![]() His plan was foiled, however, with the combined efforts of the few members of the London Enclave and the warlock Magnus Bane. ![]() In 1878, the Shadowhunters of the London Institute faced the Magister and his clockwork army, whose intent was to create a formidable new race of half-Nephilim, half-demon beings, with the first of their kind, Tessa Gray, capable of several unknowable abilities-one of which was the power to Change when the demon parent is an Eidolon. In 1872, the Shadowhunters signed the first of the Accords, becoming the first step in the peace negotiations with the Downworld populace. This topic is taught in History lessons at the Shadowhunter Academy. Demon plagueĪt one point, a demonic plague almost wiped out the Shadowhunters. The 11th and 13th centuries are also cited by the Shadowhunter's Codex as the beginning and peak, respectively, of the promotion of the race of the Nephilim, when new members were being sought for and recruited after the death of the first Shadowhunters, and the two points in time pointed out as when the first edition of the Codex was written, the first being the time given in the presumption that the Codex was written by Jonathan Shadowhunter, and the second estimated based on modern research and dating techniques. Their children, and their children's children, inherited their parents' angelic blood and became Nephilim themselves.įor some reason, undisclosed at this point, 1234 is a significant date among Shadowhunters: along with the Nephilim motto, the date is inscribed on the base of the statue by the entrance to the Silent City in New York. They soon became known as Shadowhunters, after Jonathan, the first of their kind. Soon, more men and women drank from the cup and became Nephilim warriors themselves. ![]() Raziel then gave Jonathan the other two Mortal Instruments, the Gray Book, and the fitting name of Shadowhunter as a symbol of his transformation. Seeing the honesty and nobility of his wish, the angel obliged and mixed his blood with that of Jonathan in the Mortal Cup, a mixture he let Jonathan drink. Jonathan begged Raziel to help save humanity. During the times when the Crusades first began, particularly believed to be some time in the winter months, a crusader named Jonathan called on Raziel. ![]() Those who drank the Angel's blood became Shadowhunters, as did their children and their children's children.Ī thousand years ago, shortly after 1000 AD, the Earth was invaded by hordes of demons. A warlock summoned the Angel Raziel, who mixed some of his own blood with the blood of men in a cup, and gave it to those men to drink. The legend of the origin of Shadowhunters is that they were created more than a thousand years ago, when humans were being overrun by demon invasions from the other worlds. The Angel Raziel and Jonathan Shadowhunter. In the Shadowhunter's Codex, the Angel Raziel is said to have named Jonathan and his new breed after the Nephilim of the Bible, even making references as such, though this too is unknown as no official records exists of what exactly happened that day. In the Bible, the Nephilim were the offspring of humans and angels, although it is unknown if they really existed or not. In the Bible they were the offspring of humans and angels. ![]()
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