| “ | Take it, and cut your brother's throat with it, and take back the honor of your blood. | ” |
Heosphoros is a family sword of the Morgenstern family and is part of a pair, the other sword being Phaesphoros.
History
Heosphoros was made by Wayland the Smith many years ago when the Morgenstern family commissioned two new blades for a father and his son. Of the pair, Heosphoros was the smaller one, having been designed for the son. The two blades were named after different aspects of the morning star, with Heosphoros meaning "dawn-bringer".
Before the Uprising, Jocelyn Fray sold Heosphoros to Diana Wrayburn's father who owned the weapons shop Diana's Arrow before her.
In the days before the Dark War, Clary Fray, along with Jace Herondale, visited Diana's shop in search of a new weapon. Knowing that the sword would never be bought by anyone else, as it hasn't been after over a decade, Diana offered Clary Heosphoros for free, advising her to kill her brother with it and avenge her family.
In Edom, Jace unleashed his heavenly fire upon the realm. With a vision of a rune Clary has been receiving from Ithuriel for some time, Clary was able to contain the heavenly fire in Heosphoros. The heavenly fire momentarily infused in the sword disappeared when Clary used it to stab Jonathan Morgenstern.
Physical description
Said to be the length of a forearm, Heosphoros is half the size of Phaesphoros. It is described as beautiful and is made of gold and adamas. The cross-guard, grip, and pommel are gold with obsidian, the blade is silver that is so dark that it looks nearly black. On the other side of the blade, along the center ridge, is a pattern of black stars, symbolizing the Morgensterns.
While in Clary's possession it was kept in a dark leather scabbard with a pattern of silver stars sewn through it.