Hunter (Hollow Knight)

"Tiny squib... You approach fearless. Are you a hunter like me? Do you feel the urge inside, to stalk, to kill, to understand?"

- The Hunter to the Knight.

The Hunter is a supporting antagonist in Hollow Knight. He is a mighty warrior of Hallownest obsessed with combat, hunting the other bugs for his amusement, and attempts to make the Knight a successful killer like he is.

Personality
Dreaded by all bugs of Hallownest, the Hunter is a brute force at best. He is extremely ferocious in combat, showing no mercy to any opponent he attempts to hunt. He is willing to slaughter every single thing in his way, regardless of even aggressive or not. However, he is far from pure evil, granted that he encourages the Knight and helps him in becoming a successful warrior. While he does also kill non-infected bugs, he finds extremely weak enemies, such as Zote, too pathetic to hunt.

Synopsis
The Knight encounters the Hunter in his den at Greenpath. Before the Hunter lunges out and kills them, sensing that they too is a hunter, praises their enthusiasm and decides to test their hunting skills. He hands the Knight his notebook, and tells them to seek out and decipher his notes by hunting a certain number of every enemy and defeating all bosses (excluding The Radiance) in the game.

Once all entries are filled out and deciphered in the Hunter's Notebook, the Hunter is eager to show off his reward to the Knight. The floor breaks down, the Hunter shows his entire body and roars, the battle theme starts, but instead of facing the Knight in combat, the Hunter gives them his treasure, the Hunter's Mark. The Hunter then congrats the Knight in becoming the best hunter, and mentions how he has nothing left to give them. His Dream Nail dialogue questions if the Knight will attempt to hunt him down as well, but hopes they will try.

Trivia

 * In the Hunter's notes for the Fungling, the Hunter mentions how he and his siblings would hunt alongside one another, but now laments how he now only hunts alone.
 * The only opponent the Hunter finds remorse for hunting is Zote, but only because he was such a weakling in battle.
 * Completing the Hunter's sidequest unlocks the "True Hunter" achievement.