History Literature / TheInfernalDevices

** Magnus tells Tessa he has a thing for people with blue eyes and black hair. Who has blue eyes and black hair? [[spoiler:Alec]] from ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments''!

** The [[spoiler: tiny clockwork angel sure comes in handy]]
** Also [[spoiler: Tessa's dislike for chocolate, and the gift Nate gives Aunt Harriet...]]

** Will Herondale. According to Jessamine, Will thinks he's [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Galahad]]. And it's true.

%% ** Gideon Lightwood towards his younger brother, Gabriel.

* BrainyBrunette:
** Tessa Gray is a wide reader and quotes poetry quite often. She has the potential to lapse into BadassBookworm territory.
%%** Charlotte Branwell is ''very'' intelligent.

** [[spoiler:Played straight with Barbara Lightwood and her brother.]]

Friendless and hunted, Tessa takes refuge with the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, who swear to find her brother if she will use her power to help them. She soon finds herself fascinated by—and torn between—two best friends: James, whose [[{{Bishonen}} fragile beauty]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast hides a deadly secret]], and blue-eyed [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Will]], whose [[DeadpanSnarker caustic wit]] and [[EmoTeen volatile moods]] keep everyone in his life at arm's length...everyone, that is, but Tessa. As their search draws them deep into the heart of an arcane plot that threatens to destroy the Shadowhunters, Tessa realizes that [[ConflictingLoyalty she may need to choose between saving her brother and helping her new friends save the world]]...and that love may be the most dangerous magic of all." — back cover

** Bridget. She's just a cook and someone who makes depressing poetry/songs, yet is arguably the best fighter who isn't of supernatural(werewolf, vampire, etc.). Even Will got stunned.

Friendless and hunted, Tessa takes refuge with the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, who swear to find her brother if she will use her power to help them. She soon finds herself fascinated by—and torn between—two best friends: [[IllBoy James]], whose [[{{Bishonen}} fragile beauty]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast hides a deadly secret]], and blue-eyed [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Will]], whose [[DeadpanSnarker caustic wit]] and [[EmoTeen volatile moods]] keep everyone in his life at arm's length...everyone, that is, but Tessa. As their search draws them deep into the heart of an arcane plot that threatens to destroy the Shadowhunters, Tessa realizes that [[ConflictingLoyalty she may need to choose between saving her brother and helping her new friends save the world]]...and that love may be the most dangerous magic of all." — back cover

* ParentalAbandonment: A lot of the characters in the series have dead parents. Jem even mentions that [[{{ConvenientlyAnOrphan}} everyone is an orphan]]. To be fair, this is what the Institute is ''for''. It's essentially an orphanage for Shadowhunters. If any of them had parents, they would be living with them. [[spoiler: Except Will and later Cecily, who can'tlive with their parents, because they are not Shadowhunters.]]

** [[spoiler: Nate. What's with the constant brother/sister betrayals in Cassandra Clare books?]]

** De Quincy and Magnus Bane both hint at this about Will.

* EveryoneMustBePaired: Every major character gets a fairytale romance at the age of sixteen. Sophie is paired up with Gideon after deciding [[LovingAShadow she didn't really love Jem anyway]], and almost from the moment she is introduced Cecily is paired off with his conveniently single brother. Meanwhile, [[spoiler: only single characters are killed off (Jessamine, Thomas).]]
* {{Expy}}: Some of the characters are expies of Literature/HarryPotter characters [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation as]] [[DivergentCharacterEvolution interpreted]] by Creator/CassandraClare's old fanfic the Fanfic/DracoTrilogy:
** Tessa Gray is Hermoine Granger.
** Will Herondale is Draco Malfoy.
** Jim Carstairs is Harry Potter.

* GunsAreUseless: So it's best to just bring your seraph blade with you.

** It's possible that Gideon Lightwood used to be this, but in ''The Clockwork Prince'', it appears he got better while he was in Spain.

** Jessamine Lovelace [[spoiler:For Nate Gray]] in [[spoiler:- she continues to feed him information despite Tessa's repeated insistence that he loves no one but himself.]]
** Magnus Bane has shades of this for Camille Belcourt.

