
The Radiance was sealed within them, and the Vessel was chained within the Temple of the Black Egg. The Hollow Knight was chosen, raised, and grown for that purpose. These creatures, infused with the Void to be without a mind and without a will, were to be able to withstand the Radiance's influence. The Pale King attempted to stop the Infection by sealing the Radiance within a Vessel. With the Infection, the Radiance offered unity to bugs at the cost of a mind incapable of thought. However, the King and his subjects resisted her memory, which then started to manifest as the Infection. These dreams could break the minds of bugs and eventually enslave their wills to her. Soon, all of Hallownest began to dream of her appearing to them as a blazing light. Her memory started spreading throughout the Kingdom, by then in its golden age. In doing so, the Radiance was almost entirely forgotten, yet traces of her memory remained, such as a statue on Hallownest's Crown. Īfter the Pale King arrived in Hallownest and expanded the minds of his new subjects, the Moth Tribe turned their backs on the Radiance and worshipped him instead. The Moth Tribe is born from her light and in return revered her. The Radiance is a higher being of light similar to Essence, and as such, opposed to the Void, her ancient enemy.

The Radiance is the secret final boss of Hollow Knight.
