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A successful industrialist, Palethorn embraced the ethics of the Victorian age. He exploited every opportunity and was hungry for wealth and social acceptance. This led to him changing his name from Reggie Pallthrop to Palethorn, joining the [[Magic Circle]] and buying the title of 'lord' to make him seem more a part of the establishment.{{Bookref|MED2-Manual}} Palethorn believed that Black Magic was the key to obtaining both power and wealth. | A successful industrialist, Palethorn embraced the ethics of the Victorian age. He exploited every opportunity and was hungry for wealth and social acceptance. This led to him changing his name from Reggie Pallthrop to Palethorn, joining the [[Magic Circle]] and buying the title of 'lord' to make him seem more a part of the establishment.{{Bookref|MED2-Manual}} Palethorn believed that Black Magic was the key to obtaining both power and wealth. | ||
===Expedition of 1878=== | ===Expedition of 1878=== | ||
[[File:MediEvil2-ProfPalethornExpedition-Texture.png|thumb|left|Palethorn and Kift on the expedition.]] In 1878, one month after his expulsion from the Magic Circle for practising Black Magic, Palethorn approached [[Professor Hamilton Kift]], a fellow member of the Circle, about travelling to the Hebrides to acquire some pages of Zarok's spell book. After arriving on a Hebridean island, they found the spell book in a tomb located at the island's northern point. Once Palethorn took the book from its resting place, the tomb began to collapse. Palethorn shoved Kift aside and abandoned him, escaping the collapsing tomb with the spell book.{{Gameref|MED2}}{{Gameref|MED2|[[MediEvil 2 books#Book 2 - The Diary of Prof. H.KIFT|The Diary of Prof. H.KIFT]]}} Using the power within its pages, Palethorn planned on taking over London and eventually, the world. | [[File:MediEvil2-ProfPalethornExpedition-Texture.png|thumb|left|Palethorn and Kift on the expedition.]] In 1878, one month after his expulsion from the Magic Circle for practising Black Magic, Palethorn approached [[Professor Hamilton Kift]], a fellow member of the Circle, about travelling to the Hebrides to acquire some pages of Zarok's spell book. After arriving on a Hebridean island, they found the spell book in a tomb located at the island's northern point. Once Palethorn took the book from its resting place, the tomb began to collapse. Palethorn shoved Kift aside and abandoned him, escaping the collapsing tomb with the spell book.{{Gameref|MED2}}{{Gameref|MED2|[[MediEvil 2 books#Book 2 - The Diary of Prof. H.KIFT|The Diary of Prof. H.KIFT]]}} Using the power within its pages, Palethorn planned on taking over London, and eventually, the world. | ||
===The Autumn of Death=== | ===The Autumn of Death=== |