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aratilightwood · 5 years

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The cruelty of the shadowhunters - part one

This is a short story I’ve written. I am open to any feedback, and requests of writing prompts from ‘the shadowhunter chronicles’.

This is written at the request of @emilyfairchild. It concerns the parabatai curse as well as the search for the black volume of the dead.

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London 1857

The morning sunlight hit the council hall windows as the consul watched the London enclave gather for their unplanned meeting.

Josiah Wayland observed the familiar faces of those who were well-known amongst the clave.

Granville Fairchild looked grave and troubled. Benedict Lightwood had a frown upon his face, as he tried to comfort his wife while she wept against his chest. Aloysius Starkweather had a look of impatience, ready to finish the meeting before it even began. Lastly, behind them all was Eloisa Ravenscar, silent and looking at feet as soft tears ran down her face.

Once everyone had taken their seat the consul began, ‘bring forth the evidence, Fairchild.’

Granville stood up and moved towards the consul, while he fiddled with something inside the pocket of his coat and handed it to him.

Inquisitor Whitelaw, who stood behind the consul, observed and read the letter. ‘So it is true than... Silas Pangborn committed suicide because he was in love with his parabatai?’

There was a cacophony of gasps around the council hall, as if no one could believe what had happened.

‘It is indeed what has happened, a tragic situation,’ the consul replied.

‘Tragic?’ Aloysius barked. ‘We should be glad the man didn’t fall in love with a downworlder, how disastrous that would be!’

‘There’s no need to be insensitive Aloysius. The Lightwoods and the Pangborns are still in mourning. If you cannot be civil, you will be escorted from the council hall’ the inquisitor claimed with displeasure.

‘That authority lies with the consul, not the inquisitor’ Aloysius bit back.

‘That’s enough, both of you!’ The consul began, ‘the question remains... should Eloisa be punished for the crime?’

‘Crime? You call love a crime?’ Eloisa stared, looking accusingly at the consul. The tears on her face seemed to have dried.

‘You know the law as well as anyone else,’ the consul looked unsympathetic, ‘especially the law regarding parabatai.’

Eloisa’s lips thinned and she stared stonily ahead.

‘If I may consul,’ the voice was Granville’s, ‘the punishment for parabatai falling in love is exile from each other and the clave...’

‘Indeed...’ the consul began

‘Well, Silas is dead. Isn’t that punishment enough? What good would it do to exile and strip Eloisa of her runes, if the law is no longer being broken?’ Granville Asked.

‘To set an example for future generations of parabatai, the law is hard but it is the law!’ Claimed Aloysius firmly.

The inquisitor had a look of complete loathing as he regarded Aloysius.

‘I agree with Granville,’ said Benedict finally contributing to the meeting, ‘no one will forget what’s happened between Eloisa and Silas, that should serve as a warning to the nephilim.’

‘Very well, We should have a vote.’ The consul claimed. ‘all those in favour of exiling Eloisa from the society of the nephilim for her crime, say Aye!’

Few nephilim on the council had responded, and Aloysius looked displeased with the outcome.

‘All those in favour of pardoning Eloisa for her crime now that Silas is dead, say aye!’ The consul said.

A large majority of the nephilim agreed and the consul said finally, ‘Eloisa Ravenscar please stand.’

Eloisa stood up and looked towards the consul.

The consul began, ‘Count yourself lucky that you remain amongst the nephilim, despite the crime you committed.’

He than turned his attention towards the rest of the hall, ‘and to all of you, do not perceive this verdict as a form of leniency from the clave. The law is indeed hard, but it is the law!’

The consul stood up and prepared to leave, ‘you are now dismissed!’

...

The consul spent the the rest of the day surrounded by papers, mostly about the impending accords.

He didn’t look up when the inquisitor came into his office looking solemn, ‘consul may we discuss the matter of today’s council meeting?’

‘What matter?’ The consul questioned. ‘You were there. It’s all been settled.’

The inquisitor sat himself opposite the consul at his desk and looked at him gravely.

‘Josiah,’ he began. ‘I think it’s time the nephilim know the truth.’

The consul abandoned the papers and his full attention was on the inquisitor, ‘the truth about what, Victor?’

