stephen herondale was jace's dad in the mortal instruments.
who is jace's dad in the mortal instruments?
stephen herondale
for most of the books, jace's sarcastic, cold remarks and behavior hide his tortured and angry soul. in "city of ashes", his strong "bad-boy" personality makes maryse lightwood (his adopted mother) somewhat scared of him, worried that he is too much like valentine, who was believed to be his real father until the assumption was proven false in "city of glass". jace and clary fall in love in "city of bones", making clary the only girl jace has developed real genuine feelings for, but after they find out they are "siblings", each attempts to get over the other by dating other people. he is naturally overprotective and caring for her, although clary does not see this due to her internal suffering. at the end of the third novel, "city of glass", jocelyn contradicts valentine's avowal that jace and clary are siblings, telling clary that jace is actually the son of celine and stephen herondale. the truth frees jace and clary from the torture of having seemingly incestuous feelings for each other, allowing them to accept their mutual feelings and become a "real" couple.
list of the mortal instruments characters
cassandra clare has written a series of prequels called "the infernal devices" set in the same universe as "the mortal instruments", but in victorian london. this series consists of three books: "clockwork angel", published on august 31, 2010, "clockwork prince", published december 6, 2011, and "clockwork princess", published march 19, 2013. there is a sequel series to "the infernal devices" called "the last hours" set in the same universe detailing the adventures of the next generation of shadowhunters almost two decades after the events of "clockwork princess". the series will consist of three books: "chain of gold," "chain of iron", and "chain of thorns." in reading the prequel series, readers will find strong connections between the main characters in "the mortal instruments" and the protagonists of "the infernal devices", not just in similarity of characterization but in actual familial connections. first editions of "the clockwork princess", the final book in this trilogy, include a family tree that links the characters in "the infernal devices" with the generations of "the mortal instruments" and "the dark artifices". one of the main characters from "the infernal devices" also takes part in the last three "mortal instruments" books (with another one joining in the last book), in addition to magnus bane, who takes part in all "mortal instruments" and "infernal devices" books.
the mortal instruments