Hollow Knight characters: 43 characters and all their dialogue
43 characters of Hallownest. Open one to read all their lines in the game’s order.
Elderbug
41 conversations
“Ehhh...A sharp sickly smell has started to drift from the well beside town. I’d thought those depths ominous before, now they seem just dreadful.”
Hornet
21 conversations
“I’d urge you to take that harder path, but what end may come, the decision rests with you.”
Quirrel
49 conversations
“Hallownest’s heart... Magnificent even in mourning.”
Cornifer
38 conversations
“Ahh my short friend, you’ve caught me at the perfect time. I’m just about finished charting these noxious caverns.”
Iselda
12 conversations
“Come to buy a map have you? It’s really my husband you should be dealing with, but what a surprise! He’s headed down below.”
Sly
28 conversations
“Pockets feeling empty? If you need some more Geo, take a trip into the ruins below us and hunt around. Just take care not to fall into a haze. I won’t be coming down to rescue you.”
ZoteThe Mighty
79 conversations
“Precept Twenty-Nine: ‘Develop Your Sense of Direction’.”
ConfessorJiji
35 conversations
“The food I like... it’s soft and round and bursts delightfully in your mouth. The smell it emits... just thinking about is getting me excited. It truly is the most sumptuous thing in the world.”
SnailShaman
19 conversations
“Ah ho! I’m sensing new power about you, one that’ll crack the rock beneath us. A useful thing for one looking to travel ever deeper.”
Nailsmith
28 conversations
“Have you brought me another nail to be honed? Leave it on the ground and return later, if you’re still breathing.”
Relic SeekerLemm
38 conversations
“A third Arcane Egg? You’re an exceptional explorer to have found so many.”
MillibelleThe Banker
18 conversations
“Changed your mind? Well, come back any time.”
Seer
34 conversations
“Yes. The time has come. The Dream Nail... And you as well, Wielder. It is time for you both to awaken.”
TheHunter
10 conversations
“You have proven yourself a true hunter, a master of killing, and so with great pleasure I will give you the reward you deserve...”
Charm LoverSalubra
16 conversations
“My dapper gadfly, would you care to know how charms are made? I don’t often tell my customers, what with the truth being a little morbid. But you’re a sharp one so you may have guessed already.”
The LastStag
24 conversations
“It was a long time ago, but I remember when these highways and crossroads pulsed with life. These are the paths I first carried passengers through when I was young.”
NailmasterMato
11 conversations
“That charm...! Could it be?! Only the Great Nailsage himself could have bestowed such a thing!”
NailmasterOro
11 conversations
“You’ve returned, though you were not invited.”
NailmasterSheo
14 conversations
“Building these models takes patience and a light touch. It’s worth it though, seeing the grand old Knights of Hallownest come to life before our eyes.”
Cloth
22 conversations
“Greetings tiny creature. You got the look of an adventurer alright. I’d call myself the same but this dreadful place makes me feel inadequate.”
LittleFool
17 conversations
“Ah, you lack the Geo to make a contribution. We can’t make an exception, I’m afraid. Return once you are worthier... and wealthier.”
GreyMourner
17 conversations
“.....Wai. Destroyed. Again. Another rare and precious thing reduced to wilted stem.”
Leg Eater
19 conversations
“Don’t try to sneak past me. I can smell you.”
Steel SoulJinn
16 conversations
“...Its body, so soft... Fragile... Inferior built. Not like Jinn.”
MisterMushroom
15 conversations
“Nyush oola mumu? Shruba dungo ola, ola mu... gungi.”
Bretta
18 conversations
“Heroic...Beautiful...”
Tiso
13 conversations
“I’ll crush them all. Oh, and you. You’ll see me at my deadly best.”
Myla
12 conversations
“... how much longer... KILL IT... how much longer... DANGEROUS... how much longer... KILL IT... how much longer... KILL THE EMPTY ONE...”
WhiteLady
13 conversations
“Dear Ogrim, I’m sure you saw Dryya on the way in? She’s stood guard over me for so long.”
DungDefender
11 conversations
“Go now, mighty warrior of Hallownest! You’ve proven your honour! Good fortune on the path ahead.”
Mask Maker
10 conversations
“To change a face; to conceal it fully within another... A powerful protection that is, but one with sad consequence.”
Bardoon
9 conversations
“Hmpph...Be on your way then? It’s rest I’ll return to, though in these times sleep oft proves uneasy.”
Tuk
9 conversations
“Mmmnnnnnnngghhh... I’ll find you again. The water will bring you to me. I just need to keep searching... and praying.”
Willoh
6 conversations
“Mmmmmm, just splendid.”
Midwife
7 conversations
“My good friend. You wear that bright mark of relationship. Then you’ve met her perhaps? Her who’d guard the mark, the Gendered Child.”
EternalEmilitia
5 conversations
“Ah, what a surprise! It’s not often I receive visitors. It’s been so long. Ages even. I just hope my manners haven’t left me.”
MossProphet
4 conversations
“Oooohhh radiant being, we are blessed. Your rays touch us. Your warmth fills us.”
WhiteDefender
6 conversations
“My King... I believe in you. I believe in Hallownest! My devotion will never falter...”
Divine
23 conversations
“No Geo... why? Why don’t you have enough Geo?”
Troupe MasterGrimm
14 conversations
“Dance with me, my friend. The crowd awaits. Show them you are worthy of a starring role!”
Brumm
10 conversations
“You wish to see the Master? Return with the child full of flame and he shall appear.”
Nymm
5 conversations
“My dear friend, are you enjoying my music? It’s as upbeat a tune as I know, but I must admit, even it falls a little on the sadder side.”
Godseeker
45 conversations
“Most holy! Most divine! O God of Gods! Thou return to test thineself upon the lowly, snivelling weaklings serving beneath thee.”