Talk:Hollow Knight/@comment-36911590-20180914155250/@comment-35303705-20180926185634

The fact that Team Cherry decided to re-use 60% of all sprites of The Hollow Knight for Pure Vessel does not discredit the idea of The Hollow Knight missing an arm. The new sprites show that Pure Vessel has a second arm, while most sprites of The Hollow Knight have an extra bit of cloth to make it more vague whether they're missing an arm.

If you actually examine The Hollow Knight's sprites, you can distinctly see sprites where it's obvious that there should be an arm, but there isn't. Comparing the similar sprites of Pure Vessel and The Hollow Knight, the new sprites for Pure Vessel clearly show a second arm (where Team Cherry bothered to change the sprite and not just recolour it).

Speaking of headcanons, this statement "the arm is made of void so cutting it off is not really an option." is entirely incorrect. The body of The Hollow Knight is segmented, suggesting that it is part of their shell. You only have to look at Broken Vessel to see that the black part of a Vessel's body remains after death. If it were part of the Shade, it would completely disappear.

All in all, the trivia isn't wrong, it's very strongly suggested in Pure Vessel's fight that The Hollow Knight is in fact missing an arm.