‘The dangers of parabatai relationships.’ The inquisitor replied.

‘No, absolutely not.’ The consul was curt.

‘Maybe not all the nephilim need to be aware, Josiah, perhaps only the institute heads,’ the inquisitor reasoned.

‘No one apart from the elite members being: myself, you and the silent brothers are allowed to know about it,’ the consul said.

‘But if you just consider,’ the inquisitor began

‘No harm was done today.’ The consul interrupted. ‘Silas Pangborn had committed suicide before things got out of hand. There’s no reason why anyone needs to know what could have happened if he were still alive.’

‘I understand why you would want to keep it secret. Nephilim developing warlock abilities. That sort of power would be appealing to most people. But why not warn them just about the bad aspects: disfiguring, turning into monsters and becoming unrecognisable. We cannot allow them to live in ignorant harmony, when they should be aware of the curse.’ The inquisitor explained.

‘Curse.’ The consul scoffed. ‘There is no curse.’

‘But consul,’ the inquisitor looked confused.

‘Its all a lie told by the first consul of the nephilim that ever lived, Victor.’ The consul began. ‘Being in love with your parabatai won’t turn you into an unrecognisable monster, it only enhances your abilities.’

‘But why?’ The inquisitor looked betrayed, as if the consul should have told him this before. ‘Why keep the pretence of the curse? Why make Eros forbidden to parabatai?’

‘The nephilim has always been afraid of what they do not understand, Victor. It will do one no good to know about this. There will be many questions, riots and unrest.’

‘Than we will answer those questions, control those riots and avoid the unrest. People should know.’ The inquisitor pleaded.

‘No victor, no one can know and that is my decision. You should respect that.’ The consul claimed.

The inquisitor did not reply immediately, but stood up and made his way to the office door.

‘It seems that you too are afraid of what you do not understand, Josiah,’ the inquisitor said finally and closed the door behind him.

The consul stared furiously at the closed door and returned to his papers with a troubled expression.

#cassandra clare #the shadowhunter chronicles #the dark artifices #lady midnight #lord of shadows #qoaad #josiah wayland #victor whitelaw #granville fairchild #benedict lightwood #barbara lightwood #eloisa ravenscar #silas pangborn #aloysius starkweather #parabatai curse

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thomastair · 7 years

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Parabatai Bond Theory

lmao this is going to be a mess so bear with me

So I was thinking about how the parabatai bond starts going into affect and I remembered the mention of Eloisa Ravenscar and Silas Pangborn in Clockwork Prince. What we know about them so far is that- Silas took his own life and Eloisa died after. From what we know about the parabatai bond it seems likely that she died because Silas died. Since the parabatai bond strengthens to the point where Julian started drowning when Emma did, we can assume your death kills your parabatai.

Fast forward to LoS when Mark and Cristina are talking about faerie bonds.

“A binding spell like that can tie two people together and send one of them mad, make them drown themselves and pull the other in after them.”

wow a reference to drowning (could be a coincidence but maybe not). “A binding spell like that.” Maybe this is a nod to all powerful binding spells when love is involved, including the parabatai bond.

So assuming one of them goes mad I think it’s safe to say that the curse is already starting affect Julian. He was acting a lot more intense in LoS while Emma doesn’t seem to be effected yet.

So based on this information we know that:

parabatai fall in love and mutually recognize it and are happy for a short while

curse starts going into effect on one of the parabatai

we don’t know what happens between here and the end but we’re assuming it’s bad because of all the “go mad and destroy everyone around them”

one parabatai (Julian) loses it completely and either kills everyone they love (and themselves in the process) or kills themselves

other parabatai (Emma) dies as well because of the parabatai bond EMMA AND JULIAN’S FUTURE ISN’T LOOKING GOOD GUYS

#parabatai #theory #blackstairs #the dark artifices #lady midnight #lord of shadows #lord of shadows spoilers #queen of air and darkness #the parabatai curse #the shadowhunter chronicles #emma carstairs #julian blackthorn #silas pangborn #eloisa ravenscar