* MoralityPet: Jem and Tessa, for Will.
* {{Muggles}}: "Mundanes." Which, actually makes more sense ''here'' when you think about it. "Mundane" means not sacred, ordinary versus divine. But, in ''Mortal Instruments'' it takes on a negative meaning, sounding boring and the Shadow Hunters use it with [[FantasticRacism bad connotations]] -- here it's more friendly.
* MundaneSolution - Of the AssPull variety, when [[spoiler: Mrs. Dark in demon form inside a pentagram can't be touched by seraph blades ''infused with the divine energy of God'', but a falling chandelier kills her just fine. Sort of.]]

** Will and Jem. Will is a rude asshole and Jem is a kindhearted nice guy. They even ''look'' absolutely different: Jem is all white and silver and Will is all dark colors.

* PairTheSpares: Everyone gets a fairytale romance at the age of sixteen. Sophie is paired up with Gideon after deciding [[LovingAShadow she didn't really love Jem anyway]], and almost from the moment she is introduced Cecily is paired off with his conveniently single brother. Meanwhile, [[spoiler: only single characters are killed off (Jessamine, Thomas).]]
* ParentalAbandonment:
** Tessa Gray's parents died when she was three.
** Everyone else suffers from this. And I mean ''[[{{BrutalHonesty}} everyone]]''. Jem even mentions that [[{{ConvenientlyAnOrphan}} everyone is an orphan]]. To be fair, this is what the Institute is ''for''. It's essentially an orphanage for Shadowhunters. If any of them had parents, they would be living with them. [[spoiler: Except Will and later Cecily, whose parents don't count since they're not Shadowhunters.]]

** Cecily Herondale with her brother Will and their mother.

* UnknownCharacter: Tessa's Greater Demon father definitely qualifies. Unlike pretty much every protagonists' relatives in Cassandra Clare's universe who are pretentiously named even if they are long dead and just a part of a family tree, Tessa's father is never named, nor seen, nor heard. But his existence and especially what he did (impregnating Tessa's mother) is what kickstarts the whole series in the first place.

** Will says the reason Gabriel hates him so much is because he compromised the latter's sister's virtue. But then again, it's [[ConsummateLiar Will]], so we don't know if that's true or not. As of ''The Clockwork Prince'', it's apparently because Will rejected his little sister's advances (in his defense, she was a lovesick twelve-year-old) and broke Gabriel's arm in public.
%%** Gideon Lightwood towards his younger brother, Gabriel.

%%** Henry Branwell.

* ButNotTooForeign: Both Will and Jem. They're both half English and half Welsh and Chinese respectively. Will's actual name is Gwilym and Jem's actual name is Jian but their real names are only brought up once or twice in passing and for some reason both seem to prefer to be called by their "British" names.

** Will Herondale. Or at least, he alludes to one quite often.

* GoodAngelBadAngel: Played with having Jem and Will be Tessa's angels. It doesn't hurt that they're both [[MixedAncestry part angel.]]

* MixedAncestry: Technically anyone of note in this series. Shadowhunters are half-angel half-human, Warlocks are half-demon half-human, Faeries are half-angel half-demon, etc etc. [[spoiler: Tessa, however, takes this to an extreme, being [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot a half-demon, part-human, and part-angel]].]]

* ActionGirl: Many. We have Charlotte Branwell who doubles as the TeamMom, Tessa Gray, a BadassBookworm, Brigit Daly the BattleButler, and [[spoiler:Will's sister, Cecily.]]

* AllMythsAreTrue: Lampshaded explicitly several times.

** Gideon Lightwood towards his younger brother, Gabriel.
* TheBigGuy:
** Henry Branwell.
** Thomas Tanner. Which is rather ironic, considering he was a shrimp when he was younger.

** Charlotte Branwell is ''very'' intelligent.

** Will Herondale. According to Jessamine, Will thinks he's [[KingArthur Galahad]]. And it's true.
** Jem Carstairs. Also, according to Jessamine. Not as much as Will, though.

* OnlyChildSyndrome: The only characters who aren't only children are Tessa, whose search for her brother Nate [[spoiler: who eventually betrays her, and is actually her cousin]] kicks off the plot, the Dark Sisters, Gabriel, whose siblings aren't seen until at least the second book, and Will [[spoiler: whose younger sister comes to the Institute at the end of ''The Clockwork Prince'']]. Aunt Harriet, who was Tessa and Nate's mother's sister, is dead. Everyone else's parents are either [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan deceased]] or [[ParentalAbandonment simply not there]], leaving them only children.

