Archives for 2006

Full Name: Mike Newton

Status: Human

Date of Birth: 1988

Originally from: California

Hair color: pale blond (PC4)

Eye color: washed out blue eyes (PC4)

Height: 5’11” (PC4)

Physical description: cute, baby-faced, gelled hair in spikes (TW1) – After the summer, though, “his face had lost some of the roundness, making his cheekbones more prominent, and he was wearing his pale blond hair a new way; instead of bristly, it was longer and gelled into a carefully casual disarray”, a look inspired by Edward. (NM1)

Bella often described him as a golden retriever (TW1).

Occupation: Student (graduated) at Forks High School – worked at his father’s store: Newton’s Outfitters

Family members: Father – Mr. Newton; Mother – Mrs. Newton: “Nice kid – nice family.” (TW2)

Nick Names:

Car: Surburban (NM9)

Hobbies: athletics and the outdoors – ie snowball fights (TW2), volleyball (TW2), hiking near tidal pools (TW6), badminton (TW11)

Personal history: Mike Newton was “the nicest person” Bella met on her first day of school in Forks, Washington (TW1) because he offered to direct her to class and chatted with her. Mike was in Bella’s English, Biology, and gym class during her junior year. Bella’s relief turned to consternation when Mike’s attention became “overly friendly” and attentive (TW2).  Mike was not as friendly to Edward. During the lead-up to the girls-choice spring dance, Mike declined Jessica’s invitation because he was hoping Bella would ask him. (TW4) Instead, at Bella’s suggestion, Mike asked out Jessica Stanley, but their relationship did not survive the summer of 2005. (TW7 – NM1).

During senior year, Mike shared Bella’s Spanish and English class. After Bella recovered from her breakdown when Edward left, Mike was the first to engage her in a real conversation (NM6) and to “forgive [her] for being crazy” (NM7).  Not too long after that, he asked her out, but was turned down. (NM7)  Mike continued to hope for something more than a friendship; he went to a movie with Bella and Jacob but became ill with a 24-hour stomach bug (NM9). Mike was jealous of Jacob’s relationship with Bella (NM15) and when Edward returned in the middle of senior year, Mike’s friendship with Bella deteriorated (EC1). After they witnessed an altercation between Jacob and Edward, Mike initiated a wager with his friends on who would win in a fight; Mike bet on Jacob (EC3). Mike and Bella’s friendship held firm enough that he attended both Bella’s graduation party at the Cullens’ house (EC17) and her wedding (BD4). Mike renewed his on-again, off-again relationship with Jessica Stanley when he escorted her to an out-of-town concert shortly after graduation (EC20) and held hands in the receiving line after the wedding (BD4). Mike Newton was the man that “caught” the thrown garter at the reception (BD4) and Edward was irritated with Mike’s “improper thoughts about a married woman” (BD4) – Mike still held a torch for Bella Swan-Cullen.

Portrayed in the films by: Mike Welsh

Prepared by: Lady Di

Full Name: Tyler Crowley

Status: Human

Date of Birth: 1988

Originally from:  Forks, WA

Hair color: Brown (PC4)

Eye color: Brown (PC4)

Height: 6’1” (PC4)

Physical description: More tan than the rest of the Forks teens (PC4)

Occupation: Currently enrolled at Forks High School

Family members: Beth Crowley, mother / father (unnamed)

Car Model: dark blue van (TW3), followed by a used Sentra (TW4)

Nick Names:

Hobbies: Athletics

Personal history: Tyler was driving the van that nearly crushed Bella in the school parking lot. (TW3) He suffered multiple cuts to his face as a result of the accident. After that incident, he sought out Bella’s attention beyond their shared Government class “to make amends” and asked her to the spring dance. When she said no he assumed that she would go to prom with him instead (TW4) and announced his intentions to many other students (TW8). Tyler drove to Bella’s house to pick her up for prom and Edward enjoyed telling Tyler via cell phone that Bella was unavailable (TWEp).In September of their senior year, Tyler continued to sit at the same lunch table as Bella and Edward, though with some distance (NM1). Tyler spoke often to Lauren Mallory; he tried to convince her that there was a huge beast wandering the forest (NM6) and when Lauren asked him to bail on the Bella-initiated group movie venture, he made sure he had prior plans so he wouldn’t go (NM9). Tyler was an eager witness to Edward and Jacob’s argument in front of Forks High School (EC3) and was disappointed that the two did not fight – Tyler placed a $10 bet with Ben, Mike and Austin that in a confrontation, Edward would win. Tyler and Mike Newton enjoyed spending time together; they planned a trip to Seattle but were thwarted by their mothers who did not want their sons visiting a city with so many unsolved murders (EC4). After graduation, Bella’s father spent a long time chatting with Tyler’s parents at the restaurant (EC16). Tyler attended the Cullens’ graduation party (EC17) but he did not appear to have been a guest at Bella’s wedding.