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lightwood-less · 7 years

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the only pair of parabatai I gave a shit about was silas and Eloisa cause I wanna know how a dude and a girl came to be parabatai in the 1800s!! I remember how cecily says that she wants to see girls becoming parabatai but what about Eloisa??? lucie and cordy is another pair I care about but I just know that matthew and James are going to claim the spotlight they are so unnecessary just stop

#silas pangborn #eloisa ravenscar #cordelia carstairs #lucie herondale #matthew fairchild #james herondale #the infernal devices #the last hours #tid #tlh #mine #text

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ladyhindsight · 2 years

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Ok but what's with the parabatai pairs and being in love with the same girl/each other? :/

Like the ONLY parabatai pair who isn't like this is Alec and Jace, and I guess that's because they have different sexualities. (Like, I'm sure if Jace was gay CC would have made BOTH him and Alec fall for Magnus or some shit like that lmao 🤣🤣🤣 and I wonder who would've gotten him since we definitely don't know who's CC's favorite 👀👀👀 )

But seriously, take a look:

Will and Jem: in love with Tessa

Matthew and James: in love with Cordelia

Luke and Valentine: in love with Jocelyn

Emma and Julian: in love with each other (cause they're the only opposite-sex pair so there's no wonder)

Like? What's wrong with this dudes? It's like they're sitting somewhere waiting for their parabatais to fall in love so they can go fall in love with the EXACT same person 👀👀

Oh good lord, thankfully that isn't the case with Jace and Alec. 😂

But yep! here's a list I stole from the wiki of all the known parabatai pairs:

Jonathan Shadowhunter & David the Silent, same sex.

Amicia of Poitiers & Gundred of Meissen, who the hell even are these people? (The second pair of parabatai who teamed up to combat a major dragonidae demon infestation in the Teutoburg Forest, says one news letter.), Amicia is French female name and Gundred, from what I could find, is an old Germanic name and there was a Countess of Surrey named Gundred, hence I deduce: same sex. ((Also there is apparently a statue of them in Idris? How about the world-building in City of Glass?? That would've been a nice to know if Clare didn't come up with this many years after.))

Silas Pangborn & Eloisa Ravenscar, different sex, in love with each other.

Jem Carstairs & Will Herondale, same sex, in love with the same girl (Tessa).

James Herondale & Matthew Fairchild, same sex, in love with the same girl (Cordelia)

Cordelia Carstairs & Lucie Herondale, same sex, besties.

Michael Wayland & Robert Lightwood, same sex, Michael was in love with Robert.

Valentine Morgenstern &d Lucian Graymark, same sex, in love with the same girl (Jocelyn).

Jace Herondale & Alec Lightwood, same sex, besties, misplaced feelings.

Julian Blackthorn & Emma Carstairs, different sex, in love with each other.

Julie Beuvale & Beatriz Mendoza, same sex, besties.

Clary Fairchild & Simon Lovelace, different sex, besties, Simon was in love with Clary and they tried dating.

There's a pretty fucking obvious trend here. All the major parabatai pairs are exactly as you said: if they aren't in love with each other, they are in love with the same person. And unsurprisingly, all the pairs in love with one another at one point of the another are heterosexual couples, though Michael and Robert are a bit of an outliers in this case.

#Series discussion #Reply

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ninacarstairss · 3 years

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I have a question, it’s probably an insignificant thing because they were mentioned once, but I got curious

In the story of the accords in tbc we see silas pangbornd and eloisa ravenscar and they are presented as parabatai. But in the extended family tree they seem to be married.

So I’m guessing the family tree is wrong since that’s against the law. But why would that be reported wrong?? Do we know anything about that?

#tbc #the bane chronicles #family tree #shadowhunters #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles

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inspodands · 6 years

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Precisamos falar de Parabatais.

Rogo não deixá-lo, ou voltar após segui-lo; Pois, para onde fores, irei, E onde estiver, estarei; Os teus serão os meus, e teu Deus, o meu Deus, Onde morreres, eu morrerei, e lá serei enterrado. O anjo o fez para mim, mas também. Nada senão a morte partirá a mim e a ti.

