God Tamer

God Tamer is a minor antagonist and optional boss in Hollow Knight. Along with her trained beast, she is a veteran warrior who competes in the Colosseum of Fools, participating for sport.

Biography
Little is known about God Tamer's origins, although she is rumored to be the longest surviving reoccurring champion of the Colosseum of Fools, being labeled as a veteran fighter. Even after she and her trained beast were infected with Infection, she continues battling in the Colosseum, this time hunting down the other fighters for her own amusement.

God Tamer is fought only at the very end of the Trial of the Fool, the third and last trial of the Colosseum of Fools; should the player lose to God Tamer, they must go through the entire trial from the beginning. However, there is enough time for the player to heal before she enters the arena, and both her and her beast have little health compared to the other bosses.

God Tamer's tactics are limited as the only attack she can pull is a leap attack, in which she leaps to where the Knight was at the start of the leap and swings her lance down. Her beast on the other hand, has two attacks, one of which is a spewing of Infection blobs in three groupings with two safety spots in-between; the other attack is a roll across the arena similar to those of the Watcher Knights, although instead of stopping when a wall is hit, the beast jumps to where the Knight was standing when the leap began.

Defeating God Tamer and her beast wins the Trial of the Fool, and the Knight is ranked as "The Champion of Fools". Other than obtaining an achievement and Geo, the player does not receive any items or upgrades, making the fight only required to achieve a 100% game completion.

Trivia

 * God Tamer was designed by Kickstarter backer Dmitry Shcherbakov. She is the only backer boss of the game.
 * If the beast is defeated first, God Tamer mourns its death and surrenders.
 * The beast is referred to as "lobster" in the game files.
 * God Tamer shares the same Dream Nail dialogue as the Husks in the Forgotten Crossroads, while her beast shares dialogue with common creatures such as Crawlids.