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Friday, July 18, 2014

Cassandra Clare Talks Parabatai & The Dark Artifices

Shadowhunter fans, have you seen the latest TDA (The Dark Artifices) illustrations that Cassandra Jean has done? Cassie shared them here, which feature the parabatai ceremony between Julian Blackthorn & Emma Carstairs in TDA.

Check out these illustrations and read what Cassie said about it below:



Cassie had this to say about the pictures: 

People often ask what the parabatai ceremony looks like, so I asked Cassandra Jean to render Emma and Julian’s, complete with the oath and the the three rings of fire — you step from your individual ring into the shared ring, and you draw the rune on each other. Don’t try the fire part at home.

She also posted a response to a fan question about Parabatai, here:


Hi, I know you probably get just short of a million of these a day, and you’re a busy person writing lovely books just for readers, like me to devour in long one night “can’t-put-the-book-down” sessions, but I would be honored if you could take a moment to answer a very simple little question. Can siblings become parabatai? It would be an interesting dynamic, don’t you think? Like, the twins Ty and Livvy, could they be parabatai? I know Jace and Alec are brothers, but not by blood, so the situation is a little different. If this IS possible…there might be a little ceremony occurring soon between my little sister and moi…just saying! :) Thanks for the lovely sleepless nights you’ve given me with your talented amazing writing!! — mnm-forever
Thanks! Absolutely siblings can be parabatai. You don’t see it enormously often, it requires a really really close relationship, but it does happen. Livvy and Ty becoming parabatai or not is one of the issues of TDA. (The twins almost never argue about anything, but one of them wants to, and one of them doesn’t.)

If you haven't already, be sure to check out Cassie's Tumblr page to keep up with all her latest news & more. 

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