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title: "Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic"
description: "Brilliant Shadows is a visual novel that follows the story of Veronica Ashmar, a new graduate of the Mountain and a necromancer. Tradition dictates that upon gr"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/76/78676.jpg"
---

# Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic

![Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic](https://t.vndb.org/cv/76/78676.jpg)

**Aliases:** Brilliant Shadows

**Developer:** Ithaqua Labs

**Release date:** Nov 2, 2015

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS

**Language:** English, Russian

**Rating:** 6.7/10 (44 votes)

## Description
Brilliant Shadows is a visual novel that follows the story of Veronica Ashmar, a new graduate of the Mountain and a necromancer. Tradition dictates that upon graduation, necromancers and paladins are to perform the pairing ritual. Binding together one of each type of mage, entwining their lives and powers with another and sealing their fates together with a matching mark upon their primary hands. 

Those that succeed and become paired go on as full mages, those that do not are considered nothing more than hedge mages. There are no exceptions and the ritual has never failed… 

Until the day Ash receives a mark and no fellow graduate to match it. 

Now she must discover the origin of her mark and attempt to solve the greatest magical mystery that the Mountain has ever known. 

[From [Steam](http://store.steampowered.com/app/409920/)]

## Characters
### Veronica Ashmar
- **Gender:** Female
- **Alias:** Ash
- **Hair:** Black
- **Body:** Pale
- **Role:** Magician, Homosexual
- **Engages in:** Fighting
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Clothes:** Gothic
- **Voiced by:** Mel Gorsha

### Hektor Warlock
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Green
- **Role:** Magician, Tutor
- **Engages in:** Fighting
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Body:** Scar
- **Personality:** Smart
- **Subject of:** Autism
- **Voiced by:** Alex Weber

### Prudence Celeste
- **Gender:** Female
- **Alias:** Prude
- **Hair:** Red, Long
- **Engages in:** Fighting
- **Clothes:** Plate Armor
- **Role:** Princess
- **Body:** Freckles
- **Voiced by:** Olivia J. Brown

### Ælfnod
- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Aelfnod
- **Hair:** Brown, Shoulder-length, Beard, Dreadlocks, Afro-textured
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Body:** Dark
- **Clothes:** Plate Armor, Breastplate
- **Role:** Homosexual
- **Voiced by:** Daman Mills

### Belinda
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Bun
- **Role:** Magician
- **Eyes:** Violet
- **Body:** Dark
- **Clothes:** Dress
- **Voiced by:** Jane Redd

### Luciana
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown
- **Role:** Magician, Wife
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Body:** Dark
- **Subject of:** Death
- **Engages in:** Betrayal
- **Voiced by:** Amber Leigh

### Terra
- **Gender:** Both
- **Hair:** White, Shoulder-length
- **Body:** Dark, Pointed Ears
- **Engages in:** Shapeshifting, Disguise
- **Voiced by:** Jill Harris

### Zakaria
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** White, Mohawk
- **Engages in:** Fighting, Betrayal
- **Role:** Wife
- **Subject of:** Death
- **Voiced by:** Marissa Lenti

### Aku
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Red, Long, Braid
- **Role:** Magician
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Voiced by:** Holly Lindin

### Ashley
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Blond, Shoulder-length
- **Clothes:** Dress
- **Voiced by:** Annabelle Bay

### Cook
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black, Afro
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Body:** Dark
- **Role:** Cook, No Name
- **Voiced by:** Justice Washington

### Ellena
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Clothes:** Plate Armor
- **Role:** Security Guard
- **Voiced by:** Shannon Kelley

### Gray Mage
- **Gender:** Male
- **Role:** Magician, No Name
- **Engages in:** Fighting
- **Clothes:** Cloak
- **Voiced by:** Jeremy King

### King Celeste
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Red
- **Role:** Mother, Queen Regnant
- **Subject of:** Death
- **Body:** Freckles
- **Eyes:** Cyan
- **Voiced by:** Shannon Kelley

### Krok
- **Gender:** Male
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Role:** Dragon
- **Body:** Humanoid (Non-human)
- **Voiced by:** Daman Mills

### Malte
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Voiced by:** Lito290

### Mox
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Short
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Body:** Tail, Horns
- **Role:** Non-human
- **Voiced by:** Alejandro Saab

### Necromancer Girl
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Body:** Dark
- **Clothes:** Dress
- **Role:** No Name

### Nyssa
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Waist Length+, Braid
- **Role:** Magician
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Body:** Unnatural Skin Tone
- **Voiced by:** Allison Thomas

### Paladin Girl
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Body:** Dark
- **Role:** No Name

### The Chef
- **Gender:** Male
- **Role:** Cook
- **Clothes:** Chef's Uniform
- **Voiced by:** Taylor Carlson

### Unknown Cook
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Role:** Cook, No Name

## Shops
- [Official Website](http://ithaqualabs.com/home/index.php/completed-games/brilliant-shadows/)
- [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/409920/)

## Releases
### English
- **2015-11-02**: Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic - [Official website](http://ithaqualabs.com/home/index.php/completed-games/brilliant-shadows/), [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/409920/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/409920/info/)

### Russian
- **2021-02-16**: Sijajuschie teni. Chast' pervaja knigi seroj magii - [Official website](https://anivisual.net/stuff/2-1-0-3271)

## Tags
Fantasy, Magic, ADV, Female Protagonist, Protagonist with Voice Acting, Multiple Endings, No Sexual Content, Homosexual Support Character, Fictional World, Evil Route, Protagonist with a Face, Dark Skinned Characters, Third-person Narrative, Lots of Choices, Protagonist with a Sprite, Lots of Character Sprites, Non-Japanese Voice Acting, Lesbian Protagonist

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