Adam Trueblood

Alec Lightwood, Isabelle Lightwood, Max Lightwood (Grandchildren through Maryse)
Irina Shidou (Granddaughter through Max)

## Personal Information

### Identity

Compromised
True Identity Known to Authorities

### Affiliation

Trueblood Family
Shadowhunters' Clave
Alicante, Idris
Shadowhunters

## Portrayal

### Origins

The Shadowhunter Chronicles

**Adam Trueblood** was the husband of Marisa Trueblood, and the late father of Max Trueblood and Maryse Lightwood. He was a well-known politician in Alicante and an influential member of the Shadowhunters' Clave, on the path of becoming Consul before his death.

It was later revealed that he and his wife were killed by Alystair Satanachia after they discovered the Khaos Brigade's plan to infiltrate the Clave.

## History

Adam Trueblood was born on July 29th, 1940 into the Trueblood family, an old and prestigious old-blood shadowhunter family in Alicante whose lineage went back to many European noble houses. Because of an unknown genetic disorder, he wasn't as healthy as the rest of his peers, and when he got his first angelic mark in 1952, his body reacted negatively to it and he was admitted to hospital for nearly 3 months.

In 1958, when he was 18 years old, he married his long-time betrothal Marisa and began his political career soon after, using the backing of his and Marisa's family as leverage for his success. In 1965, they had their firstborn child and son, Max, and in 1974, they had a daughter named Maryse.

Due to his weak condition, he couldn't follow his dream of becoming an active shadowhunter, and instead, his whole life was stuck behind a desk doing paperwork, something he admitted in his private journal to be something he was devastated and deeply ashamed about. As a result, he pushed his dream onto his children, especially on Max who he saw as a younger and more fortunate version of himself.

In 1983, after an investigation led him and his wife to discover the Khaos Brigade's plans to infiltrate the Shadowhunters' Clave, and through them, control the entire shadowhunter population, both of them were killed by Alystair Satanachia.

Their deaths were later staged as an accident to the public, courtesy of Satanachia's spies already planted within the Clave. However, due to certain notes they left behind, Max was able to discover the hidden secrets behind their deaths and avenged them.

## Appearance

He was described as a "stern-looking" man with tanned skin, thinning black hair, cold dark-brown eyes, and a crooked nose that looked like it had been broken many times. He had a large scar that ran from the left side of his face down to the middle of his torso.

## Personality

According to Max, his father was a cold, stern, and authoritative man who always wanted the best for Alicante and to advance his political career to become the new Consul, even if it meant pushing everything else in his life aside in his quest for power. Maryse described him as a "politician with a mind of steel and a heart of stone".

Both of his children have little to remember him by and whatever memories they do have of him can't truly be called good. He had almost impossible expectations of them, and was thus really harsh with them, especially with Max who he placed all of his own childhood dreams upon. As a result, none of them truly cared much about him, even long after his death, with Max even said in a drunken fit that he "wished that [Adam] died much sooner".

After discovering the truth behind his death, his children's opinion toward him did become slightly better, but not by much as, quoted by Robert, "death doesn't mean atonement".

## Trivia

* He had a pollen allergy and would have violent sneezing fits during spring.
* He had a sweet tooth with a fondness for cakes. Therefore, his family would often have special cakes to celebrate whenever he achieved a victory or success in his political career.