The Shadowhunter’s Codex

Most Shadowhunters spend their younger years as warriors.

Your mom has been in hiding from your evil dad, and you found out you’re a Shadowhunter only a few weeks ago

You had a torrid affair with a member of the Nephilim Council, and now he’s trying to cover his tracks.

You have a compound last name already and convinced someone important that yours is a Shadowhunter family and the Shadowhunteriness has just been weakened by generations of poor breeding.

That coincidence—beggars belief. A 60 ft tall angel appears to you—apparently does not beggar belief.