Abandoned Town

The Abandoned Town is the starting area of the game. It is a small, quiet little town made by the Pale King while he was searching for the Pure Vessel. After the Pale King had completed this quest, he had left the town, offering it as an apology gift to all of the vessels he had killed during his search. The Shade had inhabited the town up until the events of Hollow Knight, in which Void Essence begins to leak everywhere in Hallownest, and most of the siblings had left to explore the kingdom. Those who stayed in the town had sought to defend itself when The Keeper attacked the town. Unfortunately, they had failed and had their minds corrupted by The Keeper. The stronger-minded siblings had either escaped or had been killed, leaving the town abandoned (hence the name).