Grace's bracelet is a bracelet that, when used, hones Grace Blackthorn's siren-like abilities.
Description[]
It is a silver bracelet engraved with the inscription "Loyaulté Me Lie": meaning "Loyalty Binds Me", which is said to be the Cartwright family motto, though it later is proved to be a lie spun by Tatiana Blackthorn.
The bracelet was enchanted by Belial in order to allow Grace's abilities to work on James Herondale. It also makes him otherwise vulnerable to Belial's influence.[1] Fighting against its effects can physically harm James, while trying to remove it can either make James forget about it, or feel as if the bracelet is stuck. Additionally, taking it off causes a hangover-like effect.
The charm on the bracelet also prevents people from placing blame on it or thinking it could be the problem.[2][3]
History[]
The bracelet is said to have once belonged to Grace's birth mother. It is claimed to be the only thing of her parents' Grace has. Tatiana came into possession of the bracelet after she adopted Grace, and has since had it enchanted. However all of it was a lie, a story crafted to convince James into retrieving it.
Due to James's Greater Demon blood, Grace's powers were unable to affect him. Under Tatiana's orders, Grace asked James to steal the bracelet back for her. After he retrieved it, Grace requested that he wear it for her, as a sign of their friendship. Once the bracelet was put on, he believed himself in love with Grace and never took it off. Tatiana used this infatuation to torture him.[1][4]
Shortly after Tatiana and Grace moved to London, the powers of the bracelet began to wane. After Tatiana was attacked and poisoned by Khora demons, Grace took this as her opportunity to end things and broke up with him, requesting he return the bracelet.
A couple of days later, while in the garden talking to Jesse's coffin, Grace was attacked by Namtar. The demon told her he had been sent by Belial to castigate her for taking the bracelet off of James, as it was not her decision to make. When she tried to explain that the enchantment was not working, he simply told her he would see to its strengthening and that she was to put it back, or else the consequences would be terrible. Grace complied and paid James a visit to replace the bracelet on him. It had indeed been strengthened as it took effect immediately and James returned to his complacent, smitten state. Taking advantage of this, she asked him to destroy an automaton in Blackthorn manor, which caused the house to burn down.
Later, at his engagement party, she attempted to make a plan with him for them to still be together after his marriage blanc to Cordelia Carstairs. James, choking back the words to refuse, felt terrible pain and tasted blood in his mouth as a result of disagreeing with the bracelet.[1]
A few months later, hours before James and Cordelia's wedding, Grace, now no longer monitored by her mother, decided to remove the bracelet from James's wrist, and called him to the drawing room. However, Tatiana warned her, making an appearance using magic. Grace abandoned her efforts after James himself did not turn up to meet her.
Post their marriage, James decided to remove the bracelet so as not to slight Cordelia, however the fastening had apparently stuck. Over the next few weeks, he felt drawn towards Cordelia, but the influence of the bracelet suppressed his emotions. When Grace called upon him, and forced him to kiss her, James claimed to have hit the bookshelf too hard which had left a crack in the metal.
After his brief interaction with Belial in the shadow realm, James and Cordelia shared an intimate moment, which left the band completely broken, thus removing the effects of the bracelet. After the battle with Leviathan and Belial, Grace visited James on her mother's instructions, and the latter confronted her about the secret behind the bracelet; she confessed about how she had been controlling him for the past four years on her mother and Belial's order. Grace was surprised to know that James and Cordelia's love had been powerful enough to break the spell.[3]
In the summer of 1904, Grace placed the broken bracelet inside Jesse's old coffin. The coffin full of other objects contributed by Cordelia, James, Lucie, Jesse, Thomas, Alastair, Ari, and Matthew was buried by the group at Chiswick House as a way to leave behind something of their past.[5]
Owners[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chain of Gold
- ↑ Bracelet — Cassandra Clare on Tumblr
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chain of Iron
- ↑ The Midnight Heir
- ↑ Chain of Thorns