Alice Cullen

The Basics—

• Name: Alice Cullen, formerly Mary Alice Brandon in her human life
• Date of Birth: 1901
• Place of Birth: Biloxi, Mississippi
• Current Residence: Forks, Washington
• Status: Vampire
• Date of Transformation: 1920
• Source of Transformation: An old vampire who worked at the asylum where Alice was living.

Physical Appearance—

• Hair Color: Black, short and spiky (Twilight, pg. 18)
• Eye Color: Vampire Gold (gold, not red, because of her "vegetarian" lifestyle)
• Height: 4’10”
• Other: She's described as "pixie like" with small features and a thin body frame. (Twilight, pg. 18)

Associations—

• Family: Alice had a sister named Cynthia in her human life (New Moon, pg. 400), but she barely remembers a thing from that time and stoutly considers the Cullens her family.
• Significant Other: Jasper Hale
• Friends: Bella and Charlie Swan

Personality/Characteristics—

• Special Abilities/Talents: The psychic ability to see the future, but only once decisions have been made. Otherwise, the future is too influx to be seen.
• Hobbies: Fashion, shopping, decorating and party-planning.
• Description: Alice is fun-loving and open and was one of the first vampires to accept Bella into the family. She has something of an adventurous spirit, is very accepting and compassionate, as well as protective of those she loves. She enjoys nothing more than the opportunity to throw extravagant parties and frequently coerces Bella into said parties.

Miscellaneous—

• Car: Yellow Porsche Turbo
• Actor Portraying Her in the Film(s): Ashley Greene

Personal History—

In her youth as a human, Alice was admitted to an asylum because of the visions she was having of the future. During her stay, she gained the affections of an older vampire who worked there. James had found the older vampire’s attachment to Alice intriguing and decided to hunt her, but he never got the chance to finish the chase because the elder vampire bit Alice in order to save her. All of this self-knowledge was lost to her after she changed (Twilight, pg. 447-448). Later, Alice learned that her parents admitted her to the asylum and then pretended that she had died (New Moon, pg. 401.)

After being turned into a vampire, Alice wandered for years, with only her visions of the future to keep her grounded. In them, she saw Carlisle and the rest of the Cullens, and knew that one day she would join their family. She also foresaw Jasper and understood that they were meant to be together. She was able to see where it was they would meet for the first time, and went to wait for him there. Eventually, he unknowingly stumbled in, and she greeted him as if they were old friends who were supposed to have met up ages ago. Together, they set off to find the Cullens, and have been with them ever since (Eclipse, pg. 301-302.)

Out of all the Cullens, Bella is closest to Alice after Edward, and consequently Alice has played a prominent role in all of Bella’s life-threatening encounters. When James was on the hunt for Bella, Alice escorted her into hiding in Phoenix along with Jasper (Twilight, pg. 406). In New Moon, Alice was the first to return to Forks and find Bella in her depressed state. Along with Bella, Alice traveled to Italy in order to save Edward’s life when he went there asking the Volturi to kill him, having thought Bella had committed suicide (New Moon, pg. 419). In Breaking Dawni>, Alice and Jasper were critical in saving Renesmee and the Cullens from the Volturi by proving that hybrids were not a danger to vampire society. She and Jasper are also extremely close, with Jasper often crediting Alice for his strength to stop hunting humans.

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