TSC Timeline (in depth*)
1791-1962 - Magnusâ adventures in Peru.
1791 - Magnus helps Marie Antoinette attempt to escape.Â
1857 - Magnus sits in on the first downworlder council meeting. Meets Camille. Bears witness to Edmund Herondale being de-runed so he could marry someone he loved. Gives Camille her necklace. Leaves Paris.Â
1861 - Jem Carstairs is born.Â
1872 - Towards the latter half of the year, Will arrives at the London Institute, believing he is cursed. His elder sister is dead. Will is 11.Â
1873 - Jem is 12. Watches parents get tortured and killed by a Greater Demon. Becomes addicted to yin-fen from his own torturing. Jem left the Shanghai Institute to live at the London Institute with Charlotte Fairchild. He meets Will Harondale.Â
1874 - Will asks Jem to be his parabatai.Â
1875 - Will and Jem complete their ceremony. Both are 14.Â
1876 - The Greater Demon that killed Jemâs family is finally killed. Jemâs uncle asks him to come live with him. Jem refuses to stay with Will. Jem also asks Will to stop looking for a cure for him.Â
1878 - Tess comes to London. Book 1, 2, and 3. Jem becomes Brother Zachariah. Magnus helps invent portals. Sophie marries Gideon. Gabriel marries Cecily. Will Harondale learns Demonpox is real. Charlotte is Head of the Institute. Henry loses use of his legs. Â
1888 - TftSA. October.Â
18?? - Â Matthew Fairchild is 6. Charlotte is Consul. Matthew has older brother Charles.
1899 - TftSA. GotSM. Matthew Fairchild kicked out of Idris school. Matthew asked James to be his parabatai, but ceremony had not taken place yet.Â
1901 - Brother Zachariah visits the Shadow Market. Meets Matthew Fairchild. Matthew and James are parabatai. Matthew tried to use a truth potion that accidentally poisoned Charlotte, she survives but not the baby she was carrying. Jem got to see Will and Tessa when he arrived to save Charlotte. We discover Charles Fairchild and Ariadne are destined to be married in a few years. Anna Lightwood is non-binary, and a lesbian. Brother Zachariah learns Tessaâs father is a Prince of Hell.Â
1903 - Magnus encounters James Harondale one night. Learns James can control shadows, and has a little demon blood from Tessa. Also learns he has unrequited love for someone. Eventually returns James home to Will and Tessa.Â
1929 - Rise of the Hotel du Mort. Magnus allies with the current Head of the NY Institute in order to stop an older warlock from opening a portal to Edom and destroying NYC. The warlock is killed, and the hotel is created.Â
1936 - Brother Zachariah and Iron Sister Emilia attend the Shadow Market Carnival to recover the lost adamas. Jem learns of a lost line of Herondales, and that there might be a cure for his yin-fen condition. Emilia promises Belial she will forge a weapon to kill him, Belial gives Jem and Will time free of any curses.Â
1937 - Will Harondale dies of old age. Whole family gets to say goodbye. Jem does too. Tessa is distraught after and Magnus steps in to help her deal.Â
1940 - Catarina and Tessa are working as nurses in London during World War II. Jem gets attacked by a Fey and goes to them for help. Gets a night with Tessa before leaving again. Learns that Catarina is responsible for the lost line of Herondales.Â
1953 - Magnus âsavesâ Raphael Santiago from the vampires at the Hotel du Mort. Raphael meets Ragnor Fell, they become fast friends.Â
1977 - Camille is in charge of the NY vampire clan. They all get addicted to drugs in human blood and Magnus has to step in with werewolves in order to restore order. Later has Catarina erase his memories of this time.Â
1984 - TftSA.Â
1989 - rise of the circle; Celine not with Stephen yet. Alec born this yr. Valentine raids a werewolf pack in NY with a team of circle members and Magnus stops them with the aid of the NY institute. Meets the Lightwoods (Maryse/Robert), and a couple other key figures for the first time. Everyone from the NY institute die. Magnus saves the werewolves. Valentine and circle people return to Idris.Â
1990 - Simon is born.
1991 - Isabelle Lightwood is born. Alec is 2. Jace and Clary are born this year too.
1997 - Kit Herondale is born.Â
1998 - Max Lightwood is born. Alec is 9.
2000 - Jace arrives at NY institute; Alec is 11; Max is 2. Jem helps stop a shipment of yin-fen from entering NY. Brother Zachariah meets Raphael. Jace gets the nickname Jace.Â
2007 - August: Clary discovers sheâs a Shadowhunter. Begin war on Valentine. Alec and Magnus start dating. September: Alec bday. Book 2 and 3. Max dies at Sebastion/Jonathanâs hand at the start of Valentineâs attack on Idris. Maelc vacation begins. October: Malec vacation ends. Book 4 and beginning of 5. November: Book 5. Magnus and Alec break up. December: Voicemails on Magnusâ phone. Dark War. End conflict with Sebastian/Jonathan. Emmaâs parents are killed. Magnus and Alec get back together. The Heavenly Fire in Jace burns away the yin-fen in Jem and he is cured. Jem stops being a Silent Brother and goes to find Tessa. Tessa and Jem become a couple.
2008 - Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy. September, October, November. Tessa and Jem attend Luke and Jocelynâs wedding. Jem steals Church back from the Lightwoods. Tessa and Jem move to LA to keep an eye on Emma.Â
2009 - TftSA. May, Sept, Oct, Dec. Jem and Tessa are married. Many guests donât remember though. Tells Emma of his past as a Carstairs, and attends her parabatai ceremony.
2010 - TftSA. Early Spring, May. Warlock baby was left on the NY Instituteâs steps. Magnus and Alec adopt it and name him Max.
2012 - April. Alec and Magnus live together and have their warlock son Max. Jem and Tessa request his help is Buenos Aires. Alec adopts a 5yr old Shadowhunter orphan named Rafael. Alec also helps the BA Institute re-establish themselves since they were corrupt, and had been kidnapping werewolves for a warlock who was killing them. Alec saves all the werewolves. Robert Lightwood tells Alec he wants his son to be the next Inquisitor. August - Together Jem and Tessa find and save Kit Herondale, the last survivor of the lost Herondale line. Kit loses both of his parents. Jem and Tessa trick the fey into believing there are no more descendants. Tessa is stabbed by a fey, and is in a come for a few days to recover and is stuck between changes until she wakes up. Tessa and Jem find out they are going to be parents. TDA Book 1. September - TDA Book 2 and 3. Robert Lightwood is dead. Alec becomes Consul. Magnus and Alec are married three weeks later.Â
2013 - March - Livvy is a ghost and spies on the Shadowhunters trapped in Idris. She reports to Magnus. Tessa has her baby - Mina. Ty and Kit arenât talking to each other but Livvy forces Ty to write to Kit when Kit sends Ty his Herondale necklace. Kit decides to live with Tessa and Jem for good. Kit also loves to help with Mina. Ash is living in the Seelie Queenâs lands, protected by Janus - the Thule!World version of Jace. Alec is 24 and Consul.
*In depth as in contains all the books within the universe. It should be noted I have not read every single book, but plan to do so; therefore this timeline will be updated to reflect any new information I find.Â
Additionally, if you find any mistakes, please donât hesitate to let me know. :)










