My name is Elizabeth Ravenkey. My story is more complex than that of most shadowhunters. Originally I was born in the year 1862. I was a shadowhunter in the London institute until I was cursed. My mortal life ended that faithful day. The ravenkey family to most was a normal shadowhunter family. However the deeper you look into the past the more you understand. My family originated in the 12th century in Wales and we were a very wealthy family. Rumors began to surface though that we had obtained our wealth in corrupt ways. All Ravenkey descendants have a heightened sense of clairvoyance. Although mine is higher than most and it has saved me from making regrettable decisions in the past. The weapons that I normally use would be my runes as well as a crossbow from time to time. I mostly rely on a dagger system I developed. Since I normally have long sleeves I managed to figure out how to sew two dagger sheaths into the sleeves. Both daggers are on wire system that allows for me to flick my wrist and the dagger is released from its sheath. The wire comes in handy because then I don't have to worry about losing the dagger, another motion of my wrist quickly snaps the dagger back to my hand. The day I was cursed is still something that haunts me to this day. My parents and I managed to get away from the city for the day. We had just opened the basket that contained some of the things for our outing. Unfortunately neither my parents nor I noticed the Eidon demon sneaking up on us until it was to late. The demon tore my parents apart and I attempted to run but the demon had others with him that day. It forced me to watch but that was not the end of it's revenge. The monster cursed me to watch everyone that I loved die and that if I ever dared to care about someone that person would die. Another part of the curse is that I would never age another day. After my parents died the Clave decided to transfer me to Idris and I stayed there until I was eighteen. When I turned eighteen I requested to be posted to an institute far away from Europe and I was posted to the Taipei institute. After roughly three decades I became the institute head. Maryse Lightwood contacted me to serve as another tutor for her children in the New York institute in addition to the one already there. I mainly teach weapons to the Lightwood children. However because of the time period that I was born in and with my curse, I don`t get along with downworlders very well and mundanes either. Back in London I was friends with Tessa, Will, Jem, and I surprisingly got along with Magnus Bane.