No one would debase him. Almost all of the sentience of Hallownest is the result of his presence, and to protect it he risked it all. "A world you gave to bug and beast as they had never dreamed." And most probably, never deserved. Also, if you think about it, you can say that no other sacrifice (with a notable exception of the Dreamers) did anything to help save them from the infection. No matter how brave and honored any other creature may have been, all they could do was sitting and watching while PK tried everything, and when he failed, all hope was lost. Only the Void of the Abyss and a vessel deeply tied to it (our Knight) could turn the tides, but the Void is of such an alien nature that PK could not foresee this future, and (probably) committed suicide. And you know why the Void could do something PK couldn't? Because it was stronger than any higher being could ever be. Hollow Knight isn't set in a world where willpower can get you anywhere you want. If you don't have enough power or the legit means to obtain it, you'll never have it. Simple as that.
I feel like the last verse is where this song REALLY fits with the Pale King. The biggest trait of the Pale King that we know for a fact is his hubris. He thought that he could succeed where all others had failed, that he could build an eternal kingdom. And after he sealed the Hollow Knight, he thought he had succeeded. The triumphant declarations in that part of the song are simply perfect.
Yeah the pale king was a jerk. He killed thousands of his own children in pursuit of a plan that his most devoted Knight, Ogrim, said was cruel and unethical. However he had Ogrim exiled, and then he sealed his own dying children into a deep dark abyss, with nothing but the betrayal of the one figure in their lives.
@@lemonplayz4032 Ogrim didn't know about the plan. If you Dreamnail him after the fight, it reads "So there were others" implying that Ogrim didn't know about the rest of the siblings. But, yes. Pale King more like Pale Kuk.
@@NeptuniumNecromancy "Stands", eh, it's at roughly the same point it was before the PK arrived (and thus before it was called Hallownest). The Hive, Mantises, and _maybe_ Deepnest is still sentient, but they were before. Without the PK's beacon, who knows if the other bugs remain sentient (we can't know (for now), since once the infection is stopped, the game ends). Maybe his metaphoric "afterglow" (as mentioned by the Godseeker) is enough, since Elderbug and other NPCs seem to retain sentience.
*smacks table aggressively* DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE REWATCHED THE SKETCH VERSION OF THIS, ONLY TO JUST NOW GET THIS SMACKED IN MY FACE IN MY RECOMMENDATIONS A WHOLE DAY LATER??? THIS IS THE BOMB, MAN, IF I HAD MONEY I'D GLADLY FORK IT OVER JUST FOR MORE STUFF LIKE THIS!!!!!
I've been watching the sketch animatic one since a little after 4/4 (my brother got the game as a birthday present) and it just showed up in my recommendations today! It's really cool!
One thing that always struck me about the Pale King is how pretty much everyone loved him. Not just the common people, but the bugs (and the root) who actually interacted with him. The White Lady still loved him even though he did... _that_ to her children, to the point that she refuses to reproduce anymore.
In fact, the fate of the vessels should not seem sad. Those who believe that the Pale King killed his children need to understand that the Pale King did not create CHILDREN. He created creatures that could contain the infection, contain the Radiance. He had not originally planned to treat the vessels as children. He needed a vessel without emotion. Without the emotions that Radiance could use to corrupt the vessel. And yet, time after time, all the vessels received these emotions. And they could no longer be vessels. They weren't perfect, they were broken. What do you do with something that can't be fixed at all? You throw away this unnecessary garbage that can no longer be used for its intended purpose. The King can only be blamed for ruining a perfect vessel, a Pure Vessel. He became so attached to it that the vessel was no longer hollow. It became full. Instead of throwing away the vessel and trying to create a new one, the King took a chance. Time was very short, and he used a defective vessel. Garbage. Junk. What should have been thrown out
@@OrionoftheStar I mean, he literally threw away every failed vessel, but when he got the perfect vessel , he messed it up. He got attached and couldn't throw it away. That's his mistake.
I like to believe, the Pale King didnt die because of Void shenanigans, but because he couldnt actually leave his throneroom for groceries because he went a bit too crazy on his home decoration of buzzsaws
The original animatic is what got me into Hollow Knight. No lie, UA-cam refused to stop recommending after I listened to two (2) Lemon Demon songs. So I caved, and watched it and now im here, been subscribed here for a couple months now and a loyal Team Cherry fan. Thank you for this. Glad to see this made into a Pmv
1:46 this one shot gives the Pale King so much personality. He knows he’s about to tarnish himself with the ultimate sin of betrayal yet is willing to do it for his kingdom’s wellbeing. (In case you didn’t know, Herrah only agreed to become a dreamer if the PK had a child with her, that child being Hornet). Amazing.
