SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: An unnamed vampire who worked in a mental institution
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Biloxi, Mississippi
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Dark brown (human); gold/black (vampire) HEIGHT: 4‘10‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Alice is tiny and graceful. Her hair is very short and spiky because her head was shaved in a mental hospital and her hair was in the process of growing out when she was transformed.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She can see into the future, although what she sees is based on decisions being made; thus, she must wait for a decision to be firmly rooted in the mind, or acted upon, before she can see the end result. Her talent is limited to humans and vampires because she has been both; she cannot see the futures of werewolves or hybrid vampires.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: She has attended high school and college several times.
She has degrees in fashion design and international business. One of the ways she makes money is by using her gift for seeing the future to predict windfall investments in the stock market.
HOBBIES: She plays the stock market and loves designing and shopping for clothes.
VEHICLES: A canary yellow Porsche 911 Turbo
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: Alice is married to Jasper Hale. She considers Carlisle and Esme Cullen to be her parents; Edward Cullen, Rosalie Hale, and Emmett Cullen to be her siblings; Bella Cullen to be her sister-in-law; and Renesmee Cullen to be her niece. She had a human sister named Cynthia, and she has a human niece who still resides in Biloxi.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Mary Alice Brandon — or Alice, as she was commonly known — lived in a middle-class home in Biloxi, Mississippi, with her parents and her sister, Cynthia, who was nine years younger. Her father was a jeweler and a pearl trader. He bought the pearls from local divers and then moved the pearls inland to be sold in more profitable markets away from the coast. His job kept him away from the family for days at a time. Alice‘s mother tended to their home and the orchard on their property, and took care of Alice and Cynthia. The girls were fairly close despite the wide age difference between them.
Alice had the gift of foresight even as a little girl, but her premonitions were not nearly as strong as they would be later in her life. They came to her more as feelings than visions. At first her parents thought her premonitions were amusing. ―Alice is always right,‖ they would say when the five-year-old dressed herself in a slicker even though the sky was blue; later, of course, the rain would begin. ―Grandma will be here soon,‖ she would announce. They would laugh and put out an extra plate.
―Alice was a character who just popped into existence fully formed — so easily. It was like if Edward existed, then he must have a sister named Alice, and she would be this person. And she was one of the things that was sad for me with the book, because I wantedher to be real so much. Oh, I would love to have a friend like that. There must be someonejust like her somewhere, because it seemed so obvious that s he must exist.‖ —Stephenie As Alice grew older, she became more hesitant to share her predictions. She hated looking ridiculous when her premonitions turned out to be wrong. (Weather was the easiest for her to predict correctly, because it didn‘t involve people and their tendencies to change their minds.) By age ten, she rarely voiced her predictions at all, but those she did give came true often enough that people started to talk. ―That uncanny child of the Brandons‖ was seldom asked to other children‘s birthday parties. Alice‘s mother loved her deeply and counseled her to keep quiet about her premonitions.
By the time Alice turned eighteen, she‘d learned to ignore her gift, for the most part, but occasionally she felt compelled to speak.
People started to use the words witch and changeling when talking about her.
By the time Alice turned eighteen, she‘d learned to ignore her gift, for the most part, but occasionally she felt compelled to speak. When she did, it sometimes turned out badly, such as when Alice warned a friend not to marry a certain man; the friend ignored her, and it was revealed that the man‘s family had a history of insanity. Rather than blame herself or her husband, the friend whispered to others that Alice had put a curse on her. On another occasion, one of Alice‘s favorite cousins planned to go west to seek his fortune, and Alice begged him not to. The cousin died in an accident on the road, and his parents — Alice‘s aunt and uncle — blamed Alice for jinxing his trip. People started to use the words witch and changeling when talking about her.
Then Alice had her most terrifying vision. She saw her mother being murdered by a stranger in the woods on her way into town. She told her mother what she had seen, and her mother listened to her. Alice‘s mother kept her daughters in the house with the doors locked and a pistol loaded. Mr. Brandon returned home from a trip two days later to a dirty house full of terrified women and empty of food. On Mrs. Brandon‘s insistence, he searched the woods near the road but found nothing. He was angry with Alice‘s ―damned stories‖ and ordered Alice not to put everyone in a panic again.
Alice began to be haunted by flashes of the stranger, still stalking her mother. When she told her parents what she‘d seen, her father was furious with Alice‘s hysteria. He insisted that the family go about their usual routine. But he was often gone, and when he was, Alice‘s mother followed Alice‘s desperate warnings as much as possible. Still, she had to shop for supplies and tend her orchard. When a month passed and no one had seen the man, Mrs. Brandon grew less wary. She began returning her friends‘ visits and attending sewing circles. She took the pistol with her every time she left the house — at first. After two months, she started to forget.
One night Alice had a perfectly clear vision of the man in a Model T running her mother‘s buggy off the road just outside of town, where there was a steep drop. Alice‘s mother had already left home in the buggy. Alice ran after her, seeing in her mind the stranger watching the crashed buggy to be sure there was no movement inside. Next she had a vision of the man driving away from the scene of the accident. Alice knew she was too late, but she kept running.
The death of Alice‘s mother was declared accidental, and Alice‘s protestations to the contrary were met with disdain and suspicion. Alice‘s father ordered her to be silent.
Mr. Brandon remarried within six months of his wife‘s death. The woman was a blond Yankee from Illinois who was only ten years older than Alice; Mr. Brandon had frequently sold pearls to her jeweler father in the past. The new Mrs. Brandon was quite cold to Alice, though she made a pet of the younger Cynthia.
Even unguided by visions, Alice was bright. Careless, offhand comments by her new stepmother and evidence of longer preparations for this marriage than should have been possible made Alice suspicious. She took her suspicions to her father, who raged at her for suggesting ill of his new wife.
The night after her confrontation with her father, Alice had a vision of him and the stranger who had killed her mother. Her father was giving the man money. Then Alice had a vision of the man standing over her with a knife. Too late, she realized that she‘d confided in exactly the wrong person. Alice rushed out into the night and ran five miles to the home of her aunt and uncle, her only living relatives. Alice beat on the door until they answered, then gasped out her story: Her father had arranged to have her mother murdered and was sending the killer after her next. The aunt — who still blamed Alice for her son‘s death — shoved Alice off the porch and told her husband to get the dogs and drive Alice away.
Both her aunt and her father were already there, and the marshal had been informed that Alice had gone mad.
Alice hurried ten more miles back to town and arrived at the town marshal‘s house to find it lit and busy. Both her aunt and her father were already there, and the marshal had been informed that Alice had gone mad. Alice accused her father of his crimes and her stepmother of complicity, but no one listened. Most people already thought Alice was crazy — or possessed by the devil. The marshal was paid well to have Alice put quietly into an asylum two counties away.
Few people knew what had actually happened, and everyone who did know the truth was very understanding about the Brandons‘ desire to pretend that Alice had died.
In the mental asylum, Alice‘s head was shaved during the threat of a typhoid outbreak.
She also endured electroshock therapy. The treatment caused her to lose her memory, but it also allowed her naturally cheerful and humorous disposition to return, since she no longer remembered the sadness and horror of her recent life.
Unknown to Alice, a vampire was working as a grounds-keeper at the asylum where she was incarcerated. This vampire, who was taking advantage of this pool of humans who could die without much notice being taken, formed an attachment to Alice. He kept her from the shock treatments and other horrors whenever he could. He learned of Alice‘s abilities; she always knew when he was coming to visit her. He would bring hidden objects with him, to see if she could guess what he had. She always got it right.
Then Alice had a vision of James.
Then Alice had a vision of James. It occurred the moment he caught her scent, old and faded, in her hometown two counties away. She saw James find her. She told her only friend, the vampire, and he knew that what she was seeing was fact. He planned to escape with her, but Alice saw James catching up to her anyway. He offered other options, but every choice ended with James. Then the groundskeeper decided to change her. Alice saw that this would be very close. There might not be time for her blood to transform sufficiently for James to gain nothing in killing her. The vampire had heard enough. He bit Alice immediately and took her away to hide her. Knowing this would barely slow James, he put himself in James‘s path to delay him.
From Alice‘s vision, he knew James was a strong hunter, and that it was a fight he would not win.
She was able to see the best future for herself.
After her transformation, Alice awoke alone. The pain of the transformation had the same effect on Alice as the shocks; she remembered nothing of her life in the asylum, or of the vampire who had transformed her. She was unaware of James as the reason for her change.
Fortunately, Alice‘s psychic gifts were now greatly enhanced and strengthened. She was able to see the best future for herself.
Alice‘s first clear vision as a vampire was of Jasper Whitlock. She knew that Jasper was her future mate, but she also knew that he wasn‘t ready for her yet. Instead of going to look for him, she waited for him to find her. In the meantime, she practiced — with sporadic success—
living a ―vegetarian‖ lifestyle, knowing that in time she and Jasper would end up with the Cullen family.
In 1948, Alice went to the small diner in Philadelphia where she knew she and Jasper were destined to meet. Though her greeting was characteristically cryptic, Jasper‘s ability to feel the emotions of those around him allowed him to appreciate the magnitude of the occasion. Alice was already in love; Jasper quickly learned to reciprocate.
To please Alice, Jasper began practicing a ―vegetarian‖ lifestyle as well. By 1950, when they joined the Cullens, Alice was able to control her thirst as well as the rest of the family did.
Jasper continues to have more difficulty with self-restraint than the others. Alice and Jasper were married sometime after joining the Cullen family.
Alice loves all of her adopted family, but has a special bond with Edward. Thanks to his mind-reading abilities, he is the only one who truly understands what it is like to live with constant visions of the future.
―SHE WAS THERE — EXPECTING ME, NATURALLY…. ‗YOU‘VE KEPT ME
WAITING A LONG TIME,‘ SHE SAID.‖
— Jasper, on Alice (Eclipse, Chapter 13)
FAMOUS QUOTES
“You do smell nice, I never noticed before.” Twilight, Chapter 15
“It sounded like you were having Bella for lunch, and we came to see if you would share.” Twilight, Chapter 16
“Do you think any of us want to look into his eyes for the next hundred years if he loses you?” Twilight, Chapter 20
“I will always tell you the truth.” Twilight, Chapter 20
“Edward, you have to do it.” Twilight, Chapter 23
“Would you like to explain to me how you‟re alive?” New Moon, Chapter 17
“Honestly, I think it‟s all gotten beyond ridiculous. I‟m debating whether to just change you myself.” New Moon, Chapter 19
“How strongly are you opposed to grand theft auto?” New Moon, Chapter 19
“I think she‟s having hysterics. Maybe you should slap her.” New Moon, Chapter 22
“Who invited the werewolf?” Eclipse, Chapter 17
“Please, Bella, please — if you really love me… Please let me do your wedding.” Eclipse, Chapter 21
“No one dressed by me ever looks like an idiot.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1
“Bella gets in the way. She‟s all wrapped around it, so she‟s… blurry. Like bad reception on a TV — like trying to focus your eyes on those fuzzy people jerking around on the screen.”
Breaking Dawn, Chapter 14
“Esme, give her a few pointers on acting human.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 25
NAME: Jasper Whitlock Hale
DATE OF BIRTH: 1844
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: 1863, at age 19
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Maria
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Houston, Texas
HAIR COLOR: Honey blond
EYE COLOR: Brown (human); gold/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 6‘3‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Jasper is tall with a medium build, and his hair falls to just above his collar. He has many scars from years of dealing with newborn vampires, but these scars are easily visible only to others with supernaturally good eyesight.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Jasper has the ability to both feel and manipulate the emotions of those around him.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: He has attended high school and college several times.
He has degrees in philosophy and history.
HOBBIES: He is a natural scholar and an avid reader. He has a shrewd mind for both business and battle tactics.
VEHICLE: Jasper has the silver Ducati motorcycle given to him by Edward.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: He is married to Alice Cullen. He considers Carlisle and Esme Cullen to be his parents; Edward Cullen, Rosalie Hale, and Emmett Cullen to be his siblings; Bella Cullen to be his sister-in-law; and Renesmee Cullen to be his niece. He also feels brotherly affection for nomadic vampires Peter and Charlotte.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Jasper Whitlock grew up in Houston, Texas. When he was almost seventeen, he lied about his age and volunteered to join the Confederate Army. He rose quickly through the ranks, being promoted over older, more experienced men. People thought of Jasper as charismatic. This was likely due in part to early traces of the psychic ability Jasper would develop after his transformation. Even as a human, Jasper had a gift for empathizing with and influencing the emotions of those around him.
By the time the Battle of Galveston began, Jasper was the youngest major in the Confederate army. After leading a group of refugees from Galveston to Houston, he encountered three extraordinarily beautiful women — Maria, Nettie, and Lucy. Maria — a vampire and head of her coven — decided to transform Jasper into a vampire for the newborn army she was creating.
―I WAS ALMOST SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD WHEN I JOINED THE
CONFEDERATE ARMY IN 1861.‖
— Jasper (Eclipse, Chapter 13)
Maria chose her newborns more carefully than was usual. She‘d chosen Jasper first because of his rank — which meant he‘d had success in a military system — and second because of that charismatic quality that had always drawn other humans to him. Jasper was naturally gifted as a warrior and a leader. His ability to control the emotional environment around him, although not yet fully developed, made Maria‘s army more effective.
A bond formed between Jasper and Maria. She came to depend on him more and more and grew quite fond of him. For Jasper, Maria‘s army was the only vampire life he had known, and he had no idea anything else was possible for him.
One of Jasper‘s regular tasks was to execute members of the coven who had outlived their newborn strength and developed no other skills that made them valuable to the army.
Eventually he had help in this task from Peter, another former newborn who had proved himself worthy of being kept around. Jasper liked Peter for his oddly civilized nature. They became friends.
One night as he and Peter were carrying out the grim task of dispatching age-weakened newborns, Jasper could feel the unusually difficult emotional toll it was taking on his friend.
When Jasper called out a newborn named Charlotte, Peter suddenly erupted in fear and fury. He yelled for Charlotte to run, then bolted after her. Jasper could easily have caught them, but he chose not to.
As the years passed, Jasper became depressed, tired of always being surrounded by the devastating emotions of those he killed. Maria was not pleased with this alteration. He began to notice a change in her emotions around him; sometimes she was fearful, sometimes malicious.
He knew Maria was thinking about getting rid of him, and Jasper began planning how he would destroy her first.
At this critical moment, Peter came back to find Jasper. He told Jasper of an alternative he had never imagined: Peter and Charlotte had been living peacefully in the North for the last five years, meeting several other covens that coexisted amicably. Jasper left with Peter immediately.
He traveled with Peter and Charlotte for a few years, but even in the more peaceful North, his depression didn‘t lift. Though he was killing only humans now, he was still subject to their emotions as they died.
Jasper‘s misery stayed with him, and eventually he left Peter and Charlotte. He tried to kill less often, but the thirst always grew overwhelming.
When Alice held out her hand, he took it. And he felt an unfamiliar emotion: hope.
In 1948, Jasper encountered Alice. She approached Jasper as if they were close friends and told him he‘d kept her waiting a long time. Jasper was puzzled and wary, but Alice‘s joyful emotions impacted him greatly. When Alice held out her hand, he took it. And he felt an unfamiliar emotion: hope.
Alice explained her vision of the Cullens, and she described the lifestyle of Carlisle and his family. Jasper found it all hard to believe, but he and Alice set off to find them. Once they did, Alice and Jasper were quickly welcomed into the family. Jasper started using the last name Hale because he and Rosalie looked related, and people assumed they were siblings. It made sense to go along with what humans already seemed inclined to believe. At Carlisle‘s suggestion, Alice and Jasper were married shortly after joining the Cullens.
Jasper became fond of the members of his new family but never developed the deep bonds with them that Alice did. Jasper chose to live with the Cullens in order to stay with Alice, and because the ―vegetarian‖ lifestyle, though exceptionally difficult for him, freed him from the negative emotions that had so depressed him.
FAMOUS QUOTES
“I can feel what you‟re feeling now — and you are worth it.” Twilight, Chapter 19
“You held out your hand, and I took it without stopping to make sense of what I was doing. For the first time in almost a century, I felt hope.” Eclipse, Chapter 13
“I‟ve never seen a newborn do that — stop an emotion in its tracks that way. You were upset, but when you saw our concern, you reined it in, regained power over yourself.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 20
NAME: Isabella Marie Swan Cullen; preferred name: Bella DATE OF BIRTH: September 13, 1987
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: September 11, 2006, at age 18
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Edward Cullen
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Forks, Washington
HAIR COLOR: Brown
EYE COLOR: Brown (human); red (newborn vampire), which will change to gold/black HEIGHT: 5‘4‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Bella‘s dark brown hair is long, thick, and straight. She has a wide forehead with a widow‘s peak, and a narrow jaw with a pointed chin. Her eyes are large and widely spaced, her cheekbones prominent, her nose thin. Her lips are out of proportion, a bit too full for her slim jawline. Her eyebrows are darker than her hair and are straighter than they are arched. She‘s slender but not muscular. As a human, Bella was very fair-skinned, with chocolate-brown eyes. As a vampire, she is even paler, and her eyes are bright red. They will change to gold/black as her human blood leaves her system. Bella‘s features were heightened and perfected by her transformation.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Her mind is impenetrable; no one can read her thoughts unless she allows it. She can shield herself from all types of psychic attacks and learns to shield those around her.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: She is a graduate of Forks High School. As a human, she held a part-time job at Newton‘s Olympic Outfitters.
