Brilliance Amadeo

"*Brilliance Amadeo, a master Weaver who had already become one of Morrigan’s favourite teachers.*"
―Narration of Morrigan Crows thoughts[src]
Brilliance Amadeo was a Wundersmith contemporaneous with Ezra Squall. Morrigan described her relationship with Ezra as "motherly". She was killed at the Courage Square Massacre.

## Biography

Brilliance Amadeo was a Wundersmith at the Wonderous Society. Most of what we know of her comes from ghostly hours where she was a teacher, learner, and researcher.

#### Avian Age, Winter of Six (7th Tuesday)

Brilliance and Rastaban Tarazed discuss self-projected travel on the Gossamer which might have led to the creation of the Gossamer Line.

#### Age of Endings, Spring of Two (10th Monday)

Brilliance gives an excellent lesson in weaving in the Gossamer Garden in Van Ophoven. Morrigan gets so caught up in the lesson she exhausts herself and needs to be tended to by Rook. It is very likely that Brilliance gave several follow up lessons to this lesson.

#### Age of Endings, Spring of Nine (9th Thursday)

Brilliance attends Griselda Polaris's class on the Art of Ruination.

#### Age of Endings, Spring of Nine (10th Wednesday)

Brilliance watches Ezra for 17 minutes, giving him well-received praise at the end.

## Personality and Traits

Brilliance was patient and kind. She knew her fellow Wundersmiths well enough to know what they enjoy and admire, which helped her further in teaching, She is also said to be motherly and was supportive to Ezra Squall since he was young.

## Abilities and Skills

### Teacher

Brilliance Amadeo was a wonderful teacher – patient and precise, always willing to slow down or repeat herself if needed.

### Wundersmith

Brilliance is regarded to be good in the Wundrous Arts.

#### Weaving

Brilliance was a master Weaver - so good that in fact Morrigan Crow, years later, makes her the 'golden standard' in Weaving.

#### Veil

Brilliance was likely good at Veil, being Ezra Squall's teacher.

## Etymology

**Brilliance** (BRIL-yəns *or* BRIL-ee-yəns) is a modern feminine name that means "exceptional talent or intelligence" or "intense brightness of light" from the English word *brilliance*.

**Amadeo** (a-meh-DEH-o) means "love of God" or "God's love," derived from the Latin *amare* "to love" and *Deus* "God". Amadeo is the masculine Italian alternate version of the Latin Amadeus, though is also used as a Spanish or Portuguese given name. Amadeus is the middle name of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).

## Behind-the-Scenes

* She was a member of the first line of Wundersmiths

## Appearances

* *Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow* (Mentioned only)
* *Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow* (First appearance) (Appears in flashback(s))

## Notes and References

1. ↑ *Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow,* Chapter 16 *(Extracurricular Activity) "*... when she could be down on Sub-Nine, [...] tending to her slowly growing patch of the Gossamer-Spun Garden"
2. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/brilliance/submitted
3. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/amadeus
4. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/amedeo
5. ↑ *Missteps, Blunders, Fiascoes, Monstrosities, and Devastations: An Abridged History of the Wundrous Acts Spectrum* by Hemingway Q. Onstald *CHAPTER ONE* "Chronicling the misdeeds of the First-Line. Wundersmith, Brilliance Amadeo, her predecessor the Wundersmith Deng Li, his predecessor the Wundersmith Christobel Fallon-Dunham, her predecessor the …"