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For a listing of characters that appear in Creator/CassandraClare's ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' series and their portrayal in the film adaptation, ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones'' click [[Characters/TheShadowhunterChronicles here]].

For the characters as portrayed in the ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' television series click [[Characters/{{Shadowhunters}} here]].

For a listing of characters that appear in Creator/CassandraClare's ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' series and their portrayal in the film adaptation, ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones'' click [[Characters/TheShadowhunterChronicles here]]. For the characters as portrayed in the ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' television series click [[Characters/{{Shadowhunters}} here]].

A listing of characters that appear in Creator/CassandraClare's ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' series and their portrayal in the film adaptation, ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''. Please put tropes for the characters as portrayed in the ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' television series [[Characters/{{Shadowhunters}} here]].

Clare is also publishing a prequel series, ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices''. Check out [[Characters/InfernalDevices that]] character sheet, too.

Beware of unmarked spoilers!

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!Main Characters
[[folder:Clary Fray]]
!!Clarissa "Clary" Adele Fray
!!!'''Played by''': Creator/LilyCollins and Creator/HopeFleury (young) (''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''), Creator/KatherineMcNamara and Creator/SofiaWells (young) (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

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Clary was perfectly content with living life with her overprotective mother and {{geek}}y best friend. But her normal life is turned upside down she starts seeing things other people can't. When she comes home one evening to find her apartment sacked, her mother missing, and a demon in the room, she is thrust into the world of the Shadowhunters. Which sucks, considering she was totally unprepared for it. And if that wasn't enough, she might be the only one who can stop the impending war.

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* ACupAngst: Not as pronounced as some examples, but Clary feels insecure when she compares herself to the more traditionally beautiful, busty/curvy Isabelle.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the books she has green eyes. In ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones'', she has brown eyes, also her red hair is darker than described appearing almost brownish.
* AngelUnaware: [[spoiler:Unintentional, as Valentine didn't know Jocelyn was pregnant when he experimented on her with angel's blood]].
* AuthorAvatar: It's probably not a coincidence that the heroine is named Clary while the author's name is Cassandra ''Clare'', which would [[BrotherSisterIncest result in some interesting implications if Cassandra Clare has a brother]]. (It is worth noting, however, that Cassandra Clare is just a penname - the author's real name is Judith Rumelt.)\\
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Clare has stated when asked by a fan "What kind of a name is Clary?" that she was named after a friend, whose full name is Clarissa, much like the Clary in the books. The only real similarities seem to be red hair (though Cassie also states that she imagined Clary's a much darker shade) and the first four letters of their names.
* BettyAndVeronica: In the first two books, she's caught in a love triangle between her sweet, dependable childhood friend Simon and Jace, a sexy, brooding demon hunter. [[spoiler: She chooses Jace]].
* BioAugmentation: [[spoiler:Valentine unknowingly added angel's blood to her before she was born.]]
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Clary is often almost insanely self-absorbed. Even though she is unconcerned about things like popularity, she can be rather spectacularly heedless of other people's feelings, tends to jump into dangerous situations without thinking about it and will do whatever she wants even if it literally results in endangering the entire world. Luke calls her out on it one time, [[spoiler: when she tries to blindly Portal to Idris]] and she is shocked because he has never chastised her before.
* BrotherSisterIncest:
** In ''City of Bones'', [[spoiler:she falls in love with Jace, who turns out to be her brother]].
** [[spoiler:Subverted. They end up not related]]. [[spoiler:She ends up with Jace, though only after meeting and kissing a boy she finds out is her REAL brother. Oops.]]
** In ''City Of Lost Souls'' [[spoiler:Sebastian/Johnathan is shown to actually want her, backing her up against a wall and forcefully kissing her, while going on about how they can be evil and rule the world together]].
* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: She's the heroic counterpart to her estranged demonic brother, Jonathan.]]
* CallingTheOldManOut: For the entire duration of Jocelyn's kidnapping and subsequent coma, Clary is completely devoted to bringing her back. When Jocelyn finally is cured and returned, the very first thing Clary does is tear into her for depriving Clary of her Sight and not preparing her for the Shadowhunters' world.
* CartwrightCurse: The trope doesn't apply to her, although when she meets Sebastian/[[spoiler: Jonathan]] for the first time she describes him as looking like a character from her manga who was this.
* ChekhovsSkill: Her ability to draw - this helps her [[spoiler: create Runes of her own]].
%% * DamselInDistress: So ''many'' times.
%% * DeadpanSnarker: Drifts into this sometimes, especially when talking to Jace.
%% * DemonSlaying: She's Nephilim, although she doesn't find out about this until her teens. She eventually becomes more comfortable with the whole ordeal.
* DieOrFly: A key part of her role as protagonist. Despite having been raised with no knowledge of her Nephilim ancestry she starts to exhibit an intuitive, and encyclopedic, knowledge of angelic runes once she gets caught up in the events of the Shadow World. She is even able to come up with powerful runes that other Shadowhunters have never seen before. [[spoiler: It turns out that the captive angel Ithuriel had been putting them into her mind, and this aspect of her abilities starts to diminish after he is freed, such that she can no longer pull new runes out of her head at will]].
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Usually goes barefoot indoors.
%% * {{Expy}}: Of the TheDracoTrilogy version of [[Literature/HarryPotter Ginny Weasley]].
* FieryRedhead: Clary is easily upset and often lashes out at people.
* FishOutOfWater: Clary is not a hardened Shadowhunter or a Downworlder like the rest of the cast, at least at first. She jumps right on the mundie racism bandwagon rather disturbingly fast, though.
%% * IAmNotPretty: She considers herself an unattractive copy of her beautiful mother.
%% * ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: Some shades of this for the handsome, mysterious Jace, although it isn't very blatant.
* IdiotBall:
** At the end of ''City Of Glass'', Clary decides to [[spoiler:wish Jace back to life. Which is great except she seems to have forgotten about all the other shadowhunters that died.]] Real considerate there, Clary. Though considering what happens [[spoiler:it causes Jonathan to come back to life and create an anti-nephilium group]], this might not be a bad thing.
** She usually grabs the IdiotBall and runs with it whenever Jace is involved, like when [[spoiler:possessed!Jace is able to trick her into mind-control just by batting his eyelashes at her and playing on her hormones]].
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Prior to ''City of Bones'', Jocelyn brought Clary to Magnus Bane every two years to have her memories of the Shadowhunter world wiped.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: She and Simon come off as this at first, until Simon gains the status of UnluckyChildhoodFriend before moving rather briefly into VictoriousChildhoodFriend and then going back to JustFriends.
* LiteralMinded: Jace once told Clary "If there were such a thing as terminal literalism, you would have died at birth."
* LongLostRelative:
** [[spoiler:Valentine Morgenstern is her biological father. He went into hiding before she was born]].
** [[spoiler: Subverted with Jace. Valentine makes them ''think'' they're long-lost siblings, but then Jocelyn reveals that they're not actually related.]]
** [[spoiler: Played straight with Sebastian, her biological older brother. Their mother though he had died, so he was raised by Valentine while she was raised by Jocelyn.]]
* LoveMakesYouDumb: [[spoiler:Jace has been {{Brainwashed}} by Sebastian, who is about to bring his EvilPlan to fruition. Jace manages to escape Sebastian's control temporarily, and wants to flee with the MacGuffin back to the Shadowhunters in order to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. However, afraid that the Shadowhunters will kill Jace to stop Sebastian, Clary keeps him from getting away, assuring that he ends up back under Sebastian's mind control and ultimately allowing Sebastian to advance his plan to the next stage]].
* LoveMartyr: Clary is devoted to Jace, despite the fact that he is a DeathSeeker and/or a positive magnet for MindControl.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Jonathan Clark, the man her mother told her was her father, was just a mere acquaintance. Her real father is Valentine Morgenstern.]]
* MeaningfulName:
** Clary sage is a plant historically used to help clear the eyes, so Clary is a name suitable for a heroine who sees the Shadow world, which most people are blind to. The meaning behind her name is mentioned by Jace upon learning it in ''City of Bones''.
** Subverted, in that her father wanted to name her Seraphina, which derives from [[spoiler: "seraphim", a class of [[AngelUnaware angels]]]]. Her mother named her Clarissa instead.
* MoralityPet: For Jace - [[spoiler:The reason he didn't go with Valentine through the Portal in ''City of Bones'' was because he was thinking of Clary.]]
%% * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Her wish to revive Jace results in him [[spoiler: in getting possessed by Lilith and then he falls under the MindControl of Sebastian.]]
%% * NotBloodSiblings: [[spoiler:Her and Jace.]]
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:With Jace]].
* OneTrueLove: Jace's. She has stated before that if he were to die, there would just not be anyone else for her.
%% * RapeAsDrama: Well, almost-rape by [[spoiler:Sebastian]] no less. [[spoiler: When she confides to Jace about it afterwards, she worries that he will think less of her.]]
%% * SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: She inherited them from her mother.
%% * SlapSlapKiss: With Jace in the first book. She even literally slaps him at one point.
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:Comes very close to this in ''City of Fallen Angels'', courtesy of Jace (to be fair, he was under Lilith's MindRape at the time).]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Like Maryse and Isabelle Lightwood, Jocelyn Fray greatly resembles her daughter, only with sharper features.
* SurpriseIncest: Subverted. [[spoiler:She and Jace are revealed to be siblings at the end of ''City of Bones''. They spend all of ''City of Ashes'' and most of ''City of Glass'' angsting about their attraction, until it's revealed that[[NotBloodSiblings Jace was adopted.]] Played straight with Sebastian/Jonathan, Clary's ''actual'' brother, [[VillainousIncest who kisses her despite knowing full well that she's his sister.]]]]
* TangledFamilyTree: She is raised by her mother Jocelyn, and thinks of her mother's devoted, if platonic, boyfriend Luke [[spoiler: who is really a Shadowhunter named Lucian Graymark that was turned into a werewolf]] as her stepfather. [[spoiler: He later gets a RelationshipUpgrade with Jocelyn]]. She believes her biological father was a soldier killed in action, but he is really [[spoiler:the BigBad Valentine Morgenstern]].
%% * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Clary isn't exactly a tomboy, but fits the role in her relationship with Isabelle.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Jace. Nothing much ever seems to happen [[spoiler: until they figure out they aren't related.]]
%% * VitriolicBestBuds: With Alec in the tv show
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[[folder:Jace Herondale]]
!!"Jace" Wayland/Herondale
!!!'''Played by''': Creator/JamieCampbellBower (''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''), Creator/DominicSherwood (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

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Sarcastic, cynical, and a ladies' man, Jace seems like the archetypal ByronicHero. But it's not like [[AwesomeEgo that arrogance is unfounded]] - Jace is widely renowned as one of the best - if not ''the'' best - Shadowhunters of his age. He lives with the Lightwoods at the Institute, and is, for some reason, incredibly attracted to Clary.

