Bride of Shadows
Bride of Shadows is an interactive dark fantasy romance novel intended for readers 18+. It contains violence, crude language, and sexual content. It is a work-in-progress, currently playable up to the end of Night II. New nights will be released weekly.
Step into the tragic and fleeting existence of a Vestal of Dawn—a priestess bound by sacred vows of purity and an unwavering devotion to scripture. But when the sun goddess abandons you, your faith shatters. In your darkest moment, a tempting offer arises. A new covenant. A second chance at life... but at a cost.
You have until winter's end to seduce a dangerous immortal and bear his child—or risk losing everything, including your immortal soul.
Your journey takes place in Nazralt, the arctic continent of the high fantasy world of Elowyr. Travel on foot and by sled, trading in port cities and rural villages, clashing with raider clans, and hunting monsters.
When night falls, the cold isn’t the only thing that bites. Warm your soul by unraveling the secrets of your companions through deep, dynamic conversations—or surrender to the heat of interactive, physical intimacy.
Bride of Shadows is an M/M/F romance that plunges you into a world of desire, danger, and blood. Caught between two darksingers—immortals who wield devastating magic fueled by blood—you'll navigate their tangled passions and uncover the secrets that bind them to you... and to each other.
- Shape Your Destiny ✧ Craft a personality profile in the prologue that defines your path. Are you bold and opinionated, or calculating and adaptable? Do you take control of your fate, or is the deck always stacked against you? No choice is wrong—each trait unlocks unique dialogue and opportunities.
- Why choose? ✧ Can't decide between Serax and Valdricht? They don’t mind sharing. Dive into a dangerously passionate romance with both and explore their tangled, fiery bond.
- Eat or Be Eaten ✧ Play as a fledgling darksinger. Drink blood to grow your dark powers, or feed your lovers and let them protect you.
- Explore Nazralt ✧ Journey through a vast Scandinavian-inspired dark fantasy region. Discover a rich, immersive world brimming with hidden lore, moral dilemmas, and centuries-old rivalries. Danger and desire await at every turn.
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Credits
Lovingly spun & woven by Mortish.
Graphics by Mr. Mortish.
Template by nyehilism.
Music by Hanna Lindgren.
Lap warming by Piaget, Aslan, & Artax, the goodest dogs.
Development log
Comments
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This is all I wanted and moree 🫶. I have a question though, are there bad endings? Not that I'd mind I'm just curious :D
Thank you!! If you've played BG3, I have it plotted so that there are a few different core endings, how satisfying they are will depend on choices you've made along the way. There are no objectively bad endings, but there will be a lot of opportunities to die if you make really bad choices. In that case, you can always abuse the "Back" button.
I'm officially obsessed
❤️
Otome game tagged with yaoi?
Wow, it's so surreal to think of this as an otome game but tbh you're not wrong. It started as an MMF interactive novel and then morphed into something approximating an otome as I learned to code and kinda went wild. I'll update the tags so they're more appropriate, thanks!
This randomly popped up on my tumblr and so far it's all i ever wanted from an if. I been waitngggg for an if that has some form of pregnancy included in it. That added with the lore and the two lovers this is setting up to be one of the top ifs in rotation.
Spoiler question down below:
What determines the father of the baby? Or with how this story is going is it even that simple? Or is it too early to say?
Thank you! As for the question, explaining it would spoil a few plot points. I'll say that as currently drafted you can go either way, but one way is a lot more complicated.
OMG! The world that you created is so wonderful and the language spoken by both LI??? My dear, you have done such a fantastic job 🫶🏻🫶🏻 I can’t wait for the next update and hope you take plenty of rest after each update ✨
Thank you! I was conflicted about adding a fantasy language, I figured it may annoy people, but I'm such a sucker for that sorta thing, I couldn't resist. I plan on doing a lot more with it once I add the language as a stat and optimize the coding for translations. I'm so grateful for your feedback!