@tscnetwork fourth mission: favorite family  

↳ the carstairs

wayland the smith made excalibur and joyeuse, arthur’s and lancelot’s swords, and durendal, the sword of the hero roland. and they made this sword too, from the same steel. all steel must be tempered—subjected to great heat, almost enough to melt or destroy the metal—to make it stronger. carstairs have carried this sword for generations. the inscription reminds us that shadowhunters are the angel’s weapons. temper us in the fire, and we grow stronger. when we suffer, we survive.