HOBBIES: Bella enjoys reading, especially the classics, and listening to music.
VEHICLES: Red 1953 Chevy pickup truck, a 1960s Honda motorcycle, a 2006
Mercedes Guardian, a red Ferrari F430
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: She is married to Edward Cullen, and Renesmee Cullen is her daughter. Her father is Charlie Swan. Her mother, Renée, is married to Phil Dwyer, Bella‘s stepfather. Bella views Carlisle and Esme Cullen as her father- and motherin-law, and Alice Cullen, Rosalie Hale, Emmett Cullen, and Jasper Hale as her sisters- and brothers-in-law.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Isabella ―Bella‖ Swan was born in Forks, Washington. Her parents, Renée and Charlie, divorced when she was still a baby. Bella lived with her mother, growing up mainly in Riverside, California, and Phoenix, Arizona. Up until 2002, Bella visited her father in Forks for a month every summer. The climate in Forks was unpleasant to Bella, though, and when she was old enough, she insisted that Charlie meet her in California for a few weeks in the summer instead.
―It was a sweet, kind of tender moment. But there was this dark side to it because he was also admitting how much he had wanted to kill her from the first day he met her.‖ —
Stephenie
Bella didn‘t fit in with her peers in California or Arizona. She had the feeling of being a little out of sync with everyone — even the person she was closest to, her mother. Renée was a very extroverted, impractical, and absentminded mother who liked to dabble in a multitude of hobbies; from necessity, Bella turned out quite the opposite. At an early age she took over most of the household responsibilities. When not being the adult, she preferred quiet pastimes like reading, in part because she was extraordinarily clumsy. Her naturally responsible nature carried over into her schoolwork, where Bella usually received A‘s. Her plan for the future was to get a degree in education and teach, like her mother. Renée‘s career was the one thing Bella truly respected about her mother. However, she intended to teach at the high school level.
―EDWARD POINTED TO THE COUPLE IN THE MIRROR DIRECTLY
ACROSS FROM US…. THE NARROW SHEATH OF THE SHIMMERING WHITE
DRESS FLARED OUT SUBTLY AT THE TRAIN ALMOST LIKE AN INVERTED
CALLA LILY, CUT SO SKILLFULLY THAT HER BODY LOOKED ELEGANT AND
GRACEFUL….‖
— Bella, on wearing her wedding dress (Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4) When Renée fell in love with and married minor-league baseball player Phil Dwyer, Bella chose to move in with her father in Forks so Renée could go on the road with her new husband during baseball season. Bella arrived in Forks in January 2005 to finish high school in the town where she was born. On her first day at Forks High School, she met Edward Cullen.
FAMOUS QUOTES
“About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was part of him — and I didn‟t know how potent that part might be — that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.” Twilight, Chapter 9
“I don‟t speak Car and Driver .” Twilight, Chapter 11
“You said that Rosalie and Emmett will get married soon…. Is that… marriage… the same as it is for humans?” Twilight, Chapter 14
“Well, it‟s no irritable grizzly…. ” Twilight, Chapter 15
“ Rosalie is jealous of me ?” Twilight, Chapter 15
“I‟m betting on Alice.” Twilight, Chapter 24
“Oh, I‟m with the vampires, of course.” Twilight, Epilogue
“Which is tempting you more, my blood or my body?” New Moon, Chapter 2
“Nothing. I just hadn‟t realized before. Did you know, you‟re sort of beautiful?” New Moon, Chapter 8
“Could you… well, try to not be a… werewolf?” New Moon, Chapter 13
“My mortality. I‟m putting it to a vote.” New Moon, Chapter 23
“I would want… Carlisle not to have to do it. I would want you to change me.” New Moon, Chapter 24
“Am I the only one who has to get old ? I get older every stinking day!” Eclipse, Chapter 5
“We‟re a bit sensitive to blood around here. I‟m sure you can understand that.” Eclipse, Chapter 10
“I punched a werewolf in the face.” Eclipse, Chapter 15
“Show me the damn ring, Edward.” Eclipse, Chapter 20
“Kiss me, Jacob. Kiss me, and then come back.” Eclipse, Chapter 23
“Edward, I know who I can‟t live without.” Eclipse, Chapter 27
“It‟s a good thing you‟re bulletproof. I‟m going to need that ring. It‟s time to tell Charlie.” Eclipse, Chapter 27
“Does this screw my total? Or do we start counting after I‟m a vampire?” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13
“It feels… complete when you‟re here, Jacob. Like all my family is together.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15
“Huh. I can see what everyone‟s been going on about. You stink, Jacob.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 22
“You nicknamed my daughter after the Loch Ness Monster ?” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 22
“We‟re going to tell her I spent hours in there playing dress-up. We‟re going to lie .”
Breaking Dawn, Chapter 24
“It‟s over. We‟ve all been sentenced to die.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 28
“I am all over this.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 38
“Now you know. No one‟s ever loved anyone as much as I love you.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 39
―THEY WERE ALL WAITING IN THE HUGE WHITE LIVING ROOM; WHEN
I WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR, THEY GREETED ME WITH A LOUD CHORUS
OF ‗HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BELLA!‘ WHILE I BLUSHED AND LOOKED DOWN.‖
— Bella (New Moon, Chapter 1)
FAMOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH EDWARD
“Please tell me just one little theory.”
“Um, well, bitten by a radioactive spider?”
“That‟s not very creative.”
“I‟m sorry, that‟s all I‟ve got.”
“You‟re not even close.”
“No spiders?”
“Nope.”
“And no radioactivity?”
“None.”
“Dang.”
“Kryptonite doesn‟t bother me, either.” Twilight, Chapter 5
“I smelled the blood.”
“People can‟t smell blood.”
“Well, I can— that‟s what makes me sick. It smells like rust… and salt…. What?”
“It‟s nothing.” Twilight, Chapter 5
―THE WOODEN FLOOR, THE LIGHT BLUE WALLS, THE PEAKED
CEILING, THE YELLOWED LACE CURTAINS AROUND THE WINDOW — THESE
WERE ALL A PART OF MY CHILDHOOD.‖
— Bella, on her bedroom (Twilight, Chapter 1)
“I dazzle people?”
“You haven‟t noticed? Do you think everybody gets their way so easily?”
“Do I dazzle you ?”
“Frequently.” Twilight, Chapter 8
“How old are you?”
“Seventeen.”
“And how long have you been seventeen?”
“A while.” Twilight, Chapter 9
“Don‟t laugh — but how can you come out during the daytime?”
“Myth.”
“Burned by the sun?”
“Myth.”
“Sleeping in coffins?”
“Myth. I can‟t sleep.”
“At all?”
“Never.” Twilight, Chapter 9
“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb…. ”
“What a stupid lamb.”
“What a sick, masochistic lion.” Twilight, Chapter 13
NAME: Renesmee Carlie Cullen; nickname: Nessie
DATE OF BIRTH: September 11, 2006
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Born a vampire/human hybrid PLACE OF ORIGIN: Forks, Washington
HAIR COLOR: Bronze
EYE COLOR: Brown
HEIGHT: 3‘5‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Renesmee has fair skin, pink cheeks, dimples, and bronze-colored ringlets.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She can show people her thoughts by touching their skin. So far, no one has been able to block her talent.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: She is taught at home by her parents, extended family, and friends.
HOBBIES: She likes to hunt with Jacob, read, study, and spend time with her parents and the other members of the Cullen family.
VEHICLE: She doesn‘t have a vehicle yet.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: She is the natural daughter of Edward and Bella Cullen. Charlie Swan and Renée Dwyer are her natural grandparents. Carlisle and Esme Cullen are her adoptive grandparents through their relationship to Edward. She thinks of Rosalie Hale and Alice Cullen as her aunts, and of Jasper Hale and Emmett Cullen as her uncles. Jacob
Black has imprinted on her.
BORN HEALTHY, ―MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN HER FATHER‖ (Breaking Dawn, Chapter 19), AND STRONG, RENESMEE NEEDED A CRIB MADE OF WROUGHT
IRON.
Mentally, she learns with vampire speed and retains with vampire perfection.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Renesmee has both vampire and human characteristics. She has inherited many physical gifts from her vampire heritage; her teeth are nearly as strong as vampire teeth, her skin is almost as durable as vampire skin, and her muscles perform with supernatural strength, though not quite at vampire level. Mentally, she learns with vampire speed and retains with vampire perfection.
Due to her human side, she has a beating heart and a functioning circulatory system. She also can eat human food and sleep. She maintains a body temperature greater than that of a normal human, at around 105 degrees Fahrenheit. From conception, she has grown at a greatly accelerated rate. It is expected that she, like other hybrids, will stop growing when her body reaches its adult size. Her physical growth is greatly outstripped by her mental development.
FAMOUS QUOTES
“But I can show you more than I can tell you.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 30
“I‟m not dangerous at all…. I love humans. And wolf-people like my Jacob.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 30
“Momma, you‟re special.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 31
“I love you too, Momma. We‟ll always be together.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 35
The Cullen Home
―THE HOUSE WAS TIMELESS, GRACEFUL, AND PROBABLY A HUNDRED
YEARS OLD. IT WAS PAINTED A SOFT, FADED WHITE, THREE STORIES TALL, RECTANGULAR AND WELL PROPORTIONED. THE WINDOWS AND DOORS
WERE EITHER PART OF THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE OR A PERFECT
RESTORATION.‖
— Bella, on her first impressions of the Cullen home (Twilight, Chapter 15) The Cullens‘ house in Forks is more than a hundred years old. Painstakingly restored by Esme, it is painted white, is three stories tall, and features a deep porch that wraps around the front of the house. The back, south-facing wall is three stories of glass.
The inside of the first story is open and bright, with few internal walls. To the left of the front door is a wide central staircase. To the right is a raised area with a grand piano in the center. Also to the right are a dining room and kitchen, but these are more for show than for actual use. Behind the stairs is the office of C.E.E. Inc., the Cullens‘ personal company, where they manage all of their business dealings.
At the top of the staircase on the second floor is the room that Rosalie and Emmett share.
Moving around the central stairs clockwise, first comes Jasper‘s study, then Alice and Jasper‘s room, with an attached closet that is larger than the room itself. Carlisle‘s office is next, with an area inside for Esme‘s study and Carlisle‘s personal library. During Bella‘s pregnancy, the library was converted into a combination exam and delivery room.
The room that Carlisle and Esme share is at the top of the staircase on the third floor.
Edward‘s room is also on this floor, facing south. The remainder of the third floor is called the library and is used for any technically illegal activity, such as forging birth certificates and hacking into computer systems, which the Cullens must do in order to maintain the various identities needed to live unnoticed in human society.
The Volturi Coven
The equivalent of royalty in the vampire world, the Volturi coven consists of five core members: Aro; Caius; Marcus; Aro‘s wife, Sulpicia; and Cauis‘s wife, Athenodora. Marcus‘s wife (and Aro‘s sister), Didyme, was also a member of the Volturi before she died.
The Volturi reside in their city — Volterra, Italy — which they have secretly controlled for three thousand years, since the time of the Etruscans. They prefer to stay indoors, out of sight of humans, using other vampires as subordinates to serve their coven. Occasionally, they also use human minions.
Between 400 and 500 A.D., the Volturi launched an offensive against the most powerful coven in the world, the Romanians. Rather than simply attack the Romanians, the Volturi first cleverly demanded that the Romanians conform to laws that the Volturi claimed benefited all vampirekind. When the Romanians scornfully refused, the Volturi were able to categorize (and publicize) their strike as a move for the good of all vampires, rather than a standard territory dispute.
The main portion of the war lasted for nearly a century and — due to the fact that there are still two remaining survivors of the original Romanian coven — was never officially concluded.
In the end, the Volturi were able to defeat the Romanians because of Aro‘s intentional creation of talented vampires. The Romanians had created vampires for their empire with less foresight, and their physical skills were not a match in the long term for Aro‘s psychically gifted choices.
Aro called his soldiers ―the Volturi guard,‖ making it clear that they were subservient to the actual coven of five.
After the Volturi had defeated the greater part of the Romanian coven, they began spreading their doctrine throughout the world. Their basic operating premise was that keeping the existence of vampires a secret was beneficial to all; anyone who would not keep this secret was an enemy to the vampire public.
While many vampires questioned the validity of this premise at the time (after all, what could a human do to a vampire, despite any knowledge that human might have), none of them wanted to take on the Volturi fresh off their victory over the Romanians. As time passed, more vampires were born into a world where the Volturi existed as benevolent governors, and slowly the Volturi became accepted by their own positive, self-created definition. Many of these new vampires were created by the Volturi themselves, indoctrinated, and then let loose into the world.
This was the first incarnation of the Volturi‘s human recruitment program; they found humans who sought the power and immortality of vampire lore and introduced them into that world with a set of preconceived ideas about vampire society — ideas that those new vampires eventually introduced to their own ―offspring‖ and other covens they came in contact with. After the Volturi became an accepted force, they continued with the human recruitment on a smaller scale; they utilized humans hopeful of becoming vampires as servants in order to create a human façade for their ancestral home. The majority of these humans were eventually killed for their blood, and only those with potential for useful psychic talents were transformed.
―There aren‘t very many bad guys in my novels. Even the bad guys usually have a pretty good reason for the way they are, and some of them come around in the end. I don‘t see the world as full of negatives.‖ —Stephenie As time passed, the Volturi became more and more powerful as Aro d iscovered more humans and vampires with formidable gifts and added them to his ―collection.‖ In the twentieth century, the advances in human weapons technology came to be viewed by many vampires as a validation of the Volturi‘s now inspired-seeming laws.
The present-day Volturi guard stands at nine permanent members and ten to twelve additional transitory members. The foremost members are Jane and Alec, twins changed around 800 A.D. Jane and Alec had psychic abilities as humans that were greatly intensified in their vampire forms. After their inclusion, the Volturi‘s power became virtually unassailable.
Rank in the guard is decided by power; the guard members who are merely physically strong do not rank as high as those with extra abilities. Rank is marked by the color of the individual‘s cloak; the darker the cloak, the higher the vampire‘s rank. Jane and Alec wear the darkest cloak, outside of the true black of the actual coven members. The only guard who wears a darker cloak is Chelsea.
If a human were to discover the truth about vampires and remain silent, it is probable that the Volturi would never know.
Generally, the Volturi do not keep the vampires of the world under close supervision. If a human were to discover the truth about vampires and remain silent, it is probable that the Volturi would never know and would leave the vampire responsible — and the human who possessed the newfound information — alone. The Volturi are concerned only with breaches that lead to widespread awareness in the human world. Certain news stories, books, or movies about vampires occasionally pique the interest of the Volturi. Members of the guard then trace the information to its source, assess the threat, and silence it if need be.
Many vampires around the world aspire to be accepted into the Volturi, as vampires are drawn to power. However, most of them have nothing to offer the Volturi that the Volturi don‘t already have. Vampires with powerful skills unmatched in the Volturi‘s current coven are invited to take the place of older, less skilled vampires. Depending on the circumstances, a demoted vampire might go off on his or her own, join another coven, or be executed.
―AS I STARED AT THE ANCIENT SIENNA WALLS AND TOWERS
CROWNING THE PEAK OF THE STEEP HILL, I FELT ANOTHER, MORE SELFISH
KIND OF DREAD THRILL THROUGH ME.‖
— Bella, on her arrival in the city of Volterra (New Moon, Chapter 19)
ARO
NAME: Aro
DATE OF BIRTH: Around 1300 B.C.
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Around 1260 B.C.
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Greece
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Red/black, with an overlying milky film (vampire) HEIGHT: 5‘10‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Aro has an average build and is incredibly graceful in his movements. He has shoulder-length jet-black hair and perfect features. His skin is translucent white, slightly resembling the casing of an onion.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: When he touches someone, he can read every thought the person has ever had.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: He is one of the three leaders of the Volturi coven, along with Caius and Marcus. He usually acts as the Volturi spokesperson.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: His mate is Sulpicia. His closest coven members are Caius, Marcus, and Athenodora. His natural sister, Didyme, is deceased. He and the other original Volturi are served by members of the Volturi guard.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Aro was born in Greece just after 1300 B.C. All his life, he was ambitious; power was always his primary goal. It was in the pursuit of this goal that he was transformed into a vampire in his mid-twenties. During the first century of his vampire life, he joined forces with two other vampires, Marcus and Caius, and transformed two humans into vampires: his sister, Didyme; and his future wife, Sulpicia. Aro formed this coven (which also included Caius‘s wife, Athenodora) in order to further his ruling ambition, seeking strength in numbers to augment his own powerful mind-reading talent. Originally, Aro, Caius, and Marcus agreed to rule jointly, but Aro was always the decision-making force behind the threesome. It was Aro who devised the plan on which the Volturi ultimately founded their reign over the vampire world: the concept of vampire laws of mutual convenience. Over time, Marcus lost interest in the coven due to personal tragedy, and Caius grew obsessed with solely the punitive side of governing. Aro handled every other aspect of the Volturi rule.
Aro was the last of the coven to form a romantic attachment.
