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The lands of [[Hallownest]] are filled by several groups of strange sapient creatures. They occupy various territories around the vast kingdom and developed their own societies and cultures aside from the [[Pale King|Pale King's]] rule.

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[[Bees]] • [[Flukes]] • [[Fools]] • [[Mantis Tribe]] • [[Mosskin Tribe]] • [[Moth Tribe]] • [[Mushroom Clan]]  • [[Snail Shamans]] • [[Soul Sanctum's Scholars]] • [[Spider Tribe]] • [[Grimm Troupe (Lore)|The Grimm Troupe]] • [[Godseekers]]
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<b>The Grimm Troupe</b> are a joyous group of travelling performer bugs of various species. Their colour theme is red, and they all wear white masks with vertical splits crossing their eyes.<ref>[[Elderbug]]: <i>Whole structures appearing out of nowhere, dreadful music, horrific masks."</i></ref> The known members are [[Grimm]], the Troupe Master, [[Brumm]], the accordion player, and [[Divine]], as well as a couple of [[Grimmsteed]]s.

In truth, the members of the Troupe are servants to [[the Nightmare's Heart]], a being born from Nightmares,<ref>[[Nightmare King Grimm]] in {{HK CP Icon Mini|Godmaster|Godmaster}} [[Godhome]]: <i>"Deepest power... the Heart..."</i></ref> and tied to a perpetual Ritual to sustain it.<ref> [[Troupe Master Grimm]] [[Dream Nail]] dialogue: <i>"perfect tool to prolong the heart of Grimm."</i></ref> They travel through dreams wherever an acolyte has set and lit a Nightmare Lantern,<ref>Troupe Master Grimm [[Hunter's Journal]] entry: <i>"Through dream I travel, at lantern's call"</i></ref> but are banished from it if it is destroyed.<ref> [[Brumm]]: <i>"Let us destroy the anchor, and banish the Master. Never shall he return here again!"</i></ref> There, [[Grimmkin Novice]]s, [[Grimmkin Master]]s, and [[Grimmkin Nightmare]]s travel to harvest Flames of Nightmares and feed them to a [[Grimmchild]].<ref name=grimm>Troupe Master Grimm: <i>"Your own part is far from over. As the lantern flared your role was cast, our compact written in scarlet fire. [...] Across these lands my kin now spread, harvesting that essence peculiar to my... breed, the flame in dream. Seek my kin; claim their flame and return it to me. [...] My child shall guide you to the flame and gather within itself that burning essence."</i></ref> Once the child reaches maturation, the [[Nightmare King]] must be killed to sustain the Nightmare's Heart, and then be reborn anew.<ref> [[Grimmkin Master]] Hunter's Journal entry: <i>"Burn the father, feed the child."</i></ref>

The Grimm Troupe enters Hallownest once [[the Knight]] has lit the abandoned Nightmare Lantern in the [[Howling Cliffs]], placed by a dead acolyte. They set their tents in [[Dirtmouth]], under the anxious looks of the local inhabitants. There, Grimm offers the Knight to take part in the Ritual, and entrusts them with the Grimmchild.<ref name=grimm/> The Knight must guide it through Hallownest and take the Nightmare Flames from the Grimmkin.<ref name=grimm/> Grimm also indulges them in a fiery fight for an audience of Grimmkin and rewards them for their performance.

As the Ritual reaches its end, Brumm offers the Knight a choice. Either they complete the Ritual by killing the Nightmare King, or they banish the Troupe from Hallownest by destroying the Nightmare Lantern.<ref> Brumm: <i>"If you wish to silence this endless song, meet me where it began... But if you wish to continue the Ritual... Mrmm. As long as you do it without regret, I will bear you no hatred."</i></ref> Whichever path the Knight takes, the Grimm Troupe vanishes from Dirtmouth. [[Nymm]], an amnesic bug bearing resemblance to Brumm, lingers in Dirtmouth if they were banished.

{{Gallery
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|Image1 = Screenshot HK Howling Cliffs 10.png!The Nightmare Lantern in the Howling Cliffs
|Image2 = Screenshot HK Grimmsteed 01.png!The Grimm Troupe's tents
|Image3 = Screenshot HK {{PAGENAME}} 01.png!Troupe Master Grimm
|Image4 = Screenshot HK Brumm 01.png!Brumm playing his accordion
|Image5 = Screenshot HK Divine 01.png!Divine in her tent
|Image6 = Screenshot HK Grimmkin Novice 01.png!Grimmkin Novice
|Image7 = Screenshot HK Grimm 02.png!Main tent's interior
|Image8 = Dirtmouth Grimm's Tent Secret Room.png!Hidden room in main tent
|Image9 = Screenshot HK Nightmare King Grimm 03.png!The Nightmare's Heart
|Image10 = Screenshot HK Howling Cliffs 11.png!Grimm Troupe acolyte corpse that starts the quest
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