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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Valentine, who was posing as Michael Wayland, physically and emotionally abused him. He would regularly beat Jace and on one occasion killed Jace's pet falcon right in front of him]].
* ActionHero: Jace is very willing to get into fights.
* AdaptationDyeJob: He has golden eyes in the book, but blue eyes in ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''.
* AngelUnaware: [[spoiler:The angel's blood that Valentine used to experiment on him with gave him certain characteristics (such as the ability to jump supernaturally high)]].
* BadassBookworm: He is very knowledgeable of classical literature and very talented at killing demons.
%% * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Killed in the third book, but Clary brings him back]].
* BettyAndVeronica: He competes with Simon for Clary's affection. Jace is more mysterious and thrilling, but he can also be a jerk. [[spoiler: The fact that everyone briefly thought Jace was Clary's long-lost brother]] adds a ForbiddenFruit element to him too. Meanwhile, Simon is her casual, {{adorkable}} friend that's she known her whole life.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He tends to be very protective of his adopted siblings.
* BigDamnHeroes: In ''City of Glass'', he saves Clary from being killed by Valentine. [[spoiler:Valentine then proceeds to kill Jace seconds after he gives his WorldOfCardboardSpeech]].
* BioAugmentation: [[spoiler:Valentine added angel's blood to him before he was born, through the naivete of his birth mother Celine Herondale]].
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:In ''City of Fallen Angels'', after his rebirth, Jace is left vulnerable to demonic possession; his death erased the protective effects of a magic ritual all newborn Shadowhunters are given to protect them demonic possession. Lilith takes advantage of his new Achilles' heel, sending him nightmares and forcing him to do her bidding. Even after she's defeated, Jace is then forced into a corrupted form of the ''parabatai'' bond, wherein Sebastian imposes his will and beliefs onto Jace]].
* BrotherSisterIncest: In ''City of Bones'', [[spoiler:a fortune teller tells him that he will "Love the wrong person". He falls in love with Clary, who turns out to be his sister. Subverted when they end up not related. He is the son of Stephan Herondale, his supposed father's second second-in-command]].
* ByronicHero: Handsome, brooding, charismatic, aloof, the list goes on. Also a DeathSeeker and drenched in {{Mangst}}. Jace has a very strong personal presence, but he's not exactly a source of much positivity.
%% * CainAndAbel: With Sebastian who, though they're not related, were both raised by the same man, and Sebastian even refers to him as 'little brother'.
%% * CallingTheOldManOut: [[spoiler:A difficult feat for Jace, even after years of having been abandoned by Valentine.]]
* TheCasanova: He is implied to have been involved with lots of girls, and he flirts with Kaelie in ''City of Bones''. However, prior to Clary he was never in a long term relationship.
* CassandraTruth: In ''City of Glass'', his outright dislike and suspicion of Sebastian raises a ''lot'' of eyebrows [[spoiler:despite the fact that he was right all along]].
* CatSmile: Clary often likens his smile to that of a cat, adding that it comes of as mischievous.
%% * ChronicHeroSyndrome: Especially when the end result will end up benefiting Clary.
%% * CrazyJealousGuy: Does have a tendency to lapse into this, especially when it concerns Clary and another guy.
* CunningLinguist: He's fluent in several languages.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Blonde hair and golden eyes.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He saw his father, Michael Wayland, murdered in a pool of his own blood. [[spoiler:That was staged, of course. And Michael Wayland was never his father.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: The snarkiest in a WorldOfSnark. Applies mostly in the books
* DeathSeeker: Can get like this often, much to the frustration of Alec and Isabelle, and later almost everyone else. Sometimes it is just reckless overconfidence, other times it is because of his traumatically confusing family history.
* DemonSlaying: He's a Nephilim, it's a requirement. Although, he is more intensely focused on it, then other people.
%% * DisneyDeath: He gets better the second time.
* DistinguishingMark: The star-shaped mark on his shoulder [[spoiler:which is a birthmark of the Herondale family]].
* DistressedDude: A recurring plot in almost every book is him being held in some form of captivity. This despite the fact that he is one of the most skilled [[DemonSlayer Shadowhunters]] of his generation. Most of it is that he is a bit of a DeathSeeker, and a large amount of effort on the part of his family and friends goes into getting him out of whatever trouble he has gotten into. In ''City of Bones'' his best friend [[BeleagueredAssistant Alec]] had initially never slain a demon, primarily because his main focus was on keeping Jace alive instead.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Usually goes barefoot indoors.
%% * {{Expy}}: Of the TheDracoTrilogy version of [[Literature/HarryPotter Draco Malfoy]].
* FearlessFool: In ''City of Ashes'', he gets a Fearless rune put on him by Clary. After a few minutes of fighting TheLegionsOfHell, he notes that the rune might be ''a little bit'' of too much of a good thing. In particular, he notes how blasé he was becoming in regards to injuries.
* FlatEarthAtheist: He considers himself an agnostic even though he belongs to an order founded by angel and has met and killed many a demon himself. He claims it's because he's never personally met an angel or knows anyone who has but he does know that holy water, sacred ground and blessed weapons work because he uses them on a regular basis!
* HappilyAdopted: By the Lightwoods. Granted, Maryse and Robert are not the most emotionally engaged of parents, but they do care for him greatly. His adoptive siblings all love him dearly. Clary lampshades this when he is angsting about his lack of a last name and she points out that he's always been Jace Lightwood.
* HarmfulToMinors: His childhood, basically, the least of which involved his father murdering his pet falcon.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Alec Lightwood. [[spoiler:Alec's sexuality and initial attraction to Jace]] notwithstanding, the two share a "parabatai" bond which is explicitly stated as being a permanent platonic bond of partnership even stronger than that of brothers.
* IdiotBall: Grabs it with a bloody deathgrip when he refuses to tell anyone about the possible [[spoiler:prophetic dreams he's having about murdering Clary until it's almost too late, nearly starves himself to death, doesn't sleep... oh, and ends up getting himself possessed by Sebastian. What an IDIOT.]]
* IHaveManyNames: He doesn't really have a surname. He was Jace Wayland, Jace [[spoiler:Morgenstern]], Jace [[spoiler:Herondale]] and Jace Lightwood.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: While he unquestionably cares for some people, he also considers hurting them emotionally an acceptable outlet for his own {{Mangst}}. Also, can remain prejudiced easily even if the basis of his prejudice towards the target changes. For example, he seamlessly switches from calling Simon "mundane" to [[spoiler:"vampire"]] as if he simply cannot remember the personal names of anyone who is not a Shadowhunter.
* JumpPhysics: He has the ability to jump supernaturally high, thanks to the [[spoiler: angel's blood.]]
%% * LadykillerInLove: With Clary, naturally.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Isabelle, with whom he has a purely platonic relationship.
* LightningBruiser: Jace is very fast, very strong, and very enduring, thanks to [[spoiler:Valentine]]'s training.
* LongLostRelative:
** [[spoiler:Subverted. For a time, Valentine tricks him and Clary into thinking they're lost long siblings. Its turns out that Jace was actually adopted]].
** [[spoiler: Imogen Herondale realizes that Jace is her grandchild -- whom she thought died in the womb -- not long before she dies. Jace himself doesn't learn of their connection until the following book.]]
* LoveMartyr: Jace is obsessively devoted to Clary, even when he believes [[spoiler: that they are siblings]].
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Michael Wayland was never his father. Valentine Morgenstern is, he raised Jace while under the guise of Michael Wayland]]. Though ''City of Glass'' reveals that [[spoiler:his father was actually Stephen Herondale. Valentine adopted him after his mother died, but [[SecretOtherFamily he kept him a secret from his real son]], and vice versa]].
* {{Mangst}}: A fair-sized chunk of the conflicts in the series are in some way related to the fact that Jace tries to conceal emotional and physical problems even from Clary and Alec. He will go into dangerous situations alone to try to work out his issues, which rarely ends well. His DeathSeeker tendencies are tied directly to this.
* MrFanservice: Much attention is given to how attractive Jace is, especially since the viewpoint character is in love with him.
* NayTheist: He ''believes'' that there is a God, just not that God cares, after seeing his father murdered in front of him.
* NeatFreak: Clary notes that his room is as neat as a pin. When he is rooming with Magnus Bane, the poor messy warlock is driven nuts by Jace fixing up his apartment.
%% * NotBloodSiblings: Him and the Lightwoods, and [[spoiler:him and Clary after all]].
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:With Clary]].
* {{Omniglot}}: Jace can speak a ''lot'' of languages, thanks to all the training his father put him to. An example is when he speaks to Sebastian in Romanian in ''City of Glass''.
--> '''Jace''': "De ce crezi ca va ascultam conversatia?"/"Why do you think I was listening to your conversation?"
--> '''Sebastian''': "M-ai urmarit de când ai ajuns aici. Nu-mi dau seama daca nu ma placi ori daca esti atât de banuitor cu toata lumea.” / "You've been watching me since you got here. I can't tell if you don't like me or you're just this suspicious of everyone."
* OneTrueLove: Clary's. She is the one person he cant live without. In a parallel universe, her death is the one that destroys him and ultimately makes him a villain.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Jace comes from [[spoiler: the initials for Jonathan Christopher]], which hardly anyone calls him. When his full name is revealed at the end of the first book, its significant because [[spoiler:it makes Clary think he's her long-lost brother, who also had the initials J.C.]]
%% * PetTheDog:
%% ** All his interactions with Max fall under this.
%% ** Also to Clary when he's not being a Jerkass.
%% * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: A horribly serious example. He gives Clary one in the beginning of ''City of Glass''. He later apologizes and acknowledges that he basically criticized Clary for having the same FatalFlaw he is equally guilty of having.
* SecretOtherFamily: [[spoiler:He was being raised alongside Jonathan Christopher/Sebastian without ever knowing it]].
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Alec's Sensitive Guy. Jace is aggressive, forward and often downright antagonistic even in the face of Shadowhunters of much higher rank than him. Alec is shy, reserved and is easily hurt emotionally.
* ShipperOnDeck: For [[spoiler:Alec and Magnus, despite traditional Shadowhunter prejudices about both homosexuality and Downworlders]].
* SignificantMonogram: [[spoiler:Jonathan Christopher]] "Jace" Wayland. The "[[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} JC]]" variation.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Amatis tells Jace that he looks exactly like Stephen Herondale did save for his mother (Celine)'s eyes.]]
* SurpriseIncest: Subverted. [[spoiler:He and Clary are revealed to be siblings at the end of ''City of Bones''. They spend all of ''City of Ashes'' and most of ''City of Glass'' angsting about their attraction, until it's revealed that [[NotBloodSiblings he was adopted.]]]]
* TangledFamilyTree: He is [[spoiler:supposedly the son of Michael Wayland. But then it turns out that Michael was murdered and the man who supposedly fathered him was really Valentine Morgenstern, leading to a BrotherSisterIncest problem with Clary. It later turns out that his actual biological father was Valentine's right-hand man Stephen Herondale]]. Needless to say, Jace goes through a great many surname changes, although he often uses Lightwood after his adoptive parents and siblings. [[spoiler:Worth noting that Stephen had previously been married to Luke's sister]]. Although after ''City of Heavenly Fire'', [[spoiler:he adopts his father's last name, Herondale]].
%% * ToughLove: His confrontation with Alec about Alec's "secret crush" on him could be construed as this.
* {{Wangst}}: [[invoked]] Hilariously used by Alec to shut Jace down when Jace was being critical of the way Alec was wrecked over his breakup with Magnus. Alec finally found his sass and retaliated:
-->'''Jace:''' You're pining.
-->'''Alec:''' Look who's talking. 'Oh, I love her. Oh, she's my sister. Oh, why, why, why--'
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Clary. Nothing much ever seems to happen [[spoiler: until they figure out they aren't related.]]
%% * WingedHumanoid: In Clary's dream and sketch.
* YouKilledMyFather: Subverted. He [[spoiler:initially believes that Valentine killed his father, until a declaration of LukeIAmYourFather. Double subverted when it's revealed that Jace is not Valentine's son and that he really did kill Jace's father, albeit not directly]].
%% * VitriolicBestBuds: with Simon
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[[folder:Simon Lewis]]
!!Simon Lewis
!!!'''Played by''': Creator/RobertSheehan (''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''), Creator/AlbertoRosende (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

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Clary's best (and probably ''only'') friend, Simon, along with her, inevitably discovers the world of the Shadowhunters - something he eventually becomes a part of.

