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14	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/silksong.jpg]]
15	[[caption-width-right:350:A familiar princess explores a new kingdom of silk and song.]]
16	->''They see your beauty, so frail and fine,\
17	They see your peace, woven of faith and toil,\
18	They forget your heart, bound in slumber and servitude,\
19	When you wake, they shall see your truth''\
20	A beast's nature, bare to all.
21	-->-- "Pharloom's Folly", '''The Conductor Romino'''
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23	''Hollow Knight: Silksong'' is the upcoming sequel to the hand-drawn 2D action Metroidvania ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'', created by Australian developer Creator/TeamCherry. The game will be released for PC via Platform/{{Steam}}, Creator/HumbleBundle and [[Website/GOGDotCom GOG]], as well as Platform/NintendoSwitch and the Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS.
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25	Following the events of the first game, Hornet, now princess-protector of Hallownest, finds herself alone in a vast, unfamiliar haunted kingdom of Pharloom. She must battle foes, seek out allies, and solve mysteries as she ascends on a deadly pilgrimage to the kingdom’s peak. Bound by her lineage and guided by echoes of her past, Hornet will adventure through mossy grottos, coral forests and shining citadels to unravel a deadly thread that threatens this strange new land.
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27	The game features Hornet as the new protagonist, the new kingdom of Pharloom to explore, 150 new enemy types, new bosses, new gameplay mechanics with Hornet's needle and thread and arsenal of tools, and an all new score by the first game's composer, Christopher Larkin.
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29	The game was announced in February 2019, although a release date has not been announced.
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31	'''Previews''': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFAknD_9U7c Reveal Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8lvHT_IQbM E3 Nintendo Treehouse]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MbJnZOvjg8 Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase 2022]], [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1030300/Hollow_Knight_Silksong/ Steam Page]]
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33	!!So far, ''Hollow Knight: Silksong'' contains examples of:
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35	%% no citation * ArcSymbol: Bells are ''everywhere'' in Pharloom. They're made into buildings, some enemies wear them as helmets, and they seem to be related to the local religious practices.
36	%% no citation * BandLand: {{Downplayed}}, but Pharloom appears to be a ''very'' musical place, and the earliest descriptions of the game claim that the kingdom is both ruled and haunted by song.
37	* ContrastingSequelSetting: On a number of levels, but one of the biggest being Pharloom's level of technological advancement compared to Hallownest, with one area in the reveal trailer appearing to be an EternalEngine, and one boss being a ''robot!''
38	* DanceBattler: Lace is a fencer who adds a number of flourishes to her attacks, and while only seen for a moment during the reveal trailers, Carmelita seems to be one too.
39	* LethalLavaLand: The Nintendo Treehouse demonstration shows the Deep Docks, an area with lakes of lava. It also includes heated platforms that Hornet can run across, but cannot stay on for too long without taking damage.
40	* RiseToTheChallenge: The 2022 trailer showed a section where Hornet has to parkour up a shaft while keeping ahead of the lava that's rising up from beneath her, popping the oblivious enemies she passes.
41	* ShearMenace: One of the enemies seen in the debut trailer fights with a pair of plain, normal scissors... that are about twice the length of their body. Another enemy chases Hornet with a smaller pair of closed shears wielded like a sword.
42	* SpikesOfDoom: The reveal trailer shows spikes attached to the undersides of platforms. Two of the bosses seen in the trailer were also able to summon spikes out of the ground to damage Hornet.
43	* SwordLines: Trailers show that, like in the original, many of the melee attacks are punctuated with clean white lines to clarify their range and how to dodge them.
44	%%no citation * WeirdCurrency: Pharloom uses Rosary beads as currency.

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