The Curse of being a Herondale

A look at the Herondale men of the Shadowhunter series

In the world of the Shadowhunters that Cassandra Clare has created, there are a great many characters that stand out, because, of the way the books are written we have gotten the opportunity to see many family lines prosper and die out depending on what war has ravaged. In the Infernal Devices, we meet Will Herondale, who is strong and proud of his name, and of being a Shadowhunter. He is an exemplary Shadowhunter, and no one is surprised to eventually find out, that Jace is a descendant however briefly of that Herondale line. It was Will Herondale’s friendship with the Carstairs that started the line; The Carstairs owe the Herondales, which becomes of the utmost importance in later novels.

From reading both the Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices we can see that there is some sort of curse, in the family line of the Herondales. Whether it is an actual curse or unforeseen circumstances, we have seen many a son of the Herondale bloodline met with tragic ends.

The first Herondale, that we come across is Jace, and of course, we don’t realize he’s a Herondale until the last moment in City of Glass, but as was foretold by Madame Dorothea in the first novel, he was doomed to fall in love with the wrong person. While Clary and Jace seem good as a couple there are many things in place that show them being together being a tragic circumstance, even years later when they seem to finally have their happy ending. See one of the last chapters of The Ghosts of the Shadowmarket for proof of this statement.

The second Herondale is technically the first official Herondale that we really meet as a Herondale is, of course, the accursed Will Herondale of the Infernal Devices. This Will is sarcastic, aloof, and breathtakingly beautiful, capturing the heart of men and women alike. He is also cursed that everyone he should love will die. This curse was given by a demon he accidentally set free when he was very young, and not known to the ShadowWorld. This doesn’t stop him from befriending his Parabatai, who had already been cursed to die a horrible death thanks to a demon that poisoned and tortured him as an act of revenge on his warrior…

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