A Smithery was found in the Howling Cliffs, though nobody truly knows who would live in such a barren place

A young spider was born deep in the Cliffs, eight eyes and eight arms. He had no parents as a child, abandoned to a village not so far away. His new family was a cult - The Gatherers, praising the Great Antlion. They would sacrifice travellers and feed them to the Mighty Antlion. The Antlion granted them ore - Iesmalt, from the earthy tunnels he dug, as well as protection in exchange for worship and sacrifices.

The Gatherers took him in, and because of his uniqueness, he was assigned from a young age to work for the Higher Being. Since he was a child, he would go and do mischief for his own entertainment. He was properly disciplined - for every wrong deed or prank, an arm and eye would be ripped away from him. He now only had five limbs and five eyes, but he has learnt his lesson.

He has lived his whole life in this place, a deep secret in the Howling Cliffs. But he didn't want to go anywhere else. He was a Blacksmith for the Gatherers, making weapons and charms from Iesmalt found by the Great Antlion through digging large tunnels in the earth. He was too a hermit, not much of a social bug.

Now, his smithery still stood strong at the center of the village, making charms to encourage others to trust in the Great Antlion as their savior from the apocalypse.

Art and Hollow Knight OC by me