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Hollow

GamesUndeadA curse2010 to today

The lost undead of FromSoftware's Dark Souls. A Hollow is a person who has died and returned so often that nothing of the mind remains, and the player's character is on the same road.123

Battle it
First appeared
2011
Dark Souls (2011)
Source work
Dark Souls (2011)
FromSoftware
Age rating
ESRB M
Made in
Japan
What causes it
A curse
The curse of the Undead: humans branded with the Darksign return from death again and again, and in time lose their minds.
How you become one
An Undead goes Hollow as the curse wears the mind away.
Intelligence
Mindless

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today2011

Dark Souls (2011)

field notes

What the sources say

1

The player character is one of these cursed Undead and starts the game locked in an asylum123

2

Dying costs the player their humanity and leaves them in a hollowed state123

3

Hollowing is described as a slide into complete madness123

4

Using Humanity at a bonfire restores the player to human form123

Sources

  1. Hollow - Dark Souls Wiki (Fextralife)
  2. Dark Souls (video game) - Wikipedia
  3. Dark Souls - RAWG

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