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Stonekeep is a 1995 computer role-playing game for DOS by Interplay Entertainment. It is a first-person dungeon adventure with pre-rendered environments and live-action cinematic sequences.
Stonekeep concerns you, the hero, Drake. During the Devasatation of the world by the evil god Khull-Khuum, Drake the boy was saved from his castle by a mysterious figure. Years later, Drake returns to the ruins Stonekeep and the goddess Thera sends his spirit out of his body into the ruins itself to explore, reclaim the land, and defeat Khull-Khuum.
Along the way, Drake makes many friends, including Farli, Karzak, and Dombur the dwarves, the great dragon Vermatrix, a temple of Throggs, the mysterious Wahooka, and even a troupe of Faerie players.
Stonekeep features an elaborate Magick system where runes are inscribed onto a spellcaster. There are four types of runes, Mannish, Fae, Throggish, and Meta. Meta runs are inscribed atop previously written runes and modify their effect.
Stonekeep's mythology revolves around a variety of Gods associated with planets of the solar system. In order, they are Helion (Mercury), Aquila (Venus), Thera (Earth), Azrael (Mars), Marif (Jupiter), Afri (Saturn), Saffrini (Uranus), Yoth-Soggoth (Neptune) the Master of Magick, and Kor-Soggoth (Pluto) the Brother to Magick.
Stonekeep was packaged in an elaborate gravestone-style box and came with a white hardback novella, "Thera Awakening," (co)authored by Steve Jackson.
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