Simurg



The Simurg, also called The Bird is the enigmatic main antagonist of the horror videogame The Last Door. It is based on the flying creature of the same name from persian mythology.

Role
A group of british boarding school students makes a esoteric ritual in a attempt to pierce through the eldritch dimension known as the Veil, accidentally summoning the Simurg, which is the guardian of the Veil.

The Simurg haunts and tries to kill anyone who attempts to enter the Veil, including the amnesiac main character Jeremiah Devitt. Due to it's extradimensional nature, the only visible part of the Simurg is his large eye, although at some point of the game it shows also the silhouette of a giant crow.

In the early chapters of the game, the Simurg never appears, but evidences of his presence are found throughout the game, with various characters in letters and dialogues mentioning seeing the eye of a bird and a sinister force that communicates with the language of fear. Other people mention the feeling of being watched by an oppressing gaze.

Jeremiah encountered the Simurg's eye in the Veil during an hypnosis session. Jeremiah described the Simurg as a deep and dark eye surrounded by a darkness filled with horrofying screams. A letter from the priest Ernest reveals the entity's antagonistic role that the Simurg remembers and hunts down anyone who tries to go through the Veil.