Carlisle Cullen
Carlisle Cullen was born in the 1640’s in London, England. His father was an Anglican pastor who led hunts for werewolves, witches, and vampires. Many times though, they ended up killing innocent people. When Carlisle’s father got older, he put Carlisle in charge of leading the hunts. He was smarter than his father, though. He found a coven of real vampires living in the sewers of London. Carlisle led the raid against this coven and ended up getting attacked and was left in the street bleeding.
Knowing his father would oppose him severly, Carlisle hid in a pile of potatoes and emerged three days later as a vampire. He hated what he had become and even tried various ways of killing himself, including starvation, drowning, and jumping off cliffs. Eventually, he was so desperate for blood that while he was hiding in a cave in a forest he attacked and fed on a herd of passing deer. He found that he could survive off animal blood and he considered this much more humane than drinking the blood of a human, there by killing them.
Over the course of about two centuries Carlisle was able to perfect his ability to resist the bloodlust caused by the scent of human blood. He became a brilliant doctor. While Carlisle was studying in Italy when he stumbled across a coven of ancient vampires called the Volturi. They were very educated and refined vampires,but still drank human blood. The main three vampires were Aro, Marcus, and Caius. They attempted to convert Carlisle to his natural food source, but were unsuccessful.
Carlisle then moved on to the New World where he ended up working night shifts in a Chicago hospital during the Spanish Flu epidemic. During this time, he came across a sick women, Elizabeth Masen. She was dying of the flu and so was her son, Edward. Elizabeth sensed something about Carlisle and knew he could save her son. That’s exactly what she told him to do.
Out of lonliness, Carlisle changed Edward; and Edward became his companion. In 1921, Carlisle and Edward moved to Wisconsin, where Carlisle treated Esme after a failed suicide attempt spurred by a miscarriage. He felt compelled to save her life, having already treated her for a broken leg in her adolescence, and changed her as well. They fell in love and married.
Carlisle then turnedRosalie, a young woman who was raped and almost killed by her drunken fiance and his friends, who then left her in the street to die. She was intended for Edward but that never did happen.
Carlisle and his family moved to Forks, Washington where they had previously made a treaty with the Quiluete tribe led by a werewolf named Ephraim Black. The treaty stated that the Quileutes would leave the Cullens alone if the Cullens would refrain from biting humans – whether to kill or change them – or trespassing on Quileute land. Because of the treaty, the Cullens were able to live in relative peace.
Carlisle presently works at the hospital in Forks, becoming their chief doctor.
Carlisle is described as looking like a model; the perfection of beauty. He has blond hair, is six foot two inches, and was 23 when he was changed. He was described as a movie star. As soon as Carlisle was settled and married to Esme, Charlie said that these admirations were quickly hushed in the hospital. Carlisle is slight but muscular.
Carlisle’s most prominent personality trait is his compassion.
As a result of Carlisle being a vampire, he has many enhanced abilities such as running at high speeds, incredible strength, and incredible compassion. Carlisle came up with his own theory as to why certain vampires such as Edward, Alice, and Jasper have enhanced abilities. He believes that all people who become vampires bring something from their previous, human life into their new, vampire existence. Carlisle is also immortal, and has had centuries to perfect his medicinal talents, therefore making him an excellent doctor. Unlike most vampires, he is not at all tempted by the scent of human blood due to the over 300 years he’s spent holding back his temptations. He also uses the scent of blood to help him in the workplace, often using his “curse” to his advantage. He also believes that every vampire that is created, in their old life, their strongest ability is enhanced. What he brought into his next life was his compassion.