diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/05_Schism.cfg b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/05_Schism.cfg
index 5b6cef9b3ced..19db38f47e48 100644
--- a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/05_Schism.cfg
+++ b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/05_Schism.cfg
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@
 
         {CLEAR_CORPSE_HORDE}
 
+        {COLOR_ADJUST -12 -12 -12}
+
         [objectives]
             side=1
             [objective]
diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/06_Return_to_Parthyn.cfg b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/06_Return_to_Parthyn.cfg
index dccb7a5115d4..9944b2be0214 100644
--- a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/06_Return_to_Parthyn.cfg
+++ b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/06_Return_to_Parthyn.cfg
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@
 
         {CLEAR_CORPSE_HORDE}
 
+        {COLOR_ADJUST -14 -14 -14}
+
         [objectives]
             side=1
             [objective]
@@ -663,6 +665,9 @@
             id=Drogan
         [/filter]
 
+        # it's kind of subtle, but keep making everything darker
+        {COLOR_ADJUST -15 -15 -15}
+
         {INCIDENTAL_MUSIC the_dangerous_symphony.ogg}
 
         [message]
diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/07_A_Small_Favor.cfg b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/07_A_Small_Favor.cfg
index 47a951c77458..64753e4fe14d 100644
--- a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/07_A_Small_Favor.cfg
+++ b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/07_A_Small_Favor.cfg
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@
 
         {CLEAR_CORPSE_HORDE}
 
+        {COLOR_ADJUST -16 -16 -16}
+
         [objectives]
             side=1
             [objective]
diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/08_A_Small_Favor2.cfg b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/08_A_Small_Favor2.cfg
index 3acdea29e04f..2990e28f163d 100644
--- a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/08_A_Small_Favor2.cfg
+++ b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/08_A_Small_Favor2.cfg
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@
     [event]
         name=prestart
 
+        {COLOR_ADJUST -17 -17 -17}
+
         [objectives]
             side=1
             [objective]
diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/09_A_Small_Favor3.cfg b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/09_A_Small_Favor3.cfg
index 390a595f6679..ab8add312792 100644
--- a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/09_A_Small_Favor3.cfg
+++ b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/09_A_Small_Favor3.cfg
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@
     [event]
         name=prestart
 
+        # yes this value is not as adjusted as the previous scenario, but that's because we're underground
+        {COLOR_ADJUST -10 -10 -10}
+
         # place the book's image
         [item]
             location_id=book_start
diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/10_Alone_at_Last.cfg b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/10_Alone_at_Last.cfg
index 94834beb22b7..e3577e16d787 100644
--- a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/10_Alone_at_Last.cfg
+++ b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/10_Alone_at_Last.cfg
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@
 
         {CLEAR_CORPSE_HORDE}
 
+        # leave some room for it to get darker later
+        {COLOR_ADJUST -12 -12 -12}
+
         [objectives]
             side=1
             [objective]
@@ -251,6 +254,8 @@
             [/else]
         [/if]
 
+        {COLOR_ADJUST -13 -13 -13}
+
         {CLEAR_VARIABLE hasBook}
 
         [unit_overlay]
@@ -274,6 +279,7 @@
         [/message]
 
         {MOVE_UNIT (id=Malin Keshar) 7 15}
+        {COLOR_ADJUST -14 -14 -14}
         {MOVE_UNIT (id=Malin Keshar) 8 14}
 
         {CREATE_ADVISOR}
@@ -299,6 +305,7 @@
         [/message]
 
         {MOVE_UNIT (id=Darken Volk) 12 15}
+        {COLOR_ADJUST -15 -15 -15}
 
         [message]
             speaker=Malin Keshar
@@ -306,6 +313,7 @@
         [/message]
 
         {MOVE_UNIT (id=Darken Volk) 13 16}
+        {COLOR_ADJUST -16 -16 -16}
 
         [message]
             speaker=Malin Keshar
@@ -318,6 +326,7 @@
         [/message]
 
         {MOVE_UNIT (id=Darken Volk) 16 17}
+        {COLOR_ADJUST -17 -17 -17}
 
         [message]
             speaker=Malin Keshar
@@ -326,6 +335,8 @@
 
         {MOVE_UNIT (id=Darken Volk) 17 17}
         {MOVE_UNIT (id=Darken Volk) 20 18}
+        # darker and darker we go as Malin's mental state degenerates
+        {COLOR_ADJUST -18 -18 -18}
 
         [message]
             role=advisor
@@ -725,6 +736,8 @@
             message= _ "I have already been cursed many times over. One more time is nothing..."
         [/message]
 
+        {COLOR_ADJUST -20 -20 -20}
+
         [message]
             speaker=Malin Keshar
             message= _ "Well, I suppose I should get that book off the battlefield."
diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/11_Descent_into_Darkness.cfg b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/11_Descent_into_Darkness.cfg
index d14fdd2d8d0b..87c21e7676be 100644
--- a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/11_Descent_into_Darkness.cfg
+++ b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/11_Descent_into_Darkness.cfg
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@
 
         {CLEAR_CORPSE_HORDE}
 
+        {COLOR_ADJUST -15 -15 -15}
+
         [store_unit]
             [filter]
                 id=Malin Keshar
@@ -1666,6 +1668,8 @@
 
         {FADE_IN}
 
+        {COLOR_ADJUST -15 -15 -15}
+
         # And is reborn as a lich
         [unit]
             side=1
diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/12_Endless_Night.cfg b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/12_Endless_Night.cfg
index 4495838e4cc0..29729951e76d 100644
--- a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/12_Endless_Night.cfg
+++ b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/12_Endless_Night.cfg
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@
 
         {CLEAR_CORPSE_HORDE}
 
+        # not as dark as the previous scenario, since that one is more RPG-like and lonelier
+        {COLOR_ADJUST -10 -10 -10}
+
         {VARIABLE_OP timesForever add 1}
         {VARIABLE second_hero_arrived 0}
 
@@ -322,6 +325,9 @@
                     shrink=yes
                 [/replace_map]
 
+                # now it's truly endless night
+                {COLOR_ADJUST -15 -15 -15}
+
                 # don't let the two foolish heroes be from the same faction
                 {VARIABLE_OP randomHero2 rand (human,bandit,elf,dwarf,orc)}
 
@@ -1516,7 +1522,7 @@
                                     speaker=narrator
                                     image=items/book2.png
                                     # po: hahaha is Zephrin laughing
-									# po: this line sounds very "modern-day" but that's intentional because it's an easter egg, not meant to be taken strictly at face value
+                                    # po: this line sounds very "modern-day" but that's intentional because it's an easter egg, not meant to be taken strictly at face value
                                     message= _ "<i>That stupid memory came back to bother me again today. It was that time at the Academy when Zephrin and I were arguing about orcs. I still remember that hoarse voice of his telling me, ‘Fun story, Malin, but you really should put a disclaimer. You know, to make sure everyone understands no orcs were harmed in the making of this story, hahaha.’
 
 I can still hear his infernal cackling ringing in my head. Sure thing, Zephrin, right... like my whole life was some sort of work of fiction!</i>"