History Characters / TheTwilightSaga

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Bella faints a lot and gets overwhelmed easily.

* CoolLoser: Bella is an inversion. She's socially awkward, clumsy and generally uncool, but everyone warms up to her the minute she gets to town and soon enough she has her own little circle of friends.

* AffablyEvil: Actually, make that FauxAffablyEvil, since Aro is "never more dangerous than when he was gracious."

* LoveHurts: She hates still having feelings for Sam, because she knows he cannot be with her, but due to being a werewolf, she's stuck sharing a PsychicLink with him ''and'' gets to have front row seats to his HappilyEverAfter with Emily. It's one of the sources for her ongoing emotional pain.

* CanisMajor: The Quileute shapeshifters in the sequels turn into wolves as big as horses.
* CompellingVoice: An Alpha shapeshifter can give commands to his subordinates in the "voice of the Alpha" which they cannot just disobey, but they cannot command other Alphas.

** The psychic connection pack members share with their Alphas allows for an observed cascading effect, where in ''Literature/BreakingDawn'', Bella discovers that extending her [[PsychicBlockDefense mental shield]] over an Alpha provides protection for the entire pack.

* TeensAreShort: Alice is the smallest of the Cullen women.

* BloodKnight: Caius is easily the most cruel of the Volturi. He obsessively devotes his time to heading the punitive expeditions of the Volturi's rule, and whenever the opportunity presents itself, he always advocates for the most draconian methods of handling situations, usually in favor of an executions or a massacre.

* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler: ''The Twilight Saga: the Official Illustrated Guide'' reveals that after the death of his wife Didyme and giving up hope for revenge, Marcus became suicidal. He was only prevented from ending his own life because of Aro having Chelsea use her gift to tie him to the Volturi]].

* AffablyEvil: Or at least in the novels, where he has a much more darkly playful attitude than his fellow Volturi members despite being their primary physical enforcer. Unlike [[FauxAffablyEvil Aro]], his attitude seems to be truly genuine: being [[VillainousFriendship openly friendly with both fellow Volturi members Dimitri and Heidi]] and giving Bella a genuine compliment and a friendly wink during the standoff between The Volturi and the Cullen Family and their allies in Breaking Dawn.

* StrongAndSkilled: WordOfGod has stated that Felix's talents are his unrivaled fighting skills as well as his SuperStrength, that no matter how good someone else is in combat, Felix always stays one or more steps ahead of them.

* MindRape: Like most of the Volturi's supernatural talents, Demetri's [[ScarilyCompetentTracker tracking gift]] is a variation of this. He captures the "essence" of someone's mind when he meets them, or through someone else who met them in the past, and then follows that essence like tracking a scent over any distance.

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: In the books, the Volturi hierarchy is determined by the color of their cloak. The leaders, the wives and Chelsea wear pure black, the permanent members of the guard wear shades of grey with Jane and Alec wearing the darkest shade, and Felix and the [[{{Mooks}} replaceable guards]] wear light gray.
* DeflectorShield: Renata, Aro's personal bodyguard, projects a psychic shield that repels an attacker by diverting them off in another direction with [[LaserGuidedAmnesia a confused memory of what they were doing in the first place]].

* MindRape: Most of the Volturi's supernatural talents are variations of this trope which adds to the coven's formidability. Notable examples include [[TouchTelepathy Aro]], [[AgonyBeam Jane]], [[SenseLossSadness Alec]] and [[ScarilyCompetentTracker Demetri]].

* {{Nepotism}}: One member of the guard, Afton has a permanent position, but not on his own merits. Though he has a shielding talent to make himself [[{{Invisibility}} invisible]] to others, Afton's power is severely limited: unlike [[PsychicBlockDefense Bella]] and [[DeflectorShield Renata]], he's unable to project his shield, only making himself invisible and someone with a strong enough focus can see through the illusion. He's only kept within the guard, simply because he's Chelsea's mate, and Chelsea gets everything she wants.

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Justified since they are Vampires.