The Pale King is my favorite HK character simply because he tried his best and experimented and it all just backfired spectacularly because of some black goop and orange juice, he reminds me of me... plus he looks cool
*A R T* The story of the pale king in hollow knight always never makes so much sense but dose at the same time that it's crazy what the people at team cherry are able to do. I'm honestly just really sad for all of those little void babies🥺.
sylent that sad part is their plan was making an emotionless Killer to contain the void, So all the Imperfect void babies he sent in had feelings of some sort.
Further proof that nobody in Hollow Knight really is the villain. The Radiance was ripped from her home, but the Pale King was just trying to help his people when she came back Also Ogrim is still pure
"Better to be laughed at than wrong." That's it. That's the most important line in the whole song, both for its original context and definitely this context. This is wonderful the whole way through really.
"You were so focused on a unified theory, nobody shall make it through the night, Hear you out, we shall not, you are not the only one, and soon, you will be one of many."
I notice than in every single animatic of this song, the line “I tried I tried, to make you listen to me”, is misinterpreted as a child. Which is interesting
Oh yeah Arris! I totally agree and it fits, it just intrigues me to see that in several different Animatics it is written as the same thing. (How did I not notice the bad grammar)
@@moonlysheephost8950 basically, the pale king screwed Hera(TheGreatSpiderOfEnemy) because Hera wanted a child. Once the child was born, who was Hornet, the child was raised by the pale lady. Hera was of course one of The dreamers, as of course, if Hera got a child from the pale king, she will become one of the dreamers to keep the seal from breaking.
this really shows how pk wasn't a bad guy, he just made a lot of bad decisions in desperation to save his kingdom and people. he didn't like the sacrifices he had to do, but he felt like he had to. and he thought things could get better. but despite his attempts, he failed..
I really enjoy the expressiveness of PK's eyes, especially in the end sequence when the void has finally reached out to claim him. I love seeing the confusion and then the panic set in, him tripping into his seat on the throne, void tendrils seizing his sleeve and dozens of vessels' shades' eyes closing in... You can feel the terror of the Pale King, as viscerally as if you yourself were looking out through his eyes, hearing his desperate breaths and frantic heartbeat deep inside your own ears... Or maybe I'm just really imaginative :P Great animation though really I watch it on repeat to soak up every little detail over and over again ;D
*BRO WHAT* I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST A NORMAL ANAMATIC I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A POTENTIAL STORYBOARD FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS!!! Gosh, I literally gasped at some of those backgrounds! I want to know how to paint like that holy hell this is so good!
I like to imagine if a newer player watched this and didn't know FK was a maggot in Hegemol's shell and just being like: "WHY IS THE FALSE KNIGHT THERE-"
1:38 - "'cause you're the only person in the world who'd understand the meaning of this" sounds exactly like the sort of thing the pale king would tell lurien to persuade him into becoming a dreamer
I loved the storyboard. I ADORE this! I love how Isma had a little green scarf-thing, along with all the other little details. Like the Pale King being brighter than the vessels in the silhouette flash. And the backgrounds are so beautiful and detailed! I’m so happy that you finished this, and I look forward to seeing whatever else you come up with in the future!
" no cost too great..." -the pale king I think this animation shows that perfectly. After all the vessels that have been wasted, after all the victims that had given in to the infection, and after the loss of his son.... It was all for an important cause. Sure, it may have taken a lot of lives, but the king help to that this would end any more casualties from occurring to this precious Kingdom. Obviously we know now that wasn't enough... but his intentions were clear. Unfortunately , the sacrifices he did make did come back to bite him. ( excellent animation ! And I love the art you did in this. Good job 👍 ✨ )
Yeah. He seemed kind of like a good person and yet his actions completely dehumanize him. His actions were completely horrible and monstrous and yet he doesn’t seem that bad. It Pretty elegantly expresses No cost too great.
No one actually knows what happened to the Pale King, but this is a great theory video+music video. I also like the detail in the knights, like Ze'mer and Isma, even though we don't know what she actually looks like from a full view. Beautiful video.
Almost everyone points to Void. You can even see Void particles in his throne room. Some think it might be dust bet dust particles are small and fade slow. The Void particles are big and fade fast. And in the throne room, the particles are big and fade fast so Void.
i imagine the hardest fights would be dryya and ze'mer. Ogrim's strength seems to rely on crowd control, so Ogrim vs the knight probably would be the easiest of the 5
The whole video is so amazing! Everything is so detailed and I love that there is a ton of movement, especially towards the end! Btw, the Pale Kings little hands at 3:22 always make me giggle. I don’t why- they’re just, I don’t know, adorable???
