Irina was a vampire, one of the original Denali "sisters" and an originator of the myth of the succubus. She was a "vegetarian" and led a very peaceful lifestyle. She and Laurent had a relationship before he was killed by the shape-shifters in New Moon. Irina was killed by Caius after giving false information to the Volturi about Renesmee Cullen.
Biography
Early life
Irina was the third vampire added to the Denali coven, after Tanya and Kate. As a human, she was a pretty peasant girl living in a a small farm community. She physically resembled Kate and Tanya, and Sasha decided to change her with the idea of adding a new sister to her "daughters". Irina, Tanya, and Kate loved their mother as much as she loved them. They were orphaned by the Volturi because their mother was harboring an immortal child named Vasilii; a human child that was turned and therefore couldn't learn to control himself due to his primitive mind.
The sisters were responsible for the myth of the succubus, as they would have sexual relationships with human men before killing them. The Denali sisters later lived a vegetarian lifestyle to avoid slaughtering the men that they grew fond of, and became close friends of Carlisle Cullen and his family.
New Moon - Eclipse
After Laurent came to live with the Denali Coven, Irina started a relationship with him; which was ended following his death at the hands of the Quileute werewolves. When the Cullens asked for the Denali coven's aid, she wanted revenge on the wolves in exchange for their aid, but they disagreed and so the Denalis turned down their alliance temporaily.
Breaking Dawn
- Main article: Breaking Dawn
Irina did not appear at Bella and Edward's wedding with the rest of the Denali coven, because she was still upset at the wolves for killing her Laurent. Later as Bella, Jacob, and Renesmee are hunting, Irina watches them from a distance while on her way to Forks to make peace with the Cullens. The moment she sees Renesmee, she is mislead to believe that she was an immortal child that Bella had created, knowing that creating an immortal child is an illegal creation, Irina runs to tell the Volturi, but not before Bella saw her. Bella calls Edward to tell him what happened. He and Carlisle arrive soon and try to run after Irina, but she had already disappeared.
Afterwards, Alice foresaw the Volturi's decision to visit Forks, and explaining that she was not trying to predict their actions, but trying to find Irina, Bella came to the conclusion that Irina assumed that Renesmee was an immortal child and that she must had decided to go to the Volturi and tell them about Renesmee. Irina was with the Volturi when they arrived in Forks to punish the Cullens. She is called upon by Caius to bear witness to Renesmee. Irina then came to the conclusion that she was wrong and that there was no reason for the Volturi to be there. She declared that she didn't want the Cullens to get hurt and that she would take full responsibility for her actions. In Breaking Dawn, she explains to the Volturi that she was upset because she was under the impression that the Cullens killed Laurent, but really it was the shape-shifters responsible. Meanwhile Caius signaled the guard and Irina was destroyed in front of all the vampires present. Caius merely looked on and proceeded to set Irina ablaze, as a plot to enrage Kate and Tanya into attacking the Volturi guard. Caius later justified this by saying that "now she has taken full responsibility of her actions".
Physical description
"Her hair was pale, pale blonde, almost silver. This was the gleam that had caught my eye. It hung straight as a ruler to a blunt edge at her chin, parted evenly down the center. She was a stranger to me. I was absolutely certain I'd never seen her before, even as human. None of the faces in my muddy memory were the same as this one. But I knew her at once from her golden dark eyes. Irina had decided to come after all."
-Bella on seeing Irina for the first time Irina was described as being a vampire with chin length silvery blonde hair and golden eyes that turned black when she was thirsty.
Relationships
Laurent
- Main article: Laurent
- Main article: Laurent and Irina
Laurent came to Denali after he left James and Victoria. There, he and Irina met, and fell in love. Though Laurent was having trouble sticking to the vegetarian diet, occasionally he came down to the Forks area, hunting humans. He also came down to Forks as a favour to Victoria, to check and see if Bella was still under the protection of the Cullens. It was there, that he was killed by the Quileute werewolves when he attempted to kill Bella Swan. Irina was enraged and it was because of this that prevented the Denali Coven from helping the Cullen family during the newborn crisis of Seattle and what led Irina to turning the Cullens in for supposedly creating an immortal child.
Tanya
- Main article: Tanya
Tanya was Irina's eldest adoptive sister, as well as leader of the Denali Coven after their mother was killed centuries ago. She loved her and Kate above everything else, which drove her to confess her mistakes in order to protect them.
Kate
- Main article: Kate
Kate was Irina's other adoptive sister, and the only one with a gift. She loved her and Tanya above everything else, which drove her to confess her mistakes in order to protect them.
Appearances
- Breaking Dawn (First Appearance)
- Breaking Dawn - Part II
Film portrayal
Maggie Grace will be portraying Irina.
On September 27, 2010 it was announced that Irina will be portrayed by Maggie Grace in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II.
See also
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