Thousands of years ago, the Angel Raziel mixed his blood with the blood of men and created the race of the Nephilim. Human-angel hybrids, they walk among us, unseen but ever-present, our invisible protectors.
They call themselves Shadowhunters.
The Shadowhunters obey the laws set down in the Gray Book, given to them by the angel: their mandate is to protect our world from the interdimensional parasites they call demons, who travel from world to world, razing and destroying everything in their path. Theirs is also the task of keeping the peace among the warring Downworlders: the human-demon crossbreeds we know as warlocks, vampires, werewolves, and faeries.
In their duties they are aided by the mysterious Silent Brothers. Their lips and eyes sewn shut, the Silent Brothers rule over the City of Bones, the necropolis below the streets of Manhattan that holds the dead bodies of slain Shadowhunters. The Silent Brothers keep the archival records of ever Shadowhunter ever born. They also watch over the Mortal Instruments, the three divine objects the Angel Raziel gave to his children. One is a sword. One is a mirror. And the last is a cup.
For a thousand years, the Nephilim have protected the Mortal Instruments. But that was before the Uprising, the civil war that almost tore the Shadowhunters' secret world apart. Though Valentine, the Shadowhunter who started the war, is long dead, the wounds it left behind have never healed.
Fifteen years have passed since the Uprising. It's August in New York; the streets blistering with heat. Rumors run rampant through Downworld that Valentine is back, at the head of an army of Forsaken warriors
People are beginning to notice some changes in their world and more Downworlders are beginning to rise. The Shadowhunters have their work cut out for them, keeping the world in check and balance. Power is slowly turning to Valentine...
Now Valentine's son, Jace Wayland who is known to be rough around the edges and slightly on the sarcastic side has given up the search for his father to ultimately kill him. There is just too much work to do in the New York base he lives at and he can't keep allowing others to pick up his work for him. Jace is aware that a Shadowhunter new to the region named Hope is supposed to turn up soon and he was elected to show her around and get her used to the way things were run in New York. Everyone knows that Jace Wayland doesn't fall in love...but he just might with this new girl around. Hope is in the air.
They call themselves Shadowhunters.
The Shadowhunters obey the laws set down in the Gray Book, given to them by the angel: their mandate is to protect our world from the interdimensional parasites they call demons, who travel from world to world, razing and destroying everything in their path. Theirs is also the task of keeping the peace among the warring Downworlders: the human-demon crossbreeds we know as warlocks, vampires, werewolves, and faeries.
In their duties they are aided by the mysterious Silent Brothers. Their lips and eyes sewn shut, the Silent Brothers rule over the City of Bones, the necropolis below the streets of Manhattan that holds the dead bodies of slain Shadowhunters. The Silent Brothers keep the archival records of ever Shadowhunter ever born. They also watch over the Mortal Instruments, the three divine objects the Angel Raziel gave to his children. One is a sword. One is a mirror. And the last is a cup.
For a thousand years, the Nephilim have protected the Mortal Instruments. But that was before the Uprising, the civil war that almost tore the Shadowhunters' secret world apart. Though Valentine, the Shadowhunter who started the war, is long dead, the wounds it left behind have never healed.
Fifteen years have passed since the Uprising. It's August in New York; the streets blistering with heat. Rumors run rampant through Downworld that Valentine is back, at the head of an army of Forsaken warriors
People are beginning to notice some changes in their world and more Downworlders are beginning to rise. The Shadowhunters have their work cut out for them, keeping the world in check and balance. Power is slowly turning to Valentine...
Now Valentine's son, Jace Wayland who is known to be rough around the edges and slightly on the sarcastic side has given up the search for his father to ultimately kill him. There is just too much work to do in the New York base he lives at and he can't keep allowing others to pick up his work for him. Jace is aware that a Shadowhunter new to the region named Hope is supposed to turn up soon and he was elected to show her around and get her used to the way things were run in New York. Everyone knows that Jace Wayland doesn't fall in love...but he just might with this new girl around. Hope is in the air.