Portrayed in the film by: Gregory Tyree Boyce

Prepared by: Lady Di

Full Name: Jessica Stanley

Status: Human

Date of Birth: 1988

Originally from: Forks, WA

Hair color: Brown

Eye color:

Height: 5’1″ (TW1)

Physical description: Tiny, but her wild, curly hair makes up for the fact. (TW1)

Occupation: Student at Forks High School (graduated)

Family members: Only child – her mom works at the bank and is the town gossip (PC4)

Nick Names: Jess (TW4)

Personal History: Jessica Stanley was in Bella’s Trig and Spanish class during junior year (TW1) Jessica chatted animatedly with Bella right away on her first day of school about the beautiful but aloof Cullen family (TW1) Jessica was romantically interested in Edward but she never approached him because he exuded disinterest (PC9) and her unkind comments about the gorgeous boy led Bella to suspect as much. Bella and Jessica often sat together at lunch and Jessica often spent it giggling or gossiping – Bella thought “Jessica enjoyed [my] inexplicable popularity more than [my] actual company” (TW4).  Ever curious for social news to spread, Jessica questioned Bella about when she sat with Edward in the cafeteria (TW6), when she had dinner with Edward in Port Angeles (TW9), and their emerging relationship (TW10). Jessica dated Mike Newton during the last few months of their junior year but the relationship didn’t last the summer. (TW17 – NM1)

Jessica was offended by Bella’s anti-social behavior in the fall of their senior year (NM4) but Bella chose Jessica as her companion for her first post-Edward outing, because “only minimal interaction would be required” (NM4). Jessica and Bella went to Port Angeles to watch Dead End, a zombie movie. Enroute, Jessica mentioned that she dated both Conner and Eric Yorkie. On their way to McDonalds after the movie, Bella acted extremely odd and Jessica got scared and then mad. (NM4) Jessica was unenthusiastic about Bella’s return from her “zombie state” (NM6–MN7) and became less friendly; Bella described the change as “Jessica had crossed over to the dark side” (NM10). Jessica refused to attend a group movie night because Bella was the initial planner (NM9). Instead, Jessica became closer friends with Lauren Mallory and Bella’s “first friend in Forks … seemed content to go along with [Lauren’s] anti-Bella agenda” (EC1). Bella realized that Jessica’s interest in her was “just morbidly curious or looking for gossip” (EC6). During the graduation ceremony Jessica stood in line behind Bella and was unusually friendly to Bella, “due to graduation nostalgia and gratitude for the party invite” (EC16). She informed Bella that she would be going to college in California. Just before she left for university, Jessica dated Mike Newton again and even went as his date to Bella’s wedding.

Prepared by: Lady Di

 

 

Full Name: Renee Higginbotham Dwyer (PC4)

Status: Human

Date of Birth: 1968 (PC9)

Originally from: Phoenix, Arizona (TW1)

Hair color: Brown

Eye color: Brown

Height:

Physical description: She looks like Bella, but with short hair and laugh lines (TW1)

Occupation: Substitute teacher (NM6)

Family members: Daughter – Isabella Swan, Husband – Phil Dwyer, Ex-husband – Charlie Swan

Personal history: Renee and Charlie were not married for very long.  Their daughter, Bella, was born in September of 1987 and they were divorced by March of 1989.  She moved to Riverside, California until Bella was five years old, at which time she moved to Phoenix, Arizona where she still lives today (TL)

Around 2004, she met and fell in love with a minor league baseball player named Phil Dwyer whom she later married. (TL)  It was difficult for them to spend time together as he was always on the road and she had to stay home to be with Bella.  Bella opted to move in with her father, freeing up Renee to travel with her new husband. (TW2)

She is described as being the child in the relationship rather than the adult, in spite of her age.  She is a free spirit and often times forgetful.  (TW1)

Full Name: Charlie Swan (TW1)

Status: Human

Date of Birth: 1964 (PC9)

Originally from: Forks, Washington (TW1)

Hair color: Brown (TW7)

Eye color: Brown (TW7)

Height:

Physical description:

Occupation: Police Chief

Family members: Daughter – Isabella Swan, Ex-wife – Renee Dwyer, Parents – Geoffrey and Helen Swan (PC10)

Hobbies: Fishing

Car: Police Cruiser

Personal history: Charlie and Renee were not married for very long.  Their daughter, Bella, was born in September of 1987 and they were divorced by March of 1989. (TL)  The fact that Charlie didn’t follow Renee when she left was about so much more than a job.  Charlie’s parents were both still alive, but just barely, when he and Renee met.  He was responsible for caring for them.  He didn’t choose Forks, he chose his responsibility to his sick parents. (PC10)  Although he has now been divorced for seventeen years, he has never really gotten over his ex-wife. (TW1)

