#the shadowhunter family tree

[kaitcreates]

Shadowhunter families and their place of living.

England

Bridgstock(1903, London)

Baybrook(1903, London)

Branwell(1878, London)

Featherstone(1903, London)

Greenmantle(1903, London)

Hardcastle(1903, London)

Highsmith(1903, 2012, London)

Gladstone(1903, London)

Mayhew(1903, London)

Mayburn(1878, London)

Pangborn(1878, London)

Pouncey(1903, London)

Ravenscar(1878, London)

Townsend(1903, London)

Wentworth(1903, London)

Hayward(1903, York)

Starkweather(1878, York)

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Acosta(2012)

Breakspear(2012)

Gonzales(2012)

Romero(2012)

New York, USA

Graymark(1920)

Safar(2010)

Whitelaw(1984)

Mexico City, Mexico

Delgado(2012)

Mendoza(2012)

Rocio(2012)

Rosales(2012)

Velez(2012)

Brazil

Carvalho(2012, São Paulo)

Pedroso(2012, Rio de Janeiro)

Spain

Casales(2012, Madrid)

Castel(2012, Barcelona)

Villalobos(2012, Madrid)

India

Chaudhury(2007, Mumbai)

Joshi(2012, Mumbai)

China

Ke(2012, Shanghai)

Lieu(2010, Hangzhou)

Wang(2012, Shanghai)

Germany

Grunwald(1721)

Kriegsmesser(2007, Berlin)

Morgenstern(1878, *May be form other german speaking country, also mentioned to be from Sweeden)

Vogelspritz(2010, Hamburg)

Von Mainz(1832, Prusia)

Rome, Italy

Di Aneglo(1903)

Maletesta(2007)

France

Beausejours(2012,*May be from another french speaking country)

Montclaire(1989, Paris)

Pontmercy(2007, Marseilles)

Verlac(2007, Paris)

Portugal

Monteverde(2007, Lisbon)

Rosewain(2007, Cumbria)

Australia

Makepeace(2002, Melbourne)

Sedgewick(2007)

Other

Jahanshah(1903, Persia)

Keo(2012, Cambodia)

Larkspear(2012, Atlanta, Georgia, USA)

Lindquist(2012, Umea, Sweden)

Lovelace(2008, Glascorw, Scotland. 1878, London, England)

Maduabuchi(2012, Lagos, Nigeria)

Kaidou(1878, Tokyo, Japan)

Ashdown(2012, Los Angeles, California, USA)

Theorised

Nightshade(Los Angeles, Califiornia, USA, *Vampire with same last name lives there)

Solcedo(Spanish country, *Taken on by Marisol, who's previous last names were both spanish)

Malhotra(India, *name originates from India)

Tokugawa, Satõ(Japan, *names originates from Japan)

#shadowhunters #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #the dark artifices #tda #the last hours #tlh #the mortal instruments #tmi #the wicked powers #twp #tid #the infernal devices #the shadowhunter family tree #shadowhunter families

[the-dark-artifices-trees]

I fully believe that any and all person with the last name “Herondale” would be obsessed with The Tortured Poets Department 🤍🍂☕️📚 🌬

#Will Herondale #James Herondale #kit Herondale #Jace Herondale #Stephen Herondale #Lucie Herondale #the Herondale family tree #Taylor swift #the tortured poets department #ttpd #tsc #the mortal instruments #the infernal devices #the dark artifices #the wicked powers #the last hours #Shadowhunters #clary Fairchild #Tessa gray #Cordelia Carstairs #ty blackthorn #Jesse blackthorn

[moonyscoffeestains]

the blackthorns, jace, alec, and izzy all being descended from the same person is crazy

#the shadowhunter family tree is crazy #literally it doesn’t make any sense #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #the blackthorns #jace herondale #alec lightwood #isabelle lightwood

[layla-carstairs]

I know everyone wants an updated family tree, and I do too. however I can't help but pity whoever will end up designing that thing because there is no way to make that monstrosity look good. like that job from hell is awaiting someone & I feel bad them already

#slightly off topic but sometimes I create posts like this and think #about how normal the tsc fandom is. like The Family Tree. the singular family tree basically every character in on. this is normal 😁 #anyone whoever you are I hope you get paid very well for that thing you will need it #anyway* #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #the mortal instruments #tmi #the infernal devices #tid #the dark artifices #tda #the last hours #tlh #the wicked powers #twp #cassandra clare #bella talks

[queenhelenblackthorn]

#actually I found this very funny some of y'all just took the family tree too seriously #chain of thorns spoilers #chot spoilers #chain of thorns #chot #the last hours #tlh #the shadowhunter chronincles #tsc #cassandra clare

[allthestories]

Okay but Cassie can we please get an updated family tree?

