
Along with this, she claims she will not be forgotten.

In her boss fight, her Dreamnail dialogue hints at the Radiance's defiance towards the Void, her ancient enemy. The Radiance exhibits great persistence in her goal and while her ultimate goal is freedom from her prison, she shows little regard for the lesser bugs which she may kill in the process. During this process, it is said that a voice calls to the victim, implying the Radiance directly influences and manipulates the bugs of Hallownest to serve her.
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A powerful plague that would invade the dreams of a bug, the Infection would slowly overtake bugs, causing them to grow stronger while also erasing their free will. Once the Pale King came along and granted the bugs of Hallownest free will in exchange for servitude, the moths forgot the Radiance, sealing her away, and worshipped the Pale King instead.Įnraged that her people stopped worshipping her, she used her powers as a higher being to influence the bugs of Hallownest, which led to the Infection. She was connected to her creation, the Moth tribe, via dream essence. The Radiance once ruled the land that eventually became Hallownest.

~ Bardoon to the Knight on the creatures the Radiance infects. Union it may offer, but also a mind bereft of thought. Rejection of the Wyrm's attempt at order. For quiet retreat did I climb up here, away from spitting creatures.