Aro was the last of the coven to form a romantic attachment. After Marcus and Didyme fell in love, Aro felt that the balance of power had swung away from him (before this, he would have counted his sister an infallible ally; now he assumed she would side with Marcus in any difference of opinion in the coven). Aro decided in advance that he would rather choose a human and create a mate than look for his match in another vampire, who might have ties to her own creator or other relationships that would complicate his plans. He had a certain type of woman in mind, and he found what he was looking for in Sulpicia: a lovely young orphan with few ties to her human community. He courted her successfully, and she agreed to be transformed into a vampire and join Aro as his wife. She remains totally devoted and loyal to Aro.
Aro had chosen to transform his sister because he hoped she might have a gift similar to his own powerful mind-reading gift. He was disappointed in this, and later disposed of her when she got in the way of his plans by distracting Marcus — her mate — from Aro‘s goals. One unintended consequence of this action was the near total debilitation of Marcus by the loss of his mate. Aro and Caius were both disturbed to realize that they were vulnerable to a similar devastation; they immediately sought safeguards for their own wives. Over time, as Aro and Caius increased security in every way they could devise, Sulpicia and Athenodora became virtual prisoners in their home. Part of their confinement, however, included a vampire talented at making them feel content. With Corin as part of their personal guard, Sulpicia and Athenodora never objected to their incarceration.
He created the Volturi guard out of gifted vampires who shared his desire for authority.
Despite his failure with Didyme, Aro never stopped seeking out talented vampires who could add to his power. He created the Volturi guard out of gifted vampires who shared his desire for authority. The guard were never fully part of the coven or the ruling body, but they gained prestige and protection by joining them in a subordinate position. After Aro acquired Chelsea (then Charmion) — who had the ability to bind people to one another and break any bonds that already existed — he was able to influence vampires to join the guard who would not otherwise have been motivated by power or prestige.
Aro made one of his best discoveries around 800 A.D.: the young twins Jane and Alec.
Having already created a prohibition against immortal children, Aro left the talented humans to grow up in their native village, planning to transform them when they reached adulthood.
Unfortunately, Jane‘s and Alec‘s psychic gifts were very pronounced for mere humans, and drew the notice of the other humans around them. Though still children, Jane and Alec were condemned as witches and burned at the stake. Aro arrived immediately upon hearing the news and found them still alive, but barely. He freed them and set the transformation in motion at once. Then, having revealed his true nature in a rather dramatic way, he was compelled to destroy the entire village in order to obey his own law. He left no witnesses, and brought home his two most valuable assets.
―THE GIFT WAS PRESENTED IN AN ORNATELY CARVED, ANCIENT
WOODEN BOX INLAID WITH GOLD AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL, ORNAMENTED
WITH A RAINBOW OF GEMSTONES.‖
— Bella, on Aro‘s gift (Breaking Dawn, Chapter 27) Just because a human or a vampire has a special talent doesn‘t guarantee that Aro will add him or her to the coven. Aro seeks out talents that will make him more powerful, especially on the battlefield. For example, in Aro‘s mind, Alice Cullen‘s ability to see into the future — a skill he‘s never had access to — is far more useful than Jasper Hale‘s ability to manipulate emotions, as he already has Chelsea and Corin, whose gifts are similar to Jasper‘s, but more suited to Aro‘s purposes. Aro is deliberate and patient by nature. When he locates a desirable new talent, such as Alice‘s, he plans carefully the best way to acquire it. He doesn‘t make a move if he believes that doing so might destroy that talent. Instead, he bides his time and explores other avenues toward his goal. For example, he might convert human psychics in the hope of duplicating the talent. If a vampire‘s talent is no longer needed — if Aro finds a vampire with a superior version of the same talent or, as in the case of Didyme, one vampire‘s presence interferes with another vampire‘s needed talent — Aro will restructure the guard. Sometimes, as with Didyme, he will do so by execution. However, Aro will allow an amicable separation when he sees no possible threat from releasing the talent, or if he thinks he might need access to that gift in the future but has no way to hold on to it now. This was the case with Eleazar.
Occasionally, vampires approach the Volturi directly to seek a position in the coven.
Usually, Aro already has a better version of the gift or skill being offered, but if not, the applicant is gladly accepted. Vampires who are not satisfactory are allowed to leave in peace.
Other vampires visit the Volturi simply out of curiosity. Aro encourages such pilgrimages, as it gives him a chance to read their minds. More than just a tactical advantage or a chance to locate other talented vampires, these readings provide Aro with much-needed entertainment throughout the millennia. Aro is endlessly interested in any kind of curiosity.
―THE NECKLACE WAS SIMPLE — GOLD WOVEN INTO A THICK ROPE OF
A CHAIN, ALMOST SCALED, LIKE A SMOOTH SNAKE THAT WOULD CURL
CLOSE AROUND THE THROAT. ONE JEWEL HUNG SUSPENDED FROM THE
ROPE: A WHITE DIAMOND THE SIZE OF A GOLF BALL.‖
— Bella, on Aro‘s gift (Breaking Dawn, Chapter 27) When Carlisle Cullen arrived in Volterra in the early 1700s, Aro was impressed and intrigued by Carlisle‘s ―vegetarian‖ philosophy. Aro tried to convince Carlisle that drinking human blood was natural. He continually teased, prodded, and tested Carlisle (for example, by having a member of the guard deliver a profusely bleeding human body to the library where Carlisle was studying, just to see what Carlisle would do).
Aro was torn between wanting Carlisle to stay strong — the limits of Carlisle‘s resolve fascinated him — and wanting him to surrender to his true nature. After about two decades, Carlisle left the Volturi coven on good terms to travel to America. Before he left, his visit with the Volturi was captured in a painting by Francesco Solimena, an Italian painter who favored the Baroque style. Aro intended to drop in on Carlisle later in his life, in four or five hundred years, to see how things had turned out for him.
FAMOUS QUOTES
“I love a happy ending. They are so rare.” New Moon, Chapter 21
“But still— la tua cantante ! What a waste!” New Moon, Chapter 21
“I certainly never thought to see Carlisle bested for self-control of all things, but you put him to shame.” New Moon, Chapter 21
“Besides, I‟m so terribly curious to see how Bella turns out!” New Moon, Chapter 21
“I doubt whether any two among gods or mortals have ever seen quite so clearly.”
Breaking Dawn, Chapter 36
“Oh well, we‟re all together now! Isn‟t it lovely?” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 37
CAIUS
NAME: Caius
DATE OF BIRTH: Sometime before 1300 B.C.
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Greece
HAIR COLOR: White
EYE COLOR: Red/black, with an overlying milky film (vampire) HEIGHT: 5‘9‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Caius has an average build and is extremely graceful; he almost appears to be floating when he moves. He has shoulder-length snow-white hair. His white skin is translucent and looks insubstantial.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: He does not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: He is one of the three leaders of the Volturi coven, along with Aro and Marcus.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: Caius‘s mate is Athenodora. His closest coven members are Aro, Marcus, and Sulpicia. He and the other original Volturi are served by members of the Volturi guard.
Caius was immediately attracted to the idea of joining forces with the gifted vampires.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Caius was born at least a century before Aro, and was transformed into a vampire when he was in his late forties. Before he met Aro, he‘d run afoul of the Romanian coven. Caius escaped with his life but developed a great hatred for the powerful Romanians. He met a female vampire named Athenodora and they began to travel together as a bonded pair. Caius met Aro for the first time when Aro was only a few years into his vampire life. Young though he was, Aro was already formulating his plan to dominate the vampire world. He had formed a coven with another talented vampire, Marcus. Caius was immediately attracted to the idea of joining forces with the gifted vampires. He didn‘t like feeling weak, knowing that the Romanians — or anyone stronger than him — would be able to destroy him at will. He wanted to be powerful and strong as much as Aro did. Though Caius had no psychic gift, Aro was drawn to Caius‘s ambition and passionate capacity to hate; he saw a great potential for manipulation in what could be both a weakness and a strength.
Caius and Athenodora doubled Aro‘s numbers, and then they were quickly joined by Aro‘s sister, Didyme, and later Aro‘s romantic interest, Sulpicia. Aro and Caius worried about diluting their power further, and from then on brought vampires into the coven as subordinates only.
Aro and Caius were in agreement again after Didyme‘s death devastated Marcus: The wives must be protected at all costs. Thanks to the unchanging nature of the vampire, Caius is still as devoted to Athenodora as he was when they first fell in love. He is able to reconcile this love with her prisonlike circumstances by telling himself that it is the only way to protect her.
Caius was not as patient as Aro, but was willing to follow Aro‘s long-term plan because he could see that doing so gave him a better chance of getting what he wanted than seeking it head-on would. He supported Aro‘s cause, enforced vampire discretion, because it brought him to his ultimate goal: war against the Romanian coven.
After the Romanians were mostly destroyed, Caius was satisfied to spend his time punishing offenders of Aro‘s law, while leaving the rest of the decision-making to Aro. Caius wouldn‘t have been quite as satisfied without Chelsea‘s influence, but Aro made sure that she kept him tightly bound to the coven.
After the Romanians were all but extinct, Caius kept himself occupied with other crusades. One was his campaign to wipe out the werewolf population. Similar to his response to the Romanians, Caius had once felt vulnerable and powerless during an attack by a werewolf.
His characteristic reaction was to attempt to destroy the entire species that had made him feel helpless. (The werewolves he hunted to near extinction are also known as the Children of the Moon. They are not related to the Quileute wolves.)
Caius led most of the hunting parties and always participated in the destruction of offenders.
Another crusade was the offensive against the immortal children. Caius led most of the hunting parties and always participated in the destruction of offenders. He also oversaw the clean-up after the Southern Wars, making sure the newborn armies and their creators were utterly annihilated. Caius is always at the head of any Volturi punishing expedition, leaving Aro free for more important projects.
FAMOUS QUOTES
“And we will visit you as well. To be sure that you follow through on your side. Were I you, I would not delay too long. We do not offer second chances.” New Moon, Chapter 21
“ Now she has taken full responsibility for her actions.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 37
MARCUS
NAME: Marcus
DATE OF BIRTH: Around 1350 B.C.
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Greece
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Red/black, with an overlying milky film (vampire) HEIGHT: 6‘0‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Marcus has an average build and, like Aro and Caius, is incredibly graceful in his movements. His black hair is shoulder length, and his white skin is translucent, with a papery texture.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: He can see the relationships or connections people have to one another. For example, in a group situation he can easily pick out the leader, or sense the strength of the bond between mates or friends. He can also see where those bonds are weak.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: He is one of the three leaders of the Volturi coven, along with Aro and Caius.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: His mate, Didyme, died long ago. His closest coven members are Aro, Caius, Sulpicia, and Athenodora. He and the other original Volturi are served by members of the Volturi guard.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Marcus is physically the youngest of the Volturi. He was transformed into a vampire before he was twenty. Aro found Marcus soon after his own transformation. Marcus was a solitary nomad at the time, but he quickly grew fond of enthusiastic young Aro. Aro was the first friend Marcus had as a vampire. When Aro wanted to form a coven with Caius and Athenodora, Marcus was hesitant. He didn‘t trust the very intense and bitter newcomer, but Aro talked him into the partnership. With his gift, Marcus could see the growing ties between Aro and Caius, but he never truly understood what Aro saw in Caius.
Marcus‘s life changed dramatically when Aro brought home his newly turned younger sister, Didyme, along with the first members of the guard — vampires who were drawn to Didyme‘s aura of happiness. None of these early subordinates lasted more than a few centuries; they were still experimental at that point. Didyme‘s gift had always been with her, though subtler during her human years, and so she was used to many suitors. She did not take these suitors seriously; her true allegiance was to her brother. After her wild newborn years were over, however, she came to admire Marcus greatly. They fell in love with the strongest romantic bond of any of the Volturi, as Marcus was in a position to know.
They were so happy together that soon Aro‘s ambition to dominate the vampire world became increasingly less important to them. After a few centuries, Marcus and Didyme discussed leaving the Volturi to live on their own. Aro, having read both their thoughts, knew these plans. He wasn‘t pleased, but he pretended to give his blessing.
Marcus‘s power was much more valuable to Aro than was Didyme‘s. On the battlefield, Marcus could easily determine the leader and key members of the opposition by the bonds between them and the other fighters. He could tell which person would die for another, which would turn traitor given incentive. In a diplomatic situation, Marcus could see how foreign vampires felt about the Volturi if they would not allow contact with Aro. Within the coven, Marcus could see if someone‘s loyalty was wavering, or if someone‘s feelings for another had become stronger than their bond to the coven. He was also quite dangerous in a fight — a skill Didyme did not share.
Aro waited for an opportunity, and when he knew he would not be caught, he murdered his sister, despite the fact that he truly loved her. Aro‘s grief was genuine, and Marcus never found out that he was responsible. Aro seemed to do everything in his power to discover the culprit, but of course all of his efforts, combined with those of Marcus and Caius, came to nothing. Once he‘d given up hope of vengeance, Marcus became incapacitated by grief. He lost interest in the coven and began to consider suicide. Aro had sacrificed his beloved sister in order to keep Marcus‘s valuable gift in his coven, and he was aghast at the possibility of losing Marcus after all. Aro discovered Chelsea and used her gift to keep Marcus tied to the fortunes of the Volturi; he was unable to abandon the coven, even through suicide. Chelsea‘s gift kept Marcus loyal to Aro, but it was not enough to make him show any enthusiasm for the Volturi. Aro tried to make Marcus more amenable through Corin‘s gift, but Marcus refused to accept her comfort.
He did not want to forget his pain. Corin‘s gift proved more useful with the wives.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE VOLTURI COVEN
ATHENODORA Caius‘s mate
DIDYME The deceased mate of Marcus, and sister of Aro SULPICIA Aro‘s mate
The Volturi Guard
ALEC
NAME: Alec
DATE OF BIRTH: Prior to 800 A.D.
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Exact date unknown; around the age of 12 or 13
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Aro
PLACE OF ORIGIN: England
HAIR COLOR: Light brown
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘0‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Alec is taller than his twin sister, Jane, but not by much.
He is boyish in appearance and resembles Jane, although his lips are not as full.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Alec cuts off all physical senses — sight, touch, hearing, etc.—
from anyone, human or vampire. He is also able to extend his power over a large group of humans or vampires at the same time. His gift manifests as a mist, nearly invisible, that moves slowly away from himself toward his object, blanketing all the space in between. He is able to project this mist several hundred meters. He can also control who his mist affects, allowing the other Volturi soldiers to kill his senseless victims easily.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: He is a member of the Volturi guard.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: Alec‘s twin sister, Jane, is also a member of the Volturi guard. Guard members show the Volturi the loyalty they would family.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Alec was born in England around 800 A.D., son of an Anglo-Saxon woman and a Frankish soldier. He was born a few minutes after his fraternal twin sister, Jane. Both Alec and Jane had strong psychic abilities that were evident even in their human state. Aro was made aware of Alec and his sister through the thoughts of a visiting nomad. Aro visited the twins but decided they were too young to transform immediately (the Volturi had already instated its rules about immortal children). Aro left them in the care of their parents, planning to return in a few years. Though the twins‘ gifts were obvious to anyone paying attention, Aro observed no menace toward them. They were only toddlers at the time, however, and Aro did not foresee how public opinion toward them would change as they grew. If he‘d had any suspicion of the villagers‘ eventual reaction to them, he would have taken them back to Volterra and raised them himself.
Eventually, the superstitious locals found the twins too frightening to endure.
Alec and Jane grew older. As they got bigger, the villagers found their unsettling natures more and more disturbing. Their talents had not taken a focused shape at that point, but bad things tended to happen to people who were unkind to the twins or their family, and good luck followed those who were friendly to them. Eventually, the superstitious locals found the twins too frightening to endure. They were accused as witches and condemned to be burned at the stake. Aro was apprised of the situation by a nomad who knew of Aro‘s interest in the twins. Aro hurried to the village, arriving just in time to interrupt the execution.
The horrible pain of burning affected both of the twins deeply, and shaped the way their psychic gifts manifested themselves after the transformation. As Alec burned, his entire focus was on escaping the pain. As a vampire, this focus translated into an ability to totally anesthetize any human or vampire. Because he could project this sensory deprivation over many targets at the same time, he became the single most valuable weapon in Aro‘s arsenal.
FAMOUS QUOTE
“They send you out for one and you come back with two… and a half.” New Moon, Chapter 21
CHELSEA
NAME: Chelsea, born Charmion
DATE OF BIRTH: Before 1100 B.C.
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Around 1100 B.C.
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Aro
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Greece
HAIR COLOR: Light brown
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘3‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Chelsea is short, with an hourglass figure.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Chelsea can influence the emotional ties that people feel toward one another by either strengthening their bonds or breaking them apart.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: She is a member of the Volturi guard.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: Her mate is Afton, another member of the Volturi guard. Guard members show the Volturi the loyalty they would family.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Chelsea was born not long after the original Volturi members. She was originally named Charmion, but as she frequently interacts with humans and vampires outside the city of Volterra, she has changed her name a few times over the millennia in order to keep it from attracting attention. She chose the name Chelsea in the 1950s and will use it until it becomes uncommon.
Aro discovered Chelsea in the midst of a very difficult time for the Volturi. He had recently murdered his sister, Didyme, in order to hold on to his talented partner, Marcus.
