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'''Zarok''' (died 1386) was an evil sorcerer who tried to conquer the land of [[Gallowmere]]. His attempts were thwarted by his nemesis, the knight [[Sir Daniel Fortesque]]. Zarok was the primary antagonist of ''[[MediEvil]]'', ''[[MediEvil: Resurrection]]'', the [[MediEvil (PS4)|PS4 remake]] and ''[[MediEvil: Fate's Arrow]]''. He was voiced by the late Paul Darrow in English and by Norio Wakamoto in Japanese.

Zarok was a smart but scrawny boy who came from a poor family in [[Gallowmere]]. His childhood days were spent with [[Mr Snuffy]], his canine companion. However, on the day of [[King Peregrin's Coronation]], Mr Snuffy was killed by a Royal Guardsman who thought the pup was going to attack the newly crowned king. This event changed Zarok's life forever and marked the beginning of his obsession with necromancy. Zarok left Gallowmere to take up an apprenticeship with an infamous dark sorcerer.{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}}

50 years later, Zarok returned to Gallowmere, causing the land's crops to fail in order to expose the incompetency of Peregrin's Court Magician [[Mazok the Muddled]]. Mazok's attempts to save the kingdom from the [[Famine in Gallowmere|famine]] failed, forcing the king to seek help from Zarok. Zarok was all too happy to oblige. Once the famine was dealt with, Zarok became the new Court Magician.{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}}

As part of his secret plot to take over the kingdom, Zarok would go on to kill the [[King Peregrin's Champion|king's champion]] by spooking the champion's horse with a toad, causing him to be thrown in a well where he drowned. Zarok then convinced the King to appoint none other than Sir Daniel Fortesque to be his new champion, as Zarok knew that Fortesque was incompetent and would doom the king's army during his planned invasion.{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}} At some point, Zarok summoned [[Shadow Demons]] from another dimension to help him build a vast castle on top of a faraway mountain.

A day before his planned assault on the land, Zarok informed the King and his Champion about the approaching horde of undead, making excuses about why he cannot stop them.

As part of his plan to weaken the King's army, Zarok made the [[Jabberwocky]] attack the castle. He is surprised when the Jabberwocky is defeated by Sir Daniel Fortesque. Later, Zarok discovers that it was indeed Sir Dan who repelled the Jabberwocky attack, but an undead one from the future. He orders his henchmen, [[Boris]] and [[Merek]], to take this Dan to [[The Mystic Maidens]] to kill him.

Under the cover of night, Zarok's dark army spilled forth from their corrupt haven. The army marched south across the Silver Mountains and through the Silver Woods. Zarok's army had eventually overtaken the [[Pools of the Ancient Dead|flood lands]]. This lead to the Battle of Gallowmere, in which Sir Daniel was killed. However, the history books said that he had defeated Zarok, just seconds before dying himself. Zarok survived the battle, however. He remained in hiding, preparing for a second invasion.  

Some time after Dan's death, Zarok discovered a [[Zarok's spell book|book of Black Magic]].{{Bookref|MED2-Manual}} He also gained possession of the [[Shadow Artefact]], the key to the tomb where his Shadow Demons were imprisoned. However, the Artefact was stolen from him by [[The Town Mayor]] before he could free them.{{Gameref|MED2019-Bestiary|The Town Mayor}}

100 years after the war, Zarok returns to [[Gallowmere]] once again. Using the powers of a spell book spell, Zarok steals the souls of the townspeople and resurrects the dead. While passing through Gallowmere's many locales, Zarok leaves behind him a green, slimy trail of magic. He is looking for the Shadow Artefact that was stolen from him.

Daniel first encounters Zarok at [[Cemetery Hill]]. Zarok tries trapping Dan in the necropolis by bringing two Gargoyles to life. Later in his quest, Daniel releases Zarok's Shadow Demons, because he needs an item located within the tomb to make further progress. The demons are killed, however, when Daniel releases lava upon them in [[the Haunted Ruins|The Haunted Ruins]].

Zarok awaits in his [[Zarok's Lair|lair]]. He sends [[Fazguls]] and later his champion [[Lord Kardok]] to kill Dan, but Daniel manages to outsmart them. In the end, Zarok decides to confront Dan himself and transforms into a [[Zarok's Beast Transformation|beast]]. Once defeated, Zarok accepts his death and casts a spell that causes his lair to collapse, hoping to bring Dan down with him. Zarok is crushed in the wreckage, his magic undone.

Although Zarok himself doesn't make an appearance, his spellbook is the main cause of the events that occur. A likeness of his beast form can be found in the museum along with a [[MediEvil 2 books#Book 3 - Zarok|book]] declaring him a coward.