When she was little, Bella would come to visit for one month in the summer.  When she was fourteen, she put her foot down and required vacations elsewhere with her father.  They usually went to California.  When Renee remarried, Bella felt the need to give her mom some time alone with her new husband and went to live with Charlie in Forks.  Charlie did everything he could to make Bella feel at home, even buying her a car. (TW1)

After Bella disappears to Phoenix and comes back more than a little bruised, Charlie holds a slightly negative opinion of Edward, but it wasn’t until he deserted Bella in September of 2005 that Charlie began to feel something close to hatred. (TWEp – NM22) Charlie does his best to help Bella after Edward’s sudden departure, but he doesn’t know what to do. (NM17)  And, besides Bella’s “zombie-like” behavior, he has a string of apparent animal attacks to deal with. Charlie helps lead groups of hunters through the forest of Forks searching for the massive “black wolf” they think is killing hikers. (NM12)  After Bella comes back from Italy, Charlie grounds her, but when Jacob shows up with her motorcycle… (NMEp)

Full Name: Isabella Marie Swan Cullen

Date of Birth: September 13, 1987 (TL)

Date of Change to a Vampire: Sept 13, 2006

Originally from: Phoenix, Arizona (TW1)

Hair color: Brown (SMW)

Eye color: Brown (SMW)

Height: 5’4”

Physical description: “Bella is very fair-skinned, with long, straight, dark brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. Her face is heart-shaped—a wide forehead with a widow’s peak, large, wide-spaced eyes, prominent cheekbones, a thin nose and a narrow jaw with a pointed chin. Her lips are a little out of proportion, a bit too full for her jaw line. Her eyebrows are darker than her hair and more straight than they are arched. She’s slender but not at all muscular, and weighs about 115 pounds. She has stubby fingernails because she has a nervous habit of biting them.” (SMW)

Distinguishing human quality: Extremely accident prone; “Bella has a very private MIND. No one can touch her there.” (PC10)

Special talents: Can project a shield with her mind.

Occupation: Graduate of Forks High School.  Held a part time job at Newton’s Outfitters. (NM1)

Family members: Mother – Renee Dwyer, Stepfather – Phil Dwyer (PC4) Father – Charlie Swan (TW1) Married to Edward Cullen. (BD3) Natural mother to Renesmee. (BD18)  Part of the Cullen family.

Nick Names: Bella to friends – Bells or Bell to Charlie

Car: 1953 Chevy Pickup Truck – red (TW1) Repaired Motorcycle (NM5), Mercedes Guardian (BD1), Ferrari F430 – red (BD33)

Personal history: Bella was born in Forks, but her mother and father split up when she was six months old. (TL)  She spent the majority of her young life in California (TL) and then later Phoenix, Arizona where she wasn’t very popular and never felt as if she fit in.  She is far too clumsy for her own good and tries to avoid sports and dancing.

When her mother remarried, Bella decided to move back to Forks to live with her father.  She felt a bit guilty that her mother wasn’t able to spend as much time traveling with her new husband because of her, and so willingly, but not enthusiastically, she moved in with her dad.  He bought her a truck and has tried to make her feel comfortable in her new home. (TW1)

At school, Bella was greeted with great interest and made friends with a few people right away.  She first saw Edward and his family at lunch time and was told that they generally kept to themselves.  In biology class, Bella was forced to take a seat next to Edward, as it was the only empty seat in the room.  He reacted strangely to her, making her think he hated her.  (TW1) It wasn’t until two weeks later that Edward returned to school and Bella was able to properly meet him. (TW2)

After a while, Bella came to guess Edward’s secret and accepted him as a vampire. (TW10)  He saved her life several times and made it his mission to keep her safe.  The two fell in love despite the odds against them. (TW13)  Bella became the victim of a tracker named James and was saved when Edward drank her blood and stopped the venom from spreading through her system. (TW23)

On her 18th Birthday, Bella got a paper cut and was put in great danger at the Cullens home. (NM1) Because of this, Edward decided to leave her. (NM3)  Bella existed in a near catatonic state for weeks afterwards and only just managed to go to school and work.   She decided to take risks to “hear” Edward’s voice and enlisted the help of Jacob Black in rebuilding a motorcycle. (NM5)  The two became very good friends until Jacob appeared to have joined a cult. (NM9)  Bella learned that Jacob and the other teenage Quileute boys are werewolves. (NM12)

When Alice returned to Forks, she told Bella that Edward thinks she is dead and has plans to kill himself. (NM18) The two raced to Italy where they stopped Edward and were taken in by the Volturi. (NM20) They returned to Forks with the promise that Bella will become a vampire. (NM21)  At home, Edward agreed to change Bella as long as she married him first. (NM24)

After a few weeks of being grounded, Bella was put on “parole for good behavior” so long as she agreed to make time for Jacob and her other friends as well as Edward and the Cullens.  She was accepted into the University of Alaska even though she didn’t really plan on attending.  She also was made aware, by Edward, of an irresponsible vampire creating newborns around the Seattle area.  (EC1)

