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Limbus AU Drabble Challenge by ottergrapefruitpunch
Fandoms: Hollow Knight (Video Games)
07 Sep 2025
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A personal challenge where I write a drabble for my Hollow Knight AU every day for 30 days.
More info, and a table of contents showing what characters are present in which chapters, can be found in the first chapter.
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- Part 2 of Limbus AU side stories
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✎ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ ʀᴇɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴋɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀsᴇ ✐
[RESUMED SINCE 30.8.2025]
☑︎ ɴᴏɴ ʜᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴋɴɪɢʜᴛ ғᴀɴ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅʟʏ = ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪs (ʜᴏᴘᴇғᴜʟʟʏ) ᴇxᴘʟᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ☑︎
♡ ᴜsᴇs ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀs ғʀᴏᴍ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ʙᴜᴛ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ'ᴛ sᴛʀɪᴄᴛʟʏ ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴄᴀɴᴏɴ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛs
♡ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀʀᴄᴛᴇʀs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ɢɪᴠᴇɴ ᴏɴᴇ 〖 ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʜɪᴛᴇ ʟᴀᴅʏ ☞ ᴄᴀɴɪᴛɪᴀ 〗
♡ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇs ᴍʏ ᴏᴡɴ ʀᴇᴅᴇsɪɢɴs | ᴀʀᴛᴡᴏʀᴋ
♡ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇs ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇ ᴄʟᴀɪᴍs, ʙᴀᴄᴋɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴍᴜsɪᴄ ᴇᴛᴄᴇᴛᴇʀᴀ🅄🄿🄳🄰🅃🄴🅂: ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ sᴜɴᴅᴀʏ (ᴍᴏɴᴅᴀʏ)
〖ᴛʜɪs sᴛᴏʀʏ ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡs ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ʜᴀʟʟᴏᴡɴᴇsᴛ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀɴᴅs ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀʟᴇ ᴋɪɴɢ ᴇxᴘᴀʟʟɪᴅᴜs ᴀʟᴏɴɢsɪᴅᴇ ᴀ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʀᴇsᴄᴜᴇs ʜɪᴍ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴀ ᴅɪʀᴇ sɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴄᴀɴɪᴛɪᴀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʜɪᴛᴇ ʟᴀᴅʏ. ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ ᴛᴏ ʙᴜɪʟᴅ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴋɪɴɢᴅᴏᴍ ᴡᴏɴ'ᴛ ʙᴇ ᴇᴀsʏ, ᴀs ɴᴏᴛ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛʀɪʙᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴇxᴀᴄᴛʟʏ sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜɪs ɪᴅᴇᴀ.〗
ᴛʜɪs ғɪᴄ ɪs ғᴏʀ ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ғᴏʀ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴍғᴏʀᴛ sᴛᴏʀʏ, ᴀ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴇᴠᴀʟ-ɪsʜ ғᴀɴᴛᴀsʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀs ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ.
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"That light foreseen has turned cold upon this kingdom.
The seeds of war have been sown, we do not invite it now.
May Its sacrifice bless our Hallownest Eternal."What if everyone in Hollow Knight lived during the golden days of the Pale King's rule?
This story follows the adventures of Hornet, Tiso, and the palace ghost, as they travel Hallownest in pursuit of their own goals. Hornet: a princess who wishes nothing more than to live a rugged life outside of her duties as the kingdom's heir, Tiso: an immigrant both looking to make a name for himself as a soldier and integrate into Hallownest's unfamiliar culture, and the knight: one of the Pale King's seven "impure vessels" who's seeking to find purpose in his life after not being chosen as the Hollow Knight.
As they interact, their goals eventually begin to intertwine into one singular mission: protecting Eternal from the wrath of the Radiance.(Bonus details: Quirrel is a scholar/espionage artist, the Pale Court knights are the king's law enforcement, nearly all of the Spirit's Glade spirits are alive/repurposed as extra characters throughout the story, and the Colosseum of Fools/The Grimm Troupe are criminal organizations.)
