Talk:Hornet/@comment-34906343-20180710134445/@comment-38235801-20190606201056

We're not aware of how Hallownest's monarchy is supposed to work, she was created (Huehuehue) in the terms of a bargain with Herrah, so it's obvious The Pale King wasn't really urging to have a suitable heir to sustain his reign (also showed by how he neglected his only legitimate daughter, and well--..) We're not sure of what killed the Pale King... but it might've had something to do with a bright litle moth being a big bitch... He *is* a higher being, he is supposed to live indefinitely unless he perishes... so there aren't any official rules to how the rulership would pass on. It's true she's his only biological child, but she's technically also a bastard so real-world laws don't apply in any case.

The most likely (but not suitable, lmao) candidate would be the Vessel that obtained the brand that marked the Pale King as the ruler of the land, it's obvious there it's more than just a symbol and that there is some sort of powerful weight to it... people look at you differently. So... The Knight would be most likely if he weren't... y'know.

Then again, the only other 'children' he would have if talking biological is a silent troubled baby and a tortured monster.