1:31 has to be my favorite image in the video. The White Lady looks so god damn innocent, god I wish I could just give the Pale King and the White Lady a hug; if I was King’s size.
Debatable. Did he want to save the people, or prolong the life of his ‘perfect’ kingdom? We’re his actions done out of kindness, or out of attempt for control? PK is the kind of ruler god to say that he and only he may sit at the top. Shaman’s power? Shunned. Lifeblood? Banned. Wouldn’t be surprised if he knew what he was doing when the moths were convinced to abandon the Radiance...
_Honest to God, The only thing that this animation needs, Is a shot at the end of the Pale King sitting in his throne, while the life fades from his eyes and the throne room gets consumed by Darkness_
I watched it like...hundred times already... but it still caught me off guard? Like, 2:10 I never noticed that he like, modeled his... friends? in his isolation. Like, geez, harsh??? Esspecially because I like this guy. Like, I was happy to die, just to go in direction of his voice again XD
YOO WHAT this is so amazing?? I thought the storyboard was fantastic by itself, and most artists leave videos like that completed as they are (which is completely understandable. Art is hard) BUT YOU FINISHED THIS AND IT TURNED OUT SO GREAT
All I can say is I’m so happy this exists. Since this video I’ve seen so many people doing this same kind of but this has always been one of my favorites, and weather it was just by association or it actually being a good song touch tone telephone has become one of my favorite. Also first this isn’t a critique just an idea but wouldn’t have been cool if he looked at peace for like one little second as if he was saying to himself the line he’s remembered by “no cost to great” and that includes his life... idk just though of it and though it was cool sounding...
The story of a plastic fork finding out that committing genocide on your own children usually does not to help too much in a fight, and thus lost a war against an angry fluffy moth. But hey, he’s a plastic fork, how was he supposed to know that?
One small detail I like to believe is that the pale king was quick to anger and quite stubborn at times. My reason for this is the behaviour of the kingsmolds which he created (and since they are made of void that personality in them must have come from their creator)
THE FINISHED PRODUCT THE THING THE THING ITS HERE ITS RIGHT HERE AND ITS BEAUTIFUL HOLY SHIT??? YOUR BACKGROUNDS,,,, UR TWEENS,,,, EFFERVESCENT THIS IS SO COOOOOOOOOOOOL god i love this pmv so much
Honestly just watching this made me realize that "No cost too great" is justified when I see what the Pale King had to go through... Don't get me wrong, what he did to he's 30000000 children is terrible, but I have a new found sympathy for him.
When you made the first one, I had no idea that you were going to make one in colour, mainly for the fact that the storyboard was already super detailed and impressive. With this one, you just knocked it out of the park. Awesome job. Every detail from the original has been heightened tenfold!
This song really sums up the king. He thinks he's right, so he's going to do what he wants right or wrong. Even if it means abandoning his thousands of "imperfect" children, even though in the end, the hollow knight was another failed experiment.
1:54 if this was a single image as a fanart it would be one of my favourite HK fanarts, the fact that this is only one of so many great images is amazing, great job
I know I’m spectacularly late, but your work is fantastic! I got chills at the last bit, mostly because of how the song sounds like it’s yelling as well. That was AMAZING, and really represents the moral ambiguity of every single character in this game.
Damn.. This makes me love HK universe again, it's just so tragic and nice, and one of the things that I really like is Olgrim which is basically the only guard that survived, and that scene where he made statues of the others made me really damn sad..
There is something a bit satisfying about that ending, even if The Pale King is somewhat sympathetic. It still does feel right for his end to be at the hand of the spirits of those thousands of spawn he killed in pursuit of his eternal kingdom.
![EMPIRES - Hollow Knight [Completed MAP]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dltm6G3HDAc/mqdefault.jpg)
![EMPIRES - Hollow Knight [Completed MAP]](/img/tr.png)
Siblings: dad what's for dinner
Pale king: *confused screaming*
Lmao
What's for dinner Dad
@@charisma1046 DAD, YOU ARE OUR DINNER NOW!
more fitting remembering the guy in the image is brandishing a frying pan
What's for dinner? Dad.
“Death is a preferable alternative to debasement.”
-The Pale King, probably.
Oops, got both.
You know he can reincarnate right?
No one would debase him. Almost all of the sentience of Hallownest is the result of his presence, and to protect it he risked it all.
"A world you gave to bug and beast as they had never dreamed."
And most probably, never deserved. Also, if you think about it, you can say that no other sacrifice (with a notable exception of the Dreamers) did anything to help save them from the infection. No matter how brave and honored any other creature may have been, all they could do was sitting and watching while PK tried everything, and when he failed, all hope was lost. Only the Void of the Abyss and a vessel deeply tied to it (our Knight) could turn the tides, but the Void is of such an alien nature that PK could not foresee this future, and (probably) committed suicide. And you know why the Void could do something PK couldn't? Because it was stronger than any higher being could ever be.