Edward took her to Florida to see her mother, and when she got back she tried to contact Jacob, which Edward did not approve of.  She also found out that while she was gone there had been a bit of a battle between the Cullens and the Wolves over the hunt for Victoria. (EC3)  She managed to get in some time with Jacob while Edward was hunting.  (EC4)  As “punishment” Bella was forced to stay at the Cullen’s home for the duration of Edward’s next hunting trip, where she talked to Rosalie and learned all about her transformation into a vampire and why she is against Bella joining the family.  (EC6–7)  Jacob helped Bella escape from Alice at school and she told him she would be joining the Cullen family soon, which Jacob did not respond well to.  When Edward returned he agreed to allow Bella time with Jacob so long as she told him when and where first.  (EC8)

When Edward picked up the scent of an unknown vampire having been in Bella’s bedroom, his concern lead to the prospect of battle with the newborns in Seattle. (EC9) Graduation came and Bella pointed out to Edward and the Cullens that she believed Victoria was the one creating the newborns in Seattle. (EC16)  This new information surprisingly brought an alliance between the Cullens and the Quileutes to not only protect Bella, but also stop the newborns from attacking anyone else. (EC17) Fearing that Edward could be injured, Bella asked him sit the battle out and stay with her. (EC19)  Bella and Edward reached another compromise that she would marry him in exchange for them making love while she is still human. (EC20)

Bella helped Edward set up the newborns by planting her scent in the field where the battle will happen. (EC21) Freezing in the cold, Bella slept in Jacob’s warm arms and listened to Edward and Jacob talk about her.   (EC22),   In the morning, she made her good-byes to Jake and gave him a real kiss. (EC23)  She assured Edward that she loves him more and wants to be with him forever.  The battle ensued bringing Victoria and her personal helper, Riley, to the camp.  Bella watched as Edward and Seth Clearwater killed them and burned them. (EC 24)  When Bella learned that Jacob was wounded in the battle, she suffered a bit of a breakdown.  When Jane and the Volturi arrived to clean up the mess, Bella stuck to Edward’s side as he begged for the lives of a few of the newborns, but was unsuccessful. (EC25)

Bella went to see Jacob and told him that even though she loved him, she can’t live without Edward and has chosen him.  On her way home, she stopped her car and started crying, and stayed there until she was rescued by Edward.  In the morning Bella told Edward again that she has made her choice and that the time has come to enlist Alice’s help with their wedding. (EC27)  We learned from a letter that Edward sent Jacob that the wedding date has been set and that the invitations have been sent out.  (EC Ep)

Bella was with Edward when he asked Charlie for her hand in marriage.  Once Charlie consented, it was left up to Bella to tell Renee.  Bella was surprised at her mother’s reaction and support of her marriage, but welcomed it.  She spent the days leading up to her wedding getting ready for her new life, but also looking for Jacob who had gone missing.  (BD1)

Bella married Edward at the Cullen home on Aug. 13, 2006 surrounded by her family and friends, both human, vampire, and werewolf.  (BD3) To her surprise, Jacob showed up at the reception.  Things went well until Jacob learned that she intended to make love to Edward while still human.  (BD4)

Edward took Bella to a private island for their honeymoon where, as promised, they made love for the first time. When she awoke, Bella found that she had bruises on her skin from where Edward had touched her.  She told him that she was fine, but Edward, repulsed by what he had done to her, swore he would never make love to her again until after she was a vampire. (BD5) Unhappy with this decision, Bella tried to convince him to try again and had vivid dreams that drove her to tears.  She woke up from one such dream unable to accept that it wasn’t real and begged Edward to try again, which he was unable to resist. They made love again without any problems. (BD6)

Over the two and a half weeks that they spent on the island, Bella grew increasingly hungry and slept for unusual amounts of time.  For a while she dismissed her odd behavior as being in a foreign place, but when she realized that she had missed her menstrual cycle she knew exactly what the problem was – she was pregnant.  She told Edward, who reacted in frozen disbelief.  A phone call from Carlisle confirmed the possibility, and Edward insisted that they return to Forks so that Carlisle could terminate the pregnancy.  Unwilling to give up the baby, Bella called Rosalie and asked for her help.  (BD8)

When they returned to Forks, Carlisle confirmed that Bella was indeed pregnant and that the pregnancy was taking its toll on her human body.  The pregnancy developed at an alarming rate, and the strength of the fetus left bruises on Bella’s abdomen.  Additionally, nothing Bella ate seemed to stay in her system as the fetus drained her of all nourishment.  Edward continued to beg her to end the pregnancy, but she wouldn’t do it. (BD9)

When Jacob came to see her, he offered, at Edward’s request, to have a child with her if she agreed to end her current pregnancy to save her life.  Repulsed by the very idea, Bella insisted that she could make it through the pregnancy and be changed into a vampire after the birth.  (BD10)

