The Mortal Instruments: City of Fallen Angels: Week of 10/3/13

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Prompt: List at least three problems the characters faced? Which is the most life changing? Explain 

The Mortal War is now over and everything seems to be going well. Clary is now training to become a Shadowhunter, half angel and half human. The Mortal War made peace with the Downworlders and Nephilim because the Shadowhunters needed help to fight the war against Valentine Morgenstern, Clary's Father, and Sebastian, Clary's brother. The war was about Valentine bringing more powerful demons into the world and killing all Shadowhunters to make new ones by awakening the angel, Raziel, and asking for his blood to be poured in the Mortal Cup along with demon blood so that humans may drink it and turn into more powerful Shadowhunters like Sebastian. Downworlders are vampires, werewolves, warlocks, or fearies. They all weren't respected as much by the Nephilim also known as Shadowhunters. 


Each character has been through so much but the character who I think has suffered the most is Simon. Ever since Simon was turned into a vampire his whole life was turned upside down. In the last book Simon told Clary to draw a rune on him. Runes are markings that Shadowhunters wear to give them more power when they are in a battle. Only Shadowhunters may wear them because if a human or any other living thing that isn't a Shadowhunter wear a rune they can die or suffer with a sickness or disease. Simon knew the risk of having a rune drawn on him but the rune was the Mark of Cain. The Mark of Cain protects him from any harm done to him. 

Lately he has been distracted because someone has been sending humans to try and kidnap him. That person doesn't know he bears the mark so every time another human is sent to sieze him he dies as a punishment for harming Simon. He has been doing an investigation with the help of Jace and Jordan and planned that the next time someone tries to captures him they attack back. All the investigating is keeping him busy from eating. He needs more blood. While at his band's concert backstage there is a 14 year old girl, Maureen, who has been having a crush on him for a long time and is the only fan of the band. Simon is feeling quezy but when he bumps into Maureen he starts to smell her blood and then in a split second he is drinking her blood! His first time drinking human blood will haunt him forever. 

Days later when he knew for sure he had killed Maureen she appears by a bridge. She was now a vampire. Maureen explained to Simon that before she went to the concert the people who kidnaped her gave her vampire blood in her system and if Simon were to bite her she would turn like a vampire. She started persuading him to go with her to meet the person who has been trying to get a hold of Simon. Eventually Simon gives in and follows her to an abandoned building where there they hop on the elevator and taken to a place where she claims is heaven...