Isabella (Bella) Marie Swan
Bella is the main character and protagonist, along with being the narrator of the novel. She was born September 13, 1987 to Charlie Swan and Renée Dwyer, though her parents are divorced. She moved from Phoenix, Arizona, where she lived with her mother, to Forks, Washington, to live with her father. She always does what she believes is best for others she loves even if it means sacrificing herself and her needs. She is also extremely clumsy, which leads to many injuries throughout the course of the book. She falls in love with Edward Cullen and rekindles her friendship with Jacob Black shortly after moving back to Forks. Even though she is in love with Edward, she is not willing to end her friendship with Jake. This causes tension between the three characters and creates a love triangle dynamic.
Edward Anthony Masen Cullen
Edward Cullen was born on June 20, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois. His name was Edward Anthony Masen, Jr. He is a deuteragonist and a round character. He is conflicted between loving Bella and his nature and works very hard to keep her soul intact so she can eventually go to Heaven. For being a vampire, Edward is rather "religious" and believes he will go to Hell for being a vampire. is Edward is a telepathic vampire and the second member of the Olympic coven, which is led by Carlisle Cullen. He is the adoptive son of Carlisle and Esme Cullen. His adoptive siblings are Emmett and Alice Cullen, and Rosalie and Jasper Hale. Near death during the Spanish influenza outbreak in 1918, Edward was turned to by Carlisle as the only alternative to his imminent death. Over the next 90 years, they gained more family members, all near death. He breaks off from the Cullens at one point and hunts rapists and murderers to eat, yet he still faces much guilt for killing these people. Since his brief taste for human blood, he has vowed to be a "vegetarian" and only eats animals. By the end of Eclipse, he is engaged to Bella Swan.
Jacob Black
Jacob "Jake" Black is a protagonist and best friend to Bella. He is a member of the Quileute tribe and the wolf clan, as a part of Sam Uley's pack, where he is second-in-command (Beta), though only because he forfeited his spot as Alpha to Sam when he first became a wolf. He first began shifting into a wolf in New Moon.
He is deeply in love with Bella, although she is in love with Edward. He becomes overconfident that Bella loves him over Edward, and frequently tries to push this mentality into her. He forcefully kisses her to try to prove this point. Later in the novel, Bella realizes that she does, in fact, love Jacob, but her love for Edward is stronger, which leads her to choose Edward over him. Although he is heartbroken at her choice, he must accept it and agree to stop trying to come between them.
Charlie Swan
Charlie Swan is the father to Bella and the Chief of Police in Forks, Washington. Bella's mother, Renèe, left him when Bella was a child. In Twilight, Bella moves to Forks to live with Charlie. Charlie is shown to be very protective over her throughout the series, though very distrustful and skeptical of Edward Cullen. Charlie is also very scared of losing her and frets over her safety often, seeing as he had very little custody of her for 17 years till she moved to Forks. In Eclipse, he frequently tries to encourage her to spend time with her school friends and her friends from the Quileute tribe (namely Jacob) over Edward. He fears that she is spending a worrisome amount of time with the Cullens over other characters, and does his best to change that and prevent her from getting hurt.
Carlisle Cullen
Carlisle Cullen is a very important character but significant to the plot. He is the founder and leader of the Olympic coven. He was born in 1640 in London, England, and was raised by a reverend. He was killed and transformed into a vampire during a "Vampire hunt" led by his extremely religious father. He is married to Esme Cullen after saving her from death. They are the adoptive parents of Emmett, Alice, Edward Cullen, and Jasper and Rosalie Hale. Carlisle's compassion allowed him to perfect his lifestyle as a "vegetarian" vampire, surviving only on animal blood. He practiced restraint to the point he is able to resist human blood entirely, working as a doctor. He believes he must give back (by working as a sought-after doctor) for the sins he committed (hunting vampires and becoming one). Humility is extremely important to Carlisle and he teaches it to his children
Esme Cullen
Born Esme Anne Platt in 1895, Esme married Charlie Evenson. She was changed by Carlisle after attempting suicide by jumping off a cliff following the loss of her baby. She was found by Edward, who brought her back to Carlisle, who saved her. She married Carlisle after her transformation. She is the adoptive mother of Alice, Emmett, Edward Cullen, and Rosalie and Jasper Hale. She is a caring and incredible mother and is adored by all her children.
Alice Cullen
Alice is Edward's closest sibling. She has always supported Bella and Edward's relationship. Alice can see into the future and the Cullens use her gift to their advantage during the war against the newborn vampires. Little is known about her backstory but she was the only Cullen to not be turned by Carlisle (Excluding Jasper Hale). She was turned after being placed in an institution for her human intuition into the future which was magnified once she became a vampire. She used her prediction of the future to find Jasper, and then once she found him, they became "vegetarians" and found the rest of the Cullens.
Rosalie Lillian Hale
Rosalie offers an alternative perpective into vampirism as she is the only one who wishes she was able to live as a human and die. She begins by not supporting Bella's choice or liking her, to protecting her. Though she is never the biggest fan of Bella, they become closer in Breaking Dawn.She was born 1915 in Rochester, New York. She married Emmett Cullen after she saw him and saved him from being mauled by a bear. She is the adoptive daughter of Carlisle and Esme Cullen, and the "sister" of Jasper Hale (they pretend to be twins). She was engaged to Royce King II when she was a human. She was turned by Carlisle in 1933 after he found her on the brink of death following being raped and beaten by her fiancé and his friends.
