Answering the Champion's Call in the Pale Court!

[@firelordsozin8308]

Honestly, watching those white figures in the background come forth to fight you, I half expected the final boss would be the Pale King himself.

[@SomaCoreaix]

That NEEDS to happen! I don't know if the PK will ever return in the actual lore 😢

[@higherbeing1768]

@@SomaCoreaixthe mod team said that the pale king does and will not have any place in the mod not as a boss at least so sadly unless a fan made pale king boss is made this won’t be happening any time soon

[@euarduu]

​@@higherbeing1768 there's a skin that turns the absolute radiance into the pale king

[@higherbeing1768]

@@euarduu img I forgot about that yea ur right

[@morpheusbloodeaglegamesoff6506]

​@@euarduudoesnt feel the same

[@heatherramirez6141]

This mod is incredible. Original boss fights, top tier animation, and great voice acting. I haven’t been this happy about Hollow Knight since I beat PoH after 2 years.

[@shelltor2398]

And original banger music

[@heatherramirez6141]

@@shelltor2398 AND ORIGINAL BANGER MUSIC. This mod was worth the wait!

[@gabriellittle2827]

And TISO

[@howareyouhi]

Good stuff

[@Tupin7quim]

The voice acting is kinda meme, but the rest is incredibly well done

[@TheAdvertisement]

4:55 Aww I like that pale flowers appears on Isma's vines when Ze'mer comes forth.

[@gegnabean]

14:32 Love that Hegemol’s dream nail dialogue is just him being sad that the knight didn’t like his joke lmao

[@practicallyprinz]

Not didn't like more like it can't show any expressions

[@avauntic]

No mind to appreciate, no will to amuse, no voice to cry laughter. It is the Hollow Knight.

[@JacksonVoet]

I also like that his voice lines, even in battle, are rather quiet. He’s a soft spoken bug.

[@nitrosix3206]

Love Ogrim's dreamnail dialogue questioning the Knight's relations with the king. I feel like that's an aspect of Ogrim many people missed

[@iiMoumen]

if thats ogrim's then whats isma's

[@oniricfantasy6687]

​@@iiMoumenthey share a mind

[@doncolbus134]

I love the implications of the knights training the hollow knight being reflected in their movesets. Each one has a move that the hollow knight has, implying that they probably taught it how to do that in the first place. Isma has the columns coming out of the ground, dryya has the lunge attack, and ze‘mer has teleporting (and a lunge attack too I guess). The only one I can’t place is hegemol (maybe annoying ass jump attacks?), which is probably because I’m reading into it too much but whatever. Either way, they’re amazing small touches.

[@higherbeing1768]

Hegimold gave it the double damage aka the bullshit

[@ethanstackhouse7274]

​@higherbeing1768 truer worlds never been spoken. Truly is some bs

[@demonking3673]

Hegemol is a dreadful combination of Failed Champion and Grey Prince Zote

[@PuzzlingGoal]

Hegemol feels so weaksauce compared to the rest. I remember being told by the main dev that he wouldn't revamp the White Defender fight because it's already in game but I didn't imagine him also making the Hegemol fight just Failed Champion again.

[@higherbeing1768]

@@PuzzlingGoal it’s not failed champion again though there are new attacks and whatnot but I do see where your coming from they could’ve done so much more

[@fm_0523]

Ze'mer, Ze'mer...first you make us suffer like hell for a fricking flower, then you break our sanity again with your boss fight. Ma'am, what the hell is wrong with you?!?

[@truthwatcher2096]

She's just angry because of all the flowers we destroyed (tbf I only ever lost one)

[@metarcee2483]

She's a widow, and she's not happy.

[@no_fishman9669]

She's simply on that Girlboss Grindset.

[@Justin-pp4uz]

She’s just Fre’nch

[@sentientmustache8360]

“Che misses Che’s wife, Le’mer.”

[@allhailderpfestor4839]

the coolest part about ending is that knights actually have different dialogues. dunno whether getting dialogues are random or depend on some condition though since I only noticed it from watching different ppl's ending and realizing how some of dialogues are different.

