all cannon dates iâve compiled solely to organize my headcannons lol
1855- may 11th- charlotte mary fairchild born to granville fairchild and unnamed mother in london
1856-march 6th- henry jocelyn branwell born to buford fairchild and unnamed mother (in possibly yorkshire?)Â
1855-1857?- charlotteâs mother dies prior to vampires, scones, and edmond herondale (not confirmed)Â
1857- charlotte (age 2) living in institute when edmund herondale is exiled
1870- charlotte and henry first meet as teenagers at a christmas ball
1872/1873 (?*)-Â charlotte marries henry branwell (ages 16/17 and 15/16)Â
1872 (?*) - granville fairchild is killed by the demon stheno while at cyprus institute (*some inconsistency here -1872 date given in codex but clockwork princess has him alive in 1873 flashback when jem and will meet. he is supposed to have died before the first accords were signed. charlotte and henry are also only engaged in that same 1873 flashback)Â
1872- end of summer, the first accords are signed
1872- charlotte and henry made heads of london institute
1873- will herondale comes to the london instituteÂ
1873-jem carstairs comes to london institute
1872-1878?- buford branwell dies sometime after their engagement and before events of clockwork angel (henryâs mother is also dead by this point)
events of clockwork angel (april-july 1878) (charlotte 22, henry 22)
1878-july/august-charlotte pregnant with charles
events of clockwork prince (july-august) (charlotte 23)
events of clockwork princess (october-december)
1878-Â first portal is built by henry and magnus bane
1878- charlotte elected consul
1879- april- charles fairchild born in londonÂ
1879/1980- fairchilds move out of institute to consulâs house in grosvenors square sometime before wessa wedding in march 1980Â
~1882-1884- fairchilds move main residence from london to the guard in alicante, idris
1886- matthew fairchild is born in idris (charlotte 31)
1888- charlotte re-elected as consul for 2nd term (age 33)
1888-Â whitechapel murders
1892/1893- charles possibly starts at the academyÂ
1894- greater demon stheno is found in scotland and dispatched back to the void by a group of english shadowhunters
1898- charlotte re-elected as consul for 3rd term (age 43)
1899- matthew (age 13) attends shadowhunter academy
1900- matthew is expelled from the academyÂ
1900- fairchilds relocate to london full time
1900- matthew (age 14) and james herondale parabatai ceremonyÂ
1901- january 22nd- charlotte is pregnant/ miscarries (age 45)
1901- charles (age 21) sent to france to be interim head of paris institute for a year
1902-third iteration of the accords
1903-events of the last hours (charlotte 48, henry 47, charles 24, matthew 17)
1908- charlotteâs 3rd consul term ends- hypotheticallyÂ
1910-henry (age 58) writes memoir a whoops and a bang
1914-?? henry begins long collaboration with iron sisters
1937- elderly charlotte (age 82) with âsons and daughtersâ is present at willâs death, henry (possibly deceased?? would be age 81)
heâs promised charlotte that by his birthday next year he will have invented a contraption which not only keeps the rain away and doesnât turn inside out in the wind but it will also provide warmth to use on those cold, wet days whilst waiting for spring!
He had a lovely face. Equally as lovely eyes. They were perfectly hazel; the inner ring of his irises starting out a pleasant bright umber sort of color, turning darker as it spread out, deep, and rich bringing to mind chestnuts, chocolate, and the bark on an old oak tree. Spots of gold and flecks of green seemed to litter the brown indiscriminately.
A triangle of gold in his left eye caught Charlottes attention. It was the exact gold of fresh honey- so sweet and warm she would have been content to stare forever, though even in that moment her eyes trailed downwards, wandering over his pale skin.
It seemed every inch of his face had some smattering of freckles- darker along his jaw, over his nose and across his cheeks- paling to only just visible where they ran down his neck, then darkening again when they reached his collarbone, disappearing beneath his shirt.
She wished she could count them, memorize them along with the colors in his eyes. She wished she could slip a hand under his shirt, pull it away, run her hands over every hidden freckle and pour over him the way an astronomer poured over the stars, and a cartographer poured over the rivers that carved the land. She wanted him to hold her, run his long fingers along her sides, over her hips and up her ribs, then a little farther up, cling to his shoulders and stay with him until she knew every inch of his skin like she knew the back of her own hands and and he knew her just as well-
âCharlotte?â
His voice snapped her out of her daze, bringing her back to reality- where Henry was looking at her expectantly, if not somewhat nervously. Clearly, he'd asked her a question.
âBeg pardonâ She asked hastily, feeling herself flush with embarrassment âWhat did you say?
âI just-â Henry turned equally as red, but gestured at the chess board  âWould you care for a match?â
âAhâ Charlotte could still feel some heat sticking to her cheeks, but couldn't help but feel her chest warm at the proposal âYes.â
halfway through chain of gold and iâm not gonna rush my re-read, be back w my CoG thoughts while i try and dodge anymore spoilers and hopefully iâll finish chain of thorns by the end of next week
âWhen he was tired, or people were unreasonable, or his little brother wailed outside his door, Christopher remembered the smile on the face of the Shadowhunter he respected most, and Henry saying âCome, Christopher. Take up your best weapon, and fight your best fight.ââÂ
-iâm stressed!!!!! theres no chain of gold audiobook available at any of the 3 libraries iâm a member of and itâs gonna take me too long to read during the week. i want to read CoT when it comes out, i am so bad about staying offline when i know there are spoilers but i want to give myself time to process my re-read. tlh books are so fucking long! thankful but iâm stressed!
