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

Full Name: Jasper Whitlock Hale (PC1)

Status: Vampire

Date of Birth: 1843 (TL) (The OIL says 1844)

Date of change to vampire: 1863 – he was 20 (PC1) (TL) (The OIL says he was 19)

Originally from: Houston, Texas (PC1) (OIL)

Hair color: Honey blond (TW1)

Eye color: Vampire gold/black

Height: 6” 3” (PC1)

Physical description: muscular, but lean (TW1)

Special talents: Able to manipulate the emotions of those around him

Occupation: Currently “in college” (NM1) Has degrees in philosophy and history. (OIL)

Family members: Married to Alice (PC1) – adopted member of the Cullen family

Nick Names: Jazz (PC1)

Source of change: Maria (PC2)

Hobbies: Interested in scholarly endeavors

Car: Silver Ducati motorcycle (OIL)

Personal history: Born in Texas, Jasper served as a Major in the Confederate army during the Civil War. He was promoted quickly and eventually became a major. (PC1)

In 1863, a vampire named Maria, who was fighting for feeding territory, changed Jasper with the intention of making him a leader in her own army. Jasper spent many years training newborn vampires and killed them off when they lost their newborn strength. The battles he fought left his body scarred. During this process, he became depressed and sought something better. A newborn named Peter returned after fleeing Maria’s grasp to ask Jasper to join him and his mate, Charlotte. Jasper traveled for a while but still knew there had to be another way of life. (EC13, TL)

In 1948 while in Philadelphia, Jasper ducked into a diner to get out from the rain and came face to face with Alice. She told Jasper of her visions of Carlisle and the two of them joined the Cullen family by 1950. (EC13, TL)

Jasper has the most difficult time with the lifestyle set by the Cullen family. He avoids contact with humans, as he is more tempted than the others to drink from them. Going to school is a difficult task, but he does it for Alice. (PC2)

Jasper traveled with Alice and Bella to Arizona when James was tracking Bella. (TW19)  He fought James and helped kill him.  (TW22) He also instructed the werewolves in how to kill newborns when Victoria created her army.  (EC18) He went with Alice to South America to look for other hybrid vampires when the Volturi threatened to kill Renesmee. (BD29)

Portrayed in the films by: Jackson Rathbone

Full Name: Mary Alice Brandon Cullen (PC1)

Status: Vampire

Date of Birth: 1901 (?)

Date of change to vampire: Sometime in the 1920’s – she was 19 (PC1)

Originally from: Biloxi, Mississippi (PC1)

Hair color: Black (TW1)

Eye color: Vampire gold/black

Height: 4’ 10” (PC1)

Physical description: pixie-like, very thin, small features, spiky hair (TW1)

Special talents: Can see into the future

Occupation: Currently enrolled at Forks High School.  Holds degrees in fashion design and international business.  (OIL)

Family members: Married to Jasper (PC1)– adopted member of the Cullen family.  Sister Cynthia and one niece. (NM17)

Source of change:  Worker at mental asylum – name unknown (TW22)

Hobbies: Loves to shop (PC1) Uses her abilities to play the stock market (OIG)

Personal history:   Alice was raised in Biloxi, MS with her father, who was a pearl trader and a jeweler, her mother, and her younger sister, Cynthia. Alice’s gift of foresight manifested itself from a young age. She predicted family visits and most frequently the weather. People in her community thought her odd and she spent most of her time as an outsider. (OIL)

Alice didn’t voice her premonitions very frequently because things often turned out badly for her. At 18 Alice warned a friend not to marry a certain man. After the wedding it was revealed that the man suffered from insanity issues. The friend blamed Alice, saying that she had put a curse on the marriage. Alice also warned a male cousin not to take a journey. When the cousin died from an accident on the road, Alice’s aunt blamed her for jinxing his trip. From all of this, the people in Alice’s community started calling her a witch.
Alice’s worst vision was of her mother being murdered. She warned her mother, who stayed locked up in the house for a while. When her father returned from a trip, he was angry about the situation and demanded that Alice stop telling such “damned stories.” A month or so passed with Alice still having the horrible visions, but her mother paid less and less attention to them. (OIL)

