Stele

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Steles are the tools used by Shadowhunter to draw runes onto their skin, weapons, and other materials. They are also made of adamas and crafted by the Iron Sisters. 
== Description ==
Steles look like long, slender twigs, though the length and style vary and may depend on the owner's preferences. There are many different models of steles, the appearance evolving depending on the times. Steles have a sort of aura to them, a ghostly imprint of their owner's personality. When not in use, steles are inert but they warm and glow while drawing runes.
Since steles are not designed to be used in direct battle against demons, steles do not harm them, though demons tend to recoil when exposed to a stele due to the material it is made of—the heavenly metal adamas.
Only Shadowhunters can use steles to create Marks; steles will not even produce a line when used by mundanes or Downworlders, but it will cause no harm to them
== History ==
The first stele is believed to have been a rough oblong of adamas used by Jonathan Shadowhunter to inscribe the first Marks on his own skin.
In 2007, Luke gave Clary Fray her mother's stele while the latter was still in a magically-induced coma, but Clary ultimately lost it when she accidentally Portaled into Lake Lyn in Idris.
After the Dark War, Jace Herondale gave his first stele, the one he learned to draw runes with, to Emma Carstairs, before she and the Blackthorns Portaled home. Emma treasured it and kept it as a symbol of the events that marked her life after the Dark War and as a reminder of the purpose Jace had given her. Five years later, in 2012, Emma had to give up the stele, against her will, to the Guardian of Lir's Gate so she could enter Faerie.
Category:Weapons