Steel Seer Zi

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Steel Seer Zi
Location	Blasted Steps (Steel Soul Mode)
Role	Quest NPC
Tasks	A Vassal Lost
Affiliations	Sula (vassal) Unseen Masters
Aliases	Steel Seer
Gender	Female
Singing

Hope!.. Pale It... For a vassal who defies the Masters?... You give Zi a thought, complex...

– Steel Seer Zi

Steel Seer Zi is an NPC who appears in Hollow Knight: Silksong. She is located at the far east edge of Blasted Steps only in Steel Soul Mode and gives the wish A Vassal Lost.

Background

Zi resides in a small hidden area in the Blasted Steps, she has unseen masters, who Zi is obedient towards. She shares her masters with Sula and likely with Steel Soul Jinn and Confessor Jiji. Her vassal, Sula, betrayed their superior and masters and fled, and Zi requires them found, either dead or alive to avoid her masters' wrath.

In-game Events

Zi can be found dormant, and can be awoken by being struck with the needle, Zi asks Hornet to find her lost vassal by offering the Wish A Vassal Lost. Upon completing the wish, she gifts Hornet the Growstone. ^{[Missing information]}

Dialogue

General First encounter ...Bug... Higher... It has come seeking... Zi is found... She is awoken. Greetings, child of steel. I have known your type, in past. From your presence, it is clear this land too has caught the long gaze of your Masters. Masters... Yes... For them, Zi observes... obedient... always... And you... a creature in half... Pale It... Bug It... old... stubborn... alone... You too are observed. Getting offered the Wish If Hornet does not have a Map: ...Creature, higher... Its meeting, Zi's awakening... It is not chance... It has been sent, by Masters served?... To retrieve her vassal lost? But no... pale It cannot.. First, a chart is needed. Pale It must acquire one. Only then can Zi provide the marks... Their vassal's location sensed strong. If Hornet has a Map: ...Creature, higher... Its meeting. Zi's awakening... It is not chance... It has been sent to Zi, yes? By Masters served?... To retrieve her vassal lost? Declining the Wish Pale It... You would reject the role? Are you not tamed, bound, by Masters?... You would know... obedience is essential. Recall, the fate of those who defy... Even you higher... Especially you higher... ...Compression... We have suffered it. We would never wish it upon another. Speaking again While having no Map: Creature, higher... return when a chart is acquired. A chart is needed, essential, to serve the Masters... to aid Zi. After declining: Creature, higher... It has been sent... by Masters served... to retrieve Zi's vassal lost? Accepting the Wish Not for your Masters, but by my own will I may aid you, Zi, as long as the path permits. Of your vassal, I have met one before, a scurrilous, scheming sort, and well able to remain hidden. If your own servant shares similar disposition, they may prove hard to retrieve. Where would you advise I begin my search? Zi has sensed their movement... She knows their places of rest. For pale It... Zi shall mark their chart. Seek the vassal... Retrieve them, or their corpse... either is appropriate... either will aid... to avoid the Masters' wrath. Exhausted dialogue while quest is active Find the vassal... pale It. Return them to us... Save us both from the Masters' wrath. After defeating Summoned Saviour and talking to Sula Zi, your vassal is gone, alive, fled beyond these lands. I chose to allow their escape, even if your wish may not be granted. The wish? No... pale It... Zi sensed clear your meeting... The rite... The vassal is tarnished. They have touched the dark. By the Masters, they will now be hunted... no matter the distance fled. Perhaps, for your vassal, that is preferable? Waste here in servitude or flee free. They made their choice, and proclaimed it clear by their black action. Their dark champion is slain, but luck or guile may yet see them survive. Hope!.. Pale It... For a vassal who defies the Masters?... You give Zi a thought, complex... The outcome is different... and Zi must now observe alone... but this may be the better way? Zi shall accept the happening... shall pray the Masters still see her loyal... and Zi too will share the hope... that her vassal lives long unbound. A small gift for you, pale It... for the thought, complex... rock of the home spear... and of Zi's birth. May it aid your further action in this land. Exhausted dialogue after completing the Wish Zi must watch, record... and wait... Always she is true to her function... Ore-bound... To duty. Playing the Needolin Watch long... Record clear... Remember... Bound by purpose... Bound by ore... Forever... ...

Location

Steel Seer Zi is located at the far east edge of Blasted Steps. A breakable wall hides a cave normally inhabited by a Silkeater, but in Steel Soul Mode, it instead contains a tunnel leading to Zi's crystal-lit chamber.

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  Location in Blasted Steps

Gallery

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  Steel Seer Zi in her room

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  Steel Seer Zi dormant

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Trivia

• Steel Seer Zi appears on the icon of the Steel Soul and Steel Heart achievements.
• Steel Seer Zi is surrounded by a large rune which continously pulsates inwards towards her. This rune's sprite is referred to as sentinel_rune in the files.
  • The design of this rune somewhat resembles the rune of Farsight, indicating that Zi may be using a similar power in order to track down her vassal and sense events which occur in the world.

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