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* AdaptationDyeJob: Has brown eyes in the book, but has green eyes in ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''.
%% * {{Adorkable}}: Robert Sheehan's performance is largely responsible for this.
* AdrenalineMakeover: [[spoiler: After getting turned into a vampire and everything, Isabelle notes he's gotten more attractive.]]
* {{Animorphism}}: Simon is turned into a rat in ''City Of Bones''.
* BettyAndVeronica:
** At first he competes with Jace to be with Clary. Jace is new and exciting, while Simon is an ordinary guy whom Clary has grown up with. [[spoiler: He does date her briefly, but then they decide they're BetterAsFriends.]]
%% ** Later, he becomes the Archie to Maia's Betty and Isabelle's Veronica.
%% * BirdsOfAFeather: Seemingly with Maia.
* BloodLust: [[spoiler: After he becomes a vampire, he needs blood. Badly. After he is imprisoned by Inquisitor Aldertree, the latter tries to starve him to death to find out the secret of his being able to walk in daylight.]]
%% * BoyNextDoor: Caring, attentive, and has been at Clary's side for years.
%%* DeadpanSnarker: One of the snarkiest in the books. And that's saying something.
* DistinguishingMark: The [[spoiler: ability to walk in sunlight, nicknaming him "Daylighter" and the Mark of Cain, though he later loses the latter.]]
%% * {{Expy}}: Is a CompositeCharacter of the TheDracoTrilogy versions of [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Seamus Finnigan]]. InUniverse he starts to take on many aspects of the biblical Caine thanks to Clary inscribing His mark onto him.
* FishOutOfWater: He is not a hardened Shadowhunter or a Downworlder like the rest of the cast. [[spoiler:He does get turned into the latter.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In ''City of Bones'', Simon makes a joke about Jewish Vampires. [[spoiler:That's exactly what he ends up becoming in ''City of Ashes'']].
* {{Geek}}: Big time. He has several geeky interests, including video games, and comics.
* HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster: Clary gives him pamphlets about coming out to help him tell his religious mom [[spoiler:he's a vampire]].
* HollywoodNerd: He is a shy, awkward, D&D-loving nerd who can't get Clary to notice that he's in love with her (and is eventually rejected in favor of the dashing hero Jace.) In the film he is played by the ''gorgeous'' Creator/RobertSheehan.
%% * IHateYouVampireDad: [[spoiler: To Raphael.]]
%% * IJustWantToBeSpecial: To the point of genuine pathos. It gets him in trouble though.
* InSeriesNickname: He is often called Daylighter by Downworlders, [[spoiler:for that unique, annoying detail about being a vampire that can walk around in sunlight. Thanks, Jace's angel blood]].
%% * JewishAndNerdy
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Asmodeus takes all of his memories of Clary and the Shadow World from him as part of the deal to return everybody from Edom to Earth. This is both because he relishes human memories and he knows it will hurt all of Simon's friends, especially Isabelle, to be forgotten by him. Magnus is able to restore some fragments of Simon's memories, but for the most part he has to start over from scratch]].
* LikeBrotherAndSister: He and Clary come off as this at first, until he gains the status of UnluckyChildhoodFriend before moving rather briefly into VictoriousChildhoodFriend and then going back to JustFriends.
* LoveMartyr: Simon is devoted to Clary, He [[IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy hangs in there]] even after it is absolutely clear that Clary wants to be with Jace and he himself begins to date other (supernatural) girls.
%% * {{Megane}}: Although [[spoiler: he doesn't need his glasses after he gets Turned.]]
* MuggleBestFriend: He's the only "regular" main character [[spoiler: at first]] and only gets involved in the adventure because his friend Clary finds out that she's a Shadowhunter. Jace, Alec, and Izzy are initially skeptical about bringing him along since they don't think a "mundane" can keep up with them. [[spoiler: Subverted later on when he gets turned into a vampire, thus making him a Downworlder like Luke and Magnus.]]
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: In more than one fashion.
** InsultOfEndearment: Following Jace's lead, the Shadowhunters tend to consistently refer to Simon as "the mundane", despite him proving himself useful (and at one point saving their lives). Later on it gets switched to [[spoiler: "vampire"]], although Isabelle in particular becomes less prone to use the latter.
** MaliciousMisnaming: Magnus calls Simon a variety of names starting with S, and very rarely calls him by his name.
%% * NiceJewishBoy: He has to be in order to be the [[BettyAndVeronica Betty.]]
* NonActionGuy: In ''City of Bones'', he is the only main character that is [[spoiler:100% a mundane]] and is depicted as totally normal and needs rescuing from a hotel crammed with vampires. However, this is ended when he [[spoiler:kills a Greater Demon]], and then is [[spoiler:turned into a vampire in ''City of Ashes'']].
* NotGrowingUpSucks: [[spoiler: He is dismayed at being sixteen forever, saying that [[ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty it's one thing to be frozen at twenty-five]] but looking how he is he is never going to grow into his features. Or get a drink. And there's the fact that he's going to far outlive his friends.]]
* OperationJealousy: He hangs around Isabelle to make Clary jealous when it seems like she's not interested in him, although this develops into something more genuine.
* OnlyFriend: He's the only mundane Clary is ever seen interacting with.
* OnlySaneMan: Recognized that loving Clary was a dead end, and had enough self-respect
* PostKissCatatonia: He's stunned stupid after Isabelle kisses him.
* PowerTattoo: In ''City of Glass'', he receives [[spoiler:the Mark of Cain, which dates way back to the book of Genesis. Clary puts it on him to save his life. It actually comes in handy several times during ''City of Fallen Angels'', as anybody who tries to lay hands on him gets punishment laid down on them sevenfold. In ''City of Lost Souls'', the angel Raziel removes the Mark of Cain when Simon summons him, in exchange for a heavenly sword to sever the bond beyond Jace and Johnathan/Sebastian]].
* RomanticRunnerUp: Clary chooses Jace instead of him, although he doesn't seem too affected by it in the long run.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Towards Maureen, whom he is genuinely not interested in despite her liking him to an absurd degree. It comes back to bite him in the ass later on.
%% * ShipTease: With Isabelle and Maia. [[spoiler: It seems he and Isabelle are veering closer towards coupledom, while Maia is paired off with ex-boyfriend Jordan]].
* SlashedThroat: In ''City of Ashes'', [[spoiler: Valentine does this to collect Simon's blood. [[UnexplainedRecovery He gets better.]]]]
* TokenMinority: He's Jewish. [[spoiler: This is especially hard for him once he becomes a vampire.]]
* TooDumbToLive: Breaking into a hotel of murderous vampires that have expressed that they wouldn't mind having an excuse to turn you into hamburger meat isn't such a good idea. Especially if you go alone. And do it at night. Sure the [[spoiler: vampire blood was summoning him back to Raphael, and he would have given in and sought them out sooner or later,]] but if he had only asked Luke, he would have known to wait a few more days[[spoiler:, and the blood would have gone out of his system, as well as the compulsion it had on him to return to Raphael]].
* WalkingTheEarth: [[spoiler:He's scared he's going to end up doing this, with the Mark of Cain and everything. Good for him the angel Raziel removes it.]]
%% * WhoWantstoLiveForever: [[spoiler: And he won't. Asmodeus considers his Daylighter form of vampiric immortality to be such a rare and valuable source of energy that he is willing to trade safe passage from Edom to Earth in exchange for it. He even "generously" turns Simon back into a human, rather than simply taking his life entirely]].
%% * VitriolicBestBuds: with Jace
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Isabelle "Izzy" Lightwood ]]
!!Isabelle "Izzy" Lightwood
!!!'''Played by''': Creator/JemimaWest (''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''), Creator/EmeraudeToubia (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

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Alec's younger sister, Isabelle is beautiful, confident, and dangerous - she is an accomplished Shadowhunter, after all. Being the middle child, Isabelle is rebellious and attention-seeking. The snobbish, FantasticRacism she seems to hold against non-Shadowhunters, as well as the IceQueen persona she upholds, starts to crumble once she meets Clary and Simon.

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%% * ActionGirl: Most definitely. It comes with the DemonSlaying territory. [[spoiler: She even briefly gets the drop on Sebastian.]]
* AdaptationDyeJob: She went from having black hair in the books, to being brunette in ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''. Also her eyes went from dark brown to blue.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Described as a StatuesqueStunner with waist-length dark hair. She's also very proud and distant, as well as an accomplished Shadowhunter.
%% * BigSisterInstinct: Do not mess with her siblings. [[spoiler: Max's death hits her ''hard'' as she was in charge of him at the time.]]
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: She has some shades of this, constantly complaining and lashing out at her parents. [[spoiler: It was implied that this was at least partially a ploy to distract their parents from Alec's homosexuality.]]
* CombatStilettos: Isabelle wears heels constantly and fights in them when she needs to. She has even been known to use them as weapons, slashing and impaling targets with her kicks.
* TheConfidant: She confides in her mother, Maryse about the problems in her parents' marriage.
%% * CoolBigSis: To Max, who really looks up to her.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: She dates anybody but other Shadowhunters, intentionally bringing home boys she knows her parents would disapprove of. Jace says it's to get attention, it works - in the wrong way.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Like her brother, she is not very fond of Clary at first. Later, though, she begins to open up to her.
%% * DemonSlaying: She's Nephilim like the rest of her family.
* DoesNotLikeMen: While she is not averse to dating them, she distrusts men in general (in contrast to Jace and Alec, who wear their hearts on their sleeves) [[spoiler: because she was TheConfidant to her mother, who told her how her marriage to Robert was breaking apart.]]
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Usually goes barefoot indoors.
%% * {{Expy}}: Of the TheDracoTrilogy version of [[Literature/HarryPotter Blaise Zabini]].
* {{Foil}}: The seasoned, snobbish, girly Nephilim to Clary's naive idealist tomboy.
%% * HiddenHeartOfGold: She's actually quite lonely underneath her snobbish exterior.
* InterspeciesRomance: In ''City of Ashes'' she is dating a faerie knight and as of ''City of Lost Souls'' [[spoiler:the vampire, Simon Lewis]].
* ItsAllMyFault: Believes [[spoiler: Max's death to be her fault, as she was in charge of him at the time.]]
* LadyOfWar: Isabelle is the daughter of an old, prestigious, Shadowhunter family. She herself is a very talented DemonSlayer and manages to fight quite effectively even while wearing dresses and high heels. Her preferred tactic is to WhipItGood using her weapon of choice, an enchanted whip made of electrum (an alloy of gold and silver). Also noted for BeautyIsNeverTarnished -- she can join her brothers fighting monsters underground without getting dirty even as they are covered in filth. When asked how she manages it, she remarks:
-->'''Isabelle:''' I'm pure at heart. It repels the dirt.
* LethalChef: Although she enjoys cooking, Isabelle isn't good at it and everyone hates her food. Her mother didn't teach her how to cook because she was afraid Isabelle would be told to StayInTheKitchen.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Jace, with whom she has a purely platonic relationship.
* MiddleChildSyndrome: Isabelle is always raring to go into fights, not to mention she consistently dates boys her parents would hate. Jace says she does it to get attention, as she is not only the only girl but also the middle child.
* OutnumberedSibling: She grew up with two brothers and Jace.
* TheProudElite: She has RavenHairIvorySkin, is extremely cold and proud, and actively partakes in Shadowhunters' FantasticRacism. She defrosts rather quickly, though.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Isabelle is very beautiful, with pale, clear skin and long dark hair.
* RazorFloss: Edges her whip. [[spoiler:She uses it to take off Sebastian's hand in ''City of Glass'']].
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: According to Jace, Isabelle is very comfortable with her own body. In the TV series, she usually wears skimpy and revealing clothing, sometimes bordering on the {{stripperiffic}}.
* SiblingYinYang: With Alec. Isabelle is not averse to showing off her beauty, is generally nicer, and like Jace, always rushing headfirst into demon-slaying. [[spoiler: It's implied that Isabelle is the way she is in part because she wants to draw attention from her brother's homosexuality, as she does not want her parents to find out when he wasn't ready.]]
* SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids: Quite young to be this cynical, but then she is privy to the fact that her parents have a HappyMarriageCharade going on. She openly questions how her brothers can so readily fall in love. But then, they aren't in on the family secret.
* StatuesqueStunner: Isabelle is very tall and beautiful, attracting the attention of many boys. According to Jace, Isabelle hates being taller than most boys her age and would rather be dainty and petite.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Like Clary and her mother, Maryse Lightwood greatly resembles her daughter, except for her blue eyes.
%% * SugarAndIcePersonality: She acts cold to everyone who isn't related to her (and Jace). She warms up to Clary and Simon eventually, though, and they become two of her closest friends.
* TapOnTheHead: [[spoiler:Sebastian renders her unconscious in ''City of Glass'' with a hammer after he finishes with Max.]]
%% * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly girl to Maia (and to a lesser extent Clary)'s tomboy.
* WhipItGood: She uses a silver-gold whip when she fights demons, one which can somehow cut through flesh and bone. It's partially magical, however, which explains its unusual cutting capacity.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Alexander "Alec" Lightwood ]]
!!Alexander "Alec" Lightwood
!!!'''Played by''': Creator/KevinZegers (''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''), Creator/MatthewDaddario (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

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The eldest Lightwood sibling, who is shyer, snarkier, and generally less welcoming, but his cold, standoffish persona crumbles faster.

