#Twilight author series#

He transformed Edward into a vampire, and he became Edward's father figure and companion. Treating patients with the Spanish Influenza, he met an ill woman who begged him to save her dying son, Edward. He realized that he could sate his thirst on the blood of animals, and he dedicated himself to becoming a doctor and helping humans.įor a few decades, Carlisle lived with the Volturi in Italy, but he left because of their incompatible feeding styles. He was horrified by what he had become, and he attempted suicide. After an ancient vampire attacked him, he fled and silently endured the transformation. Following his father, he discovered a coven of vampires. His father and other pastors hunted witches, werewolves, and vampires. In the 1640s, Carlisle Cullen was born the son of an Anglican priest in London, England. Through the centuries, he has become a skilled doctor and surgeon, and he is completely indifferent to the scent of human blood. His natural compassion during his life as a human translated into his decision never to drink human blood or kill a human, which he has adhered to. His physical age is 23, and he has blond hair. Taylor Lautner plays Jacob in the Twilight film series.Ĭarlisle Cullen (also known as Stregoni Benefici ) is Esme Cullen's husband and the adoptive father of Edward, Emmett, Alice, Rosalie, and Jasper. Although he spends most of his time in Eclipse trying to win Bella, in Breaking Dawn he imprints- an involuntary process in which a werewolf finds their soul mate- on Bella and Edward's daughter, Renesmee. Though she only considers him a friend, Jacob falls in love with Bella. After Edward leaves Bella in New Moon, she spends much of her time with Jacob.

In an attempt to learn more about Cullens, Bella flirts with Jacob, and he tells her tribe legends about 'the cold ones', or vampires. In Twilight, Jacob plays the minor role of a forgotten childhood friend of Bella's, and he develops a crush on her. He is a Quileute Native American and a werewolf. Robert Pattinson plays Edward in the Twilight film series. Edward marries Bella in Breaking Dawn and they have a daughter, Renesmee. He returned because he realized he cannot live without her. Edward knows that he could kill Bella easily, a fact that torments him so much that, in the book New Moon, he decided to leave Forks with his family so they wouldn't be able to hurt her. He falls in love with Bella soon after she arrives in Forks. A member of the Olympic Coven, Edward only drinks animal blood and has the special ability to read minds. As shown in Twilight, Carlisle only did so because Edward's dying mother, Elizabeth, begged him to save Edward. As stated in the first and second novels, he was born on June 20, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois, and was frozen in his 17-year-old body while dying of the Spanish influenza, when he was changed into a vampire by Dr. Kristen Stewart plays Bella in the Twilight film series.Įdward Cullen (born Edward Anthony Masen) is Bella's primary love interest. Once she is transformed into a vampire, her ability is enhanced to the point she can also expand her shield to protect others from mind control. Bella has the ability to shield her mind (from mind reading, attacks, etc.), which she had as a human. Edward then transforms Bella into a vampire after she nearly dies giving birth to their daughter, Renesmee.

In Eclipse, Bella becomes engaged to Edward, and they marry in Breaking Dawn. She comes to care for Jacob, though less than she loves Edward. Jacob Black, a member of the Quileute tribe who is also a shape shifter taking a wolf form, comforts the distraught and severely depressed Bella. In the second novel, New Moon, Edward and the other Cullens leave Forks in an effort to keep Bella safe from the vampire world. Bella expresses a desire to become a vampire herself, against Edward's wishes. However, she soon discovers that the family is a coven of vampires. In Twilight, Bella moves to her father's home in Forks, Washington, meets the mysterious Cullen family, and falls in love with Edward Cullen.

#Twilight author series#

The Twilight series is primarily narrated from Bella's point of view. Isabella Marie ' Bella' Swan (later Bella Cullen) is the fictional protagonist of the Twilight series, written by Stephenie Meyer.