passed off as Esme‘s twin orphaned cousins.
Eventually, the Cullen family returned to Washington State, this time to Forks, somewhat north of their previous location. Carlisle took a job at Forks Hospital and became well regarded in the community as a doctor and a citizen.
FAMOUS QUOTES
NAME: Edward Anthony Masen Cullen
DATE OF BIRTH: June 20, 1901
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: 1918, at age 17
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Carlisle Cullen
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Chicago, Illinois
HAIR COLOR: Bronze
EYE COLOR: Green (human); gold/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 6‘2?
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Edward is thin and lanky but muscular. He has untidy bronze hair and boyish looks.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: He can read the thoughts of anyone in close proximity to him, with the exception of Bella Cullen.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: He has two medical degrees but has never worked as a doctor. His other graduate degrees are in literature, mathematics, law, mechanical engineering, several languages, art history, and international business. Edward owns his family‘s house in Chicago, and about every fifty years or so, he ?inherits? his family fortune from himself.
HOBBIES: He loves music — he plays a variety of instruments, sings, and has an extensive vinyl and CD collection. He also enjoys collecting cars.
VEHICLES: A silver Volvo S60R and a silver Aston Martin V12 Vanquish FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: He is married to Bella Cullen and has a daughter, Renesmee Cullen. He is the natural son of Edward and Elizabeth Masen, and the
?adopted? son of Carlisle and Esme Cullen. He thinks of himself as a brother to Alice and Emmett Cullen, as well as to Rosalie and Jasper Hale.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Edward was born to Edward and Elizabeth Masen on June 20, 1901. He was their only child. His father, a successful lawyer, provided Edward with many advantages, including music lessons and the opportunity to attend private school; however, although his father provided for Edward in material ways, he was emotionally distant and often away from home on business.
This absence was made up for by Edward‘s close relationship with his mother; he was the center of her life.
Edward excelled at his studies and became an accomplished pianist. As he grew older, Edward became enamored of the life of a soldier. World War I raged during most of his adolescence, and Edward dreamed of the day he could join the battle. His mother‘s greatest fear was that she would lose Edward in the war. Every night she prayed that it would end before her only son turned eighteen and was old enough to enlist.
Nine months before his eighteenth birthday, the Spanish influenza hit Chicago, infecting all of Edward‘s family. Gravely ill, they were treated in the hospital where Dr. Carlisle Cullen worked. Edward‘s father quickly succumbed to the disease. On her deathbed and fearing for her son‘s life, Elizabeth Masen begged Dr. Cullen to do what was necessary to save her son.
Somehow she seemed to know Dr. Cullen had a supernatural means to save Edward.
?Unfortunately Edward isn‘t based on anybody — he is all imagination and wishing.
I think his allure is partially due to his old-fashioned manners. He‘s a gentleman, and those are hard to come by these days.? —Stephenie
Moved by Elizabeth Masen‘s plea and having already thoroughly considered the idea of creating a companion, Carlisle took Edward from the hospital late that night, carrying the unconscious boy to his home. There Edward became the first human Carlisle changed into a vampire.
?AND THEN HIS FINGERS FLOWED SWIFTLY ACROSS THE IVORY, AND
THE ROOM WAS FILLED WITH A COMPOSITION SO COMPLEX, SO
LUXURIANT, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE ONLY ONE SET OF HANDS
PLAYED.?
— Bella, on Edward (
Edward formed a deep bond with Carlisle, who became a father to him, gaining Edward‘s trust and love the way his natural father never had. It was Carlisle who first realized that Edward possessed mind-reading abilities; he noticed Edward answering questions that Carlisle had not asked aloud. Edward had always had a knack for reading people; after his transformation, this ability blossomed into a true psychic talent.
Edward‘s new family gained a member when Carlisle transformed Esme to save her life after her suicide
