Cloak

“Awwww, how sweet.” -Cloak

“The jokes shall end now. Get out of the way.” -Hornet

“Come on, I’m just having some fun! Besides, who’s going to stop me? A foolish spider? Pffft! Not today.” -Cloak

Cloak is a boss and NPC in the Thieve’s Guild DLC for Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Description
Cloak is a red ant in a purple cloak with a hood over her head. Her antennas are long and pastel red. Her cloak badge is the thieves guild symbol; representing a glided pin in a crescent moon. Her cloak also has a leather belt, storing most of her weapons and tools. Her weapons are a glided pin, with it’s handle shaped like a crescent moon, and a leash made out of silk.

Personality
Cloak is mostly cautious about most people, especially Hornet. However, she does show respect to Vance and the other members of the Guild. However, after Hornet leaves the hideout of the guild, Cloak decides that she is a friend, despite promising herself to look out of Hornet. The more Hornet visits her and talks to her, the more she begins to trust Hornet. Especially when Hornet accepts her quest to bring back the members of the guild. When she hears that Vance has gone insane, she is in deep sorrow, but does not give up her trust in Hornet. Finally, before the break in to Ant’s City, she apologizes to Hornet for thinking her as an enemy instead of a friend.

In-Game Events
Her first appearance is in mid-game, when Hornet has defeated all of the ants in the Hunter’s Village, the old base of the guild. Upon coming close to her, Cloak will run to the next room. She will appear in four more rooms until finally in bonebottom, when she heads for Deep Docks. If Hornet goes to Lace’s arena, she will find a broken crest, which she will need to bring to Forge Daughter to fix. After the crest is fixed, hornet, can enter the headquarters, where she will find Cloak fixing her tools. Upon seeing Hornet, she will cry in surprise and go into a battle stance, raising her pin. After a short conversation, Cloak tells Hornet to leave so she can think about helping hornet.

Upon sitting on a bench and returning, Cloak has made up her mind and lets Hornet access to her tools, which she can buy for both shell shards and rosaries. She will also give Hornet the quest called ‘The Reunion of the Guild’, which will require Hornet to reunite the members of the Guild. Upon reuniting all the members, Cloak will say thank you to hornet. Upon defeating Vance two times, Cloak will say that Vance was the one who saved her from the hive mind, and says that she is sad about his fate. After getting through The Clock Tower into the Glided City, picking up the first piece of The Shining Bell, and asking Cloak about the citadel, Cloak says that the way to get it lies in her own home, the Ant’s City. She accepts and helps her defeat the ants that guard the city, similar to Cloth and Quirrel.

After Hornet gets the second piece of The Shining Bell, and finishes the Hunter Queen Carmilita battle, she will thrust her glided pin into the heart of her own queen, and then buys time for hornet to escape, unfortunately getting caught by her own tribe. After being infected by the pligrims, she returns back to the guild and tries to attack the members. However, Hornet will stop her and make her retreat her into her arena, starting the boss fight. After being defeated, hornet can get a silk notch and upgrade her silk spear ability.

Attacks
In Cloak’s boss fight, she will have the following attacks: