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* DreamWeaver: The magic at the center of the second novel and a subset of Shadow Magic, it allows one to enter the dreams of others and influence them. The crystal spiders are magic constructs which use their webs and venom to trap people in dreams and feed on them.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In ''Dream Magic'', [[spoiler:Thorn defeats Weaver for good by getting him bitten by one of his own jewel spiders. To make his dream more inescapable (and pleasant,) Lily turns it into a LotusEaterMachine where Weaver can be unscarred and rule Gehenna as he always wanted.]]
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Weaver's birth name remains unknown. Either he doesn't remember it or [[ThatManIsDead no longer wants to associate with it]], considering [[spoiler:he dubs himself "Lord Weaver Shadow" in his dream world]].
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* BastardAngst:
** One of Thorn's fellow squires, [[spoiler:Wade]], wants to travel up in Gehenna's elite Black Guard to make his nobleman father who cannot acknowledge him proud.
** The BigBad of ''Dream Magic'' [[spoiler:Weaver]] is less angsty over his illegitimacy than [[spoiler:what King Charon did to erase him and his mother.]]
** One of Thorn's fellow squires, [[spoiler:Wade]], wants to travel up in Gehenna's elite Black Guard to make his nobleman father who cannot acknowledge him proud.
** The BigBad of ''Dream Magic'' [[spoiler:Weaver]] is less angsty over his illegitimacy than [[spoiler:what King Charon did to erase him and his mother.]]
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* BreakTheHaughty: UpToEleven with Prince Gabriel. It takes getting dumped on throughout ''the whole trilogy'' for him to become something besides a useless RoyalBrat.
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* ElementalNation: The world is split into six countries for six elements: Fire, Earth, Water, Air, Light and Shadow. The main setting is the Shadow kingdom, Gehenna, a nightmarish, macabre land that lives up to its element. The other countries include the Sultanate of Fire, the Kingdom of Lumina (Light,) Herne's Forest (Earth,) the Eagle Mountains (Air,) and the Coral Isles (Water.)
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* ThemeNaming: People from Gehenna have names that either invoke death, night or demons, the royal family of Lumina are named after angels, and Thorn and his family from Herne's Forest are named after plants.
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* LegendFadesToMyth: The history of the world and the Six Princes have been reduced to legends in the present day, which, to make it all the more confusing, each country has a different take on. In ''Shadow Magic'', Thorn and K'leef disagree whether the Princes' mother was a wood nymph or a fiery djinn.
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* ButtMonkey: Merrick, a minstrel Thorn "befriends" in a way on the outset of his adventures, is permanently dogged by bad luck.
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* ElementalPowers: The six kinds of magic are Shadow Magic, Fire Magic, Water Magic, Light Magic, Air Magic, and Earth Magic.Magic. The countries all correspond to and are themed with one kind of magic; Herne's Forest is all woodlands and farms and dominated by earth Magic, and the Sultanate of Fire is located in a vast desert, etc. [[spoiler: The ending of ''Burning Magic'' hints at a hidden, seventh Magic wielded solely by the Six Prince's mother, and the High Queen, their sister.]]]] The countries are themed all around these as well, such as
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** ''Burning Magic'': The story reveals a secret reaching back to the end of the world's Golden Age, a secret the Six Princes themselves buried. [[spoiler: A seventh child, a daughter, was originally chosen by their mother to succeed her, but her brothers conspired together to kill her and erase her name from history, and set forth the law that no woman could practice magic on pain of death. This secret is what shaped the story's setting.
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List of Novels:
* Shadow Magic (2016)
* Dream Magic (2017)
* Burning Magic (2018)
* Shadow Magic (2016)
* Dream Magic (2017)
* Burning Magic (2018)
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* AfterTheEnd: The Six-Sided War between the Six Princes devastated the world and shaped it into what it is in the present, with modern Humans and magic users being far lesser than those during the time of the Six Princes.
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* BatOutOfHell: Hades, a giant centuries-old bat created by one of Lily's ancestors whom Thorn is able to befriend and become his new rider.
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* BurnTheWitch: Women using magic is a cultural taboo ingrained in every culture in the setting, and most historical witches are burned at the stake and depicted as monsters. [[spoiler: This taboo is revealed to be tied into the setting's DarkSecret in ''Burning Magic'']].
* CainAndAbel: Pan Shadow kills Iblis and his wife and son as a lead-up to seizing the throne for himself. [[spoiler: The Six Princes join together to kill the High Queen, their sister, and erase her from history.]]
* CastingAShadow: [[CaptainObvious Trademark magic of the Shadow family and the Magic for which the series is named.]] [[spoiler: Using this kind of magic to stop a fire and save Thorn is what outs her as a witch in the second book.]]
* CainAndAbel: Pan Shadow kills Iblis and his wife and son as a lead-up to seizing the throne for himself. [[spoiler: The Six Princes join together to kill the High Queen, their sister, and erase her from history.]]
* CastingAShadow: [[CaptainObvious Trademark magic of the Shadow family and the Magic for which the series is named.]] [[spoiler: Using this kind of magic to stop a fire and save Thorn is what outs her as a witch in the second book.]]
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* DarkSecret: Several secrets are revealed to exist throughout the series:
** ''Dream Magic'': [[spoiler: Lily's father had an illegitimate child before he met Lily's mother, but Iblis' father ordered both mother and child killed. Said child's survival is central to the conflict in the novel.]]
** ''Burning Magic'': The story reveals a secret reaching back to the end of the world's Golden Age, a secret the Six Princes themselves buried. [[spoiler: A seventh child, a daughter, was originally chosen by their mother to succeed her, but her brothers conspired together to kill her and erase her name from history, and set forth the law that no woman could practice magic on pain of death. This secret is what shaped the story's setting.
* DreamLand: The Dreamtime is a patchwork world made up of all the dreams of the living. A sufficiently skilled Shadow Magic user can navigate the Dreamtime.
* DreamWeaver: The magic at the center of the second novel and a subset of Shadow Magic, it allows one to enter the dreams of others and influence them. The crystal spiders are magic constructs which use their webs and venom to trap people in dreams and feed on them.
* ElementalPowers: Shadow Magic, Fire Magic, Water Magic, Light Magic, Air Magic, and Earth Magic. [[spoiler: The ending of ''Burning Magic'' hints at a hidden, seventh Magic wielded solely by the Seven Prince's mother.]]
** ''Dream Magic'': [[spoiler: Lily's father had an illegitimate child before he met Lily's mother, but Iblis' father ordered both mother and child killed. Said child's survival is central to the conflict in the novel.]]
** ''Burning Magic'': The story reveals a secret reaching back to the end of the world's Golden Age, a secret the Six Princes themselves buried. [[spoiler: A seventh child, a daughter, was originally chosen by their mother to succeed her, but her brothers conspired together to kill her and erase her name from history, and set forth the law that no woman could practice magic on pain of death. This secret is what shaped the story's setting.
* DreamLand: The Dreamtime is a patchwork world made up of all the dreams of the living. A sufficiently skilled Shadow Magic user can navigate the Dreamtime.
* DreamWeaver: The magic at the center of the second novel and a subset of Shadow Magic, it allows one to enter the dreams of others and influence them. The crystal spiders are magic constructs which use their webs and venom to trap people in dreams and feed on them.
* ElementalPowers: Shadow Magic, Fire Magic, Water Magic, Light Magic, Air Magic, and Earth Magic. [[spoiler: The ending of ''Burning Magic'' hints at a hidden, seventh Magic wielded solely by the Seven Prince's mother.]]
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* InfinityPlusOneElement: [[spoiler: ''Burning Magic'' reveals a seventh Magic far surpassing the main six elements that was once wielded by the High Queen. The magic is so far unrevealed, and Lily and Thorn depart at the end of the novel to go searching for it.]]
* ImprobableAimingSkills: What Thorn makes up for in a lack of magic he makes up for in superb archery skills, which he gains fame for in Castle Gloom after putting an arrow squarely in a gargoyle's mouth.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: What Thorn makes up for in a lack of magic he makes up for in superb archery skills, which he gains fame for in Castle Gloom after putting an arrow squarely in a gargoyle's mouth.
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* MysticalWhiteHair: Lily acquires white hair after she overexerts her magic in ''Dream Magic''.
* PhysicalGod: The tales of the Six Princes describe them as such, during a time when magic was at its strongest. Some tales say they killed ''actual Gods'', and Prince Shadow was reputed to have chained Death itself.
* PhysicalGod: The tales of the Six Princes describe them as such, during a time when magic was at its strongest. Some tales say they killed ''actual Gods'', and Prince Shadow was reputed to have chained Death itself.
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* ShadowWalker: Lily is powerful enough with Shadow Magic to use shadows to teleport herself across vast distances.
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* SoulPower: Shadow Magic allows one to commune with, summon and manipulate spirits. The Blessings of the Dead in particular can pass on knowledge and power to those they give them to. [[spoiler: All the souls in the Necropolis give Lily their Blessing after she releases them from service to the Shadows, restoring the power Ameera took from her using the Capture Glass on her [[UpToEleven and gave her several magnitudes more]].]]
* SuperpowerMeltdown: If a magic users exerts far more magic than their bodies can handle, it can potentially lead to fatal consequences. Lily comes close to suffering this in the second novel, and the stress still manages to turn her hair white.
* TheMagicGoesAway: A gradual but slow process, magic has been waning in every generation since the Six Princes, to the extent that one House was usurped and had their magic replaced with technology and science. The only area remaining rich in magic is the Shardlands, [[AfterTheEnd a chaos-filled wasteland still reeling from the devastating magic wrought by the Six Princes]].
* {{Uberwald}}: Gehenna.
* SuperpowerMeltdown: If a magic users exerts far more magic than their bodies can handle, it can potentially lead to fatal consequences. Lily comes close to suffering this in the second novel, and the stress still manages to turn her hair white.
* TheMagicGoesAway: A gradual but slow process, magic has been waning in every generation since the Six Princes, to the extent that one House was usurped and had their magic replaced with technology and science. The only area remaining rich in magic is the Shardlands, [[AfterTheEnd a chaos-filled wasteland still reeling from the devastating magic wrought by the Six Princes]].
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[[note]] There is another page with the same name so until another solution can be found the year will have to be in the title [[/note]]Shadow Magic is a fantasy novel, and apparently the start of a series written by Joshua Khan, set in a world with countries ruled by six great houses of magic.
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Shadow Magic is a fantasy novel, and apparently the start of a series written by Joshua Khan, set in a world with countries ruled by six great houses of magic.
After her parents’ murder, 13-year-old Lilith “Lily” Shadow rules Gehenna from Castle Gloom, an immense and windowless citadel. Once Lily’s ancestors commanded spirits, communed with the dead, and raised armies from out of the grave. But now her country is about to be conquered by the Shadows’ ancient enemies - the Solars, the lords of light. And the only way for Lily to save Gehenna is to marry the loathsome and incredibly stupid Solar heir apparent, Gabriel.
Thorn is a peasant boy, wily and smart, sold into slavery and desperate to escape. So when he’s bought by Tyburn, executioner to House Shadow, he’ll agree to just about anything - even to serving Castle Gloom for a year and day in order to earn his freedom.
When Lily is nearly poisoned by a ruthless and unknown assassin, she and Thorn - with a little help from K’leef, a boy from the Sultanate of Fire - embark on a dangerous quest to save Gehenna, a weird and wonderful land of haunted castles, mysterious forests - and an unforgettable giant bat (who may just steal the show). Together they must unravel a twisted plot of betrayals, pride and deadly ambition. And Lily must embrace her destiny as a necromancer, even as Thorn must accept his own outlaw heritage if they are to expose the killer in their midst.
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After her parents’ murder, 13-year-old Lilith “Lily” Shadow rules Gehenna from Castle Gloom, an immense and windowless citadel. Once Lily’s ancestors commanded spirits, communed with the dead, and raised armies from out of the grave. But now her country is about to be conquered by the Shadows’ ancient enemies - the Solars, the lords of light. And the only way for Lily to save Gehenna is to marry the loathsome and incredibly stupid Solar heir apparent, Gabriel.
Thorn is a peasant boy, wily and smart, sold into slavery and desperate to escape. So when he’s bought by Tyburn, executioner to House Shadow, he’ll agree to just about anything - even to serving Castle Gloom for a year and day in order to earn his freedom.
When Lily is nearly poisoned by a ruthless and unknown assassin, she and Thorn - with a little help from K’leef, a boy from the Sultanate of Fire - embark on a dangerous quest to save Gehenna, a weird and wonderful land of haunted castles, mysterious forests - and an unforgettable giant bat (who may just steal the show). Together they must unravel a twisted plot of betrayals, pride and deadly ambition. And Lily must embrace her destiny as a necromancer, even as Thorn must accept his own outlaw heritage if they are to expose the killer in their midst.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Contrary to what most people in other countries think Gehenna is not a land of AlwaysChaoticEvil people.
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