The few weeks that she was pregnant, Bella suffered buffered several broken bones including ribs and her hip and continued to grow weaker and weaker.  It wasn’t until Edward suggested, after hearing a stay thought from Jacob, that Bella should drink blood to give the partially vampire fetus the nourishment that it craved.  (BD12)  As disgusting as it sounded, Bella found that it did taste good and her health did improve somewhat. (BD13)  The real turning point came when Edward was able to hear the thoughts of the baby.  He stopped fighting Bella’s decision to keep the baby and began to support her.  (BD16)

A few days shy of her nineteenth birthday, Bella’s placenta dethatched and the baby fought to be born.  In the process, Bella’s spine was broken, leaving her paralyzed and unable to feel anything from the waist down.  Since Carlisle was away, Edward was forced to deliver the baby on his own.  Jacob stayed in the room for support. (BD18)  Wracked with pain, all Bella knew was that her baby was in danger.  She begged for Edward to get the baby out, which required him to bite through the strong wall of the placenta.  Wanting to hold her baby, which was a girl, just once, Bella reached for her.  But when the child tried to drink from Bella, Edward gave the baby to Rosalie to tend to.

As planned, Edward filled Bella’s body up with morphine to help dull the pain of transformation and then gave her a shot of his own venom right into her heart.  Near death and unable to understand what was going on, all Bella could feel was the growing warmth as the venom spread through her body.  The morphine, which did nothing to subdue her pain, left her unable to move or show any sign of what she was feeling.  Her pain lasted for two days until her heart beat for the last time and she was completely transformed. (BD19)

When she awoke as a newborn vampire, she found that she could control her thirst and resist killing humans by holding her breath around them.  (BD21)  She also discovered that her daughter, Renesmee, continued to grow at an extreme rate, and that Jacob Black had imprinted on her.  (BD22)  Lastly, Bella learned that her mind was still closed to Edward’s abilities, which she would later learn is known as having a shield.  (BD31)  Edward took Bella to a small cottage on the Cullen property that had been converted for their use as a family and made love to her. (BD24)

Even though she wanted to see her father, Bella was upset when she learned that Jacob had partially told Charlie about the many secrets being kept in Forks.  Charlie was able to see Bella and his granddaughter, which pleased Bella. (BD25)

Bella’s life was turned upside down when Irina from the Denali coven spotted Renesmee playing in a field with Jacob and informed the Volturi that the Cullens had created an immortal child which was against vampire law. (BD27-28)  With the Volturi now heading to Forks, the Cullens separated to go and find as many of their friends as possible to come and stand as witnesses on behalf of Nessie. (BD30)  Bella stayed at home to protect her daughter and to make sure all of the guests knew Nessie was no threat to anyone. (BD32)

With help from Zafrina and Kate, who were both talented, Bella learned to extend her shield to protect others around her.  This would help in the possible oncoming battle with the Volturi. (BD32)

Based on a note left by Alice, Bella went to Seattle to talk to J. Jenks about various sets of papers that would allow Jacob to take guardianship of Renesmee should the rest of the Cullens fall victim to the Volturi. (BD33)

When the Volturi arrived, Bella’s family was supported by dozens of friends and all of the Quileute werewolves.  (BD36)  When Aro and Ciaus refused to believe that Renesmee posed no threat and had Alec, Jane, and Chelsea attack, Bella used her shield to protect everyone.  She managed to hold them at bay long enough for Alice and Jasper to return with Nahuel, another hybrid vampire, the Volturi had no choice but to concede and return to Italy. (BD38)

After saying good-bye to her new friends, Bella went home to her cottage with Edward and Renesmee.  It was then that she was able to drop her shield enough to allow Edward to hear her thoughts for the first time. (BD39)

Portrayed in the films by: Kristen Stewart

Full Name: Carlisle Cullen

Status: Vampire

Date of Birth: 1640s (TW15)

Date of change to vampire: After 1663 – he was 23 (PC1)

Originally from: London, England (TW15)

Hair color: Blond (TW3)

Eye color: Vampire gold/black

Height: 6’2” (PC1)

Physical description: Very handsome, like a movie star (TW3)

Special talents: Compassion

Occupation: Medical Doctor

Family members: Married to Esme (PC1) Considers Edward, Rose, Emmett, Alice, and Jasper as his “children.”

