Parhedros: The Tunnels of Sethir
What Ancient Evil Lurks in the Halls of the Iron Lords?
New! Parhedros: The Tunnels of Sethir is an old-school, dungeon-crawling, fantasy role-playing adventure, packed full of action, magic and mayhem. Play as exciting character races, such as fun-loving Satyrs and Glaistigs, rugged Centaurs and cunning Spider-Folk, and even as the exotic Valkyrja and the stalwart successors of the Dwarves. Solve the ancient mysteries of the Spider-Demon and the Valkyrja Guardians to survive the forgotten tunnels of the Iron Lords!
Are you cunning enough to outmaneuver and defeat the hordes of deadly foes who will challenge you in fast-paced, turn-based tactical battles? Can you learn the secrets that will enable you to cast powerful spells and summon an army of loyal Familiar Spirits? How will you deal with the characters you meet along the way: will you become friends or foes, or perhaps even lovers?
Parhedros: The Tunnels of Sethir contains some Mature Content that may not be suitable for all players: please read the Mature Content Advisory. |
Game Features:
Parhedros: The Tunnels of Sethir is an innovative fantasy role-playing game of deep exploration, rich tactical combat, complex NPCs with highly realistic AI personalities, and deviously fun (and entirely optional) puzzles!
- Great 3D Graphics! Parhedros is a fully-featured 3D computer role-playing game, bringing you old-school style role-playing with the eye-pleasing graphics of today!
- Exciting Character Classes! Play as cool and unusual fantasy role-playing characters inspired by traditional Celtic, Norse and Greco-Roman faerie mythologies. Playable characters include: Satyrs, Glaistigs, Centaurs, Spider-Folk, Valkyrja, and the Prithivim (royal descendants of the dwarves)!
- Authentic and Fun Magic! Parhedros uses a magic system which is not only fun and well-balanced but also historically authentic, as it is based on painstaking research into ancient magical literature and modern occult practices! And with five different schools of magic to master, no two spell-casting characters will ever be alike.
- A Deadly World to Explore! Parhedros is a good, old-fashioned dungeon-crawl. Your Quest sends you directly into a mysterious and dangerous dungeon, populated with interesting characters and fiendish monsters, in order to solve a problem of major importance to your character.
- Innovative, Tactical Combat! Parhedros revolves around challenging and insanely fun tactical combat. The battles are turn-based, and demand thoughtful deployment, effective maneuver, and a sound mix of unit types.
- Life-Like, Interesting NPCs! Parhedros features a revolutionary Non-Player Character (NPC) interaction system. Our goal is to make it seem that you are chatting with real people, not talking billboards! Each NPC has a richly developed personality and a complex maze of moods and desires. Based on how you interact with each NPC, you may become the best of friends or mortal enemies, or possibly even starry-eyed lovers!
- Interactive Plot and Story-Telling! Parhedros is an innovative experiment in interactive story-telling, using the techniques of interactive fiction and hyperfiction. You can spend hours chatting with the main Non-Player Characters in order to learn about their histories, motivations and secrets, and thus better understand how to solve the intricate mysteries of the Tunnels of Sethir!
- Mentally Stimulating! The Tunnels of Sethir abound with dozens of deviously fun and challenging puzzles, which you can solve or ignore as you prefer; open magical chests by answering clever riddles to discover valuable treasures, or decipher ancient tomes written in a strange code to learn powerful magical spells!
- Highly Replayable! Every game you play is different! You will explore different levels, and encounter different monsters. You may even have a different Main Quest!
- Easy to Customize! We make it easy for you to customize your game! You can easily add your own character portraits, change the main menu art, and play your own music (mp3 format) while exploring the world or fighting in battle!
Enter the dungeon | The main menu | Casting a spell |
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Rolling a character | Meeting Emergainne | An encounter |
The Story:
Far, far away, in the fabled land of Ephronnia a beautiful Fairy Queen rules over an enchanted kingdom. It is a time of peace and plenty, a time of wondrous magic and heroic deeds.
But now intrigue is afoot! Recently a rumor has spread that a magnificent treasure was glimpsed deep in the innermost chambers of the Tunnels of Sethir, a haunted, nearly-forgotten fortress built long ago by the Iron Lords. Those well-versed in the lore of the land speculate that this treasure may be nothing less than an exceedingly powerful artifact of the gods, which a Valkyrja princess carelessly lost during an ancient war against the King of the Spider-Demons.
Now it seems that all of the rulers and potentates throughout Ephronnia and the surrounding lands have taken a remarkable and personal interest in this treasure. In the inns and taverns you hear gossip of expeditions being secretly organized to explore the Tunnels of Sethir. Before long, you find yourself among the number of brave adventurers converging on the ancient dungeon! The race to claim the mysterious treasure is on!
But as you journey towards the Tunnels of Sethir, you ask yourself why this treasure is suddenly so important to so many wealthy and powerful people? Your very survival may depend on the answer to this question! Will you become a pawn in a power struggle that you don’t fully understand? Or will your rendezvous with destiny lead you down another path?
OS: | 32-Bit Windows, XP or better. |
CPU: | Intel Pentium III 933 MHz processor or better. |
Memory: | 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended). |
DirectX: | DirectX 9.0 or better. |
Hard Drive: | 1GB free disk space. |
Sound Card: | DirectX 9.0 compatible. |
Video Card: | 3D hardware accelerator card required; DirectX 9.0 compatible. |
Input: | Keyboard and mouse. |
Extras and Freebies:
- Parhedros Game Manual: Do you want to roll up your sleeves, and dig deep into the core rules and the game world of Parhedros? Then be sure to download your FREE copy of the 100+ page Parhedros Game Manual.
- Screenshots: Be sure to check out our latest Screenshots from Parhedros: The Tunnels of Sethir!
- Free Downloads: Do you want cool wallpapers and desktop themes, and even more character portraits and main menu art for your game of Parhedros? Be sure to visit our Downloads Page or our DeviantArt Gallery!
- Designer's Notes & FAQ: Have you ever wondered what goes through a game-designer's mind? Be sure to read the Designer's Notes and FAQ for Parhedros!
- Customizing Your Game: Did you know that you can customize your experience playing Parhedros: The Tunnels of Sethir? We make it easy to add your own music, character portraits, and even splash-menu art! You learn how here.
- Mythological Background: Do you want to know more about the in-game mythological origins of the fey inhabitants of the world of Parhedros? Take a look at the Gospel of the Lilim, which tells the story of Lilith, the mother of all faeries and daemons.
- Reading Suggestions: Are you interested in the research that went into making Parhedros: The Tunnels of Sethir? The be sure to look at our bibliographies of Magic and Fairies!
- Fantasy Role-Playing Resources: For lots and lots of links to fantasy role-playing resouces, both on-site and off-site, be sure to look at our Resources page!
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