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** The most common name is definitely Jonathan. The very first Shadowhunter was named Jonathan, so a lot of Shadowhunters name their child after him. The first one is Jace Wayland, one of the main characters of ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'', whose name is short for Jonathan. [[spoiler:Although it later turns out that Jace is not actually Jonathan Wayland and that the real Jonathan Wayland is dead.]] The second one is Jonathan Christopher Morgenstern, [[spoiler:Clary’s older brother, who is also known as Sebastian]]. The third one is Jonathan Clark, a completely unrelated mundane neighbour of Jocelyn Fray whom she pretended was Clary's father. The fourth one is Jonathan "Jon" Cartwright from the new ''Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy'' short stories, who is a [[FantasticRacism Fantastic Racist]] whom Simon despised. The fifth one is Jonathan "Johnny" Rook, although it is very likely that this is actually a fake name.

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** The most common name is definitely Jonathan. The very first Shadowhunter was named Jonathan, so a lot of Shadowhunters name their child after him. The first one is Jace Wayland, one of the main characters of ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'', whose name is short for Jonathan. [[spoiler:Although it later turns out that Jace is not actually Jonathan Wayland and that the real Jonathan Wayland is dead.]] The second one is Jonathan Christopher Morgenstern, [[spoiler:Clary’s older brother, who is also known as Sebastian]]. The third one is Jonathan Clark, a completely unrelated mundane neighbour of Jocelyn Fray whom she pretended was Clary's father. The fourth one is Jonathan "Jon" Cartwright from the new ''Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy'' ''TalesFromTheShadowhunterAcademy'' short stories, who is a [[FantasticRacism Fantastic Racist]] whom Simon despised. The fifth one is Jonathan "Johnny" Rook, although it is very likely that this is actually a fake name.
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** Gabriel Lightwood shares his name with the leader of the New York werewolf pack, who was murdered by Luke.
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** Granville Fairchild (Charlotte's father) and Granville Fairchild II (Jocelyn's father).
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** [[spoiler:Alec's other adopted son, Rafael Lightwood-Bane]] shares his name with vampire Raphael Santiago.
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** You also have Jules Montclair (Céline's father) and Julian "Jules" Blackthorn.
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* OneSteveLimit: Very much averted, probably due to the multiple series that span more then 200 years with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and a lot of DeadGuyJunior.
** The most common name is definitely Jonathan. The very first Shadowhunter was named Jonathan, so a lot of Shadowhunters name their child after him. The first one is Jace Wayland, one of the main characters of ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'', whose name is short for Jonathan. [[spoiler:Although it later turns out that Jace is not actually Jonathan Wayland and that the real Jonathan Wayland is dead.]] The second one is Jonathan Christopher Morgenstern, [[spoiler:Clary’s older brother, who is also known as Sebastian]]. The third one is Jonathan Clark, a completely unrelated mundane neighbour of Jocelyn Fray whom she pretended was Clary's father. The fourth one is Jonathan "Jon" Cartwright from the new ''Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy'' short stories, who is a [[FantasticRacism Fantastic Racist]] whom Simon despised. The fifth one is Jonathan "Johnny" Rook, although it is very likely that this is actually a fake name.
** There are three people named Max. Maryse’s brother Max Trueblood is the first and her youngest son Max Lightwood (named after her brother) is the second. The third one is [[spoiler:the adopted warlock child of Maryse’s eldest son Alec, named after the second Max, after he got murdered during the war.]]
** Alec and Isabelle's grandfather, and Jules' (and his [[MassiveNumberedSiblings six siblings]]) father are both named Andrew.
** There are also two people named Clive: Clive Breakspear (the head of the Buenos Aires institute) and Clive Cartwright (A student at the Shadowhunter academy who bullies James). They are both complete Jerks.
** "Jace" is normally a short form of Jason, though, in-universe, he got the name because his adoptive mother likes the nickname over Jonathan, and the nickname stuck. There's a mook called Jason in ''City of Heavenly Fire'' who gets turned into a Dark Shadowhunter.
** Emma Bayliss is the name of a deceased mundane girl whom Tessa is forced to Change into so she could access her memories. Emma Carstairs, meanwhile, is the little Shadowhunter who gets [[BreakTheCutie Break The Cutie'd]] in a span of a single night in ''City of Heavenly Fire'' and who stars in ''Literature/TheDarkArtifices''.
** There are two people named Cordelia Carstairs: the protagonist of ''Literature/TheLastHours'' and Emma’s mother. Although Carstairs is only the name of Emma’s mother by marriage. Her maiden name is Townsend.
** [[spoiler: Tessa]] and [[spoiler: Will]]'s son is named [[spoiler: James]], a sort of a DeadGuyJunior in honour of [[spoiler: their friend, James "Jem" Carstairs]], even though the latter is not dead yet.
** There are two people named Alexander Lightwood. The younger brother of Anna and Cristopher Lightwood from ''Literature/TheLastHours'' and Alexander "Alec" Lightwood from ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' who is actually descended from Christopher.
** Speaking of Christopher: There are also two of those. The first is the aforementioned Christopher Lightwood. The second is Cristopher "Kit" Rook/[[spoiler:Herondale]] from ''Literature/TheDarkArtifices''.
** Thomas Lightwood is named after [[DeadGuyJunior the late Thomas Tanner]], who was a good friend of his mother Sophie.
** William "Will" Herondale is named after his grandfather, William Herondale.
** Similarly, Barbara Lightwood was named after her grandmother Barbara Lightwood (née Pangborn)
** There’s also some people with similar sounding names like Jonah Carstairs (Jem’s father) and John Carstairs (Emma’s father) and Catarina Loss (Magnus' fellow warlock and friend), Katerina (the Blackthorns' teacher who gets turned into a Dark Shadowhunter) and Catherine Ashdown (who escorted Jace to New York in ''Literature/GhostsOfTheShadowmarket''.
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** ''Literature/GhostsOfTheShadowmarket''
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** ''[[Literature/GhostsOfTheShadowMarketAnAnthologyOfTales Ghosts of the Shadow Market: An Anthology of Tales]]''

