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{{See also|Fate's Arrow (2003)}}
{{See also|Fate's Arrow (2003)}}
Captain Fortesque was designed by [[Jason Wilson]] for the ''MediEvil: Fate's Arrow'' comic in 2018. As a character, he was originally conceptualised by [[Chris Sorrell]] as part of the 2003 ''[[MediEvil 3]]:'' [[Fate's Arrow (2003)|''Fate's Arrow'']] concept pitch that the comic was based on. Captain Fortesque's eventual role in the comic ended up being largely similar to his role in the concept pitch. However, the idea that Sir Daniel Fortesque was a pompous failure in life originally came from script doctor [[Martin Pond]] during the development of the original ''MediEvil''.<ref>{{cite web|site=The Mean Machines Archive|title=Retro Gamer - The Making of... MediEvil|type=PDF file|published=March 27, 2008|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140403014424id_/http://www.meanmachinesmag.co.uk/upload/media/scans/medievil_retrogamer.pdf}}</ref> Chris Sorrell revealed that Captain Fortesque's depiction in the comic was largely inspired by the show {{w|Blackadder}}, specifically the titular main characters from its first two seasons.{{Siteref|MediEvil-Boards|21953|Q&A with Chris Sorrell|February 3, 2020}} {{clr}}
Captain Fortesque was designed by [[Jason Wilson]] for the ''MediEvil: Fate's Arrow'' comic in 2018. As a character, he was originally conceptualised by [[Chris Sorrell]] as part of the 2003 ''[[MediEvil 3]]:'' [[Fate's Arrow (2003)|''Fate's Arrow'']] concept pitch that the comic was based on. Captain Fortesque's eventual role in the comic ended up being largely similar to his role in the concept pitch. However, the idea that Sir Daniel Fortesque was a pompous failure in life originally came from script doctor [[Martin Pond]] during the development of the original ''MediEvil''.<ref>{{cite web|site=The Mean Machines Archive|title=Retro Gamer - The Making of... MediEvil|type=PDF file|published=March 27, 2008|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140403014424id_/http://www.meanmachinesmag.co.uk/upload/media/scans/medievil_retrogamer.pdf}}</ref> Chris Sorrell revealed that Captain Fortesque's depiction in the comic was largely inspired by the show {{w|Blackadder}}, specifically the titular main characters from its first two seasons.{{Siteref|MediEvil-Boards|21953|Q&A with Chris Sorrell|February 3, 2020}} {{clr}}
==Notes==
{{Note|a|a}} Though the identity of the modern day Dan is deliberately left unclear,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/GunnComics/status/1194642148110536705|title=Jay Gunn|site=Twitter|quote=That’s a secret for now and up for discussion. :)
It’s something Chris and I had some interesting chats about at length.}}</ref> the original outline for Fate's Arrow had the cowardly Dan stay in his heroic counterpart's undead body. [[Chris Sorrell]] has also confirmed that Sir Dan is stuck in a time loop,{{Siteref|MediEvil-Boards|21953|Q&A with Chris Sorrell|February 3, 2020}} which lends more credibility to the modern day Dan being Captain Fortesque.
{{Note|b|b}} The years given in ''MediEvil: Fate's Arrow'' are 100 years off from the dates given in ''MediEvil 2''. For the sake of consistency with ''MediEvil 2'', 100 years have been added to years from ''MediEvil: Fate's Arrow'' on this page.
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In his room, Captain Fortesque has portraits of himself and a [[Dan's close relative|close relative]]. A similar portrait of the Captain ends up in the possession of [[Professor Darrow]] hundreds of years later.
*In his room, Captain Fortesque has portraits of himself and a [[Dan's close relative|close relative]]. A similar portrait of the Captain ends up in the possession of [[Professor Darrow]] hundreds of years later.
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==Notes==
{{Note|a|a}} Though the identity of the modern day Dan is deliberately left unclear,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/GunnComics/status/1194642148110536705|title=Jay Gunn|site=Twitter|quote=That’s a secret for now and up for discussion. :)
It’s something Chris and I had some interesting chats about at length.}}</ref> the original outline for Fate's Arrow had the cowardly Dan stay in his heroic counterpart's undead body. [[Chris Sorrell]] has also confirmed that Sir Dan is stuck in a time loop,{{Siteref|MediEvil-Boards|21953|Q&A with Chris Sorrell|February 3, 2020}} which lends more credibility to the modern day Dan being Captain Fortesque.


{{Note|b|b}} The years given in ''MediEvil: Fate's Arrow'' are 100 years off from the dates given in ''MediEvil 2''. For the sake of consistency with ''MediEvil 2'', 100 years have been added to years from ''MediEvil: Fate's Arrow'' on this page.
==References==
==References==
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