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● name: Hailey
● age: 27
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● other characters: N/A
character information
● name: Isabelle Lightwood
● canon: Shadowhunters (TV)
● canon point: 2x04 + approximately 2 months of Pines CRAU
● age: 19 (approximation, her age is never given in canon, but from context clues she falls about there or 20, but is younger than Alec and Jace)
● (canon) background: Isabelle Lightwood: SH Wiki
● (crau) The Pines:
Instead of waking up in the hospital ward of the New York Institute after receiving a wound from a demon (and being possessed), Izzy woke up in Wayward Pines with no memory of the injury itself or of how she got there. She didn't remember the accident that she was told she was in, just her name, her family, and some bits and pieces about her life. Fortunately, when she was released from the hospital she found someone that managed to not only fill in a few blanks, but jog some other memories: Magnus Bane.
Realizing that her brother and his 'husband' were there Izzy and her family members put the pieces together in the only way that made sense. Obviously, Izzy had come to escape her own troubles in New York with the Lightwood parents. Plus, she missed her brother, so coming to stay with him and her new brother-in-law made sense at the time. Though the town of Wayward Pines had rules against discussing the past the Lightwood siblings, and Alec's spouse, toed the line when it came to discussing the past--finding ways to work around it when the could. Overall, though, they settled into the mundane (normal human) life and, for once, they were just normal without the pressures of being Lightwoods or shadowhunters.
Slowly, but surely, Izzy started to notice some strange differences between the way that Alec remembered things and the way that she did. She was also struck, quite literally, with memories (at random) of people that she met when she first arrived into Wayward Pines--before she supposedly wound up in the hospital. Things in Wayward Pines didn't quite add up, but like the family she came to stay with Izzy focused on living as a mundane and ignored the things that didn't add up initially--finding the boutique that she had opened up and focusing on that and integrating into the community while suppressing some of her natural urges to investigate.
At least, until the monsters attacked the quaint little town. It sent Izzy right back into shadowhunter mode to protect the other citizens. Izzy fought alongside her brother, Magnus, and others to make the hospital a safe zone. These monsters broke Izzy out of the mundane life that she had settled into and brought who she had been raised and trained to be back to the surface without hesitation. She remembered some of the pieces about herself that eluded her, that she hadn't even quite realized were just out of grasp.
And then the battle was over and the truth came out, bringing with it many questions as to what was real and what wasn't...and the reminder of the discrepancies in the memories of her brother. The quaint town that she supposedly traveled wasn't the little piece of normalcy that she had come to accept. They had all been lied to, manipulated, and kept on the arc, safe from the deadly mutagen outside the walls, but completely in the dark up until then.
● abilities:
Isabelle isn't just your average human. She's a shadowhunter. What does this mean? This means that Izzy is a nephilim, basically. This means that she was born not only with human blood, but with angel blood as well. Isabelle Lightwood comes from a long line of prestigious and important nephilim, at that, meaning that she carries pressure to be the best and lead even among other shadowhunters. The task of shadowhunters being to preside over the Shadow World and the demons and downworlders that inhabit that world. Nephilim keep the peace and assure that all of this is hidden from the mundanes, the average humans. Shadowhunters aren't expected to do this with little to help, though, because nephilim are born with a few special abilities to help them achieve their goals:• Physiology: Nephilim are born enhanced physically and mentally in comparison to mundanes. This means that Isabelle has more strength, more agility, more stamina, and an increased coordination that an average human would ever have. She is by no means some all-capable and all-powerful being, but through training and practice she's mastered a complete control over her body and what she's physically capable of doing. She can push harder, train longer, jump higher, run faster, run further, and do things that not even some of the most advanced of humans would be able to do. Some of this is just naturally endowed on her through the blood that courses through her veins and what isn't comes through other means. This also means that Izzy is built to fight; with all of these physical enhancements she is literally bred for hand-to-hand combat and to be able to handle a lot when it comes to fighting. Despite all of this, she is still mortal and though she can endure more, she can be fatally wounded and killed.
• Runes/Runic Magic: Runes are one of the ways that push nephilim into the advanced area that they fall into. What they aren't naturally endowed with through the angelic blood they can give themselves through marks that the use of a stele. The runes that shadowhunters apply to their skin give the user an added push in whatever way that the rune stands for. There are runes for stealth, camouflage, etc. These marks that they apply to their skin do not harm them (though they are somewhat painful to apply initially) and remain where they are put to be called upon again whenever the shadowhunter might need them in the future.
• Sight: Because she is a nephilim, Isabelle has the ability to see through magical illusions and glamours. You can't hide who you are from her through those means. This is a skill that didn't come naturally, but with focus and years of preparation and training comes relatively automatic at this point. Being a shadowhunter that was trained from the moment she was born, it is extremely hard to get any sort of magical means of hiding who you are in any way passed Isabelle. She can see through those and traps of the same ilk easily. It doesn't require an actual access to any rune, just concentration.
• Heavenly Weapons: As an individual with angelic blood she can handle the heavenly weapons. It almost goes without saying that your average person can't use these to their utmost potential, but Izzy can wield them all effectively and sillfully through both her enhanced physical means and the years of training that she has under her belt. No other species can wield them to their proper effect but nephilim. One example of such a weapon is a seraph blade.
Outside of her natural given talents that come from being a Nephilim, Izzy has several other abilities and skills that are specific to her. These aren't necessarily magic so much as they come from time and practice, plus education. The following are examples of these talents:• Electrum Whip Expert: Izzy has mastered the use of an electrum whip; she wears the whip that she uses as a bracelet that turns into the whip when she needs it. Because her experience with it and the massive amount of training, the whip is her preferred weapon of choice. It is definitely her go-to in battle; she only moves onto the other weapons that she is capable of using when the whip isn't an option for whatever reason or it needs to be a blade of some sort. Isabelle can use the whip not only in fighting, but in creative ways to help take out enemies stealthily.