Hollow Knight isn't set in a world where willpower can get you anywhere you want. If you don't have enough power or the legit means to obtain it, you'll never have it. Simple as that.
@@TRak598 Couldn't surpass the void, huh? Guess PK got...😎 squashed like a bug.
@João Serafim but the Dreamers didn’t work. How the heck do explain Infected Crossroads
I always forget that the King is REALLY freakin’ short.
Mokey Mokey smol
tinyy
*_tiny fork_*
@@Muu_Kusunoki Thank you i cant unsee that now
HE IS AVERAGE HEIGHT
It's incredible that the part that made me cry was when Ogrim is looking at the statues that he made.
Rip Ogrim. It makes sense if this was really how he was banished.
that was a total shit show
No, he lost his armor set to a grub, the false knight, and that was most likely why he was banished
ME TOO AAAAAAAH
in what minute happends that?
I feel like the last verse is where this song REALLY fits with the Pale King. The biggest trait of the Pale King that we know for a fact is his hubris. He thought that he could succeed where all others had failed, that he could build an eternal kingdom. And after he sealed the Hollow Knight, he thought he had succeeded. The triumphant declarations in that part of the song are simply perfect.
Yes
Yeah the pale king was a jerk. He killed thousands of his own children in pursuit of a plan that his most devoted Knight, Ogrim, said was cruel and unethical. However he had Ogrim exiled, and then he sealed his own dying children into a deep dark abyss, with nothing but the betrayal of the one figure in their lives.
@@lemonplayz4032 Ogrim didn't know about the plan. If you Dreamnail him after the fight, it reads "So there were others" implying that Ogrim didn't know about the rest of the siblings. But, yes. Pale King more like Pale Kuk.
Well the Pale king succeeded, even with all of the Radiance’s attempts, Hallownest stands eternal
@@NeptuniumNecromancy "Stands", eh, it's at roughly the same point it was before the PK arrived (and thus before it was called Hallownest). The Hive, Mantises, and _maybe_ Deepnest is still sentient, but they were before. Without the PK's beacon, who knows if the other bugs remain sentient (we can't know (for now), since once the infection is stopped, the game ends). Maybe his metaphoric "afterglow" (as mentioned by the Godseeker) is enough, since Elderbug and other NPCs seem to retain sentience.
I DIDN’T THINK THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN *WHAT*
Neither did PK
Your a moth soooo you going to pks side caused that
*smacks table aggressively* DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE REWATCHED THE SKETCH VERSION OF THIS, ONLY TO JUST NOW GET THIS SMACKED IN MY FACE IN MY RECOMMENDATIONS A WHOLE DAY LATER???
THIS IS THE BOMB, MAN, IF I HAD MONEY I'D GLADLY FORK IT OVER JUST FOR MORE STUFF LIKE THIS!!!!!
same. Please Open a Patreon or something! I want to throw Money at you for making my life better trough this Video.
I've been watching the sketch animatic one since a little after 4/4 (my brother got the game as a birthday present) and it just showed up in my recommendations today! It's really cool!
yes
The exact same thing happened to me
haha fork
One thing that always struck me about the Pale King is how pretty much everyone loved him. Not just the common people, but the bugs (and the root) who actually interacted with him.
The White Lady still loved him even though he did... _that_ to her children, to the point that she refuses to reproduce anymore.
didn't she already know what she was doing before they even began?
@@Link9058 I believe so, yes
In fact, the fate of the vessels should not seem sad. Those who believe that the Pale King killed his children need to understand that the Pale King did not create CHILDREN. He created creatures that could contain the infection, contain the Radiance. He had not originally planned to treat the vessels as children. He needed a vessel without emotion. Without the emotions that Radiance could use to corrupt the vessel. And yet, time after time, all the vessels received these emotions. And they could no longer be vessels. They weren't perfect, they were broken. What do you do with something that can't be fixed at all? You throw away this unnecessary garbage that can no longer be used for its intended purpose.
The King can only be blamed for ruining a perfect vessel, a Pure Vessel. He became so attached to it that the vessel was no longer hollow. It became full.
Instead of throwing away the vessel and trying to create a new one, the King took a chance. Time was very short, and he used a defective vessel. Garbage. Junk. What should have been thrown out
@@РоманКурбатов-ж1к
You are literally the first person I've ever seen defend the Pale King by managing to make what he did _even worse._
@@OrionoftheStar I mean, he literally threw away every failed vessel, but when he got the perfect vessel , he messed it up. He got attached and couldn't throw it away. That's his mistake.