Unfortunately, after Marcus had exhausted his search for Didyme‘s killer, he became suicidal.
Aro did what he could to keep Marcus from finding a way to end his life, but he could tell he was losing the battle. When he discovered Chelsea, he was quick to utilize her abilities. He had her bind Marcus tightly to Aro so that he couldn‘t disobey Aro‘s wishes. Later Aro added Corin, hoping to help Marcus become more interested in the goals of the Volturi, but that was less effective; Marcus refused to let Corin‘s gift erase his pain.
Chelsea became the linchpin in Aro‘s organization.
Chelsea became the linchpin in Aro‘s organization. Her ability to both make and break emotional ties is the power that keeps the guard unified and the coven functional. She is also able to dissolve the loyalties between coven members, with the exception of a romantically bonded pair; those ties are stronger than her power. The attachments she creates are nearly as strong as a romantic union. It was her ability that kept the powerful twins, Jane and Alec, from ever questioning their subordinate position to Aro and the rest of the coven, and that allowed Aro to recruit many gifted vampires — like Demetri and Heidi — who initially had no interest in the prestige of belonging to the Volturi. Her gift is long lasting; it does not fade immediately when she is not present. It does wear off over a matter of time — decades or centuries — depending on how long a person has been exposed to it before separating from her.
Because of her vital role, Chelsea is the vampire Aro is most dependent on and most vulnerable to.
Because of her vital role, Chelsea is the vampire Aro is most dependent on and most vulnerable to. Knowing this, Aro has a special relationship with Chelsea that is unlike any other among the guard. Chelsea wears the pure black robe of the coven leaders, and she always gets what she wants. For example, her mate, Afton, though not exceptionally skilled, holds a prestigious place with the guard. Chelsea enjoys all the perks of living with the Volturi, plus perfect job security — unless Aro finds someone with a better version of her talent.
Aro is nothing if not cautious, however, and he doesn‘t leave himself vulnerable for long.
Aro made sure that Chelsea was often exposed to Corin‘s gift throughout the centuries; Chelsea is not aware of the true strength of Corin‘s addictive talent, but she would have a very difficult time leaving the Volturi.
DEMETRI
NAME: Demetri
DATE OF BIRTH: Around 1000 A.D.
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Around 1000 A.D.
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Amun
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Greece
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 6‘3‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Demetri is tall and lean. His pale skin has a faint olive tone. His wavy, dark hair is shoulder length.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: He is a skilled tracker. He catches the essence of a person‘s mind and then follows it like a scent over any distance.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: He is a member of the Volturi guard.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: Guard members show the Volturi the loyalty they would family.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Demetri was originally discovered by the Egyptian coven‘s leader, Amun. Amun worked with Demetri to develop his tracking ability, and the two were very close. At the time, the Volturi had a tracker. However, when Aro heard that Amun had a more talented tracker than his own, he hurried to Egypt and offered Demetri a place with the Volturi. Demetri had no interest in leaving Amun, but Aro had Chelsea dissolve the bonds between the members of that coven, and then tie Demetri to the Volturi. Demetri joined them immediately.
Demetri is a permanent member of the guard and a part of all of the Volturi‘s important missions. Though tracking gifts are more common than any other kind of psychic gift, Demetri is by far the best-known tracker in the vampire world. With the rare exception of strong mental shields, Demetri‘s gift is unstoppable and allows the Volturi to find anyone, anywhere. Demetri can link to a target once he has physically met that person, or he can pick up a person‘s trail from anyone who has met them in the past.
FAMOUS QUOTE
“Nice fishing.” New Moon, Chapter 21
FELIX
NAME: Felix
DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Aro
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Unknown
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 6‘7‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Felix is very tall and muscular. His pale skin has a slight olive cast. He has short, cropped black hair.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: He does not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: He is a member of the Volturi guard.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: Guard members show the Volturi the loyalty they would family.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Felix is one of the few members of the Volturi guard with no psychic talent. Instead, he is physically the strongest vampire that the Volturi have encountered. Felix wears the lighter gray cloak of a lesser member of the guard, but he does have a permanent position with them. Felix is a part of most of the Volturi‘s punitive missions. When there are larger threats, he is accompanied by other physically dominant members of the guard, like Santiago, or any of a number of other transitory guard members.
HEIDI
NAME: Heidi
DATE OF BIRTH: Before 1550
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Before 1550
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Hilda
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Germany
HAIR COLOR: Mahogany
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire), although she often wears blue contacts that make her red eyes appear violet.
HEIGHT: 5‘10‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Heidi is tall and strikingly beautiful.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She is overwhelmingly physically appealing to men and women, humans and vampires. Resisting her allure is possible but also very difficult, especially if she is trying hard to attract.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: She is a member of the Volturi guard.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: Guard members show the Volturi the loyalty they would family.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Heidi was originally changed by a vampire named Hilda, and belonged to her coven for several years. Hilda was later accused of attracting too much notice with her large coven. All but two of the vampires were destroyed: Heidi was considered penitent and so was spared, and the other — Victoria — was able to escape. Thanks to Chelsea, Heidi is totally loyal to the Volturi.
Her primary duty is orchestrating elaborate ploys to bring human victims to Volterra.
Heidi became a key member in the day-to-day existence of the Volturi. Her primary duty is orchestrating elaborate ploys to bring human victims to Volterra for the sustenance of the coven. She is required to bring them from far away, without leaving a trail. Heidi might arrange for a contest where the prize is an all-expenses-paid vacation to Turkey (or another random location), or a job interview for a position with an amazing salary. The victims never hear the word Volterra, and usually are unaware that they are even being taken to Italy. She has more than one jet and other vehicles and props to use in her efforts to attract humans to the Volturi‘s private city. Once an intended victim meets Heidi, it is difficult for him or her to refuse any invitation she extends.
JANE
NAME: Jane
DATE OF BIRTH: Prior to 800 A.D.
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Exact date unknown; around the age of 12 or 13
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Aro
PLACE OF ORIGIN: England
HAIR COLOR: Pale brown
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 4‘8‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: If not for her girlish face and full lips, Jane could be mistaken for a preteen boy. She is quite short, and her childlike voice is high and thin. She usually speaks with an air of apathy or boredom. Despite all this, she has a commanding presence.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She can cause people to experience excruciating pain that instantly incapacitates them. She can inflict this pain on only one target at a time; she must be able to see her victim to use her gift on him or her.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: She is a member of the Volturi guard.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: Her twin brother, Alec, is also a member of the Volturi guard. Guard members show the Volturi the loyalty they would family.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Jane was chosen by Aro while she was still a human child. Aro‘s plan to let Jane and her brother mature with their human family backfired when superstitious locals condemned them as witches and sentenced them to death by fire. Aro arrived barely in time to save Jane and Alec from their accusers. While Alec focused his psychic powers on escaping his own pain, Jane was consumed with the desire to inflict her pain on those who were hurting her. This desire shaped her vampire talent into a very effective weapon.
While Alec — with his ability to use his gift on a great number of targets concurrently — is more advantageous in open battle, Jane‘s talent is more often used. As evidenced during Edward, Alice, and Bella‘s visit to Volterra, Jane‘s talent is frequently utilized to control potentially aggressive vampires. Just having her on hand usually guarantees Aro a polite and compliant audience.
In the field Jane inspires a great deal of fear, which is helpful to the Volturi attack strategy, as well as to their reputation.
In the field Jane inspires a great deal of fear, which is helpful to the Volturi attack strategy, as well as to their reputation. Also, Caius enjoys using her talent to punish vampires before they are executed. Over the centuries, Jane has absorbed some of Caius‘s sadistic enjoyment in the process.
FAMOUS QUOTES
“We‟re not used to being rendered unnecessary. It‟s too bad we missed the fight. It sounds like it would have been entertaining to watch.” Eclipse, Chapter 25
“Caius will be so interested to hear that you‟re still human, Bella. Perhaps he‟ll decide to visit.” Eclipse, Chapter 25
RENATA
NAME: Renata
DATE OF BIRTH: 1240s
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: 1260s
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Luca
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Malta
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘0‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Renata is slight in build.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She can shield herself and others, repelling physical attacks and confusing the attacker and making him forget his purpose.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: She is a member of the Volturi guard and Aro‘s personal bodyguard.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: Guard members show the Volturi the loyalty they would family.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Renata was born into an unusual, vampire-friendly family that has produced several vampires over the centuries, including, many years after Renata, a nomad named Makenna.
Renata was changed by her great-uncle Luca (with a few dozen great s added) on her twentieth birthday. She originally intended to help her uncle protect and perpetuate their family line, but Renata was very talented. She quickly caught the attention of the Volturi and was invited to join.
Luca, wanting no trouble with the Volturi — the way he interacted with his human relatives was already a gray area — encouraged her to go.
Thanks to Chelsea, Renata became exceptionally loyal to the Volturi, particularly Aro.
On Aro‘s instructions, Chelsea attached Renata to Aro alone, rather than to all the leading Volturi together. Renata is so tightly bound to Aro that she would rather die than see him harmed. When Aro leaves Volterra, she is always at his side. She is able to repel attackers from herself and anyone in close physical proximity to her. Her gift causes assailants to become confused as they approach her. They find themselves moving in a new direction, with a blurred memory as to what they were trying to accomplish. She is able to push her shield several meters out from herself. She will also shield Caius and Marcus if they are nearby, but her primary concern is to protect Aro.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE VOLTURI GUARD
AFTON: Chelsea‘s mate
Afton has a minor shielding skill, but it is limited by the fact that he cannot project it outside of himself. He has the ability to make himself invisible to attackers, but someone with a strong focus can see through the illusion. A person standing directly behind him can be hidden, too, but this is not a very reliable safeguard. Afton is not gifted enough to earn a place with the Volturi on his own merits; he owes his inclusion to his much more talented mate, Chelsea.
CORIN: A guard
Officially, Corin‘s primary job in the Volturi is to protect the surviving wives, Sulpicia and Athenodora. In reality, she does not protect them so much as soothe them into complacency while other, more physically impressive vampires do the actual job of guarding the wives. The wives are so closely protected that they have become virtual prisoners in Volterra. However, Corin‘s gift keeps them satisfied with life — even happy.
A person can become addicted to the feeling she produces, and be unable to feel well without it.
Corin is able to make anyone feel content in his or her circumstances. There is a druglike side effect to her skill, however. A person can become addicted to the feeling she produces, and be unable to feel well without it. Aro has been careful not to expose himself too greatly to Corin, while using Chelsea to keep her tied to the coven. Marcus has always refused to let her relieve his never-easing pain over Didyme‘s death. Caius, on the other hand, frequently uses Corin‘s gift to alleviate his boredom between battles and punishing expeditions.
SANTIAGO: A guard
Like Felix, Santiago is a physical enforcer. He has no psychic gift, only tremendous physical strength.
OTHERS WHO SERVE THE VOLTURI
NAME: Gianna
DATE OF BIRTH: Late 1970s
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Italy
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Green
HEIGHT: 5‘6‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Gianna was tall, with long, dark hair and olive-toned skin. She was beautiful, for a human.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: Gianna served as the receptionist and assistant to the Volturi coven.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: As a human, Gianna was not considered a member of the Volturi, although she was loyal to them.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Gianna knew the Volturi‘s secret and kept it, serving them in the hope of one day being turned into a vampire. She knew that if she was not found helpful enough, she would be killed, but she chose to take the risk. Unfortunately, the Volturi decided her skills were less valuable than her blood.
The Volturi Lair
The Volturi maintain a permanent home in Volterra, Italy, which most of the actual coven — Caius being the exception — rarely leaves. The Volturi founded the town of Volterra three thousand years ago, during the time of the Etruscans. The Volturi still own almost all of the property in the vicinity.
Most of the living space is located below ground, in tunnels that run three stories beneath the town.
The main structure of the Volturi‘s actual home is a castle constructed during medieval times, built into the walls of the ancient city. The most noticeable feature of the castle is the large turret that rises above the rest of the structure. Most of the living space is located below ground, in tunnels that run three stories beneath the town.
There are several entrances to the Volturi castle. The front door is located at street level.
It opens to a reception area, where there is always a very polite human to receive visitors, as well as several inconspicuous surveillance cameras. All the doors in the room lead to dead-end, innocuous offices, and the elevator is heavily secured. This door is never used by the Volturi, their guard, or anyone who has real business with them. The elevator leads to another reception area, with even higher security.
The castle can also be accessed from Volterra‘s sewers. Several drainage holes in the stone-paved streets lead to often-used Volturi passageways. These drains are covered by iron grilles that are too heavy to be lifted by several human men together. These passages also lead to the second reception area, where the human in charge is aware of the nature of her bosses.
Thanks to Heidi‘s gift, when she asks her tourists to follow her into the beautiful, ancient tunnel that leads to an amazing castle, none of them refuse.
The most often used door is not actually located within the city. Rather, this door is located in the cellar of an ancient church outside the walls, somewhat hidden in the hills. Heidi‘s tours always end in this quaint, concealed historical landmark located beside a small private landing strip (owned by the Volturi). Just in case someone were to recognize the Tuscan landscape, there is no cell-phone service available. Thanks to Heidi‘s gift, when she asks her tourists to follow her into the beautiful, ancient tunnel that leads to an amazing castle, none of them refuse. This tunnel bypasses both reception areas and leads directly to the Volturi turret.
The turret contains the main meeting room of the Volturi, and also the dining room. They have made no attempt to make it comfortable for humans; the stone walls are not insulated, and there is no heat or cooling or artificial lighting. The room is lit by the arrow slits high above. The lone furnishings are three massive thronelike chairs that belong to Aro, Caius, and Marcus. They use these thrones when they are acting as magistrates, hearing cases against vampires who have infringed on the law. In the center of the room is a slight depression that contains a drainage grate. The Volturi dispose of the bodies of their victims through this hole, which sits above a very deep cavern. Routinely, these remains are reduced en masse by acid.
―EDWARD WILL BE UNDER THE CLOCK TOWER, TO THE NORTH OF
THE SQUARE.‖
— Alice, to Bella (New Moon, Chapter 20)
The Amazon Coven
―THE REUNITED AMAZONS HAD BEEN ANXIOUS TO RETURN HOME AS
WELL — THEY HAD A DIFFICULT TIME BEING AWAY FROM THEIR BELOVED
RAIN FOREST….‖
— Bella (Breaking Dawn, Chapter 39)
The Amazon coven consists of three sisters, Kachiri, Zafrina, and Senna, all natives of the Pantanal wetlands. The sisters never interact with humans except when hunting; they do not associate with them or make any pretense of behaving in a human way. They are feral in appearance and rarely leave the unpopulated wetlands except to hunt. Few vampires — including the Volturi — have ever heard of this coven.
KACHIRI
NAME: Kachiri
DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
PLACE OF ORIGIN: South America
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 6‘4‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Kachiri is very tall, with thick black hair. Her features and limbs all appear unnaturally long.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She does not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: She is part of a coven with her sisters, Senna and Zafrina.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Kachiri belonged to an ancient native tribe located on the fringe of the Pantanal. After she was changed, she went back for her two closest friends. They‘ve been together ever since, rarely leaving the wetlands, hunting in the habitations along the fringes. Their self-sufficient way of life has kept them a secret from most other vampires. Carlisle and his family discovered them in the 1940s while on a hunting trip; the Cullens‘ interest in large animal game brought them to an area other vampires dismissed for its lack of human prey. The Amazons were quite taken with Carlisle‘s gentle, friendly manner.
Their self-sufficient way of life has kept them a secret from most other vampires.
SENNA
NAME: Senna
DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Kachiri
PLACE OF ORIGIN: South America
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘11‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Senna is the shortest of the Amazons, but still very tall.
She has the same long limbs and facial features as Kachiri and Zafrina. She wears her black hair in a braid, and her clothing is homemade from animal skins.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She does not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: She is part of a coven with her sisters, Kachiri and Zafrina.
ZAFRINA
NAME: Zafrina
DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Kachiri
PLACE OF ORIGIN: South America
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 6‘1‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Zafrina shares the same long limbs, fingers, and facial features as Senna and Kachiri. Like Senna, Zafrina wears her long hair in a braid, and her clothing is made out of animal hide.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Zafrina has a strong illusory talent. She can make her target see any illusion she wants, or see nothing at all. Her range includes anyone in her eyesight.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: She is part of a coven with her sisters, Kachiri and Senna.
The Denali Coven
The Denali coven was originally founded by Sasha, who was responsible for transforming Tanya, Kate, and Irina into vampires. They considered Sasha their mother and one another sisters. After Sasha was executed by the Volturi for creating an immortal child, Vasilii, Tanya assumed leadership of the coven. The sisters often amused themselves by romancing local human men. Such trysts usually ended in a meal; their lovers never survived long. After a few centuries, the sisters began to regret their actions. They felt real affection for some of these men, and losing them was depressing. They tried to spare the men they associated with while hunting other humans, but this didn‘t work; the human blood was too hard to resist in such close proximity, and eventually they would slip up. The longer one of them spent with a man, the more devastating it was when the man died. Finally Tanya devised a plan to give up human blood altogether. She had a similar experience in the woods as Carlisle did with his first vampire meal: She realized that unappetizing animal blood could quench her thirst. Her sisters decided to follow her example, and after many years of practice, they developed self-control to rival Carlisle‘s.