(Oi seus lindos e lindas do meu core. Como aqui estão surgindo muitas duvidas tanto nos whats das moderadoras quanto na central sobre parabatais no geral aqui abaixo do read more vocês vão encontrar todas as informações que precisam para seus bebes que possuem ou querem parabatais, tudo o que é proibido para parabatais e tudo o que é permitido.)

Parabatai é um par de guerreiros Nephilim que lutam juntos como parceiros ao longo da vida, unidos por juramento, independentemente do seu gênero. Seu vínculo não se reflete apenas na sua proximidade e vontade de dar a vida uns pelos outros, mas também no juramento — um juramento em frente ao Conselho.

Nem todos os Caçadores de Sombras são obrigados a ter um parabatai; na verdade não é muito comum eles possuírem um. Um Caçador de Sombras tem apenas 18 anos para encontrar e escolher um parabatai; Se o Caçador de Sombras tiver mais do que 18 anos o ritual não é mais aberto para ele.

Ritual

Atualmente, os parabataiS devem ser ligados na infância; isto é, antes de um deles ter completado dezenove anos. Eles não são apenas guerreiros que lutam juntos; os juramentos que os recém tornados parabatai fazem em frente ao Conselho incluem os votos de dar a vida pelo outro, de viajar para onde o outro for, e de fato, serem enterrados no mesmo lugar.

Na cerimônia formal realizada para vincular o parabatai, existirão três anéis de fogo no chão: dois para os indivíduos, e um terceiro no meio que servirá como o anel comum, aparentemente, simbolizando a união ou junção do par como parabatai. As palavras do juramento parabatai são faladas, e runas parabatai são trocadas e colocadas uns sobre os outros.

Os dois primeiros homens Caçadores de Sombras, Jonathan e David, lutaram lado a lado como o primeiro parabatai. A tradição diz que o ritual que realizavam era bem diferente da atual: Eles tomaram o sangue um do outro, falaram as palavras do juramento, e inscreveram as runas de ligação um no outro.

Juramento

Ligação

Um Caçador de Sombras pode escolher apenas um parabatai em sua vida e não pode realizar o ritual mais de uma vez. A maioria dos Caçadores de Sombras não tem um parabatai; assim, ter a sorte de encontrar alguém digno de se tornar parabatai é considerado uma bênção. Este ritual de vínculo reforça os sentimentos naturais de amor e amizade que já existem entre o par; no entanto, isso não impede que a rivalidade ou ódio cresça entre eles. [4]

As runas parabatai colocadas sobre eles lhes permitem recorrer a força um do outro na batalha. Eles também mantêm uma forte ligação entre si e são capazes de sentir a força vital um do outro; Caçadores de Sombras que perderam seus parabatai descrevem ser capazes de sentir a vida sair de seu parceiro, e quando algo sobrenatural acontece com o outro. Além disso, Marcas feitas por um parabatai sobre o outro são mais fortes do que aquelas desenhadas por outras pessoas, e há marcas que apenas parabatai podem usar, porque eles desenham nos parceiros com o dobro de força.

Amor ( ATENHAM-SE A ISSO, EM MAIUSCULO SIM QUE É PRA NÃO PASSAR BATIDO)

O único vínculo vedado ao parabatai é o vínculo romântico. Como confirmado pela Clave e escrito no Códex dos Caçadores de Sombras, esses pares ligados devem manter a dignidade do seu vínculo guerreiro e não devem permitir que isso se transforme no amor terreno conhecido como Eros. A maioria dos Caçadores de Sombras não sabem o motivo, mas é, em parte, porque a possibilidade de a paixão acabar arriscaria o vínculo que o parabatai é suposto e obrigado a manter para sempre, e também é considerado algo além da emoção humana.

No entanto, a razão pela qual foi escrito na lei, além das razões simbólicas e práticas, é geralmente desconhecida para a maioria dos Nefilins e é considerado um mistério há muito escondido, sobretudo um determinado evento que aconteceu uma vez no passado em que um par de parabatai se apaixonaram e tentaram ficar juntos, e algo terrível aconteceu. Devido a este evento no passado, assumiu-se que o incidente poderia ser repetido, a menos que fosse posta uma proibição, daí as regras e punições. (SIM HÁ PUNIÇÕES) Os Caçadores de Sombras trovadores no final da Idade Média, fizeram várias canções que retratam o amor proibido de pares parabatai e as tragédias inevitáveis, tanto de sofrimento e desastre mágico, que se abateu sobre eles quando eles se tornaram romanticamente ligados.

