Clary Fairchild

     Clary is thrown into the Shadow World after seeing three Shadowhunters: Jace Herondale, Alec and Isabelle Lightwood, defeat a demon at Pandemonium, discovering that her mother, Jocelyn Fairchild, lied to her about her true identity and after her mother is kidnapped (Shadowhunters: 1.01). Furthermore, Clary is also shown to be friends with, Simon Lewis, who accepts her true identity when she tells him that she is a Shadowhunter (Shadowhunters: 1.01, 1.02) Additionally, Clary is accepted by Jace Herondale and Isabelle Lightwood and a reluctant, Alec Lightwood, who all agree to help her find her mother, Jocelyn, who was taken by Valentine Morgenstern, who turns out to be her father (Shadowhunters: 1.01, 1.02).

     During the search for Valentine and Jocelyn, Isabelle, Jace and Alec, help Clary accept her identity or teach her about the Shadow World. For instance, Isabelle helps Clary, to accept that she is a Shadowhunter by birth, Jace teaches Clary how to use s seraph blade, and Alec teaches her how to fight (Shadowhunters: 1.02, 1.03, 1.05). In addition, Alec also teaches Clary that Shadowhunters believe that, “the law is hard, but it’s the law” (Shadowhunters: 1.05). All of these moments help enable Clary to accept her identity.

     Yet, Magnus Bane and Luke Garroway, also help Clary learn and accept that she is Shadowhunter. This is shown when Magnus explains to Clary that Shadowhunters have never viewed Downworlders as their equals, what her father did in the Circle and that, Jocelyn, ended her marriage with Valentine in order to protect Clary (Shadowhunters: 1.06). Furthermore, Luke tells Clary about Valentine’s enthrallment with human experimentation, that Valentine set him up to become a werewolf when he noticed the close relationship between Luke and Jocelyn, and tells her that she has a brother, whom Valentine murdered (Shadowhunters: 1.06).

     The examples of Clary learning about the Shadow World continue throughout the rest of the series, where Clary comes to accept her identity and begins to make some decisions of her own in this world. One example is when she, with Jace’s and Raphael’s help, brings Simon Lewis back as a vampire after he is murdered by Camille Belcourt (Shadowhunters: 1.08). Another example is after, Clary and Jace, have been in a romantic relationship and Clary learns that Jace is her brother, during one of her encounters with Valentine (Shadowhunters: 1.07, 1.11). During this encounter, Clary accepts that she and Jace are family, and they break up (Shadowhunter: 1.11).

     Then, at the end of the series, when Clary offers to give Valentine the Book of the White, which contains a spell which will enable Magnus to wake Jocelyn, who is in a coma (Shadowhunters: 1.13). Clary offers to give him the book, once he takes the people who have become her family hostage: Jace, Alec, Isabelle, Simon and Magnus (Shadowhunters: 1.13). However, Valentine does not take the book and demands that Jace leave with him and in return, he will let the others go (Shadowhunters: 1.13). Jace agrees and they go through a portal, only for Clary to try and follow, and Alec to stop her explaining that, “If you enter a portal not knowing where you’re going, you’ll be stuck in limbo forever” (Shadowhunters: 1.13). From there, everyone else returns to the New York Institute and Magnus wakes, Jocelyn (Shadowhunters: 1.13).

     Throughout the season, Clary comes to fully accept her identity and take part in choosing what to do in this world. Furthermore, this only happens because of the love her friends, who have become her family and the support they show her when she is coming to terms with her new normal.