Magnus Bane



“You could give me the past, but Alec is my future.” –Magnus to Camille Belcourt, City of Fallen Angels

Magnus was born to a half-Dutch and half-Indonesian woman and a demon in the 16th century in Jakarta, Indonesia, then Batavia of the Dutch East Indies.

Magnus was raised on a farm with his mother and stepfather, both of whom raised him in fear. When the humans who raised him realized what he was, a warlock, half - demon, Magnus despised himself and his mom hung herself in the barn. When he was ten, his stepfather attempted to drown him, but was instead burned by Magnus who lashed out with his powers.

He was then brought up by churchmen and rasied by the Silent Brothers of Madrid in the 17th century. He recived the name Magnus Bane from them.

In the epilogue, Magnus finds out about Alec's private meetings with Camille. Alec ends up finding him in an abandoned subway where he was supposed to be meeting Camille, obviously waiting for him, much to his shock. Magnus is upset that Alec would consider taking his immortality away at all and kept it a secret, not bothering to tell him about Camille's offer. Here he also reveals how he had, in fact, been considering taking away his immortality, revealing how that was part of the reason he wanted the spell book in City of Glass. He says how since he has seen everything and been everywhere in the world, all he ever wanted was to simply live the rest of his life and grow old with someone he genuinely loved and wanted and hoped for it to be with Alec. Though Alec emotionally pleads for another chance, Magnus refuses, asking him to take his things from his apartment and to leave his key to it on the table, also saying he wished to never see him or his friends and family (being tired of being their "pet warlock") ever again. The two share one last passionate embrace and final kiss before Magnus reluctantly walks away, leaving a heartbroken and tearful Alec behind. City of Heavenly it is revealed in a teaser that Alec keeps calling Magnus, but keeps hanging up whenever Magnus picks up. This, eventually, results in Jace breaking Alec's phone in order to get him to stop. It is also implied that Magnus is just as miserable over his break up with Alec when Jace goes to confront Magnus. Jace bluntly points out that he is obviously unhappy, since his apartment is a mess and he has takeout containers everywhere, clearly gorging himself on take out food.

''“Alexander, I've been alive for hundreds of years. I've been with men, been with women - with faeries and warlocks and vampires, and even a djinn or two.” ''–Magnus to Alec