This role play is based off of the book series by Cassandra Clare and the Freeform TV show .
You might not need to know of either to rp but you may be a little confused on some terms .
Shadowhunters - half angel demon hunters who protect others while keeping the secret of the shadow world from mundanes .
Mundane - A ordinary human .
Shadow world - The magical parts of the world .
Downworlder - Beings such as Vampire's , Warlocks , Werewolves , and Fae . They are not evil , but shadowhunter's will step in if they cause any trouble .
The Sight - The ability to see things in the shadow world or see past glamour .
Gear - Black leather like clothing . It is what shadowhunter's use as armor when hunting demons .
Runes - Markings Shadowhunter's use to give them their ability's .
Stele - A silver wand like object around the size of a pen that is used to draw the runes .
Idris - Basically a Country run by shadowhunter's . Mundane's can't go there and are even unaware that this huge chunk of land even exists .
The Clave - The collective name for the political body made up of all active Shadowhunters.
Parabatai - Two warriors who's souls are bound together . They fight along side one another and are stronger beside each other .
They become like brothers or best friends but more . They are the most important people to eachother . But Parabatai are never aloud to fall in romantic love with one another .
Scholomance - The Scholomance is a Shadowhunter school where the most elite of Shadowhunters are trained to deal with demons and Downworlders.
Mortal Cup - The Mortal Cup is was given by the Angel Raziel to Jonathan Shadowhunter, the first of the Nephilim. It is used to ascend new shadowhunters . If a mundane survives drinking from the cup they can become a Nephilim .
( Here is a link to a list of the runes -
http://shadowhunters.wikia.com/wiki/RunesYou could probably get anything else you wanted to know about the shadowhunters on that site as well )