Blood Wasp

Blood Wasp, commonly referred to as Wasp, is one of the two main protagonists of Hollow Knight: Lost Souls. He is an ancient, gendered vessel born under the Pale King and White Lady.

Location
Blood Wasp first enters the kingdom through the Howling Cliffs, directly opposite from the Knight’s beginning location near The Abyss. He is first fought as a boss, and defeating him will unlock him as a playable character. He can Dream-Nailed after the fight, but can no longer be Dream-Nailed afterwards.

Various Blood Gates can be found around the map, shields that only Blood Wasp can go through. The Knight is repelled if they try to enter through one. The Blood Gates block various locations and points of interests.

Vessel Chambers are also open around the map, but only after Blood Wasp is unlocked. They allow for switching between the two playable characters and are typically next to a bench.

Lore
Wasp was a vessel who lived amongst his siblings prior to the fall of Hallownest. During the search for the Pure Vessel, the Pale King had killed millions of vessels and left there shades in the Abyss. Realizing what his father was doing, Wasp quickly left the Abyss and escaped from the Pale King to avoid facing the same fate his siblings were.

After making it out of Ancient Basin, he made his way to the City of Tears, but not before being ambushed by a community of flukes. He had dodged his way through many Flukefeys, Flukemons, and Flukemungas before making his way to the Junk Pit. He climbed up into the City of Tears, at the Nailsmith’s hut. Wasp was given two nails as a gift, and began practicing in the arts of dual-sword fighting. He had battled a few rounds in the Colosseum to test his skills against the Fools, and later left the Kingdom beyond the Kingdom's Edge. He had continued running from the Kingdom, temporarily returning into the Crystal Peaks and out through the Howling Cliffs.

Wasp had temporary joined a traveling circus known as the Grimm Troupe, taking part in it’s ritual to feed the Nightmare's Heart. During his time in the troupe, he had temporarily returned to the outskirts of the Kingdom, ins watch of a forgotten Troupe corpse in the Howling Cliffs. During this trip, he had battled Nailmaster Oro and assassinated an armorless Hegemol. After mastering the power of dreams, Wasp left the troupe and continued exploring the rest of the world. His memories of Hallownest was erased, and was called back long afterwards, during the events of Lost Souls.

Inventory
Unlike the Knight, the Blood Wasp fights with two nails instead of one. This allows for some special skills unique to him, allowing for opponents to be hit twice as fast, and a special combo that will deal seven extra damage if three consecutive hits are layed on an enemy without getting hit.

Blood Wasp is a master in Nails, but will not use damage spells. He and the Knight share a different set of Charms, including new ones exclusive to him. The other items and abilities collected, however, do transfer between characters. Nail Upgrades will also upgrade both characters, as well as earning Geo and Nail Arts.

Behavior and Tactics
These are Blood Wasp’s behavior and tactics he uses during his boss fight.