―DENALI WAS WHERE THE ONE OTHER BAND OF UNIQUE VAMPIRES—
GOOD ONES LIKE THE CULLENS — LIVED.‖
— Bella (New Moon, Chapter 3)
Around the time that Tanya and her sisters became comfortably settled into their
―vegetarian‖ lifestyle, they met Carmen and Eleazar. The newcomers were very taken with the Denali coven‘s compassionate choice. Tanya invited them to stay and try out the ―vegetarian‖ life. Both parties enjoyed one another‘s company so much that they made the situation permanent.
The coven was devastated by Irina‘s execution — again at the hands of the Volturi. At this difficult time they were joined by the nomad Garrett, who had formed an attachment with Kate.
CARMEN
NAME: Carmen
DATE OF BIRTH: 1700s
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: 1700s
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Spain
HAIR COLOR: Dark brown
EYE COLOR: Gold/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘5‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Carmen has a slight olive tone to her pale skin. Her hair is long and dark. Although she speaks flawless English, Spanish is her native language.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She does not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: She is part of a coven with Garrett, Katrina, and Tanya, and formerly Irina. Eleazar is her mate.
They adopted the sisters‘ philosophy and were welcomed into the coven.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
When Carmen fell in love with Eleazar, he was a member of the Volturi. Carmen had no talent to interest the Volturi, so she was not invited to join. For a while Eleazar worked for the Volturi while living with Carmen, but he felt the strain between his two worlds. Carmen was troubled by the violence of Eleazar‘s everyday life. Eventually he asked for and was granted permission to leave. Carmen and Eleazar spent several years traveling together and living as traditional vampires. But they sought a more peaceful existence and were pleased to meet the Denali sisters, who lived a ―vegetarian‖ lifestyle. They adopted the sisters‘ philosophy and were welcomed into the coven.
FAMOUS QUOTE
“May I hold you, bebé linda ?” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 30
ELEAZAR
NAME: Eleazar
DATE OF BIRTH: 1700s
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: 1700s
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Spain
HAIR COLOR: Dark brown
EYE COLOR: Gold/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘11‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Eleazar‘s pale skin has a light olive cast. His hair is dark.
Spanish is his first language.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: He has the ability to sense the type and strength of gifted vampires‘ talents.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: He is part of a coven with Garrett, Katrina, and Tanya, and formerly Irina. Carmen is his mate.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Eleazar was once a member of the Volturi guard. A gentle person by nature, he wasn‘t entirely happy with their methods, but he felt he was serving the greater good by working with those who would uphold the laws he respected.
After Eleazar fell in love with Carmen, he asked Aro‘s permission to leave the Volturi, knowing that Carmen was not happy with his involvement. Aro didn‘t like the idea but nonetheless gave his blessing. He felt there was a good chance that Eleazar would come back to the Volturi if needed, and he did not want to destroy a talent that he had no backup for. The Volturi were not actively recruiting as they had before the acquisition of the twins, but the future was never certain, and Aro might need Eleazar again.
Following his departure from the Volturi guard, Eleazar, together with Carmen, sought a more compassionate lifestyle. They were elated upon discovering the Denali sisters and readily adopted the ―vegetarian‖ philosophy.
FAMOUS QUOTES
“A very talented family.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 31
“No one can stand against them.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 31
GARRETT
NAME: Garrett
DATE OF BIRTH: Mid-1700s
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Around 1780
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
PLACE OF ORIGIN: New England
HAIR COLOR: Sandy blond
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 6‘2‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Garrett is tall and has a lanky build. He wears his long, sandy-colored hair tied back with a leather thong.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: He does not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: He has recently joined the Denali coven with Carmen, Eleazar, Katrina, and Tanya. Kate is his mate.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Garrett was transformed during the American Revolutionary War. A hotheaded patriot who willingly fought for the colonies‘ right to self-govern, he was a true believer in the American dream. His transformation occurred by accident in the aftermath of a battle.
Local vampires took advantage of the war‘s massive death toll to feast frequently. Garrett was with an isolated group of ten soldiers when a vampire attacked them, knocking Garrett unconscious at the beginning of the attack. The vampire drained the other nine soldiers. By the time he came to Garrett, he was so sated that he didn‘t drink much of Garrett‘s blood. Given the blow to Garrett‘s head, the vampire didn‘t expect the soldier to survive. Creating another vampire was not his intent.
After the transformation was complete, Garrett‘s quest to understand what had happened to him turned into a permanent characteristic. He is always curious and willing to investigate a mystery.
FAMOUS QUOTES
“Here‟s to freedom from oppression.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 34
“I have witnessed the bonds within this family — I say family and not coven .” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 37
“Do you wish me to call you master , too, like your sycophantic guard?” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 37
“If we live through this, I‟ll follow you anywhere, woman.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 37
IRINA
NAME: Irina
DATE OF BIRTH: 1000s
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: 1000s
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Sasha
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Slovakia
HAIR COLOR: Pale blond
EYE COLOR: Gold/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘2‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Irina had straight, chin-length, pale blond hair.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She did not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: She considered Kate and Tanya her sisters, even though they were not biologically related. All three were transformed by Sasha. Irina considered Sasha her mother. Carmen and Eleazar were also part of her coven. Irina was building a relationship with Laurent before his death.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Irina was the third vampire added to Sasha‘s coven, after Tanya and Kate. As a human, Irina was a pretty peasant girl living in a small farm community. She physically resembled Tanya and Kate quite a bit, and Sasha liked the idea of adding a new sister for her other girls. Sasha considered the girls, including Irina after she was changed, to be her daughters, and they in turn loved her as a mother. They were a close-knit coven, so it came as a great surprise to Irina when she discovered that her mother had created an immortal child despite the Volturi law prohibiting them.
Irina and her sisters were devastated when the Volturi executed their mother and the child, though they did not fault the Volturi for their decision. Sasha knew the law as well as Irina did, and none of the sisters could understand what she‘d done. They did, however, understand her decision to keep them in the dark; the sisters‘ total innocence of Sasha‘s act was the only reason the Volturi spared them.
All of the Denali sisters enjoyed the attention of men, both human and immortal, though — flirtatious by nature — none of them ever settled with one mate. As there were always more human men than vampire men, their relationships most often involved humans. In the beginning, these relationships with humans were short-lived and usually ended in a meal for one of the sisters. Their behavior earned them a place in human legend as the succubus. The myth varies from source to source, but at its essence is a tale of a beautiful demon who first seduces her prey and then drains him of life.
After a while, Irina and her sisters began to feel remorse; they were genuinely fond of many of the men they formed brief relationships with and regretted their deaths, though those deaths seemed inevitable.
After a while, Irina and her sisters began to feel remorse; they were genuinely fond of many of the men they formed brief relationships with and regretted their deaths, though those deaths seemed inevitable. They tried to pursue such relationships without killing the man involved, but eventually they would make a mistake and he would die. The regret and guilt became too difficult to bear. For a long while, the sisters avoided human men completely—
except as meals — but found this lonely. Tanya began to wonder if she could train herself to resist human blood altogether, and thereby make it possible to have human friends without killing them.
After a few decades, all three sisters grew adept at this new diet, and at enjoying intimacy with humans without injury.
While testing her ability to go without drinking any blood, Tanya had a similar experience to Carlisle‘s; animal blood suddenly began to smell better than nothing at all. Tanya experimented with living on animal blood and came to the conclusion that abstaining did make it easier to be around humans. Irina and Kate were excited by this breakthrough and joined their sister in her experiment. After a few decades, all three sisters grew adept at this new diet, and at enjoying intimacy with humans without injury.
Over a century later, a nomad couple named Eleazar and Carmen crossed paths with Irina and her sisters. Both unusual among vampires due to their compassionate natures, Eleazar and Carmen were immediately intrigued by the sisters‘ choice to forgo murder. They stayed with the sisters to learn their way of life, and grew closer and closer. Soon, they asked to join Irina and her sisters permanently. The sisters were pleased to enlarge their family.
By the time the Denali clan encountered Carlisle, they were all as good at vampire
―vegetarianism‖ as he was. They quickly bonded with the Cullens over their shared lifestyle, and considered one another extended family from that time forward.
When Laurent came looking for the Denali sisters on Carlisle‘s instruction, Irina was intrigued by his interest in her family‘s way of life. She began to have romantic feelings for him, and he seemed to return them. Before their relationship could progress beyond this early stage, Laurent was killed by the Quileute wolves. Irina never really forgave the Cullens for defending the wolves‘ action, until she realized she was guilty of a much greater offense against them.
Before she was killed, Irina had time to recognize how wrong she‘d been to betray the Cullens to the Volturi without first asking them for their story.
FAMOUS QUOTE
“There was no crime. There‟s no valid reason for you to continue here.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 37
KATRINA
NAME: Katrina; preferred name: Kate
DATE OF BIRTH: 1000s
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: 1000s
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Sasha
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Slovakia
HAIR COLOR: Pale blond
EYE COLOR: Gold/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘6‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Kate is tall and graceful, with long, straight hair the color of corn silk.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She has the power to cause a painful, electric shock — like jolt in anyone she touches.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: She considers Irina and Tanya her sisters, even though they are not biologically related. All three were transformed by Sasha. Kate considered Sasha her mother. Carmen and Eleazar later joined the coven. In addition, Kate has become romantically interested in the nomad Garrett; he recently settled with the Denalis.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
As a human, Kate was an attendant — basically a bodyguard — to a highborn female in a warlike tribe of proto-Slavic people. She was well trained in the martial arts of her people. When Sasha and Tanya attacked a small caravan transporting Kate‘s charge, everyone but Kate was slaughtered. Sasha was impressed by Kate‘s courage and determination to save her mistress.
Kate also resembled Tanya physically. On a whim, Sasha decided to create a sister for Tanya.
She had the ability to create a sensation like an electric shock by touching someone else — vampire or human — with the palm of her hand.
Kate‘s strongly developed sense of loyalty resulted in her becoming quickly bonded to her new family. Within a decade, Kate‘s ability to defend her mother and sister with more than normal physical means began to develop. She had the ability to create a sensation like an electric shock by touching someone else — vampire or human — with the palm of her hand. Although the shock was strongest in her hands, gradually she learned to control the intensity and to project it from any part of her body, though she always needed direct skin-to-skin contact.
Kate had a deep sense of respect for authority, stemming from her early training with a ruling family. This respect transferred to the Volturi when she joined the vampire world and Sasha explained its laws to her. She was horrified when it was revealed that Sasha had broken those laws so egregiously in creating an immortal child. Despite her loyalty to her mother, Kate could not ignore the fact that the Volturi were in the right. When the Volturi spared her and her sisters‘ lives, Kate was grateful for their kindness. She never questioned their motives, and her respect for their authority did not waver.
Always lonely after the destruction of their mother, Kate and her sisters explored different kinds of company. All three were flirtatious and enjoyed the attention of men, whether human or vampire. The human relationships invariably ended in death for the man, and over time, the sisters began to feel remorse for killing these humans they‘d felt a genuine fondness for. Kate was eager to try Tanya‘s solution — avoiding human blood altogether, with animal blood as a substitute. After a few decades, all three sisters grew adept at this new diet, and at enjoying intimacy with humans without causing injury.
A few centuries later, a nomad couple named Eleazar and Carmen crossed paths with Kate and her sisters and eventually joined the family permanently.
By the time the Denali clan encountered Carlisle, they were all as good at vampire
―vegetarianism‖ as he was. The Denali coven came to bond with the Cullens over their
―vegetarianism,‖ and considered them extended family.
When Kate met Garrett, she found something she‘d never found in another male. She is currently attempting monogamy for the first time in her long life.
FAMOUS QUOTES
“Keep the dream alive.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4
“Nessie, would you like to come help your mother?” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 32
“Jane‟s mine. She needs a taste of her own medicine.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 38
TANYA
NAME: Tanya
DATE OF BIRTH: 1000s
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: 1000s
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Sasha
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Slovakia
HAIR COLOR: Strawberry blond
EYE COLOR: Gold/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘5‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Tanya is very beautiful, even for a vampire.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She does not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: She considers Kate and Irina her sisters, even though they are not biologically related. All three were transformed by Sasha. Tanya considered Sasha her mother. Carmen, Eleazar, and Garrett are also part of her coven.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Tanya was the first of Sasha‘s adopted daughters. She was Sasha‘s biological great-niece, and when Sasha decided she‘d like some companionship in her vampire life, she chose Tanya to join her. Sasha enjoyed having the company of another female so much that she added two more
―daughters‖ to her coven in the first century after changing Tanya.
Tanya was the closest to Sasha, so she was even more shocked than the others when Sasha‘s crime was revealed. She could never understand why Sasha would act in such a way, but once the Volturi had tested Tanya and her sisters‘ innocence, she did understand why her adoptive mother would keep it a secret from her.
Losing Sasha was a tremendous blow to Tanya and her sisters.
Losing Sasha was a tremendous blow to Tanya and her sisters. Tanya always felt like there was an immense hole in her life. She tried to fill the emptiness with a long line of flirtations, which were enough to frequently distract her from her loss. Tanya was the first of the sisters to become sensitive to the deaths of her human companions as she inevitably killed them for their blood. Over time, these smaller losses of short-term friends began to remind her too much of Sasha‘s death. When the pain of these losses became greater than her entertainment in the liaisons, she gave up human men for a time. Frustrated by the return of her nagging loneliness, Tanya tried to think of a way she could go back to her romantic pursuits without killing her human friends. After much thought, she decided it was the steady diet of human blood that made it so difficult for her to resist the blood of specific humans she wished to spare.
Eventually, she discovered that substituting animal blood took care of her nutritional needs without weakening her ability to resist human blood. Her sisters enthusiastically mimicked her new behavior, and in a few centuries they had perfected their ―vegetarianism.‖
When Tanya met Eleazar and Carmen, she was happy to explain her dietary choices. As the newcomers became closer and closer to Tanya and her sisters, Tanya naturally took her place as the leader of the whole family. She was delighted to meet Carlisle when the Cullens finally encountered them, seeing him as her peer in many ways. She also was intrigued by Edward, mostly because he showed no interest in her advances despite the fact that he had no partner.
Tanya never gave up her lighthearted pursuit of Edward, which is one of the reasons the Cullens did not settle in Alaska with the Denalis.
FAMOUS QUOTE
“We‟ll get to know each other later. We have eons of time for that!” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DENALI COVEN
SASHA Creator of Irina, Kate, and Tanya. Sasha was killed by the Volturi for creating an immortal child, Vasilii.
VASILII The immortal child created by Sasha, Vasilii was physically three years old when Sasha transformed him. He was killed by the Volturi, along with Sasha, when his existence was discovered. He didn‘t meet the other members of Sasha‘s coven until the day he died.
The Egyptian Coven
The Egyptian coven is one of the oldest covens — if not the very oldest — in existence. The remaining coven is just a fraction of the size of the original, but they still hunt on their traditional lands.
AMUN
NAME: Amun
DATE OF BIRTH: Before 2500 B.C.
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Egypt
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘8‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Amun‘s pale skin has a slight olive cast, indicating the darkness of his skin before transformation.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: He does not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: He is the leader of his coven, which includes three others: his mate, Kebi; Benjamin, whom he created; and Benjamin‘s mate, Tia.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Members of the Egyptian coven, including Amun, existed as individuals for centuries before the Romanians‘ rise to power. After the Romanians began to grow as a coven and dominate their part of the world, several solo vampires and vampire couples joined forces to protect their dominance in the Nile River Valley. Unlike the Romanians, they did not form a guard of subordinates or try to overthrow other vampire covens. Similar to the Romanians, they kept many human slaves and lived as gods. Also, none of them possessed psychic gifts.
The Egyptians and the Romanians coexisted; they were cordial to one another, though not friendly.
The Egyptians and the Romanians coexisted; they were cordial to one another, though not friendly. Had the Romanians continued the expansion of their empire, eventually they probably would have tried to overthrow the much smaller Egyptian clan. Before the Romanians had time to move that far south, however, the Volturi attacked.
A century later, after the Volturi had soundly won the war against the Romanians, they continued their march against other covens that lived ostentatiously. Their next target was Egypt.
Again, the Volturi began with an attempt at diplomacy. They sent ambassadors to the Egyptian
―gods,‖ explaining their cause and asking the Egyptians to comply. For the most part, the Egyptians were furious and refused to grant the Volturi any power over them. Only one Egyptian pair changed sides — Amun and Kebi. Amun knew that if the Volturi were able to overthrow the Romanians, the more peaceful Egyptian coven would be easy prey. He was right; the Egyptians were totally decimated in only five years.
Amun had a very strong survival instinct, and he was willing to bow to the Volturi if it kept him alive. Kebi followed Amun‘s choice without question. However, Amun was always bitter at having to surrender his former lifestyle. He loved the worship, the towering desert monuments, and the excess. He knew he could not plot against the Volturi, because Aro would find out. But he hoped that, over time, he could gain the strength to oppose them. He had learned from the Volturi methods, and he sought out talented humans and vampires.
