Newborn

Newborn vampires.

A Newborn is a recently turned vampire. Newborns may be used to win territory, threaten enemies, and other advantages. Stronger than older ones, they lose some of it after a year of their turning.

Personality

They are often bloodthirsty, violent and uncontrollable. A newborn's emotions are hard to control and they anger easily. Bella Cullen was an exception to this rule, as she had time to think about her decision and therefore did not have the first brutal year that most vampires encounter. Nevertheless, like Carlisle, she showed an amazing control on her thirst for human blood.

Some indications which show a newborn are their bright red eyes (due to blood left in body at time of changing), uncontrollable thirst (except in Bella Cullen's case) and incredible strength. In the Cullen clan, Emmett Cullen was the worst when they were changed.

Physical description

The Newborns caught off guard by the Quileute wolves.

Newborns appear much like normal vampires with exception of their eyes. A newborn's eyes are crimson, indicating that their own blood is still flowing in their system. In a year that a vampire feeds on animal blood, their eyes will change from red to amber and then to gold. If he reverts to feeding on human blood, the eyes will darken to be almost a burgundy color. Newborns are also incredibly strong, much stronger than a regular vampire. As they become older their strength begins to weaken until it reaches that of a normal vampire. In Breaking Dawn, Bella arm-wrestles with Emmett and wins because of her newborn strength. Emmett is very annoyed by it.

History

The Cullens against the Newborns.

A vampire named Benito originally invented the idea of creating a newborn army, which were hard to stop, triggering the vampire wars of the south, and devastating their population as a result. A newborn army also appeared in Eclipse. The newborns caused carnage in Seattle, with many people dying at their hands. In Eclipse, Jasper mentions a Mexican vampire named Maria who had previously created an army with Jasper's help. When the newborns grew and became of little use, he was to dispose of them. In one instance, Jasper let Peter and Charlotte, two newborns he had befriended at the time, run off. Years later, they came back to him, inviting him to the North and its better life. He accepted the invitation.

Notable Newborns

The following is a list of vampires notably described during their newborn phase;

Newborns in Seattle.

• Bella Swan
• Rosalie Hale
• Bree Tanner
• Diego
• Fred
• Peter
• Charlotte