Hollow Knight: Forgotten Souls



Forgotten Souls is an additional fourth content pack released for the game Hollow Knight. Released April 3rd 2021, it adds a total of ten completely new bosses and several dream battle variants of them.

Plot
The content for the pack can be accessed after the knight has destroyed the three dreamers and gained access to the abyss. Inside the abyss the Knight can now find the Ancient Gate, dreamnailing the gate will unlock the new bosses in Hallownest and will have Skaroman arrive in Dirtmouth.

The knight can fight the bosses in any order, though there are certain requirements for some bosses to be fought. The tainted vessel can be found in the Howling cliffs and gives the Nightmare nail charm. Galant can be found in the colosseum of fools and gives the Crest of Gallantry charm. Recluse can be found in the Kingdom's Edge and gives the Recluse's Blessing charm. The Lifeblood Vessel can be found in deepnest and gives the Desolate Life charm.

After defeating all four escaped vessels and getting their charms, the Knight gains access to The Forgotten Tomb. But before being able to go further, the Knight must defeat The Ancient guardian. After defeating the boss, Skaroman can access the Forgotten tomb and its outer buildings. The main building can be explored and acts as the main area of the content pack, and the outer huts house idiviuals found on the Knight's journeys, such as Skaroman, or The Searcher.

The Knight, and Skaroman can explore the tomb and discover its secrets, fighting the bosses that block the knight's way. As the knight explores more of the Forgotten Tomb it will discover more about the ancient civilisation eventually entering a strange world partially in the dream realm with Skaroman. In this it is revealed that Skaroman is the last of an ancient species of bugs that were a small part of the void worshipping kingdom. If the knight continues to explore the tomb, it is revealed that deep in the heart of it is a great power sealed by the Void Kingdom, described as the "Rebel Void". The knight has two options when it reaches the resting place of this being. This option comes when Skaroman enters and uses his soul abilities to break apart the Abyss Lord if the knight attacks the Abyss Lord it will start the path to the destruction of the Abyss Lord if it chooses to use its power by dreamnailing it when you are told to destroy it it will start the Forgotten Child Fight. If the Knight goes down the destruction path it will receive the Ancient Mastery charm, if it decides to use the Abyss Lord's power it will get the raging shadows charm.