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Failures Drawn to Light by DemonicIntegrity, SpookyStripes
Fandoms: Hollow Knight (Video Games)
07 Sep 2025
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The palace had a grand air to it, importance of divine proportions, of a culmination of years of work from their Pale Crown.
For just as divine, it felt just as heavy today. Weighted with the test about to be carried out.
“Vessel, in the past you’ve have been told to uphold the protection and safety of both this kingdom and its crown. Until I state otherwise you are to disregard those orders.”
The crowd holds their breath, the knights with weapons drawn ready to spring.
“Vessel, I command you to kill me.”
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- Part 1 of FAAF Drabbles
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Original title because I think it's funny: I said I wouldn't do this but GOD am I weak
When the Knight is about to fight the Radiance inside the Hollow Knight's mind, they feel pulled from their siblings dream and into someone else's. The Godseeker had felt our favourite little bug's opponent and did what she could to ensure she wouldn't miss the battle. This intervention saves both Knights' physical forms from being torn apart during the battle.
A weird AU I somehow came up with where Godseeker intervenes in the original Radiance battle and somehow conveniently saves the vessels from destroying their physical bodies in the process. Also Hornet wakes up before the battle is over and immediately leaves her siblings to go sulk somewhere
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--HOLLOW KNIGHT: TRAVELLERS--TALES AND TESTIMONIES by Operator_O_Stanza
Fandoms: Hollow Knight (Video Games)
05 Sep 2025
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Long after what was meant to be the end, after the Black Egg ceased to be; after the Radiance seemingly died, Hallownest, the formerly eternal kingdom, shifts under many a step; the steps of those who were forgotten, those whose stories are yet the end and those who wish to stake new claim. At the same time, A new kingdom rises, and new stories clamber to be told.
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To illuminate the darkness one only needs a candle, to smother the sun, one needs a monster. To topple a god, one needs a primordial strenght. So what does one need, if one is to try and find redemption?
As the dream plague known as The Infection spread across Hallownest, the Pale Court fought to save its bugs from the dangerous affliction. But one night, something changes. Dreams lie dark and still as a Sun falls near Dirtmouth. Its impact rattles more than the earth, it shakes Hallownest to its core. And what rises from the ashes could change everything, even moreso than its existence already has.
The question is, if it will make things better or worse. Or rather, if she will.
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A collection of missing scenes, explanations, behind the scenes interactions, and straight up AUs of Hoops, Strings and other Placebo's.
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- Part 2 of Belief and Strings
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The Moth from the Wastes by Mumbles (MumblesTheMoth)
Fandoms: Hollow Knight (Video Games)
03 Sep 2025
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Waking up somewhere other than your bed is unusual.
Waking up in the middle of a desert is very unusual.
Waking up as a completely different species, going to a kingdom that shouldn't exist, and trying to fight a plague brought about by a literal god?
I just wanted to play Silksong, dammit!
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Together This Time by BardOfLight
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Hollow Knight (Video Games)
04 Sep 2025
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The Demon King is gone for good, and Zelda had given up on the hope that she would ever return to Link.
And yet, even after being Draconified, he managed to save her.
Zelda cannot allow life to go back to 'business as usual'. She never expected to have this chance, and will not waste it.
When Link lets slip that part of her original plan to help him from the distant past went awry, she latches onto it and pulls Link along for the ride. In the end, Zelda gets much more than what she bargained for and finds herself trapped with Link in an unknown land filled with strange people and no clear way to get home.
Well, maybe while searching for a way home, and dealing with the problems of this strange Kingdom of Hallownest, they'll finally manage to get that quality time she had been hoping for.
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Things… change.
Ghost supposes that many would probably say that they get better. They do get better, don’t they? Yes, they do. Things change, and they are better. The Infection is gone, and Hollow is safe, and Hornet is happy, and so Ghost is fine. Perhaps they are selfish, and they mourn a dying world that they can never return to, and they are more alone than ever before, but they’ll get over it.
…And it’s not as if anyone will notice if they don’t.
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Ghost goes back in time, kills the Radiance, and sets everything right. They tell no one, and do it on their own. It is only after their family is happy, and the kingdom is safe, and the Abyss is soothed to sleep, that they realize just how lonely it is as the last remaining piece of a future never to be. -
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Before a certain nameless little creature made the choice to descend into the blighted ruins of the ancient kingdom of Hallownest, there had been quite a few things that it had not known about itself.
