Gallowpedia:Canon

The following policy is based on the consensus of Gallowpedia editors and is thus subject to change.

Due to varying authorship for the released materials, contradictions between sources can arise. In order to ensure that the MediEvil Wiki's articles don't contradict each other, a hierarchy of canonicity is set in place to decide which sources take precedence and which facts should be accepted as canon.

The hierarchy of canonicity

• Tier 1: Information originating from mainline MediEvil games and accompanying materials, with the latest entries taking precedence.
  • e.g. MediEvil (1998), MediEvil 2, MediEvil (2019), and their manuals.
• Tier 2: Information originating from officially licensed works (e.g. publications, media releases) with direct involvement from the games' creators or creative team.
  • e.g. MediEvil: The Game Prequel, official websites, press releases.
• Tier 3: Information originating from non-official or non-licensed works with direct involvement from the games' creators or creative team.
  • e.g. Developer interviews, blogs, etc.
• Tier 4: Information originating from officially licensed works without direct involvement from the series' creators and/or creative team.
  • e.g. Medievil Times, MediEvil booklet, strategy guides, etc.

Apocrypha

On the MediEvil Wiki, the word apocrypha refers to works outside of the accepted canon.

MediEvil: Resurrection

MediEvil: Resurrection is not considered a mainline MediEvil game on the MediEvil Wiki. This is due to it having many storyline changes that are ultimately irreconcilable with the original game and its more faithful 2019 remake. Examples of such changes include the replacement of Morten the Earthworm with Al-Zalam and the introduction of the Anubis Stone.

As such, information from MediEvil: Resurrection should be presented on articles as an incorrect, alternative history, as is done in the MediEvil comic:

"Some scholars offer an alternative tale of Dan's resurrection. Among other things they claim that when first reanimated, Dan had a cantankerous one-eyed 'genie' hanging out inside his skull. They suggest that the Hall of Heroes was some open-air Greek spa floating in the clouds... Pah! Preposterous! None of that makes any sense!" ― An Introduction to MediEvil from MediEvil: The Game Prequel

On article pages whose subjects only exists in MediEvil: Resurrection, it is fine to present them as fact, so long as the Resurrection article notice appears at the top of the page.