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* AdaptationDyeJob: He went from having black hair in the books, to being brunet in ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''.
* AloofBigBrother: Alec confesses that he was one to Max, who was closer to adopted brother Jace, because Alec was mostly concerned with keeping Max out of trouble and safe rather than doing fun and exciting stuff with him.
* {{Ambadassador}}: By the time of the ''Literature/TalesFromTheShadowhunterAcademy'' story "Born To Endless Night", [[spoiler:Alec has become this to the Downworlders of New York City. He is the preferred go-to Shadowhunter for both Lily Chen (leader of the vampires) and Maia Roberts ( leader of the werewolves). Less combative than Jace and a ''lot'' less high-handed than Maryse, the Downworlders look to him for guidance in solving problems. But it is also understood that he will be no less decisive in dealing with problems that they let get out of control]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Lily:''' I stopped Elliott in time. I knew you'd kill him, and then I knew you'd give me your disappointed look]].
* ArcherArchetype: While Alec is also formidable in hand-to-hand combat, he really stands out most when using a bow. [[spoiler: He is even able to knock the knife out of the hand of an Endarkened that was holding it to Consul Jia Penhallow's throat, without hurting Jia]].
%% * ArmoredClosetGay: Clary accuses him of being this in the first book.
%% * AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Courtesy of [[spoiler: Magnus Bane.]]
* BattleCouple: He fights alongside [[spoiler: his boyfriend Magnus Bane in the final battle]].
%% * BetaCouple: [[spoiler: With Magnus; despite dancing around the issue they get together far more smoothly than Jace and Clary.]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: He takes his job as the eldest Lightwood sibling very seriously and displays a protectiveness over his friends. He is the oldest of the teenage cast and turns eighteen after the first book, making him legally an 'adult' and increasing his sense of responsibility for the others.
* ComingOutStory: [[spoiler:In ''City of Glass'', he comes out rather awesomely by kissing Magnus in the middle of the entire Clave, including his parents]].
%% * CrazyJealousGuy: Alec can be extremely jealous, especially in the later books.
%% * DeadpanSnarker: Applies mostly to the tv show
%% * DemonSlaying: He's Nephilim. However, it's noted that up until late in the story he's never killed a demon because he's always looking out for Isabelle and Jace, who tend to do most of the dirty work.
* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: Occasionally he's seen to be very LiteralMinded.
%% * {{Expy}}: Of the TheDracoTrilogy version of [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry Potter]].
* {{Gayngst}}: He struggles with his sexuality, thanks to the homophobic Shadowhunter society.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Jace Wayland. [[spoiler:His sexuality and initial attraction to Jace]] notwithstanding, the two share a "parabatai" bond which is explicitly stated as being a permanent platonic bond of partnership even stronger than that of brothers.
* ImmortalitySeeker: Looks into this when he begins to angst over [[spoiler:the fact that he is mortal and Magnus is immortal]], but [[ImmortalityImmorality flatly rejects the use of dark magic or becoming a vampire as options]].
* IncompatibleOrientation: [[spoiler: He had feelings for Jace, but never said anything because Jace is straight.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler:With warlock, Magnus Bane]].
%% * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Is actually very loyal and loving under the stern exterior.
* LiteralMinded: He has a tendency to misinterpret sarcasm.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: [[spoiler:Alec becomes involved with Magnus Bane, who is around 400 years old, when he is only seventeen and enters a relationship with him at eighteen. The fact the Magnus is an immortal warlock while Alec is human becomes a plot point in ''City of Fallen Angels'']].
* NoSenseOfHumor: Possibly because he tries too hard to be the mature one of the group.
* ObliviousToLove: He is a rather... odd example. Despite the fact that he and [[spoiler:Magnus]] were dating, he is caught completely by surprise by [[spoiler:Magnus's AnguishedDeclarationOfLove in ''City of Glass'']]. In his defense, [[spoiler:he was still hung up on [[IncompatibleOrientation Jace]], and his relationship with Magnus was just supposed to be a casual thing. He gets over both Jace and his obliviousness by the end of ''City of Glass'', though.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: After finding out a bit of Magnus's romantic past, he is shocked by how many people and the kinds of people (namely the various species and genders) his boyfriend has been with. Needless to say, he becomes a bit paranoid about it. Later that day, they are at a party with a group of their friends and Magnus mentions to a werewolf boy they had just met that he once knew the werewolf that founded the organization the boy was part of. Alec, who had been quietly sulking until this point coldly asks, "Did you sleep with him, too?". This comes off sounded like an overreaction and paranoia about someone casually mentioned as an icebreaker. [[spoiler:That is, until you read ''[[Literature/TheInfernalDevices Clockwork Prince]]'', where it is revealed that Magnus was indeed involved with him at some point. The author stated that she did this to show that Alec had a right to be paranoid about Magnus's romantic past]].
* TheReliableOne: Alec often seems to be less overtly swashbuckling than Jace or Isabelle. But Magnus observes that Alec instinctively responds to people needing him, and will go to great lengths to help them. As a result, by the time of the ''Literature/TalesFromTheShadowhunterAcademy'' story "Born To Endless Night" [[spoiler:he has become a cohesive force between the Shadowhunters and Downworlders of New York City. To the extent that vampire leader Lily Chen considers him an exception to her personal rule about keeping Shadowhunters out of Downworlder business because she knows he will just help solve problems rather than chastising her about the Law]].
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive guy to Jace's manly man. Alec is shy, reserved and is easily hurt emotionally. Jace is aggressive, forward and often downright antagonistic even in the face of Shadowhunters of much higher rank than him.
* ShippingTorpedo: He isn't a fan of Jace/Clary at first, because Jace keeps putting himself in danger for Clary and [[spoiler: because Alec has feelings for [[EvenTheGuysWanthim Jace]] himself]]. This doesn't last past the first book (partially because Alec and Clary make amends, partially because [[spoiler: Clary and Jace think they are siblings]]). By the time Clary and Jace actually begin dating Alec has grown to like Clary and [[spoiler: fallen in love with Magnus]], so he doesn't become this again.
* SiblingYinYang: With Isabelle. Unlike her, Clary notes that Alec is shyer, easier to guilt, and tries everything he can to downplay the good looks he shares with his sister.
* SingleTargetSexuality: [[spoiler: Towards Jace, or so he thinks anyway. Once he begins dating Magnus Bane he starts coming to terms with the fact that he really is gay. Jace puts the final nail in the coffin by confronting Alec, telling him that he was only infatuated with Jace because it was a "safe", guaranteed unrequited love that he could use as an excuse to avoid other relationships. He proves the point by demanding that Alec kiss him, which Alec cannot bring himself to do]].
%% * StraightGay: He doesn't have any of the stereotypical traits of a gay man.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: He shares his mother's good looks and Clary describes him having long limbs like a dancer.
%% * TallDarkAndSnarky: He can be this at times.
* TransparentCloset: [[spoiler: In ''City of Glass'', everyone seems to know that Alec is gay before he tells them. Except his parents, judging by their reaction to him kissing Magnus in the Accords Hall]].
* WhatBeautifulEyes: [[spoiler:Magnus]] is very drawn to Alec's blue eyes.
%% * VitriolicBestBuds: With Clary in the tv show. They grow protective of each other.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Valentine Morgenstern]]
!!Valentine Morgenstern
!!!'''Played by''': Creator/JonathanRhysMeyers (''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''), Alan van Sprang (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

The BigBad of the first three books, a powerful and charismatic Shadowhunter who aims to destroy all Downworlders.

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* AbusiveParents: Of the emotionally abusive variety. He also beat [[spoiler: Jace]] on alternate Thursdays.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the books he has white-blonde hair and black eyes. In ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones'' he has dark brown hair and blue eyes.
%% * BadassInANiceSuit: He's always dressed to kill.
%% * BeMyValentine: A villainous example.
%% * BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Luke's Betty.
* BigBad: Of the first three books.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: His eyes are described as black. He's also the genocidal BigBad.
* CradlingYourKill: [[spoiler:In ''City of Glass'', he holds his adopted son Jace (who he's just stabbed through the heart) while he dies, whispering, "My son. My boy."]]
%% * DeadpanSnarker: One of the traits he shares with Jace.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler: He killed Michael Wayland and his infant son (using that baby to make Jocelyn believe her son Jonathan was dead) and took over Michael Wayland's identity while raising Jace (who was Stephen Herondale's son, whom he cut out of her dead mother's womb).]] It's complicated.
* DissonantSerenity: He is always calm, even [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]], even when ripping out people's hearts.
* DrivenByEnvy: Despite the fact that the Shadowhunters are effectively the dominant power in the supernatural world, Valentine greatly resents the Downworlders for their unique abilities, such as the vampires' ability to change shape or the magic wielded by the faeries and the warlocks.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He seems to actually care about Jace. [[spoiler:That doesn't stop him from killing Jace. He is sad afterwards and tried to keep Jace from forcing him to, though.]] He also seems to care for [[spoiler:Clary, Jocelyn, Sebastian[=/=]Jonathan]] and Luke in his own twisted way.
%% * {{Expy}}: Is a CompositeCharacter of the TheDracoTrilogy versions of [[Literature/HarryPotter Lord Voldemort and Lucius Malfoy]].
* FantasticRacism: Even by Shadowhunter standards, and that's saying something. He hates Downworlders enough to [[spoiler: ally with demons to eradicate them.]]
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: While posing as Michael Wayland he faked his own death to strengthen Jace.]]
* GuineaPigFamily: [[spoiler:Experimented on his own children ''in the womb'' to create better Shadowhunters. He infused Jonathan/Sebastian with demon blood, which made him horrifically strong but had the unfortunate side-effects of making him soulless and Jocelyn depressed. To make her feel better he gave her angel blood, not knowing she was pregnant with Clary at the time...]]
%% * HannibalLecture: Is irritatingly fond of this.
%% * HappilyMarried: [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Surprisingly]], to [[spoiler: Jocelyn, for a few years before everything starts getting worse.]]
%% * HuntingAccident: [[spoiler: Kind of. He never intended to murder Lucian, just get him bitten by a werewolf. ''Then'' he hands him a dagger and asks him to kill himself.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Expresses hatred and disdain for the mixed-breed Downworlders, and contends that the Shadowhunters must keep the world safe from demons. [[spoiler: But he deliberately taints his own son with demon blood, making him into a strange human/angel/demon hybrid, and even tried using demon blood to change himself with unclear results. He also readily summons and uses large numbers of demons to fight for him, as well as dealing with the powerful Greater Demon Lilith. Raziel calls him out on it]].
* KarmicDeath: In ''City of Ashes'' he arranges the death of teenage warlock whose blood he needs by tricking the kid into summoning a demon that will be able to [[FailsafeFailure bypass]] the [[GeometricMagic magic circle used to contain it]]. [[spoiler: In ''City of Glass'', Valentine has setup his own magic circle to summon the [[CelestialParagonsAndArchangels Angel Raziel]] to force it to remove the powers of the Shadowhunters that refuse to serve him. His daughter Clary, whom he has effectively bound and gagged nearby, manages to alter the circle, allowing Raziel to [[HolyHandGrenade smite]] him in punishment for his evil deeds, but only after giving him TheReasonYouSuckSpeech]].
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:In ''City of Glass''. Thank you, Raziel]].
* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:He is Clary's biological father]].
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:He is Clary and Jace's father]]. Though ''City of Glass'' reveals that [[spoiler:Jace's father was actually Stephen Herondale. Valentine adopted him after his mother died, and raised him under the guise of Michael Wayland]].
* LightIsNotGood: White-blond, handsome, talented...and very evil.
* MeaningfulName: "Morgenstern" means "morning star" - signifying, of course, Lucifer.
* NamesToRunAwayFrom: His last name means "Fallen star", referring to the fallen angel, Lucifer. You'd think that an organization as biblically based as the Shadowhunters would have been a little concerned when the guy who's last name essentially meant "Lucifer" began to gain so much power...
* NeverFoundTheBody: In ''City of Ashes'', after his ship is destroyed - which naturally means that he's still up and kicking. That is, until [[spoiler: he gets stabbed by the angel Raziel in ''City of Glass'', is cremated and has a funeral. He is dead for good.]] Unlike his[[spoiler: other son]].
%% * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Valentine gives so many of these during the series. [[spoiler: Ultimately he is on the receiving end of one from the [[CelestialParagonsAndArchangels Angel Raziel]].]]
%% * SharpDressedMan: He tends to favor tailor suits, when not dressed in gear.
* ShutUpHannibal: In ''City Of Glass'', he avoids this by using a magic rune to keep Clary quiet ''so he can monologue without interruption''. [[spoiler:She eventually gives a rebuttal by writing in the dirt]].
* StrawHypocrite: Was this in his younger days when he formed the Circle. Although the stated goal that he used to woo his followers was to reform the Clave (by taking it over), his real objective was simply to set himself up as their ruler. But he ditched his followers the moment the odds turned against them. Once he reappeared years after the Uprising and his failed coup attempt, he was a good deal more open about his true objectives.
%% * UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Is perfectly willing to wipe out all the Shadowhunters who oppose him and start over.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Unfortunately, his plan to reform the Clave to protect against demonic threats involves raising a massive demon army and slaughtering them all.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: White-blond and, oh, ''aims to wipe out all Downworlders''.

