50 Fun Facts About Shadowhunters

Which actor, known as Old Spice's 'The Man Your Man Could Smell Like', plays Luke Garroway in Shadowhunters?

Isaiah Mustafa spent years on NFL practice squads before turning to acting, and the 2010 Old Spice campaign brought him sudden fame.

Which bond between two warriors links Jace and Alec in Shadowhunters, and is used to track Jace in season two?

Parabatai are bonded fighting partners; when Alec uses the bond to find Jace on Valentine's ship, the risky tracking leaves him comatose.

Which actor and dancer, Mike Chang in Glee, went on to play warlock Magnus Bane in Shadowhunters?

Harry Shum Jr. joined the cast in May 2015 and was later voted Male TV Star of 2018 at the People's Choice Awards for the role.

Which Canadian city stood in for New York during filming of the Freeform series Shadowhunters?

Toronto was the main base for the shoot, which began in nearby Mississauga in May 2015.

Which blend of two Shadowhunters characters' names is both a season one episode title and a Teen Choice Liplock nominee?

Malec, the fan name for Magnus and Alec, titles the episode in which Alec abandons his own wedding to kiss the warlock in front of the guests.

What do the Shadowhunters of the Freeform series call humans, the people Clary Fray grew up among?

Mundanes is the Shadowhunters' word for humans; in the pilot nobody else in the club can even see the armed strangers Clary follows.

Magnus Bane begins Shadowhunters as High Warlock of which New York borough, a title Lorenzo Rey later takes?

Brooklyn has a new High Warlock in Lorenzo Rey by season three, but Magnus ends the series with a fresh title: High Warlock of Alicante.

Which actress, later Mia Smoak in Arrow, played art student turned demon slayer Clary Fray in Shadowhunters?

Katherine McNamara inherited the part from Lily Collins, who played Clary in the 2013 film, and won a People's Choice Award for it in 2018.

Which name is given to Simon Lewis in Shadowhunters once he can walk in sunlight unlike other vampires?

Daylighter status arrives after the battle at the Institute, where a wounded Simon feeds on Jace; the Seelie Queen later takes a keen interest in it.

Which streaming service carried Shadowhunters outside the US, launching the pilot a day after its Freeform premiere?

Netflix bought the global rights outside the US in December 2015 and presented the show to its subscribers as one of its own originals.

In Shadowhunters season one, the Mortal Cup is hidden inside which object that Luke Garroway keeps in his desk?

A tarot card conceals the Cup, hence the episode title Major Arcana. A demon posing as Jace then tries to take it from Clary, and she kills it.

In Shadowhunters, Jace is jailed in which home of the Silent Brothers, named like the first Mortal Instruments novel?

The City of Bones is also where Clary seeks answers from the Silent Brothers in season one and learns that Valentine is her father.

Jace of Shadowhunters, raised under the name Wayland, learns in season two that he was born into which family?

Herondale blood is revealed by Valentine himself, in a message he sends while body-swapped with Magnus and holding Jace hostage.

Which character does a demon-possessed Alec Lightwood kill at the New York Institute in Shadowhunters season two?

Jocelyn Fairchild dies when a demon that feeds on negative emotions takes over Alec; it then possesses Isabelle, and Clary breaks its hold and kills it.

Which vampire clan leader, a former girlfriend of Magnus Bane, kills Simon Lewis in Shadowhunters season one?

Camille Belcourt is imprisoned for the unlawful death, then demands a signed statement from Simon saying he asked to be turned.

Where in New York is the lair of the vampire clan that kidnaps Simon Lewis in Shadowhunters season one?

Hotel Dumort is where the vampires hold Simon to bargain for the Mortal Cup, and Isabelle gets the way in from her Seelie lover Meliorn.

At which bar does Maia Roberts work in Shadowhunters, the venue for the party after Valentine's death?

The Hunter's Moon is also where Jace begins tagging werewolves with tracking chips in season two and ends up in a fight with Maia.

Which day job does Luke Garroway hold in Shadowhunters, working alongside his fellow werewolf Alaric?

As a police officer, Luke is detained by internal affairs in season one over demonic murders that were really Valentine's work.

Which rogue faction led by Valentine once counted Clary's mother and both Lightwood parents as members in Shadowhunters?

The Circle is a secret his parents kept: Alec only learns they belonged when a visiting Clave envoy lets it slip in season one.

In Shadowhunters season two, Clary draws a portal rune that carries her and Jace to which Shadowhunter home country?

Idris greets them roughly: Lake Lyn there makes Clary hallucinate an angel until Jace and Isabelle find her and cure her.

Lake Lyn is revealed in Shadowhunters season two to be which sacred object, sought by Valentine and Jonathan?

The Mortal Mirror seems at first to be an object Clary's mother hid, but it is destroyed when Clary tries to disarm it, and she realises the lake is the real one.

In Shadowhunters, what does the Soul Sword force on anyone holding it, as Valentine finds while fighting Jace?

Holders find they must tell the truth, so Valentine, gripping the Sword in battle, admits he is not Jace's father after all.

Which drug made from vampire venom does Victor Aldertree give Isabelle Lightwood for a wound in Shadowhunters?

Yin fen leaves Isabelle addicted, and she ends up letting a vampire feed on her to get her fix straight from the source.

Under Lilith's control in Shadowhunters season three, Jace preys on New Yorkers in the guise of which demon?

The Owl can only take Jace over while he sleeps, because his love for Clary is stronger than its love for Lilith, so she has an anti-love potion brewed.

Which biblical symbol, placed on Simon's forehead by the Seelie Queen, banishes Lilith in Shadowhunters season three?

The Mark of Cain hurls back anyone who attacks Simon, so he goads Lilith into striking him and the blast sends her out of this world.