Jasper Hale
Jasper was transformed into a Vampire by Maria, an older vampire, to fight as a soldier in her army of newborn vampires during the Civil War. He was vicious and ruthless, killing thousands of humans and vampires. Exhausted from the violence and killing, he ran away and met Alice who adopted him into the clan of Cullens. He still struggles with his new "vegetarian" diet as a part of the Cullen family. As the best fighter in the coven, due to his "military" experience, Jasper is the one to lead the strategy lessons given to Sam's pack and the Cullens to prepare them for their battle against Victoria and her newborn army. Jasper is also able to change the moods of people and vampires around him which was used as a type of anestethic when he had to kill newborns in the war.
Emmett Cullen
Emmett Cullen is a member of the Olympic coven. He is married to Rosalie and is the adoptive son of Carlisle and Esme. He was turned by Carlisle after Rosalie found him mauled by a bear and carried him miles to Carlisle. He goes on frequent hunting trips with the other men in the Olympic coven. In Eclipse, he helps Edward and Jacob track the intruder in Bella's room, and, being the strongest vampire in the Olympic coven physically, he is vital to Jasper's training lessons, where he portrays an example newborn.
Victoria
Victoria is the primary antagonist. She was the mate of James, who was killed by Edward after he attempted to kill Bella in Twilight. She created Riley and an army of newborns by attacking and turning civilians in Seattle, Washington to help her get her revenge by killing the Cullens and Bella. She has the ability to detect danger and is tricky for the Cullens to catch cause she tends to avoid direct confrontation.
Riley Biers
Riley is a secondary antagonist. He was made into a newborn by Victoria in the beginning of Eclipse. He acts solely out of his love and loyalty for Victoria, though she just leads him on since her mate was James. He attempts to control her newborn army for her and is ultimately killed when she refuses to save him.
The Volturi
The Volturi are a clan from Italy. They are considered the vampire authority and are reportedly responsible for explaining the vampire rules to newborns. They are playing behind the scenes as antagonists to the Cullens and their allies. They also allow the newborn army to get bigger then they normally would out of their leader's desire to recruit Alice and Edward to the clan.
Jane Volturi
One of the most significant members of the Volturi, Jane has the ability to induce a crippling and incapacitating pain in the minds of people. She has always liked Bella for being immune to her pain ability. She arrives in Forks after Victoria's newborn army has been defeated to fulfill what the Volturi should have already done and make sure that the army is all dead.
Sam Uley
Sam is a Quileute tribe member and the Alpha to the La Push wolf pack, named after him as the Uley pack. He is the first to begin shifting into a wolf upon the Cullen's return to Forks, sometime in Twilight, New Moon, or just before. He is the grandson of Levi Uley and, through heritage, has the current claim to Alpha, which he offers to the rightful claim, Jacob, who turns the position down. He is imprinted (and therefore in a dedicated relationship) with Emily Young who he accidentally deformed after shifting into a wolf and hurting her. In Eclipse, Sam's main concern is tracking down and killing Victoria and her allies along with the rest of his pack. He agrees to side with the Cullens to erase their common enemy Victoria and her newborn army.
Seth Clearwater
Seth is one of the youngest members of the Quileute tribe, and by extension, Sam's pack. He is described as kind-hearted, optimistic, and joyful. He venerates Jacob and seems eager to be a part of something important. He is Bella's reluctant protector when the rest of the pack deems him, at just 15, too young to be a part of the battle. There, he serves as a connection between Bella's camp with Edward and Jacob and the fight in the clearing, through werewolf telepathy. He is one of the first pack wolves to warm up to the Cullen family and forms a friendship with Edward near the end of the novel due to his friendly nature. He struggles with the loss of his dad which changes how he interperates things.
Quil and Embry
Quil Ateara V and Embry Call are two Quileute teenagers who are part of Sam Uley's pack. Though they are relatively minor characters throughout the series, they are evidently Jacob's best friends apart from Bella and often accompany him during confrontations and such. They fight alongside the Cullens during the battle with Victoria.
Renèe Dwyer
Renèe is a minor character and Bella's loving mother. Though she is a good mother, she tends to be slightly self-absorbed and puts her well-being before that of her daughters. She remarried and moved from Phoenix, Arizona, to Jacksonville, Florida, with her new husband, Phil.
Mike Newton
Mike Newton goes to Bella and Edward's school in Forks. He is extremely friendly to Bella and is consistently vying for her attention. As well as numerously taking digs at Edward and asking Bella on dates.
Angela Weber
Angela Weber is a friend of Bella's and a classmate to both Bella and Edward. She is shy yet kind, and part of the protagonists. Bella recalls early in the book that between New Moon and Eclipse, Bella's friends broke into two groups, with Angela leading the group that Bella chooses to stay with. She attends the graduation party at the Cullen's with her boyfriend Ben Cheney.
Jessica Stanley
Jessica Stanley also goes to Forks High with Bella. She is friendly and cheerful. She has a crush on Mike and sometimes resents his attention towards Bella.
Eric Yorkie
Eric is the first student that Bella meets at her new school. He is cheerful and is a friend of Mike and Jessica. He also makes numerous moves on Bella.
Bree Tanner
Bree Tanner is the character that spans the Eclipse Novela: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. She is turned into a newborn to fight for Victoria, and after arriving on the battlefield with the Cullens, she quickly surrenders, and they don't kill her. They offer her a position in their coven if she agrees to stop killing humans. She accepts but is killed by Jane Volturi when she arrives and is shown no mercy.
