Shadowhunters

> "*By the angel Raizel, from this day forth we swear an oath to protect humans and supernatural alike from the evil forces of Hell.*"
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> ― Oath of the Shadowhunters.
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## Biological Information

### Title/Alias

Nephilim (By Raziel)Children of Raziel

Children of the Angels

### Affilation

RazielHeaven

Humans

Supernatural Community

The Saviors

## Production

### Portrayed By

Various

The Shadowhunters are a race of humans that were blessed by angel blood from the Archangel Raziel, during the 1000 AD, the First Demon Incursion led by Samael and Lilith. They are a secretive race that work behind the sidelines and are nonexistent to the Mundane world and serve as protectors and law enforcers among the supernatural community. They also happen to safeguard humans as well.

The Shadowhunters were blessed by angel blood from Heaven's artifacts known as the Mortal Cup and given two other artifacts that are called, along with the cup as the Mortal Instruments.

The home and base of operations for the Shadowhunters is hidden from humans known as Idris. The Shadowhunters have institutes set across all over the world, but there aren't that many Shadowhunters as there use to be and have lost the Mortal Cup, so they are unable to create more Shadowhunters.

## History

Around the year, AD 1000, when Samael and Lilith led the first Incursion, the first time demons roamed the Earth and tried to take over it after opening the Gates of Hell, causing many humans to die and new breeds of demon hybrids to be born.

The Archangel Raziel sought out to aid humans without directly helping them, due to the orders of God commanding the forces of Heaven to hold back and let the humans fend on their own as interfering would result in postponing their evolution, but Raziel indirectly helped by granting the three Mortal Instruments to the first human who shall become the first Shadowhunter, Jonathan.

The Mortal Mirror was placed into a river that is known as Lake Lyn, to be used as a means of summoning Raziel by gathering the other two Mortal Instruments and placing them into the lake.

The Mortal Sword had to coin side abilities. The first being anyone who wield or by mere physical contact shall speak the truth and only the truth. The second being if an angelic entity or anyone of pure angel blood were to wield it, it is powerful to send a surge of pure celestial energy that will rid the planet of demonic origin.

Finally the main source of how the Shadowhunters originated is the Mortal Cup. Raziel placed some of his blood for Jonathan to drink from it and then share it with the rest who wish to fight against the demons, thus the Shadowhunters were born. The Dark Ages had been cruel but they manage to push back Hell, with the unknown aid of humans that Michael and his Powers placed together, the Priest. After Heaven took the war to the demons in their realm, the Gates were closed and Earth was safe, but had been no plagued of demons that remain, thus the Shadowhunters swore an oath to protect the mundane world from demons.

It wasn't until later they began to form their government known as the Clave and work together with other supernatural creatures such as monsters, deities, fairies, magic practitioners, even true Nephilims. By using powerful glamour, the supernatural and Shadowhunters remain hidden from the human world, thus people being unaware of their existence and work behind the shadows.

## Home

#### Idris

Idris is the homeland and base of operations for the Shadowhunter race. The location is hidden between Central Europe. The capital city Alicante is in a small country between Germany, France, and Switzerland. There are powerful wardings placed all around the country and the borders, preventing from Mundanes to ever perceive or enter. If any human were to travel inside, they will simply be transported on the other side of the barrier surrounding the premises. Alicante is protected by Demon Towers, preventing any demonic force from entering unless one were to wipe demon blood from the inside.

From outside the city, is the rest of the supernatural community, living in city of their own with flea markets, clubs, houses, farms, and mostly surrounded by forest and mountains. The weather conditions are extremely dangerous and can kill those not of supernatural origin.

## Government and Politics

#### Clave

The Clave is a form of government or council for the Shadowhunters. The common known selection of Shadowhunters who make up as members of the Clave are the elders or those who have retired and taken allegiance to the Clave. They contribute to all sorts of issues that occur between their people and the supernatural community who take up residents on Idris or living off their homeland but under their protection.

Like human politics, they are responsible for creating new amendments for the accords and have to vote to decide on a matter that will affect them greatly and the supernatural.