• Forensic Pathology: Izzy is a trained and educated Forensic Pathologist. Her brothers have boasted that she is the best one in New York. At the New York institute she performs the autopsies on shadowhunters and downworlders alike; she's aware of the physiology of people as well as of downworlders of various types that wind up in the institute for examination. This means that she has medical training that she worked hard to learn. Isabelle is passionate about this job and she is curious about each and every autopsy she does, determined to find the cause of death. She examines not only the body but any evidence that comes from the body using various lab equipment.
• Bilingual: Izzy speaks both English and Spanish fluently. She's also well-versed in medical terminology. Though speaking with fae is not another language she is also keenly aware of phrasing when it comes to different sorts of downworlders and how to communicate with them to get what she wants, or needs.
• Manipulation/Information Gathering: Izzy is a skilled seductress and is highly trained when it comes to getting information out of others. She can do so not only through seduction, but through whatever means necessary. She's extremely good at getting what she wants through whatever means that she needs to use. Isabelle does what she has to do when she has to do it for herself, her brothers, the Clave, or whatever. This comes from her personality and through learning about people and growing rather than through specific training, though.
Both Izzy and her brother Alec have been trained in all of the administrative, political, and other skills, policies, and laws so that they are prepared to run the New York Institute. Izzy and Alec have been doing so for some time already, actually. She has various experiences with computers, technology, and everything that is needed to run the institute. Some other various odd and ends skills that Izzy can boast are: high fashion, dancing, make up, party planning, organization, and a multitude of other skills that fall under some of the skills and areas that have already been listed.
● strengths:
• Confidence: No matter what Izzy is doing she does it with confidence, whether she feels completely confident or not. Overall, Izzy is confident in her training, what she knows, and her abilities and whens he isn't she's really good at faking it until she makes it. Izzy doesn't doubt the decisions she makes, the clothes she wears, or anything. She moves forward with confidence until she manages to feel it. This feeds into the fact that she is very outgoing and confident when interacting with, approaching, and getting to know others as the social butterfly that she is. She's confident so it's easy for her to just go for it with other people to get to know them or whatever.
• Stubbornness/Determination: Izzy doesn't give up. She's extremely stubborn and determined whether it comes to people, something she wants, or whatever. Izzy is not the person that gives up, instead pursuing it with everything in her being until she gets the outcome that she sees. When she really sets her mind to it Izzy makes it happen, period. Though this can also be a negative trait it is something that is a strength because Izzy makes things happen for herself, and others through this.
• Compassion: Because Izzy's mother was never particularly loving toward her Izzy freely gives out affection, friendship, love, and general care and concern to others as a way to make up for what she wasn't given. She will actively comfort others if she sees that something is wrong and often channels a motherly side--to look after and take care of those that she really cares about. She is so compassionate and caring that she gets protective, puts others first, is extremely loyal, and will do anything for those that have said loyalty.
• Morality/Moral Compass: Izzy is often times the moral compass of her family/group. She has a very vivid sense about what is right and wrong; she will do whatever she has to in order to be sure that justice is served and that people aren't wronged. Izzy believes in doing what is right even if it means breaking the rules or if it takes a toll. She doesn't just take the easy road. Even within her familial group she can often times take the role of the moral compass when it comes to issues, even if not always, but she definitely has one that she follows the overwhelming majority of the time.
● weaknesses:
• Selflessness: Izzy puts others first, even in situations that she should prioritize her own needs, wants, emotions, etc she puts others first. Isabelle Lightwood, despite the persona that she can give off of being vapid, vain, and nowhere near as intelligent as she actually is will always put others before herself. She bends over backward to help those in need, especially her family, before even considering the impact it could have on her because she doesn't want those that she cares about to feel as if she doesn't love them.
• Emotional Avoidance: She avoids her emotions until she can't anymore. For someone that has so much emotional intelligence when it comes to others Izzy doesn't share her own feelings because she doesn't want to burden anybody. This means that she avoids dealing with what is going on inside of her for as long as she can despite knowing that she shouldn't do this. She doesn't deal with her own emotional needs in a healthy way and despite knowing it she won't ask for help.
• Recklessness: In her search for justice, and doing the right thing and despite being able to strategize and come up with plans, Izzy will often throw caution to the wind and revert to being reckless. She is bad about acting on impulse to right a wrong, or to try and fix something that the rules are wrong about. She has been known, more than once, to follow Jace into his own impulsive and reckless actions as well.
• Stubbornness/Independence: Izzy feels as if she can handle most things on her own. This is both because she doesn't want to be a burden on others and because she's been taught, as a Lightwood, that they handle things on their own. People look to them to be the best and to handle things. So, Izzy takes that to the next level digging her heels in and being stubborn even when she should ask for help at times. Her independence is sometimes more of a weakness than a strength because she should rely on others and she's not good at setting that aside in order to do so.
● job skills (optional):
• Forensic pathology (including both medical & magical--from her world beings etc)
• Fighting/Soldier (Izzy is a trained Shadowhunter, she can handle all of the different angelic weapons and has been given the same defense training as her brothers and every other shadowhunter, making her quick to pick up on any weapon she picks up and very capable)
• Fashion (shoes, clothes, makeup, hair, the works Izzy loves it all)
● housing (optional): Preference for being near and/or with her family that is already in game (Alec, Max, Jace, Magnus)
● network username: izzybelle
● network sample: Network Post from Alpha Complex
● prose/action sample: Pines TDM & First Pines post (continuation of some threads)