Me: *casually humming Fall Out Boy's "Centuries"*

Simon: You are strangely obsessed with Ninja Turtles and Falling Boys.

Me: Shut up. I listen to "Millennium Lint", too. Eric's posted music videos on YouTube.

Simon: Actually, we're "Midnight Burrito" now, remember?

Me: How can you expect me to? When I remember the name "Midnight Burrito" you'll change it to "Noon-day Taco" or something.

Simon: Touche.

Me: Anyway, introducing The Shadowhunter's Codex: Vampire Revision by Ex-Shadowhunter Ryan Nightscar, assisted by Daylighter Simon Lewis.

Simon: Please. It's enough when I have demons and Faeries address me as "Daylighter." I prefer Simon.

Jace: I prefer "Blood-sucker".

Me: Go away, Jace. Raphael is going to kill you if he finds you in here.

Jace: No he won't. He'd be breaking the Law.

Simon: I don't think he cares actually.

Me: You have no reason to be at the Dumort other than criticizing our beautiful revision.

Jace: It's not beautiful, it's insulting.

Me:...Anyway, here is the Vampire Revision of the Codex.

The Shadowhunter's Codex: Vampire Revision, Being a record of the ways and laws of the Nephilim, the chosen of the angel Raziel according to the Children of the Night. Revised by Ex-Shadowhunter Ryan Nightscar, assisted by Simon Lewis.

Welcome and all that other blah. Blah blah Nephilim blah Mortal Cup blah blah demons and Downworlders, not to mention fabulous vampires1 blah blah etcetera. -R. N.

1Such as myself and Ryan. -S. L.

What Is a Shadowhunter?

Disrespectful idiots that don't seem to appreciate vampire-kind. We are much more fabulous than they give us credit for. They do a lot of stuff related to The Mortal Cup, The Mortal Sword and The Mortal Glass and The Angel Raziel...A lot of them live in Idris...They read the Gray Book...they were founded by a dude who called himself Jonathan Shadowhunter. Simon wishes me to note that he thinks it was convenient that his name was "Shadowhunter" as well. -R. N.

Wow, that's pretty insulting for someone who used to be a shadowhunter..-J. H.

I can say what I want for that very reason.-R. N.

What's Simon's excuse then?-J. H.

He's my friend. That's his excuse.-R. N.

The Shadowhunter Oath

This section is just a bunch of crap about memorizing a hundred words and swearing and promising and more memorizing in the name of Raziel. I'll skip this. -S. L.

Shadowhunter Names

I won't far go into this. Traditional shadowhunter names are compound, like my name, Nightscar. There's a bunch of other things, too. Like Fairchild, Lightwood, Wayland, Herondale, etcetera. The name has to be approved by the Clave or something, and you can't call yourself stupid stuff. So don't try it.

I'll put this in for the heck of it: What is your shadowhunter name? Well, I thought it was Wayland, but then Valentine Morgenstern told me I was his son and so then I thought that I was a Morgenstern. Then I discovered my actual dad was Stephen Herondale. But I didn't know him so I went by Lightwood, and now I finally decided to go by Herondale. So I guess Herondale.-J.H._Dude, did you seriously just write all that? -R. N. I think he did. That was a stupid question.-S.L.

The Shadowhunter's Glossary

Raziel's chosen are Shadowhunters or Nephilim blah blah. They kill demons. They attempt to keep peace among mega awesome and fabulous vampires, somewhat fabulous warlocks2, fairly cool werewolves, and completely uncool Faeries.3 Then there are like a million paragraphs about Idris and Alicante, the Silent Brothers and the Iron Sisters. And Secrecy. -S.L.

Actually, there's only two. -J.H.

Back off, Herondale. -S.L.

2Magnus is exceptionally and fully Fabulous. Catarina is cool, but I never met Ragnor. According to Magnus, he was a bore. And I trust Magnus's Judgment.-R.N.

3Exception: Kaelie. She's a waitress at Taki's, and she's pretty decent. She make's sure my and Simon's blood is out double time, which is convenient.-R.N.

Clave, Council, Consul, Covenant

AKA Too Many Cs.

The Clave is the Shadowhunter Government, pretty much. The Council is the Clave Government, The Consul is pretty much the president, and the Covenant is the Law.

Note To Self: Skip Discussion Quesions. -S.L.