Shadowhunter

**Primary Ability** | Enhanced Physical and Spiritual AbilitiesRunecraft

**Shadowhunters** (影の子 (シャドウハンター), *Shadouhantā* lit. *Children of Shadow*), also known as "**The Children of Raziel**" (ラジエルの子供たち, *Rajieru no Kodomo-tachi*), are a subspecies of Humans that are granted supernaturally-enhanced physical abilities that are on par with higher-ranked Supernaturals. The Shadowhunters are considered as the "mediator" between the Humans and the Supernaturals in the *Shadowverse* mythology and as such have the "task" of protecting both worlds from the threats arised from either the Supernaturals ("*Otherworlders*") or Humans themselves.

## Biology

Shadowhunters, true to its original species, are indistinguishable from normal Humans as they share the same biological characteristics from them. The one thing differentiated from them is their enhanced physical attributes that are considered on par with physically strong Supernaturals. According to several Vampires, their blood are known to be similar to that of an Angel however it doesn't classify them as a Nephilim as their blood are still safe to be consumed by Vampires, Demons and similar creatures unlike Angel or Nephilim's whose blood are considered to be dangerous for them.

While they all in all similar to normal humans, Shadowhunters can still be identified through their Voyance Rune, which appears when a Shadowhunter is born and serves as their "birthmark" in a way. They can also be distinguished with their physical appearance, such as uncommon eye colors (e.g. Oskar's purple eyes and Taiga's indigo eyes), hair colors, physical marks, etc. although these are uncommon.

## Shadowhunter Clans

Shadowhunters are divided into different Clans according to their abilities and specializations. Each Clan have their own "*Clan Marks*" based on their Voyance Rune's design that helps them classified which Clan that a Shadowhunter are from. There are 22 Shadowhunters Clans.

### I. Futsunushi Clan

The **Futsunushi Clan** are known for their excellent potential. Shadowhunters of this Clan starts out as very weak and mostly specialized in one aspects of their abilities; *however*, when they honed their potential to the maximum, they are capable of growing into great Shadowhunters of their own. Despite that, they are considered the weakest of the 22 Clans. Their Clan Mark is named *Le Bateleur*.

### II. Cybele Clan

The **Cybele Clan** are known for their healing abilities. Shadowhunters of this Clan are the best at using healing and supportive Runes as well as having the most medical knowledge which allows them to serve as the main Healer for other Shadowhunters or Otherworlders. They are one of the few Clans who are pacifist by nature though they won't hesitate to fight when in danger. Their Clan Mark is named *La Papesse*.

### III. Harlot Clan

The **Harlot Clan** are known for their affinity with **Demonic Runes**. As such, most of their members are very specialized with that specific Runes and may only be able to use it. Due to their affinity with Demonic Runes, they have the most trouble at using **Angelic Runes** compare to others. Uniquely, Shadowhunters born from this Clan are always female. Their Clan Mark is named *L'Impératrice*.

### IV. Odin Clan

The **Odin Clan** are known for their specialization in offensive **Shadow Runes**. As such, Shadowhunters of this Clan are always a good fighter by default. Much like the Harlot Clan, Shadowhunters born from this Clan are always male. Their Clan Mark is named *L'Empereur*.

### V. Kohryu Clan

The **Kohryu Clan** are known for their "*beast taming*" skills. Shadowhunters of this Clan are at best fighting with the help of a Familiar, especially those of a Beastkin, and if they weren't are the most at sync when fighting alongside Otherworlders compared to other Shadowhunters. They also tend to have better relationship with Otherworlders as a result. Their Clan Mark is named *Le Pape*.

### VI. Ishtar Clan

The **Ishtar Clan** are known best for their mediating skills. Shadowhunters of this Clan will most likely serves best as a mediator to solve conflicts between the humans and the Otherworlders. As such most members have aversion with fighting and most likely won't involved in a fight; at best they served more of a supportive role. Their Clan Mark is named *L'Amoureux*.

### VII. Chi You Clan

The **Chi You Clan** are known for their weapon mastery. Shadowhunters of this Clan have talent in wielding almost all types of weaponry as such a skilled member can wield at least more than one type of weaponry in a fight. Their Clan Mark is named *Le Chariot*.

