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{{about|the cowardly living Dan|the undead hero|Sir Daniel Fortesque}}

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|aka = {{CollapsibleContent|Captain F <small>(by [[Griff]])</small>|Lord Fopdoodle <small>(by Griff)</small><br>Gib-faced hornswoggler <small>(by [[Zarok]])</small><br>Chicken-hearted fribble<small> (by Zarok)</small><br>Lily Liver Fortesque <small>(by [[Noreen]])</small><br>Yella belly<small> (by Noreen)</small>}}

|titles = Captain of the Militia (1286)

|birth = 1254{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}}{{Note|name="birth"|The years given in ''MediEvil: The Game Prequel'' 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: The Game Prequel'' on this page. See [[GP:CANON]] for more information.}}<br>Gallowmere, Britain

|family = [[Sir Daniel Fortesque]] <small>(future self)</small><br>[[Lord Cedric Fortesque]] <small>(father)</small><br>[[Granny Fortesque]] <small>(grandmother)</small><br>[[Dan's close relative|Unnamed Fortesque]] <small>(close relative)</small><br>[[cambridge:Ghosthunter:Colonel Freddie Fortesque|Colonel Freddie Fortesque]] <small>(relative)</small><br>Unnamed younger sibling(s)

|appearances = {{Icon|FArrow}} ''[[MediEvil: The Game Prequel]]''

|signature=MediEvil-RetailerLaunchKit-SirDanSignature-Traced.svg

{{Quote|Lupo! It's time I pay visit on sweet [[Widow Lucinda]]! She can pay me this week's rent! Ha! It's good to be me!|Captain Fortesque, off to see Widow Lucinda.}}

'''Sir Daniel Wigginbottom Fortesque IV''' (born 1254), better known as '''Captain Fortesque''', is the cowardly living version of the legendary [[Sir Dan]]. Originally destined to die a failure at the [[Battle of Gallowmere]] as part of [[Zarok the Sorcerer]]'s evil scheme, his fate was changed when his future self took his place in the battle using a [[Body Swap Potion]], trapping the Captain in a skeletal body. Hundreds of years after the fact, the Captain would recount the story to [[Professor Darrow]] of Cambridge Archaeology.

==History==

===Early life===

===As a captain===

Captain Fortesque was first seen by his undead future self while he was out hunting with his hound [[Lupo]]. The Captain decided to return to the castle to pay a visit to [[Widow Lucinda]]. His plan was interrupted when the guards at the gates told him that the king wished to see him at once.

In their meeting, the king revealed that the army of the undead was marching upon the castle and that they will reach it within a day. The Captain promptly excused himself as he had wet his pants.

Some time later, the Captain was waiting for Widow Lucinda in his bedchambers. He was startled when the undead Dan walked in instead. [[Griff]], the undead Dan's fairy companion, tried to [[fajazzle]] the Captain, but failed, so the undead Dan knocked him out.

The night before the battle, the Captain tried to escape from the castle. However, he was captured by Griff and his sister [[Noreen]] who fajazzled the Captain properly this time, leaving him in a trance-like state. After Noreen's friend [[Wartilda]] successfully brewed a [[Body Swap Potion]], the Captain found himself inside the undead Dan's body who took his place on the battlefield. He was left tied up in Wartilda's hut where his faithful hound Lupo watched over him as well as a [[The Eye of Amon Ra|gift]] left behind by the undead Dan.

Hundreds of years later, in the present day, Captain Fortesque met with Professor Darrow in [[Cambridge]] and recounted the story of the Battle of Gallowmere to her.{{Note|name="identity"|Though the identity of the modern day Dan is deliberately left unclear,{{TwitterRef|Wilson|1194642148110536705|November 13, 2019|quote=That’s a secret for now and up for discussion. :)

It’s something Chris and I had some interesting chats about at length.}} 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.}}

{{See also|MediEvil 3: Fate's Arrow}}

Captain Fortesque was designed by [[Jason Wilson]] for the ''MediEvil: The Game Prequel'' comic in 2018. As a character, he was originally conceptualised by [[Chris Sorrell]] as part of the 2003 ''[[MediEvil 3: 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}}

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