes. Kirche and Tabitha are following them from behind though.
*TheVoiceless: The Vessels are incapable of talking. Louise finds out that she could communicate with them if she touches them.

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