#hk void

This was meant to be a sketch...

Timelapse under the cut!

and this caught my attention

Didnt remember the candles being blown out

So i went to check if the final game does this too, and sure enough, it does

(Btw i bet those are runes either sewn or painted into the carpet)

This also happens with summoned savior, of course

This is a very neat lil thing about spectres and darkness snuffing out lights as a trope of course, but also, this is tied to soul

Soul permeates the air, it could be said to be wind itself, and is also lifeforce

It is clear that soul feeds the candles as if oxygen, wispfire also follows this principle after all

So the arrival of void eats away at this ambient soul, reducing it until suffocating the flames

Far down below us, beneath the kingdom, the air grows stiller and a sense of emptiness pervades. Can life flourish down there? If so, I will hunt it.

Aside from snuffing out candles and setting air still, we can also see it draining the light away every time an enemy gets black threaded and whenever Grand Mother Silk screams and thrashes

But also, it drowns out sound

Vessels are famously silent, and there's all of the godseeker stuff, but its not just that

A short while ago i saw it pointed out that whenever the knight gets hurt, the audio gets muffled, something that doesn't happen in silksong

And also, there's this journal entry by Bretta

Troubled dreams beset the maiden. Her saviour gone, consumed below. Now her only companion the cold wind, moaning at her door. Her heart fluttered with sudden fear...Then still. A sudden calm. Why? A presence. A figure close behind. She doesn't dare look, doesn't dare move, fearful the slightest action would break the spell. She knew the presence at her bed, knew the calm only they could bring. Her white saviour, now protector, standing tall beside, powerful, perfect...

Of course, Bretta is doing a lot of flourish in her fanfic, but i think theres some true to it, like pale shell gleaming in the dark

and going back to void snuffling out candles, under the soul = oxygen analogy, wouldn't being near void make you short of breath?

Her saviour leaned close, sat beside, perfectly composed. In that charged, breathless moment not a word needed be spoken, The maiden's shell felt suddenly tight.

as a final note, with candles being consistently seen besides the spiritual and esoteric, it is curious that Sly's nailsage shrine has a bunch of candles

Ah yes, my gay little bugs finally lined and coloured. I wanted to make something for pride, even if it is only a week left but better late than never. Glad I could finally get it done!

Happy pride!

Closeups under the cut!

Friend's Vessel OC, but looks pretty similar to the HK so I'll tag them as such