De acordo com Jem Carstairs, um vínculo de amor entre parabatai vai reforçar a sua energia no ponto da magia, mas porque Caçadores de Sombras não são destinados a usar magia, o poder também é corruptor e perigoso. Aparentemente, o poder acabaria por levá-los a loucura e cercá-los de mortes e destruição até eles mesmos morram.

AQUI SEGUE O LINK DE UMA ENTREVISTA QUE A PRÓPRIA AUTORA DEU SOBRE O ASSUNTO: HERE

AQUI SEGUE AS ESPECIFICAÇÕES DA AUTORA SOBRE A MALDIÇÃO QUE RECAI SOBRE PARABATAIS QUE SE APAIXONAM: HERE

AQUI VAI UM TRECHO DA PROPRIA CASSANDRA CLARE SOBRE NÃO TER COMO SER QUEBRADO O LAÇO PARABATAI PARA QUE AMANTES ( NO CASO DELES SEREM PARABATAIS ) PODEREM FICAR JUNTOS:

CONTEM SPOILERS DE CIDADE DE VIDRO

nyhnight disse: Oi, Cassie! Livro maravilhoso como sempre! Eu estava me perguntando se a runa parabatai destruída magicamente ou não poderia quebrar o laço, permitindo que certos amantes proibidos pudessem ser livres para ficarem juntos?

Não. Mesmo Jace morrendo (ainda que brevemente) em Cidade de Vidro não quebrou seu laço com Alec. A runa parabatai é feita com um poderoso feitiço e uma cerimônia. Se você pudesse quebrar ela apenas mexendo na runa, não seria uma conexão tão poderosa, nem as consequências tão terríveis porque você só precisaria cortar a runa fora.

Eu me divirto vendo todo mundo tentar achar um jeito de tirar a conexão parabatai mesmo assim.

MAS ESCLARECIMENTOS DE CASSANDRA CLARE SOBRE AMOR ENTRE PARABATAIS

CONTEM SPOILERS DE LADY MIDNIGHT

yesbookish disse: Oiii Cassie Eu terminei LM hoje. Muito obrigado por este primeiro livro surpreendente e seus personagens. A minha pergunta é: É certeza que parabatais ficam maus quando existem sentimentos românticos envolvidos? Mesmo se o casal é meio pé no chão? E Jem disse que amor não correspondido entre parabatais poderia aumentar seu poder… Por que Emma faria Julian a odiar quando ela mesma ainda tem sentimentos por ele? Quero dizer os sentimentos seriam não-correspondidos, mas ainda estariam lá… sabe?

Jem, na verdade, se refere a esta coisa muito específica:

“Não foi muito tempo depois que o ritual estava em uso por algumas gerações”, Jem disse, abaixando a voz, “Que foi descoberto que, se a ligação fosse muito próxima, se inclinasse para amor romântico – então iria começar a deformar e mudar o tipo de poder que foi gerado pelo feitiço. Amor de somente um dos lados, até mesmo uma paixonite, tudo que parece passar pela regra – mas amor real, correspondido? Isso tem um custo terrível.” – pagina 642

Jem não sabe porque, mas ele certamente sabe o que. Ele disse especificamente que amor unilateral não vai derrubar a maldição. Nem uma paixonite unilateral. Ele está falando sobre “amor real, correspondido” e é isso. (Provavelmente por isso que os sentimentos unilaterais de Alec para Jace nunca fez mal a nada).

Jem é muito claro que apenas amor dos dois lados vai transformar o vínculo parabatai em algo perigoso. Emma não podem controlar seus próprios sentimentos. Ela acha que (corretamente ou não) que ela pode controlar os de Julian, pelo menos, ao ponto de fazê-lo parar de amá-la.