I need to know what path was taken to get to the modern day Fairchilds.

#after that explanation it’s the least she could do #the last hours #chain of thorns #tlh #chot #cot #family tree #cassie clare #cassandra clare #matthew fairchild #james herondale #christopher lightwood #thomas lightwood #cordelia carstairs #the merry thieves #tlh gang #shadowhunters #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #chot spoilers #cot spoilers #chain of thorns spoilers

[streettealee]

We as TSC fans are all aware that Emma Carstairs... is not a descendant of Cordelia Katāyoun Carstairs, right? The Cordelia that is Emma Carstair's mother is a Townsend (don't ask why she is then named Cordelia, I don't know the ties there).

Cordelia is Jace's ancestor, his direct ancestor. We can still say Emma and Jace are connected via her through the family tree, because Cordelia's the sister of Zachary, who carries on the Carstairs line, but it feels rather inaccurate to say Emma is descended from Cordelia, if that makes sense. And Cortana easily could have still passed on through the Carstairs if the sword chose one of them over Cordelia's child and grandchildren.

I don't know, just, without Cordelia's descendants, that line of Herondales doesn't exist and I think her tie to them overrides the idea that any Carstairs are descended from her. I'm just voicing this because I've seen a few things that seem to imply Emma is Cordelia Katāyoun Herondale née Carstairs' descendent when I'm not sure it's very accurate. The definition I found of a descendent includes being of blood, and I suppose you could say Emma shares that with Cordelia, but do you see where I'm getting at? Zachary shares Cordelia's blood because they're of the same parents and family, but it's Zachary's line that Emma comes from, not Cordelia's. Emma and Cordelia are family, but not... in the way where she's descended from her. She's like a great great great aunt. Who has her own descendants, especially because she also married into another family.

Then again, I suck at family trees, I probably have this all wrong. Feel free to give your own takes or correct mine, I'm trying to make sense of where we're at with this.

Maybe the only difference is between descendants and direct descendants that I'm getting muddled up and it's not that big of a deal.

#tlh #the last hours #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #family tree #cordelia carstairs #cordelia herondale #emma carstairs #carstairs #herondale #townsend #help #tda #the dark artifices

[ash-morgensterns]

Esme who?

Here's my take on the Fairchild family tree (+ TMI! Morgenstern family as bonus), made using the informations we got in the books so far and some old Tumblr asks.

#the shadowhunter chronicles #the mortal instruments #the infernal devices #the last hours #chain of thorns #charlotte fairchild #henry branwell #charles fairchild #matthew fairchild #jocelyn fairchild #clary fairchild #sebastian morgenstern #fairchild family tree #**mine

[insomnia-artist]

Shadowhunters Family Trees!

(These are subject to change as the new book comes out, but I wanted to share them now)

Full thing is too confusing for even me who drew it, so I chunked it up a little into more readable pieces

The noble and ancient line of Herondale certainly finds itself wide spread across a few family names

The Lightwoods’ have a relatively easy to follow tree. They also have the most reliance on the non-canon found family tree for information. Hopeful the information doesn’t change too significantly.

The Fairchilds have some missing information. (And no appearance from Great Aunt Matilda) Either Charles or Matthew are near certainly the ancestor of Jocelyn and Clary, but which one?

The Carstairs and Ke families. I’m doing some guess work with Cordelia and Alistair’s sibling, but Emma has to come from somewhere. Maybe Alistair will be like a surrogate father to the kid and that’s why the found family tree lists him as Emma’s ancestor?

Just a Tessa centric tree

And Finally… The Blackthorns! It would be interesting to know what the relationship between Annabel and Eva Blackthorn was as they were likely alive at around the same time. It’s also interesting to learn that Kit has some Blackthorn lineage in him too.

That’s all for now. We’ll see what changes in about a week.

