King's Quest VIII: The Mask of Eternity
King's Quest: The Mask of Eternity (also known as King's Quest VIII: The Mask of Eternity) is an action-adventure video game written and designed by Roberta Williams and published by Sierra Studios in 1998. It is the eighth and currently the last official computer game of the famous King's Quest series. It is the first and only game in the series in which the main character is neither King Graham nor a member of his family, the first game in the series to use a full 3D engine, as opposed to the 2D cartoon or pixel style of the previous games, and the first game to omit the sequel numbering system on the packaging and title screen, although references to it being the eighth game appear in the file structure and the game has been marketed as KQ8 on the official website, in interviews and elsewhere.
Story
The story begins at Daventry Castle, where King Graham and his minister are discussing the day-to-day affairs of the country, when the magic mirror in front of them is activated and shows them a bad omen. They witness Lucreto, the Archarchon of the Sun Kingdom, destroy the Mask of Eternity and release a wave of energy. The mirror shows the kingdom's only hope, Conner of Daventry, a simple farmer and knight from a nearby village. He is chatting with his neighbor Sarah when a storm hits and a piece of the mask falls at his feet. He picks it up and turns around to find that Sarah has been turned to stone. The unleashed magical energy turned all mortals in the world to stone, including King Graham. With that, the mirror ends its vision. At the beginning of the game, the half-stone mage Connor encounters tells him about the Mask of Eternity, Connor's destiny, and casts a magic map for him that shows all the explored areas and allows Connor to teleport between countries once the teleportation locations in each country (except the Sun Kingdom) are discovered. With the knowledge of his quest, Connor made his way to Daventry Castle to check on his liege and the royal family, and found Graham and the other inhabitants of the castle turned to stone. He vowed that he would save King Graham and Queen Valanice, their family, and the rest of the Daventry residents, or die trying.