The Godslayer’s Choice#

The Mother of Silk descends upon Hornet like a storm of threads.
Every strand burns with divine power, every strike weaves destiny itself.
Their battle shakes the citadel — a duel not only of strength, but of faith.
When at last the goddess falls, her body unravels into a sea of silk.
But victory brings no peace.

The divine power of the Mother does not die — it seeks a new host.
The vast tide of silk floods into Hornet’s body, twisting her form in agony.
New arms sprout from her back, and the silken curse fuses with her soul.
She has slain the god, but inherited her burden.
Pharloom falls silent — its people, once bound by threads, now lifeless husks.
The savior has become the new god.
A tragic mirror to the Hollow Knight’s own fate.

This is the First Ending — The Godslayer.

The hero triumphs over evil, only to become the evil she destroyed.
A haunting reminder: to inherit divine power is to inherit divine solitude.

The Seal of the Deep#

But destiny offers another thread.

In this path, Hornet refuses to strike the final blow.
Instead, she seeks help from the Elder Snail Shamans, the forgotten sages of Pharloom.
She pleads for a way to bind the goddess instead of killing her.
The Shamans, moved by her resolve, forge a trap strong enough to imprison even a god.

The plan succeeds.
Black tendrils rise from the earth, seizing the Mother of Silk and dragging her toward the abyss.
Yet at the last moment, the goddess lashes out —
grabbing Hornet with her silken claws.
Lace, in one final act of defiance and love, leaps forward to save Hornet.
Both are pulled into the chasm together.

When Hornet awakens, she stands before the abyss, staring into the black lake below.
There, the imprisoned Mother still fights, shielding the fallen Lace from the consuming void.
The clash between god and darkness tears open reality —
and from the rift, a nightmare void begins to seep into the world.

Pharloom trembles once more on the brink of destruction.

As despair sets in, a faint figure takes shape beside Hornet —
the spectral echo of Lace, smiling faintly, voice distorted and bittersweet.
She whispers:

“I won.
I hated the purpose she gave me.
By saving you, I defied her.
Let the kingdom burn — I am finally free.”

Hornet realizes that to save this dying world, she must descend into the Void Abyss itself.
But the only power that can resist the void’s hunger is the Everbloom Flower,
a gift once given by the White Lady — a memory, not a thing of this world.

To make memory flesh, Hornet returns to the Shamans,
who reveal that the spell requires three ancient hearts long lost to time:
the Heart of Love, the Heart of Pollen, and the Heart of Desire.

Thus begins a pilgrimage through memory —
Hornet faces the ghosts of those who once sowed and ruled the land,
confronting echoes of their youth and ambition.
When she triumphs, the three hearts awaken,
and the Shamans, burning their last life force, open the crimson gate to her deepest memory.

There, Hornet sees her mother Herrah, her mentor, and finally, the White Lady herself.
The Lady offers her the Everbloom, a symbol of renewal and hope.
Armed with this gift, Hornet dives into the void below.

At the lake’s bottom, she finds Lace — twisted, corrupted, consumed by shadow.
They fight one final time beneath the surface of oblivion.
When Lace falls, the darkness begins to fade.
Hornet reaches out, but the void’s pull is too strong.

At that moment, a surge of light bursts forth — the Mother’s final mercy.
Her dying power lifts Hornet and Lace toward the surface.
But the Everbloom’s light fades too soon, and gravity takes hold again.
As they are about to be swallowed forever, a familiar figure appears —

A small knight, clad in black.
He reaches out, carrying with him the will of countless shadows.
The void itself rises to catch them, gently returning them to safety.

The Mother is sealed.
The void recedes.
Pharloom breathes again.

The pilgrims still sing — but no longer to false gods.
They sing to the dawn.
Hornet and Lace, freed from every chain, at last know peace.

This is the Second Ending — The Seal of the Deep.
A bittersweet salvation, where compassion triumphs over vengeance.

The Hidden Ending — The Parasite#

And yet, there is one more thread —
the darkest of all.

Early in her journey, Hornet encounters a strange bug named Hoodhorn,
who asks her to collect flower hearts for a mysterious ritual.
When she returns later, he requests one more item — a peculiar relic called the Horn of Thorns.
Trusting him, Hornet brings it without question.

But it is a trap.
The moment she hands it over, Hoodhorn strikes —
binding her in ritual silk and forcing the horn into her body.
The relic is a parasite, ancient and unknowable.
Though Hornet breaks free, it remains inside her, feeding, whispering.

Weakened but determined, Hornet presses on,
carrying the parasite to the final battle with the Mother of Silk.
When victory seems near, the parasite awakens.
A wave of primal energy bursts from within, binding Hornet and the goddess together.
They are consumed in an explosion of threads and darkness.

There are no words.
No choices.
No escape.

In this Third Ending — The Parasite,
hero and god alike are devoured by an ancient force that predates both silk and song.
The game ends in silence —
a cold reminder that beneath every kingdom,
older hungers still sleep.

The War of Threads#

And so ends the story of Silksong —
a tale not only of battles and gods, but of threads.

In Pharloom, silk is both bondage and strength.
It is the tool of the Mother’s control,
the curse that turned citizens into puppets,
and the power that birthed Lace’s hollow body.
Silk is destiny — a pattern woven by others, impossible to escape.

But for Hornet, silk is also memory and will.
It is her inheritance from Herrah,
the weapon she wields against despair,
the link between her and the people she loves — mentor, mother, and the White Lady.
Through silk, she learns not only to fight, but to create.

Her journey is, at its core, a war of threads —
the struggle to cut the strings that bind her.
She slays the Mother to sever control,
saves Lace to break the chain of birth,
and frees Pharloom to end the cycle of blind faith.

In the end, Silksong teaches that every being is born entangled in invisible strings —
of lineage, expectation, and fate.
True strength is not to seize those strings and rule,
but to cut them,
and weave a new web — one of choice, one of freedom.

This story is a retelling inspired by the world of Hollow Knight: Silksong,
crafted to explore its themes of destiny, creation, and self-determination.