I like to believe, the Pale King didnt die because of Void shenanigans, but because he couldnt actually leave his throneroom for groceries because he went a bit too crazy on his home decoration of buzzsaws
: )
wait, so the dead kingsmoulds are the ones who delivered food to him, but couldn't go back and also died?
Xd
Serves him right
wait werent those for protection bcuz he like made it so his void creations would be scared of buzzsaws? bcuz i am
YOU CANT JUST DROP THIS NO WARNING
REGARDLESS THIS IS AMAZING
I WAS LITERALLY WATCHING THE ORIGINAL WHEN I SAW THIS IN MY NOTIFICATIONS
Wats the original
He did another one of these with slightly less impressive illustrations
@@annoyedredhead3151
It's the storyboard version.
I'm pretty sure your profile picture described what your reaction was cap'n meme demon
@@annoyedredhead3151 ффф
The original animatic is what got me into Hollow Knight. No lie, UA-cam refused to stop recommending after I listened to two (2) Lemon Demon songs. So I caved, and watched it and now im here, been subscribed here for a couple months now and a loyal Team Cherry fan. Thank you for this. Glad to see this made into a Pmv
Ghhg
Same! Now I love and play it to this day!
I got it a month ago and I'm addicted
Opposite for me, this got me into lemon demon!
@@redmantis3336 same
can i ask what you thought about it when you first saw it without any HK context?
IS it just me that, when the Pale King goes to ask Herrah for help can hear "A child, a child, a child"?
It's perfect.
I actually thought that's what it said at first
Same!
It is. It's supposed to say "I try" but...
@@TheMinekBolt It does say that, but I always hear "a child" here and in the sketch version, and its very fitting fortunattly
Man you are right
1:46 this one shot gives the Pale King so much personality. He knows he’s about to tarnish himself with the ultimate sin of betrayal yet is willing to do it for his kingdom’s wellbeing. (In case you didn’t know, Herrah only agreed to become a dreamer if the PK had a child with her, that child being Hornet). Amazing.
He asked the white lady in advance, she thought it was fine and even likes hornet as she raised her.
The Pale King is my favorite HK character simply because he tried his best and experimented and it all just backfired spectacularly because of some black goop and orange juice, he reminds me of me... plus he looks cool
Same
@@spookyjosh158 what about a spork? Or is that out of question?
Everything going to hell at the end and the Pale King finally realizing he’s screwed as the void claims him is extremely scary.
*A R T*
The story of the pale king in hollow knight always never makes so much sense but dose at the same time that it's crazy what the people at team cherry are able to do. I'm honestly just really sad for all of those little void babies🥺.
sylent that sad part is their plan was making an emotionless Killer to contain the void, So all the Imperfect void babies he sent in had feelings of some sort.
@@wizoop4468 no they didnt
cornspoon I guess I'm wrong then
@@meulware such a great deduction
@@aidenbaker9007 ikr
Further proof that nobody in Hollow Knight really is the villain. The Radiance was ripped from her home, but the Pale King was just trying to help his people when she came back
Also Ogrim is still pure
Brumm is definently the villian. He makes you get rid of grimmchild.
Yes but the true villain is Sly for those outrageous prices
@@sharksuperiority9736 You can blame capitalism for that one. Here, in the arms of Mother Russia, there will be no overpriced items.
Paulito8000 Back in soviet Hallownest, you don’t pay for the items, you pay for your soul
i mean primal aspids exist
Seeing this in my recommended today gave me the most excitement I have felt in weeks dude. This is amazing and I love it and aaaaaaa
Same
"Better to be laughed at than wrong."
That's it. That's the most important line in the whole song, both for its original context and definitely this context.
This is wonderful the whole way through really.
SquirrelSword I agree
It's the truest law of the human ego. We all want to be right but in doing so we are often woefully wrong.
Really just amazing with Ogrim's story, honestly
Isn’t that the opposite of what happens to the Pale King? He’d rather be wrong and die than have his subjects reject him
SquirrelSword I only payed attention to the space nazis lol
I really appreciate how this humanizes (or bug-inizes) the Pale King while simultaneously giving him a very well deserved comeuppance.
Pale King did a lot of things wrong sure... But he tried to save his kingdom, his creation, his followers and that's okay.
I like the idea that the last chorus is being mockingly sung by the siblings.
"You were so focused on a unified theory, nobody shall make it through the night, Hear you out, we shall not, you are not the only one, and soon, you will be one of many."
I notice than in every single animatic of this song, the line “I tried I tried, to make you listen to me”, is misinterpreted as a child. Which is interesting
I mean, it fits, since Herrah wanted a child from the Pale King in return for becoming a dreamer
Oh yeah Arris! I totally agree and it fits, it just intrigues me to see that in several different Animatics it is written as the same thing.