Which Greater Demon, the father of Magnus Bane, takes his son's magic as the price of freeing Jace in Shadowhunters?

Asmodeus later escapes his realm and hands the magic back, but Magnus ends up banishing him to eternal limbo.

Clary's brother Jonathan infiltrates the New York Institute in Shadowhunters season two under which stolen identity?

Sebastian Verlac is a real Shadowhunter whom Jonathan keeps captive in his own apartment, then kills when he escapes to warn a visiting cousin.

Which weapons trainer at the New York Institute steals the Mortal Cup for Valentine in Shadowhunters season one?

Hodge takes the Cup to escape a binding curse, but Valentine denies him protection and Jace cuts off his hand in the fight that follows.

Which Clave envoy, sent to run the New York Institute, accepts Alec Lightwood's marriage proposal in Shadowhunters?

Lydia Branwell takes being left at the altar with grace, and is then attacked while fetching the Mortal Cup from a safe.

What does Clary Fray lose along with her runes as the angels' punishment in the Shadowhunters series finale?

Her memories of the Shadow World vanish with the runes, yet a year later she seems to recognise Jace as he watches her at her own art show.

Which English actor, Christian Ozera in the film Vampire Academy, was the first person cast in Shadowhunters, as Jace?

Dominic Sherwood was announced in April 2015, and in 2022 he launched a rewatch podcast, Return to the Shadows, with the actress who played Clary.

Which Modern Family star played a new form of the Seelie Queen for a guest arc in Shadowhunters season two?

Sarah Hyland was dating the actor who played Jace at the time; the two had worked together on the film Vampire Academy.

Which tool do Shadowhunters use to draw their runes, one Clary steals from a French Shadowhunter to call for help?

A stele is what Shadowhunters draw runes with; Clary's theft in Paris fails when Jonathan catches her and kills the tool's owner.

Which singer performs This Is the Hunt, written for Shadowhunters as its opening theme song?

Ruelle is the stage name of Maggie Eckford, who wrote the theme with Jeff Bowman, and more of her songs turn up elsewhere in the series.

Where did Shadowhunters win the prize for Outstanding Drama Series in 2017, beating Grey's Anatomy and Supergirl?

The GLAAD Media Awards prize was the show's only win in the category; nominations in each of the next three years came to nothing.

Which studio, which optioned the Mortal Instruments novels for the 2013 movie, went on to produce Shadowhunters?

Constantin Film saw a planned film sequel cancelled when the first movie failed to recoup its budget, then announced the television reboot in 2014.

Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer, showrunners of Shadowhunters from season two, had earlier run which superhero series?

Smallville veterans Slavkin and Swimmer were hired in August 2016, the same month original showrunner Ed Decter left over creative differences.

Which star of The Vampire Diaries directed Day of Atonement, a season two episode of Shadowhunters?

Paul Wesley, who played Stefan Salvatore, directed the episode in which Clary and Jace portal to Lake Lyn in search of Valentine.

Which Broadway star of Hamilton played Lorenzo Rey, the warlock rival of Magnus Bane, in Shadowhunters season three?

Javier Muñoz held the title role in Hamilton on Broadway until January 2018, two months before the season that introduced Lorenzo began airing.

Which Canadian actor, King Henry in the series Reign, played the villain Valentine Morgenstern in Shadowhunters?

Alan van Sprang inherited a villain played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the 2013 film, and both men had earlier appeared in The Tudors.

Which Greater Demon, in New York hunting the Mortal Cup, swaps the bodies of Magnus and Valentine in Shadowhunters?

Azazel is vanquished before the spell can be undone, so Magnus, stuck in his enemy's body, is tortured in Valentine's place.

Which demon realm, ruled by Lilith, does Magnus Bane enter to close a rift opened in Alicante in Shadowhunters?

Edom does not outlast the series: when Isabelle disintegrates Lilith there in the finale, the whole realm is destroyed with her.

Which angel, summoned by Valentine at Lake Lyn in Shadowhunters, grants Clary's wish to bring Jace back to life?

Raziel's wish becomes a secret Clary and Jace keep from the Clave, and she is sentenced to death once it comes out.

Which order, home to Luke's sibling Cleophas, tests Clary and Isabelle for demon impurities in Shadowhunters?

The Iron Sisters admit Clary, but Isabelle fails the trial because the drug she has been taking is made from vampire venom.

Which Catholic vampire and former clan leader is delighted when a serum makes him human in Shadowhunters season three?

Raphael Santiago is injected as a prisoner of the Clave, where a secret project planned to dose every Downworlder with the same serum.

Maia Roberts kills the vampire Heidi in Shadowhunters by injecting herself with what before letting Heidi feed?

Holy water in Maia's veins is her revenge for the bloodshed at the Jade Wolf, which Heidi provoked by playing vampires and werewolves off against each other.

Which spellbook, said by a dying Ragnor Fell to hold the cure, wakes Clary's mother in Shadowhunters season one?

The Book of the White turns up hidden in a vampire's apartment, and the heroes are ambushed by Valentine's followers the moment they find it.

What name does Shadowhunters give the creatures Valentine sends against Luke's pack and the Institute in season one?

Forsaken prove stranger than they look: when Isabelle runs a pathology test on a dead one, she finds it has angel blood.

Which senior Clave post does Alec Lightwood hold a year after his wedding in the Shadowhunters series finale?

Inquisitor had been Imogen's post until her death; in the same epilogue Isabelle takes over from Alec as head of the Institute.

Magnus Bane's father turns High Warlock Lorenzo Rey into which animal to reclaim his son's home in Shadowhunters?

A lizard is what Lorenzo becomes after taking the apartment as his price for lending Magnus magic, which Magnus's body then rejected.