Everyone dreams of being immortal some time in their life. But is it really as great as it seems? The main character of Cassandra Clare’s The Bane Chronicles has mixed feelings on this matter, despite it effecting him specifically. Magnus Bane is a warlock- an immortal being, stuck between the matters of the Underworld and the Mundane, only shown by his “mark,” green-gold cat eyes- who has decided to celebrate his immortality with enjoyment instead of despair. The first of his adventures in Peru starts in 1791, with his fellow warlock Ragnor Fell. Ragnor, though quite the opposite of Magnus with his dreary and pessimistic attitude on life, is reluctantly dragged on this adventure. As Magnus describes him, he is “Hideously dressed, deeply…show more content… Magnus then takes his friend on a grand tour of Peru, taking their time to explore everything from the dazzling cities to the beautiful-and quite large- rainforests that scattered the country. Having to pay for this debauchery, however, he soon finds his expertise needed in a not-so-quiet and not-so-small job in the port city of Salaverry. They both meet with the greatest merchant in the vicinity, a florid and rich man by the name Edmund Garcia, whose main export is that of guano. The merchant asks the talented warlocks to guard his export from the possibility of pirates, promising them a handsome sum of money in return of their talents. The boys reluctantly agree to the task, and only a day later find that the ship they are to meet is being attacked by said pirates. After sinking the pirate’s ship, the ever-eventful Magnus decides he wishes to “try something out,” meaning swinging across the boats and landing in the cargo hold. Which, of course, had been filled with guano. Luckily, Ragnor- who was feeling adventurous- decides to swing in after him. It was not his fault when the ensuing warlock’s temper tantrum caused the entire boat full of guano to sink, though Magnus was blamed all the same, and as such, wasn’t
