Godseeker

"Hallownest. This kingdom is blessed with true Gods. True! All around, the corpses of pretender Gods. But! Not in Hallownest..."

- Godseeker

The Godseeker is a Quest NPC in Hollow Knight who travelled to Hallownest seeking "gods", powerful beings revered for their strength and power. In her mind, she exists in a different shape and carries her tribe of Godseekers, with whom she shares a collective mind. They inhabit a dream of their own making: Godhome. She starts the quest of Godmaster.

Lore
The Godseekers originate from a land called the Land of Storms. Their gods either died or abandoned them, which prompted them to travel and seek new ones. At some point, they merged within the mind of a single Godseeker. This individual can focus their thoughts into a complex dream world: Godhome. This feat is possible through their mask, which can be passed along to other Godseekers. They also built a temporary tuning device in order to find the resonance of other powerful beings in distant lands.

The current Godseeker bearing the mask ended up in Hallownest following the remnants of the Pale King's power. With the King's vanishing, she hopes to attune instead Godhome to the "God of Gods" of Hallownest, and commune with them - initially assuming this "God of Gods" to be the Radiance. For this, she uses the Godtuner to attune the mind or essence of Hallownest's most powerful creatures to Godhome, where they can become gods.

There, the Godseekers observe their fights within the Pantheons. With each fight, they aim to ascend to and commune with even higher, out-of-reach creatures, until reaching the Radiance herself.

During her quest, the Godseeker was forced to go into hibernation for unknown reasons, which prompted her physical metamorphosis. She ended up in a chained, sarcophagus-like cocoon, which was washed away down the Royal Waterways.

In-game events
The Godseeker's cocoon can be found deep in the Junk Pit and can be unlocked with a Simple Key. When the Godseeker is freed, she automatically drops her Godtuner. The Knight can pick it up and start seeking gods for her. They can also use the Dream Nail on her to enter Godhome and join the gods' fights. There is a 2% chance to enter instead a forbidden memory of the Godseeker depicting their initial tuning device after completing the first three Pantheons. She reacts angrily at this intrusion and throws the Knight out into Godhome.

In Hallownest, the Godseeker gradually wakes up with each pantheon the Knight completes. She encourages them to seek gods for her, rewarding them only with her sight and presence. In Godhome however, the Godseeker berates the Knight for their intrusion. She later gains interest in them on their way to ascend past the Pure Vessel, noting both vessels' similarities. The Godseeker finally opens up to the Knight and encourages them as they ascend throughout the final Pantheon. She even shares with them her despair of not being able to tune to Hallownest's other Higher Beings.

When the Knight finally ascends past the Absolute Radiance, they become Void Given Focus and become the new focus of the godseekers' communion. However, this new God of Gods overtakes both Godhome, the godseekers' tribe and the Godseeker's physical body. If the Delicate Flower was given to the Godseeker before the Knight's final ascension, the flower makes the Void Given Focus vanish instead of being freed into Hallownest.

Location
Godseeker is found both in the Junk Pit and Godhome.

Trivia

 * Team Cherry have stated that they cannot say who locked Godseeker in her cocoon, but noted that it is not clear whether she built the cocoon herself or somebody else did.
 * In Godhome, whenever an arena has been completed, the Godseeker sitting on her throne faces the sky before the arena transition animation comes in. During the arena fight, the Godseeker usually looks at the Knight. However, she looks at the boss instead in the following situations:
 * Hornet Protector and Hornet Sentinel's intro animation.
 * Dung Defender's outro animation.
 * Soul Master's rapid teleporting when he transitions to his second Phase.
 * Winged Nosk's intro animation.
 * Brothers Oro & Mato's second Phase intro animation, when Mato joins.
 * Great Nailsage Sly's entire second Phase.
 * Troupe Master Grimm's intro animation or his entire fight if he has been hit while he was bowing.
 * Nightmare King Grimm's intro animation.
 * Pure Vessel's intro and outro animations.
 * Absolute Radiance's intro animation.
 * The Godseeker in the Junk Pit resembles an early concept art piece created by Ari Gibson.
 * When found in the Tuner Memory, the Godseeker is stuck in the cave wall for unknown reasons. She also appears to be tiny, as the length between her fore-claws and back-claws is much less than it is in the present. However, it is unknown what her body looks like as it is hidden in shadow with only the claws and head visible.

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