Talk:Knight/@comment-4299097-20180316231018/@comment-28377406-20180331094615

The Hollow Knight (Boss) is the last vessel to be created. The Knight (player) and every other vessel were created beforehand and ALL were thrown into the abyss.

However some of them did manage to climb out of the Abyss, presumably before the Abyss was sealed. After climbing out of the Abyss, I believe the Knight went straight to the Howling Cliffs where we see him (it?) in the opening cutscene.

And I don't think Zote is a vessel since vessel's were created without a voice, unless Zote was some sort of early experiment.