50 Fun Facts About The Mortal Instruments

What is Cassandra Clare's real name?

She was born Judith Rumelt, daughter of business professor Richard Rumelt.

How many novels make up The Mortal Instruments?

City of Bones opened the series in March 2007 and City of Heavenly Fire closed it in 2014.

What are the angelic demon-hunters of the series called?

Ordinary humans are "mundanes" or "mundies".

What is the recurring motto of the Shadowhunter Chronicles?

It explains why vampires, werewolves, faeries and warlocks all turn up in the books.

Where is Clary when she first sees Shadowhunters at the start of City of Bones?

She is there with Simon when she witnesses a killing no one else can see.

What is the Shadowhunters' New York headquarters called?

Jace takes Clary there to meet Isabelle, Alec and their tutor Hodge.

What object does Jace use to prove Clary has Shadowhunter blood?

Steles draw the runes that give Shadowhunters their powers and leave Nephilim unharmed.

Which sacred object does Clary's mother hide in City of Bones?

Clary eventually finds it hidden inside one of Madame Dorothea's tarot cards.

What does Simon turn into after drinking a blue potion at Magnus's party?

He ignored Isabelle's warning; the episode leads the gang to the vampires' Hotel Dumort.

Where does Jace take Clary for a midnight picnic on her sixteenth birthday?

He kisses her there, before the twist about their parentage derails everything.

Which demon possesses Madame Dorothea in City of Bones?

It tries to seize the Cup once Clary retrieves it from the tarot card.

Who betrays the Shadowhunters by handing the Cup and Jace to Valentine?

The tutor wants the curse that confines him to the Institute lifted.

What special ability does Clary have?

Valentine gave her angel blood in the womb as an experiment.

Under which false identity did Valentine raise Jace?

Valentine had actually killed the real Wayland years earlier.

Who is Jace's biological father?

He was raised by the Lightwoods at the Institute after Valentine faked his death.

Who is Jace's parabatai?

Alec believes he is in love with Jace in City of Bones before his relationship with Magnus.

What weapon does Isabelle Lightwood carry?

Her brother Alec's weapon of choice is the bow and arrow.

What is Simon transformed into in City of Ashes?

He stops ageing and stays physically 16 for the rest of the series.

What does Simon become after drinking Jace's blood in City of Ashes?

The term means a vampire who can tolerate sunlight.

Who is the Inquisitor who has Jace imprisoned in City of Ashes?

Unknown to her at first, she is Jace's grandmother.

In which country is the Shadowhunter capital Alicante?

City of Glass moves the action there from New York.

Which Lightwood sibling is killed by Sebastian in City of Glass?

Max was the youngest of the family.

Which angel does Valentine try to raise at Lake Lyn?

Because Jace's blood was used, the angel kills Valentine and grants Clary's wish to bring Jace back.

What does Alec do in front of his parents in City of Glass?

It is how he comes out to them.

What is Magnus Bane's title?

He is roughly 800 years old but looks 19, and is described as glittery.

Who is Magnus Bane's demon father?

His mother was an unnamed Indonesian woman.

What does Magnus do for Clary every two years on Jocelyn's orders?

The block stops her seeing the Shadow World until it fails at the start of the series.

How did Luke Garroway become a werewolf?

He had been Valentine's parabatai and second-in-command of the Circle.

What was the Circle?

Jocelyn joined it when she was young.

What is Jocelyn's surname Fray a blend of?

It honours her maiden name and Tessa Gray, heroine of the prequel trilogy.

What did Valentine feed Jocelyn while she was pregnant with Jonathan?

It made their first son a monster; Clary got angel blood instead.

Which demon is behind the events of City of Fallen Angels?

She has been alive since the beginning of time and uses a rune to control Jace.

What does Clary draw on Simon that kills anyone who attacks him?

It is tested repeatedly in City of Fallen Angels.

Who is the main antagonist of the final two books?

Clary's brother Jonathan Christopher was born with demon blood.

What is the hellish demon realm the heroes enter in City of Heavenly Fire?

They force the Seelie Queen to send them there to confront Sebastian.

What does Simon trade to a demon so his friends can escape Edom?

He becomes human again with no memory of the Shadow World, later training at the Shadowhunter Academy.

Which future series lead appears as a child in City of Heavenly Fire?

She and Julian Blackthorn are interrogated with the Mortal Sword, setting up The Dark Artifices.

What are the Shadowhunters corrupted by Sebastian called?

He creates them with the Infernal Cup.

Where is the prequel trilogy The Infernal Devices set?

Tessa Gray, Will Herondale and Jem Carstairs live at the London Institute.

What is the first Infernal Devices book called?

Clockwork Prince and Clockwork Princess followed in 2011 and 2013.

What is the sequel trilogy set five years after The Mortal Instruments called?

Lady Midnight, Lord of Shadows and Queen of Air and Darkness ran from 2016 to 2018.

The Bane Chronicles novellas were co-written with Sarah Rees Brennan and which author?

The ten stories cover Magnus's life before the main series, starting with "What Really Happened in Peru".

Which author's faerie characters cross over into City of Ashes?

Val and Luis from Black's Valiant appear, and Black's Ironside mentions the Mortal Cup in return.

Who played Clary in the 2013 film City of Bones?

She was cast in December 2010; Jamie Campbell Bower won the role of Jace.

Who directed the City of Bones film?

Jessica Postigo wrote the script.

How did the City of Bones film perform at the box office?

The planned City of Ashes sequel was delayed and then cancelled.

On which network did the Shadowhunters TV series premiere in January 2016?

Its pilot drew the network's largest audience in more than two years.

Who played Clary in Shadowhunters?

Dominic Sherwood was the first cast member announced, as Jace.

How many episodes did Shadowhunters run for?

Freeform cancelled it in June 2018 but ordered two extra episodes to wrap up the story; the finale aired May 6, 2019.

Which awards body honoured Shadowhunters for its LGBTQ representation?

It also won six Teen Choice Awards and five People's Choice Awards.