Then one night while her mother was out in the buggy, Alice had a clear vision of a Model T running the buggy off the road. Alice ran to find her mother, but it was too late and her mother was dead. Her father remarried very quickly, and the new Mrs. Brandon, who was not much older than Alice, was very cold toward Alice. Through random pieces of information that this new wife let slip, Alice was able to deduce that the marriage had been planned long before her mother had been killed. When she confronted her father about it, he grew intensely angry with her. (OIL)

That night Alice had a vision of her own death. She saw her father giving money to the man who had killed her mother. Then she saw that same man standing over her with a knife. She awoke knowing that not only had her father paid for her mother’s death, but that he had ordered her to be killed as well. She ran to her aunt’s house for help. Since the aunt still harbored resentment for the death of her son, she chased Alice away. When Alice arrived in the town, both her aunt and her father were waiting for her with the marshal. They announced that Alice had gone mad and was possessed by the devil. They paid the marshal to quietly take Alice away to an asylum so that the Brandon’s could pretend that Alice had died. (OIL)

In the asylum, Alice’s hair was shaved to avoid typhoid and she was given electroshock therapy. Because of this treatment, Alice lost her memories. (OIL)

She eventually became the favorite of a vampire who worked in the building, feeding off of humans that no one took notice of should they die.  James, a hunter vampire, took the challenge of hunting her simply because another vampire desired her.  Alice saw James in a vision and told the vampire worker that James was coming for her.  The vampire freed Alice and changed her before James could kill her.  James killed the other vampire instead.  She had no memory of these events and was left to find her own way. (TW22) (OIL)

Alice’s first real vision after her transformation was of Jasper, but she knew it would be a long time before they found each other.  She knew Jasper was searching for some thing new and Alice provided him with what he was looking for.  They found each other in 1948 and by 1950 they had found Carlisle with more help from her visions.  They have been members of the family ever since. (TW14) (TL) (OIL)

Alice and Jasper have been officially married, but unlike Rosalie and Emmett, once was enough. (PC1)

Alice became good friends with Bella through her association with Edward.  When Bella was being hunted by James, Alice and Jasper took Bella to Phoenix to see her mother. (TW19)  In 2006 when the Cullens left Forks, it was Alice who first returned to check up on Bella. (NM17)  Alice also traveled to Italy with Bella to save Edward’s life, going so far as to steal a yellow Porsche. (NM19)  It was her vision and promise that Bella would be transformed into a vampire that convinced Aro and the Volturi to allow them to return to Forks. (NM21)

When the threat from Victoria rose upon their return to Forks, Alice tried to use her vision to help but found it difficult with the wolves around as they block her abilities. She kidnapped Bella at Edward’s request to protect her from the wolves and was given a yellow Porsche as a gift in return. (EC6)  When an alliance was formed between the two groups, she helped Jasper train the others to fight the newborns. (EC18)

Alice happily did most of the planning for Bella and Edward’s wedding. (BD1-3) She even redecorated the stone cottage on the Cullen property as a wedding/birthday gift. (BD24)  After Renesmee was born, Alice saw a vision of the Volturi coming for them. (BD28)   She left with Jasper so suddenly that the family assumed they defected.   Alice left instructions for Bella to visit J. Jenks about any necessary paperwork that might be needed to change their identities and run away. (BD29)  While away, Alice and Jasper searched for another hybrid vampire like Nessie to prove to the Volturi that Nessie isn’t a threat.  They found Nahuel in Chili and returned to Forks with him and his Aunt Huilen to stand as a witness to this fact.  They returned just in time to confront the Volturi. (BD38)

Portrayed in the films by: Ashley Greene

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