#last ask lowkey prompted me to do it bc. the coincidence??

[justplaggin]

i might've caved in and translated that one page from the new anthology

[fairetaire]

chain of iron theory

so elias is going to make a shocking demand out of james and say some weird stuff to him. what type of shocking demand???? im so curious now. I feel like elias is lowkey working with tatiana and belial. Tatiana is going to convince him that the herondales are evil and to disrupt james and cordelia's marriage to “protect her”. or Belial will whisper false lies to him that will provoke him to seek out revenge. OR ask Elias to carry out his plan and in return he will receive a hefty reward but also cassie mentioned ‘a certain prince of hell’. I found this funny at first bc cassie tryna be secretive but we all know the prince in question is belial BUT wouldn’t cassie just outright say it??? so maybe its not belial. Im thinking its one of the other 3 princes from the prince of hell sketch cassie released

- Azazel

- Sammael

- Mammon 

Now look at Azazel. ‘Associated with those who blame falls unfairly’. Elias was accused of leading the shadowhunters into the vampire territory where many were hurt “They are blaming him for the expedition having gone wrong. But it was not his fault. He couldn’t have known-” (pg 31). Even if Elias was drunk while on the expedition, i don’t imagine his intent was a premeditated murder on his fellow warriors. Also ‘He taught mankind and use of weapons, to raise blades against each other’. Isn’t this Tatiana and Belial’s scheme? To steal or forge weapons using adamas that tatiana will have direct access to and strike at nephilim?? Elias is the perfect pawn in their ploy. But since this has to do with Azazel, it could be him not belial. However, It’s worth noting that Belial is the thief of realms and he can take over any realm with ease err maybe not anymore since he’s injured and weak lmao but he will do whatever it takes to accomplish his plan. 

Now onto Sammael. Off subject but sammy seems like a soft boy to me LOL the drawing of him makes him look kind and sweet BUT HE ISN’T SO DON’T BE FOOLED. Sammael is associated with poison. I doubt cassie would create similar plots but Sona is pregnant just like Charlotte was and she’s in a precarious situation with her husband arriving to London, shame and discomfort lingering with him. Some members of the London Enclave seem like bigots and just straight up rude and judgemental folks. Elias would want to reconcile and make reparations with his family and the London Enclave but the whispers and rumours get to him. Before getting the carstairs reputation tarnished, he seeks out a way to atone for his wrongdoings and comes across a poison in guise of a potion and serves it to his family (or maybe only sona) which then renders her ill and causes her to lose the baby OR the baby survives and sona dies. Ik the miscarriage is too similar to what happened to charlotte so my 2 cents is on the latter theory and it also coincides with how cassie said a surprising baby would need to be adopted. Sonas pregnancy was a surprise and although elias would still be alive and Alastair is an adult maybe they aren’t able to take care of her baby sibling?? and im also thinking this will remind matthew and cause him to distant himself from his friends and drink more heavily. EDIT: I also just realized that the antidote rune was shown in the book trailer for choi. An antidote rune to cure poison eh.

Last but not least Mammon (why he looking like james and Alastair’s love child tho). Mammon adores gold and wealth. The carstairs are at stake of losing everything and this is why sona wanted cordelia married of to someone like james bc he’s kinda wealthy and he has a good repute within the enclave. Mammon (or maybe even belial) will bargain/offer Elias gold or money if he does what mammon says. And ofc Elias will be prompted to. Im a little unsure about this one tho bc the Carstairs own Cirenworth Hall which Jem and Tessa are now living in. So clearly they didn’t lose it. Elias brought the house so if he had to forfeit everything he would have lost the house too. Or maybe the theory comes true and the carstairs become hella rich i mean look at kit flexing in those gucci slides lmaooo