Stevie Herondale

Stephen "Stevie" Alexander Herondale is the first child of Jace and Clary Herondale, along with his twin sister, Emmy. He is the older of the two twins and is the older brother of Ella, Liam, Jonathan, Adele, Ava, and Celina. He is the parabatai of Eli Lightwood, as well as the adoptive brother / cousin of Ash. 
== Name & Etymology ==
Jace & Clary named Stephen after Jace's deceased father, Stephen Herondale. They chose the middle name Alexander after Jace's parabatai Alec Lightwood. 
The name Stephen is of Greek origin, and is said to be a favorite name in ancient Greece. The name means "crown" or "garland."
Alexander is also of Greek origin, and means "man's defender" or "warrior." It is also a biblical name.
== Early Life ==
Stephen was born in New York City along with his twin sister, Emmy, to Jace and Clary Herondale. He was raised alongside his parabatai Eli Lightwood, and Max and Rafael. He is currently training at the New York Institute to become a Shadowhunter.
== Physical Appearance ==
Stevie has a broader build. He is 5'9'', much taller than Emmy. He has messy bright red hair (like Clary) and startling green eyes. He also has a round face. By Emmy, he is described as handsome.
His Voyance rune is on his left hand, and he has a Knowledge rune on the right side of his neck that peeks out from most of his shirts. His Angelic Power rune is at the hollow of his throat, while his parabatai rune rests over his heart.
== Personality ==
He is very skilled in weaponry and fighting - one of the best of his generation. He isn't very social and is more on the quiet side - unlike his sister. He prefers to sit back and observe people. He is insanely good at reading people, and, according to Emmy, "seems to have a gift at it. It's like he can tell what people are feeling despite them not saying it." He is extremely protective of his family.
==Skills and Abilities==
*Nephilim Physiology: Being Nephilim, Stevie possesses a variety of enhanced physical and mental abilities granted to him by the blood of the angel Raziel in his veins as well as the angelic Marks of the Gray Book. This includes enhanced strength, speed, agility, stamina, and coordination, which continue to improve over time and practice.
**The Sight: As a Shadowhunter, Stevie is naturally and easily able to see through most magical illusions and layers of glamour over reality.
**Runic Magic: Due to the angel blood in their veins, all Shadowhunters are able to apply runes on their skin without any real danger. These Marks, in turn, give varied effects that serve to benefit the wearer.
**Use of Heavenly Weapons: As a Shadowhunter, Stevie is also able to perform tasks unique to their species, such as the ability to use and call on the power of the angels for their seraph blades, as well as to handle any heavenly weapons or objects with effect, which would normally not work for other species. In particular, these are tools made out of adamas and forged by the Iron Sisters.
*Angelic Blood Empowerment: Due to Valentine's experiments on his parents, Stevie also inherited extra angel blood from Clary and Jace, in a higher concentration than his parents. This contributes to enhanced aspects in certain fields beyond the normal Shadowhunter parameters. This provides him with healing factors, and allows her to survive events that normal Shadowhunters usually wouldn't, such as cataplasm poisoning. The angel blood gives Stevie warlock-like abilities in memory manipulation and fire manipulation. Because of his magical abilities, Stevie and his siblings are considered Shadowhunter-warlock hybrids.
**Memory Manipulation Magic: Due to his extra angel blood, Stevie possesses a wide array of memory manipulation abilities, including the abilities to see the memories of other people, and manipulate memories. He shares this power with his twin sister, Emmy. 
**Water Manipulation Magic: Due to his extra angel blood, Stevie is able to manipulate different kinds of water.
*Parabatai Bond: Due to his parabatai bond with Eli Lightwood, Stevie is able to call on more strength in battle. The runes drawn on him by Eli also give a considerably stronger effect.
*Expert Swordsman: Stevie is an expert swordsman.
==Species Classification==
Due to his magical abilities brought on his high concentration of angel blood inherited from his parents, Stevie is technically considered a Shadowhunter-warlock hybrid. However, he isn't a true warlock due to not having a demonic parent; additionally, his magic is angelic in nature. However, Jocelyn has compared him and his siblings to Valentine, stating that they are as close to warlocks as human beings can become.
== Trivia ==
* He was named after Stephen Herondale, his paternal grandfather, and Alec Lightwood, his father's parabatai. 
* He is left-handed.
* He has an intense dislike of ducks, like his father, sister, other siblings, and Herondale ancestors.
* He has a star-shaped birthmark on his shoulder.
* He wears a Herondale family ring on his right hand.
* Out of Emmy, Mina, Eli, and himself, he speaks the most languages (12), including English, Latin, Greek, Welsh, French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Portuguese, German, and Vietnamese.
* Stevie is an artist, like his mother, and often draws pictures of demons to help Shadowhunters identify them and to teach young Shadowhunters what they look like. He plans to one day make a book out of his illustrations.
*He is pansexual.
Category:Main Character
Category:Herondale Family