A) Marian, you expressed in words very good what I think about this game as well : LOve. It simply has the feeling as if a high amount of Love was put into the game. That's it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
B) Kiya : You are right. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
C) The Fairy number 78 is indeed a kind of Legend ... and since some members of the Funatics Team (the makers of Zanzarah) worked on Sacred as well, there is a hint towards the game in Form of stone with an inscription about the 78th Fairy ... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
Currently Funatics teamed up with Blue Byte, to make the new Settler's game (German: Siedler) , with a stark contrast in terms of graphics compared to the Settlers games 1-4. They also use the same engine like in Zanzarah for the new Settlers (Renderware, to be exact), that's why the team of Funatics was hired.