### VIII. Metatron Clan

The **Metatron Clan** are known for their affinity with **Angelic Runes**. Much like the Harlot Clan, most members are very specialized with that specific Runes and have the most trouble at using **Demonic Runes**. In the Community, Shadowhunters born from this Clan are almost likely serves best at handling the human sides affairs and have the best connection with Angels. Their Clan Mark is named *La Justice*.

### IX. Ongyo-Ki Clan

The **Ongyo-Ki** Clan are known for their high intelligence. They are mostly served better at researching and gathering information about other Races and mostly stays out of fighting. Shadowhunters born from this Clan tends to be anti-social and isolates themselves from others as a result. Their Clan Mark is named *L'Ermite*.

### X. Lakshmi Clan

The **Lakshmi Clan** are known for their high spiritual attributes. While all Shadowhunters have resistance and immunity to most magical and spiritual interferences, Shadowhunters of this Clan are blessed with "spiritual instincts" that allows them to be more aware of other spiritual abilities. They are considered the natural enemies of Phantoms, Youkais and other ghostly races. Their Clan Mark is named *La Roue de Fortune*.

### XI. Zaou-Gongen Clan

The **Zaou-Gongen Clan** are known for their great physical attributes. Shadowhunters of this Clan are blessed with incredible physical strength that are on par with a Dracki's normal strength which are considered the highest than all other Races. All members of the Kaslana Family (with the exception of Cecilia and her child) are born from this Clan and earning them the title of the "*Grand Orion*" in the community due to having strong and skilled Shadowhunters.Their Clan Mark is named *La Force*.

### XII. Attis Clan

The **Attis Clan** are known for their great endurance. In contrast to the Zaou-Gongen Clan's incredible strength, Shadowhunters of this Clan are blessed with incredible physical defense that allows them to survive against fatal attacks. As such, most Shadowhunters born from this Clan are particularly known for their lack of fear towards dying which translates into them being almost reckless in their actions. Their Clan Mark is named *Le Pendu*.

### XIII. Thanatos Clan

The **Thanatos Clan** are infamously known for their ability to kill. While Shadowhunters are generally feared by Otherworlders due to their nature, the Thanatos Clan stands out due to them being the most capable to defeat and even *kill* Otherworlders due to them having the "natural" sense of killing making them being the most feared out of all, especially to Demons who considered them the worst of the bunch. As such, Shadowhunters of this Clan are generally geared towards assassination jobs as it is their most natural job. That being said, the Thanatos Clan are considered the black sheep due to their affinity with killing as it conflicts with the Shadowhunter's main role in ending the feud between the humans and Otherworlders. Their Clan Mark is named *La Mort*.

### XIV. Ardha Clan

The **Ardha Clan** are known for their affinity in **Elemental Runes**. Shadowhunters of this Clan tend to specialized in using Elemental Runes better than other **Shadow Runes**, more often than not to specialized in one element at the least. Their Clan Mark is named *Tempérance*.

### XV. Beelzebub Clan

The **Beelzebub Clan** are known for their cunning intelligence. Shadowhunters of this Clan tends to be a skilled manipulator as their cunningness allows to help them to avoid potential bloodshed when conflict arrives by manipulating the opposite side, however immoral it may be. They also tend to specialized in **Demonic Runes** though they do not have the natural affinity as the Harlot Clan do. Their Clan Mark is named *Le Diable*.

### XVI. Mada Clan

The **Mada Clan** are known for their bad luck. Unlike other Clans, Shadowhunters born from here are "cursed" to bring bad luck wherever they go which caused them to be ostracized by other out of their own self-preservation as they could not "turn off" their bad luck. However, some Shadowhunters do take advantage of their "bad luck" to be used againts their enemies or helps people in unorthodox ways. Their Clan Mark is named *La Maison Dieu*.

### XVII. Helel Clan

The **Helel Clan** are known for their ability to use **Elven Runes**. Elven Runes are said to be high-complex runes that not even a skilled Magi could even learn and as such only Elves are capable to understand and used, however Shadowhunters of this Clan are able to use this type of Runes without difficulty as if it was breathing although it also made them harder to use **Shadow Runes** other than the basic ones. Shadowhunters from this Clan are also known for being kind, cheerful and a social person. Their Clan Mark is named *L'Étoile*.

