

However they were soon interrupted by a demon attack in broad daylight. At a picnic in Regent's Park the next day, Cordelia befriended Thomas and Christopher Lightwood and tried to get better acquainted with the others from the previous night.

There, Cordelia attempted to make friends and ended up leaving quite an impression on Matthew Fairchild and Anna Lightwood. Upon their arrival, the Herondale family hosted a ball in the London Institute to welcome them to the London Enclave. Though Cordelia took this as trying to prove her father's innocence, her mother wanted to find Cordelia a suitable partner to marry her off to before shame befell them. Cordelia and her family then moved to London in hopes of making powerful allies within the Clave to save them from possible disgrace. In 1903, Elias was arrested by the Clave for jeopardizing the Accords when a mission he led resulted in a battle with a vampire clan who believed them to have teamed up with werewolves against them. Cordelia, having grown up wishing for the sword and even talking to it through its case, was ecstatic and has since never left home without it. Her and her brother argued their cases for their father as to why they should each get to be its bearer, but in the end the blade chose for itself. Ĭordelia also befriended James Herondale through Lucie and soon fell in love with him.Īt 13, she gained ownership of the legendary sword Cortana. However their ceremony was put off for a few years as the Clave wanted to make sure they were grown enough to know their own minds. In 1897, the pair decided to become parabatai.


Even when they parted ways, the two remained in contact, sending letters to each other every week. After spending two weeks together, she and Lucie became very close. That is until she met Lucie Herondale, when Lucie and her mother took a trip to France. His questionable health is what kept them constantly on the move from country to country, and so Cordelia never had many friends. Growing up, Cordelia never knew her father was an alcoholic her mother and brother wanted her to have the childhood and respect for Elias that her brother never had, and convinced Cordelia that Elias was merely unwell.
