[Shadowhunter] Encyclopedia

☀ Silent Brothers

Base:- Silent City

Occupation:- Archivists

Species:- Shadowhunters

Notable members:
o Brother Jeremiah
o Brother Zachariah
o Brother Enoch

Allegiance:- The Clave

Enemies:- Demons

“What would you do if you saw something nobody else could see?”―The Mortal Instrument

The official attire of the Silent Brothers is a parchment-colored, hooded robe that is belted at the waist. Novice Silent Brothers usually wear plain robes, while those who have advanced to full Brotherhood have intricate runic designs and decorative Marks, in blood-red ink, along the cuffs and hems of their regalia. They have the abilities of telepathy, insanity inducement, special runes and longevity.

The Silent Brothers are male Shadowhunters who choose a permanent post, usually an unchangeable fate. The prospective Silent Brothers must sever ties to their mortal lives. Once sworn into the Brotherhood, they undergo a series of rituals that will turn them into Silent Brothers.

They are archivists, researchers, librarians, scholars, doctors, priests, and healers. To aid them in their work, the Silent Brothers, possess Marks that other Shadowhunters never normally encounter. These runes grant them access to the strange magic in the deeper parts of the Gray Book.

Silent Brothers normally do not engage in battle. They have set down their weapons for the life of mystical contemplation and the pursuit of wisdom. They rarely interact with other Shadowhunters unless absolutely necessary. In exchange for their special abilities, they have given up some of their humanity. They leave no footprints, do not cast shadows, do not move their mouths to speak, and do not sleep.

Silent Brothers speak through people's minds. Because Silent Brothers communicate telepathically, their speech do not particularly "sound" like anything—they do not have accents, and the language heard in the mind of the person they are speaking to is the language of thoughts, as in it depends on the language the person would understand.

The runes placed on them include ones that "arrest" their mortality. Though not exactly immortal, Silent Brothers live longer than ordinary Nephilim. They will merely cease to function but remain alive, and, may eventually be entombed alive.

The Silent Brothers keep exhaustive records on all members of the Clave. They have knowledge of all Shadowhunters. The Silent Brothers also have jurisdiction over the dead of the Nephilim. The Silent Brothers are also sometimes responsible for holding criminals in their City's prison cells.

They are also the keepers and protectors of the Mortal Instruments. The Silent Brothers also have other noteworthy responsibilities. They prepare the pages for copies of the Gray Book. The first Silent Brothers performed rituals that reinforced the wards all over the world. Silent Brothers also normally presided over Shadowhunter births, using their Marks and medical knowledge to keep mother and child safe. Silent Brother traditionally places protective spells on the infant, meant to strengthen the child, both physically and spiritually and also to protect from demonic influence and possession.

In 2007, the Silent Brothers revealed that Clary Fray had a block on her mind. While she was brought to the Silent City to have her memories retrieved, they only managed to sift through her mind, telling her that the spell on her was too powerful. While the Silent Brothers went through her mind, though, Clary saw the name of Magnus Bane.

Some time after, Jace Herondale was in a holding cell in the Silent City when a huge number of the present Silent Brothers were attacked and murdered by Valentine Morgenstern and Agramon. Valentine was then able to successfully steal the Mortal Sword.

After the Mortal War, the Silent Brothers were again called upon to help figure out what was attacking Jace's mind. They revealed that when Jace was brought back to life, he was technically reborn, and thus had none of the enchantments placed upon a newborn Shadowhunter in effect. They, therefore, had Jace stay in the Silent City so they could prepare the rituals, though Jace left before they could perform the ritual.

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