#the shadowhunter chronicles #Shadowhunters family tree #Herondale #Lightwood #Carstairs #Blackthorn #Fairchild #Tessa Gray #Ke #family tree #cassandra clare

[darcyolsson]

actually re: that post about jonathans in tsc, why is christopher lightwood called christopher. because there's already a christopher (kit) in tsc (four christophers if we're counting middle names too) and like, okay, i guess it's implied to be a common shadowhunter name but still why would you give two of your main characters (who do not belong to the same family) the exact same name..... and nickname???? what was that all about. why are kit and kit both called kit

#there are a billion names in the world and she's usually so careful picking them so ??? #i would get it if he was a direct descendant of christopher's we know cc loves a little family moment!! but hes not #or if they were very similar people. or if the name meant smth like jon being a traditionally raised shadowhunter #with a classic shadowhunter name. makes sense. #is this just another instance of cc fighting the family tree? but even then why would she also nickname christopher kit thats so confusing #tsc #personal

[queenie-blackthorn]

no but “esme hardcastle being the reason the family tree is fucked up” is the laziest excuse ever like what

esme if i remember correctly was friends w jamie in the shadowhunter academy and she was a mundie who ascended, but she wasnt mentioned since then until chain of thorns ??? like what ??? she wasnt even with the group of girls in chain of gold

plus i remember cassie hinting that it had to do w the silent brothers since thats where the archives are, tf happened to that

it woulda been so dramatic if smth happened and jem changed the records bc of it, but noo. apparently they used a family tree completed by an obviously unreliable girl, and they kept using that for over a century and its still in use ??? surely someone wouldve noticed that alastair didnt have any kids and it was zachary who was continuing the carstairs line

like did no one in 1910 say “wait a second christopher and barbara lightwood both died years ago why does the family tree not say that they are dead”

not saying i coulda done better but i havent written five series w seventeen main books, one more series on the way, and four books left to be written

cassie youre so talented dont waste it like this it makes me angry

#cassie you coulda done so much better #anti cassandra clare #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #tlh #the last hours #the last hours tlh #the mortal instruments #shadowhunters family tree #esme hardcastle #chain of gold #chain of iron #chain of thorns

[kaitcreates]

#chot spoilers #chain of thorns spoilers #tlh #the last hours #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #shadowhunters #chain of thorns #grace blackthorn #christopher lightwood #isidore lightwood #the shadowhunter family tree #anna lightwood #ari bridgestock #I accident;y buried myself in the family tree and Isidore has become the bane of my exsitence

[i-am-trying-my-best-okay]

Headcanons About The Next Generation After TLH (Part Three?)

I doubt James and Cordelia will stick to just one kid and I bet Lucie and Jesse will also have kids and so here they are:

Cornelius “Neil” Herondale: Cordelia and James’s middle child, born in 1914. I know James was being so deadass when he wanted to rename Jesse Cornelius, and so he lived that dream through his son. Neil is under the predicament of having a pet demon dog. He met this dog when he very young, and this demon dog was just a baby at the time. This demon dog was rejected and left to die in a river, and Neil, who had assumed this was just a really ugly dog that just so happened to have certain mutated features, saved the dog and took it home. Upon learning this dog was a demon, he is not swayed to let the dog go; he's already very attached. He hides the dog for as long as he can but it's eventually discovered. The Clave is obviously not pleased, but then during a demon attack the demon dog helped Neil fight it off, so the demon dog gets a pass for now, and Neil fights demons along side his demon dog. Neil names the dog Potato, because like a potato, the dog has many eyes along his body. Neil's definitely on the blunt side, to the point people are kinda reluctant to talk to him. But despite this, he's actually very kind, to the point of it being a bit ridiculous, his bluntness simply coming from a straightforward mindset.

