Will Herondale



William "Will" Owen Herondale (1861-1937) is the son of Edmund and Linette Herondale, the brother of Ella and Cecily, the first husband of Tessa Gray, the father of James and Lucie and is one of the protagonists of Cassandra Clare's book series The Infernal Devices set in Victorian London.

Will was born in Wales to Edmund Herondale, a former Shadowhunter and his mundane wife Linette whom already had a daughter named Ella (born in 1859) and two years after Will's birth, had another daughter named Cecily (born in 1863). Despite Edmund leaving the Clave to be with Linette, Will's Nephilim blood was dominate which caused him and his sisters to be welcomed to become Shadowhunters. But Will turned down this offer twice as he was raised to believe that Shadowhunters were not good and they led a dangerous and monstrous live.

But in 1873 when he was twelve, Will looked through his father's old things and came across a Pyxis which contained a Greather Demon named Marbas and ended up opening it and unleashing the demon. Ella was able to protect Will but was poisoned by Marbas who told Will that it placed a curse on him saying that those he loved would die. The next morning, Ella died and Will believing he was responsible, left home and went to join the Shadowhunters at the London Institute. However, Will was still haunted by Marbas's curse and remained distant to the Institute's other inhabitants and it's heads Charlotte and Henry Branwell as he didn't want to bring harm to them by becoming attached and learning to love them.

Shortly after his arrival, another Shadowhunter named Jem Carstairs arrived from Shanghai after his parents died because of a demon. Will in an attempt to stop Jem befriending him, acted rude to him, but it didn't work and they ended up training together. Will later learned that Jem was ill and became close to him, convincing himself that since Jem was dying, the curse would be worthless against him and eventually the two boys became parabatai.