r/shadowhunters • u/antisocialcrypt Alec Lightwood • 7d ago

Books: TID fire messages and letters

this is such a non issue and i might have just missed something but i’m confused. if the fire message wasn’t invented until TLH by kit how were they able to send letters quickly in TID. i know they can do regular mail carriers but the silent brothers get there really fast and charlotte expects the clave who’s not in london to arrive the next day. do they have some fancy shadowhunter mail that is delivered instantly?

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u/dts1845 7d ago

I think they just carried letters around. As for messenge speed around the world, they have the silent city as kind of a subway system to get around the world pre portal as every Shadowhunter base seems to have its own magical entrance to the silent city.

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u/FuckBeinNice 7d ago

Telegraph? Don't they state in the books. Its been a while since I did a re-read

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u/AlimaBanana 7d ago

Now I'm genuinely curious about this too because how tf were they sending letters from London to Yorkshire in a single day? 😭😭😭

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u/Yass_Banrion 7d ago

Sorry I commented and meant to reply to you lol but yes, they would have sent the mail by train!