History TearJerker / HollowKnight

** No Eyes was so scared of being Infected that [[EyeScream she mutilated and blinded herself to escape it]], but went crazy anyway, regressing to a childlike state.

** The other outcome is even worse. If you miss her at any one spot before slaying the Traitor Lord, she'll show up in Dirtmouth and vow to leave Hallownest (itself almost a death sentence). Dream Nailing her here will reveal that she's actually a DeathSeeker trying to "reunite" with a possibly dead loved one, and is traveling Hallownest trying to find ways to be killed in combat, but wasn't brave enough to go through with it. This makes her one of the only ghosts to recognize that she's actually dead.

* On the surface, the Dung Defender is a jolly, {{Large Ham}} warrior who fights for the glory of the kingdom. However, later on in the game, you find out that he's Ogrim, one of the five Great Knights, and they were unable to fight the infection off. When you fight the White Defender (Ogrim's dream fight), you can see that he misses the rest of them terribly, and he would like to reunite with them again. What makes it sadder is that he's unaware that some of the Knights were already dead, meaning that he'd never have a chance to reunite with them.

* The fate of your failed Siblings. Unlike your Knight the rest of your siblings are all dead or have become infected by the Radiance. Some tried to do the same adventure you did and either died for it against Hornet, Nosk, or other dangers in Hallownest. Two of your siblings, the Hollow Knight and Lost Kin, got turned by the Infection and you have to MercyKill them. The rest? They were all left in the Abyss to rot with only their shades being left. It's been estimated that their is ''thousands'' of vessel corpses down there. The Pale King only wanted the Perfect Vessel and once he presumed he got his Perfect Vessel in the original Hollow Knight he left your Knight and all the other Vessels down there to waste away.
** To make things even more tragic and disturbing its implied by the White Lady that ''all'' the Vessels where her and the Pale Kings children that he did some experiments on with the Void in order to ensure that one the Vessels could contain the Radiance. The sheer guilt of actively participating in such a plan were she and the King condemned thousands of her children to Void experiments and death is why the White Lady is chained up where she is in her Gardens. The worst part? ''The plan failed entirely'' and Hallownest still fell. The Hollow Knight plan was AllForNothing and all your siblings died pretty much for naught until you beat the Radiance yourself years after Hallownest fell apart. It feels a bit hollow though considering the sheer cost it took to get there.

** To make things even more tragic and disturbing its implied by the White Lady that ''all'' the Vessels where her and the Pale Kings children that he did some experiments on with the Void in order to ensure that one the Vessels could contain the Radiance. The sheer guilt of actively participating in such a plan were she and the King condemned thousands of her children to Void experiments and death is why the White Lady is chained up where she is in her Gardens. The worst part? ''The plan failed entirely'' and Hallownest still fell. The Hollow Knight plan was AllForNothing and all your siblings died pretty much for naught until you beat the Radiance yourself years after Hallownest fell apart. It feels a bit hollow though considering the sheer cost it took to geth there.

* The fate of your failed Siblings. Unlike your Knight the rest of your siblings are all dead or have become infected by the Radiance. Some tried to do the same adventure you did and either died for it against Hornet, Nosk, or other dangers in Hallownest. Two of your siblings, the Hollow Knight and Lost Kin, got turned by the Infection and you have to MercyKill them. The rest? They were all left in the Abyss to rot. It's been estimated that their is ''thousands'' of vessel corpses down there. The Pale King only wanted the Perfect Vessel and once he presumed he got his Perfect Vessel in the original Hollow Knight he left your Knight and all the other Vessels down there to waste away.

* The fate of your failed Siblings. Unlike the Knight and the Hollow Knight the rest of your Knight's siblings are all dead. Some tried to do the same adventure you did and either died for it against Hornet, Nosk, or other dangers in Hallownest. Two of your siblings got turned by the Infection and you have to MercyKill them. The rest? They were all left in the Abyss to rot. It's been estimated that their is ''thousands'' of vessel corpses down there. The Pale King only wanted the Perfect Vessel and once he presumed he got his Perfect Vessel in the original Hollow Knight he left your Knight and all the other Vessels down there to waste away.
** To make things even more tragic and disturbing its implied by the White Lady that ''all'' the Vessels where her and the Pale Kings children that he did some experiments with the Void with to make the Vessels in order to fight off the Radiance. The sheer guilt of actively participating in such a plan were she and the King condemned thousands of her children to Void experiments and death is why the White Lady is chained up where she is in her Gardens due to the sheer guilt of it all. The worst part? ''The plan failed entirely'' and Hallownest still fell. The Hollow Knight plan was AllForNothing until your Knight came along years after Hallownest as a kingdom fell.

** To make things even more tragic and disturbing its implied by the White Lady that all the Vessels where her and the Pale Kings children that he did some experiments with the Void with to make the Vessels in order to fight off the radiance. The sheer guilt of actively participating in such a plan were she and the King condemned thousands of her children to Void experiments and death is why the White Lady is chained up as she explains. The sheer guilt of what happened to all of them drove her to chain herself up. The worst part? ''The plan failed entirely'' and Hallownest still fell. The Hollow Knight plan was AllForNothing until your Knight came along years after Hallowenest as a kingdom pretty much died.

* The fate of your failed Siblings. Unlike the Knight and the Hollow Knight the rest of your Knight's siblings are all dead. Some tried to do the same adventure you did and either died for it against Hornet, Nosk, or other dangers in Hallownest. Two of your siblings got turned by the Infection and you have to MercyKill them. The rest? They were all left in the Abyss to rot. It's been estimated that their is ''thousands'' of vessel corpses down there. The Pale King only wanted the Perfect Vessel and once he presumed he got his Perfect Vessel in the original Hollow Knight he left your Knight and all the other Vessels down there so they wouldn't be remembered.

* The fate of your failed Siblings. Unlike the Knight and the Hollow Knight the rest of your Knight's siblings are all dead. Some tried to do the same adventure you did and either died for it against Hornet, Nosk, or other dangers in Hallownest. One of your siblings got turned by the Infection and you have to MercyKill them. The rest? They were all left in the Abyss to rot. It's been estimated that their is ''thousands'' of vessel corpses down there. The Pale King only wanted the Perfect Vessel and once he presumed he got his Perfect Vessel in the original Hollow Knight he left your Knight and all the other Vessels down there so they wouldn't be remembered.

* Dream Nailing the Maggots who are holding a wake for the slain False Knight may yield this quote; "[[PleaseWakeUp Wake up, brother! Help me!]]" Still want to fill out [[GottaKillThemAll that Journal]]?