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: In the books, the Volturi hierarchy is determined by the color of their cloak. The leaders, the wives and Chelsea wear pure black, the permanent members of the guard wear shades of grey with Jane and Alec wearing the darkest shade, and Felix and the [[Mooks replaceable guards]] wear light gray.

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: In the books, the Volturi hierarchy is determined by the color of their cloak. The leaders, the wives and Chelsea wear pure black, the permanent members of the guard wear shades of grey with Jane and Alec wearing the darkest shade, and Felix and the [[Mook replaceable guards]] wear light gray.

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: In the books, the Volturi hierarchy is determined by the color of their cloak. The actual coven and Chelsea (the linchpin for both the Volturi, in general) wear pure black, the permanent members of the guard wear shades of grey with Jane and Alec wearing the darkest shade, and the transitory members wear light gray.
* DeflectorShield: Renata, Aro's personal bodyguard, projects a psychic field that repels an attacker by sending them off in another direction with [[LaserGuidedAmnesia a confused memory of what they were doing in the first place]].

** Renata's DeflectorShield works against potential attackers by implanting a thought inside a charging attacker to go some other way with a confused memory of the reason why they were doing so.

** Corin induces individuals with a feeling (which has a addictive side effect) that leaves people content and satisfied no matter their present situation, so her primary job is to keep the Volturi wives (Sulpicia and Athenodora) content with their prison-like circumstances.
* {{Nepotism}}: One member of the guard, Afton has a permanent position, but not on his own merits. Though he has a shielding talent to make himself and those behind him [[{{Invisibility}} invisible]] to others, Afton's power is severely limited: unlike [[PsychicBlockDefense Bella]] and [[DeflectorShield Renata]], he's unable to shield others, only making himself invisible and someone with a strong enough focus can see through the illusion. He's only kept within the guard, simply because he's Chelsea's mate, and Chelsea gets everything she wants.

** Corin induces individuals with a influence (which has a addictive side effect) that leaves people satisfied no matter their present situation, so her primary job is to keep the Volturi wives (Sulpicia and Athenodora) content with their prison-like circumstances.
* {{Nepotism}}: Afton has a permanent position in the guard, but not on his own merits. Though he has a shielding talent of making himself and those behind him [[{{Invisibility}} invisible]] to others, Afton's power is severely limited. Unlike [[PsychicBlockDefense Bella]] and [[DeflectorShield Renata]], he can't project this shield out from himself, only making himself invisible and someone with a strong enough focus can see through the illusion. Afton is only kept within the guard, because he is Chelsea's mate, and Chelsea gets everything she wants.

* AmbitionIsEvil: When Caius and Athenodora first met Aro and Marcus, Caius was immediately interested in Aro's plans for dominating the vampire world and the idea of joining forces with the two immensely gifted vampires. In return, Aro was drawn to Caius' ambition and passionate capacity to hate.
* BloodKnight: Caius is easily the most cruel of the Volturi. He obsessively devotes his time to heading the punitive expeditions of the Volturi's rule, and whenever the opportunity occurs, he always advocates for the most draconian methods of handling situations, usually in favor of executions or bloodletting.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: After her transformation into a vampire, she kicks off her shoes before her first hunt, probably implying that she's getting into the same habit of going barefoot that the vampires from James' coven had. In ''Literature/BreakingDawn'' Part 1, she goes barefoot for the first half of the movie, even asking if she can get married barefoot, which Alice forbids.

* DoubleStandard: Leah is a bitch who is ruining the lives of everyone because she can't get over being dumped by her fiance for a girl [[StrangledByTheRedString he'd literally just met]], and having to mentally listen to him hate her, with no way to escape. When Jacob is the same because [[spoiler:Bella married her boyfriend instead of him]], Sam (the fiance who dumped Leah) tells Leah to be nice to Jacob, because he's had a much rougher time than she has. As if that wasn't enough, the girl Sam left Leah for was her own ''cousin'', Emily, whom Leah was very close to, and when Emily told Sam to go back to Leah he snapped and mauled her face so badly that she bears horrific scars that everyone can see.
* EtTuBrute: Her initial reaction to Emily getting with Sam. She is more forgiving towards her after she finds out about the whole werewolves and imprinting business, though they're still not as close as they once were.