Separação

Como o vínculo matrimonial, o vínculo parabatai é quebrado, normalmente, apenas pela morte de um dos membros da parceria. No entanto, a ligação também pode ser cortado em algumas circunstâncias raras: Se um deles se torna um ser do submundo, se deixa a sua vida como um Caçador de Sombras para estar com um mundano, e se é exilado. Quando um se torna um Irmão do Silêncio ou uma Irmã de Ferro, o vínculo se dissolve naturalmente como as marcas de transformação que novos oblatos recebem estão entre as mais poderosas que existem e oprimem e dissolvem as marcas de ligação parabatai, assim como eles dominam e dissolvem marcas de guerreiro mais comum.

Além disso, quando a ligação é cortada ou torcida de qualquer forma, o parceiro sente a quebra de conexão ou alguma outra sensação estranha facilmente associado a ele.

História

“E sucedeu que, a alma de Jônatas se ligou com a alma de Davi e Jônatas o amou, como à sua própria alma...E Jônatas e Davi fizeram aliança; porque Jônatas o amava como à sua própria alma.”

–1 Samuel 18:3, O Códex dos Caçadores de Sombras

É um ideal de companheirismo guerreiro que remete a um longo tempo atrás. A ideia de laços parabatai veio de um velho conto, particularmente o conto bíblico de Davi e Jônatas, guerreiros que se amavam muito e cujas almas foram unidas pelo Céu depois de formarem uma aliança. Fora dessa história, Jonathan Shadowhunter e seu companheiro David, que eram homônimos coincidentes dos personagens bíblicos de mesmo nome, tiveram a ideia de parabatai e codificaram a cerimônia na Lei.

Parabatai Conhecidos ( CONTEM SPOILERS)

Jonathan Caçador de Sombras e David O Silencioso (separados pela transformação de David em Irmão do Silêncio)

Silas Pangborn e Eloisa Ravenscar (separados pela morte de Silas)

Jem Carstairs e Will Herondale (separados pela transformação de Jem em Irmão do Silêncio e pela morte de Will)

James Herondale e Matthew Fairchild

Cordelia Carstairs e Lucie Herondale

Michael Wayland e Robert Lightwood (separados pela morte de Michael e o exílio de Robert)

Valentim Morgenstern e Lucian Graymark (separados pela transformação de Luke em um ser do submundo)

Jace Herondale e Alec Lightwood

Edward Longford e seu parabatai não nomeado (separados pela transformação do último em crepuscular)

Julian Blackthorn e Emma Carstairs

Clary Fairchild e Simon Lovelace

Julie Beauvale e Beatriz Mendoza

Etimologia

O termo parabatai vem de heniochoi kai parabatai, o que significa "condutores e companheiros" em grego antigo. O Companheiro não pode deixar o condutor do carro; o Companheiro luta na carruagem para proteger o outro, enquanto o condutor dirige; um é inútil sem o outro.

Curiosidade

Um feitiço de geminação demoníaco que se liga às pessoas tem sido comparado e referido como uma forma mais escura do vínculo parabatai, onde um indivíduo é superior ao outro e é capaz de imprimir em cima do outro membro seus pensamentos e sentimentos. Quando um é ferido, o outro também é, e quando um morre, ambos morrem. Uma vez que este rouba de um membro do vínculo sua livre vontade, é considerado o equivalente demoníaco do vínculo.

As palavras do juramento parabatai é uma variação do versículo de Rute 1:16,17 da Bíblia: "Não me instes para que te abandone, e deixe de seguir-te; porque aonde quer que tu fores irei eu, e onde quer que pousares, ali pousarei eu; o teu povo é o meu povo, o teu Deus é o meu Deus; Onde quer que morreres morrerei eu, e ali serei sepultada. Faça-me assim o Senhor, e outro tanto, se outra coisa que não seja a morte me separar de ti."

#parabatais #precisamos falar sobre

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clockworkopera · 7 years

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I'm a bot confused... so Silas and his sister were parabatai but fell in love and he didn't want the curse to harm them so he killed himself? Pls correct me if I'm wrong

Silas’ sister was Barbara Pangborn. She married Benedict Lightwood and was Tatiana, Gideon and Gabriel’s mother. His parabatai was Eloisa Ravenscar whom he fell in love with.

