The Web of Zar'nyra

In an abandoned mine deep beneath the mountains, the tunnels have been spun shut with silver thread. Miners vanished, rescuers never returned, and the villages above no longer dare snuff a candle after dark. You descend along threads that tremble at every step, deeper than any mineshaft ever went, into a realm of black silk beneath the roots of the world.

Here rules Zar'nyra, Priestess of the Spider Goddess, a dark elf weaving a ritual that will open her goddess a window onto the surface. Giant spiders the size of dogs guard every corridor, silent on their threads. The web itself whispers, hungry, and ensnares anyone who stands still too long. Every hour the ritual advances, the darkness climbs a step higher toward the world above.

You cut a path through the webs, free ensnared victims still living, and disrupt the eight ritual candles that feed the spell, while Zar'nyra drives you in a deadly hunt through her own labyrinth. Each candle you cut makes her more furious and the web more fierce.

The turn: the window already stands ajar, and on the far side eight red eyes are moving that no mortal should ever see. In the heart of the web you must defeat Zar'nyra and break the ritual before the goddess pushes a leg through the rift, for once she is above, the entire overworld becomes her nest.