Nick Names: Stregoni Benefici (PC5)

Source of change: Unnamed (TW15)

Hobbies: Medicine – can easily resist the temptation of human blood.  Collects art and books (OIL)

Car: Mercedes S55 AMG – black (SMW)

Personal history: The son of an Anglican pastor and a mother who died giving birth to him, Carlisle was raised during a time of religious persecution.  His father led hunts for witches, werewolves, and vampires all in the name of ridding the world of evil.  As his father grew older, Carlisle was placed in charge of the raids.  Carlisle wasn’t as enthusiastic about killing as his father was, but he was clever enough to discover a coven of true vampires living in the sewers of the city.  He set a trap for the vampires and chased one down.  Carlisle believes that the vampire  was actually too hungry to run and consciously decided to attack.  The vampire fell on Carlisle and left him bleeding in the streets after killing two other men and taking off with a third. (TW15)

Knowing how his father would react, Carlisle crawled into a cellar and buried himself in rotting potatoes for the three days of the change.  When he emerged, he was a vampire. (TW15)   At first he tried to destroy himself by jumping from great heights or drowning in the ocean.  Somehow, he was so repelled by what he was that he resisted feeding off of humans.  He even tried to kill himself with starvation. (TW16)

Eventually the thirst was too powerful and he attacked a herd of passing deer.  He found that living off of the blood of animals could sustain his life and was infinitely more humane than taking the life of a human.  Over the course of two centuries, he developed a sort of immunity to the scent of human blood and was able to become a medical doctor. (TW16)

Carlisle was studying in Italy when he met a coven of vampires called the Volturi that seemed more civilized and educated than those he was familiar with in England.  Aro, Marcus, and Caius were the three vampires that inspired some of the works of Solimena.  Even though they were refined, they persisted in trying to persuade Carlisle to drink from humans.  Naturally, he refused. (TW16) It was because of his good nature that the legend of stregoni benefici, or good vampire, was formed.  (OIL)

In 1911 he was working in Columbus, Ohio, where he treated a happy and beautiful young girl by the name of Esme Platt for a broken leg.  Shortly there after, he moved on to Chicago. (PC1)

He spent several years in Chicago and was nearing the end of his allotted time.  (Looking the way he does, he can generally stay in one area until the people believe him to be around the age of 35, and then he has to leave.)  The influenza epidemic broke out in the city and Carlisle found himself treating Edward, who had just lost both of his parents and was on the verge of death himself. (TW14) It was Edward’s mother who requested Dr. Cullen save Edward.  She seemed to “know” that Carlisle could save him in a special way and begged him to do it.  (NM2)  Carlisle acted out of loneliness and changed Edward. (PC1)

The pair moved to northern Wisconsin where, in 1921, Carlisle again tended to Esme.  This time her injuries were from a failed suicide attempt.  Remembering her from before, and feeling saddened by the turn her life had taken, Carlisle changed Esme to save her.  The two fell in love and were legally married.  (Again, just the one time.) (PC1)

Carlisle then found and changed Rosalie with the intention for her to be a companion to Edward, but it wasn’t to be.  Carlisle then changed Emmett after Rosalie found him being mauled by a bear.  Although he didn’t change Alice and Jasper, he accepted them as part of his family when they came to him. (TW14)

Around 1936, Carlisle moved his family to Forks where they encountered the Quileute Indians who have the ability to transform into werewolves.  A treaty was arranged stating that the wolves would leave the Cullens alone so long as they didn’t bite any humans and stay off of the Quileute land.  The Cullens lived in Forks for a few years before moving on to other places. (TW6) (TL)

The family returned to Forks, Washington after a stay in Alaska.  At the start of Twilight, they have lived there for two years.  (TW1)

When Edward first brought Bella Swan home to meet his family, Carlisle was supportive.(TW15)He worked with Edward to protect Bella from James, patching up her wounds and showing Edward how to suck the venom out of her blood so that she wouldn’t become a vampire.(TW23) After Bella’s disastrous 18^th birthday, Carlisle again tended to her wounds and told her the story of how he found and saved Edward.(NM2) He also voted for Bella to become a vampire when Bella put her humanity to a vote.(NM24)

Carlisle and his family worked alongside the Quileute wolves when Victoria and her newborn army threatened Bella’s life and the safety of Forks. He was allowed onto LaPush land when Jacob Black was injured so that he could help heal him. (EC25)

After Bella and Edward were married, Carlisle confirmed Bella’s pregnancy.He worked endlessly to find a solution to save Bella and the baby, going so far as to set up a delivery room in his home.(BD12)After Renesmee was born, he took careful observations of her growth (BD23) And when the Volturi came to destroy the baby, Carlisle helped to summon his friends from all over the world to give witness that she was not an immortal child.(BD30) He stood by his family in defense of Renesmee until the possibility of conflict was resolved. (BD38)

Portrayed in the films by: Peter Facinelli

Full Name: Emmett McCarty Cullen (PC1)

Status: Vampire

Date of Birth: 1915 (TL)

Date of change to vampire: 1935 – two years after Rosalie – he was 20 (PC1) (TL)

Originally from: Gatlinburg, Tennessee (PC1) (OIL)

Hair color: Dark (TW1)

Eye color: Blue (as a human) Vampire gold/black

Height: 6’5” (PC1)

Physical description: Big, muscular, like a weight lifter, curly hair, dimples (TW1)

