Daldzah

Daldzah is a bedtime story set in the North Caucasus, about bringing together tradition and modernity and uniting what has been divided. After the Daughter of the Sun destroys the cradle of death, death disappears and only the undead Namalats remain. The Child leaves home to return a forgotten amulet to his father and meet his mother at the summit. Guided by the mountain through places of worship, he learns about the past, present and future, and reunites the mountain and his family.

Play as Mash1o

Mash1o is a small flame born from the blood of a Great Warrior, the light of the Daughter of the Sun and the darkness of the Lord of Death. His legs burn as he runs. You interact with the world as a playful child, warming spaces by running in circles and burning obstacles by dashing.

Visit the seven abodes

With death gone, the mountain has changed. Mash1o visits seven abodes, meeting deities from North Caucasian pagan religions and helping them with their problems:

• Ruins of the Land of the Dead: the abode of Barastyr, the Ossetian lord of death.
• Tower Town: the abode of Mehka-nana, the Vainakh goddess of country.
• Sun Fields: the abode of Gwynda, the Abazian goddess of bees, and Dzhadzha, the Abkhazian goddess of fertility.
• Dried Great River’s Riverbed: the abode of Hi-nana, the Vainakh goddess of water.
• Dark Broken Sky: the abode of Kek Teyrisi, the Kabardino-Balkarian deity of the sky, and Schyble, the Adyghe incarnation of lightning.
• The Place of Sun and Moon: the abode of Uastyrdzhi, the Ossetian god of manhood.
• The Top of Mountain: the abode of Atzyruhs, the Ossetian goddess of sun.

The mountain's memories

Hazy visions of the mythical past break into Mash1o’s present. The mountain tells him about the gods, his parents’ past and how the destruction of death affected the world.