- again listened to the audiobook and forgot itâs daniel sharman of teen wolf fame lol but heâs very good! was he another will fancast of the time? does not sing the irish ballads but he has a very nice voice and does all the accents well. does will with a welsh accent, you gotta love it
-this book this book this book. itâs gut punch after gut punch
âthough i am the consul and lead the clave, it seems very much to me that this will go down as the time as charlotte branwell, and my legacy will be lost.â WELL!Â
-consul waylandâs turn is still very abrupt to me, at least how it escalates from clockwork prince. he really turns to comically evil and i feel like weâre getting that with bridgestock. bridgestock has been much more straightforwardly a dick and but still. god will she ever catch a breakÂ
-curse-less will is so heartbreaking and wonderful to see. makes me love dad!will even more. heâs just a goofy guyÂ
-âthat is what it means to be consul, charlotteâ i really think chain of thorns is going to put charlotte into more duty over family/loved ones whether thatâs lucie being charged w something for necromancy or the inquisitor learning about matthewâs secret and forcing her hand in front of everyone to have him punished and to hurt her. i donât think sheâd punish either of them but i do think itâs going to be put in front of her. she will always bend the law for the ones she loves but how long/to what degree is she able to do that and still be consul. iâm scared!!!!!!!
-âeven his tufts of ginger hair radiating anxiety and loveâ charlotte and henry showing small little affection towards each other makes any onlooker have to look away from them almost every time. their power
-canât believe cecily is only in one book and is still such a big presence. gabrily forever! they fucking rock. charlotte gave gabriel one comforting hug and he said ok actually, i would die for you queenÂ
-i love these siblings and i love that tlh is even more about siblings and families
-charlotte interrupting literally every coupleâs tender moments by abruptly swinging the library door open. i canât imagine the institute after clockwork princess, too many couples, everyone had to be secretly making out in corridors constantly
-gewgaws!! gideon writing these letters to the consul about charlottes fake spending habits is soooo funny. lucie needs to ask her uncle gideon to be her editor
-mortmain is a fun villain. itâs almost scarier that heâs just a mortal human man who has twisted technology and dark magic and created something more sinister than a supernatural villain would and his motivations are all very tragic. i like exploring more of the downworlder tension/ shadowhunter relations and how thatâs always an undercurrent of all these series
-bridget daly what the hell are you, sister
-the cadair idris battle scene kills me every time every time! âi am not mad! he is alive! he is alive and i will not leave him!â henry and charles both have been brought back from the brink of death by warlock magic and if charlotte has to also hold matthew while heâs injured and dying, iâll lose it. no more gravely injured fairchilds!Â
-it does feel like this book has about 6 different endings but i kind of always love that about tsc books. the big climax/battle is almost in the middle of the book and thereâs plenty of fallout. like as much as there will always be angst and people we love dying, cc will always give us so many small sweet scenes as a balm. not that CoT will end happy per say but thatâs a long fucking book. christmas at the institute is so so beautiful and i am dreading this christmas party at the institute where âterrible things happensâ
-do you think callida fairchild died at the clockwork attack at the council meeting
-the god damn epilogue....nothing has messed me up quite the same way since. traumatizing truly. herongreystairs really is something else. tessa leaving really makes me cry cry cry. i know willâs death scene is not to be referenced for any tlh outcome anymore but âfairchild sons and daughters with curling red hair like henryâs had once beenâ i choose to believe this not referencing henry being dead but actually henryâs hair is just grey at that point
ââthe last time i saw you this shocked was when that iblis demon was sending christopher love lettersâ âi have a dark charm.â said christopher sadly.â *
While his sister ran wild playing with their cousins Kit was often quite content to watch quietly in his mothers arms or sit breaking apart one of his toys
-ok iâm so not gonna finish my re-read in time even with audiobooks unless i do literally nothing this weekend- godspeed to all trying to re-read at this point
-i listened to the audiobook for this one which is sad bc itâs my favorite tsc book and probably my one of my top favorites of all time but itâs also nice to listen to. ed westwick who is cancelled but really was the will fancast of the time and they have him do all the will scenes and the poetry quotes between chapters and itâs unfortunately quite good. i also like him reading the magnus chapters. the female narrator gets points for literally singing all of bridgetâs irish ballads but loses a few for making charlotte sound like mrs. potts
-i love this fucking book! everyone is kissing everyone everyone is freaking out and the full angst hasnât set in yet
-you knooooooow i love the charlotte and henry confession scene. i could quote it. those two are it, theyâre everything. if they donât have some semblance of happiness and also twin girls by the end of chain of thorns i s2g...
- âi married you because-because i knew i wouldn't mind how difficult directing this place was, or how badly the clave treated me, if I knew yours would be the last face i saw every night before i went to sleepâ why does this part get me the most! how were they so lonely for 4 years! they make me want to sob! itâs enough to just be around each other even though thatâs so painfulÂ
-cc really put her whole ass into this love triangle. thereâs nothing like it never had been never will be, it transcends
-woolsey darling
-the trip to york- everything with aloysius and his granddaughter. i like seeing other institutes. also the fallout of the accords and certain shadowhunterâs reluctance to follow them/ having spoils. the accords are still so new at this point and itâs so interesting to me
- âit was a rare and novel thrill when henry gave ordersâ
-this is such a good second bookÂ
-is cyril in the last hours?? i wonder where he ended up. are mundane servants allowed to work in houses in idris? he should have a little sceneÂ
-i looOOooove the brothers lightwood. gideon really is that girlie who studies abroad for 6 months and makes it their whole personalityÂ
- charlotte- when she kicks a fucking stone wall in the council chamber â„ when she has to interrogate jessie with the mortal sword then bursts out in tears ℠when the hell did she have time to get tessa a new wardrobe â„ âitâs my plan nowâ â„ mother
-sooooo many mentions of the chain of gold/iron/thorns/flowers dickens quote in these books