#### The Covenant

The Covenant is the law upheld by the Clave. They are a rule of conducts to ensure a balance among the Shadowhunters, supernatural community, and mundane world. The Shadowhunters enforce the law to ensure the safety of not just themselves but to the supernatural community under their protection willingly and protect the mundane world from any forces of evil or hell origin. The Shadowhunters are also responsible for ensuring that the supernatural stays hidden from the mundanes and supernatural hunters.

#### The Accords

The Accords are the Shadowhunter's amendment of the Covenant to be upheld throughout the supernatural community and Shadowhunters, managing how Shadowhunters and the supernatural should interact with one another and the mundane world. The accords that apply to the supernatural are only those that have agreed to sign over for protection and services and taking up residents in Idris. The accords give the supernatural who are living on Idris or wandering in the mundane world by allowing them personal rights, responsibility, and restrictions of their actions. The oath to swear upon this law is to never reveal the supernatural or existence of the Shadowhunters to the mundane world.

#### World Relations

The Shadowhunters share no relation to any form of human government and have secretly placed agents among the ranks of human government to provide advanced technology, financial services, and any need for a cover-up story. The Shadowhunters do not see themselves following human laws unless going undercover during the daytime when off duty. Police Department or any form of law authorities are alliance with the Clave and provide intellect of any abnormal activities that are non-human cases and inform them to send in a team of Shadowhunters to deal with it.

It is shown that the Priest and Shadowhunters are aware of each other's existence and have time from time worked as allies, but truthfully their organizations do not work together and some among their ranks tend to be hostile.

## Mission

The main mission for all Shadowhunters is by the order of Raziel to protect the human world and supernatural from denizens of Hell or any form of evil forces. Many are dispatched worldwide, setting up institutes in rural cities that demons are known for attacking.

They also ensure to keep the secrecy for the supernatural from the humans, much like the Priest so that the humans can never learn the truth of the supernatural exist. Their responsibility is to uphold the peace and bring balance to Shadow World.

## Powers and Abilities

Shadowhunters are humans granted supernatural physical enhancements, due to consuming angel blood, allowing them to fight the supernatural forces such as typical demons, monsters, fairies, or witches.

