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    [[File:The_Evernight.png|right|The Evernight.|230px]][[File:The_Spirits.png|right|The Spirits.|230px]]'''Zarok's spell book''' is an ancient [[books|book]] of Black Magic and the main cause of events in the [[MediEvil games|''MediEvil'']] games.
    {{Quote|Well, people like myself have been searching for that book for centuries. The power within its pages, oooh!|[[Professor Hamilton Kift]], about the spell book.}}
    '''Zarok's spell book''' is an ancient [[books|book]] of [[Black Magic]]. Its most notable users were [[Zarok]] in 1386 and [[Lord Palethorn]] in 1886. Both sorcerers were thwarted by the reanimated knight [[Sir Daniel Fortesque]].
    ==Contents==
    ==Contents==
    *Raising the dead - pg5
    *Raising the dead - pg5
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    ==History==
    ==History==
    ===''[[MediEvil]]''===
    ===14th century===
    Some time after [[Dan]]'s death in 1286, [[Zarok]] came into possession of this book of Black Magic.{{Bookref|MED2-Manual}} Using the spells within, he plunged the land into eternal night, robbed the people of [[Gallows Town]] of their souls and free will and brought life to the dead and inanimate.
    Some time after the death of Sir Daniel Fortesque in 1286, Zarok came into possession of this book of Black Magic.{{Bookref|MED2-Manual}} In 1386, using the spells within, Zarok plunged the land into eternal night, robbed the people of [[Gallows Town]] of their souls and free will and brought life to the dead and inanimate.


    Daniel can find the spell book lying on a lectern in [[The Entrance Hall]] during the final stretch of his journey. However, he can only inspect its contents page.
    Sir Dan found the spell book lying on a lectern in [[The Entrance Hall]] during the final stretch of his journey. However, he left it undisturbed.


    ===''[[MediEvil 2]]''===
    ===19th century===
    The spell book turns up again in 1878, when [[Lord Palethorn]] and [[Professor Hamilton Kift]] locate some of its pages within an old tomb in the Hebrides. Palethorn uses it 8 years later in 1886 to bring the dead back to life, but because he's missing some of the book's pages, he doesn't possess full control over the undead.{{Siteref|MED2-EU-Site|uk/nonshocked/storyline/storyline3.htm|Storyline, page 3|date=20141108104441}} Daniel is awakened by the spell and manages to defeat Palethorn.
    The spell book turned up again in 1878, when [[Lord Palethorn]] and [[Professor Hamilton Kift]] located some of its pages within an old tomb in the Hebrides. Palethorn used it 8 years later in 1886 to bring the dead back to life, but because he was missing some of the book's pages, he didn't possess full control over the undead.{{Siteref|MED2-EU-Site|uk/nonshocked/storyline/storyline3.htm|Storyline, page 3|date=20141108104441}} Sir Dan was awakened by the spell and managed to defeat Palethorn.


    In one of the possible endings, Daniel and [[Kiya]] travel to an alternate timeline where Palethorn used the spell book to travel back in time and rewrite history, replacing Zarok with himself.{{Siteref|MediEvil-Boards|11632|Interview with Jason Wilson|February 10, 2012}}
    According to one account, Sir Dan and his girlfriend [[Princess Kiya]] travelled to an alternate timeline where Palethorn used the spell book to travel back in time and rewrite history, replacing Zarok with himself.{{Siteref|MediEvil-Boards|11632|MediEvil developers - Q&A;|February 10, 2012}}


    ==See also==
    ==See also==

    Revision as of 22:58, 2 July 2023

    "Well, people like myself have been searching for that book for centuries. The power within its pages, oooh!"
    ― Professor Hamilton Kift, about the spell book.

    Zarok's spell book is an ancient book of Black Magic. Its most notable users were Zarok in 1386 and Lord Palethorn in 1886. Both sorcerers were thwarted by the reanimated knight Sir Daniel Fortesque.

    Contents

    • Raising the dead - pg5
    • Putting a town to sleep - pg71
    • Looking good for the over 400s - pg136
    • Robbing people of their free will - pg207
    • Summoning demons - pg268
    • Card tricks - pg298

    Known spells

    The Evernight

    The Evernight, also known as the Spell of Eternal Darkness, was used by Zarok to raise an army of the dead to take over Gallowmere.[1] It was used by Lord Palethorn 500 years later to take over London.

    History

    14th century

    Some time after the death of Sir Daniel Fortesque in 1286, Zarok came into possession of this book of Black Magic.[2] In 1386, using the spells within, Zarok plunged the land into eternal night, robbed the people of Gallows Town of their souls and free will and brought life to the dead and inanimate.

    Sir Dan found the spell book lying on a lectern in The Entrance Hall during the final stretch of his journey. However, he left it undisturbed.

    19th century

    The spell book turned up again in 1878, when Lord Palethorn and Professor Hamilton Kift located some of its pages within an old tomb in the Hebrides. Palethorn used it 8 years later in 1886 to bring the dead back to life, but because he was missing some of the book's pages, he didn't possess full control over the undead.[3] Sir Dan was awakened by the spell and managed to defeat Palethorn.

    According to one account, Sir Dan and his girlfriend Princess Kiya travelled to an alternate timeline where Palethorn used the spell book to travel back in time and rewrite history, replacing Zarok with himself.[4]

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ MediEvil 2 Storyline, page 1 on MediEvil 2 Official EU Website (archived version at Internet Archive Wayback Machine).
    2. ↑ MediEvil 2 MediEvil 2 manual. Written by Jim Sangster. Designed by Steve O'Neill. Published by Sony Computer Entertainment America in May 2000. Download.
    3. ↑ MediEvil 2 Storyline, page 3 on MediEvil 2 Official EU Website (archived version at Internet Archive Wayback Machine).
    4. ↑ ProBoards MediEvil developers - Q&A; on MediEvil Boards. Published February 10, 2012.
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