[@Hirungolwe]

hehe

[@villa3927]

There is more to those dialogues, technically. On the original White Defender´s fight, without the mod, when you dream nail him he has different dialogues (listed below) about his friends in the court. And those dialogues inspired the chats with each of the knights at the end of this mod. Dryya... I miss your wisdom... Hegemol... I miss your humour... Ze'mer... I miss your stories... Isma... I miss.. I miss you...

[@TYsdrawkcaB]

@@villa3927 so fucking sweet...

[@ZackagonXM]

5:20 Enjoy it while you can, because this that last time you get to heal, or touch the ground.

[@MiguelAntonioN.Peinado]

imagine you finish ze'mer and when you think its over pure vessel's theme plays.

[@jukesdtj656]

Pure Vessel is the literal peak of the Hollow Knights potential, there is no stronger version of him than that and the Ze'mer fight is clearly harder than Pure Vessel.

[@EaterOfGeese]

​@jukesdtj656 we dont know that for sure. The hunter's journal says it's "trained to prime form," but that could just mean it's size and body shape, not it's fighting skill

[@Pejelaartinnorata]

"Gauntlet of the pale warriors"

[@spatate3050]

Dryya looks very fun but my god ze’mer ?? She looks harder than absolute Radiance

[@HerMi.T]

actually she is possible when you learn how to dodge. try to in air and only dash when necessary very similar to pure vessel. Also use descensding dark when needed.

[@spatate3050]

@@HerMi.Tyeah she looks hard but balanced, i’d like to try these fights

[@Luzbel809]

@@HerMi.T So we can agree she´s harder than Pure Vessel and NKG together?

[@exodiusthearchitect7196]

Something feels off obout the bosses,I can't put my finger on it

[@AlexPastGrey]

The only reason Ze'mer didn't absolutely murder the Radiance is because Traitor Child was dead

[@seanG0318]

Love the fact that Isma's dialogue tells of a 'red warrior', most likely referring to the dream warrior Xero

[@Voidalot]

*It's amazing to see how this DLC is basically The Hollow Knights training during the Infection!*

[@Misterdino6984]

His a mod , no a dlc

[@Paladin_ZenoPrime]

A mod to add fan-made DLC

[@jukesdtj656]

Ogrim and Ze'mer survive to this day, though Ogrim is burying his grief over the loss of Isma by burying himself in the depths of the Waterways guarding her grove and Ze'mer mourns the loss of her lover alone in a place far far away from where her grave lies. Isma died and grew into a beautiful grove beneath the city, Dryya died defending her Queen, and poor Hegemol died in his sleep to the lowliest of creatures who simply wanted to be as strong as him.

[@vbadimothebadassjackass8011]

The lowliest of creatures who simply wanted to be as strong as him in order to protect his equally lowly brothers.

[@SuperDestroyerFox]

I always kinda thought that he just died of something else. I don’t know, maybe without his armor he took a fatal wound. I just assumed when Hegemol was sleeping the Maggot crawled inside the armour he took off.

[@AAKing6636]

@@SuperDestroyerFox i heard a theory that ogrim is actually hegemol as if you look at ogrim he could fit perfectly into hegemols armour

[@SuperDestroyerFox]

@@AAKing6636 how would that even work. How would they all meet up without one of them being gone. Also why would he make a statue of hegemol while he already made one of himself. Plus hegemol’s armour has a very common shape for most bugs.

[@AAKing6636]

@@SuperDestroyerFox hegemols armour isn't common at all also this footage you're seeing is from a mod so it isn't canon and I'm not really sure what you mean by the statue but otherwise its possible

[@aceofblades1677]

Isma and Ogrim fighting together is my new religion. This mod is monumental.

[@eldritchpancakes]

I love how the knights where characterized. It feels so true to the little bits of info we get of them, and I like hearing the perspectives of those who followed the Pale King, but were more than mindless servants to him. I really wish this mod was either official DLC, or we at least got some kind of official material fleshing out the five knights more, I find them so intriguing and fun.

[@Мария26-я9ф]

This is one of the best mods I've seen lately. Knights may not have been given enough attention in the original game, but it's nice to see that the community doesn't forget about such cool characters. This mod just fills me with determination and thoughts that someday I will be able to pass the Absolute Radiance. P.S: I do not know if anyone has written about this, but some of the Dryya's attacks are very similar to the techniques of a Pure Vessel. I remember the fans' long-standing thoughts that she trained him on the orders of the king while he was growing up. It's great that the developers remember this) (although I may be wrong) P. P. S.: Ze'mer, of course, is also great!

