Talk:Hornet/@comment-35238866-20180702045116/@comment-35238866-20180716042509

Both those zote theories are 100% speculation. About the Kingsmoulds: when you land the killing blow on them they squirt out black substance as well. About Zote: His promise is not for vengeance or proof, but for selfish honour and fame for himself. Also he never pretends in any way to have been banished. Not only does he use phrases like "cur" alot, which is not natural Hallownest dialogue based on all others, but he also seems to be designed solely to be a joke character more than anything. And before you bring up GPZ and his void effects, know that GPZ is a dream. Anyways, Hornet provides Soul when hit. All Void creatures don't, unless aforementioned moulds. Zote does too, which you've already mentioned. Also your mentioning of Hornet's mask being hit: I doubt masks are made as armour. And besides, if the mask really was being hit, why would you hear that gross plunging/wet scraping noise upon making contact with her with a nail? Kingsmoulds likely have chinks in the armour, as when you hit Kingsmould helmets in the secret WP room the clang, differently to nail striking figure. Finally, Zote not only has a different cloak and nail, but his facial shell is unlike any void creation, and I doubt PK wanted him to be able to talk. And if he was banished, I understand the taking of his nail, but why not all his other possessions? Assuming the cloak is made in Hallownest, why would you let your failed experiment keep it rather than strip it and speed up his death? Or why not just dump him in the Abyss and be done with it? He clearly can't jump well enough to escape, and if this was pre-vessel construction, the Abyss would be even deeper and would probably do the job anyways. PK is not the kind of character that spares his failed attempts.