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* ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones'' (2013): A film adaptation of the first book of ''The Mortal Instruments'', starring Creator/LilyJames as Clary and Creator/JamieCampbellBower as Jace. Plans for a sequel were eventually shelved.

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* ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones'' (2013): A film adaptation of the first book of ''The Mortal Instruments'', starring Creator/LilyJames Creator/LilyCollins as Clary and Creator/JamieCampbellBower as Jace. Plans for a sequel were eventually shelved.
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* MadLibFantasyTitle: The main novel series all follow the format of "The [Dramatic Adjective] [Noun]" -- ''Mortal Instruments'', ''Infernal Devices'', ''Dark Artifices'', and so on.
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** ''Literature/TheShadowhunterCodex''
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The titular Shadowhunters are DemonSlaying humans with [[{{Nephilim}} angel blood]]. They keep normal people (known as [[{{Muggle}} mundanes]]) safe from demons and Downworlders, which are various mythological and fantastic creatures like werewolves, faeries, and vampires.

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The titular Shadowhunters are an ancient order of DemonSlaying humans with [[{{Nephilim}} angel blood]]. They keep normal people (known as [[{{Muggle}} mundanes]]) safe from demons and Downworlders, which are various mythological and fantastic creatures like werewolves, faeries, and vampires.
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** ''Literature/TalesFromTheShadowhunterAcademy''
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The titular Shadowhunters are [[DemonSlayer demon-slaying]] humans with [[{{Nephilim}} angel blood]]. They keep normal people (known as [[{{Muggle}} mundanes]]) safe from demons and Downworlders, which are various mythological and fantastic creatures like werewolves, faeries, and vampires.

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The titular Shadowhunters are [[DemonSlayer demon-slaying]] DemonSlaying humans with [[{{Nephilim}} angel blood]]. They keep normal people (known as [[{{Muggle}} mundanes]]) safe from demons and Downworlders, which are various mythological and fantastic creatures like werewolves, faeries, and vampires.
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** ''Literature/TheBaneChronicles''
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The warlock shadowhunter hybrid thing is a pretty big spoiler


* ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'' (2010-2013): A prequel series, set in VictorianLondon. In 1878, Tessa Gray arrives in London to visit her brother, but is instead introduced to the world of the Shadowhunters as a shadowhunter-warlock hybrid.

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* ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'' (2010-2013): A prequel series, set in VictorianLondon. In 1878, Tessa Gray arrives in London to visit her brother, but is instead introduced to the world of the Shadowhunters as a shadowhunter-warlock hybrid.where she discovers her mysterious heritage.

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** ''A Long Conversation''
** ''Ghosts of the Shadow Market: An Anthology of Tales''
** ''The Eldest Curses''

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* ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' (2016-2019): A series adapting ''The Mortal Instruments'', starring Katherine [=McNamara=] as Clary and Dominic Sherwood as Jace. The series ran on Creator/{{Freeform}} for three seasons before being cancelled in 2018. [[WrapItUp Two extra episodes]] were commissioned to wrap up the story; these premiered in 2019.

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* ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' (2016-2019): A series adapting ''The Mortal Instruments'', starring Katherine [=McNamara=] Creator/KatherineMcNamara as Clary and Dominic Sherwood as Jace. The series ran on Creator/{{Freeform}} for three seasons before being cancelled in 2018. [[WrapItUp Two extra episodes]] were commissioned to wrap up the story; these premiered in 2019.

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* ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'' (2010-2013): A prequel series, set in UsefulNotes/VictorianLondon. In 1878, Tessa Gray arrives in London to visit her brother, but is instead introduced to the world of the Shadowhunters as a shadowhunter-warlock hybrid.

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* ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'' (2010-2013): A prequel series, set in UsefulNotes/VictorianLondon.VictorianLondon. In 1878, Tessa Gray arrives in London to visit her brother, but is instead introduced to the world of the Shadowhunters as a shadowhunter-warlock hybrid.


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* UrbanFantasy: Most of the novels are set in the 21st century, and features a FantasyKitchenSink living alongside humans. The exception is the ''Infernal Devices'' setting, instead a Victorian-era GaslampFantasy.