* **Angel Blood Empowerment:** By drinking blood from the Mortal Cup or pure angel blood, a human can be granted supernatural enhancements such as able to fight against supernatural creatures and overpower humans. Those who drink pure angel blood will have rare powerful abilities that typical Shadowhunters do not possess and are a lot stronger.
	+ **Nephilim Physiology:** From drinking angel blood, in some way, they physiology is altered where it is somewhat akin to an actual Nephilim, but not at the same capacity. They physiology allows them to use certain abilities or external sources that humans are not capable of using.
		- **Rune Magic:** It is a common method for Shadowhunters to use angelic rune magic, granted by Raziel from the Book of the Covenant and Gray Book. The runes are burned onto their bodies and certain runes permanently stay etched onto their skin, while some will vanish.
		- **The Sight:** A form of supernatural perception, the Shadowhunters can perceive through glamour meant to hide supernatural individuals from the eyes of humans. They can also see through Shadowhunters that are cloaked and communicate with them. Any areas concealed in magic can be perceived without issue. Because of the angel blood, they can see the true visage of an angel without harm.
		- **Use of Heavenly Weaponry:** Thanks to the angel blood, they are able to function angelic weaponry at their full power as ordinary humans or beings without angel blood cannot wield such as Seraph Blades or hold a Flaming Sword.
	+ **Angelic Control (Pure Blood):** An ability granted to those of pure blood. Shadowhunters can control angels and manipulate them whoever they see fit.
		- **Angelic Banishment:** At full concentration, a pure blood Shadowhunter can banish any angel back to Heaven, even a Higher Angel. Archangels on the other hand are immune.
		- **Angelic Possession:** A Shadowhunter can possess any angel and are able to see, hear, or communicate right through them. For Higher Angels it requires full concentration and consumption in vast amount of pure angel blood to accomplish this feat. Archangels are immune to this power.
	+ **Angelic Power Manipulation (Pure Blood):** A pure blood shadowhunter can control the angelic holy energies angels are able to use and invoke the celestial might as an energy attack or channel it into objects such as conventional weapons to enhance them to have the ability to slay supernatural creatures.
	+ **Angelic Slaying (Pure Blood):** Forming their hands into a piercing motion, a Shadowhunter can slay any angel. For Higher Angels it requires vast consumption of pure angel blood.
	+ **Angelic Smiting (Pure Blood):** At full concentration and plenty enough of pure angel blood, a Shadowhunter can smite an angel with their minds or hand gesture.
* **Parabatai Bond:** Most Shadowhunters share an oath with a partner or siblings to fight together till the near end and this oath can be done with any gender. They are lifelong partners and will willingly put their lives down for the other and remain close by. This bond allows a bonded Shadowhunter to trace another Shadowhunter and feel their pains or death, sending a painful sensation.
* **Regeneration:** The angel blood allows the Shadowhunter's body to heal from any damage in a short span of time, but severe injuries require medical treatment. Constant regenerative healing tissue will cause the metabolism to go out of control and have them require to eat a ton of calories to sustain themselves. Their healing factor is not quite good enough to allow them to live long as they will die at the average age of humans.
* **Superhuman Durability:** With the enhancements of angel blood, Shadowhunters are durable enough to withstand blunt force trauma and physical attacks from supernatural entities such as monsters and demons as they can take a hit that would normally severely injure a human or kill them. They can still be killed by conventional weaponry such as sharp blades, guns, or harsh environment conditions.
* **Superhuman Senses:** The Shadowhunters have enhance senses of being able to hear a few feet away, smell a lot better, and see far.
* **Superhuman Speed:** Shadowhunters are able to move at speeds take make them appear moving in a blur and can travel at far distances in a short time. While fast as they are, vampires or wendigos are much more superior in terms of speed. Shadowhunters are fast enough to dodge bullets or shield from them.
	+ **Superhuman Agility:** With their speed, they are agile to leap far heights and land perfectly on the ground. Their agility makes they acrobatic skills impressive that they can perform feats than any Olympic champion in the world.
	+ **Superhuman Reflexes:** Shadowhunters can maneuver
* **Superhuman Stamina:** Thanks to the angel blood, Shadowhunters have an enhance stamina to last longer in extreme training session perform extracurricular activities. Even though their stamina is better than humans, they still require human needs to sustain themselves.
* **Superhuman Strength:** Shadowhunters possesses incredible physical strength to be able to fight against demons, typical monsters, fairies, demigods, or typical level half-breeds. They are stronger than any human by able to knock a person from a single punch or punch them far feet away.

## Vulnerabilities

The Shadowhunters are stronger than a human and typical supernatural creatures, however, they are nonetheless still human in term of their biology and require human needs as any person.

### Banishing, Harming, Misleading, and Trapping

* **Magic:** Shadowhunters can be affected by magic, influencing their senses or mind. Powerful magic spells can kill them as well.
* **Mortality:** Despite being enhanced by angel blood, they are regardless still humans and can die as any human. They can die of old age, lack of human needs such as food, water, oxygen, and rest.

### Destroying

#### Beings

* **Endarken Heralds:** The archnemesis of the Shadowhunters are humans who have demon blood instead of angel blood can fight on par with the Shadowhunters and kill them. A fight between these two would come down to their experience in training and fighting techniques. Endarken Heralds who consume Greater Demon blood instead from the Infernal Cup can kill typical Shadowhunters and can only by combated by Shadowhunter who have pure angel blood.
* **Half-Breeds:** Typical Nephilims and Nephalems are immune to the Shadowhunter's ability to manipulate these half-breeds since they are splice of two other species and not entirely full blooded. Nephilim, Cambion, and Nephalem are power to overpower them, while the half-breeds sired by Archangels and Archdemons can annihilate the entire race, bringing them to extinction.
* **Higher Beings:** While the Shadowhunters can combat demons, monsters, or other typical supernatural creatures, they are no match for powerful beings such as angels, Greater Demons, deities, Alpha monsters, or anything primordial.

#### Weapons

* **All forms of weaponry:** Conventional, Divine, Angelic, and Demonic weaponry can kill any Shadowhunter as they can die the same way as an ordinary human can.