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rinadragomir · 1 year

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Um so... it's totally okay and 100% platonic when...two PARABATAI who fell in love and wanted to fuck each other so bad they DIED, show up at your PARABATAI ceremony for some reason....I— it's only me who has questions or?...

#um????#HELLO?!#chain of thorns spoilers #chot #cordelia carstairs #lucie herondale #eloisa ravenscar #silas pangborn #tlh #chain of thorns #cassadra clare #tsc

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clockworkopera · 7 years

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LORD OF SHADOWS THEORIES: (Part 1)

Disclaimer: My theories are built not just on the Dark Artifices, but from all the previous books as a whole, and will contain spoilers if you haven’t read them. I haven’t watched the Shadowhunter TV series, so these ideas are based solely on book canon.

(This was written before LoS was released, and while so some of theories are out of date they are still interesting!)

ON THE PARABATAI BOND: THE SILENT BROTHERS AND THE IRON SISTERS:

Silent Brothers are twisted and mutilated, and I think Angel magic done right isn’t going to make them look that way (See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, and all that).

What makes them so different: Runes. The problem with parabatai who love each other: Runes.

Coincidence?

When rescuing Tavvy they spoke to each other with their minds (something only the Silent Brothers can do). Their Runes were powerful enough to rival the healing of Silent Brothers. I think Julian had to have used the White Runes (that’s what I’m coining them) to help Emma heal after the whipping, because she was whipped that morning and facing Malcolm that night—no Shadowhunter could have healed that kind of damage that fast. I think because of that incident, coupled with Julian surviving the poisoned crossbolt, Diego is going to become suspicious and nosy (poking into Julian’s locked room), —and may even report his suspicions to his superiors and turn them in.

Jem says, (LM pg659), “Not everyone has a parabatai, but the fact that they exist is part of what makes Nephilim what they are. Without them, we would be infinitely weaker, in ways it is forbidden for me even to explain.”

Theory: What if the Silent Brothers and Iron Sisters were created as a means of separating Parabatai that become too powerful? Jem was told they go mad, but is that the truth? We take his words as canon, but what if his information isn’t accurate.

Could they just become something too powerful for the Clave to control and that is something the Clave cannot abide by?

So, the Clave separates them: the men become Silent Brothers and the women become Iron Sisters, and their excess magic becomes the fuel for the Clave’s power from everything from wards to witchlight to Seraph blades. But in separating them they become oath breakers before the Angel, sworn always to be together, but forever separated by the Clave and that separation, despair—lack of connection to their humanity turns them into something else. And that something is not good. We assume they are heroes because they saved Jem’s life—but what if they aren’t?

In ‘After the Bridge’, on Cassandra Clare’s Tumblr, it’s the most we hear about Jem’s life as a Silent Brother. On Tessa: “He’d wondered during his time in Idris, after the heavenly fire had cured him, if it would still be like that with them: if his human feelings would return to him. He had been able to touch her and be near her as a Silent Brother without wanting her as he had when he was a mortal. He had still loved her, but it had been a love of the spirit, not the body. He had wondered—feared, even, that the physical feelings and responses would not come back the way they had. He told himself that even if Silent Brotherhood had killed the ability of his feelings to manifest themselves physically, he would not be disappointed. He had told himself to expect it.”

And if that isn’t bad enough in COHF (pg233) Jem tells Jace: “We—they don’t die, you know; they fade after many years. Stop speaking, stop moving. Eventually they are entombed alive.” (What do you think Will would have thought of that?) He also says, (COHF pg232), “But, I was never an ordinary Silent Brother.”—we assume it was because of his yinfen poisoning, but could it be he never reached that level of power because he wasn’t in love with Will?

If this theory holds true, then how depleted of power would the Shadowhunters have been after Valentine’s attack on the Silent City when so many brothers were killed? And I would then be curious to know what the parabatai rate between orphans and mundane children who ascend (both without families to look for them, or care what happens to them), are compared to the general Shadowhunter population. That’s a good question for Ty’s statistical and analytical mind. And what of Simon who spends a great deal of time extolling the virtues of being Parabatai, (especially to mundane hopefuls), how would he feel presenting the option without telling the full disclosure of it?

