Born on June 20, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. A telepathic vampire  and a founding member of the Olympic coven. He is the husband of Bella and the father of Renesmee. He is the adoptive son of Carlisle and Esme. He is the adoptive brother of Emmet, Alice, Rosalie and Jasper. After nearly dying from the Spanish influenza in 1918 in Chicago, he was turned into a vampire by Carlisle, as the only alternative to death. Over the next ninety years, they gathered a family of vampires around themselves.