[@SleepyHollowKnight]

One of? Damn what moss do you know of 😭

[@Мария26-я9ф]

@@SleepyHollowKnight All I know is that the moss from Deltarune is delicious

[@SleepyHollowKnight]

@@Мария26-я9ф …uhm, ok…

[@crilleedara]

Dryya was always my favorite, it's sooo cool to see her in action and see her interact w the Knight!!!

[@Feesh322]

Man...would love to see Team Cherry's reaction to this.

[@rynnex]

The fact cranky's geo count is 69420 is just the icing on the cake.

[@loganc1586]

Looking for this comment😅

[@HolIowcreature]

Fierce Dryya really reminds me of The Queen from Dead Cells, especially with the multiple slashes across the arena, and also Ze’Mer attacks like Crisanta from Blasphemous

[@ZackagonXM]

THANK YOU!

[@ZackagonXM]

I was conflicted about this being a mod because of that. I thought that attack was inspired by The Queen’s dimensional slashes.

[@Pejelaartinnorata]

Ze'mer goes anime protagonist on you in second phase lol

[@SomaCoreaix]

Team Cherry, hurry up and finish Silksong! The fans have ascended yet another level in insanity with mods! Side note: this is freaking amazing and very believable as actual HK DLC. I love seeing them all together in the post-fight ❤ and their voices are excellent 👌

[@Eclipsed_Embers]

honestly just due to the animation style it doesn't quite feel like Hollow Knight DLC to me. frankly it reminds me more of the stuff we've seen from Silksong trailers, smoother and less clunky than anything in Hollow Knight itself. much more flowy. I could very much picture Isma, Dryya, and Ze'mer being Silksong bosses, but the only one that I'd say looks like they belong in Hollow Knight is Hegemol (and he seems to have just ripped a whole bunch of animationed straight from False Knight/Failed Champion). and all of this makes Ogrim look like even more of a buffoon than he already did in comparison. a bit of a silly klutz included in their number only for his loyalty and pure enthusiasm. honestly, I'd say that this speaks to just how good the mod is that it looks more like the clearly more detailed (at least animation-wise) sequel than Hollow Knight itself.

[@SomaCoreaix]

@@Eclipsed_Embers Yeah I did note the improved animation and agree that it could fit better with the sequel's level of polish. The Lace fight comes to mind when I see the Le'mer fight now that you say it. Either way, I'm loving what I see 🤩

[@thejuiceking2219]

the fans end up making silksong before team cherry

[@X36Granitplate]

Ze'mer is basically Malenia using her waterfowl, while being agile af. While I'm sure I'd struggle a lot, its still unbelievable what the fan made dlc contains. Kudos to them!

[@TheBenjiNebby]

Judgement cut

[@Rever900]

Isma: Not that anything is happening between me and Ogrim. Nothing at all?😈 Isma: N-Nothing at all!

[@corrineevans6982]

Voidro: Dung = fertilizer and vine = plant, oho ISMA! Isma: What? Voidro: 😏 Isma: WHAT IS IT VOIDRO?

[@evanboone7161]

I just wanna say, when Isma speaks talking about the “red warrior” that DEFINITELY was about Xero . (Also great vid!)

[@pinkydoughy]

ohhh i thought it was the carcass you find in the colosseum

[@evanboone7161]

The lord fool, you mean?

[@ZeroOmega-vg8nq]

Teaam cherry really should just give the mod devs a blessing and officially add this as an official mini expansion and add the extra flairs for the charms.

[@JacksonVoet]

Honestly, maybe just call it canon. That’s basically all we want.

[@MetaJo101]

Ze'mer moveset is insane. I gotta get this mod.

[@Darkwolf69420]

I don't see why they even needed the hollow knight with her, like why do you need a vessel when you can unleash ze'mer to thrash the radiance

[@SenGaming-105]

​​@@Darkwolf69420No will to break, no mind to think! Ze'mer has a will to break, and dreams to infiltrate.