* LoveHurts: She hates still having feelings for Sam, because she knows he no longer feels the same way, but due to being a werewolf, she's stuck working with him ''and'' gets to have front row seats to his HappilyEverAfter with Emily. It's one of the sources for her ongoing emotional pain.

* {{Nepotism}}: Afton has a permanent position in the guard, but not on his own merits. Though he has a shielding talent of making himself and those behind him [[{{Invisibility}} invisible]] to others, Afton's power is severely limited. Unlike [[PsychicBlockDefense Bella]] and [[DeflectorShield Renata]], he can't project this shield out from himself, only making himself invisible and someone with a strong enough focus can see through the illusion. Afton is only kept within the guard, because he's Chelsea's mate, and Chelsea gets everything she wants.

** ''The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide'' reveals [[spoiler: he employs Chelsea to use her ability to manipulate the relationships between all members of the Volturi coven to sustain their ability to co-exist together (i.e. [[TheRenfield their absolute loyalty and subservience to him]]). He even employs her to tie Caius and Marcus to him in the this way (despite supposedly sharing his status as leader of the Volturi with them) which prevents [[BloodKnight Caius]] from overthrowing Aro (as he knew Caius wouldn't be totally satisfied with his cause), and [[TheEeyore Marcus]] from abandoning the Volturi through suicide]].

* AmbitionIsEvil: When Caius and Athenodora first met Aro and Marcus, Caius was interested in Aro's plans for dominating the vampire world and the idea of joining forces with the two immensely gifted vampires. In return, Aro was drawn to Caius' ambition and capacity to hate.

* FunctionalAddict: According to ''The Twilight Saga: the Official Illustrated Guide'', Caius frequently uses Corin's drug-like gift to mitigate his boredom between punitive missions and battles.

* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler: ''The Twilight Saga: the Official Illustrated Guide'' reveals that after the death of his wife Didyme, and giving up hope for revenge, Marcus became suicidal. He was only prevented from ending his own life because of Aro having Chelsea use her gift to tie him to the Volturi]].

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Marcus has little interest in forcibly absorbing other covens and is willing to listen to the arguments put before the coven, such as whether or not to kill Bella or Renesmee, and actually makes lenient decisions that both Bella and the readers find a little relief in. Unfortunately [[AmbitionIsEvil Aro]] and [[BloodKnight Caius]] tend to subvert this and can easily outvote him.

* SenseLossSadness: Alec's gift is total sensory deprivation. He can cut off all five senses of his targets, supernatural or not.
* UndeadChild: Jane and Alec, the youngest and smaller vampires of the series, twins turned at around age twelve by Aro Volturi. (Exact ages for what constitutes as an Immortal Child was never explicitly stated. It is assumed that if the child in question is able to follow the laws set by Volturi, then they will be allowed to continue their existence.)

* SuperStrength: His superpower, even by vampire standards. According to ''The Twilight Saga: the Official Illustrated Guide'', Felix is the physically strongest vampire the Volturi have encountered.

* TheLancer: He is the Volturi's tracker and therefore one of their main combatants.

* {{Nepotism}}: Afton, Chelsea's mate, has a permanent position in the guard, but solely ''because'' he is Chelsea's mate, not on his own merits. Though Afton does have a shielding talent of making himself and those behind him [[{{Invisibility}} invisible]] to others, unlike [[PsychicBlockDefense Bella]] and [[DeflectorShield Renata]], he can't project his shield out from himself, only making himself invisible and someone with enough focus can see through the illusion.

* TallDarkAndHandsome: Even before he became a lupine shape-shifter, Jacob was pretty tall, clocking in at ‎6'7 feet, and Bella describes him as being a beautiful man several times. This trope is downplayed in the films, where Taylor Lautner is nine inches shorter than book Jacob.

* {{Seer}}: Alice can see into the future. Her visions are subjective, however, as the future isn't set in stone. They are based on the decisions of others, so when someon changes their mind, her vision changes accordingly. Alice can only see visions involving humans and vampires. She can't ses anything involving the Quiluete shapeshifters or half-vampires.

