** Spoilers Ahead**
The Clave are dicks. I mean seriously. In case you don’t know what I’m talking about, the Clave is the who rules the Shadowhunters, with the Council that makes the decisions. They are not the most understanding of people. They are definitely judgemental. For those who read City of Heavenly Fire know that outcome of the Dark War lead to the Shadowhunters basically cutting ties with Fairies because of their roles in Sebastian Morgenstern’s rebellion. This meant that the two older Blackthorn siblings, Helen and Mark who are half fairy. Mark was taken by the Wild Hunt at the beginning of the City of Heavenly Fire and Helen was banished to Siberia by the end. They both had nothing to do with Sebastian and the fairies who fought with him but since they had fairy blood, the Clave was afraid they were side with them so they banished one and abandoned another. So basically because of the actions of a few, everyone like them are punished. (Does that sound familiar to anyone?) Emma’s parents were found dead with strange markings, blamed on Sebastian’s rebellion even though their deaths resemble nothing that he or his followers did before or after. Emma is convinced that their death is not related and their killers are still out there but the Clave have shut the door on in. That leads five years later when Lady Midnight begins.
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