the pale king

the king of hallownest, trying to create vessels to seal the infection in the perfect vessel with no thoughts, emotions, or will. he has to breed with his wife 'the white lady' to make these vessels. the vessels are put into the abyss, if they can make the climb up, they go through training and tested if they will be the one to seal the infection. the pale king also has herrah's child, hornet, to be 1/3 dreamers to seal the perfect vessel when found.