[@Snebletter]

I love how implied the ship between Ogrim and Isma was 💀

[@bananea]

its not a ship its canon

[@Snebletter]

@@bananea no it's not-

[@bananea]

@@Snebletter dude it is the dung defender is literally guarding isma's grove and the mod is just taking canon stuff out of hollow knight you are just lying to yourself rn

[@Snebletter]

@@bananea man it was never confirmed- he's guarding Isma cuz he thinks she's alive

[@bananea]

@@Snebletter why would he guard her if she is alive?

[@phoenixaasted]

Man didn't even use that many spells this man must eat the absolute radiance for breakfast

[@Primal_aspid.]

I love how the arena doesn't change, they're all just fighting in Ogrim's dung pit.

[@Matildathedemon]

BRO OGRIM CATCHING ISMA!!! 1:56

[@elsantopatronus5369]

That mod looks so great i initially thought it was an official DLC, so sad it didn't happen, but i'm also glad the people behind this made that look and be so incredible.

[@tomtheatomicturtle]

At first I thought I missed some content in the og game and I was like 😮 this was so cool

[@MasterIsabelle]

So the pale court was sorta like going through the hollow knight’s memories but playing as yourself, since most of the dialogue seems to be targeted at the hollow knight rather than the vessel

[@oligb1469]

I just watched the fireborn stream of this and I gotta admit you are one very talented player good on ya!

[@CrankyTemplar]

Thanks for your kind words!

[@anasazhari4498]

CrankyTemplar IS Kind of Crazy...

[@pyngtapple5977]

Hegemol's boss battle theme is FANTASTIC btw, I love it so much 😍😍😍

[@dragonsfire286]

Ze’mer looks like the skinny gamer auntie that you love the most

[@Ohio_etsu-masu]

This is all just fan-made content ? This is amazing

[@gummybear8679]

TeamCherry delays Silksong again. Fans: Fine! I`ll do it myself!

[@arshiawin6833]

wow. it looks like some of our more talented ones channeled all their suffering into one masterpiece. good job

[@sovereigneliseva]

My dream of becoming a final boss: realized!

[@jgrant9281]

Ze’mer was amazing tbh

[@rubickevich]

Looks very fun, but unfortunately I'm too busy with r5. I will definitely try the mod later.

[@CrankyTemplar]

Good luck when you get the time!

[@SharkTooth.Productions]

I love how vine's grow on isma, hegemol is the only one that doesn't disappear when going to fight the knight, And ze'mer growing fragile flower's when it's her part i don't know what happened on dryya.

[@knightmere3365]

Bravo!! i look forward to see your radiant fights 👀

[@CrankyTemplar]

Thanks! I did all the overworld fights radiant/nail only (plus Tiso and Ogrim/Isma) so it's more or less just seeing if I can radiant Mystic Ze'mer and then maybe Champion's Call (not sure if I'll commit the time there).

[@knightmere3365]

@@CrankyTemplar its all good! i saw this video first so i wasnt aware you did the others, im glad you enjoy the mod already

[@1ntegrator]

Cranky Templar is kinda crazy! Great video, as always

[@ink6176]

this is... beautiful

[@vvacancy959_]

team cherry, we made a dlc for u now give us silksong pls.. zemer fight here is crazy I'm currently still trying to beat it lol, but every boss is so good and the music too

[@DragonRider6566]

From the dialogue it seems as though we may have more story to come in a future update to the pale court

[@dextreme7186]

You know whatbwould be cool? If you have already gotten the other pale charms from the Great Knights of Hallownest and have the Kingsoul you can get further upgraded void versions alongside the Voidheart charm.

[@allochkabredikhina1364]

Mighty hegemol is so heavy that the grounds sends shockwaves when he lands

[@Whyiseveryhandletaken6942]

Therapist: Hollow knight waterfowl dance isn’t real, it can’t hurt you Hollow knight waterfowl dance:

[@Halloweddd]

someone had waaayyy too much fun designing Ze'mer's fight to be the final one lol!

