SILKSONGNPCs
SILKSONGNPCs
Merchants
Creige
The bartender and keeper of Halfway Home, offering drinks and tasks related to clearing Craws from the area.
Forge-Daughter
Forge-Daughter is a smith who aids Hornet by crafting new tools. Residing in the Deep Docks, she is a towering figure with a unique bell-like appearance.
Frey
A merchant in Bellhart who sells various goods to travelers, including items that become available after completing the My Missing Courier quest.
Grindle
Grindle is an NPC in Hollow Knight: Silksong, a mischievous snitchbug who roams Pharloom trading gossip for rosaries; often dubious.
"Hoho, free at last! Locked up in here much too long, we was! Nasty place to keep a poor little snitchbug! You're smellin' fancy though... Bet you got some nice shinies hidden in that cloak!"
Jubilana
A wandering merchant who sets up shop in Songclave, offering various goods and expanding her inventory after being rescued from the Lost Merchant quest.
Loddie
A cheerful carnival game operator who runs a pin-throwing challenge in The Marrow prison, offering valuable prizes for skilled players.
Lumble the Lucky
A cheerful gambling den operator who runs dice games in the Deep Docks, offering players the chance to win Rosaries through luck-based wagering.
Mort
A fellow pilgrim turned merchant who operates a toll-booth shop in Pilgrim's Rest, selling equipment and upgrades to travelers on their journey to the Citadel while questioning his own faith and worth.
Mottled Skarr
A sickly Skarr merchant hidden in a dangerous spike-filled tunnel who trades warrior equipment despite speaking an incomprehensible language, representing the only peaceful member of his species.
Pebb
The first merchant encountered in Pharloom who trades essential items for Rosaries from her tent in Bone Bottom, eventually departing on a pilgrimage to the Citadel once her stock is exhausted.
Shakra
Shakra is a fierce warrior on a quest to find her missing master. Her clan, known for their combat skills, also excels in various crafts. Shakra's expertise in cartography will be invaluable to Hornet, aiding her journey through the kingdom's wilds.
"TBA - No specific dialogue has been revealed yet"
Twelfth Architect
The last surviving Architect of the Citadel who operates from the Underworks, trading advanced mechanical tools and weapons in exchange for Rosaries and Craftmetal, representing the intersection of organic and mechanical craftsmanship in Pharloom's technological hierarchy.
Wanderers
Garmond and Zaza
Garmond, a chatty older bug, and Zaza, his noble steed, are on a quest to find a new home. While Garmond is the talkative one, Zaza might be the true mastermind.
Green Prince
A tragic prince from the lost kingdom of Verdania, imprisoned for crimes against the Citadel, seeking to reunite with his lover who became the Cogwork Dancers.
Kratt
A flea who operates a luxurious spa-carriage service as part of the Flea Caravan, offering health and silk regeneration to travelers.
Little Pilgrim
A fellow traveler known as Pilby who is journeying to the Citadel, found resting in Bone Bottom before continuing his dangerous pilgrimage.
Loam
Loam is an NPC in Hollow Knight: Silksong, a tireless worker powering the Underworks on a treadmill, dreaming of ascent to the holy Citadel.
Mister Mushroom
The enigmatic Herald returning from Hollow Knight, a mysterious wanderer who appears throughout Pharloom during Act 3, speaking in riddles about the nature of journeys and the passage of ages.
Nuu
An enthusiastic young scholar who gives Hornet the Hunter's Journal and tasks her with documenting all creatures of Pharloom, traveling across the land to study defeated bosses and their remains.
Old Penitent
The Old Penitent is a mysterious NPC in Hollow Knight: Silksong, a self-imprisoned prisoner in The Slab who seeks penance for an unnamed grave transgression and responds to Hornet's music with remorse and guilt.
Pavo
A helpful NPC found singing next to the bench in Bellhart who provides directions and useful advice to travelers, representing one of the town's most reliable sources of guidance.
Sherma
Sherma is a wandering NPC encountered in various locations throughout Pharloom.
Trobbio
Trobbio is another wandering NPC found in Pharloom, known for appearing in multiple locations.
Quest NPCs
Alchemist Zylotol
An alchemist at the top of Wormways who experiments with Plasmium and offers tasks to Hornet.
Caravan
Caravan is an NPC in Hollow Knight: Silksong who assigns tasks and delivery quests to Hornet; a riddle-revealed figure players must seek.
Fleamaster Mooshka
The leader of the Flea Caravan who asks Hornet to help find lost fleas and join their journey across Pharloom.
Miscellaneous
Ballow
Ballow is an NPC in Hollow Knight: Silksong, offering lore hints and aid to Hornet; linked to Forge-Daughter and likely near Deep Docks.
Bell Hermit
A pessimistic hermit in Bellhart who believes that in Pharloom, only a fool believes themselves free.
Church Keeper
The Church Keeper is associated with a church and likely provides lore or aid to Hornet.
Eva
A mysterious child of Weavers imprisoned in an iron shell, who helps Hornet evolve her Crest abilities and eventually becomes the Sylphsong.
Fearful Pilgrim
A pilgrim found in Bone Bottom who meditates before beginning her journey, speaking of the dangers that lie ahead.
Gilly
A young researcher disguised as a bush who studies the living ecosystems of dangerous caverns, fulfilling her father's dying wish.
Unknown
Bell Beast
Serving as the main fast travel method after being defeated.
Druid of the Moss Temple
They offer Hornet the ‘Mossberry Brew’ Gather Quest, asking her to collect Mossberries for a special concoction. The druid is found stirring a cauldron, and the bell on their staff is noted to be significant. Entering the cauldron deals damage.
Huntress
Huntress is an NPC in Hollow Knight: Silksong, a towering predator awaiting her brood; she knows Pharloom’s decline and scorns the Citadel.
"Ssssppiiiderr, Your ssstench is strange yet similar... Have you come bearing the organs of others? Or would you offer your own? Gift your sshell's warm insidess as ssweet feast for my brood'sss birth-meal?"
Seth
Little is known about Seth's purpose or role in the game.
Meet the Denizens of Pharloom
From cunning merchants who trade in whispered secrets to wandering souls seeking purpose in the kingdom's shadows. Each character carries tales of glory, loss, and the enduring mysteries that bind this realm.