(Hegemol, the giant armored insect warrior, defends the main entrance to the City of Tears, nearby the Mantis Village. This takes place before the infection, while the City of Tears was still a city and not a wasteland, but after the Hollow Knight was sealed)

(You, the HK Protagonist, approach the City of Tears from that path…)

“I am Hegemol, Knight and Defender of the City of Tears, the mightiest of the five Great Knights of Hallownest. State your purpose, or go back where you once came.”