(How did I not notice the bad grammar)
It's sort of a low-level Yanny/Laurel type illusion I guess. Or really, it just sounds similar. Which isn't really an illusion at all.
@@lucasriddle3431 I’m guessing people misshear it at first and figure that it fits great, even if they do eventually learn of the correct line
“No cost too great.”
The void was that cost. He used it to end the infection, but what he didn’t realise that it was also the end of him.
The cost was the mass murder of his children
I gess it was to great to be near him
"Did you do it?"
"Yes"
"What did it cost?"
"No cost too great."
Tyd
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3:20
“You played with the Void, now you pay the price.”
This music was born to explain Hollow Knight.
1:44 I think everyone who knows the lore knows what this was about **Winking intensifies**
@@internalthoughts2165 what happened? Hornet - daughter of Pale King and TheGreatSpiderOfEnemy?
@@moonlysheephost8950 basically, the pale king screwed Hera(TheGreatSpiderOfEnemy) because Hera wanted a child. Once the child was born, who was Hornet, the child was raised by the pale lady. Hera was of course one of The dreamers, as of course, if Hera got a child from the pale king, she will become one of the dreamers to keep the seal from breaking.
No cost to great
this really shows how pk wasn't a bad guy, he just made a lot of bad decisions in desperation to save his kingdom and people. he didn't like the sacrifices he had to do, but he felt like he had to. and he thought things could get better. but despite his attempts, he failed..
the road to hell is paved with good intentions
He did the best anyone could have.
No cost too great.
@@meechiejamerson I'm surprised that wasnt the first reply
Extreme acts of desperation.
No cost too great.
I really enjoy the expressiveness of PK's eyes, especially in the end sequence when the void has finally reached out to claim him. I love seeing the confusion and then the panic set in, him tripping into his seat on the throne, void tendrils seizing his sleeve and dozens of vessels' shades' eyes closing in...
You can feel the terror of the Pale King, as viscerally as if you yourself were looking out through his eyes, hearing his desperate breaths and frantic heartbeat deep inside your own ears...
Or maybe I'm just really imaginative :P Great animation though really I watch it on repeat to soak up every little detail over and over again ;D
*BRO WHAT* I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST A NORMAL ANAMATIC I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A POTENTIAL STORYBOARD FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS!!! Gosh, I literally gasped at some of those backgrounds! I want to know how to paint like that holy hell this is so good!
Same
I like to imagine if a newer player watched this and didn't know FK was a maggot in Hegemol's shell and just being like:
"WHY IS THE FALSE KNIGHT THERE-"
The real question: why isn’t PK tripping on that big cloak he has on?? what kind of sorcery is this
He probably has ambiguous wardrobe magic as well as ambiguous dream magic
you’ve just put the image in my head of PK tripping over his cloak in front of literally everyone and fucking dying
No way that was unexpected, like the Spanish inquisition
NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!!!!!!
@@lazilexi OUR CHIEF WEAPON IS SURPRISE, SURPRISE AND FE- OUR TWO CHIEF WEAPONS ARE FEAR AND SURPRISE
Ghvg
**wheezes in Spanish**
1:38 my boi just standing there ❤
The original is what got me into Lemon Demon, so I'm really happy to see it finished. It looks great!
Same here.
Me too!
saaame lol
Same dude!
He's so goood!!
1:38 - "'cause you're the only person in the world who'd understand the meaning of this"
sounds exactly like the sort of thing the pale king would tell lurien to persuade him into becoming a dreamer
(How I imagine the conversation)
1:43
Pale King: I seeking your help to save the kingdom
Hera: and I came looking for worm butt.
no idea why, Pale King kinda a bitch.
*wyrm butt
@@wthefool8332 mossbag summed it up pretty well, if hornets dad is the pale king, that make her a demigod, and no doubt the perfect heir to deepnest
@@samuelcrow4701 true that, an heir to deepnest that would be the child or wyrm is pretty good.
See, I likes ya, n I wants ya,
I SUBSCRIBED TO THIS CHANNEL FOR THIS VIDEO ALONE OMG IT DELIVERS
i really liked the sketched version but this is
h o t.
i keep coming back to this dude i can’t help it
I loved the storyboard. I ADORE this! I love how Isma had a little green scarf-thing, along with all the other little details. Like the Pale King being brighter than the vessels in the silhouette flash. And the backgrounds are so beautiful and detailed! I’m so happy that you finished this, and I look forward to seeing whatever else you come up with in the future!
" no cost too great..."
