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Bella

Isabella Swan

Bella was born on the 13th of September, in the small, wet town of Forks, Washington State. At a very young age her parents got divorced and she moved with her mother, Renee to Phoenix, Arizona. Her mom remarried a minor league baseball player, Phil. Selflessly at 16, Bella decides to move to Forks and live with her father

Edward

Edward Cullen

Edward was born Edward Anthony Masen on June 20, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. In 1918 the Spanish influenza left Edward orphaned and on his death bed. Carlisle Cullen, Edwards doctor at the time, acting on the dying wish of Edwards mother made the decision to save Edwards life by making him immortal, a vampire, frozen forever at 17

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Jacob Black

Jacob was born in La push on the Indian reservation to Sarah and Billy Black. He is fifteen when we meet him in Twilight. Jacobs mother died in a car accident when he was younger and so he lives in a tiny house with his father. His sisters, Rachel and Rebecca have left La Push to pursue their own lives

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Alice Cullen

Alice was born, Mary Alice Brandon around 1901 in Biloxi, Mississippi. Her true date of birth is unknown because she has no recollection of her human life. She later discovers that at 19, her family had her admitted to an asylum because of her premonitions, the day she was admitted, is the same as the  date on her tombstone, and naturally the same day she became a vampire

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Jasper Hale

Jasper Hale was born Jasper Whitlock in Texas in 1843. At the ripe age of 17 he joined the confederate States Army to serve in the Civil War. He ascended through the ranks quickly, believed by his father to be the result of his very charismatic personality, and became the youngest ranked Major of his time. Noticing his potential during the Civil War, which was running concurrently with a notorious Vampire war, Maria decided to change Jasper, just 20 years old, in order to make him an ally on her side

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Rosalie Hale

Rosalie was born Rosalie Lillian Hale in 1915 in Rochester, New York. She was the daughter of a well off banker. In her human years, all Rosalie wanted was to have a husband and children surrounded by luxury and to be waited on hand and foot. She was envious of her best friend Vera, who despite being plain, had a husband and a beautiful baby boy. Rosalie was Beautiful and knew her looks could not be matched but she craved a family of her own. Carlisle found Rosalie one night after a terrible incident, by picking up the scent of her blood, he decided to change her rather than let her die. Rosalie was 18 at the time

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Emmett Cullen

Emmett McCarty was born in 1915, we know little about his human life except that he was adventurous. In 1935 while Emmet was on a hunting trip in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, where he was living at the time, was mauled by a bear. His injuries were so serious that if it had not been for Rosalie Hale, also hunting in the area, carrying him over 100 miles to Carlisle, he would have died. At 20, Emmet joined the Cullen family as Rosalies partner

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Carlisle Cullen

Carlisle Cullen was born in the 1640’s in London, England. His father was an Anglican pastor who believed in ‘evil’ creatures such as vampires, witches and werewolves; he used to lead hunts in order to annihilate the species’. When he grew too old to hunt, the responsibility fell on Carlisle, who was not as eager to condemn innocent people to death and eventually, found a true coven of weak vampires. During the hunt, Carlisle was bitten and, for fear of his father, underwent the painful 3-day transformation alone and without making a sound

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Esme Cullen

Esme was born Esme Anne Platt, in 1895 in Columbus, Ohio. In her first marriage Esme gave birth to a son, he died a few days later and so, grief-stricken, at 26, she tried to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff. When she was found she was immediately assumed dead and taken to the morgue rather than the hospital. Carlisle followed the faint sound of a slowing heartbeat to discover Esme still alive, but barely. He bit her and cared for her while the venom healed her body and stopped her heart