Magnus Bane

Magnus Bane is one of the supporting characters in The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices and the main protagonist of The Bane Chronicles. He is the High Warlock of Brooklyn who is around 800 years old but has the appearance of a 19-year-old and aids the Shadowhunters and is also shown to be bisexual having dated the vampire Camille and a Shadowhunter named Alec Lightwood.
He is played by the late Godfrey Gao in the first book's film adaption The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.
In the TV adaptation, Shadowhunter, he is played by Harry Shum Jr.
==Early life==
Magnus was born to a half-Dutch and half-Indonesian woman and the Prince of Hell Asmodeus in the 17th century in Jakarta, Indonesia, back then known as Batavia of the Dutch East Indies. He was born seemingly normal, only with unusual amber eyes.
Magnus was raised on a farm with his mother and her husband, both of whom raised him lovingly. However, when Magnus's warlock mark developed and they realized that he was the son of a demon, they both feared him. Magnus despised himself, and his mother soon hung herself in their barn. When he was ten, his stepfather attempted to drown him but was instead burned when Magnus lashed out with his powers at him. He was then brought up by churchmen and raised by the Silent Brothers of Madrid, Spain, in the 17th century. In their care, he was introduced to Ragnor Fell and became his student. He chose the name "Magnus Bane" after Ragnor told him warlocks identify themselves before others can for them. Years later, Magnus met and saved Catarina Loss from being burned as a witch, who later became his second lifelong, fellow immortal friend.
Somehow, Magnus has acquainted himself with his father, Asmodeus. Aware of his father's influence, Magnus occasionally brought up his power and notoriety and used this in his favor. Being a very skilled and powerful warlock, Magnus began charging for his services fairly young, even before he was a full-grown warlock. Though he was only less than twenty years old, he had already begun lying about his age, claiming to be hundreds of years old, old enough to know historical figures such as Julius Caesar and certain oracles, to increase his clients' confidence in him.
At one point, Magnus fell in love with someone and had, for the first time in his long life, stayed with his lover for the duration of the girl's mundane life. Even for thirty years after that, Magnus still had not moved on from the pain, though it had become tolerable, and was still on an extended vacation, seeking adventure in places like Peru, unable to settle somewhere with the thought of his late lover still stinging.Magnus once cited this heartbreak about a century after to another warlock friend who had lost her first loved one, saying that the first one was always the hardest.
==Later life==
Every two years until 2007 Magnus would cast a spell on Clary Fray to remove her memories of seeing anything from the Shadow World on her mother Jocelyn's wishes as she wanted to protect her daughter from it and from Clary's father Valentine.
== Skills & Abilities ==
* Immortality: As a warlock, Magnus was granted immortality. Physically, he does not age and has maintained the appearance of a 19-year-old since the 16th century.
* Magic: He has access to magical powers that often manifest themselves as blue flames or sparks at his fingertips. Magnus is capable of casting spells, performing summoning rituals, and is particularly skilled at healing magic. He is an extremely powerful warlock.
** Oneiromancy: When experimenting with this form of magic, he was able to travel the sleeping souls of over a dozen people to one dream location for a wedding. He was also able to control who remembered the dream.
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