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The Royal Waterways are a series of sewage pipes and support structures underneath the City of Tears. Many areas in the Waterways are flooded by the water constantly dripping from above, originating from the rain in the City of Tears (and ultimately from the Blue Lake). Several rooms in the waterways are littered with piles of trash. The area is divided into two sections by a broken lift shaft. The east part shares many traits with the west but also features acid pools and plant...

The Crystal Guardian is an optional boss in Hollow Knight. The Enraged Guardian is its second, stronger and faster form. Both forms have to be beaten to unlock its Journal entry. The Crystal Guardian is part of the miners of Crystal Peak who died from the Infection and were reanimated by it.[1] It appears larger than the other husks, has crystal growing on its back and encasing both its arms and its head. It also has more mastery over the crystal's light than the Crystallised Husks.[2]...

How Hollow Knight presents different authoritarian ideologies and their conflict with the individual.

Crystal Peak is a huge glittering mountain located east of Dirtmouth.[1][2] Mines were carved into the peak to obtain the area's precious crystals.[3] Crystal Peak contains extensive tunnels throughout the mountain which were used to mine its crystals. The crystals are present across the entire area, with some tunnels having crystals lining the top and bottom of the cavern. Conveyor belts can be found in many rooms which transport the crystal shards. In the centre of Crystal Peak is a...

Greenpath is an area west of the Forgotten Crossroads with lush vegetation, guarded by a species of leafy bug.[1] Pools of burning acid and thick overgrowth make navigation difficult.[1] Greenpath is an exuberant green cavern, composed of diverse vegetation, mossy valleys, and broad lakes of acid. These features are deeply reflected in its inhabitants, who developed a natural mossy camouflage, allowing them to perfectly blend in with their surroundings.[2] Throughout all of Greenpath...