There are tests prospective Parabatai go through and Julian could have faked it with the help of his splash of Eidolon blood and his penchant for lying, but what if the Silent Brothers have been watching them in hopes of gaining new recruits. Carstairs have served them well before and there are a lot of Blackthorns.

My theory is that if Emma and Julian are caught, they’ll be forced into servitude with these organizations. Traditionally, families were probably told Parabatai pairs heroically died in battle together, while in reality, they were imprisoned with runes behind the Citadel and the Silent City: given new names and identities, separated forever from the families who love them.

Did Silas Pangborn really kill himself? And there is no mention to the fate of Eloisa Ravenscar, his parabatai. The marks used to keep their mouths and eyes permanently closed are the Marks of Fettering (Codex, pg195). The very definition of fettering is to restrain with chains or manacles—that doesn’t seem like a voluntary act, while the Sisters (Codex, pg197), “They wear simple clothes, long white gowns bound tightly at the wrists and waists by demon-wire.” (bound by demon wire?) The book says it is to protect them from the fire of the forge, but maybe that is misleading—why wouldn’t one use Angel wire instead of demon wire in that case?

OR, (I think this would be the case of Julian and Emma) their families would step up to the Clave to keep them from being taken away, and the Clave would kill anyone who got in their way. The Clave cannot allow something as powerful as loved parabatai to exist because they simply cannot control them.

A twisted version of “They would destroy their families, the others they loved. Death would surround them until eventually they died themselves” (LM pg659), becomes true simply because their loved ones fought on their behalf to keep the Clave from taking them and the Clave killed them for interfering—not because they are inherently mad. It becomes a sort of sad self-fulfilling prophecy.

**Note: Silas Pangborn’ s sister, Barbara Lightwood (Gideon, Gabriel and Tatiana’s mother), supposedly killed herself over grief of her brother’s death. Then upon further investigation it was thought she killed herself because her husband gave her the demon pox. And I’m disappointed Charlotte Branwell never asked the question: “Well, my husband is banging demons, perhaps it’s a good idea if I just kill myself now and allow him to raise my three small children.” But, maybe she never killed herself, maybe she was too close to her brother’s secret, trying to help him and Eloisa and was killed for her trouble. The Clave would need an explanation for her death, and Charlotte, I know you had a lot on your mind during the Infernal Devices, but why didn’t you ask that question?

But, maybe that is something she learned when she became Consul and that leads to…

I wonder if this is what Henry was working on, a fix of some sort in his secret project with the Iron Sisters and why Clary would want to help. Luke’s mother left two young children to become an Iron Sister, out of the blue, leaving them virtually orphaned. Why? Was this something she had a choice in, or did this scenario happen to her? Sister Cleophas was the one to meet Jocelyn Fairchild and Isabelle Lightwood to talk of the similarities of Sebastian and Jace’s bond and you guessed it—the Parabatai bond.

In Shadowhunter history how much is true and accurate vs. how much does the Clave wants Shadowhunters to believe is true and accurate? And who writes the Codex and the history books, teaches what is canon law—it’s the Silent Brothers.

I read a lot of ideas about Cortana being able to cut through anything—meaning the Parabatai bond. I think this is a red herring. I think Cortana is going to have an entirely different purpose.

ON CLARY AND JACE:

Theory: (Codex pg33) Reveals that Henry Branwell was in a long collaboration with the Iron Sisters back in 1914, “the results still remain secret”, and with Clary’s special gift with runes, I think the Iron Sisters want her to work with them for the equivalent of her year abroad—an internship of sorts. I have more on what they might be working on below. But, I don’t think she’ll feel like she can commit to a marriage until she has finished that work—even while she knows that it will evoke all of Jace’s self-doubts and insecurities. Plus, she’d have to tell him she was going away.

***I’m brand new to Tumblr, joined just so I could pass along theories, get feedback and don’t have any followers and I’m not quite sure how to get my ideas out there—so if these ideas intrigue you, please pass them along. Over the next few days I’ll post lots of my theories from the Fae to Church and everything in between. So, please let me know what you think.

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