The Wicked Powers

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The Wicked Powers is a planned trilogy by Cassandra Clare. The fifth in the series chronologically, it is so far set to be the last and concluding series of The Shadowhunter Chronicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} The title is derived from a Shadowhunter children's rhyme: "And bronze to summon wicked powers."

Known plans

To reiterate, TWP is currently not yet in the works. Information listed below may be subject to change.

• The main characters are going to be Kit Herondale, Ty Blackthorn, and Dru Blackthorn.^[7]
• It is expected to take place three years after The Dark Artifices,^{[8][9][10][11][12][13]} in 2015.^[14][15] Kit and Ty are going to be about 18 years old while Dru will be about 16 or 17 years old.^[12]
• The series is meant to be connected in some way to The Last Hours series.^[16]
• Jaime Rosales is set to be a significant character in this series.^[17][18]
• Ash will appear and have a significant role moving forward.^{[18][19][20][21][22]}
• Clare hopes to have a group of friends around Dru outside of her siblings,^[18] including Thais Pedroso,^[23][24] as she has been attending the new Shadowhunter Academy.^[25] She will have multiple love interests^[26] and is set to be seen struggling with anxiety and panic attacks from her past trauma.^[27]
• Ty will be shown in the Scholomance.His grief and trauma over the events of The Dark Artifices and Livvy's death will be addressed.^[28]
• Certain plot points left off in Queen of Air and Darkness lead into this series, including Thule,^[29] the new dynamics of The Clave,^[30][31] Kit's heritage,^[32][33] the consequences of Ty performing magic and his link to Livia,^[34] among others.
• The epilogue of The Lost Book of the White is meant to point towards the events of TWP.^[35]
  • The third book of The Eldest Curses is set to take place during the timeline of this series.^[36]
• Janus will play a big role in this series.^[37]
• Helen and Aline are set to return, possibly with children.^[38] Mark, Cristina and Kieran are also set to make an appearance.^[39]
• Being the final series installment, Cassie has plans for all the characters who are still around to face the greatest threat they've ever faced, and the characters from different generations of the Shadowhunter Chronicles will have to unite and join forces in the biggest battle they'll ever have to take it down,^[40] and that something will happen that will change the nature of Shadowhunters and what they mean.^[41] She has also stated that "It will bring the Shadowhunter Chronicles to an end. The Shadowhunter world will change forever."^[42][43]
• The series currently isn't scheduled but Clare hopes to publish the first installment in or around 2022, after The Last Hours and the second book of The Eldest Curses^[44] and possibly alternating with her upcoming, non-Shadowhunter-related Sword Catcher series.^[45]

Trivia

• The Wicked Powers will feature a plot inspired by and very loosely based on Arthurian legend, following the "parallels" tradition of other series.^[46]

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