The Denali Coven is a coven of vegetarian vampires comprising of Kate, Garrett, Carmen, Eleazar, and Tanya. The Denalis are one of the two known vegetarian vampire covens in the world, the other being the Cullen family. They are very close to them, being one of the Cullens' most loyal allies, going so far as considering themselves their extended family. The Denali Coven is located in Denali, Alaska, which, along with their vegetarian diet, allows its members to live alongside humans without too much trouble. It is said that this diet makes a vampire more civilized and capable of real love.

Contents 1 History 1.1 New Moon - Eclipse 1.2 Breaking Dawn 2 Members 2.1 Former members 2.2 Denali Coven extension 3 Succubus legend 4 Trivia 5 See also 6 Comments

HistoryEdit

Originally, the coven consisted of Sasha and her "daughters", Tanya, Kate, and Irina. At an unknown time, Sasha also secretly created an immortal child, Vasilii. When the Volturi found out, they came to destroy the entire group, but only killed Vasilii and Sasha, since the others knew nothing about him.

The three sisters are the originators of the "succubus" legend; a creature in the form of a beautiful woman who has sexual intercourse with men before killing them. Eventually, they grew lonely over the years by the scarred pain of their deceased mother and some of the men they'd killed. Tanya decided to try a vegetarian diet to see if she could gain control to avoid killing men while sleeping with them. The method proved correct, and Kate and Irina joined her. The sisters then relocated to Denali for its wide population of animals, and they learned to avoid killing men during sexual intercourse.

At some point, Carmen and her husband Eleazar, a former guard to the Volturi, found the three sisters and joined them. Also at an unknown time, they met the Cullen family, and the two covens became strong allies and close friends, though they preferred to think of each other as cousins due to their similar diet. Tanya developed romantic feelings for Edward Cullen, but he did not reciprocate.

New Moon - EclipseEdit

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A vampire named Laurent eventually comes to stay with the Denalis after recently leaving a coven of non-vegetarian vampires, and is ready for a change in his life, which happens when he and Irina fall in love. At one point, however, he returns to Forks as a favor to his old friend, Victoria, to 'get the lay of the land for her' so that she can hunt Bella Swan. While he is there, he runs into Bella in the middle of hunting. When he is about to kill her personally, a pack of shape-shifters, who the Cullens happened to have a treaty with, kill him before he could get to her. A little under a year later, the Cullens call for aid from the Denalis after finding out that Victoria is creating an army of newborns to destroy the Cullens and kill Bella. The Denalis agree to help them, but at Irina's request to avenge Laurent's death by wiping out the shape-shifter pack. Carlisle refuses to allow this, and the Denalis abandon their long-time friends. The Cullens are forced to form an alliance with the shape-shifters instead, and successfully kill Victoria and destroy her army.

Breaking DawnEdit

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The Denalis later feel terrible about abandoning the Cullens. Soon after the battle, the Denalis, except Irina, attend Bella and Edward's wedding and meet Bella for the first time. In the film, Irina does attend the wedding but leaves quickly (before the rest of her family) after noticing that the Cullens invited Seth to the wedding.

A few months later, Irina decides to visit the Cullens and finally make peace with them about Laurent's death. When she arrives in Forks, however, she sees Bella hunting with her shape-shifter friend, Jacob Black, and Renesmee Cullen, who appears to be an immortal child. Remembering Sasha's fate and her anger at the Cullens for not avenging Laurent's death, she goes to the Volturi and reports the Cullens' "crime". The rest of the Denalis are once again called upon by the Cullens for aid. Renesmee, the child Irina had seen, is really Bella and Edward's half-human half-vampire daughter. The Denalis, after some persuasion, agree to testify this for the Cullens against the Volturi. Kate, Eleazar, and Tanya also help Bella practice her power and fighting skills to prepare her for the potential battle.

When the Volturi arrive, Irina realizes she had been wrong. After admitting this, Caius has her killed to try to provoke a fight. His efforts fail, and the Volturi depart after Aro decides Renesmee is not a threat. With the Volturi gone and the situation resolved, the remaining Denalis return home to Denali, with their newest member, Garrett, who has joined them due to his romantic attachment to Kate.

MembersEdit

Member	Image	Born	Turned	Special Ability
Tanya		1000s AD	1000s AD by Sasha
Kate		1000s AD	1000s AD by Sasha	Electrical current
Carmen		1700s	1700s
Eleazar		1700s	1700s	Ability identification
Garrett		1750s	1780s

Former membersEdit

Member	Image	Born	Turned	Died	Special Ability
Sasha				500-750s AD by the Volturi
Vasilii		500-750s AD	500-750s AD by Sasha	500-750s AD by the Volturi
Laurent		1700s	1740s by Boris	March, 2006 by the Uley pack
Irina		1000s AD	1000s AD by Sasha	December 31, 2006 by the Volturi

Denali Coven extensionEdit

On the basis of their similar diet, the Olympic Coven is considered a loyal extension of the Denali coven, calling themselves cousins. In Breaking Dawn, Tanya apologizes for not aiding the Cullens in the newborn army crisis and states that she and her coven mates are part of the Olympic Coven too. The Olympic Coven consists of Carlisle Cullen, his wife, Esme; their adopted children, Edward, Alice, Emmett Cullen, as well as Rosalie and Jasper Hale; Edward's wife, Bella, and their hybrid daughter Renesmee Cullen.

Succubus legendEdit

The Denali Coven's female vampires, with the exception of Carmen, used to lure men to their death by seducing and engaging in sex with them before feeding on their victim. However, on the long term, the strain wore on them and the Denalis started to feed on animal blood. They, however, kept enjoying the company and nocturnal activities with men, both vampire and human, which by now could survive the experience. This may also be the origin of the succubus myth: a demon that assumes a woman's aspect seducing men to have sex with it.

TriviaEdit

The Denali coven is the third largest vampire coven in the Twilight Saga, comprising five vampires. Including the deceased members, the tally goes up to nine members.

See alsoEdit

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Denali Coven
Current members	Tanya • Kate • Eleazar • Carmen • Garrett
Members deceasing in the novels	Laurent • Irina
Former members	Sasha • Vasilii

Covens
Olympic • Volturi • Denali Amazon • Egyptian • French • Hilda's • Irish • James's • Mexican • Romanian • Seattle