Unfortunately for him, Aro was well aware of Amun‘s true desires. Aro felt the need to let Amun survive in the first place as an example to other covens, so they could see the truth of the Volturi‘s offer: As long as they did as the Volturi commanded, they could live. Aro always kept a close eye on Amun‘s movements afterward, so Aro was able to identify individuals Amun was trying to integrate into his coven and — if they had a valuable talent — invite them into the Volturi guard first. Sometimes he was too late, and Amun found a good prospect first. Demetri was one of Amun‘s acquisitions. But with Chelsea on his side, it was not hard for Aro to woo people away from Amun. In many other cases, Aro would simply accuse a coven of a crime when he wanted one of their talented members. He‘d kill the rest and save the special one. But Aro enjoys toying with Amun too much to end his life that way.
Over the centuries, Amun gave up trying to create his own talented force.
Over the centuries, Amun gave up trying to create his own talented force. However, when he stumbled across Benjamin — who, as a human, was performing ―magic‖ tricks in the streets of Cairo — he began to dream again. He became a total recluse, keeping Benjamin a deep secret by avoiding contact with any vampire or human who might possibly cross paths with the Volturi.
He treated Benjamin as a son, and Benjamin viewed him as a father. The only big falling-out they had in the early years of their coven was when Benjamin left briefly to create his own mate, against Amun‘s wishes. Benjamin was quickly forgiven when he returned, with no harm done.
FAMOUS QUOTE
“I gave you life. You‟re wasting it.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 34
BENJAMIN
NAME: Benjamin
DATE OF BIRTH: Between 1790 and 1800
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Between 1805 and 1820, at age 15
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Amun
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Egypt
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘7‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Benjamin appears to be a teenager, and his pale skin has the slight olive tone that is evidence of his much darker human skin.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: He can influence the elements — water, earth, fire, and air. He is able to physically manipulate the world around him with his will, similar to telekinetic powers.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: He was created by Amun, the leader of his coven, which also includes Amun‘s mate, Kebi; and Benjamin‘s mate, Tia.
The uncle discovered Benjamin‘s strange ability to control fire and taught him to do tricks with his gift.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
As a human, Benjamin grew up in the slums of Cairo. As a young child, he lost his mother, and he had no knowledge of his father. He was raised by his mother‘s extended family, handed around from grandmother to aunt to cousin — whoever was able to feed him at the time.
Eventually he ended up in the hands of his mother‘s uncle, a street performer who took in unwanted young members of the family and taught them to dance and sing for money, sell trinkets, or pick pockets — whatever they were most adept at doing. Sometimes, he also profited from selling the children if they were no good at earning him money. The uncle discovered Benjamin‘s strange ability to control fire and taught him to do tricks with his gift. Benjamin became the most profitable member of the uncle‘s family, and therefore very dear to him.
Among the children in the uncle‘s care was a girl named Tia, a distant relative of Benjamin‘s. Tia was an intelligent, serious child, and she and Benjamin grew very close. They watched out for and confided in each other. When Benjamin was fifteen and Tia was twelve, they decided that someday soon they would run away together.
Benjamin‘s audience was growing; more and more people heard about the amazing boy who could control fire. One night as he was performing for a large audience, Amun observed the show.
After so many frustrating losses to Aro, Amun did not hesitate. He snatched the boy from the street that night, in the process killing the uncle, whom Benjamin was walking home with.
Amun kept Benjamin hidden in his undiscovered, buried temple for five years. He and Kebi took turns hunting and bringing food home to Benjamin. Benjamin was never allowed to leave, so there was no chance someone would see him and mention him to the Volturi. Amun was honest with Benjamin to an extent; he told Benjamin that the Volturi existed and would want to steal him for themselves. He explained that the Volturi would use their gifts to enslave Benjamin, to take away his free will. However, Amun did not tell Benjamin why he himself wanted the boy — as a talent that could be added to his own coven in the hope of one day defying the Volturi. Amun treated Benjamin as his son, and never let on that Benjamin‘s talent was what he was really after. Benjamin responded to Amun‘s apparent kindness. He respected Amun and loved him as a father. His response to Kebi was less strong, mostly because Kebi did not show much affection for the boy. Amun was the center of her world, and all she really cared about.
Benjamin was not only able to control fire easily; he also developed the ability to manipulate other elements.
It was clear to Amun that Benjamin was an unprecedented find. No one else like him existed in the vampire world.
Amun spent a great deal of time developing Benjamin‘s talent. He was overjoyed that the promise he‘d seen in the human boy was more than answered in the young vampire. Benjamin was not only able to control fire easily; he also developed the ability to manipulate other elements. Wind came to him first after fire, then earth, and finally water. It was clear to Amun that Benjamin was an unprecedented find. No one else like him existed in the vampire world.
Amun was cautiously hopeful that his luck had finally turned.
After Benjamin had completely outgrown the newborn madness, he began to think more and more of Tia. Though his memories of her were dim, he remembered enough to worry about what would become of her without his protection, or his uncle‘s. Amun tried to convince Benjamin that human problems no longer applied to him, without success. Amun kept him as busy as possible, developing his talents and educating him in the arts and sciences, but Benjamin still found ample time to privately agonize over Tia‘s fate. He asked permission to look for her, but Amun was adamant. He told Benjamin it was far too dangerous to risk discovery, and that the Volturi would destroy Amun and Kebi to get to Benjamin.
About five years after his transformation, Benjamin disobeyed. One night when Amun was hunting, Benjamin briefly trapped Kebi with a small cave-in, and then escaped. Though it was his first time aboveground in five years, Benjamin remained totally focused. He was determined not to be responsible for putting Amun in any danger. He searched at night, questioning anyone connected to Tia, himself, or his uncle. He was careful to hunt inconspicuously, leaving no traces that might be reported to the Volturi. To avoid notice during the day he hid underground, in crevices he created himself.
―HE‘D STREWN PILES OF BOULDERS IN NATURAL–LOOKING, NOW
SNOW-COVERED HEAPS ALL ALONG THE BACK OF THE MEADOW. THEY
WEREN‘T ENOUGH TO INJURE A VAMPIRE, BUT HOPEFULLY ENOUGH TO
DISTRACT ONE.‖
— Bella, on Benjamin (Breaking Dawn, Chapter 35) Eventually he found clues to Tia‘s trail, which led him to the port city of Suez, where she had been sold for a modest dowry to a much older man. She‘d been fifteen at the time; she was now seventeen. Benjamin was conflicted. Tia was safe. She had a home and a husband. His plan to save her seemed unnecessary now. He watched her for two nights, wondering what the right course would be. Finally he decided to ask Tia.
He waited until an evening when her husband stayed late in the city, and then he called to her from her small garden. He was afraid to have her see him in the lamplight inside, afraid that she would be horrified by the changes in him. When Tia saw him through the window, she raced downstairs to meet him. Though she was momentarily shocked by his pale, hard skin, she was overjoyed to see him again, having thought for five years that he was dead.
Benjamin told her the truth right away, and explained why he‘d come to find her. He said he realized now that she did not need rescuing, and told her he would go away. Tia was awestruck by the revelation that her best friend was an actual vampire, and yet still so compassionate and so much the boy she remembered. She asked for more details. As they talked, they walked away from Tia‘s house, through the dark city streets, so that her husband would not discover Benjamin when he returned. Benjamin told her all the details about his vampire life, Amun, Kebi, and hiding from the Volturi. They talked all night. When dawn was close, Tia worried that Benjamin would die. Benjamin told her about the sun‘s real effect on vampires. He offered to take her home before he had to hide, but Tia didn‘t want to go home — she‘d already made up her mind. Benjamin needed her; she wasn‘t going to leave him to face the dangers of the Volturi alone. Benjamin warned her of the pain, but she would not be dissuaded.
Benjamin guessed that it would be wiser to convert Tia before taking her back to Amun.
Benjamin guessed that it would be wiser to convert Tia before taking her back to Amun.
He created a deep fissure in the desert outside Suez and carried Tia inside. There he bit her, and then waited with her through the three days of her transformation. As soon as she was transformed, Benjamin took her hunting. When she was satiated, they went back to Amun‘s temple.
Amun was at first enraged, but quickly calmed down as Benjamin explained. Clearly, no harm had been done. Having Tia with him as a vampire would remove Benjamin‘s one tie to the human world. And Benjamin had proved that he could be relied upon in the outside world.
Amun‘s coven began to live a little more normally, though always with the greatest secrecy possible. Benjamin was very happy in his coven, with Tia as his mate. He did not question Amun‘s motives.
FAMOUS QUOTES
“It‟s a pity you couldn‟t replace my will with your own in the process; perhaps then you would have been satisfied with me.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 34
“Apparently, I‟m a hot commodity. It appears I have to win the right to be free.”
Breaking Dawn, Chapter 34
KEBI
NAME: Kebi
DATE OF BIRTH: Before 2500 B.C.
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Amun
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Egypt
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘3‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Kebi has long, curly black hair and a faint olive cast to her pale skin, denoting the darkness of her human skin.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She does not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: She is Amun‘s mate. Benjamin and Tia are also part of their coven.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Kebi was chosen by Amun from his human slaves because of her beauty and total loyalty to her master. Even after her conversion, their relationship was never one of equals. When Amun decided to bow to the Volturi‘s demands, Kebi followed his lead without question. She would have done the same had he decided to defy the Volturi and end both their lives.
Kebi has little emotion for anyone besides Amun.
Kebi has little emotion for anyone besides Amun. Benjamin she tolerated because he made Amun happy, but she was somewhat jealous of the boy. When Benjamin brought Tia home, Kebi was pleased; she hoped Amun would be less entranced with the boy when it was clear he loved Tia more than Amun. Kebi‘s hopes about that rift were not entirely fulfilled, as Benjamin continued to love Amun as a father. But Amun‘s jealousy of Benjamin‘s affections, though well concealed, was enough to make Kebi content.
TIA
NAME: Tia
DATE OF BIRTH: Between 1790 and 1800; three years after Benjamin DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Five years after Benjamin‘s transformation, at age 17
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Benjamin
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Egypt
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘4‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Tia has heavy, straight black hair and pale skin with a slight olive tone, indicating the darkness of her skin before transformation.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She does not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: She is Benjamin‘s mate. They are in a coven with Amun and Kebi.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Tia had a very large family; she was one of many children. Her overwhelmed and financially distraught mother began placing her children in the care of her second cousin (Benjamin‘s great-uncle) when she could no longer feed them. Tia was given away when she was five. She had a good singing voice and nimble fingers, so the uncle kept her with him. When she was about seven, Benjamin came to live with the uncle. Though Benjamin was three years her senior, he became her best friend and confidant. Tia was the first person to whom Benjamin revealed his gift with fire. It was Tia who suggested he show the uncle; she knew that a special ability like this would ensure that the uncle would hold on to Benjamin, thus keeping them together. As the years passed, their close friendship became more serious, and they planned to someday run away together. They held back small amounts of money instead of turning all their earnings over to the uncle, saving for that future.
Tia was devastated when Benjamin disappeared.
Tia was devastated when Benjamin disappeared. When the uncle‘s body was found, everyone assumed that Benjamin was dead, too. Tia searched out her mother, whom she found in slightly better circumstances. Tia had all the money she and Benjamin had saved, and her mother was happy to let her stay with such a contribution. Tia continued performing and stealing to help her family. After a few years, Tia‘s mother was offered a dowry for the girl, which she accepted.
Tia was married to a clerk for a shipping company and taken to Suez. Her circumstances were more comfortable than at home, and she was not unhappy. However, she did not love her husband.
When she realized that she couldn‘t effectively stay with him as a human, she was willing to become a vampire.
When she saw Benjamin in her garden, Tia didn‘t question for a second that she would be leaving with him. Though she was totally unprepared for his changed appearance or revelations, none of it made a difference. When she realized that she couldn‘t effectively stay with him as a human, she was willing to become a vampire.
Tia never embraced Amun or Kebi as fully as Benjamin had. She could see that, like the uncle, Amun was interested in Benjamin because of what he could get out of him. But as long as Amun‘s goal was the same as hers — to keep Benjamin safe — she had no problem staying with his coven.
The Irish Coven
The three members of the Irish coven are old friends of Carlisle Cullen‘s. Siobhan is the leader, but she and her mate, Liam, trust the judgment of their newest member, Maggie, who has a gift for knowing a lie when she hears one.
LIAM
NAME: Liam
DATE OF BIRTH: Around 1615
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: 1651, at approximately age 36
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Ireland
HAIR COLOR: Dark brown
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 6‘5‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Liam is tall and lean, with an imposing countenance.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: He does not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: Liam‘s mate is Siobhan. Maggie is the other member of their coven.
Once a vampire was totally sated, she might continue to drink blood for enjoyment rather than need.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Liam was an Irish warrior who fought in the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and later against Cromwell‘s reconquest of Ireland. Liam became a vampire through one of the most common types of accidental transformation: battlefield excess. After the Volturi came to power, vampires were unable to kill as recklessly as before, and most were forced to curb their appetites to avoid notice. The circumstances of war, however, gave them an opportunity to kill large numbers of humans at once without attracting attention from either humans or vampires. It became common among nomads to seek out human wars as an opportunity to feast. One of the consequences of this practice was the occasional unplanned transformation. Once a vampire was totally sated, she might continue to drink blood for enjoyment rather than need. In such situations, she might not drain enough blood from her victim to kill him. If she left him in that state without any further violence, he would begin the transformation process.
After Liam‘s conversion was complete, he went through the normal period of newborn behavior. He met Siobhan during his first six months of vampire life. She instructed him on the vampire laws, which kept him from drawing negative attention from the Volturi. Liam was very taken with Siobhan‘s strength and beauty. They joined forces quickly. Though it was never discussed, from the beginning Siobhan was the coven‘s leader.
When Liam was no longer a newborn, he became selective about his prey. For centuries he would kill only Englishmen. English soldiers are still his preferred victims.
Liam and Siobhan were well aware of the Volturi and their rules, and always behaved circumspectly. For Liam, as long as the Volturi did not become corrupted by their power and attempt to control more aspects of vampire life, he had no problem with them. He was born into a world where their laws of mutual convenience were accepted fact, and he did not question them.
Liam was not as fascinated as Siobhan by the stories of the Volturi guard‘s special talents. When Siobhan discovered Maggie and wanted to try to create her own talented vampire, Liam was opposed. He was concerned that the Volturi would resent the imitation, if they found out. More than that, he didn‘t want to share Siobhan‘s attention with anyone else. Siobhan transformed Maggie regardless, leaving Liam quite unhappy with her decision. Siobhan pled with him to give Maggie a chance, and he grudgingly agreed. It didn‘t take long for Liam to see the benefits of having a talented coven member, and over time he became quite fond of Maggie.
He learned to consider her a younger sister.
MAGGIE
NAME: Maggie
DATE OF BIRTH: 1832
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: 1847, at age 15
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Siobhan
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Ireland
HAIR COLOR: Red
EYE COLOR: Blue (human); red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘2‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Maggie is short and very thin, and has bright red ringlets.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She is able to tell if a person is lying.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: She is in a coven with Siobhan and Liam.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Maggie always had difficulty dealing with authority, on a parental level and on a community level. The normal everyday hypocrisy that most people expected was always foreign to her. If someone said something that did not correspond with their true feelings, Maggie was instinctively aware of that discrepancy. In those situations, she felt compelled to point out the lie.
Though this often led to punishment, sometimes quite severe, she was unable to let the lie pass.
Her accuracy made people uncomfortable, and the closer someone was to her, the more uncomfortable she made them.
In reality — as Maggie was well aware — she was sacrificed because her parents did not love her as much as they loved her siblings.
In the mid-1840s the Great Famine decimated her village. Everyone who could afford to immigrate to America left. This included her family, who had not quite enough to buy passage for every member. Maggie‘s maternal grandparents, who were already in poor condition, were left behind. Maggie was left, ostensibly to care for them as best she could. In reality — as Maggie was well aware — she was sacrificed because her parents did not love her as much as they loved her siblings. She was a trial to them, and they sometimes wondered if her abilities were demonic.
Siobhan and Liam found Maggie alone on the road to Cork, nearly dead from starvation.
Naturally, when Siobhan questioned Maggie, her answers were the whole truth.
After Maggie‘s transformation, her ability became even more pronounced. A person did not have to speak aloud for Maggie to know if he was behaving in a way contrary to what he believed. If a person misrepresented himself in either appearance or action, she knew.
Because Siobhan and Liam were routinely honest with each other and themselves, having Maggie join their coven was not the strain it might have been. It was easier for Maggie to be with them than it would have been otherwise; after her transformation, any kind of deception made her physically uncomfortable.
FAMOUS QUOTE
“I know truth is on Carlisle‟s side. I can‟t ignore that.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 34
SIOBHAN
NAME: Siobhan
DATE OF BIRTH: Around 1490
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Around 1510, at approximately age 20
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Sancar
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Ireland
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Violet-blue (human); red/black (vampire) HEIGHT: 6‘2‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Siobhan is very tall, muscular, and voluptuous, with thick black hair and exceptionally beautiful facial features.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Though Siobhan does not believe she has any talent, some suspect she can affect the outcome of a situation through willpower alone.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: Her mate is Liam, and Maggie is also in her coven.
