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ZanZarah The Hidden Portal Free Download for PC is an action-adventure video game by the German company Funatics Development, released in 2002 by the publisher THQ. An expansion was in development in 2002, but was later cancelled. The game involves travels and combats in a magical world loosely associated with our own world.
Plot
Setting
ZanZarah: The Hidden Portalfeatures a detailed fantasy worldcalled ZanZarah. The Shadow Realm is a place of great evil in the depths of ZanZarah, even deeper than the lava caves of the dwarves. There are a few entrances into it: one is in the pixie-hunter Lucius' cellar where he keeps captured pixies. « View full review »
Another is in the catacombs beneath Tiralin. But the main entrance leading to the shadow realm is hidden deep in the southeastern swamps of ZanZarah The Hidden Portal Download free Full Version.
Story
Long ago, our world and ZanZarah were one. Magical creatures like fairies,elves, dwarves, and goblins lived in peace with humans for a long time; and magic was an important part of our world. But then came the dark times, the times of inquisition and a great magic purge. The magical creatures had to flee from our world to save themselves, and the human Druids, the last wielders of white magic, helped them by creating a world suitable for their existence and closing the way there for the human race.
For centuries, the two worlds were separated and prospering. The creatures of ZanZarah sometimes visited their former home but generally preferred to stay in the new one. For humans, the way to ZanZarah was forever sealed by a mysterious machine called the Guardian. However, as time passed, the magic world became more and more a prison rather than a paradise for the magic folk. It became harder to cross the border between the worlds, even for the inhabitants of ZanZarah. Wild fairies started attacking the travelers for no apparent reason. Strange creatures calling themselves dark elves appeared on the roads. And the White Druid, the last of the mighty creators of ZanZarah, seemed helpless against them.
Not only ZanZarah is affected by this strange plague. The ancient, and by that time half-forgotten, world of humans also suffered from a loss of something very important—magic. A prophecy as old as ZanZarah itself tells that when the time comes, a savior will come from the world of humans to restore the balance between the two universes and peace will once again reign between the magic folk and humans. Until then, however, fairies, elves, dwarves, and goblins have to wait and hope. ZanZarah The Hidden Portal Game free Download Full Version.
The game follows the story of Amy, a young girl from London who on her eighteenth birthday receives the strangest present in her life—a magic rune—from an even stranger creature, a goblin who appears out of nowhere and disappears without saying anything. The rune is one of the teleportation runes that the inhabitants of the magic parallel world ZanZarah employ to travel across their lands.
Upon her arrival in ZanZarah, Amy discovers that she is the one the ancient prophecy tells of, and that it is her destiny to become the greatest fairy trainer of all time, and to save both her world and ZanZarah from impending destruction. Of course, to accomplish that she must undertake a long journey; but being an inquisitive and optimistic person, Amy readily accepts her destiny. After all, this world of ZanZarah looks so much more beautiful and safe than hers.
Characters
The world of ZanZarah is inhabited by a number of fantasy races, all of them smaller than humans in size.
- Elves are short, humanoid creatures visually nearly identical to humans but about half their size. Elves are generally very friendly and make great artists and musicians. They prefer to settle in the woods of the southwestern regions of ZanZarah; their biggest village is called Endeva, building simple one-room houses out of wood. Their language (which Amy is mysteriously able to comprehend) strongly resembles Frenchphonetically. Elves appear to be the majority in Tiralin—a city built together by elves, dwarves and goblins in the center of ZanZarah—probably because it is located in the woods.
- Goblins are also humanoid but have a distinctive face structure and skin which makes them impossible to mistake. Like the elves, they are about half the size of a human and share the elfish friendliness. However, their habit of settling in swampy regions of eastern ZanZarah makes their village, Dunmore, not very attractive for travelers. Goblins are known as fishers, hunters, and explorers—unlike the mostly stay-at-home elves and dwarves. Goblins build their houses on piles to keep them above the surface of the swamp. Their language does not resemble any human one.
- Dwarves are dwarves in this incarnation just as they are anywhere—short, sturdy, bearded, and unwelcoming to any guests. Their settlement is called Monagham and is hidden deep in the caves under the northwestern peaks of ZanZarah. The only way to enter the settlement, except with a teleportation rune, is through a labyrinth of caves starting not far from the Dwarf Tower, an ancient outpost of the paranoid dwarves. As usual, dwarves make excellent smiths and are actually capable of creating fairies out of metal. Their language somewhat resembles German. ZanZarah The Hidden Portal game free Download for PC Full Version.
The three peoples mentioned above are the three sentient races that fled our world when ZanZarah was created. In order to keep in touch with each other, they at some point decided to build a city that would welcome anyone, no matter what their race. That city was Tiralin, the biggest settlement in ZanZarah, located in the ancient woods roughly in the middle of the world.
- Fairies are a semi-sentient race and the pillars of magic in the world of ZanZarah. In fact, they are the magic of the world. Fairies inhabit every corner of the world and vary in appearance from angelic beings of light to fiery dragons and winged polar bears. Their size is never greater than a few inches. Usually, wild fairies do not (or do not want to) show any sign of intelligence or ability to speak, except with taunts and war cries; but some, especially the ones associated with light and darkness, sometimes display an ability to learn and speak. Once captured, a fairy is no longer considered sentient, becoming a part of its master's power.
- Shadow Elves are a twisted and evil version of normal elves. They do not belong to the true races of ZanZarah and started appearing there only shortly before Amy's arrival. However, they have proven themselves a great disturbance since every one of them is a fairy trainer skilled in using the fairy abominations of darkness and chaos. Their origin apparently lies in theShadow Realm, a mysterious, semi-spiritual space underneath ZanZarah where only the bravest dare to enter. Their distinctive features include black and red robes and glowing red eyes.
- Pixies are non-sentient creatures that started plaguing ZanZarah roughly at the same time as the shadow elves. They are found all over the world. Many elves and goblins fear and loathe them for no apparent reason, since pixies are absolutely harmless (at least, to a human). Some elves even make a livelihood by hunting them. Pixie hunting is somewhat of an Easter egg in the game (see pixel hunting). ZanZarah The Hidden Portal Free Download Torrent.
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