Twilight

by Stephenie Meyer

Bella Swan moves to Forks, Washington, and falls in love with Edward Cullen — a vampire who has spent a century avoiding human attachment. Their relationship unfolds against supernatural dangers, ancient vampire covens, and werewolf rivalries. Four books charting love, transformation, and the cost of forever.

52 characters, locations, and items in this world codex.

Characters

• Edward Cullen — A 108-year-old vampire trapped in a seventeen-year-old body, Edward reads minds and falls irrevocably in love with the one human whose thoughts he can
• Isabella 'Bella' Cullen — A clumsy, introspective human who chose vampirism for love — Bella's mental shield makes her the most powerful defensive vampire in existence and the
• Carlisle Cullen — Over three centuries old and still the most compassionate person in any room — Carlisle built a family of vampires who choose mercy, founding the vege
• Esme Cullen — The heart of the Cullen family — Esme's boundless maternal love holds together a coven of immortals who might otherwise have fractured under the weigh
• Alice Cullen — A tiny, pixie-like vampire who sees the future in branching visions — Alice is equal parts fashion hurricane, strategic mastermind, and Bella's fierce
• Jasper Hale — A scarred Civil War veteran turned vampire soldier turned reluctant pacifist — Jasper manipulates emotions and fights the bloodlust harder than any Cu
• Emmett Cullen — The biggest, strongest, and most cheerful Cullen — Emmett treats immortality as an endless opportunity for fun and approaches every fight with a grin.
• Rosalie Hale — Devastatingly beautiful and bitterly aware of what immortality cost her — Rosalie would trade everything about being a vampire for the chance to grow
• Renesmee Carlie Cullen — Half-vampire, half-human, growing at an alarming rate — Renesmee can transmit her thoughts through touch and is the living proof that hybrids are not
• Aro — The ancient, smiling leader of the Volturi whose gentle demeanor masks a collector's obsession — Aro reads your entire life through a single touch and
• Caius — The cruelest of the three Volturi leaders — Caius despises weakness, desires war, and would have destroyed the Cullens without hesitation if Aro had n
• Marcus — The grieving Volturi leader who sees the bonds between all living things — Marcus lost his mate millennia ago and has existed in hollow apathy ever si
• Jane — The Volturi's most feared weapon — a child-sized vampire who can make anyone collapse in screaming agony with a glance, and who delights in using her
• Alec — Jane's twin brother and the Volturi's other superweapon — Alec removes all senses completely, leaving victims blind, deaf, and numb in an inescapable
• Demetri — The Volturi's inescapable tracker — once Demetri has sensed your mind, he can find you anywhere on the planet, making escape from the Volturi impossib
• Felix — The Volturi's muscle — Felix is physically the most powerful member of the Guard, handling executions and enforcement with brute strength where others
• Chelsea — The Volturi's hidden weapon — Chelsea manipulates emotional bonds, strengthening loyalty to Aro and severing ties between enemies, making her the glue
• Jacob Black — A Quileute shape-shifter who transforms into a massive russet wolf — Jacob loved Bella, lost her to a vampire, and then imprinted on her half-vampire
• Sam Uley — The first Quileute to phase in a generation and Alpha of the original pack — Sam carries the weight of leadership and the guilt of scarring the woman
• Leah Clearwater — The only female shape-shifter in Quileute history — fierce, bitter, and heartbroken after Sam imprinted on her cousin, Leah fights twice as hard to pr
• Seth Clearwater — The youngest and most optimistic wolf — Seth genuinely likes the Cullens, fights alongside Edward without hesitation, and sees no reason why vampires
• Paul Lahote — The most volatile wolf in the pack — Paul's hair-trigger temper makes him the quickest to phase in anger and the most dangerous to be around when prov
• Embry Call — Jacob's quiet, loyal friend whose unknown father is a source of tribal controversy — Embry is steady, dependable, and one of the original young wolves
• Billy Black — Jacob's wheelchair-bound father and Quileute elder — Billy knows the old legends are true and tried desperately to keep Bella away from the Cullens be
• Charlie Swan — Forks police chief, Bella's father, and a man who suspects far more than he lets on — Charlie shows love through awkward silences, fish fry dinners, a
• Emily Young — Sam's imprint and the heart of the wolf pack's home — Emily bears scars from Sam's accidental phase and loves him anyway, feeding every wolf who walks
• Tanya Denali — Leader of the Denali coven and the Cullens' closest allies — Tanya is a thousand-year-old succubus who once pursued Edward and now stands with his fam
• Kate Denali — A Denali vampire with an electrokinetic gift — Kate can deliver an incapacitating shock through skin contact, and she fell in love with the nomad Garr
• Irina Denali — A Denali vampire whose grief over Laurent's death led her to report Renesmee to the Volturi — a mistake that cost Irina her life when the Volturi dest
• Eleazar — A former Volturi Guard who can identify supernatural abilities in vampires — Eleazar left the Volturi for the Denali coven and a life of conscience al
• James — A sadistic tracker vampire who hunted Bella for sport — James lived for the thrill of the chase and died for underestimating the coven that protected
• Victoria — James's mate and a vampire with a supernatural gift for escape — Victoria spent years building a newborn army to avenge James by destroying Bella and
• Laurent — A nomad vampire who briefly allied with James before switching sides — Laurent tried the vegetarian lifestyle for Irina's sake but could not resist hu
• Riley Biers — A young man turned into a vampire and manipulated by Victoria into leading her newborn army — Riley believed Victoria loved him and died for that lie.
• Garrett — A Revolutionary War veteran turned adventurous nomad vampire — Garrett came to witness the Volturi confrontation, fell for Kate Denali, and stayed to
• Benjamin — An Egyptian vampire with the extraordinary ability to control the physical elements — earth, wind, water, and fire — making him one of the most powerf
• Zafrina — A towering Amazon coven vampire who projects vivid visual illusions — Zafrina can make you see anything she wants or blind you entirely, and she befri
• Nahuel — A 150-year-old half-vampire from South America whose testimony saved the Cullens — Nahuel proved that vampire-human hybrids reach maturity and stop ag
• Carmen — Eleazar's mate and a warm, compassionate member of the Denali coven — Carmen was the first to accept Renesmee without fear, trusting her instincts ove
• Renee Dwyer — Bella's scatterbrained, loving mother who lives in sunny Phoenix — Renee is the reason Bella learned to be the responsible one, and she has no idea he

