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A world forever unchanging... the Seals, must break...

Monomon the Instructor is an NPC in Hollow Knight. She is one of the Dreamers and is involved in the Knight's quest to destroy the Infection.

one Lore
- 1.ane Elegy for Hallownest
ii In-game events
iii Dream Nail Dialogue
iv Location
5 Gallery
half-dozen Achievements
vii Trivia
8 References

Lore

Monomon used to be a primary researcher and teacher of Hallownest. Her athenaeum in Fog Coulee contain strange, jumbled Lore Tablets that contain certain phrases such as:

"KINGLIGHT" and "OLDLIGHT", which are probably the Stake King and the Radiance.
"VESSEL" and "VOID", which are the Vessels and the Void.
"SEAL", "EGG", and "DREAMER", which seem to explain how the Radiance is sealed.

The athenaeum also contain a tank full of Charged Lumaflies, presumably there in order to report them. Monomon is hinted to have sourced the creatures resembling jellyfish found in Fog Canyon, if not simply by blow.^[2]

When the Infection appeared, Monomon took part in the Stake King'south plan to seal the Radiance abroad in the Hollow Knight. Monomon became a Dreamer to seal the entrance to the Blackness Egg in the Temple of the Black Egg, which put her into an eternal sleep.^[3]

Quirrel was Monomon'southward apprentice or banana. She entrusted him with her mask which serves equally boosted protection for her once she became a Dreamer.^[4] ^[v] Monomon called Quirrel back to Hallownest to undo this protection after the Hollow Knight weakened.^[5]

Elegy for Hallownest

The Elegy for Hallownest is a poem written by Monomon. Its outset iv lines are displayed during the opening sequence of the game:

In wilds across they speak your proper noun with reverence and regret,
For none could tame our cruel souls however you the challenge met,
Under palest watch, you taught, we changed, base instincts were redeemed,
A world you gave to bug and creature every bit they had never dreamed.

- From 'Elegy for Hallownest' by Monomon the Teacher

In-game events

Monomon appears as a projection together with the other Dreamers in both Greenpath and the Resting Grounds. Unlike Lurien the Watcher, Monomon wants their Seals to break to terminate Hallownest's stasis.^[6] ^[7] However, she and the other Dreamers however try to lock the Knight in the Dream Realm afterwards the Resting Grounds encounter.

One time the Knight and Quirrel reach her physical body in the Instructor's Athenaeum, her mind tin be entered by using the Dream Smash. Monomon accepts that this must happen and seems to welcome it.^[viii] She can and so exist attacked in her Dream subsequently which Focus tin be used to break her Seal. Her physical body has disappeared when the Knight wakes up.

Dream Nail Dialogue

...For diversity, a Seal...
...A globe forever unchanging...
...the Seals, must suspension...
...Forever...
...Forever...
...Amend, an cease...

Location

Monomon'due south concrete body can be found in the Teacher'southward Archives in Fog Canyon. Uumuu needs to be defeated to achieve her.

Gallery

Achievements

	Teacher
	Destroy Monomon the Teacher

Trivia

A cut version of the Elegy for Hallownest which has additional lines tin still be found in the game files. Monomon herself likewise has numerous unused lines of dialogue.
When trying to attack Monomon's physical body in the Teacher's Athenaeum, a Seal appears over her torso.

References

↑ Resting Grounds Lore Tablet: "In her Archive, surrounded by fog and mist."
↑ Uoma Dream Smash dialogue: "...Monomon...", and Ooma Dream Smash dialogue: "...MONOMON...".
↑ Lurien'south journal: "Sleep beckons eternal and these words become my last."
↑ Quirrel on the Instructor's Archives: "Despite the sight, I can't assist only feel... familiarity?"
↑ ^5.0 ^5.i Quirrel: "Did she call you too then? Within these chambers the Instructor sought to store the Kingdom'southward knowledge and at its core, she stored herself. To salvage Hallownest, the Instructor willingly became a seal, simply upon herself she enacted an additional protection. Though I cannot remember its happening, I played a role in that feat. She called me here, at present, to reverse that protection. All in aid of you."
↑ Lurien Dream Nail dialogue: "...Bonds must remain..."
↑ Monomon Dream Nail dialogue: "...the Seals, must break..."
↑ Quirrel: "She knows what yous would do and seems to welcome it. [...] Mercy is a fine thing, but yous and her concord this must be done."