#so that’s where they stab themselves in the early infection variants

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Uhh. Have a Hollow in a Pinterest outfit

This was supposed to be a quick sketch cuz mothfriend’s (who now has a name mueheheheh) design was frustrating me hrgrhrhr

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Figured it's time to make a post explaining my AUs bc some of them are AUs of AUs of AUs and nobody's boutta read thru everything lmao

SO!!

Early Infection AU

Most of my AUs are variants of this

Hollow is infected by the Radiance as a teenager, with her slowly creeping into their mind over the course of a few months.

Eventually she takes over and ends up trying to kill the Pale King, they manage to wrestle back control and stab themselves, which throws them into the dream realm where they fight the Radiance and win.

The rest of the AU is just family fluff and drama as Hollow recovers

Hollow Fkin Dies AU

Variant of Early Infection!! Exactly what it says on the tin!! Instead of winning the Radiance fight, they're killed and everything bad that can happen does happen in the following years.

Mostly focuses on PK's grief and how EVERYTHING just gets worse and worse in Hallownest, the Knights get infected, the dreamers are infected, WL goes insane, Hornet is killed, the infection runs rampant (even more so than in canon)

By the time Ghost arrives in Hallownest, the entire kingdom is p much like infected crossroads from the get go

Radi Fkin Dies AU

Hollow loses the battle with the Radiance but manages to escape by the skin of their teeth, hiding in the dream realm and slowly killing Radi via void poisoning.

They wake up after killing her, years after their ‘death’ to a very scared and confused PK, an insane mother, and an (almost) adult baby sister

What follows is basically the aftermath of Early Infection but there’s a lot more to fix

Radi Fkin Dies Speedrun

After their death, PK goes over the top with their funeral, introducing them to the Kingdom as his child who died to save his life, and makes sure the funeral is one befitting a prince. (This is true for all hfd variants)

Meanwhile, Hollow figures out a far less subtle (and slow) way to kill Radi off, using a combo of void poisoning and stabbing to get the job done.

They wake up as they’re being paraded down the streets of the city, causing quite a scene.

PK in his paranoia, spends the next few years coddling Hollow to the point where they start a flaming row with him and decide to head to Deepnest to cool off. PK sends every available person in the palace to look for them, which leaves him vulnerable to an assassination attempt. Hollow arrives in the nick of time, but PK is gravely injured and they have to take over as Prince Regent while he recovers.

Radi Fkin Dies Speedrun: Bad End (rfds bad end)

U get what I mean about the AUs of AUs of AUs thing now right?? Lmfao

Variant of RFDS!!

PK doesn’t survive the attack, instead dying in Hollow’s arms before they can apologise for anything they said during the argument.

PK has a funeral befitting the first god king and creator of Hallownest, and is buried in a tomb in Queen’s Gardens, where WL soon follows

(Long story short, PK and WL decided they didn’t want to live without the other so when PK dies, WL decides she wants to “root herself down” as close to his burial site as possible

When a root “roots themselves down” it’s basically them entering their last stage of life and they eventually just fade away and become a tree)

Hollow is crowned King and rules Hallownest for the foreseeable future

Eventually they meet an oc bf and have kids with him, the eldest of which dies young

There’s also an afterlife in this AU, so anyone who dies spends their time watching over Hollow and their loved ones :)

Shades of Memory AU

Hollow is found out to not be hollow VERY early on, so PK removes all memories of their voidness and raises them as a normal kid

They get a good childhood, but once they turn 18 they find out about their origins in. The worst way possible.

Root of Evil AU

Evil WL au!!! She gets sick of her husband’s shit and, after finding out the Pure Vessel isn’t hollow, leaves and takes the kids (the divorce is implied abdbfn). She also takes Hornet with her bc her child needs a playmate godsdamnit!!

Most of this au takes place during Hollow’s teenage years where, after being raised believing that mortals are worth no more than the dirt under their feet, they find out that mortals are actually pretty cool sometimes!! PK is a wet rat here, what else is new, and bby Hornet gets to commit arson!! What more could you want?

ALSO ALSO EVIL WIVES!! (the Radiance x WL)