Twilight Guide

Olympic Coven

Founding Information
- Status: Active
- Founding Time: September, 1918
- Residence: * Forks, Washington (current location)
                     * Denali, Alaska
                     * Calgary, Alberta, Canada
                     * Rochester
                     * Appalachia
                     * Chicago
                     * Hoquiam
                     * Ithaca, New York
                     * Wisconsin
- Founded By: Carlisle and Edward Cullen
- Alias: * The Cullens
            * Cullen Family
            * Cullen coven
            * Bloodsuckers (by Jacob Black)
            * Cullen Clan
            * Leeches (by Jacob Black)
            * Yellow-eyes (by Bree Tanner)
Membership Information
- Members: * Carlisle Cullen (leader)
                   * Edward Cullen
                   * Esme Cullen
                   * Rosalie Hale
                   * Emmett Cullen
                   * Alice Cullen
                   * Jasper Hale
                   * Bella Swan
                   * Renesmee Cullen
Special Characteristics
- Special Abilities: *Edward: Telepathy
                             * Bella: Mental shield
                             * Alice: Precognition
                             * Jasper: Pathokinesis
                             * Renesmee: Tactile thought projection & shield penetration
Affiliation
Occupation: * Carlisle: Pastor (human life), student, doctor & professor (vampire life)
                    * Esme: Teacher (human life), student & architect (vampire life)
                    * Edward: High school/college student
                    * Emmett: Hunter, woodsman (human life) & high school/college student (vampire life)
                    * Jasper: Major of the Confederate army (human life), second-in-command of the                                       Mexican coven & high school/college student (vampire life)
                     * Rosalie: High school/college student
                     * Alice: High school/college student
                     * Bella: High school student & employee of Newton's Olympic Outfitters (human life)
Companionship: * Denali coven
                           * Black pack
                           * Uley pack
                           * The Swan family
                           * The Dwyer family

"And yet, they were all exactly alike. Everyone of them was chalky pale, the palest of all the students living in this sunless town... They all had very dark eyes despite the range in hair tones. They also had dark shadows under their eyes - purplish, bruise-like shadows. As if they were all suffering from a sleepless night... Their faces, so different, so similar, were all devastatingly, inhumanly beautiful."
                                                                  - Bella on seeing the Cullens for the first time.

The Olympic coven, more commonly known as the Cullen Family, and also known as Cullen clan, or Cullen coven, is a coven of vegetarian vampires. It consists of Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Emmett, and Edward Cullen, as well as Rosalie and Jasper Hale. Later in the series, Bella Swan and her vampire hybrid daughter with Edward, Renesmee Cullen, are also introduced to the coven. Five of nine members are supernaturally gifted.
The Cullens are the second largest and most powerful coven, with only the Volturi ranking higher in number and power, but more mature and stable than most others, a result of abstaining from human blood and hunger for power.
They are known to be very loyal to each other and put more value on human life than most other vampires. Abstaining from human blood takes the competitve aspect out of their hunting instincts, and as a result allows them to form stronger family bonds than traditional vampires. They currently live in Forks, Washington, which they have no plans of leaving, unless forced to.
The cullens perfer to stay in one place as long as possible, choosing cloudy climates where they can go outside during the day without revealing their inhuman nature. But after 6-7 years, they are forced to move on before their lack of aging in noticed. They own several residences so that they can return tp laces that they have especially enjoyed - but only after enough time has passed that they won't be recognized as the same people who once lived there.
Each member maintains several well-tended identities, complete with documents to support them, which allows the Cullens to establish themselves in new locations as necessary.
Each time the Cullens move to a new place, they relationships they claim to share with one another may shift, too. In one place, two members might pose as father and adopted son, in another brothers, or uncle and nephew. Regardless, the bonds of love and respect between them are the same.