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[[File:The_Evernight.png|right|The Evernight.|230px]][[File:The_Spirits.png|right|The Spirits.|230px]]'''Zarok's spell book''' is an ancient [[books|book]] of Black Magic and the main cause of events in the [[MediEvil games|''MediEvil'' games]].
[[File:The_Evernight.png|right|The Evernight.|230px]][[File:The_Spirits.png|right|The Spirits.|230px]]'''Zarok's spell book''' is an ancient [[books|book]] of Black Magic and the main cause of events in the [[MediEvil games|''MediEvil'']].
==Contents==
==Contents==
*Raising the dead - pg5
*Raising the dead - pg5
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*Card tricks - pg298
*Card tricks - pg298
==Known spells==
==Known spells==
===Spell of Eternal Darkness===
===The Evernight===
The '''Spell of Eternal Darkness '''was used by Zarok to raise an army of the dead to take over [[Gallowmere]].<ref>{{Icon|Med2}} {{cite web|title=Storyline, page 1|site=MediEvil 2 Official Website (archived version)|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20141108104352id_/http://www.medievil2.com/uk/nonshocked/storyline/storyline1.htm}}</ref>
'''The Evernight''', also known as the '''Spell of Eternal Darkness''', was used by Zarok to raise an army of the dead to take over [[Gallowmere]].<ref>{{Icon|Med2}} {{cite web|title=Storyline, page 1|site=MediEvil 2 Official Website (archived version)|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20141108104352id_/http://www.medievil2.com/uk/nonshocked/storyline/storyline1.htm}}</ref> It was used by Lord Palethorn 500 years later to take over [[London]].


==Role==
==Story==
===''[[MediEvil]]'' / ''[[MediEvil: Resurrection]]''===
===''[[MediEvil]]''===
Some time after [[Dan]]'s death, [[Zarok]] came into possession of this book of Black Magic. Using the spells within it, he plunged the land into eternal night, brought life to the dead and inanimate and robbed the people of [[Gallows Town]] of their souls.
Some time after [[Dan]]'s death in 1286, [[Zarok]] came into possession of this book of Black Magic.{{Bookref|MED2-Manual}} Using the spells within, he plunged the land into eternal night, robbed the people of [[Gallows Town]] of their souls and brought life to the dead and inanimate.


In ''MediEvil'', Daniel can find the spell book lying on a lectern in [[The Entrance Hall]] level. He can only inspect its content page, however.
Daniel can find the spell book lying on a lectern in [[The Entrance Hall]] during the final stretch of his journey. However, he can only inspect its contents page.


===''[[MediEvil 2]]''===
===''[[MediEvil 2]]''===
The spell book turns up again in 1878, when [[Lord Palethorn]] and [[Professor Hamilton Kift]] locate some of its pages within an old tomb. Palethorn uses it in 1886 to bring the dead back to life, but because he's missing some of the pages, he doesn't possess full control over the undead.<ref>{{Icon|Med2}} {{cite web|title=Storyline, page 3|site=MediEvil 2 Official Website (archived version)|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20030923004124id_/http://www.medievil2.com/uk/nonshocked/storyline/storyline3.htm}}</ref> Daniel is awakened by the spell and manages to defeat Palethorn.
The spell book turns up again in 1878, when [[Lord Palethorn]] and [[Professor Hamilton Kift]] locate some of its pages within an old tomb. Palethorn uses it 8 years later to bring the dead back to life, but because he's missing some of the pages, he doesn't possess full control over the undead.<ref>{{Icon|Med2}} {{cite web|title=Storyline, page 3|site=MediEvil 2 Official Website (archived version)|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20030923004124id_/http://www.medievil2.com/uk/nonshocked/storyline/storyline3.htm}}</ref> Daniel is awakened by the spell and manages to defeat Palethorn.


In one of the endings, Daniel and [[Kiya]] travel to an alternate timeline where Palethorn used the spell book to travel back in time and rewrite history.<ref>{{Icon|Proboards}} {{cite web|site=MediEvil Boards|title=Interview with Jason Wilson|published=February 10, 2012|url=http://sirdanielfortesque.proboards.com/post/11632}}</ref>
In one of the possible endings, Daniel and [[Kiya]] travel to an alternate timeline where Palethorn used the spell book to travel back in time and rewrite history, replacing Zarok with himself.<ref>{{Icon|Proboards}} {{cite web|site=MediEvil Boards|title=Interview with Jason Wilson|published=February 10, 2012|url=http://sirdanielfortesque.proboards.com/post/11632}}</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Spell Page]]
*[[Spell Page]]