Eventually, she became an accepted part of village life and grew famous in the surrounding areas as the big blacksmith girl.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Siobhan was the only daughter of a blacksmith and his wife. This made her unusual in a village where most families were very large. She had a strikingly attractive face. Large violet-blue eyes, surrounded by incredibly long lashes, were her dominant feature. She also was known for her perfect fair skin. Aside from these things, however, she was unlike the other village beauties. By the time she was fourteen, she was taller than any other woman in the village. By the time she was sixteen, she was taller than all of the men, except for her father. She was also stronger than many of them; as an only child, she‘d always helped her father at the forge. He died in an accident when she was seventeen, and by then she was strong and knowledgeable enough to take over his craft. This was unheard of, and disapproved of by many. However, it was what she wanted, and the village needed a blacksmith. Eventually, she became an accepted part of village life and grew famous in the surrounding areas as the big blacksmith girl.
Despite her beautiful face and generous hourglass figure, Siobhan did not have suitors.
Her height, strength, and profitable occupation were intimidating to the village men. This did not bother Siobhan, who saw no need for a husband. She was able to comfortably support herself and her mother, and she did not want anything else.
The physical size and strength that awed the locals, however, brought her to the attention of a Turkish vampire named Sancar. Sancar was creating a vampire harem, and he desired unusual women for his collection. Sancar traveled through all of Europe with human servants, seeking the exceptional. He heard of the beautiful Irish woman who was stronger than a man, and sought her out. She was like no one he‘d ever seen before, and he decided to add her to his assortment of females.
She was intrigued by the amazing things they were rumored to be capable of, and by the warriors in the bunch.
Sancar gave Siobhan no warning or explanation. He abducted her in the night, raped her, bit her, and then carried her back to his home while she was still in the painful throes of the conversion process. Sancar had a difficult time dealing with the newborn Siobhan. She was incredibly strong, even for a newborn vampire. She also had no love for Sancar. For a while he was able to keep her distracted with plenty of blood, but before her first year as a vampire was over, she killed Sancar. She was then forced to destroy the three members of his harem coven who were devoted to him. The four others were not upset by Sancar‘s demise, and they all went their own ways. Siobhan spent a few years traveling and learning the way vampires lived before she returned to Ireland. She was more widely nomadic for her first century, hunting across most of Europe and Asia. During that time, she met a few members of the Volturi guard. She was intrigued by the amazing things they were rumored to be capable of, and by the warriors in the bunch. She wondered if she was strong enough to be acceptable. But she never went to the Volturi to be considered. She didn‘t want to belong to anyone but herself.
On one of her return trips to Ireland, she found the newborn Liam. She was attracted to his fierceness and focus, both of which were apparent despite his newborn wildness. She could see that he was totally uneducated, and so she took him under her wing. After they joined forces, they stayed mostly in Ireland. Liam was most comfortable there, though he did travel occasionally with Siobhan.
Siobhan and Liam had just finished hunting one night when they came across Maggie.
Siobhan was startled when the delirious child accused them of not being human. Intrigued, Siobhan asked her how she knew, and Maggie explained the curse that had led to her abandonment.
Siobhan was sure she had discovered one of those special humans who would have an extra ability as a vampire. She was excited to proceed.
Siobhan was sure she had discovered one of those special humans who would have an extra ability as a vampire. She was excited to proceed, but Liam was upset. He didn‘t understand why she would want to add someone to their coven. Weren‘t they happy as they were? Siobhan overruled him, and invited Maggie to join them, promising that she would never be hungry again. Maggie could sense that Siobhan was telling the truth, and that Siobhan did not mean her harm, so she agreed.
Siobhan asked Liam to trust her, and he reluctantly agreed to see how things would work out. Siobhan made it clear that Liam was her first priority, and he became reconciled to Maggie‘s presence more quickly than Siobhan had expected.
Siobhan also enjoyed Maggie‘s company more than she expected. She felt very maternal toward the girl, and fell naturally into the kind of close relationship she‘d had with her own mother. She also enjoyed the advantage Maggie‘s talent gave her in any kind of interaction.
Maggie learned to control her vocalizations, so she was able to simply nod or shake her head slightly to communicate whether or not someone was being honest. As long as she knew Siobhan was hearing the truth, she was comfortable.
While Siobhan was happy with her choice to include Maggie in her coven, she felt no desire to seek out other talented humans. Her curiosity about that world was satisfied.
FAMOUS QUOTE
“Shall I visualize the outcome I desire?” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 34
James‘s Coven
James, a tracker who loved the hunt, sought out the company of a few other vampires in order to use their help in his ongoing tracking games. His coven was nomadic. The members, all of whom are now deceased, drank human blood, as do most vampires, and they spent the majority of their lives outdoors. Because they never made the attempt to blend in with humans, they did not see the need to pay close attention to personal appearance; they looked feral to other vampires and to humans.
NAME: James
DATE OF BIRTH: Around 1780
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Around 1805, at approximately age 25
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: A French vampire
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Present-day northwestern Pennsylvania, near Lake Erie HAIR COLOR: Light brown
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘10‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: With an average build and nondescript features, James was not as beautiful as most vampires.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: He was a skilled tracker, able to sense in advance the most likely moves of his prey.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: His mate was Victoria. Laurent also traveled in his coven for a short while.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
James was born near the end of the American Revolution. His father was a French trapper and his mother was an English girl who had come to the Americas as an indentured servant and subsequently run away from her master. They lived a nomadic lifestyle, spending most of their time on the trail and occasionally returning to Montreal or Pittsburgh to trade.
James was raised to track and trap, and he learned quickly. The Iroquois killed his parents before his eleventh birthday, but already his skills were developed enough that he was able to survive on his own. He gained a measure of fame during his late teens and early twenties as the best tracker on the frontier, as well as sometimes being called the ugliest. He didn‘t care about his face; all he cared about was winning. He was boastful about his prowess, and always up for a challenge. He won all contests of skill, until one night in Montreal, when he met a mysterious Frenchman — also claiming to be a tracker — who found James‘s confidence amusing. The Frenchman offered to best him in any test, his only condition being that the competition had to be at night. James was unimpressed by the dandified appearance of his competitor, and he agreed without hesitation, even when the Frenchman — seemingly in jest — upped the stakes to life or death. James‘s test was to release a marked deer into the wild, allow it an hour to run or hide, and then track it. Of course, the Frenchman found the deer in a matter of minutes. He returned the carcass to James, who had just begun his search, and reminded James that his life was forfeit.
James — who had witnessed the speed with which the Frenchman moved and also saw no evidence of traditional hunting methods on the deer‘s body — cried foul. He said the Frenchman obviously had an undisclosed advantage, perhaps witchcraft or demonic help. If James were given the same advantage, he was sure he could beat the Frenchman.
The French vampire was entertained by James‘s brash confidence. He agreed to give James the exact advantage he himself had, thinking it a good joke to end the bet by taking James‘s life in a different way. He bit James and left, laughing, offering a rematch in a decade or so.
He was quite pleased with his heightened abilities, and surprised that he was no longer considered ugly.
James adjusted to vampire life fairly easily. He was quite pleased with his heightened abilities, and surprised that he was no longer considered ugly. But that didn‘t soften him toward the Frenchman. It was only about six months after the newborn madness had faded when he found the French vampire and killed him — James‘s idea of winning the bet.
Being a vampire made normal tracking — James‘s lifelong pursuit — somewhat boring. His senses were so developed that it was child‘s play to track any animal or human. To liven things up, James began giving himself harder and harder challenges. He would pick someone on a crowded city street, allow himself one sniff, and then walk away from the chase for a week or a month. Then he would return to the scene and track that individual. When that became too easy, he would do the same thing on a crowded dock, follow the ship a few months later, and search for his victim in another country. Sometimes these hunts took years, but James always found his prey. Because of his success, this got boring, too. He looked for bigger challenges, and began moving away from the practice of tracking for food. Instead he tracked vampires, a more worthy prey. This practice nearly cost him his life a few times, when he‘d killed one member of a coven and then been set upon by the vengeful remnants. These dangerous experiences did not stop him; he enjoyed the escalated consequences of his game.
James met Victoria in England while playing this game. He caught the vampire scent, and though he had no idea whom he was tracking, he tried to hunt her down. It was the longest hunt he ever embarked on. No matter how fast he moved, she was one step ahead. He realized quickly that she somehow knew he was after her, though she‘d had no warning. He got close enough a few times to catch glimpses of the beautiful redhead, but she always escaped. After a few years of endless chasing, James was intrigued. He knew his tracking abilities went beyond just having excellent senses. He had a gift: He could predict his prey‘s moves in advance. But this vampire seemed to have a similar ability to know his own plans. He no longer wanted to kill the vampire; he wanted to learn more about her.
Unbeknownst to him, the less he meant her actual harm, the less effective her own skill became. She could feel the shift and eventually allowed him to catch up with her — in a place she‘d chosen for its easy escape routes, just in case. She was also curious about this dogged pursuer who could somehow always find her trail again.
Victoria‘s super-developed sense of self-preservation made teaming up with such a lethal vampire look promising.
His own desires were always more important to him than Victoria was.
There was an immediate attraction between the two. They teamed up for more reasons than attraction, however. Victoria‘s super-developed sense of self-preservation made teaming up with such a lethal vampire look promising. James knew his ongoing search for the next big challenge was only going to get him into more dangerous circumstances as time went on; joining forces with a vampire so good at escaping would be a definite benefit. After a time, Victoria was totally bound to him; he was her mate. However, James was never as committed to the relationship. His own desires were always more important to him than Victoria was.
James did not view Victoria‘s survival as a failure, because he had found her and — in a way — claimed her life. He considered Alice Cullen his only failure.
While pursuing a different hunt, James came across Alice‘s scent. She was what the Volturi call ―a singer‖ for James. The scent was very old, but James had tracked older. So, not abandoning his other hunt, James paused for a snack. Victoria, always the cautious one, was the first to be aware of the other vampire involved when James found the asylum where Alice had been incarcerated. She made James pause to get the lay of the land, thinking there might be more than one vampire; possibly this area was their hunting land, the asylum their headquarters. James never truly forgave her for making him hesitate in light of what happened.
The second James caught her scent, Alice saw a vision of him coming to kill her.
The second James caught her scent, Alice saw a vision of him coming to kill her. She confided in her only friend, the old vampire who worked nights in the asylum. This vampire knew Alice was special and cared about her like a daughter. He decided to save her from James, but she foresaw failure after failure, and he started to realize what he was up against. He stole her from the asylum and hid her as well as he could, biting her before he left her alone. He went back to try to delay James, knowing he was no match for the strong tracker but hoping to give Alice the time she had foreseen might be enough to keep her alive. James easily overpowered the older vampire. As a precaution, Victoria questioned the old one, using rather extreme measures to extract all information about Alice and anyone else involved. James found the vampire‘s concern for Alice and interest in her baffling but intriguing. He paid attention to the story — until he found out that the old one had bitten Alice. He left Victoria with the still-living vampire and continued on to his prize. He was disappointed to find Alice clearly in the last throes of the vampire conversion — though she made no sound, an aftereffect of the shock treatments. All of her blood had been changed by the transformation, and there was no satisfying snack to be had. Alice was totally vulnerable, too lost in the pain of the process to even notice James‘s presence. He watched her wake and scramble away to look for blood, in the typical newborn fashion. He wondered if she would be special, as the old one believed. He decided to give her time to develop into a worthy adversary, though she looked too tiny and weak to give him much hope.
Irritated by the loss of her blood, he returned and destroyed the old vampire.
As James grew more and more ambitious in his games, Victoria grew more cautious.
As James grew more and more ambitious in his games, Victoria grew more cautious. She was the one who suggested teaming up with expendable allies just for the sake of numbers. They did this successfully a few times, letting the additions act as the canary in the mine during potentially dangerous situations, cannon fodder in others.
Laurent was wilier and more skilled than some others James and Victoria had chosen, so he lasted longer. He enjoyed the novelty of James‘s lifestyle. They all worked together easily through a couple of uneventful hunts.
James and Victoria heard rumors of large clans of vampires claiming areas in the Pacific Northwest, and James was attracted to the rumors of these unusually large covens. Victoria was wary; she wanted to find more backup, but James didn‘t want to waste time. He thought Laurent was more than enough.
The surprise of seeing Alice there only fueled this desire to win at last.
James had no immediate objective in mind when they first met the Cullens. This was just an information-gathering trip. He let Laurent lead the way so that if the coven was hostile, Laurent would be their first priority. James was shocked and then thrilled by Bella‘s presence and Edward‘s protectiveness. Here was a hunt that would combine the best of both worlds: a delicious prize (though Bella was not a singer for James, she smelled much sweeter than the average human), and a huge coven bent on protecting her. He was determined to get to the prize before she was ruined, as Alice had been. The surprise of seeing Alice there only fueled this desire to win at last. He hoped that as they had not turned the girl so far, they had a reason for not acting, but he couldn‘t be sure.
―I THOUGHT THIS ROOM WOULD BE VISUALLY DRAMATIC FOR MY
LITTLE FILM. THAT‘S WHY I PICKED THIS PLACE TO MEET YOU. IT‘S
PERFECT, ISN‘T IT?‖
— James, to Bella (Twilight, Chapter 22)
James was furious when he learned of Laurent‘s defection, but in his hurry to get Bella before someone thought to change her, he postponed vengeance until after the hunt.
The hunt proved a huge disappointment. Rather than keeping Bella physically under his protection, as James would have preferred, Edward opted to try misdirection. Following his hunches, James wound up in the same city as Bella, and then struck upon a successful lure to separate her from the vampires. He was hopeful, however, that Edward and his family‘s search for revenge would prove more exciting.
He lied to Bella just once, in the dance studio. Of Alice, he said, ―So I guess her coven ought to be able to derive some comfort from this experience. I get you, but they get her.‖ In fact, he had no intention of letting Alice live. Now that Alice was able to care for herself and had the support of a strong coven, James planned to finish that hunt, too.
FAMOUS QUOTES
“You brought a snack?” Twilight, Chapter 18
“To be quite honest, I‟m disappointed. I expected a much greater challenge.” Twilight, Chapter 22
“I never will understand the obsession some vampires seem to form with you humans.”
Twilight, Chapter 22
NAME: Laurent
DATE OF BIRTH: 1700s
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: 1740s, at approximately age 40
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Boris
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Paris, France
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘9‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Laurent had glossy black hair and pale skin with a slight olive tone. He had a medium, slightly muscular frame and an easy smile.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: He did not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: He was once part of a coven with James and Victoria. He later formed an attachment to Irina in Denali.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Laurent was born into an aristocratic but financially embarrassed family during the reign of King Louis XIV. He was the third son, and he had little in the way of prospects. Thanks to his older brother‘s marriage into a more prosperous family, Laurent was recommended for a minor position in the court of the Sun King. Laurent loved being a part of the court and had ambitions to rise. He was always attracted to people with power, and curried their favor. He had a knack for discerning who the most important person was in any given grouping, and then attaching himself to that person. There was a certain way about Laurent that made anyone he singled out feel more important. So he did well among the other aristocrats, and had a promising future.
His life changed when a mysterious ambassador, purportedly from the Romanov court in Russia, made a diplomatic visit to the French court. The ambassador‘s strange behavior was attributed to cultural differences. He came out of his quarters only at night, kept a retinue of mute servants and soldiers who were totally obedient, and always put off discussions of matters of state. He did seem to enjoy the entertainments of the French court immensely and was very interested in King Louis‘s art collection.
Laurent was irresistibly drawn to the Russian ambassador, who seemed to Laurent to exude true power.
Laurent was irresistibly drawn to the Russian ambassador, who seemed to Laurent to exude true power. More even than the king himself, the Russian ambassador had no fear of any man.
The ambassador — a fun-loving Russian vampire named Boris who enjoyed human revelry — was flattered by the eager and admiring Laurent. He struck up a friendship with the French boy. When it was time for the Russian ambassador to leave (the number of vanished serving men and women was beginning to alarm many), he invited Laurent to go with him.
Laurent‘s love of the powerful made this an easy decision; his instincts told him that Boris was more powerful than anyone he‘d ever met.
Boris and Laurent became so close that eventually Boris told Laurent the truth about himself. Laurent begged to have the gift of power and immortality for himself. Boris was happy to comply.
For a while Boris and Laurent were companions, but Laurent quickly grew tired of Boris‘s jovial habits. Once Laurent was introduced to the vampire world, it was clear to him that there were others much more powerful than Boris.
The next relationship that changed Laurent‘s life was with Vladimir, one of the surviving Romanians. Vladimir still radiated some of the power he had once held, and Laurent‘s reaction to that power was predictable. He did not follow Vladimir for long — Stefan was opposed to adding any new vampires to their number, favoring mobility and secrecy over everything else—
but it was long enough. When he at last came in contact with the Volturi, he was already tainted.
The Volturi were the epitome of vampire power, exactly the kind of vampires Laurent wanted to be with. But when he was brought to Aro as a prospective lesser-guard applicant, Aro saw the brief encounter with the Romanians and sent him away as untrustworthy. Laurent was unaware that members of the Volturi followed him for a few decades, hoping he would lead them to Vladimir.
Laurent always hoped that someday he would get another chance to join the Volturi.
Laurent always hoped that someday he would get another chance to join the Volturi. He wandered the world, allying himself with anyone who seemed to have power until he found someone more powerful. In this way he joined James and Victoria: James‘s aura of invincibility was very attractive to Laurent.
