Hornet

Hornet is the mysterious princess-protector of Hallownest’s ruins, a major character in Hollow Knight and the playable protagonist of Hollow Knight: Silksong. She wields a Needle and thread with deadly prowess. Hornet is captured by outsider bugs and brought to their kingdom, Pharloom, but she escapes her cage before arriving at their destination. She then must battle foes and solve mysteries to ascend on a deadly pilgrimage to the kingdom's peak.Hornet's main weapon. Can be used to slash or block attacks against enemies. The Needle can be used to attack downwards while Hornet is above enemies, spikes or certain objects to bounce off them and gain vertical height, this is called Needle-bouncing. Hornet also uses the needle as a grappling hook, and alongside her other abilities.Hornet is an anthropomorphic spider with four limbs and a curvaceous and vumpuous body, who has a black body with a white head that has two eye holes and two long horns. She only wears a red cloak that covers her body from the neck to her legs. Her body underneath her cloak is completely black and very curvy, with pointy arms and legs., and her relatively short height, something clearly inherited from her father.As a result of her incredibly long life spent fulfilling duties put upon her by others, Hornet tends to be a rather cold and unfriendly person to people she's unfamiliar with. Stern and focused on her duties, she can appear rather stand-offish and punishing, constantly fighting the Knight to test their power. Hornet does begin to show respect towards the Knight as they prove their strength along their journey, commending their might and giving helpful tips on how to progress onwards on their quest, even saving them from the collapsing Cast-Off Shell. She also acknowledges the need of sacrifices in her duty of keeping Hallownest standing, admitting that she holds no grudge towards the Knight for killing her mother, Herrah and even thanking them for helping her finally rest from her duties. Hornet displays more of her amicable side in Silksong; while she initially claims that she's primarily looking out for herself, only helping for rewards, she's more than willing to give advice to struggling bugs or even assist them in certain tasks, such as when she takes on wishes from the wish walls, or when she protects Sherma in Whiteward and offers to escort him. Later in the game, she admits that she enjoys helping out others, stating that the small warmth of assisting another is a reward in itself. She also displays a rather inquisitive side, noting certain details about the different bugs she faces and pondering about their origins. Hornet also seems to hold affection towards her half-siblings the Hollow Knight and the Knight, telling Lace that she shouldn't think less of herself for being artificial, something clearly carried over from her thoughts on the Vessels. Hornet does retain her no-nonsense personality, however, getting annoyed by Lace's taunts and ordering her to fight her if she does wish to battle. She also possesses a tendency to slap bugs that invade her personal space, like Nuu and Grindle, and appears to have no qualms with incredible brutality when needed, ambushing and snapping the neck of a fly that helped steal her needle and cloak in one optional sequence, and threatening Kratt with death when he creepily spies on her bathing.Incredible strength: Hornet possesses physical strength far beyond the bounds of most other bugs. She's strong enough to throw her needle with such force as to use it as a grappling hook, allowing her to traverse different locations with ease. Additionally, her Kickstarter description describes her as being capable of throwing her needle a mile away, making her exceedingly strong if this is confirmed to be canon. Even without her nail Hornet proves to be a very strong bug, capable of snapping the neck of a Wardenfly in one swift move, an impressive feat considering that Hollow Knights bugs appear to have both bone and exoskeleton. Incredible durability: Hornet's shell seems to be quite tough, allowing her to take countless hits from the Knight's nail when most foes would fall to just a few and survive two duels against the vessel. Even in her own game, Hornet is capable of walking away from getting caught in bear traps and stepping on saws without becoming worse for wear, whilst being able to tank hits from several powerful foes. Incredible speed: Already naturally speedy thanks to her long legs and many locomotive abilities, Hornet can enhance her speed even more via the Silk Step skill, allowing her to dash and sprint about at breakneck speeds, far beyond the bounds of normal bugs. In battle she's fast enough to keep up with and react to the attacks of equally fast bugs like the Widow and First Sinner, both of which are incredibly swift Weavers.incredible agility: Hornet is incredibly agile, capable of performing acrobatics that few other bugs are capable of. She can perform graceful dives and pirouettes mid-air, scuttle side-to-side with incredible speed, and can expertly chain diving attacks to defeat foes, making her an exceptionally swift fighter. Immortality: Hornet is an incredibly long-lived bug, having been around to witness the Hollow Knight's sealing into the Black Egg. She's also outlived many of her former mates and in spite of that, still appears very youthful. She can spend incredibly long amounts of time without food or water. When defeated Hornet appears to simply respawn on a bench and can retrieve her belongings from a cocoon left behind, suggesting that she can't be killed by conventional means.