[[/folder]]

!Secondary Characters
[[folder:Jocelyn Fray]]
!!Jocelyn Fray(née Fairchild)
!!!'''Played by''': Creator/LenaHeadey (''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''), Creator/MaximRoy (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

Clary's overprotective mother.

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%% * ActionMom: [[spoiler:Was actually a talented Shadowhunter]].
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the books she has green eyes. In ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones'', she has brown eyes, also her red hair is darker than described appearing almost brownish.
%% * ComatoseCanary:
* ConvenientComa: In ''City of Bones'', she [[spoiler: induces a coma on ''herself'' to avoid anyone squeezing information out of her about the whereabouts of the Mortal Cup. The only person who knew how to revive her aside from the warlock that cast the spell was an old acquaintance, who gets killed early on in ''City of Glass''.]]
%% * {{Expy}}: Of the TheDracoTrilogy version of [[Literature/HarryPotter Narcissa Malfoy]].
* HiddenBadass: [[spoiler: Under the [[OverprotectiveDad Overprotective Mom]] stance, Jocelyn was a powerful, talented Shadowhunter who plotted to overthrow her husband during the Uprising. Not to mention she ran away from Valentine to prevent his turning Clary into a "monster" like he did Jonathan.]]
* HookedUpAfterwards: [[spoiler:With Luke. They planned to get married in ''City of Fallen Angels'' but the marriage was postponed indefinitely, with Jace's possession by Lilith and subsequent disappearence.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler:With werewolf, Luke Garroway]].
* ItWasAGift: The tarot cards she gave Dorothea [[spoiler: which contained the Mortal Cup.]]
* MysticalPregnancy: Valentine [[GuineaPigFamily experimented on her while she was pregnant]] [[spoiler:both times]], giving her daughter Clary [[spoiler:angel's blood]] and [[spoiler:her son Jonathan Christopher demon's blood]], resulting in supernatural powers.
%% * OverprotectiveMom: Although she does start to accept Clary and Jace's relationship.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: After the Circle uprising, Jocelyn fled Idris with no intention of ever returning.]]
* ThatThingIsNotMyChild: [[spoiler:Valentine injected her with demon blood whilst she was pregnant, causing her to give birth to a demonic child who she was convinced was monstrous and evil. She turns out to be right, since Jonathan grows up to be a sadistic psychopathic murderer]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Luke Garroway]]
!!Luke Garroway
!!!'''Played by''': Creator/AidanTurner (''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''), Creator/IsaiahMustafa (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

A close friend of Jocelyn's and HonoraryUncle to Clary, Luke is more part of the Shadowhunters' world than he lets on.

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* AdaptationDyeJob: He has blue eyes in the books and brown eyes in ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''.
%% * AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:To Jocelyn in ''City of Glass''.]]
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: On more than one occasion when Luke has needed to acquire some allies in a hurry his solution has been to find the nearest werewolf pack, kill the Alpha and take over as leader.
%% * BattleCouple: [[spoiler: With Jocelyn.]]
%% * BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Valentine's Veronica.
%% * ChildhoodFriendRomance: Initially one of the unlucky variant for Jocelyn. [[spoiler:Although as of ''City of Fallen Angels'', it turns into VictoriousChildhoodFriend as Jocelyn seems to reciprocate his feelings. They plan to get married, although it's postponed.]]
%% * DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:He was one for a time, after Valentine set him up to be bitten by a werewolf.]]
%% * {{Expy}}: Of the TheDracoTrilogy version of [[Literature/HarryPotter Sirius Black]].
* HiddenBadass: You would never think that this laid back bookstore owner is a badass. But [[spoiler: as a former Shadowhunter]]-turned-werewolf, he can be quite hardcore when he needs to be.
* HollywoodOld: He is 36-years-old but is played by 29-year-old Aidan Turner in the film.
* HonoraryUncle: Clary considers him to be like an uncle since he's been around her whole life.
* HookedUpAfterwards: [[spoiler:With Jocelyn. They planned to get married in ''City of Fallen Angels'' but the marriage was postponed indefinitely, with Jace's possession by Lilith and subsequent disappearence.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler:With Shadowhunter, Jocelyn Fairchild]].
* MeaningfulName: Luke Garroway sounds like [[spoiler:''loup-garou'', French for ''werewolf''.]]
* MysteriousAnimalSenses: [[spoiler:His lycanthropy enables him to hear and smell things better.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: Helped raise Clary along with Jocelyn. By ''City of Heavenly Fire'', they're referred to as father and daughter more often than not by themselves and others. In a way, he was sort of a father figure to Simon, too, as the latter's father died when he was younger.
%% * TheRunaway: [[spoiler: After his baleful transformation into a werewolf, he becomes this]].
* SecondLove: [[spoiler: He's the second person Jocelyn falls in love with, after her disastrous marriage to Valentine.]]
%% * SickeninglySweethearts: Clary sees him and [[spoiler: her mother]] as this.
%% --> '''Clary''': Disgustingly in love.
%% * TheStarscream: [[spoiler: Valentine saw him as this, although he really wasn't.]]
%% * WhatTheHellHero: Gives Clary a nice talking-to in the beginning of the third book.
%% * WolfMan: [[spoiler: Actually is one, courtesy of Valentine]].
%% * YouKillItYouBoughtIt: How [[spoiler: he becomes leader a wolf pack. ''Twice''.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Magnus Bane]]
!!Magnus Bane
!!!'''Played by''': Godfrey Gao (''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''), Harry Shum Jr (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

The campy, effeminate High Warlock of Brooklyn. Magnus, like most warlocks, is highly mercenary, but he becomes more helpful and generally heroic due to his love for Alec.
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* TheAgeless: Warlocks stop aging once they reach adulthood.
* AgentPeacock: He features glitter eye shadow, rainbow leather pants, and awesome ass-kicking.
* AnimalEyes: Magnus has greenish-yellow eyes with vertically-slit pupils, like a cat.
* BadassFingerSnap: Lampshaded in ''City of Ashes'', when he gives a warning finger-snap, and somebody feels the need to explain:
-->'''Magnus:''' There's no need to clarify my finger snap. The implication was clear in the snap itself.
* BellyButtonless: Being a warlock (half human[=/=]half demon), he has no bellybutton.
%% * BetaCouple: [[spoiler: With Alec.]] Doubles as BattleCouple.
* BiTheWay: Later books, as well as ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'' and ''The Bane Chronicles'' reveal that he dated and slept with various people of both genders. Also describes himself as 'freewheling bisexual'.
* BlueCollarWarlock: He lives in a warehouse loft, throws wild house parties, generally behaves like a New York hipster and otherwise seems entrenched in modern urban culture despite his great age. Also does spellcasting for a fee as his primary source of income.
* BreakoutCharacter: Magnus Bane was only meant to have a minor role ''City of Bones'', but due to the amount of positive reception by the fans he received an expanded role as both a secondary character and [[spoiler:Alec Lightwood]]’s love interest – appearing in every book in the series. He also went on to appear in the prequel series, ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'', and got a series of short stories that were told from his perspective, ''Literature/TheBaneChronicles''.
* ButNotTooForeign: Is half Dutch[=/=]half Indonesian.
%% * TheDandy: No matter what era he is seen in, he's always flamboyant and fashionable.
%%* DeadpanSnarker: Tends to speak sarcastically.
* EccentricMillionaire: He's the ''High Warlock of Brooklyn'', darlings.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: He is quite fond of his body glitter and his magic itself does sparkle.
* ExtremeOmnisexual: He's been with men, women, warlocks, vampires, humans, fey, and the occasional djinn, which does show that he does go for anything. Except mermaids. They smell like seaweed.
* HalfHumanHybrid: As with all warlocks, Magnus is the child of a human/demon coupling.
* InterspeciesRomance: He's dated vampires, faeries, and djinns. Now he's dating a [[spoiler: Shadowhunter, Alec Lightwood]].
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: He can induce it, such as his work on Clary. However, he can't undo it.
%% * LetsGetDangerous: When shit hits the fan, you find how he ended up as the High Warlock of Brooklyn.
* MagnusMeansMage: A fitting name for the High Warlock.
* MarkOfTheSupernatural: Warlocks have a distinguishing mark that's unique to each one. He has cat eyes.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: [[spoiler:He is around 400 years old and dating Alec Lightwood is eighteen. The fact he is an immortal warlock while Alec is human becomes a plot point in ''City of Fallen Angels'']].
* TheMedic: Frequently called in to provide healing whenever somebody suffers an injury that the usual Shadowhunter healing Rune cannot fix.
* MixedAncestry: Being a warlocks he is half-demon half-human.
* NoodleIncident: How exactly did he get himself banned from Peru? [[note]]According to WordOfGod, it has something to do with a [[InherentlyFunnyWords llama.]][[/note]]
%% * OnlyInItForTheMoney: [[spoiler: Until he falls for Alec]].
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: While his exact age is never given we know that he looks around nineteen and has to be older than two hundred and younger than seven hundred. Historically speaking (and given that Camille wasn't lying about his ancestry) he can't be much older than three hundred years old. In The Mortal Instruments books he is implied to be lying about his age (telling Alec that he's eight hundred years old) while The Bane Chronicles flat out state that he lies about it whenever it suits him. He eventually admits to being around four hundred.
* SquishyWizard: Has immense magical powers, but is still susceptible to physical injury. Considering how many enemies have SuperStrength, SuperSpeed and SuperReflexes this can be a weakness.
* SuperpowerLottery: Basically anytime somebody needs something that is not explicitly covered by another character's power set, all eyes turn to Magnus. As a very old, powerful and knowledgeable warlock, if he doesn't know the specific spell needed, he usually knows where to get it.
* TokenMinority: He's part Asian.
* TwoferTokenMinority: He is biracial (part Asian) and a self-proclaimed "freewheeling bisexual." And a warlock to boot.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Lightwoods]]
!!Robert, Maryse (née Trueblood), and Max Lightwood
!!!'''Played by''': Paulino Nunes (Robert Lightwood), Nicola Correia-Damude (Maryse Lightwood) and Jack Fulton (Max Lightwood) (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

Alec and Isabelle's immediate family, consisting of their parents Maryse and Robert, and their youngest brother Max. The Lightwoods run the New York Institute, where Clave meets are frequently held.