* FiveManBand: TheHero being Tessa in this case with Will as TheLancer, Jem as TheSmartGuy, Thomas and Henry count as TheBigGuy, and Charlotte is most definitely TheChick here.

%% * BadassGay: Alexei de Quincey and Woolsey Scott.

The trilogy is written by Creator/CassandraClare as a prequel to her previous series, ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'', and is the second series in ''Franchise/TheShadowhunterChronicles''. It consists of:

* {{Expy}}: Some of the characters are expies of Literature/HarryPotter characters [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation as]] [[DivergentCharacterEvolution inter]][[{{Jossed}} preted]] by Creator/CassandraClare's old fanfic the Fanfic/DracoTrilogy:

* TheVerse: Part of ''Franchise/TheShadowhunterChronicles'' consisting of this series, its predecessor ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'', ''Literature/TheDarkArtifices'' (sequel to ''The Mortal Instruments), ''The Last Hours'' (sequel to ''The Infernal Devices''), ''The Wicked Powers'' (sequel to ''The Dark Artifices''), ''Literature/TheEldestCurses'' (spin-off focusing on Alec and Magnus), ''Literature/TheShadowhunterCodex'' (guide book), ''Literature/TheBaneChronicles'' (short story collection), ''Literature/TalesFromTheShadowhunterAcademy'' (short story collection) and ''Ghosts of the Shadowmarket'' (short story collection), all taking place in the Shadowhunter world.

** Will. He very occasionally strays into JerkWithAHeartOfGold territory, but he really isn't. However, [[spoiler: he does shift into {{Jerkass Facade}} territory after the discovery that he ''literally'' kills everyone he loves. Until it turns out that he doesn't. He's still distant, though, but that's just his personality.]]

* TheVerse: Part of ''Franchise/TheShadowhunterChronicles'' consisting of this series, its predecessor ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'', ''Literature/TheDarkArtifices'' (sequel to ''The Mortal Instruments), ''The Last Hours'' (sequel to ''The Infernal Devices''), ''The Wicked Powers'' (sequel to ''The Dark Artifices''), ''Literature/TheEldestCurses'' (spin-off focusing on Alec and Magnus), ''Literature/TheBaneChronicles'' (short story collection), ''Literature/TalesFromTheShadowhunterAcademy'' (short story collection) and ''Ghosts of the Shadowmarket'' (short story collection), all taking place in the Shadowhunter world.

* TheVerse: Part of ''Franchise/TheShadowhunterChronicles'' consisting of this series, its predecessor ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'', ''Literature/TheDarkArtifices'' (sequel to ''The Mortal Instruments), ''The Last Hours'' (sequel to ''The Infernal Devices''), ''The Wicked Powers'' (sequel to ''The Dark Artifices''), ''The Eldest Curses'' (spin-off focusing on Alec and Magnus), ''Literature/TheBaneChronicles'' (short story collection), ''Literature/TalesFromTheShadowhunterAcademy'' (short story collection) and ''Ghosts of the Shadowmarket'' (short story collection), all taking place in the Shadowhunter world.

* TheVerse: Part of ''Franchise/TheShadowhunterChronicles'' consisting of this series, its predecessor ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'', ''Literature/TheDarkArtifices'' (sequel to ''The Mortal Instruments), ''The Last Hours'' (sequel to ''The Infernal Devices''), ''The Wicked Powers'' (sequel to ''The Dark Artifices''), ''The Eldest Curses'' (spin-off focusing on Alec and Magnus), ''Literature/TheBaneChronicles'' (short storie collection), ''Tales From The Shadowhunter Academy'' (short storie collection) and ''Ghosts of the Shadowmarket'' (short storie collection), all taking place in the Shadowhunter world.

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*** [[spoiler:[=DeQuincy=] isn't the magister]].\\\
*** [[spoiler:Nathaniel was working for the magister]].\\\

** ''The Clockwork Prince'':\\\
*** [[spoiler:Will has a curse on him that kills everyone who loves him]].\\\
*** [[spoiler:Jessamine was meeting Nathaniel at night and is a spy for the Magister]].\\\
*** [[spoiler:(A comedic example) Demon Pox is real]].\\\
*** [[spoiler:Will ''doesn't'' have a curse on him that kills everyone who loves him]].\\\