#the shadowhunter's codex

[beclynn-herondale]

"Jace is considered the most awesome material to make a Shadowhunter out of." - Clary in The Shadowhunter Codex

And I imagine this was Jace afterwards 😳 but he tried to hide it

Also Clary is smooth 😏

[khaleesiofalicante]

Dani reads tsc - The Shadowhunter’s Codex

I didn’t live-blog this one but here are some interesting tidbits I found during my re-read. 

Henry collaborated with the iron sisters to work on a secret experiment. There are apparently no records about this and I am intrigued as to what chaos this man created in the citadel. I also love how the iron sisters were basically like “fuck all men except henry branwell.”

In the anecdotes, Jace mentions Alec is an expert in ‘Agility and Grace’ and I am honestly shooketh cause are you sure, Jace? This bitch? He fell off the stairs after making out with his boyfriend for the first time. Agility and Grace, my ass!

Jace also mentions he is an expert ‘Blending and Concealment’ which is the ability to pass off as a mundane and I am over here like YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT A MANGO LOOKS LIKE OMG!!!

Under weaknesses of demons, the codex cites the following example - compulsive need to count individual grains of spilled rice. YA’LL SOME DEMONS HAVE OCD!?!!?!

There is a type of demon called Kuri - which are spider demons that are large, shiny, black with eight pincer-tipped arms and fangs extending from their eye sockets - I hope Alec never has to fight one of these omg!!

The backstory about the Cluj institute in the 15th century, the vampire plague and the rise of Transylvania is SUPER interesting. I would definitely love to read more about this. 

I fucking hate how the codex fails to mention Magnus’ name and his contribution to making the portals. He is only mentioned as “a warlock whose name history unfortunately does not record.” Hmmm very unfortunate indeed - and rather convenient too. It makes me wonder how many other downworld contributions have been overlooked and ignored by the clave. 

Other than The Secret Treasons - one prequel I wouldn’t mind reading would be the Nephilim would be the nephilim origins. I would LOVE to read about Jonathan, David and Abigail - they are original precious himbo, cinnamon roll and bamf combination. 

The first time Raziel rose from Lake Lyn, he asked Jonathan Shadowhunter what he wanted and the man wanted the angel to help his friends (David and Abigail) who were dying. I think this is a nice parallel to Clary asking Raziel to save Jace in the exact same place. NICELY DONE, CLARE. 

I am also super interested in reading about the Hunts and Schism that happened during the medieval period. The witch hunts and massacre of the werewolves was absolutely horrible. I hate that the clave is like “oh we must talk about this we cannot ignore our bad deeds” but then only gives  a basic outline of what happened. TELL ME MORE, CODEX!!!

The Codex specifically mentions DO NOT DOODLE in the Notes Area and Clary did exactly the opposite of that. It has really cool art of our faves btw. 

Simon writing fanfiction for Jonathan Shadowhunter and David the Silent - We Stan!!

[sabbylina]

"In you dream you saw great truth - that to destroy the things of darkness, it is sometimes necessary to decend into the shadows to join them."

~The Shadowhunter's Codex

[dayscrazed]

"You'll never understand us from reading a book" Will had said, but that wasn't the point really. He didn't know what books meant to her, that books were symbols of the truth and meaning, that this one acknowledged that she existed and that there were others like her in the world. Holding it in her hands made Tessa feel that everything had happened to her in the past six weeks was real- more real even than living through it had been.

Tessa Gray and the Shadowhunter’s Codex, Clockwork Angel page 98

[shadowhunterworld]

Queen of Air and Darkness Theory

Hey there! This theory is pretty long so bear with me. It was made with the help of my real life parabatai @nephilim-rule.

What if there used to be only one court? Here is why we think so. The symbol of the unseelie court is a broken crown so it used to be whole. Also, the names Seelie and Unseelie are almost the same. Maybe the court had a totally different name, and when they split up they called their own courts the Seelie and Unseelie courts. We believe there used to be only one court, which the name of was lost to time(but it could also be the Seelie or Unseelie court, which would mean the present courts were inspired by it) because in the name of the novel Queen of Air and Darkness, the air could represent the Seelie court and Darkness for the Unseelie (like the lord of shadows represents the unseelie King).

You may ask who was that Queen? Why would they have split? Well, it’s here that it gets really interesting.

If you look in your Shadowhunter Codex (p.108), you may find the Unseelie Queen (the reason why we think there used to be only  the Unseelie court, or unnamed court, but the Shadowhunters probably made a mistake and it was lost to time)

Who is she? We believe it’s the mother of the Unseelie King and the Seelie Queen. Where is the proof? Well, if you look at the drawings of the Seelie and Unseelie Queens, they do look alike and the patterns in the two queens’ dresses resemble each other quite a bit. The fact that the styles match suggest a common history. 

The Unseelie Queen is standing, while her daughter is sitting, which shows her superiority over her daughter. But one of the most convincing things is that the Unseelie queen has a bigger crown, while the Seelie Queen has a smaller one, like the tiara of a princess. We all know that the Seelie Queen has red hair, and the snippet of the cover that Cassandra Clare just released has red hair, which is why most of the people assume that it will be the Seelie Queen on the cover. But what if it was her mother, the Queen of the original court? She would probably have the same color of hair as her daughter, especially if it’s red. If you still think our theory is irrelevant now, than explain to us why there is a picture of a queen we’ve never heard of before in the codex, the official shadowhunter guide.

But why did they split?

We believe that when their mother died (maybe from old age, or maybe one of her children murdered her for power), the Seelie Queen and the Unseelie King both wanted the power. So they split up and made their own courts with their own supporters. This is why the Seelie Queen is always trying to gain more power, like she did during the Dark War when she sided with Sebastian. The reason nobody can remember that this all happened is quite simple.This happened a very long time ago, maybe even before the birth of the Nephilim. It would have been easily lost in history if not properly recorded in the shadowhunter books, or if these documents were tampered by faeries. After all, they are an ancient and cunning race that has always been thirsty for power.

[albaillustration]

Clary Fray - this was a sample I created to get an illustration job back in 2012 and it was successful! Was very happy to be one of the illustrators to work on the #shadowhunterscodex by #cassandraclare

[spark-circuit]

Found The Shadowhunter's Codex in Waterstones for £8 while checking to see if they had any Be More Chill books in stock - don't know much about the series outside of that it apparently had a TV show and a (cancelled) movie or something, but I'm only about 12 pages in roughly and I'm enjoying the information and the tiny notes from the characters. I know there's a main story series that I've heard is good, so I might look into that if I like this book enough.

[poems-quotes-etc]

The Shadowhunter’s Codex Quote 3

Whither thou goest, I will go;

Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried:

The Angel do so to me, and more also,

If aught but death part thee and me.

Page 50 hardcover

(adaptation of Ruth 1:16)