[@dominykaskirielius1120]

I got 2 problems with the mod first one when i try to enter fight in a normal save i get kicked out of them for no reason 2 in godhome when i lose in any pantheons or to any boss it skips the white screen and goes to the fallen pose

[@Zaliant]

amazing job 👏

[@MTFBigChungus]

Good job. Is there an implication that Mystic Ze'mer might either partially draw power from the white flower, or that certain battle styles might be widespread in Pharloom (Lace creates a very similar "cut wave cloud")? Although this might be a coincidence, Dryya creates something similar at a point. Speaking of, while her techniques seem to have the most in common with Pure Vessel (fast-forward nail dash, nail projectile throw), I can now also see a bit of each knight in them (nail/soul pillars = Ogrim/Isma, fast-paced/rotated slashing, possibly exploding soul orbs = Ze'mer, shock waves = Hegemol), but that might be a reach unless it's confirmed as intentional. PS. Possibly unpopular opinion, if I had to criticise something: I found Isma's "N-nothing at all" statement a bit unnecessary/inappropriately immature for a grown-up adult (more suited for a "tsundere" teenager in a generic anime show rather than a Hollow Knight character), but maybe their relationship was at an early stage at this point and she was tired of gossip. If I could change something, then I would have expressed her affection in a different way. Maybe more openly and enthusiastically considering her overall portrayal here, but still ambigous enough to leave you guess whether she's just being appreciative or feeling more than just friendship for him, in contrast to Ogrim, who expresses his love in calm but sincere, affectionate words. PPS. I see a few critiques of Hegemol being too similar to Failed Champion ... In their defense, there is only so much you can do with a heavy armor to remain realistic, and he does have a few original moves, along with wielding everything in a much more focused, skilled manner rather than desperate manner. I think they conveyed that well.

[@5dark6]

other characters: cool voice lines Dryya: satana :)

[@kaelinfrancis4965]

10:55 i want Dryya to hold me like her nail.

[@NightmareKingGrimm2017]

What?

[@Only_Fox2006]

It's Beautiful this mod ;w;

[@realNom2mooncow]

They really do be sitting there at the end like the first avengers post credits scene after the knight just beat the shit outta them

[@kevvy-bobevvy556]

Why is ze’mer the only one that gets a second form (besides ogrim and isma)?

[@nitrosix3206]

Given her mysterious title alongside her interesting backstory implication (the flower being from a land far away, able to ward off void)

[@nuttynutsnutstache]

I think it's because of Ze'mer potential, compared to her non-Pantheon boss fight. She was definitely way too simple for how much lore she had. (As in we at least didn't know fuck-all about her, compared to Hegemol and Drrya. We don't even know if Hegemol was murdered!). And changing Mysterious to Mystic is what makes it harder. She's not hiding anything, she's going harder.

[@infectedhollownolifer]

someone has to make a speedrun of this

[@MirorR3fl3ction]

I really think Team Cherry should partner with this mod creator to make it an official DLC

[@evanderyorrel3549]

Gotta love the geo count

[@Sr.5902]

Ze'mer just ascended with Gorb in this mod.

[@greenhydra10]

GOOORB!

[@theauditor3224]

ze'mers hit box is really fuckin me up

[@LeilaTheWeeb]

I’m getting more lore from this comment section than I ever have in a mossbag video

[@olivier4746]

I get anxious just at watching Ze'mer fight

[@thederpknight901]

13:05 RED WARRIOR = XERO

[@astrylleaf]

Oh right

[@Sheogorath_Cheese]

Its beautiful 😢

[@erichudson205]

6:12, did she just say Lmao?

[@astrylleaf]

"L'ameiho"

[@TheAviator85]

I swear I heard the dung defender say *MUDA* at least once.

[@The_whales]

The 69420 geo is extra funny

[@Ally-h8w]

To this point I’m convinced that mebi is haunting me

[@cgaminganims7046]

Imagine the Pale king fights by ramming you with his crown

[@LiamH.MAT1985]

My rating on all the new bosses from 5 to 1: 5. Dryya 4. Tiso 3. Hegemol 2. Isma 1. Ze’mer

[@Sepi-chu_loves_moths]

Mine, with little to no explanation: 5. Hegemol - Just False Knight V.3, as good as another one could be 4. Tiso - He's cool but his attacks are too fast I can't catch up :( 3. Ze'mer - Parrying Ze'mer is so damn cool and mastering it in radiant is very cool 2. Dryya - Feels like Pure Vessel, which is a win in my books (also the character is cool) 1. Isma - Radiant Isma is incredibly fun, the attacks are creative and it feels different every time because of all the different random factors, also Isma is just cool and my style of character :)

[@getthedie6927]

awesome geo count

[@minnerva6168]

Screw Absolute Radiance Ze'mer had to be the final boss fight of the game

[@void_heartz]

13:01 Is Isma talking about Xero?

