List of The Mortal Instruments characters
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This is a list of the main characters from The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, including the novels City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of Glass, City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls, and City of Heavenly Fire. The series is part of a bigger media franchise, The Shadowhunter Chronicles. The series was adapted into a film, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, and a television series, Shadowhunters.
Television series cast
The following is a list of Shadowhunters television series regulars who have appeared in one or more of the series' three seasons. The characters are listed in the order they were first credited in the series.
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= Main cast (actor receives "Starring" credit that season)
= Recurring cast (actor appears in two or more episodes that season)
= Guest cast (actor appears in only one episode that season)
Main characters
Clary Fairchild
Clarissa Adele "Clary" Fairchild is a fictional character and the main protagonist of The Mortal Instruments series. She is the daughter of Valentine Morgenstern and Jocelyn Fairchild, stepdaughter of Lucian Graymark. She is also the sister to Jonathan Christopher 'Sebastian' Morgenstern.
While at a New York City nightclub, the Pandemonium, she is stunned to observe a group of teenagers stalk and attack a supposed 'human' and tries to stop them. She learns their names are Jace, Alec and Isabelle.
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