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* ''Film/CityOfBones'' (2013): A film adaptation of the first book of ''The Mortal Instruments'', starring Creator/LilyJames as Clary and Creator/JamieCampbellBower as Jace. Plans for a sequel were eventually shelved.

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* ''Film/CityOfBones'' ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones'' (2013): A film adaptation of the first book of ''The Mortal Instruments'', starring Creator/LilyJames as Clary and Creator/JamieCampbellBower as Jace. Plans for a sequel were eventually shelved.


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* A graphic novel adaptation of ''The Mortal Instruments''
* A mobile video game adaptation of ''City of Bones''
* Manga adaptations of ''The Mortal Instruments'' and ''The Infernal Devices''
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## ''City of Bones'' (2007)
## ''City of Ashes'' (2008)
## ''City of Glass'' (2009)
## ''City of Fallen Angels'' (2011)
## ''City of Lost Souls'' (2012)
## ''City of Heavenly Fire'' (2014)



## ''Clockwork Angel'' (2010)
## ''Clockwork Prince'' (2011)
## ''Clockwork Princess'' (2013)



## ''Lady Midnight'' (2016)
## ''Lord of Shadows'' (2017)
## ''Queen of Air and Darkness'' (2018)

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* ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'' (2010-2013): A prequel series, set in UsefulNotes/VictorianEngland. In 1878, Tessa Gray arrives in London to visit her brother, but is instead introduced to the world of the Shadowhunters as a shadowhunter-warlock hybrid.

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* ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'' (2010-2013): A prequel series, set in UsefulNotes/VictorianEngland.UsefulNotes/VictorianLondon. In 1878, Tessa Gray arrives in London to visit her brother, but is instead introduced to the world of the Shadowhunters as a shadowhunter-warlock hybrid.



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* DemonSlaying: The main characters' primary occupations. Because they possess angel's blood, they are capable of killing demons.
* FantasticRacism: Relations between the Shadowhunters (human) and the Downworlders (fantasy creatures) have always been testy, with the former looking down on the latter.
* FantasyKitchenSink: Humans coexist alongside angels, vampires, werewolves, warlocks, faerie, etcetera.
* TheVerse: A shared universe, with multiple characters appearing across different media.
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''The Shadowhunter Chronicles'' is a media franchise created by Creator/CassandraClare, spun off from her {{Young Adult|Literature}} novel series ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments''.

The titular Shadowhunters are [[DemonSlayer demon-slaying]] humans with [[{{Nephilim}} angel blood]]. They keep normal people (known as [[{{Muggle}} mundanes]]) safe from demons and Downworlders, which are various mythological and fantastic creatures like werewolves, faeries, and vampires.

The franchise consists of the following media:

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* ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' (2007-2014): The first series of novels. Beginning in 2007, it follows the adventures of teenager Clary Fray, who discovers her powerful Shadowhunter heritage just as a war brews between Earth's shadowhunters and invading demons led by the mysterious Valentine.
## ''City of Bones'' (2007)
## ''City of Ashes'' (2008)
## ''City of Glass'' (2009)
## ''City of Fallen Angels'' (2011)
## ''City of Lost Souls'' (2012)
## ''City of Heavenly Fire'' (2014)
* ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'' (2010-2013): A prequel series, set in UsefulNotes/VictorianEngland. In 1878, Tessa Gray arrives in London to visit her brother, but is instead introduced to the world of the Shadowhunters as a shadowhunter-warlock hybrid.
## ''Clockwork Angel'' (2010)
## ''Clockwork Prince'' (2011)
## ''Clockwork Princess'' (2013)
* ''Literature/TheDarkArtifices'' (2016-2018): A sequel series to ''The Mortal Instruments'', which follows young Shadowhunter Emma Carstairs as she investigates and avenges her parents' deaths.
## ''Lady Midnight'' (2016)
## ''Lord of Shadows'' (2017)
## ''Queen of Air and Darkness'' (2018)
* ''Literature/TheLastHours'' (2020-): An upcoming sequel series to ''The Infernal Devices''.
* ''Literature/TheWickedPowers'' (TBA): An upcoming sequel to ''The Dark Artifices''.
* Various companion books:
** ''Literature/TheBaneChronicles''
** ''Literature/TheShadowhunterCodex''
** ''Literature/TalesFromTheShadowhunterAcademy''
** ''A Long Conversation''
** ''Ghosts of the Shadow Market: An Anthology of Tales''
** ''The Eldest Curses''

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* ''Film/CityOfBones'' (2013): A film adaptation of the first book of ''The Mortal Instruments'', starring Creator/LilyJames as Clary and Creator/JamieCampbellBower as Jace. Plans for a sequel were eventually shelved.

[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' (2016-2019): A series adapting ''The Mortal Instruments'', starring Katherine [=McNamara=] as Clary and Dominic Sherwood as Jace. The series ran on Creator/{{Freeform}} for three seasons before being cancelled in 2018. [[WrapItUp Two extra episodes]] were commissioned to wrap up the story; these premiered in 2019.
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