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%% * ActionMom: Maryse is as competent a Nephilim as her husband.
%% * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Max, who has no real purpose except to hang around and look cute [[spoiler: and eventually [[SacrificialLion die.]]]]
%% * BattleCouple: Robert and Maryse, as veteran married Shadowhunters, although they're not given a lot of screentime as such.
%% * EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: They were members of the Circle alongside Clary's and Jace's parents.
* HappyMarriageCharade: They only ''pretend'' to be HappilyMarried, when in reality their marriage has nearly fallen apart at least thrice: once when the Circle disbanded and Robert blamed their wrecked lives on Maryse, twice when [[spoiler:Robert was caught cheating (but Maryse told nobody save her daughter)]], and thrice when [[spoiler:their youngest son dies]]. The general distrust between them lead to their daughter; Isabelle's "all-men-are-untrustable" attitude.
* IWantGrandkids: Maryse and Robert in the ''Literature/TalesFromTheShadowhunterAcademy'' story "Born To Endless Night", despite agreeing on very little else. To the extent that even with their history of FantasticRacism, they are positively ''ecstatic'' when [[spoiler:Alec and Magnus adopt an abandoned warlock baby. The head of the New York Institute and the ''Inquisitor'' of the Clave -- both former members of Valentine's Circle! That they approve of the adoption the instant they find out about it, and proceed to drown Alec and Magnus in parenting advice, while imposing time limits on which of them gets to hold the baby for how long, makes it clear that they consider a warlock grandchild better than no grandchild]].
* InfantImmortality: Subverted. In ''City of Glass'', all the teenage protagonists survive the final battle.... [[spoiler:but Max; the cute, manga-reading youngest Lightwood who wasn't allowed to fight is brutally murdered]].
%% * SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Max, who is killed off in the third book to establish Sebastian's evilness and emphasize the personal threat to the main characters.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Maryse resembles her two elder children.
%% * SupremeChef: Maryse is very good in the kitchen.
* YourCheatingHeart: ''City of Fallen Angels'' reveals that all wasn't fine and dandy for the Lightwoods after the Circle broke up. [[spoiler:Robert blamed their wrecked lives on Maryse, and it seems they were on the verge of separation/divorce but decided to stay together for the sake of Alec and their unborn daughter. Unfortunately, a few years later, Maryse found out about his having an affair with somebody, and confided in Isabelle about it. Still, they stayed together, even if Robert was spending more and more time away]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sebastian Verlac ('''SPOILERS''')]]
!!Sebastian Verlac
Aline's cousin, who is handsome, smooth-talking, cultured, and easily sweeps Clary off her feet. He's around town to represent the Paris Institute at the emergency council meeting. Due to this character's status as a WalkingSpoiler, please see below for tropes present after TheReveal.

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%% * TheCharmer: Really knows how to get people to like him.
%% * CunningLinguist: Like Jace, he's fluent in several languages.
* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: While probably not French by blood, he was raised in France and represents the Paris institute, and certainly comes off as unusually attractive.
* {{Nephewism}}: He was raised by his aunt Elodie after the death of his parents.
%% * NiceGuy: Clary describes him as someone she thinks is easy to have fun with.
%% * {{Polyglot}}: Like Jace, he's also fluent in a variety of languages.
* ParentalAbandonment: His parents were killed by demons shortly after arriving in France.
%% * RomanticFalseLead: We all know who's going to win Clary in the end.
* ShipTease: Has some sexual tension with Clary and Isabelle, which go nowhere.
* WalkingSpoiler: Anything about him from the later part of ''City of Glass'' spoils several plot points like: [[spoiler: Jace and Clary aren't really siblings, the ''real'' Sebastian Verlac has been DeadAllAlong, and Valentine fed Jocelyn demon blood while she was pregnant.]]

!Tropes present after TheReveal. '''Major Spoilers'''.
!!Jonathan Christopher Morgenstern

In the third book, it's revealed that the real Sebastian Verlac has been dead for some time, and that his identity had been taken over by the ''real'' Jonathan Christopher Morgenstern, Valentine and Jocelyn's son and Clary's older brother who was experimented on with demon's blood. Cold, sadistic, and ruthless, he's his father's agent through and through.

* AbominationAccusationAttack: In ''City of Glass'', he openly denounces [[spoiler: Alec Lightwood]] for his homosexuality, which the latter feels very insecure about because it is strongly frowned upon in Shadowhunter society. This is more than a little hypocritical on his part however, seeing as how he himself has BrotherSisterIncest desire for Clary.
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:In ''City of Heavenly Fire'', Sebastian goes down quickly, but Jonathan, the good within him, arises, tells Clary how to destroy the Infernal Cup, talks about what might have been, and then [[DeathEqualsRedemption dies]]]].
* AlmostDeadGuy: [[spoiler: When sustaining DeathEqualsRedemption, he gets to talk about the real him that never got a chance because of Valentine and the demon blood.]]
* AncestralWeapon: In ''City of Heavenly Fire'', he has one of two swords his father commissioned that was specifically meant to be an Ancestral weapon. Clary gets the other.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: Thanks to the demon blood, he had these at birth. Jocelyn was so repulsed by him she refused to care for him.
* BrotherSisterIncest: In ''City Of Lost Souls'', [[spoiler:he is shown to actually want Clary, backing her up against a wall and forcefully kissing her, while going on about how they can be evil and rule the world together.]]
* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler: The ''real'' Sebastian's actually been DeadAllAlong, with Jonathan Christopher having taken over his identity after he murdered the former.]]
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler: The [[HolyHandGrenade Heavenly Fire]] burns the evil out of him. But what little good there was in him is not enough to keep him alive, unlike Jace who was similarly burned in it. He does use his command of the Endarkened to keep them from hurting his former captives, and tells Jace how to destroy the Infernal Cup before he dies]].
%% * DevilInPlainSight
* TheDragon: To his father. [[spoiler: Seems to be one to Lilith now, too.]]
%% * DyingAsYourself:
* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler: In Clary's dream in ''City of Ashes'', she sees Jace standing with white wings (a reference to his angel blood) and, behind her, a dark-haired boy with blood-tipped wings - Sebastian.]]
%% * {{Expy}}: Of the TheDracoTrilogy version of [[spoiler: [[Literature/HarryPotter Tom Riddle]]]].
%% * FauxAffablyEvil: Acts polite, but it's all a facade to hide his darkness.
* {{Foil}}: To Jace: [[spoiler:He was experimented on with demon's blood while Jace was experimented on with angel's blood. Valentine raised him to be cold, cruel, and sadistic, while Jace is more compassionate and kind.]]
%% * LackOfEmpathy: He is more or less the text-book definition of a sociopath, with his charisma and inability to understand other people's feelings.
* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: He is Clary's actual brother.]]
* TheMole: He was the reason Valentine knew what Jace's group was about to do. He killed the real Sebastian Verlac and posed as the Penhallows' cousin in order to get information.
* NiceGuy: Averted, this [[spoiler:only applies to the ''real'' Sebastian, who by now is a PosthumousCharacter]].
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:In ''City of Fallen Angels'', it turns out that he isn't exactly dead because of Clary's wish at the end of ''City of Glass'' to bring Jace back to life, which screwed up the balance of life and death. This allowed Lilith to fully resurrect him]].
%% * RomanticFalseLead: Justified, [[spoiler:he's her brother.]]
* SuperpowerLottery: Sebastian basically has all the capabilities of a Shadowhunter dialed UpToEleven. Rather than being slightly stronger, faster, more agile and more durable than mundanes like regular Nephilim, he has actual SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, SuperReflexes and HealingFactor, plus JumpPhysics, FlashStep, SuperSenses and the ability to use various forms of GeometricMagic (including demonic runes). Even vampire [[spoiler: Simon]] is surprised by how strong and fast Sebastian is. He can deliver a CurbStompBattle on ''Jace'', who is otherwise one of the best Shadowhunter warriors around!
* TangledFamilyTree: [[spoiler: Valentine did in fact have an actual son with Jocelyn, Jonathan, whom he raised in secret. Jonathan disguises himself as Sebastian Verlac, a cousin of the prominent Penhallow family. Later he magically coerces Jace into regarding him as a brother. Jonathan also has a BrotherSisterIncest vibe with Clary]].
* TapOnTheHead: [[spoiler:Kills Max and knocks Isabelle unconscious this way]].
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: White-haired and just as evil as his dad.
%% * WingedHumanoid: [[spoiler: In Clary's dream in ''City of Ashes.'']]
%% * AWolfInSheepsClothing: Played absolutely straight.
%% * WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: He attacks and kills Max Lightwood in ''City of Glass'']].
* {{Yandere}}: BOY HOWDY. Jonathan goes above and beyond this trope. Let's begin with the fact that he forcibly tried to [[{{Squick}} kiss his own]] [[BrotherSisterIncest sister]] in "City of Lost Souls", talking about how the [[WeCanRuleTogether two of them could rule together after he takes down the shadowhunters]]. Then he kidnaps Jace in an effort to lure Clary onto his side. It works, but then when he tries to make sexual advances on her and she refuses him- shit hits the fan as he attempts to [[AttemptedRape force himself onto her]], but fortunately he doesn't succeed. In the end, when their in Edom, he forces Clary to come rule by his side, or [[MurderTheHypotenuse her friends die]].
[[/folder]]

!Other Characters

[[folder:Other Shadowhunters]]

!!Hodge Starkweather
!!!'''Played by''': Jared Harris (''The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones''), Jon Cor (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

The tutor at the Institute, who taught Alec, Jace, and Isabelle everything they needed to know about Shadowhunting.

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* AgeLift: In both adaptations. WordOfGod states that Hodge is around 36, but Harris was in his early fifties. On the opposite end, Cor is only 30; this is especially notable since his students, Jace and the Lightwoods, are now older in the series.
%% * {{Expy}}: Of the TheDracoTrilogy version of [[Literature/HarryPotter Peter Pettigrew]].
%% * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: It is shown that he cares about Isabelle, Max, Alec, and Jace. Doesn't stop him from betraying them to Valentine, although he does send a message to Magnus Bane who is able to heal Alec from the demon bite.
%% * EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: Was school friends with Clary's, Jace's, and the Lightwood siblings' parents.
%% * TheMole: [[spoiler:Valentine's spy.]]
%% * MrExposition: In the first book.
%% * RedemptionEqualsDeath: Had the beginnings of a HeelFaceTurn by revealing what the mirror was, but [[spoiler: Sebastian/Jonathan Morgenstern kills him first]].

!!Aline Penhallow

A family friend of the Lightwoods.

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%% * AsianAirhead: She isn't the smartest stele, although this comes off more as naivety.
%% * BattleCouple: [[spoiler:Becomes this with Helen, especially when they fight side by side together in the battle of the Burren]].
* ButNotTooForeign: Is half Chinese[=/=]half Caucasian.
* {{Foil}}: To Isabelle; she's conservative and shy where Isabelle is outspoken and outgoing.
%% * LipstickLesbian: Heavily implied in ''City of Glass''. [[spoiler:Although she is seen kissing Jace, she tells Clary later it was merely a test to see if any guy was "her type"]]. Confirmed in ''City of Lost Souls'', where [[spoiler:she appears with her girlfriend, Helen Blackthorn, and it's revealed she came out the closet, inspired by seeing Alec do so.]]
* MotorMouth: She talks a lot, and according to Clary is one of those people who says whatever comes to mind.
* NiceGirl: Apart from her rude questions to Simon, which are probably due more to naivety and FantasticRacism than genuine malice, she's fairly polite and even explains to Clary why she kissed Jace.
%% * NearRapeExperience: Nearly raped [[spoiler:by a demon]]. Fortunately Isabelle saves her.
%% * RomanticFalseLead: For the Jace/Clary pairing.
* TheProudElite: Her behavior towards Simon is neither actively malicious nor self-consciously snobbish. But the way that she talks to, and about (in his presence), him bears a distinct resemblance to a member of an old-fashioned aristocracy meeting her very first peasant.
* ScreamingWoman: Despite being a Shadowhunter, from a prestigious Shadowhunter family, her reaction to Alicante being besieged by demons is to basically panic, adding her to the roster of people in need of rescuing as opposed to helping with the defense.
%% * YouAreWorthHell: [[spoiler: She follow Helen into exile on Wrangel Island.]]