* PluckyGirl: It takes a ''lot'' to get her down, with ''a lot'' being a pack of vampires coming for her family.

* Nepotism: Afton, Chelsea's mate, has a permanent position in the guard, but solely ''because'' he is Chelsea's mate, not on his own merits. Though Afton does have a shielding talent of making himself and those behind him [[{{Invisibility}} invisible]] to others, unlike [[PsychicBlockDefense Bella]] and [[DeflectorShield Renata]], he can't project his shield out from himself, only making himself invisible and someone with enough focus can see through the illusion.

** ''The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide'' reveals [[spoiler: he employs Chelsea to use her ability to manipulate the relationships between all members of the Volturi coven to sustain their ability to co-exist together (i.e. [[TheRenfield their absolute loyalty and subservience to him]]). He even employs her to tie Caius and Marcus to him in the same way (despite supposedly sharing his status as leader of the Volturi with them) which prevents [[BloodKnight Caius]] from overthrowing Aro (as he knew Caius wouldn't be totally satisfied with his cause), and [[TheEeyore Marcus]] from abandoning the Volturi through suicide]].
** [[spoiler: At the same time (as Chelsea is the vampire he is the most dependent on and vulnerable to), he secretly ensures Chelsea is regularly exposed to Corin's gift of addictive contentment meaning she would have a hard time abdicating her role as the Volturi's linchpin]].

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: In the books, the Volturi hierarchy is determined by the color of their cloak. The actual coven and Chelsea (the linchpin for both the coven and guard) wear pure black, the permanent members of the guard wear shades of grey with Jane and Alec wearing the darkest shade, and the transitory members wear light gray.
* DeflectorShield: Renata, Aro's personal bodyguard, whose talent is to project a psychic wave that repels an attacker by sending them off in another direction with [[LaserGuidedAmnesia no memory of what they were doing in the first place]].

** Heidi's ability to appeal physically to others, human or vampire, also works inside the mind.

* MoreThanMindControl: Two members of the guard, Corin and Chelsea.
** Chelsea can manipulate the emotional relationships between individuals: she can strengthen, weaken, or completely sever those ties.

** Corin induces individuals with a drug-like influence that makes people satisfied no matter their present situation, so her primary job is to keep the Volturi wives (Sulpicia and Athenodora) content with their prison-like circumstances.

* GrammarNazi: In ''Literature/BreakingDawn - Part 1'', Aro commands Demetri and Felix to kill Bianca, the Volturi's most recent human secretary, simply because of her atrocious spelling and grammar.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Jacob (as well as his pack) is more of a skinwalker or a shapeshifter than a traditional werewolf. He transforms into a full (albeit giant-sized) wolf instead of a biped hybrid, and he can bring on the transformation at any time of the day instead of just turning on the full moon.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: The Quileute wolves (also referred to as shape-shifters) are purely hereditary, have higher body temperatures in human form, and can transform at will as long as there's a nearby vampire presence.

[[OurWereWolvesAreDifferent Wolf-like shapeshifters]] ([[InsistentTerminology not werewolves]]) of the series. They are members of the Quileute tribe and are trained to protect humans from vampires. Members include Sam Uley (alpha), Paul Lahote, Jared Cameron, Embry Call, Quil Ateara V, Seth and Leah Clearwater, and Jacob.

* NoodlePeople: Despite Bella's insistence that he's muscular, in his actual descriptions he comes off as being very skinny with almost no muscle tone.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Aro, despite his ambition, manipulation and thirst for power, actually values the live of his wife Sulpicia, ensuring that they are perfectly protected at all times.

[[OurWereWolvesAreDifferent Wolf-like changelings]] ([[InsistentTerminology not werewolves]]) of the series. They are members of the Quileute tribe and are trained to protect humans from vampires. Members include Sam Uley (alpha), Paul Lahote, Jared Cameron, Embry Call, Quil Ateara V, Seth and Leah Clearwater, and Jacob.