While the heroes and heroines from Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunters books are among the best of the best, there’s no denying that the Shadowhunters villains are iconic too! Did the villain you most love to hate make this list? Beware: spoilers ahead if you haven’t read all the books!
Top 10 Shadowhunters Villians
10. Annabel Blackthorn: The Dark Artifices
“I am tainted to them—despised, a criminal—”
9. Tatiana Blackthorn: The Infernal Devices, The Last Hours
“This boy, this demon’s spawn, burned my house to the ground! Why else would he do that, save to protect his secret?”
8. Axel Mortmain: The Infernal Devices
“If you ever even try to escape, I will kill them all. What do you say, Miss Gray? I have been generous, and now I am owed thanks.”
7. Valentine: The Mortal Instruments
“I have given everything for this cause. My wife. My children. I have not withheld my sons. I have given everything I have for this—everything.”
6. Sebastian: The Mortal Instruments
“Kill me, little sister. Kill me and you kill Jace, too.”
5. The Seelie Queen: The Mortal Instruments, The Dark Artifices
The Queen‘s smile was wide and terrible. “What if I told you she could be freed by a kiss?”
4. Asmodeus: The Eldest Curses, The Mortal Instruments
“Human memories, freely given, are like food to us. Demons live on the cries and agony of the damned in torment. Imagine then, how nice a change of pace a feast of happy memories is. Mixed together, they are delicious, the sour and the sweet.”
3. Sammael: The Eldest Curses
“Ragnor, didn’t we have some good times? Weren’t you looking forward to ruling the world with me? At least a little? Come on, you wanted to a little bit.”
2. Belial: The Last Hours
“For are you not my heir, my own flesh and blood?”
1. Lilith: The Last Hours, The Mortal Instruments
“There are worse things than death, Shadowhunter.”