Another change occurred in Laurent‘s life when he, James, and Victoria clashed with the Cullens. His instincts told him he was on the wrong side of that conflict, and he quickly jumped ship to ingratiate himself with the Cullens by warning them about James. Laurent was confused by Carlisle, who had a very different kind of authority than he was used to. He was happy to stay out of the way until James was no longer an issue, hoping to study Carlisle‘s strength later.
The Denali sisters proved an interesting distraction. Tanya had a similar kind of influence as Carlisle. Laurent let their peaceful life envelop him for a short while, and enjoyed a passing flirtation with Irina, though he did not take it as seriously as she did. When Victoria sought him out — and after he was sure she was not there to kill him — he was seduced anew by the old kind of command. He decided to keep the lines of communication open with her, and do her the one favor she asked of him.
FAMOUS QUOTES
“Nothing stops James when he gets started.” Twilight, Chapter 19
“I‟m surprised they left you behind. Weren‟t you sort of a pet of theirs?” New Moon, Chapter 10
“Sometimes I cheat.” New Moon, Chapter 10
NAME: Victoria
DATE OF BIRTH: 1550s
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Late 1560s, at approximately age 18
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Anne, her sister
PLACE OF ORIGIN: England
HAIR COLOR: Brilliant orange
EYE COLOR: Green (human); red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘6‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Victoria had a feline quality in the way she moved. Her eyes were fierce, and her orange hair was long and tousled, giving it the appearance of a flame.
Her voice was unusually high-pitched, like that of a child.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She was exceptionally good at evading enemies.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: She was James‘s mate, and after his death she created her own coven of newborns.
With her shockingly bright hair, it was more difficult for Victoria to avoid notice than most, and she received extra beatings simply for being visible.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Victoria was born in London in the mid-sixteenth century. Her mother was a scullery maid and her father was the master of the house. Victoria was the second illegitimate child, after her sister, Anne. They were raised as servants and worked hard from early childhood. Neither of them had much in the way of education. Anne had the misfortune of being quite pretty, with mahogany hair and a cream and rose complexion. Like her mother, Anne was subjected to the attentions of the men of the house beginning early in her adolescence. Victoria, on the other hand, had bright red hair, freckles, and eyes a shade of green that people called ―witchy.‖
Though her features were actually quite fine, she was still thought of as ill-favored. Eventually the sisters were able to get jobs together in a very fine establishment, Anne as a lady‘s maid, Victoria as a kitchen drudge. The master of the house was not a kind man, quick to beat a servant for any perceived fault — and lecherous as well. Both sisters, along with the other help, grew adept at disappearing whenever possible. With her shockingly bright hair, it was more difficult for Victoria to avoid notice than most, and she received extra beatings simply for being visible.
She grew better at hiding, but when the master did catch her, he seemed irritated that she‘d evaded him for so long and was more vicious in his punishments.
Though the jobs kept them fed, the sisters decided to flee when Victoria was twelve.
Anne was very fond of her sister and feared for her life. It proved to be a bad decision. Without references, the girls were unable to find employment. They had no food and no shelter, and the cold season was coming. Anne finally agreed to work for a local pimp, on the condition that her sister could have free lodging with the other working girls. This situation was worse for Anne and nearly as bad for Victoria as the house they‘d run from; however, it was better than the streets of London. Thanks to the heavy-handed pimp, Victoria perfected her ability to disappear despite her hair.
One night Anne went out to find a client and never came home. Victoria was heartbroken. The pimp, angry at losing one girl, was determined that the remaining sister would earn her way. The pimp kept her virtually a prisoner while she ―learned her place.‖ With her ability to escape, however, it wasn‘t long before she broke free. This put her back in the cold. To keep from freezing or starving, she became a kind of cat burglar: sneaking into houses at night, curling up in small, hidden places to sleep, and stealing as little food as possible to keep her theft from being noticed. She moved from house to house, leaving no trace of her existence. Even dogs did not react to her presence.
When she was fifteen, she was able to get a real job again. Having overheard the firing of a scullery maid, she presented herself at the opportune time and her lack of references was overlooked. It was hard work, but stable, and she was not hit often. She was content with her position for the most part. Trouble didn‘t start again until the pimp spotted her one day, buying groceries, and tried to follow her home. She evaded him easily, but she realized that now that he knew she was alive, he would keep looking. She thought of leaving the city, but she wasn‘t sure she could make a living in the country.
Victoria was ecstatic to see her sister alive and wanted to embrace her, but Anne kept her distance, moving at a speed that shocked and silenced Victoria.
It was at that time that Anne found her. Victoria woke in the night to see Anne in her tiny attic room, standing over her. Anne was more beautiful than ever, though she‘d lost all the pink in her cheeks. Victoria was ecstatic to see her sister alive and wanted to embrace her, but Anne kept her distance, moving at a speed that shocked and silenced Victoria. Anne wanted to know if Victoria was happy and safe. Slowly at first, Victoria began to answer all of Anne‘s questions.
Anne was not satisfied with Victoria‘s predicament. She pondered aloud killing the pimp, but decided that he was only a small part of the problem. Victoria would never be safe until she was stronger than those who would hurt or control her. Anne asked Victoria if she would trust Anne‘s judgment. Victoria agreed. Anne picked Victoria up as if she were a doll and carried her out the attic window.
For a short while, Victoria was perfectly happy.
Apologizing first, Anne bit her sister. When Victoria revived from the transformation, she found herself in a beautiful country house, surrounded by four of the most beautiful women she had ever seen, including her sister. The other three were named Hilda, Mary, and Heidi, Heidi being by far the most beautiful of them all. Anne explained that Hilda, a nomadic German vampire, had saved her from her hard life out of pity, and then allowed her to go back for Victoria when she was able. The women, all with pasts similar to Anne‘s, were strong enough now to live as they wished, free from fear and abuse. For a short while, Victoria was perfectly happy. The coven of women coexisted easily because none of them craved power or authority.
Two years after Victoria joined them, Hilda ―rescued‖ another woman, Noela, who caught her fancy in the streets of Lisbon.
When Noela was still a newborn, the coven received a visit from the Volturi, led by Aro himself. With him were Caius, Jane, Chelsea, and a few of the more physical guards. Caius accused them of attracting too much human notice with their big coven of young, unruly newborns. Hilda defended her coven, maintaining that they had never introduced more than one newborn at a time, to be sure they could control them. Aro asked for evidence. Hilda agreed to prove her case with a handshake. After reading all her thoughts, Aro sadly claimed that the coven was guilty. Hilda angrily accused him of lying and was immediately slaughtered by the guards.
Jane inflicted pain on each of the others in quick succession, halting their instinctive attack. Aro wanted to know if anyone was willing to live by the law — or would they all have to be destroyed? Almost as if in a dream, Heidi got to her feet and moved forward. Aro smiled and welcomed her while her former covenmates watched in shock.
Victoria did not understand any of what she was watching, but she sensed that she and her sister were about to die whether they surrendered or not.
Victoria did not understand any of what she was watching, but she sensed that she and her sister were about to die whether they surrendered or not. She screamed for the others to run.
Anne, Mary, and Noela all scattered in different directions than the one she took. Victoria was surprised when Jane did not attack again, not knowing that the Volturi guard enjoyed a good chase. Anne, Mary, and Noela were all quickly caught and dispatched. None of the Volturi worried much when the redheaded girl proved impossible to find. She was unimportant; they could deal with her some other time. For now, Aro was happy to go home with his prize.
That was the end of Victoria‘s peaceful vampire life. Now suspicious of other vampires, she avoided them all. With her gift, it was not difficult, until James. In James she found someone who was honest in his intentions and confident in his abilities. She was attracted to his gift, which was like a mirror of her own. Eventually she fell in love with his self-assurance. It felt safe to her, stable in an odd way. She was never aware that his feelings did not entirely reflect her own. While she was happier with James, her life definitely was not peaceful or easy. The way he liked to live constantly put her into situations that, on her own, she would have avoided.
She was extremely paranoid for a time, setting up layers of protection for herself.
When the Cullens killed James, Victoria lost her mate and her stability. She felt vulnerable. She quickly created a companion, choosing a strong young human man. She made sure Riley was totally loyal to her, and was surprised at how readily he believed she had changed him out of love. Then she made more vampires, feeling that if she could surround herself with allies, she would be safe. At the same time, she hid herself from these new allies, aside from Riley. She was extremely paranoid for a time, setting up layers of protection for herself. She was loosely copying what she‘d seen with the Volturi guard, but waiting for her newborns to be old enough to train. In the meantime, she had Riley control them with carefully constructed lies—
most notably, the myth that vampires were destroyed by the sun.
In the first six months after James‘s death Victoria created fifteen newborns — and killed roughly four humans to every one that survived as a vampire. One of the first was Diego; one of the last — of this period — was Raoul. Fred was also created during this period. About half of this first wave did not survive during Victoria‘s absence.
Victoria‘s gift forewarned her when Edward was hunting her, just as it had with James.
She left Riley behind to mind the other newborns she‘d created. Passing through Texas, Victoria ran up against a territorial coven with a small force of newborns. Victoria had no interest in a pitched battle over land and escaped easily. The encounter gave her new ideas for her newborns, though. When she was sure she‘d thrown Edward off her trail, she headed back to the Pacific Northwest.
Victoria had not tried to avenge Anne; it wasn‘t in her nature to choose to put herself in danger.
Victoria had not tried to avenge Anne; it wasn‘t in her nature to choose to put herself in danger. However, her time with James had changed her in some ways. She was able to take slightly greater risks now. The newborns in Texas had inspired her to think beyond just protecting herself, to actively repaying Edward for what he‘d done to her. Her plans in regard to the newborns shifted: They were no longer to be a guard for her, but an army.
The more plans she put into motion, she thought, the more likely one of them would succeed. The newborns were one option, but one that — were she to use them that way — would require more of a head-on confrontation than she was totally comfortable with. Another of her plans included Laurent. She traced him to Alaska and, feigning friendship (like James, Victoria had not forgiven the defection), she was able to glean all the information he‘d learned about the Cullens from the Denalis. She asked him to do her a favor: Visit the Cullens and see if they were all still with the girl. It was win-win for Victoria; if Edward was back in Forks, she assumed he would kill Laurent when he saw the connection to Victoria in Laurent‘s head. If not, Laurent would bring back news of the girl‘s location and how many protected her.
Meanwhile, she created more newborns, leaving them under Riley‘s care, in case she ended up having to go through the full coven to get to the girl. After thinking carefully about Alice and her gift, Victoria put Riley in charge of making all the decisions about the newborns‘ movements. She made no plans to use the newborns for anything concrete. In fact, she thought about them as little as possible.
Laurent called Victoria once to report that the Cullen house was empty and he would look around to see if the girl had gone with them. She heard nothing more from Laurent. Very carefully, she went to investigate, and discovered the wolves. This was an unforeseen problem.
James had tracked a werewolf once, for the challenge of it. He‘d been successful, as usual. But werewolves were supposed to be nearly extinct, not traveling in large packs. Nor should they be able to maintain their wolf forms in the daylight. This was worrying, but secondary to the fact that Victoria had crossed a fresh trail left by the girl. The Cullens were gone, and all she had to do was get past the werewolves to find the girl totally alone.
This proved frustrating. With Victoria‘s powerful self-preservation instincts, it was nearly impossible for her to physically make a bold move. The wolves were able to drive her off again and again. She was patient, for she thought she had plenty of time. Then one night she caught Alice‘s scent and knew her hopes for an easy kill were over.
Riley and the newborns became her first priority. She created more and more of them, until Seattle was nearly overrun. Meanwhile, she continued making feints into the area around Forks, gathering information and hoping that the Cullens would believe these fruitless attacks were all she had up her sleeve.
FAMOUS QUOTE
“He‟s the liar, Riley. I told you about their mind tricks. You know I love only you.”
Eclipse, Chapter 24
The Mexican Coven
The Mexican coven was formed in the 1850s, its main purpose being to win back the land Maria had lost during the lesser hostilities that continued after the Volturi put an end to the Southern Wars. The coven lived on human blood and consisted mostly of often-replaced male newborns. Only Maria is presently a part of this coven.
LUCY
NAME: Lucy
DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Northern Texas
HAIR COLOR: Blond
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘6‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Lucy was thin, and taller than Nettie and Maria.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She did not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: Lucy was part of Maria‘s coven, along with Nettie.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Lucy joined Maria and Nettie to further her ambitions. Her former coven — just her and her mate — had come under attack from another coven that was expanding its territory into northern Texas. Her mate was killed, but she escaped. She wanted a new hunting range, and the power to keep it. Maria had a good vision for how to accomplish that, so Lucy followed her lead.
After Lucy‘s new coven had established itself, Lucy and Nettie began to feel that Maria had too much power. They did not want to surrender their territory to her and seek another place, so they tried to kill her and her right-hand man, Jasper, instead. They underestimated Jasper‘s abilities, and Maria was able to surprise them with a preemptive attack. Lucy and Nettie were both killed.
MARIA
NAME: Maria
DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: 1800s or earlier, at age 19
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Mexico
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘1‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Maria is very short and small-boned. She has long black hair and a slight olive tone to her pale skin, denoting a darker skin pigmentation in her human life.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She does not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: She formed a coven with Nettie and Lucy in the 1850s, and later added Jasper Whitlock after she transformed him in 1863. Eventually she killed Nettie and Lucy, and Jasper left her coven.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Before Maria‘s time, a young vampire named Benito, from Dallas, used the strength of newborn vampires on a massive scale to wipe out neighboring covens and take over their land.
Once other covens realized what was happening, they, too, created armies of newborns, to try to defeat Benito. The Volturi eventually had to step in to clean up the havoc these reckless armies had created in the South, destroying every newborn they could find. To serve as a deterrent to future newborn armies, anyone associated with the newborns was also executed.
When the Volturi returned to Italy, the survivors in the South quickly laid claim to the land. Before long, the covens began having border disputes and the wars resumed, but on a smaller scale. Newborns were used again, but more quietly. No one wanted to give the Volturi a reason to return.
It was during one of these battles that Maria lost her coven, which included her mate and two older vampires who were — for all intents and purposes — her parents. Along with them she lost control over Monterrey, Mexico, and the surrounding area. Defeated and alone, she looked for allies to help her get revenge. She found Nettie and Lucy, both of whom were survivors of other battles, and together they formed a coven. Maria‘s goal was to reclaim her land and exact vengeance; Nettie and Lucy hoped to gain more hunting territory.
Maria took newborn armies to a new level by choosing humans with combat potential and giving them more training than anyone had bothered to do before. When Maria met a young Confederate officer named Jasper Whitlock, she hoped his physical stature and military experience would make him a helpful addition to her army. She also sensed that there was something special about him, and her instincts were on target. After assessing his abilities, she put Jasper in charge of her other newborns. He was able to facilitate cooperation between the members of the group. Casualties dropped, and Maria‘s army swelled to around twenty newborns — a large number for that time. Even Nettie, Lucy, and Maria were able to work together more easily with Jasper around.
Maria grew fond of Jasper, depending on him more and more.
Thanks to her planning and Jasper‘s gifts, Maria‘s army was very successful. Maria grew fond of Jasper, depending on him more and more. Eventually Nettie and Lucy betrayed their alliance with Maria and planned to turn against her. Jasper was able to give Maria early warning, and she killed them both. Jasper became her only ally. However, she never treated him as an equal or thought of him as her mate. As was normal for the vampire temperament, Maria never forgot her deceased mate or moved on.
Several decades passed, and Maria noticed Jasper growing depressed. He was no longer interested in their lifestyle of conflict and acquisition. Maria grew paranoid that he might turn on her the way Nettie and Lucy had, and she made plans to destroy him first. She selected a few of the older, more promising newborns and plotted secretly with them, offering them Jasper‘s position and perks if they got him out of the way. Jasper was well aware of her shift in feelings toward him, and began making similar defensive plans against her with the newborns he most trusted. Before it came to that, however, Jasper found an alternative and left her coven for a new way of life in the North. Maria eventually forgave Jasper for his defection, and considers herself to be on good terms with him. She continues to zealously defend her territories in Mexico against interlopers.
FAMOUS QUOTE
“I truly hope you survive, Jasper. I have a good feeling about you.” Eclipse, Chapter 13
NETTIE
NAME: Nettie
DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Arkansas
HAIR COLOR: White blond
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘3‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Nettie was petite, but taller than Maria.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She did not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: Nettie was part of Maria‘s coven, along with Lucy.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Like Lucy and Maria, Nettie was the sole survivor of a lost battle. The two older males in her coven were destroyed, and Nettie was driven out of Arkansas. Maria and Lucy approached her and offered an alliance. Nettie wanted the safety of numbers, and she liked Maria‘s plan for a special newborn army. However, Nettie had less self-control than either Lucy or Maria, so she was not very involved with the creation of the newborns. It was Nettie who originally suggested to Lucy that they kill Maria and Jasper and take over the coven.
Riley‘s Coven
Riley was the only authority figure the newborns knew.
This coven of newborns was created by Victoria but controlled by Riley. Riley was the only authority figure the newborns knew. They lived in and around the city of Seattle and existed as a coven for less than a year. In their final organization as a newborn army, they became an illegal creation. None of the newborns knew of the Volturi laws that prohibited their lifestyle.
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