Lilith

Lilith in her human form

**Lilith** is a powerful Greater Demon and the Queen of Edom. She is known as the Mother of demons.

## History

Lilith was the first wife of Adam in the Garden of Eden until she was cast out and replaced by Eve. Lilith was punished for her disobedience by being made unable to bear children, or at least, she was only capable of gestating infants who then died upon their birth.

Vengeful, Lilith tricked Adam and Eve's first son, Cain, into killing his brother, Abel, and turned Cain into a vampire. As a result, Eve and her became mortal enemies. At some point, she became known as the Mother of Demons.

She eventually started a complex on-off relationship with Asmodeus.

When he hid Magnus Bane from her, preferring to raise him alone rather than with her, she entered a violent rage, and broke off their relationship for a century.

## Personality and Traits

Soft-spoken and eerily calm, Lilith carries herself with an air of supreme authority and power but also with a deceptive innocence that keeps those who meet her from seeing her as a threat until it's too late. Lilith has a fixation on children due to her being barren.

She is personally offended and angered by those who would dare hurt her children and would see to their destruction, but she wouldn't be above using even those she loathes if they could help her achieve her goals, albeit temporarily.

Lilith can also quite wise, creative, and efficient, able to think ahead and adjust her plans accordingly in case of an unexpected predicament. Though she doesn't exactly try to be subtle with her activities, she is able to avoid detection, letting others do her dirty work for her but hides in plain sight, showing herself in some other form even to those working against her. If pushed far enough however, she is not afraid to take matters into her own hands and deal with a problem personally.

She is bitter and spiteful, as it was she who swayed Cain, the son of her former husband Adam, to kill his brother Abel out of utter spite and even turned Cain into a vampire.

## Skills and Abilities

* **Demon Physiology:** Lilith is one of several demons of Edom, being one of the first inhabitants of that realm and the Queen. She shares the same characteristics as most demons such as abilities and weaknesses, however, being a greater demon, Lilith has a differentiated demonic form, stronger and with her own signature of evil energy.
* **Immortality:** As a Greater Demon, Lilith's age stretches across eons; she does not age nor will she ever die of natural causes or disease.
* **Demonic Magic**: As a Greater Demon, Lilith is capable of harnessing and utilizing demonic magic for a variety of purposes, manifesting this power in the form of red flames. She and Asmodeus are two of the few Greater Demons powerful enough to corrupt ley lines with demonic energy. When she invaded the Seelie court, Lilith managed to defeat the queen's troops with her demonic magic. Upon breaking into Magnus' apartment, she can easily contain him, choking him with an energy whip. After being banished back to Edom, Lilith had much of her power reduced due to the Mark of Cain blow, becoming inferior even to Magnus, even though she was in his realm.
* **Shapeshifting:** As a demon, Lilith's true form is that of a large, winged demonic apparition, with red skin, sharp fangs, and a pair of horns. In this form, she is physically stronger, managing to pierce the chest of the angel Ithuriel with just one fist, ripping out his heart. She is also tough enough to withstand combined attacks from Magnus and Lorenzo's magic. On Earth, Lilith always remained in her human form, but when she needed a piece of Clary's soul, she realized she would have to get it herself and transformed to go get the girl.
* **Mind control:** Lilith is able to bend mundanes to her will and can command from them their blind loyalty and love for her. Her ability to do so is powerful enough that she can put even a Shadowhunter under her control. However, she can only control Jace when he is asleep, and she is unable to completely command him due to his love for another.
* **Demon Absorption:** To strengthen herself, Lilith can absorb lesser demons into herself, becoming more powerful. When she was banished to Edom by the Mark of Cain, she tried to face Magnus, but ended up losing due to her current condition, so she began to absorb several demons to regain her strength.
* **Necromancy:** Lilith is able to perform a ritual designed to revive the dead. The ritual itself is extremely dangerous, difficult and takes a long time to fully perform, but it proves to be accurate as Lilith managed to resurrect Jonathan flawlessly.
* **Summoning:** Lilith can perform rituals to summon demons that obey her commands. When she was after Clary, she summoned a lesser tracking demon to go after the girl.
* **Soul Extraction:** To finish a potion that would nullify Jace's love for Clary, Lilith extracted a shard of Clary's soul to complete the potion's recipe.
* **Supernatural Concealment:** When visiting Magnus' apartment, Lilith nullified her demonic presence so that the sorcerer would not discover who she really was.
* **Telekinesis:** To ensure that Clary wouldn't run away from her apartment, Lilith used her magic to wrap metal bars around Clary's wrists and legs.
* **Clairsentience**: Lilith is psychically linked to the demons she employs and feels the pain from the destruction of these demons.
* **Fireball Shooting:** In her true form, Lilith can shoot fireballs from her mouth.
* **Flight**: In her true form, Lilith is able to fly.

## Appearances

No appearance in Shadowhunters 2.0. Discovery