Rayna Herondale: The youngest Herondale sibling, born in 1917. Rayna means ‘Queen’, and I figure James and Cordelia would name their kid something after chess. Rayna got bit by a werewolf when she was young. It was an accident; she had a secret friend who was a werewolf, and they just played too rough that one time (and I imagine her and this werewolf end up getting romantically involved later as teens but that’s another story). Anyway, she kept the bite a secret, and she didn’t end up turning into a werewolf. However, she does notice she has some heightened abilities as some sort of side effect, like needing very little sleep with very good night vision, and being slightly stronger then what would be natural and so on, and of course keeping it all a secret. She needs very little Runes as a result, but she’s actually very fascinated by Runes (kind of the opposite of Alexander). She has incredibly strong opinions about everything, with a tendency to give a speech about things at any given moment; much like her grandfather Will, she’s always willing to spin a tale on something that happened, adding her thoughts on it all the while. Overall, a very talkative person, which is a bit odd for someone so secretive.

Jessamine "Jazz" Blackthorn: Jesse and Lucie’s eldest, born in 1915. Lucie knows it would mean a lot to Jessamine if she named her daughter after her, so she did. Her nickname Jazz came from when she was a baby and she would sway along whenever she heard music, babbling the tune. And as she got older that didn’t change; she still adores music, studying it as much as she can learning whatever instrument she could get her hands on. Jem for sure taught her the violin. She’s got this never ending restless energy that she can pour into her music, but when she’s not holding an instrument she becomes rather fidgety. Her restless energy comes in handy when fighting demons, able to fight for a very long time without tiring, her endurance very incredible even by Shadowhunter standards. 

Rupert “Ruie” Blackthorn: The younger Blackthorn sibling, born in 1917. Sticking with the ‘named after dead loved one’s’ theme they’ve got, it was Jesse’s turn, so he named him after his dead father. Ruie adores tricks, especially if it’s done to him. He loves solving all sorts of riddles and puzzles, the higher the stakes the better. It’s not a bragging thing, in fact, unless asked, he wouldn’t bring it up. He just likes the challenge of it sort of, just utterly enthralled with it. This, naturally, makes him very much drawn to the fae. He ends up strolling up to the fae and literally asking them to be tricked, much to the fae’s confusion. But they do, and somehow Ruie almost always ends up on top. He gets fairly well known among the fae, with them actually kind of respecting him for being able to withstand their games. This causes his loved ones a lot of stress, particularly Matthew, who has tried to warn him several times but to no avail. He ends up coming up with a lot of security measures for the clave, which has the unfortunate side affect of him knowing how to break into things the clave hold dear. Ruie finds straightforward fights with demons to be a bit boring, but he understands his duty as a Shadowhunter and puts his all into the fight. He occasionally gets his fun in when he can trick a demon into a trap of sorts.

#really hoping for an updated family tree so i can be proven wrong so hard #desperatly need the canon next gen this is just to cope #the shadowhunter chronicles #the last hours #neil herondale #rayna herondale #jazz blackthorn #ruie blackthorn

[kiankiwi]

When you’re reading books by Cassandra Clare, does anyone have to use google to look characters to keep them all straight since they’d so many of them? Or is that just me

#cassandra clare #shadowhunters #queen of air and darkness #family tree #the clave #so many characters #bookworm #city of bones #fantasy world

[layla-carstairs]

so many things in chot are like, straight up nonsensical. like the whole Esme making up the family tree and James & Lucie losing their powers when Belial "died" etc, none of that made sense and felt like cc was just taking the easy way out instead of dealing of the repercussions of things she wrote and published

#also im so tempted to go through the story stories collection now #knowing how tlh ends #and seeing what changed for no reason/was straight up forgotten about lmao #also back to the actual point of this post; #like did Tessa lose her powers??? exactly #cc never really treated James and Lucie as the childern of a warlock in tlh :/ #like they're Just shadowhunters #who just so happen to have a weird grandpa #also the family tree is a cop out #because cc did say at some point there was a 'reason' Lucie was recorded being 5 years younger than she is #and the reason being Emse Hardcastle is a liar??? is biazze #also Eugenia laughing at it was kinda off at the end #since we know it records both Barbara & Kit as still being alive... like that's just straight up weird not funny #chain of thorns #chain of thorns spoilers #chot spoilers #cot spoilers #the last hours #james herondale #lucie herondale

[caterpillarinacave]

Me, when someone brings up Cassandra Clare’s world building:

#Look I know the whole Esme thing is supposed to override CCs shitty family tree #But even with that exscuse it’s bad #Gonna be totally honest I dont really care for the charcaters in books past TLH #Tsc #tlh #tid #tsc memes #cassandra clare #the last hours #the Shadowhunter chronicles