Jabberwocky

Jabberwocky
[[Image: File:MedPS4Jabberwocky.png |250px]]
Biographical information
AKA	Chicken-dragon

The Jabberwocky was an immortal chicken-dragon hybrid created by a failed magical experiment. Originally chased from the kingdom of Gallowmere by hero Dirk Steadfast, the Jabberwocky would cross paths several times with Sir Daniel Fortesque, the Hero of Gallowmere. It was last seen falling off a cliffside.

History

Background

Many years ago, the foolish sorcerer Mazok the Muddled came into possession of a Dragon Egg. At the same time, Gallowmere was suffering under a terrible famine, and Mazok had been ordered by his king to seek out a magical solution. 'If only the kingdom's scrawny chickens could lay eggs the size of a dragon egg', thought Mazok, and he set about applying his questionable skills to transform the egg.

Several days later the kingdom had been saved! The hatched chicken-dragon - or Jabberwocky as it came to be known - possessed the ferocity of a dragon and the dim wit of a chicken. It rampaged through the kingdom on a murderous spree and killed so many that even the meagre harvest was enough to sustain the survivors (as they mourned their loved ones).

The Jabberwocky was finally chased from the land by the hero Dirk Steadfast who poked it with his magic sword.

MediEvil: Fate's Arrow

In 1286, one day before the Battle of Gallowmere, the Jabberwocky attacks King Peregrin's Castle and Gallows Town. However, Dan manages to chop its head off using Dirk Steadfast's Magic Sword, ending the attack.

MediEvil

In 1386, Dan encounters the Jabberwocky at the Mystic Maidens after escaping from the Haunted Ruins. The Jabberwocky then chases Dan through the Silver Woods until Dan is cornered at a cliff. Just as the Jabberwocky is about to reach him, Dan is saved by a vulture. The Jabberwocky plummets over the cliff edge, its fate unknown.

Behind the scenes

Development

PLEASE NOTE: This section refers to content that is not present in the final versions of the game due to being cut, removed or repurposed.

File:TheSilverWoods-Textures.png

The unused ingame texture files for the Jabberwocky and the cut Silver Woods level.

In the original MediEvil, the Jabberwocky was to feature in a chase level with Dan pursued by it. Snippets of the level can be seen in one of the game's earlier trailers. In the Rolling Demo's files, some associated textures can be found but were not used for the demo. The level was replaced with the 9AV FMV.

Gallery

• TheSilverWood.png
• 26 Mediart.jpg

  Concept art of the Jabberwocky.

• Jabberwocky.png
• Jabberwocky CGI model.jpg

  CGI and wire-frame model as seen in "The Making of MediEvil".

• The Spirits.png

  The Jabberwocky, as seen in Zarok's spell book during IntroAV.

• Jabberwocky chase.jpg

  As seen in the annotated version of MediEvil's promotional trailer.

• Morten and Dan.png

  The Jabberwocky chasing Dan (and Morten).

Trivia

• Jabberwocky is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll.