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{{HK Infobox NPC
| image1 = Bardoon.png
| area = [[Kingdom's Edge]]
| gender = Male<ref name=journal>[[Ellina|Wanderer's Journal]], p. 112.</ref>
}}
{{Quote
| For quiet retreat did I climb up here, away from spitting creatures. Ormmph... Yes. High up. Away from simple minds, lost to light.
| Bardoon
}}

<b>Bardoon</b> is an [[NPCs (Hollow Knight)|NPC]] in <i>[[Hollow Knight (game)|Hollow Knight]]</i>. He provides [[lore]] on the [[Cast-Off Shell]] and [[the Infection]].

== Lore ==
Bardoon is an old caterpillar<ref name=journal/> found sleeping in [[Kingdom's Edge]]. He climbed up to the top of Kingdom’s Edge to get away from bugs plagued by the Infection.<ref>Bardoon: <i>"For quiet retreat did I climb up here, away from spitting creatures. Ormmph... Yes. High up. Away from simple minds, lost to light."</i></ref> He resists the light’s allure, which he explains offers unity but also reduces a bug to instinct alone.<ref>Bardoon: <i>"I resist the light's allure. Union it may offer, but also a mind bereft of thought... To instinct alone a bug is reduced..."</i></ref>

Bardoon has knowledge of the [[Pale King|Pale King's]] origins and the [[King's Brand]].<ref>Bardoon: <i>"This ashen place is grave of Wyrm. Once told, it came to die. But what is death for that ancient being? More transformation methinks. This failed kingdom is product of the being spawned from that event."</i></ref> Though he knows about [[Wyrms]], he is not one himself.<ref>Bardoon: <i>"I am not a wyrm... Ohrm... Too small, I am. Too many limbs. No foresight like those old things."</i></ref>

== In-game events ==
His body can be seen in the background, twisting through the cliff face. Bardoon's tail is found southeast of his head; hitting it makes him chuckle. He does not mind it when his tail is struck.<ref>Bardoon: <i>"Is it you bothering about my tail? Rest is somewhat disturbed, but I find that sensation not unpleasant.."</i></ref>

Bardoon has new dialogue after the King's Brand has been acquired, as well as [[Void Heart]].

{{TabbedDialogue
| Title1 = General
| Title1_Event1 = First Encounter
| Title1_Dialogue1 = Ohrm... Tiny thing. You climb high. Seek then knowledge of these lands?<br/>
This ashen place is grave of Wyrm. Once told, it came to die. But what is death for that ancient being? More transformation methinks.<br/>
This failed kingdom is product of the being spawned from that event.
| Title1_Event2 = Listening again
| Title1_Dialogue2 = This falling ash is moult. The Wyrm's corpse decaying. Endless. Rmm... Serene. Sad.<br/>
With its like gone, the world is smaller.
| Title1_Event3 = Listening again
| Title1_Dialogue3 = Don't mistake. I am not a wyrm... Ohrm... Too small, I am. Too many limbs. No foresight like those old things.
| Title1_Event4 = Listening again
| Title1_Dialogue4 = For quiet retreat did I climb up here, away from spitting creatures. Ormmph... Yes. High up. Away from simple minds, lost to light.<br/>
Theirs is a different kind of unity. Rejection of the Wyrm's attempt at order.<br/>
I resist the light's allure. Union it may offer, but also a mind bereft of thought... To instinct alone a bug is reduced...Hrrm...
| Title1_Event5 = Listening after hitting his tail
| Title1_Dialogue5 = Is it you bothering about my tail? Rest is somewhat disturbed, but I find that sensation not unpleasant..Ohr..Ohr...Ohrmm.
| Title1_Event6 = Listening after obtaining the [[King's Brand]]
| Title1_Dialogue6 = Tiny thing... Oh hmm... The mark of Wyrm you bear. Is it change you seek? Or to save this ruin?<br/>
That choice is yours. Always the smallest creatures that attempts the largest things.
| Title1_Event7 = Listening after obtaining the [[Void Heart]]
| Title1_Dialogue7 = Ohhhmmmm... Tiny thing... It evolves beyond that Wyrm. Such union in a single being. A strength before unseen. Would it too challenge nature? It could perhaps defeat it.
| Title1_Event8 = Exhausted dialogue
| Title1_Dialogue8 = Hmpph...Be on your way then? It's rest I'll return to, though in these times sleep oft proves uneasy.
| Title1_Event9 = Dream Nailed
| Title1_Dialogue9 = One prefers its mind not be pried. Is rather unsettling. Rather invasive.
}}

== Location ==
Bardoon's head can be found in the north part of Kingdom's Edge. His tail is found near the [[Lifeblood Cocoon]] in this area, behind a breakable wall.

[[File:Mapshot HK {{PAGENAME}} 01.png|thumb|center|Bardoon's head and tail locations in Kingdom's Edge]]

{{Gallery
| Title = Gallery
| Image1 = Screenshot HK {{PAGENAME}} 01.png!Bardoon's Face
| Image2 = Screenshot HK {{PAGENAME}} 02.png!Bardoon's Tail
| Image3 = Screenshot HK {{PAGENAME}} 03.png!Section of Bardoon's body
}}

== Trivia ==
* Bardoon is one of the few NPCs who can be "hit" with the Nail without taking damage.
* Bardoon is one of the few NPCs who is able to detect when they are being [[Dream Nail]]ed.
* Concept art of Bardoon labels him as <b>"Deepnest Caterpillar"</b>, indicating that he was originally intended to be located in [[Deepnest]].<ref>[https://pocketmags.com/edge-magazine/march-2019 Edge Magazine March 2019 edition], p. 96.</ref>
** Kingdom's Edge used to be part of Deepnest. Deepnest was split in two after the removal of the [[Cut Content (Hollow Knight)|Forest of Bones]] area. The east part was moved to the bottom right of the map and eventually became Kingdom's Edge. This can still be seen in Kingdom's Edge's file names, which start with "Deepnest_East".<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/HollowKnight/comments/9jgat0/team_cherrys_qa_stream_transcription_of_answers/ Team Cherry Mixer livestream].</ref>

[[File:Edge Mag Bardoon.png|thumb|center|Bardoon's concept art|alt=A sketch drawing featuring the Knight looking at Bardoon who is in front of them along with a sketch of his tail and the text "Deepnest Caterpillar".]]

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