#tscatz

brother zachariah was a silent brother, a feared and respected figure in the shadow world. he was the most frequently called upon silent brother in london until the 1900s, and in new york in 2007 after the death of brother jeremiah. zachariah was the name used by jem carstairs during his time among the silent brothers. because of the circumstances leading to his transformation and subsequent joining of the brotherhood, brother zachariah maintained more of his humanity than his fellow brothers

raphael santiago was a vampire, a former leader of new york's local vampire clan, and simon lewis's sire

the fairchild family is an old shadowhunter family

sophia "sophie" lightwood (née collins) is a former mundane who possessed the sight and used to be a servant at the london institute. after years of serving them, sophie underwent ascension and became a shadowhunter herself. she is the wife of gideon lightwood, with whom she has three children: barbara, eugenia, and thomas

gideon lightwood is the eldest child of benedict lightwood and barbara pangborn. he later went on to marry the mundane sophie collins, who underwent ascension and has become a shadowhunter

george lovelace was an adopted mundane child of a branch of the lovelace family. he became the roommate and close friend of simon lewis at the shadowhunter academy

julian blackthorn is a shadowhunter of the los angeles institute. for years, julian lived in the institute with emma carstairs and his siblings. he acted as the father figure of the children and secretly as the head of the institute, hiding the illness of his uncle and bearing all of its burden alone to keep his family together

alexander gideon lightwood-bane, or simply known as alec lightwood, is a shadowhunter, consul of the clave-in-exile, the husband of magnus bane and the older brother of isabelle and max, as well as the adoptive brother and parabatai of jace lightwood herondale, and the adoptive father of rafael and max lightwood-bane