<P> In Twilight, Bella moves to her father's home in Forks, Washington, meets the mysterious Cullen family, and falls in love with Edward Cullen . However, she soon discovers that the family is a coven of vampires . Bella expresses a desire to become a vampire herself, against Edward's wishes . In the second novel, New Moon, Edward and the other Cullens leave Forks in an effort to keep Bella safe from the vampire world . 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 . She comes to care for Jacob, though less than she loves Edward . In Eclipse, Bella becomes engaged to Edward, and they marry in Breaking Dawn . Edward then transforms Bella into a vampire after she nearly dies giving birth to their daughter, Renesmee . Bella has the ability to shield her mind (from mind reading, attacks, etc .), which she had as a human . 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 . </P> <P> Kristen Stewart plays Bella in the Twilight film series . </P> <P> Edward Cullen (born Edward Anthony Masen) is a major character, implicated in all of the Twilight Saga films and books . 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. Carlisle Cullen . As shown in Twilight, Carlisle only did so because Edward's dying mother, Elizabeth, begged him to save Edward . A member of the Olympic Coven, Edward only drinks animal blood and has the special ability to read minds . He falls in love with Bella soon after she arrives in Forks . 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 returned because he realized he cannot live without her . Edward marries Bella in Breaking Dawn and they have a daughter, Renesmee . </P> <P> Robert Pattinson plays Edward in the Twilight film series . </P>

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