Hollow Knight Herrah - Blog Posts

draw suggest: herrah and/or monomon~?

Dabbled in some watercolor and brush pen on this request

I thought I would not finish this..

Play date with Mommy~

More color palette challenges, this time with the Dreamers! Once again, the palettes are from @color-palettes and were chosen based on title

Monomon - Deep Sea Science

Herrah - I’m Sorry That I Left You There in the Darkness

Lurien - Are You Aware of My Presence, Watching and Unbreathing?

Random Hollow Knight headcanons, Herrah edition:

Despite the confident, outward persona she projects, Herrah actually has a very low opinion of herself. This is a result of being called "the Beast," not just by Hallownest but even the Deepnest spiders before she became queen.

When Herrah met her future husband, she did not realize he was the King of Deepnest, as she'd never been near the village nor socialized with any of the "normal" spiders of Deepnest. He didn't mention it to her for the longest time because he liked being treated like a normal person, and worried her knowing would change her attitude towards him.

Herrah's passion towards leading the people has sprung from two different places: --It was her husband's pride and joy. He loved his people and that love extended to Herrah once she married him. She looks after her people as a way to honor her late husband --She has very closely tied her worth to her ability to be a good queen. She gets very insulted when someone questions her as a leader.

Herrah is a very proficient warrior. Her skills were built from the ground up, as she had to live most of her life on her own. She's become a master of fighting, hunting, tracking, etc.

Before she met her husband, Herrah had no aspirations. She believed "the Beast" couldn't have the luxury of dreaming for anything bigger than the life she had.

After meeting her husband, Herrah begins dreaming of having a happy, loving family. She knows it sounds corny and wouldn't admit it aloud to anyone she wasn't close to.

She blames herself for her husband's bloodline ending. She was never able to produce an heir for him, and so her most vital role as queen was never delivered. There are some days she wishes he took a mistress just so his bloodline could live on.

Continuing on with designs of the Dreamers unmasked/unrobed, it's time to show off Herrah!

Ngl, I saw someone else draw her as a centaur-spider and I've fallen in love with the idea and can't draw her any other way. I also imagine Herrah knows how scary she looks and revels in it. I mean, if you were given the title of "The Beast," wouldn't you?

Scary spooder mom FTW!

(Here's the Monomon one if anyone's curious~)

Headcanon that Herrah can't remember Quirrel's name, just that it starts with a Q. So she just calls him whatever Q-name comes into her head.

Their "dalliance" consisted of a lot of fighting over who was the top and you can't convince me otherwise

The Beast

I cannot keep myself away from HK for long, it seems… quick whiteboard doodles.

This is like my 3rd time in this fandom