### XVIII. Sandalphon Clan

The **Sandalphon Clan** are known for their affinity with both types of **Shadow Runes**. As such, Shadowhunters of this Clan are considered as the best Runecraft practitioners due to their versatility making them superior than Clans who specialized with specific Shadow Runes. The last Kaslana Heir, Cecilia Kaslana, who also happened to be one of the strongest Shadowhunters, was born from this Clan (as does her child). Their Clan Mark is named *La Lune*.

### XIX. Asura Clan

The **Asura Clan** are known for their affinity with nature. As such, they have the strongest connection towards nature and its spirits which made them protective of it from other beings that could harm them. Races that have the closest connections with nature such as Faes, woodland Elves and animals have a great relationship with Shadowhunters from this Clan. Their Clan Mark is named *Le Soleil*.

### XX. Lucifer Clan

The **Lucifer Clan** are known for its members having short lifespans. While not necessarily cursed, it seems that most Shadowhunters of this Clan are born with terminal illness that could cause their death at a young age. However, they all turned to be great Shadowhunters and skilled in their own respective area of expertise regardless of their illness. As such, Shadowhunters of this Clan all made the most of their short lives and live it to the fullest. Their Clan Mark is named *Le Jugement*.

### XXI. Izanagi Clan

The **Izanagi Clan** are one of the two Shadowhunter Clans whose existence are a complete mystery. They are considered as the *strongest* out of all 22 Clans as it was said one member from this Clan is capable enough to fight against a horde of Demons or two Drackis in full power. However, this information is yet to be confirmed as currently no known Shadowhunter have their designated Mark in the present. Their Clan Mark is named *Le Monde*.

### 0. Satanael Clan

The **Satanael Clan** are one of the two Shadowhunter Clans whose existence are a complete mystery. However, unlike the Izanagi Clan, there is no known information about this Clan at all, even within the Shadowhunter community. It is as if their existence were a myth or deliberately hidden to the public. Their Clan Mark is named *Le Mat*.

## Powers & Abilities

**Enhanced Physical Abilities**:

* **Enhanced Strength**:
* **Enhanced Speed**:
* **Enhanced Stamina**:
* **Naturally High Life Force**:

**Enhanced Spiritual Abilities**:

* **Naturally High Spiritual and Magical Resistance**:

**Weapon Mastery**:

### Runecraft

**Runecraft** (霊的経典 (ルーンクラフト), *Rūnkurafuto* lit. *Spiritual Scripture*):

## List of known Shadowhunters

* Oskar Mathis - XVIII. La Lune
* Taiga Shimazaki - X. La Roue de Fortune
* Minho Araragi - XIII. La Mort
* Kanna Tamaki - VI. L'Amoreux
* Kaslana Family
	+ Sigurd Kaslana - XI. La Force
	+ Cecilia Kaslana - XVIII. La Lune

## Trivia

* The **Shadowhunters** take inspirations and are loosely based on the titular race from the popular book series *The Mortal Instruments* written by Cassandra Lee.
* The names of the Shadowhunter Clan's designated mark are all named after the 22 Major Arcanas of the Tarot of Marseilles deck. The designs of each clan's Voyance Runes are also similar to the Crests from *Fire Emblem Three Houses*, which in turn also bear similarities to the Major Arcana.
* With the exception of Thanatos, Helel, Lucifer, Izanagi, and Satanel Clans, all the Shadowhunters' Clans are named after the Ultimate Personas of all Confidant Arcanas from the RPG game, *Persona 5/Royal*. Helel is the Hebrew name of Lucifer and designated as XVII (Star Arcana), Lucifer's designated Arcana in *5/Roya*l while he was a previous Ultimate Persona of the Judgment Arcana (designated XX) from the previous series. Thanatos, Izanagi and Satanael are all named after iconic Personas from their designated Arcanas (although in Izanagi's case it was his ultimate form, Izanagi-no-Okami).