Locations

• Forks, Washington — The rainiest town in the continental United States — a small, perpetually overcast logging community on the Olympic Peninsula where the Cullen family
• La Push Reservation — The Quileute tribal reservation on the Pacific coast — ancestral homeland of the shape-shifting wolf pack and a place where the old legends are more t
• The Cullen House — A stunning modern house hidden deep in the forest outside Forks — beautiful, open, and filled with centuries of accumulated culture by a family of vam
• Forks High School — A small-town high school where the Cullen siblings are the most beautiful and most avoided students — and where Bella Swan's arrival disrupts years of
• Volterra, Italy — An ancient Tuscan hill city that conceals the underground fortress of the Volturi — the oldest and most powerful vampire coven in the world, who enfor
• The Meadow — A hidden clearing deep in the forest outside Forks — Edward and Bella's private sanctuary, where he first reveals what he is by stepping into the sunl
• Isle Esme — A private tropical island off the coast of Brazil — Carlisle's gift to Esme and the location of Edward and Bella's honeymoon, where everything changes
• Denali, Alaska — The vast Alaskan wilderness claimed by the Denali coven — the Cullens' closest allies and fellow 'vegetarian' vampires who hunt animals instead of hum
• The Clearing — A large open field in the forest near Forks — where the Cullens play baseball during thunderstorms and where the final confrontation with the Volturi
• First Beach — The rocky, driftwood-strewn beach at La Push where Jacob first tells Bella the Quileute legends about the Cold Ones — planting the seed that unravels
• The Swan House — Charlie Swan's small two-bedroom house in Forks — Bella's reluctant home, where she learns to live in a town she didn't choose and a life that's about
• Phoenix, Arizona — The sun-scorched city where Bella grew up — the antithesis of Forks in every way, and the place where James the tracker lures her into a near-fatal tr

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