| name : james carstairs. ke jian ming. |
| nicknames : jem. brother zachariah. |
| age : 151, formerly immortal. appears mid-twenties. |
| species : nephilim / shadowhunter, formerly a silent brother. |
| family : jonah carstairs † (father) ⋆ ke wen yu † (mother) ⋆ elias carstairs † (uncle) ⋆ ke yiwen † (aunt) ⋆ cordelia / alastair carstairs (cousins) ⋆ emma carstairs (distant cousin). |
| parabatai : william herondale. |
| spouse : theresa gray (tmi). |
| children : verse dependent. mina carstairs and kit herondale (tmi). |
| pets : church, an immortal and grouchy blue persian longhair cat that follows him through centuries. |
| body : muscled, tall and athletic. well built from years of training. (tid: skinny, fragile, slender ) |
| diagnosis : ptsd, severe depression + dissociation. |
| height : 5'11. eyes : dark silver. |
| hair : short, black, usually messy with several grey streaks. (tid: silver-grey, also cut short and wavy). |
| body mods : faded parabatai rune on chest & several brotherhood runes on his arms, neck and cheeks. dragon tattoo, shoulder blade, several silver-ish scars on his back from yanlou's attack that don't properly fade until he's cured of yin fen later in life. |
| notable traits : handsome, stern face, kind voice, warm smile, notable scars on his cheeks. glows when he's happy. |
| languages : polyglot; english, mandarin, spanish, latin, welsh, cantonese, greek. |
| weapons : watcher, a miaodao sword. his favoured silver dagger, seraph blades, chakhrams, and formerly the brotherhood staff, (tid: formerly wielded cortana). |
| items : stele, brotherhood staff, dragon-headed and jade-topped cane; jade pendant necklace from will; classic violin, silver yinfen box. |
| scars : several white-rune scars along his body, and notable ones over his cheeks. scars on his back and body from yanluo. |
| powers : nephilim physiology, runic magic, use of heavenly weapons. formerly: telepathy, telekinesis, and other sacred runes (as a silent brother), enhanced parabatai runes. |
| residence : cirenworth (devon, england). formerly, the new york or london institute, silent city, shanghai. |
| place of birth : shanghai, china. |