Recluse: Isolated Emptiness

History
Recluse was a vessel who escaped from the Abyss. It wandered the land of Hallownest for a while before arriving in Kingdom's Edge, where it sits, isolated at the edge of the region. It has a large interest in the Dream Realm and seeks to learn more about dreams and soul through its isolation.

Location
Recluse can be found just outside of the entrance to the room with the

Interaction
To activate its boss battle the Knight must have defeated one of the dreamers, the Soul Master, and all of the Warrior Dreams. If the knight interacts with Recluse before this point it will just receive the text "A lone bug is sitting here." Recluse will ignore the Knight and if it wants to the knight can sit next to Recluse, similar to Quirrel near the blue lake.

If the Knight has fulfilled the previously mentioned requirements the next time it enters Recluses room, Recluse will standing instead of sitting and facing towards the entrance to its room. It will raise its weapon when the knight enters and the Knight can challenge Recluse activating its boss battle.

Battle
Recluse has a total of eight attacks and three phases. In its first phase it has only three attacks: Charge, Nail throw and Side Slash. In phase two it loses its curved nail and it has four attacks: Charge, Nail Throw, Side Slash, and Soul Spear. In Phase three it loses its other nail and has five attacks: Soul Spear, Soul Slash, Soul Blast, Rapid Descent and Soul spin.

Charge: Similar to the mantis lords when they rush across the arena.

Nail Throw: Recluse throws its Nail in the Knights Direction. Similar to Xero's attack. Can be done in air.

Side Slash: Recluse uses its nail(s) to slash at one(both) side(s) of its body.

Soul Spear: Recluse summons a nail made of soul that points at the Knight. Similar to Markoth's Primary attack.

Soul Slash: Recluse uses soul to slash at either side of it. Similar to side slash but with a larger nail length.

Rapid Descent: Recluse teleports into the air above the night and drops down. Similar to Soul Master's Drop attack.

Soul Spin: Recluse summons a ball of spirit that rotates around it for a time. Similar to Markoth's Shield spin attack.

After the knight has defeated Recluse, it will explode into balls of void. Leaving its two nails and mask. If the knight inspects the mask it will receive a new charm: Recluse’s Blessing, which is more powerful version of the Shaman Stone. If the knight leaves the next time it enter’s it will be able to dream nail Recluse’s corpse, allowing it to fight the dream boss version: The Void Hermit, a faster and stronger version of Recluse.