Special talents: Strength

Occupation: Currently enrolled at Forks High School. He has attended college many times but has never finished any one particular degree, opting to change from subject to subject as things interest him. (OIL)

Family members: Married to Rosalie (PC1)

Source of change: Carlisle Cullen (TW14)

Hobbies: Competition of any form

Car: Jeep Wrangler – red (TW17)

Personal history: Emmett had a wild adolescence in Gatlinburg and never worried about the consequences of his actions.  He was an excellent hunter and woodsman, but loved to drink and was a known womanizer.  (OIL) In 1935, (TL) Emmett was out hunting in the mountains of Tennessee when he was attacked by a bear.  He very nearly died, but Rosalie found him and brought him to Carlisle to be saved.  Emmett describes the event as being saved by an angel who brought him to God.  Once the pain of the change had passed, Rosalie and Carlisle explained the situation to him, and to their surprise, the whole vampire issue didn’t disturb him.  In his own words:  “But if Carlisle and Rosalie, my angel, were vampires, how bad could it be?”  He had trouble with the rules at first and has tasted human blood on several occasions. (SMW)

He is married to Rosalie, and has married her several times for show.  Emmett will do anything to make Rosalie happy, and since Rosalie likes attention and is all about show, she gets a wedding every so many years.  Often time, he and Rosalie live away from the others as a newlywed couple. (PC1)

Although he never returned to explain to his human family what had happened to him, he did worry about them and how they would get on without their hard working son to help provide for their needs.  He borrowed a small fortune from Edward and left the money on his human family’s porch, and then never looked back. (OIL)

After Edward decided to start a relationship with Bella, Emmet tried to bridge the gap between Rosalie and Bella. He helped kill James when Bella was attacked (TW22), and he did his part to teach the werewolves how to battle the newborn army Victoria created. (EC18)

Emmett is mostly known for his humor and teasing attitude. He made bets on how many people Bella would kill as a vampire (EC15), teased both her and Edward about their intimate life after she was turned (BD25), and even conceded to losing an arm wrestling match with the newborn Bella. (BD26)

Portrayed in the films by: Kellan Lutz

Full Name: Esme Anne Platt Evenson Cullen (PC1)

Status: Vampire

Date of Birth: 1895 (PC1)

Date of change to vampire: 1921 – she was 26 (PC1)

Originally from: Columbus, Ohio (PC1)

Hair color: Caramel (TW15)

Eye color: Vampire gold/black

Height: 5’6” (PC1)

Physical description: Heart-shaped face, small, slender but round (TW15)

Personality traits: Ability to love passionately (TW14)

Occupation: Antique Restoration (PC1)

Family members: Married to Carlisle (PC1)

Source of change: Carlisle Cullen (TW14)

Hobbies: Architecture and restoration (PC1)

Personal history: In 1911, Esme broke her leg falling out of a tree she’d climbed.  Her family lived on a farm on the outskirts of Columbus.  The local doctor was away, and it was after dark by the time they got her to the small hospital in Columbus.  A Dr. Cullen treated her.  It was his last month in town.  She never got over the experience. (PC1)

Esme was the last of her friends to marry.  She was thinking of moving West to be a schoolteacher, but her father didn’t think it was respectable for a lady to live alone in the wilds.  The son of a family friend, a man with good prospects, wanted to marry her, and her father pressured her to accept.  She was indifferent towards Charles Evenson, but not opposed to him.  She married him in 1917 at the age of 22, and quickly found that this had been a bad decision. Charles’s public face was very different from his private face; he abused her.  Her parents counseled her to be a good wife and keep quiet.  When he was drafted to fight in WW1, it was a huge relief to her.  When he came back in 1919, it was terrifying. (PC1)

Shortly after his return, Esme discovered she was pregnant.  The pregnancy was Esme’s catalyst to escape.  She couldn’t let a child be brought into that home.  She ran away in 1920 to live with a second cousin in Milwaukee, and then moved further north when word of her whereabouts leaked to her parents.  She blended in easily, pretending to be one of the many war widows.  She taught school in a small community outside Ashland.  When her baby, Joseph, died in 1921 from a lung infection just a few days after he was born, she had nothing left.  She had no idea that Carlisle was working in the little hospital in Ashland when she jumped off the cliff outside the town.  Carlisle remembered her, of course, as the happy girl she had been at sixteen. He didn’t want her to die and so he saved her. (PC1)

When she opened her eyes, in all that pain, and saw the face that she’d never forgotten in a decade, she was relieved.  She was not really that upset to find out she was a vampire, but she didn’t take it as in stride as Emmett had.  Still, she was happy to be with the man/vampire of her dreams and they were soon married.  She did always have that maternal ache, and, as the physically oldest of the Cullen’s, she fell into a mothering role. (PC1)