Some of these, it had very much wanted to find out, such as: What was it? Where had it come from? Why was it here? Were there others like it?
One thing it might have preferred to remain ignorant of is that, by all accounts, it just so happens to bear a rather striking resemblance to the fallen kingdom’s late monarch.
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The King has asked Herrah to be one of his Dreamers, but she was not one to sacrifice herself for the man who had turned the entirety of Hallownest against her people. Harsh life lessons had taught her to always have a plan in place, and thanks to that, she knew just how to get her revenge on the wyrm.
She had caught the Pale King in her web, and how she was ready to watch him writhe.
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- Part 3 of Until We Dream
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Emotions left unspoken never go away. They just swirl inside of us, taking darker, heavier forms until they are finally expressed.
The Pure Vessel and Pale King have always hid any emotions they've felt for one another. But as the Pure Vessel reaches their prime form, both fear the emotions raging inside of them may be too much to control.
As they're about to learn, they are.
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This tale follows the story of Selene, a human woman who appears at the doorstep of the White Palace a few years before Hallownest’s fall through mysterious means. Now far from home with no way back, Selene has to adjust to her new life and survive when it all comes crumbling down around her.
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Lurien the Watcher is given an urgent summons from his King. A task—suitable for only he—is in dire need of doing, and Lurien would never deny a request from his Lord.
Though what that task entails has yet to be seen.
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Higher Beings, Not So Much by Bardling (rosscallenry)
Fandoms: Hollow Knight (Video Games)
01 Sep 2025
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Four friends share stories around a lumafly lightshell and learn about Hallownest’s past, making fun of a ton of higher beings' bad life choices.
- Language:
- English
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- 2,773
- Chapters:
- 1/?
- Kudos:
- 3
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A knight without a kingdom, bereft of duty, without her monarchs, is no knight at all.
Dryya wakes in the Queen's Gardens months after her death, confused and alone. The White Lady is gone. There are no more infected mantises polluting her Lady's realm, just a scattered collection of mutated wild animals. She has stood valiantly at her post for three centuries. Without her Queen, what is she to do?
Without purpose for the first time in almost a millennia, Dryya must forge herself a new one: she will reassemble her lost knights and do what she can to put the broken remnants of her King's realm back together. But much time has passed since her quasi-exile in the Gardens, and much that once was is now lost. Despite her long centuries as a warrior of unparalleled might, Dryya will learn that the toughest battles are those that come when there are no enemies left to fight.
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Updates every other Saturday unless it doesn't.
(Spoilers for "Vessel for the Radiance" ahead)
The sealing has ended. The sun rose once more. Now it’s time to face the broken world left behind.
Hollow hadn't thought they would survive this. They had bargained with everything: with the story of their creation they were never supposed to share, with the life they were never supposed to have, with the love they were never supposed to feel... And lost.
The fact that they lived through it seems the cruelest fate of them all. But they will try to bear it. For their sister. For their love.Noon is trying to piece together his fractured reality. He knows the truth about the infection now, just like everyone in Dawnbreak. He had faced his mother, his creator, his god for that truth, and there is no going back. Nothing will make the world right again.
But he can’t fall apart now. His land needs him… Hollow needs him.Hornet just wants to go home. Even if she doesn't know where home is. Even if her father is missing and her mother... She won't think about her mother.
It doesn't matter. She had gotten this far. She will finally bring her sibling home, and she will fix all of this.Series
- Part 2 of Vessel for the Radiance Series
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Time travel didn’t fix Ghost’s problems. It made it worse. Their enemy, the Radiance, is back and more dangerous than before.
Ghost is forced to work with the Pale King to defeat her, having their siblings living with the bug they kept away for so long. But Ghost has no choice; it is the only safe place for their siblings. Now with their siblings in the Palace and many others involved with defeating her once and for all, could they have peace?
[Strongly recommend reading the first part of the series, Could We Have Peace?]
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- Part 2 of Could we have Peace?