Who is he?

Magnus Bane is the (former) High Warlock of Brooklyn. He regularly tampered with the mind of Clary Fray after designing a spell that would erase her memories of the Shadow World once every two years as a favor to her mother, Jocelyn. He first meets the other Shadowhunters at one of his Downworlder parties. He later has Clary retrieve the Book of the White for him in the City of Glass, and agrees to help revive her mother with it. In City of Heavenly Fire, he admits to Alec that he is almost 400 years old, although he often lies about his age (for instance, in "The Bane Chronicles" he claims to be under 300 years old, to which his friends Catarina Loss and Ragnor Fell laugh, obviously aware of the lie, and in "City of Glass" he claims to be 800). Despite his flamboyant appearance and whimsical personality, Magnus is a kind yet jaded person who yearns for love and acceptance, but has great trouble revealing his honest desires and personal secrets to others due to his long and traumatic past. His life has frequently been entangled with the fates of certain Shadowhunters (specifically the Herondale family during the Victorian and Edwardian eras, and the Fairchild family following the collapse of Valentine's Circle), but he doesn't become seriously involved with the workings of their society and their struggle for survival and reformation until he meets Alec Lightwood, who goes on to become the absolute love of his life (MALEC FOREVER!!)

Physical Appearance (other that plain hot)

Magnus Bane is described as being of Asian descent, due to his human mother being half-Dutch, half-Indonesian. He is an inch or two taller than Alec (although in the TV show Harry Shum Jr is 5'11' while Matthew Daddario is 6'4') and is said to be lean, but not skinny, with lightly muscled arms. He has brown skin and black, nearly shoulder-length hair that is usually styled and dyed. He wears much makeup, such as glitter around his eyes and blue lipstick, and in City of Glass is also noted to own more makeup tools and accessories than even Isabelle Lightwood (he loves glitter). He likes to flaunt his bisexuality by wearing flashy and sometimes bizarre clothing. Isabelle once described him as a "sexy, sexy warlock" (very very true), whereas Simon Lewis countered that Magnus "looks like a gay Sonic the Hedgehog and dresses like the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang " He also has gold-green eyes with vertical cat-like pupils and no belly button, both of which serve as his warlock marks. He is said to be about 19 years old, physically.

He is portrayed by Godfrey Gao in the film adaptation of the book, and Harry Shum Jr in the television series by Freeform.

Family life (not so great)

Magnus' mother and stepfather began to fear him when he started nearing the age of ten, after they realized he was not fully human. It is

revealed that his mother was in fact tricked into sleeping with a demon who disguised himself as her husband, and when she realized, sometime after Magnus' birth, that Magnus was a warlock (in other words, someone half-human, half-demon) and not her husband's child, she hanged herself in her family's barn in the novel (in the TV show she slits her throat with a knife on her bed). Soon after, his stepfather tried to drown him in the novel (but not in the TV show), and Magnus burned him alive in an attempt to save himself from his father. He was then brought up by the Silent Brothers of Madrid, who also came up with his name. Cassandra Clare revealed on Twitter that Magnus was born in what was once Batavia of the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Jakarta, Indonesia). Camille does state in City of Lost Souls that his biological father is a Prince of Hell, therefore implying he is a high-ranked demon. Whenever asked who his father is, Magnus always avoids the question or changes the subject. In City of Heavenly Fire, his father is revealed to be Asmodeus, the Greater Demon of Lust and ruler of Edom. Because Asmodeus is also a fallen angel, Magnus is capable of interacting with witchlights—he can make them glow red.

Malec!!!!

Alexander "Alec" Lightwood (boyfriend in City of Ashes, until their break up in City of Lost Souls; the two reconcile and get back together in City of Heavenly Fire {gosh that was an emotional rollercoaster}): Magnus and Alec meet during one of Magnus' parties and Magnus openly flirts with him, eventually starting a secret relationship with him (since Alec was not ready to come out as gay yet) later on in the

novel. The couple's relationship is revealed when Alec passionately kisses Magnus (*fangirl squeal*) in front of the entire Clave right before a war is about to start in City of Glass (however in the TV show Alec kisses Magnus right in the middle of Alec's arranged marriage to Lydia Branwell after he called of the wedding). Alexander faces both public and private backlash (from the Clave and his father, respectively) because of this, but manages not to fully give in to his pain and frustration with some support from Magnus and Isabelle. However, the couple encounters trouble when they openly face the fact that Alec is mortal and is bound to age and die, whereas Magnus, who is immortal, will remain young forever. This, along with Magnus' extensive sexual history(17000 exes) and constant unwillingness to share anything about himself with Alec, causes heavy complications in their relationship, since Alec begins to believe he is trivial to Magnus, while Magnus insists this is not the case, but refuses to explain himself or give proof. The two later break up during the epilogue of City of Lost Souls (we all cried at that part didn't we) due to the fact that Alec had been visiting Camille Belcourt behind Magnus' back after Camille suggested to Alec that Magnus had sought the Book of the White to turn him mortal, and had offered to help Alec find the Book of the White in order to turn Magnus mortal. Alec briefly considers this but ultimately rejects it; however, Magnus does find this out and initially accepts Camille's "cover story" (that Alec wanted to un-immortalize him) as the truth. The two part with one final kiss before Magnus reluctantly walks away, leaving a heartbroken Alec behind. In The Infernal Devices we learn that Magnus has a thing for boys with dark

hair and blue eyes, which matches Alec's physical appearance. In The City of Heavenly Fire, Alec tries to apologize to Magnus and get back together with him but Magnus refuses to talk to him or answer his texts or calls. When all Shadowhunters are ordered to evacuate to Idris, Magnus goes to the institute to say goodbye to Alec and kisses him. Magnus makes it clear that he has forgiven Alec but cannot resume his relationship with him due to their vastly different personal circumstances. When Magnus is captured and sent to his father's hell-dimension, Edom, Alexander goes on a suicide mission to rescue him and miraculously succeeds, with help from his family and friends. The pair eventually get back together at the end of City of Heavenly Fire with Alexander once again apologizing for his mistakes and Magnus promising to be more open with Alec about himself and their relationship. As of Lady Midnight, Magnus and Alec are engaged and have two sons—Max Lightwood-Bane, a blue-skinned warlock named for Alexander's deceased brother, Maxwell Lightwood, and Rafael Lightwood-Bane, an orphaned Argentinian Shadowhunter named for the vampire Raphael Santiago. Magnus has admitted that Alexander is the first and only Shadowhunter he has ever been in love with, as well as the only one of all his lovers with whom he has ever wanted to start a family. In Queen of Darkness, Alec and Magnus have wed, with all their family and friends surrounding them. (YAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!)

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