Esme and Edward pretended for some time to be brother and sister since their features were so similar. As the Cullen family grew, this deception transformed into Esme and Carlisle being the foster and adoptive parents of several teenaged children. (TW1) Her concern for Edward never ceased, though, especially since everyone else in the family had a committed relationship and Edward was alone. (TW15)

Esme was present in 1936 when Carlisle made the initial treaty with the Quileutes to stay off of their land. (TW6) The home they bought in the area of Forks was one that Esme loved and spent time restoring the beautiful historic home. (PC1) They returned to the house in 2003 with the intention of staying there for some time. (TW1)

Esme supported Edward when he met and fell in love with Bella Swan. It upset her greatly when Edward left for a short time to run away to Alaska, and it was partly because of Esme that Edward decided to return. So when Edward’s feelings for Bella deepened, Esme told him to do whatever he needed to do to stay in Forks with the family.(TW13) Having spent so many years being worried about Edward living his life alone, it thrilled Esme to see him falling in love with someone. (TW15)

When James began his hunt for Bella, Esme switched clothes with Bella to try to confuse the scent. She and Rosalie took Bella’s truck in a direction opposite from where Bella was going with Jasper and Alice. (TW19) She continued to be supportive of the relationship even after Bella’s disastrous 18th birthday party. She left Forks at Edward’s request, and went with Carlisle to Ithaca where she restored a seventeenth century house located in the forest north of the city. (NM17) When asked to vote if Bella should become a vampire, Esme voted in favor of the change. (NM24) She fought alongside the rest of her family and the werewolves when the threat from Victoria loomed after Bella’s graduation. (EC25)

Esme helped plan Edward and Bella’s wedding (BD3) and even readied a small cottage on the Cullen property for them to use as their home separate from the rest of the family. (BD24) When Bella announced her pregnancy, Esme stood by her decision to have the baby. (BD9) Then, after Renesmee was born and the Volturi threatened to come and start a battle, Esme welcomed visitors from all over into her home to stand as witnesses on Renesmee’s behalf. (BD30-32) She stood with her family when the Volturi eventually arrived. (BD36-38)

Portrayed in the films by:  Elizabeth Reaser

Full Name: Rosalie Lillian Hale (PC1)

Status: Vampire

Date of Birth: 1915 (TL)

Date of change to vampire: 1933 – she was 18 (PC1) (TL)

Originally from: Rochester, New York (PC1)

Hair color: Golden (TW1)

Eye color: Dark blue, almost violet (as a human)Vampire gold/black

Height: 5’9”(PC1)

Physical description: Statuesque, model-like, wavy hair to the middle of her back (TW1)

Personality traits: Tenacity (TW14)

Occupation: Currently “in college” (NM1) Has earned degrees in engineering, business, and astrophysics.  Has studied medicine. (OIL)

Family members: Married to Emmett (PC1)

Nick Names: Rosy or Rose (PC1)

Source of change: Carlisle Cullen (TW14)

Hobbies: Mechanical – tinkers with cars (TW 10)

Car: BMW M3 convertible – red (TW 10)

Personal history: Rosalie came from a middle class family in the Great Depression with a banker for a father. She had two younger brothers and a mother who kepst the house perfectly in order. Her parents were social climbers and wanted her to marry well. The thing Rosalie wanted most was her own home and family – specifically a child of her own. (EC7)

In 1933, Rosalie became engaged to Royce King II, the son of the wealthiest family in Rochester. A week before her wedding, Rosalie encountered a drunken Royce in the streets with his friends. The group of men raped and beat her and left her for dead. Carlisle found her and recognized her. Not wanting to waste such a young, beautiful life, and thinking she could be a companion for Edward, Carlisle changed her. (EC7, TL)

Sometime later she attacked and killed Royce and his friends, saving Royce for last. She dressed in a wedding dress and took her time killing each man. She did not drink their blood, however. (EC7)

Edward and Rosalie never responded to each other as anything other than a brother and sister. In 1935, (TL) Rosalie found Emmett being attacked by a bear and brought him to Carlisle to be saved. (TW14)  (SMW) She has married Emmett publicly several times, as she is all about show and being fussed over. (PC1)  Rosalie’s true defining personal trait is her beauty.  Like Emmett’s strength–they’re both more intensely physical than intellectual, which makes them a perfect match.  (PC3)

It is Rosalie who tells Edward that Bella is dead, and sets him off on a mission to kill himself. (NM18) (SMW) She later apologizes.  She is also the only one of the Cullens who does not vote in favor of Bella becoming a vampire saying that it isn’t a choice she would have made for herself. (NM24)

When Bella become pregnant, Rosalie becomes her strongest protector. (BD9) She stays by Bella’s side throughout the pregnancy and cares for Renesmee while Bella goes through the transformation of becoming a vampire. (BD18) She also helps defend Renesmee against the threat of the Volturi. (BD37)

Portrayed in the films by: Nikki Reed