!! Helen Blackthorn

A half-faerie Shadowhunter who lives in Los Angeles with her siblings.

* ActionGirl: She has demonstrated prowess in both battles she's participated in.
%% * BattleCouple: [[spoiler:She and Aline become this.]]
%% * BiTheWay: Has been revealed to be this via WordOfGod.
%% * BigSisterInstinct: She is very protective of her younger siblings.
%% * BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:The Clave become this for her when they exile her permanently to Wrangel Island to "study the Wards"]].
* FantasticRacism: [[spoiler:Is on the receiving end of this, when she is exiled permanently to Wrangel Island due to her faerie heritage]].
* PlantHair: When she is first introduced as a background character in ''City of Glass'', her hair is described as being "made of flowers".

!!Imogen Herondale[=/=]The Inquisitor
!!!'''Played by''': Mimi Kuzyk (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

A high-ranking Shadowhunter and the Clave's Inquisitor, sent to keep tabs on Jace after the revelation of his heritage.

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* BreakTheHaughty: She gets a ''glorious'' one. After being nothing but condescending to Jace merely because he's the son of the BigBad, she finds out that her plan to trade Jace to Valentine for the two Mortal Instruments that he has isn't going to work, because despite what she thought, Valentine doesn't care about Jace, only the instruments. This causes her to have a FreakOut and a bsod until Maryse snaps her out of it.
* CoolOldLady: Her age does ''not'' stop her from being an extremely competent Shadowhunter.
%% * CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler: She was deeply grieved over the loss of Stephen Herondale, which leads to her appointment as Inquisitor.]]
* DefrostingIceQueen: Starts out frosty and unapproachable, but suffers several humbling failures and by the end of ''City of Ashes'' she [[spoiler:performs a HeroicSacrifice to save Jace after learning that he was her grandson]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Pulls one to let Jace escape on the ship, knowing that he was Stephen Herondale's son.]]
* MamaBear: Despite her hatred for children, she acknowledges this trope, coming to the conclusion that Valentine would do anything for his son like she would.
* SmugSnake: A [[FantasticRacism racist]] EvilChancellor and ManipulativeBitch with a pathological hatred of children. She thinks she's playing everyone throughout ''City of Ashes'' but her grand plan fails spectacularly and Valentine Morgenstern viciously humiliates her until she breaks down. Unusually for this trope, she is revealed to have a sympathetic side and [[spoiler: ultimately redeems herself by [[RedemptionEqualsDeath sacrificing her life to save Jace]].]]

!!Amatis Herondale

An ex-Shadowhunter residing in Idris, and Luke's sister. Stephen Herondale's first wife.

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* BlackEyesOfEvil: [[spoiler:When under the influence of the Infernal Cup]].
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:In ''City of Lost Souls'', after Sebastian captures her and forces her to drink from the Infernal Cup, turning her into a Dark Shadowhunter]].
%% * DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler:Albeit unwillingly, while under the influence of the Infernal Cup.]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:To Sebastian/Jonathan Morgenstern while under the influence of the Infernal Cup]].
* HappilyMarried: To Stephen Herondale, for a few years, until the forced divorce.
* LongLostRelative: To [[spoiler: Luke, more or less, although it's more of the fact that they're estranged siblings and Luke's afraid that she'd blame him for her divorce.]]
* MinorFlawMajorBreakup: Valentine convinced Stephen to divorce her because of her "undesirable family connections" -- [[spoiler: her brother was a werewolf]] -- and convinced him to marry Celine instead.
%% * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives a really good one to Valentine when he attempts to get the Clave to swear loyalty to him in exchange for sparing Idris.

!!Stephen Herondale
Imogen Herondale's much-beloved son, deceased by the beginning of the series.

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%% * EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: Was a member of the Circle along with the Lightwoods, Jocelyn, etc.
%% * HappilyMarried: He and Amatis were genuinely happy together, until Valentine manipulated him into divorcing her. The letters he sent her showed he never quite got over her, though, and while he loved Celine his love for Amatis was something very different.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Implied to be this to his second wife Celine, to the point of her nearly committing suicide upon hearing of his death.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:''City of Glass'' reveals that he is Jace's actual father]].
* NumberTwo: To Valentine when he was still alive, [[spoiler:after Valentine cast out Luke for becoming a werewolf]].
* PosthumousCharacter: Despite being dead for years at the beginning of the series, we learn a lot about him through recollections and his relationships with other characters.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Jace really resembles him, except for his eyes.]]

!!Celine Herondale
Stephen Herondale's second wife, a beautiful woman from an abusive family.

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%% * AbusiveParents: Apparently had them, with long-lasting consequences.
%% * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: She trusted Valentine because he showed her kindness.
* DrivenToSuicide: She killed herself when she heard about her husband Stephen's death, despite being pregnant at the time. [[spoiler:Valentine cut her son Jace out from her body and raised him as his own]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Had blond hair, and according to Jocelyn was sweet, lovely, and made everyone want to protect her.
%% * IJustWantToBeLoved: She went along with Valentine's whims and landed Stephen as a husband because of the trauma caused by her abusive family.
* ImperiledInPregnancy: She committed suicide while pregnant.
* PosthumousCharacter: Her suicide takes place long before the story proper, but her relationships with current characters make her important.
%% * ProneToTears: Described as such by Jocelyn, due to her sweet nature and sad background.

!!Jonathan Shadowhunter
The very first Shadowhunter, who formed a pact with Raziel to be able to slay demons. After being given the Mortal Instruments, Jonathan turned his sister Abigail and best friend David into Nephilim as well. The three of them would go on to form the Clave.

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* AllThereInTheManual: Information regarding him is found in ''The Shadowhunter's Codex''.
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler: The Jonathan Shadowhunter of the parallel Earth now known as Edom was this. Described as being a "divider", he apparently had some similarities to Valentine, and when the demons invaded his world in force, most of the Downworlders sided with them against that world's Shadowhunters, leading to the demons being victorious and the whole world being laid waste]].
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With David the Silent, inspired by their [[Literature/TheBible Biblical namesakes]] who were also examples of this trope. They were the very first ''parabatai''.
* ShroudedInMyth: Lived during the Middle Ages and the details of his life have been heavily mythologized in the thousand years since. This is one of the reasons nobody knew what the Mortal Mirror was, because the specifics of how he summoned Raziel (with the help of a warlock) had been buried beneath idealized legends.

!!The Silent Brothers
Male Shadowhunters who devote their lives to medication and archiving of Nephilim. They reside in the Silent City and keep watch over the Nephilim dead. They were founded by David, former ''parabatai'' of Jonathan Shadowhunter. The most frequently seen Silent Brothers are Jeremiah and Zachariah.

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* CharacterOverlap: Brother Zachariah is [[spoiler: [[Literature/TheInfernalDevices Jem Carstairs]], who appears the way he does due to being unable to complete the entrance rituals because of the ''yin fen'' in his body]].
%% * EyeScream: Silent Brothers don't have eyes.
* ImpartialPurposeDrivenFaction: They don't take parts in the disputes of the Clave and Downworlders, instead devoting their time to writing all of it down.
%% * MagicLibrarian: They keep extensive catalogs on the history of Nephilim.
%% * TheMedic: An entire order of them.
%% * MindProbe: Often do this, to Clary's chagrin.
* MouthStitchedShut: They have their mouths sewn shut. They give up their speech for telepathy.
%% * TheOrder
%% ** AncientOrderOfProtectors: They guard the Mortal Sword.
%% * PrettyBoy: Brother Zachariah, the only one of the Shadowhunters who still has hair, eyes, and an unstitched mouth.
%% * SacrificialLion: A lot of the Silent Brothers are [[spoiler: murdered in the second book by Valentine summoning Agramon, the Greater Demon of Fear]].
* TheSpeechless: They cannot speak due to Runes that mutilate their appearance, instead communicating through {{Telepathy}}.
* ThemeNaming: Silent Brothers give up their birth names upon joining, instead taking on the name of a man from Literature/TheBible.

!!The Iron Sisters
Female Shadowhunters who craft the steles and weapons used by Nephilim. They were founded by Abigail, older sister of Jonathan Shadowhunter.

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* TheBlacksmith: A whole order of them. They're the only ones who can handle adamas, the heavenly metal from which Nephilim weapons are forged.
* DistaffCounterpart: To the Silent Brothers.
* ImpartialPurposeDrivenFaction: They don't take parts in the disputes of the Clave and Downworlders, instead residing in Idris and forging weapons.
%% * TheOrder
* RetiredBadass: Most of them are retired Shadowhunters. Abigail Shadowhunter, in particular, founded them because she was frustrated at becoming this, and still wanted to help in the fight against demons.
* TechnicolorEyes: Becoming an Iron Sister means getting orange eyes.
* WomanInWhite: They wear long white gowns that blend in with the mists of their home, so when summoned they look like they appear out of nowhere.
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[[folder:Supernatural Creatures]]
!!Madame Dorothea/Dorothea "Dot" Rollins
!!!'''Played by''': CCH Pounder (''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''), Vanessa Matsui (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

Clary and Jocelyn's neighbor. Actually the adopted daughter of a witch.

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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:In the film, the first named character to kick the bucket courtesy of DemonicPossession]].
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Her tarot cards: the Ace of Cups was the Mortal Cup]].
%% * DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:By the Greater Demon Abbadon, leading to her death]].
* FortuneTeller: Supposedly; she decorates her apartment with several generic FortuneTeller themes as a cover-up for her customers.
* GuardingThePortal: [[spoiler:What she's ''really'' doing is guarding a Five-Dimensional-Door in her apartment]].
* TheHermit: Doesn't like leaving her apartment, and only interacts with Jocelyn.
* RaceLift: Black in the film, Asian on the show.

!!Maia Roberts

A member of the downtown werewolf pack, Maia's had a rough life. Her brother abused her, and her ex-boyfriend hit her and eventually turned her into a werewolf. She seems to be getting along fine though.

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%% * ActionGirl: She's a werewolf, which makes her terrifying in a fight, and participates in the battle at Brocelind plain.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: In ''City of Heavenly Fire'', [[spoiler:she takes down an usurper of the New York Clan in an absolutely vicious CurbStompBattle which leads to her becoming temporary head and later permanent head of the New York Clan after Luke's retirement.]]
%% * BirdsOfAFeather: With Simon.
* CassandraTruth: [[AdultsAreUseless Her parents never believed her]] when she told them her brother was abusive.
* FurAgainstFang: In ''City of Ashes'', she dislikes [[spoiler:Simon]] at first. ''Very'' much. [[spoiler: Until they both end up being captured by Valentine]].
%% * TheStoic: Due to her past, she doesn't express emotion a lot.
* TokenMinority: She's [[ButNotTooBlack biracial]].
%% * {{Tsundere}}: Towards Simon [[spoiler: and Jordan]] in ''City of Fallen Angels.''
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: She has a fear of guys that look like her deceased brother, who abused her as a child. There's also her possessive ex-boyfriend Jordan, who was mentioned as the reason she was turned into a werewolf.
%% * WolfMan

!!Raphael Santiago
!!!'''Played by''': David Castro (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

Current leader of the New York vampire clan (although he asserts that he's merely leading in Camille's stead.)

