Sir Daniel Fortesque: Difference between revisions

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===Death===
===Death===
====Canonical account====
[[File:MediEvil-BattleOfGallowmere-FMV-Render.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Fortesque leads Gallowmere's militia into battle.]]
[[File:MediEvil-BattleOfGallowmere-FMV-Render.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Fortesque leads Gallowmere's militia into battle.]]
Everything changed when an army of the undead began marching towards [[The Haunted Ruins|Castle Peregrin]]. Unbeknownst to the king, it was led by his very own court magician Zarok. The king was in desperate need of a hero who could tackle the threat, and he knew exactly who he wanted.
Everything changed when an army of the undead began marching towards [[The Haunted Ruins|Castle Peregrin]]. Unbeknownst to the king, it was led by his very own court magician Zarok. The king was in desperate need of a hero who could tackle the threat, and he knew exactly who he wanted.
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In order to save face, King Peregrin declared Zarok the Sorcerer dead and organised a hero's burial for Fortesque, including the construction of a custom [[Dan's Crypt|crypt]]. From then on, Fortesque was revered as the Hero of Gallowmere.{{Bookref|MED-Manual|9}}{{clr}}
In order to save face, King Peregrin declared Zarok the Sorcerer dead and organised a hero's burial for Fortesque, including the construction of a custom [[Dan's Crypt|crypt]]. From then on, Fortesque was revered as the Hero of Gallowmere.{{Bookref|MED-Manual|9}}{{clr}}
{{ResurrectionText|Some sources offer a different version of Fortesque's death. They claim that Zarok had trapped a genie called [[Al-Zalam]] in Fortesque's head on the day of the battle, that Fortesque caught his foot on the grass and twisted his ankle before being shot,<!--Bloodmonath dialogue in Resurrection--> and that the one ultimately responsible for his death was none other than Zarok's right-hand man, [[Lord Kardok]].{{Gameref|MPSP}} However, this version of events is unlikely to be true.<!--Implied by dialogue in Zarok's Lair in Resurrection -->}}
====Apocryphal account====
Some sources offer a different version of Fortesque's death. They claim that Zarok had trapped a genie called [[Al-Zalam]] in Fortesque's head on the day of the battle, that Fortesque caught his foot on the grass and twisted his ankle before being shot,<!--Bloodmonath dialogue in Resurrection--> and that the one ultimately responsible for his death was none other than Zarok's right-hand man, [[Lord Kardok]].{{Gameref|MPSP}}<!--Implied by dialogue in Zarok's Lair in Resurrection -->


===First resurrection===
===First resurrection===