?THIS IS ISLE ESME…. A GIFT FROM CARLISLE — ESME OFFERED TO
LET US BORROW IT.?
— Edward, to Bella (
NAME: Esme Anne Platt Evenson Cullen
DATE OF BIRTH: 1895
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: 1921, at age 26
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Carlisle Cullen
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Columbus, Ohio
HAIR COLOR: Caramel brown
EYE COLOR: Brown (human); gold/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘6?
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Esme has a heart-shaped face. Her body is small and slender, but curvy.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She does not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: She has degrees in architecture and art, and has also studied photography.
HOBBIES: She loves to restore old houses.
VEHICLE: None; she borrows one of her family members‘ cars whenever she needs a vehicle.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: Before her transformation, she was married to Charles Evenson and had a son who died shortly after birth. She is currently married to Carlisle and considers Edward Cullen, Rosalie Hale, Emmett Cullen, Alice Cullen, and Jasper Hale her children; Bella Cullen her daughter-in-law; and Renesmee Cullen her granddaughter.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Esme Anne Platt grew up on a farm outside of Columbus, Ohio. As a child, she lived a happy life, although in her teen years she found it hard to conform to the behavior that was expected of a respectable young lady at the time.
Although she mentioned it to no one at the time, meeting Carlisle affected her deeply.
In 1911, Esme fell and broke her leg while climbing a tree. The local doctor was away, and she ended up being treated by Dr. Carlisle Cullen. Although she mentioned it to no one at the time, meeting Carlisle affected her deeply. He was unlike anyone she had ever met — genuinely thoughtful, and truly interested in what she had to say. Unfortunately, he was in town only briefly and soon left, but she never forgot him.
Esme‘s friends began to marry, and before long she was the only one still unwed. Esme wanted to fall in love herself, but she never found anyone who measured up to her memory of Carlisle. Esme tried to persuade her father to allow her to pursue a teaching position in the West, but he didn‘t think it was respectable for a lady to live alone in the wilds. Instead, her father pressured her to accept the son of a family friend who wanted to marry her. Several years Esme‘s senior, Charles Evenson had good prospects. Esme was indifferent to Charles, but not opposed to him, so she agreed to the marriage to please her father.
Esme quickly discovered that the marriage was a mistake; Charles‘s public face was very different from his private one. He physically abused her. Her parents rejected her plea for asylum; they counseled her to be a ?good wife? and keep quiet. When Charles left to fight in World War I, it was an enormous relief. When he returned unscathed in 1919, it was a nightmare.
Soon after his return, Esme became pregnant. The baby was Esme‘s motivation to escape — she would not bring a child into Charles‘s home. Esme ran away and went to stay with a cousin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. When her husband discovered her whereabouts, she fled to
Ashland, Wisconsin, where she posed as a war widow. In order to support herself, Esme pursued her old dream of being a schoolteacher.
Esme began building a life for herself and her baby. She loved the unborn child more than her own life. But two days after her son was born, he died of lung fever. Feeling as if she had lost everything, Esme walked to a cliff outside of town and jumped.