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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Being Mexican, he tends to interject phrases in Spanish when he speaks. In ''City of Ashes'', he tells Clary that Simon "no es muerto," which is incorrect; it should be "no ''está'' muerto." It seems like a classic Website/{{Google}} Translate error rather than it being intentional.
%% * ConsummateLiar: He's very silver-tongued and persuasive.
%% * DashingHispanic: He has his moments.
* DecompositeCharacter: His role in [[spoiler:Simon's vampirism]] in ''City of Ashes'' is largely given to Camille Belcourt, despite Raphael still existing as a separate character.
* FamilyMan: He basically tortured himself for months in order to build up enough strenght and self control to return to his mother and siblings.
* FantasticRacism: Discriminates against anyone who isn't a vampire.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Badgers [[spoiler: Simon]] relentlessly about the need to accept that he is dead to humanity and must sever all ties to his former life. However...
* {{Irony}}: It's said that he puts on a cross and visits his family every Sunday.
* InterruptedSuicide: In ''The Bane Chronicles'' he attempts to throw himself into a beam of sunlight after being turned, but is stopped by [[spoiler:Magnus]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is cold and rude to pretty much anyone except his mother and siblings but he did care deeply for Lily [[spoiler:It is revealed that in an alternate universe, Raphael started a war because of her murder]], Ragnor, Tessa and Magnus.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Was the eldest of seven brothers from a poor family.
* MommasBoy: He absolutely adored his mother, and was terrified of her fearing him when he turned into a vampire. Some of his last words are about how sacred she was to him.
* NumberTwo: To Camille.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He is stated to look around fourteen years old. But then again, he's a vampire.
%%* OurVampiresAreDifferent
* ReligiousVampire: He's Catholic, and wears a cross that has burned a scar into his chest.
* TheProudElite: In some cases an even better example than Isabelle, but it's played with as while he's certainly proud and he does ''see'' himself and vampires as elite, the magical world (re:the Clave) does not see them as so.
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: According to Camille, he was the reason she left - he killed mundanes and blamed them on her, causing her to flee. When she did so, he seized her position and told the rest of the New York vampire clan that she was struck with wanderlust and a desire to travel (something that was not unheard of in vampires.)]]
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Implied depending on from which characters perspective he is being seen from. Icy in the main series; in ''The Bane Chronicles'', Magnus says he can have a rare sweet smile, and his mother states that he is the "sweetest of [her sons]". Notably, he is considerably more playfully snarky towards Magnus as opposed to his usual interactions in the main series.
* SuperEmpowering: Like other vampires, he is [[ViralTransformation capable of turning other people into vampires]].

!!Camille Belcourt
!!!'''Played by''': Kaitlyn Leeb (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

Magnus's vampire ex, and the actual leader of the New York vampire clan.
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%% * CuffsOffRubWrists: After Simon frees her.
%% * LadyOfWar: Seemingly a trait carried over from [[Literature/TheInfernalDevices the previous series.]]
* Even Evil Has Loved Ones: For all of her villany, she was genuinely in love with a werewolf over a century ago. But he was killed by her clan leader which makes her plot against him for years culminating in his ruin and ultimate death.
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:In ''City of Lost Souls'', she is revealed to have been killed by Maureen Brown, who usurps the position of leader from her]].
%% * KnowledgeBroker: Although she'll only share information with Magnus.
%% * OurVampiresAreDifferent: Stunningly beautiful, for one.
%% * RelationshipSabotage: To [[spoiler:Alec/Magnus]].
%% * WorkingWithTheEx: With Magnus, which is a little uncomfortable.

!!Jordan Kyle

The newest member of Simon's band, Kyle seems like an attractive, nice guy.

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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: He does seem to sincerely regret what he did to Maia, and only picked Simon as an assignment so he could get close to her.]]
* ChekhovMIA: He was mentioned back in City of Ashes as [[spoiler: Maia's ex-boyfriend who turned her into a werewolf and disappeared for nearly two years]], but makes his first appearance in ''City of Fallen Angels''.
%% * CrazyJealousGuy: [[spoiler: To Maia, as explained in the backstory.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Simon says that he grows weird plants on his balcony. He then follows it up by claiming they aren't drugs. [[spoiler:The plants turn out to be wolfsbane.]]
* NiceGuy: Comes off as such, although of course there's more than meets the eye.
* OnlyOneName: Simon asks why his name is listed as just Kyle even on his apartment door. [[spoiler: It turns out Kyle is his surname and his first name is Jordan, which he hid so that Maia wouldn't find out.]]
%% * PsychoExBoyfriend: [[spoiler: To Maia, although he regretted it.]]
%% * StalkerWithACrush: Has some shades of this towards [[spoiler: Maia Roberts.]]
* StoryboardBody: Strange tattoos cover his arms. They're actually mantras from the Upanishads.

!!Maureen Brown
!!!'''Played by''': Shailene Garnett (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')
A friend of a cousin of Simon's friend Eric, a mundane little girl with a crush on Simon. She gets turned into a vampire. [[spoiler: Now the leader of the New York vampire clan after murdering Camille]].
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* AgeLift: She's a little girl in the books, but on the show she's around the same age as Clary and Simon, who are already older than their book counterparts.
%% * AxCrazy: Boy howdy. She goes on a killing spree after being manipulated by Lilith.
%% * CreepyChild: She's quite an unsettling little girl, and this was before she got Turned.
%% * LittleMissBadass: A more unsettling version. [[spoiler: Leader of the vampire clan now.]]
* PrecociousCrush: Had one on Simon before she was Turned; she claimed that Simon was her boyfriend much to his chagrin.
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:She's found in a dumpster with her throat slit]].
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: In ''City of Lost Souls'', [[spoiler:she becomes leader of the New York vampire clan after killing Camille Belcourt]].

!!Raziel
An archangel and the patron of all Shadowhunters. He mixed his blood with Jonathan Shadowhunter's to create the Nephilim.

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%% * ArrowsOnFire: His WeaponOfChoice.
%% * CelestialParagonsAndArchangels
%% * DeusExMachina: He's the one who eventually [[spoiler: kills Valentine]], and with little effort, too.
* LiteralGenie: He can grant one wish to whoever summons him.
* OnlyThePureOfHeart: Raziel will only help those with pure intentions, such as Jonathan Shadowhunter. [[spoiler:In ''City of Glass'', out of total displeasure at Valentine's dream, Raziel swiftly kills him]].
* SummoningRitual: The Mortal Instruments are required to summon him, a ritual that can only be done once every millennium. Once they have all three, he will come to them and will grant any single wish the summoner wants. Or rather, he won't smite them the moment he appears and might consider granting that single wish. Well...
* {{Telepathy}}: Can read minds and hearts; justified due to his angelic status.

!!Lilith
Yes, ''[[UsefulNotes/{{Lilith}} that]]'' Lilith. BigBad of the second trilogy.

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%% * BigBad
* ChekhovsGunman: Actually appears early in the fourth book as [[spoiler: Satrina the band promoter]] before taking center stage as the new BigBad.
* TheDarkSide: What she represents, as the mother of all demons.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Raven-haired, pale-skinned, and very creepy.
* MamaBear: [[spoiler:Considers Jonathan her "son" due to him being tainted by her blood, and takes measures to protect him throughout the second trilogy]].
* UncannyValleyGirl: She's described as beautiful, but unsettling.

!!Asmodeus
A Prince of Hell, and the technical owner of Edom.

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%% * AffablyEvil: Charming in a malicious sort of way, he is almost like Magnus, only evil.
* AnimalEyes: In humanoid form he has catlike eyes.
* DemonLordsAndArchDevils: One of the nine most powerful, and subordinate only to [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]].
* FallenAngel: He is not one of the demons spawned by Lilith, but instead was one of the rebel angels that served as one of Lucifer's generals in the failed war against God. Because of this [[spoiler: his son Magnus can cause witchlight stones to illuminate, which normally only works for people with angelic blood]].
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Nobody from Earth would want to see [[EldritchAbomination what he really looks like]], so he presents himself in a humanoid form not that different from Magnus.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Too busy overseeing the destruction of entire worlds to get involved in day-to-day evildoing. Until his son [[spoiler: Magnus]] summons him, at which point he briefly appears in humanoid form and acts as a DeusExMachina before returning to his more cosmic interests.
* OffingTheOffspring: Wants to [[spoiler: take his son Magnus's immortality to use as an energy source to repair all the damage Sebastian did to Edom]].
%% * SadisticChoice: He's a Prince of Hell. You think he would offer any other kind?

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* GrayEyes: The second (strong-willed, unapproachable) type.

!!!'''Played by''': Creator/LilyCollins and Hope Fleury (young) (''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''), Katherine [=McNamara=] and Sofia Wells (young) (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

!!!'''Played by''': Creator/JamieCampbellBower (''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''), Dominic Sherwood (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

!!!'''Played by''': Creator/RobertSheehan (''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''), Alberto Rosende (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

!!!'''Played by''': Jemima West (''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''), Emeraude Toubia (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

!!!'''Played by''': Kevin Zegers (''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''), Matthew Daddario (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

!!!'''Played by''': Creator/LenaHeadey (''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''), Maxim Roy (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

!!!'''Played by''': Creator/AidanTurner (''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''), Isaiah Mustafa (''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'')

* MommasBoy: He absolutely adored his mother, and was terrified of her fearing him when he turned into a vampire. Later on he dies to save Magnus, stating he could never harm someone his mother cared for, as she was sacred to him.

%% * FragileFlower: Described as such by Jocelyn, due to her sweet nature and sad background.

%% * JerkassFacade: She's actually quite lonely underneath her snobbish exterior.

* {{Yandere}}: BOY HOWDY. Jonathan goes above and beyond this trope. Let's begin with the fact that he forcibly tried to [[SquickTastic kiss his own]] [[BrotherSisterIncest sister]] in "City of Lost Souls", talking about how the [[WeCanRuleTogether two of them could rule together after he takes down the shadowhunters]]. Then he kidnaps Jace in an effort to lure Clary onto his side. It works, but then when he tries to make sexual advances on her and she refuses him- shit hits the fan as he attempts to [[AttemptedRape force himself onto her]], but fortunately he doesn't succeed. In the end, when their in Edom, he forces Clary to come rule by his side, or [[MurderTheHypotenuse her friends die]].

* GreenEyes: As a powerful vampire, these paired with her silver-blond hair makes for a striking beauty combination.

%% * LoveMartyr: Jace is devoted to Clary.

%% * {{Mangst}}: To an almost unbelievable degree. Beneath that hard exterior lies more angst than the rest of the major characters combined! Possibly justified due to the extreme abuse he suffered at the hands of [[spoiler: his foster father Valentine]].

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A listing of characters that appear in Cassandra Clare's ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' series and their portrayal in the film adaptation, ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''. Please put tropes for the characters as portrayed in the ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' television series [[Characters/{{Shadowhunters}} here]].

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[[folder: The Lightwoods]]

[[folder: Sebastian Verlac ('''SPOILERS''')]]

[[folder: Other Shadowhunters]]

[[folder: Supernatural Creatures]]

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Michael Wayland was never his father. Valentine Morgenstern is, he raised Jace while under the guise of Michael Wayland]]. Though ''City of Glass'' reveals that [[spoiler:his father was actually Stephen Herondale. Valentine adopted him after his mother died, but SecretOtherFamily he kept him a secret from his real son, and vice versa]].

* CainandAbel: [[spoiler: She's the heroic counterpart to her estranged demonic brother, Jonathan.]]

* SmugSnake: A [[FantasticRacism racist]] EvilChancellor and ManipulativeBitch with a pathological hatred of children. She thinks she's playing everyone throughout ''City of Ashes'' but her grand plan fails spectacularly and Valentine Morgenstern viciously humiliates her until she breaks down. Unusually for this trope, she is revealed to have a sympathetic side and [[spoiler:ultimately redeems herself by [[RedemptionEqualsDeath sacrificing her life to save Jace]].

* SmugSnake: A [[FantasticRacism racist]] EvilChancellor and ManipulativeBitch with a pathological hatred of children. She thinks she's playing everyone throughout ''City of Ashes'' but her grand plan fails spectacularly and Valentine Morgenstern viciously humiliates her, resulting in a CrowningMomentOfAwesome when she breaks down. Unusually for this trope, she is revealed to have a sympathetic side and [[spoiler:ultimately redeems herself by [[RedemptionEqualsDeath sacrificing her life to save Jace]]]].

* BiggerBad: Too busy overseeing the destruction of entire worlds to get involved in day-to-day evildoing. Until his son [[spoiler: Magnus]] summons him, at which point he briefly appears in humanoid form and acts as a DeusExMachina before returning to his more cosmic interests.