Godseeker

"Hallownest. This kingdom is blessed with true Gods. True! All around, the corpses of pretender Gods. But! Not in Hallownest..."

- Godseeker

The Godseeker is a Quest NPC in Hollow Knight who travelled to Hallownest seeking "gods", powerful beings revered for their strength and power. In her mind, she exists in a different shape and carries her tribe of godseekers, with whom she shares a collective mind. They inhabit a dream of their own making: Godhome. She starts the quest of Godmaster.

Lore
The Godseekers originate from a land called the Land of Storms, turned void of life but themselves. Their gods either died or abandoned them, which prompted them to travel and seek new ones. At some point, they merged within the mind of a single Godseeker. This individual can focus their thoughts into a complex dream world: Godhome. This feat is possible through their mask, which can be passed along other Godseekers. They also built a temporary tuning device in order to find the resonance of other powerful beings in distant lands.

The current Godseeker bearing the mask ended up in Hallownest following the remnants of the Pale King's power. With the King's vanishing, she hopes to attune instead Godhome to the "God of Gods" of Hallownest, and commune with them- initially assuming this "God of Gods" to be The Radiance. For this, she uses the Godtuner to attune the mind or essence of Hallownest's most powerful creatures to Godhome, where they can become gods. There, the godseekers observe their fights within the pantheons. With each fight, they aim to ascend to and commune with even higher, out-of-reach creatures, until reaching the Radiance herself.

During her quest, the Godseeker was forced to go into hibernation for unknown reasons, which prompted her physical metamorphosis. She ended up in a chained sarcophagus-like cocoon, which was washed away down the Royal Waterways.

Hollow Knight
The Godseeker's coffin can be found deep in the Junk Pit and can be unlocked with a Simple Key. When the Godseeker is freed, she automatically drops her Godtuner. The Knight can pick it up and start seeking gods for her. They can also use the Dream Nail on her to enter Godhome and join the gods' fights. There is a 2% chance to enter instead a forbidden memory of the Godseeker depicting their initial tuning device after completing the first three Pantheons. She reacts angrily at this intrusion and will throw the Knight out into Godhome.

In Hallownest, the Godseeker gradually wakes up with each pantheon the Knight completes. She encourages them to seek gods for her, rewarding them only of her sight and presence. In Godhome however, the Godseeker berates the Knight for their intrusion. She later gains interest in them on their way to ascend past the Pure Vessel, noting both vessels' similarities. The Godseeker finally opens up to the Knight and encourages them as they ascend throughout the final pantheon. She even shares with them her despair of not being able to tune to Hallownest's other higher beings of the past.

When the Knight finally ascends past the Absolute Radiance, they become Void Given Focus and become the new focus of the godseekers' communion. However, this new God of Gods overtakes both Godhome, the godseekers' tribe and the Godseeker's physical body, much to her awe. If the Delicate Flower was given to her before the Knight's final ascension, the flower will make the Void Given Focus vanish instead of being freed into Hallownest.

Other Godseekers
These NPCs can be found all over the area of Godhome and in the background of Boss arenas. They also have their own dialogue when Dream Nailed in the "Atrium".

Location
Godseeker is found both in the Junk Pit and Godhome.

Trivia

 * In Godhome, whenever an arena has been completed, the Godseeker sitting on their throne will face the sky before the arena transition animation comes in.
 * In addition, the Godseeker will seem to look at the Knight during the arena fight, and look at the boss during their death animations. This quirk can be particularly amusing during the Soul Master teleporting fake death sequence.
 * This Godseeker seems to be female, which is stated by Team Cherry in the reveal post for the content pack. Moreover, in all official translations, she is referred to as female.
 * All 'Godseekers' wear masks, though only one of them - the main one - wears a mask with a crest on it.
 * The Godseeker in the Junk Pit uncannily resembles an early concept art piece created by Ari Gibson.
 * When found in the Tuner Memory, the Godseeker is stuck into the cave wall for unknown reasons. They also appear to be really tiny as the length between their fore-claws and back-claws is much less than it is in the present. Though it is unknown what their body looks like as it is hidden in shadow with only the claws and head visible.