[@CrankyTemplar]

I believe so.

[@Irae.53]

Ogrim has the fertilizer, iIsma has roots, dryya? Idfk, prob guards it. Hegemol creates the farmland, and Ze'mer has them flowers.

[@ddain_]

I got an idea, we can find hegemol with a new armor with his old armor or with no armor in silksong

[@thadudelydude3707]

These modders should just join the silksong team already :P

[@RyderTaylor-d3d]

It’s crazy to think that all these people are mentioned in the game, also sad to think about that these super hero like figures all died. =(

[@skelet8337]

Well 2 are still alive but in depression from losing their loved ones.

[@seanwhytock6099]

Anyone else notice that hegemol launches dung balls because the floor is dung

[@OMEGAXD303]

Dude, yesterday was ancient aspid, today was white court, i wonder if I'm gonna see anymore tomorrow

[@joaoeyer8157]

Ok, we get it, Ze'mer likes Vergil from Devil May Cry.

[@matthz908]

The geo... I see what you did there

[@Nat-qr5nr]

is there new hunters journals? could you show them off if there is?

[@CrankyTemplar]

Sure, I'll try to get that done later tonight or tomorrow.

[@Nat-qr5nr]

@@CrankyTemplar well?

[@CrankyTemplar]

@@Nat-qr5nr Apologies, thanks for the reminder. I recorded everything but then got distracted by Mystic Ze'mer and Radiant Champion's Call.

[@Nat-qr5nr]

@@CrankyTemplar fair enough you did a great job on those videos btw

[@CrankyTemplar]

@@Nat-qr5nr Thanks! I have the video half done (as the intention was to compile all dream nail/victory dialogues/journal and CC win dialogues), so I'll try to get that finished ASAP.

[@ElderHickory958]

I was expecting some "Lesser pure vessel" experience from Dryya. But not that much to expect if you couldn't deal with a bunch of mantis traitors trying to invade the queen's place

[@ssujica]

Is that the hollow knight instead of ghost? Cause I noticed his horns were different

[@spatate3050]

Are you talking about the skin for the knight ? Because it’s the vanilla skin

[@ssujica]

@spatate3050 I- what? Well yes I was talking about the skin mod, but what is "vanilla skin"? I'm not familiar with that one

[@dawno0977]

Vanilla means not modded

[@spatate3050]

⁠@@ssujicathe "vanilla skin" is just the base game skin, the skin by default. It’s the skin of the knight

[@ssujica]

@@spatate3050 but why are his horns different?

[@kickbucket4887]

Just remeber the dung defenders lore later on. Hehe, you're welcome.

[@g0ldenratioed6969]

GEO COUNT (also why does this mod look like something team cherry actually made omg hddbsjhadfferdf)

[@mccore2725]

why is my game not gving me the option to do the champions call? I have defeated all of the champions and i still haven't been able to turn it on

[@CrankyTemplar]

I'm not sure, you may have to ask in the Pale Court discord.

[@Yellowpikminthebomber]

Pantheon of the great knights

[@juliocesarcamilo5132]

its simple: use abissal bloom,fury of the fallen,unbreakable strentgh and joni's blessing and you will wreck every boss in 1 second

[@funny_dude_fromohio]

bro why *DRYYA* stroking her sword wierdly

[@drdiegocolombo]

To access the Pale Court boss fights, is it necessary to have defeated any particular boss? Thanks😊

[@CrankyTemplar]

I think you need to have defeated White Defender.

[@drdiegocolombo]

@@CrankyTemplar Thanks ☺️

[@drdiegocolombo]

@@CrankyTemplar I managed to beat the White Defender and fought the bosses. I was beaten by all four, but it was the first time 😅. This Mod is fantastic. Thanks for the suggestion. You were very kind☺️

[@ddain_]

Knight needs a pale or white skin for this moment

[@Stellar824]

Some one tell me who was the dead traitor that Isma was talking about

[@CrankyTemplar]

I think it referred to Xero.

[@purplecat3259]

13:02 who is Isma referring to here?

[@alexpresso243]

Xero