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The Blackthorn family is an old and wealthy Shadowhunter family.

History[]

In the early 18th century, Felix and Adelaide Blackthorn married and had four children: Abner, Jerome, Ezekiel, and Annabel. They later took in a warlock child named Malcolm, intending to raise him and use him as a tool for any magical assistance. Their youngest son, Ezekiel, did not share his family's views and denounced the family name and Shadowhunter life. He relocated to America where he fell in love and started his own family that he raised as mundanes.[1] Meanwhile Malcolm and Annabel fell in love as they grew up, but her family found the relationship disgraceful. They ran away together but were eventually caught and arrested. Annabel was tortured into giving up information and the family buried her alive for her sins. They then announced Annabel's departure as becoming an Iron Sister to trick Malcolm into believing she had left him so that he would remain cooperative with the Nephilim.[2]

In 1878, Rupert Blackthorn married Tatiana Lightwood. Months before the birth of their first child, Jesse, Rupert was eaten by a demonic worm that was once Benedict Lightwood. Despite Rupert's death, Tatiana was still taken in by the Blackthorns.[3]

As of 2012, the Los Angeles Institute is run by a Blackthorn and has been since as early as 1993.[4][5] This generation of Blackthorns has a little bit of faerie blood, particularly in Andrew's eldest children, Helen and Mark, whose mother was a Seelie Court lady named Nerissa. This family is notable for their blue-green eyes and their names based from Greek or Latin historical figures because of Andrew's fascination with their mythology.

The Blackthorns have at least two family homes: the Blackthorn Hall in London, defaulted to the family through Tatiana's marriage to a Blackthorn and her claim on the property,[6] and the Blackthorn manor in Idris which once burned down and was rebuilt.[7]

Symbol[]

The symbol of the Blackthorn family is a wreath of thorns.

Family tree[]

Other known Blackthorns whose lineages are unknown:

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Rupert B.
(1855-1878)
   
   
   
   
   
   
Tatiana L.
(1862-1903)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Grace C.
(1886-1940)
   
   
Jesse B.
(1879-1938)
   
   
   
   
   
   
Lucie H.
(1887-1959)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Unknown
generation/s
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Nerissa
(unrecognized)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Andrew B.
(?-2007)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Eleanor B.
(?-2004/05)
   
   
   
   
Arthur B.
(1973-2012)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Aline P.
(1990-)
   
   
Helen B.
(1989-)
   
   
Mark B.
(1991-)
   
   
Julian B.
(1995-)
   
   
Livia B.
(1997-2012)
   
   
Tiberius B.
(1997-)
   
   
Drusilla B.
(1999-)
   
   
Octavian B.
(2004-)

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Felix B.
(17??-18??)
   
   
   
   
   
   
Adelaide B.
(?-?)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Malcolm F.
(?-2012)
   
   
Annabel B.
(Early 1800s; 2012)
   
   
Abner B.[1]
(?-?)
   
   
Jerome B.[1]
(?-?)
   
   
Ezekiel B.[1]
(?-?)
   
   
   
   
   
   
Unnamed
mundane
(?-?)
   
   
Tobias H.
(?-?)
   
   
   
   
   
   
Eva B.
(?-1828)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Blackthorns
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Lost
Herondales

Trivia[]

  • The family is well-known for its members having a striking resemblence—all with dark hair and green or blue eyes.[1]
  • There was originally set to be eight Blackthorn children in Julian's generation. A character named Ariadne Blackthorn, who was set to be the eighth and youngest Blackthorn born in 2007 in the series and part of the original planned characters for The Dark Artifices, was written off during the writing of City of Heavenly Fire "because she wasn't working with the plot structure,"[8] and because there were already too many Blackthorns.[9] Because of this, a statement made by Helen in City of Lost Souls stating that there were eight Blackthorn children has been redacted and corrected in later editions, though it still incorrectly states that Helen has an older sibling.

References[]

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