-the pale king
I think this animation shows that perfectly. After all the vessels that have been wasted, after all the victims that had given in to the infection, and after the loss of his son.... It was all for an important cause. Sure, it may have taken a lot of lives, but the king help to that this would end any more casualties from occurring to this precious Kingdom. Obviously we know now that wasn't enough... but his intentions were clear. Unfortunately , the sacrifices he did make did come back to bite him. ( excellent animation ! And I love the art you did in this. Good job 👍 ✨ )
Yeah. He seemed kind of like a good person and yet his actions completely dehumanize him. His actions were completely horrible and monstrous and yet he doesn’t seem that bad. It Pretty elegantly expresses No cost too great.
Animatics like this are exactly why I wish Hollow Knight would get the same treatment with epic comic dubs that Undertale did.
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I watched the storyboard more times than I can count, seeing this makes me happy. The detail and quality of it all is amazing!
The pale king, a man soo scared of the light he was consumed by the dark.
UHHHM THIS IS AMAZING???
I cant believe you finished this!!!!!! YOU SHOULD BE SO FREAKING PROUD OF YOURSELF WWWWWWHHA-
His face at the end really said 'go to your room, all 6 million of you'
No one actually knows what happened to the Pale King, but this is a great theory video+music video. I also like the detail in the knights, like Ze'mer and Isma, even though we don't know what she actually looks like from a full view. Beautiful video.
Almost everyone points to Void. You can even see Void particles in his throne room. Some think it might be dust bet dust particles are small and fade slow. The Void particles are big and fade fast. And in the throne room, the particles are big and fade fast so Void.
1:17 I love how you made isma look. It made me wish I could fight her and all the other great knights.
i imagine the hardest fights would be dryya and ze'mer. Ogrim's strength seems to rely on crowd control, so Ogrim vs the knight probably would be the easiest of the 5
@@Link9058 That's just what they WANT you to think.
@@teaartist6455 Great Knights are actually WEAK!?!?!? NEW CONFIRMED THEORY || EXPOSED (NOT A JOKE (2020(ANTI-PK)))
@@Link9058 I actually think this comment got transported from some other chain. Sorry.
But it's interesting to now read your thoughts.
@@teaartist6455 it was a sarcasm
3:13 "hEllo FAtheR"
The whole video is so amazing! Everything is so detailed and I love that there is a ton of movement, especially towards the end!
Btw, the Pale Kings little hands at 3:22 always make me giggle. I don’t why- they’re just, I don’t know, adorable???
Adorable dead?
*oh my actual god you did it.*
1:31 has to be my favorite image in the video. The White Lady looks so god damn innocent, god I wish I could just give the Pale King and the White Lady a hug; if I was King’s size.
3:29 at this moment he realized that he had fucked up
YOU ABSOLUTE MAD LAD YOU ACTUALLY FINISHED SOMETHING
The pale isnt an idiot, it just never worked out for him, he did all that with good intentions, he wanted to save evryone from the infection afterall
Debatable. Did he want to save the people, or prolong the life of his ‘perfect’ kingdom? We’re his actions done out of kindness, or out of attempt for control?
PK is the kind of ruler god to say that he and only he may sit at the top. Shaman’s power? Shunned. Lifeblood? Banned. Wouldn’t be surprised if he knew what he was doing when the moths were convinced to abandon the Radiance...
1:46 bro what i hear is "child a child a child make you listen to me"that is just perfect wth
Siblings: "So, our dad left us. Then we stabbed him 79 times in the chest."
Radiance Then: A god among the bug creatures that inhabit hallownest, with an intense desire to kill everyone
Radiance Now: *fluffy moth bitch*
Did she really want everyone to die, though? Sounds like pk just really heavily convinced the Moths to follow him and forget her.
@@Link9058 debatable
_Honest to God, The only thing that this animation needs, Is a shot at the end of the Pale King sitting in his throne, while the life fades from his eyes and the throne room gets consumed by Darkness_
I watched it like...hundred times already... but it still caught me off guard?
Like, 2:10 I never noticed that he like, modeled his... friends? in his isolation. Like, geez, harsh??? Esspecially because I like this guy. Like, I was happy to die, just to go in direction of his voice again XD
YOO WHAT this is so amazing?? I thought the storyboard was fantastic by itself, and most artists leave videos like that completed as they are (which is completely understandable. Art is hard) BUT YOU FINISHED THIS AND IT TURNED OUT SO GREAT
I always thought that The Pale King died to exposure to Void over time. I'm in love with this view.
The original storyboard was ICONIC to the HK community, it's so cool to see it colored like this! It's really amazing, well done!
“No cost too great”
*loses his kingdom to such an extent that taxes were eradicated*
Ogrim and xero: are loyal
PK: we don’t do that here
This looks sooooo good and amazing!!
*I watched the storyboard over probably 50 times, and I found it 3 days ago*
*F I N A L L Y*
I really like how you animated the Pale King's facial expressions, he has such a nice ray of emotions in this.
All I can say is I’m so happy this exists. Since this video I’ve seen so many people doing this same kind of but this has always been one of my favorites, and weather it was just by association or it actually being a good song touch tone telephone has become one of my favorite. Also first this isn’t a critique just an idea but wouldn’t have been cool if he looked at peace for like one little second as if he was saying to himself the line he’s remembered by “no cost to great” and that includes his life... idk just though of it and though it was cool sounding...
1:42 “oh my gaaad, A CHILD A CHILD A CHILD A CHILD” -what I always hear no matter how many times I remind myself of the lyrics
The story of a plastic fork finding out that committing genocide on your own children usually does not to help too much in a fight, and thus lost a war against an angry fluffy moth. But hey, he’s a plastic fork, how was he supposed to know that?
One small detail I like to believe is that the pale king was quick to anger and quite stubborn at times. My reason for this is the behaviour of the kingsmolds which he created (and since they are made of void that personality in them must have come from their creator)
THE FINISHED PRODUCT THE THING THE THING ITS HERE ITS RIGHT HERE AND ITS BEAUTIFUL HOLY SHIT??? YOUR BACKGROUNDS,,,, UR TWEENS,,,, EFFERVESCENT THIS IS SO COOOOOOOOOOOOL god i love this pmv so much
This video got me originally into hollow knight and lemon demon and so i praise you for that.
Honestly just watching this made me realize that "No cost too great" is justified when I see what the Pale King had to go through...
Don't get me wrong, what he did to he's 30000000 children is terrible, but I have a new found sympathy for him.
Yeah agreed.The guy wanted to help his kingdom he hated what he did to his kids but he thought it would help his kingdom
30000000 is an understatement….
This is all very well done, and fits awesomely with the song. Impressive!
Wholey wheat I thought you were just doing the animatic-
Good flipping job this is amazing ;w;
When you made the first one, I had no idea that you were going to make one in colour, mainly for the fact that the storyboard was already super detailed and impressive. With this one, you just knocked it out of the park. Awesome job. Every detail from the original has been heightened tenfold!
"Pretty soon they'll discover me
In the Super-Sargasso Sea!"
accurate
Woah. It's like, the other one, but, better
2:30 gave me Hornet vibes
This song really sums up the king. He thinks he's right, so he's going to do what he wants right or wrong. Even if it means abandoning his thousands of "imperfect" children, even though in the end, the hollow knight was another failed experiment.
Me seeing a spider in corner of my room 00:59
1:38
they remembered the assistant who would watch over it's master no matter what
1:37 also our boi quarrel
0:56 Hegemol, my favourite knight
This is so freaking good. You're an excellent storyteller! You nailed the King's character too, imo.
1:54 if this was a single image as a fanart it would be one of my favourite HK fanarts, the fact that this is only one of so many great images is amazing, great job
I know I’m spectacularly late, but your work is fantastic! I got chills at the last bit, mostly because of how the song sounds like it’s yelling as well. That was AMAZING, and really represents the moral ambiguity of every single character in this game.
0:35
Aww she's so squishy!!!
Damn.. This makes me love HK universe again, it's just so tragic and nice, and one of the things that I really like is Olgrim which is basically the only guard that survived, and that scene where he made statues of the others made me really damn sad..
You dont know perhaps hegimol survived too if hegimol isnt in The armor IT doesnt mean hes dead
Omg it looks so good!! Amazing job!
You actually did you madman you actually did it!
Lol hi
3:22 let's just remember he painted legs to the pale king
aaaaaaand subscribed, and clicked the bell. This is a masterpeice
1:42
The thought that the pale king is going “ohhh my goddddddddd” at Hera is so fucking funny
This masterpiece finally reached 1 mil.
Everyone from the Kingdom surviving up to the game has a mental fortitude of steel. Hornet, Nailsmith, Nailmasters, Ogrim, and others...
Why is no one talking about sad dung defender?
F in the replies for Ogrim :(
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Press F for our dung boi
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I always come back to this video
The animatic, song and story told fit together so beautifully perfectly that all I can say is: well done. Very. Well. Done
Wow it’s almost like building a castle above a chaotic substance and then preceding to attack it after giving it life is a BAD idea.
If you feel bad for the vessels, ya gotta feel bad for pale king too, he had so much stress trying to protect his kingdom.
There is something a bit satisfying about that ending, even if The Pale King is somewhat sympathetic. It still does feel right for his end to be at the hand of the spirits of those thousands of spawn he killed in pursuit of his eternal kingdom.