Upon moving to dreary Forks, WA, to live with her father, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has low expectations. That is, until she meets the attractive and elusive Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson). Edward isn’t just your average teenage guy – he’s a vampire. The Cullen family isn’t the usual horde of blood-sucking demon, either. Instead, the family values human life and lives on animal blood as a substitute. Bella unexpectedly falls in love with Edward.

In the first movie, the pair meet and fall in love. While getting to know the Cullen family, Edward and Bella encounter a trio of nomadic vampires. The Cullens rescue her at the last second, killing the nomads in the process.
In “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” the second movie, Bella is almost killed again in an incident with Jasper Hale (Jackson Rathbone), one of the Cullen brothers. Edward decides to leave her for her own safety. Though distraught by his absence,

Bella befriends Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), who turns out to be a werewolf. Through a series of miscommunications, Edward and Bella are reunited at the end of the movie.

As the series continues into the third movie, the characters face an army of vampires created by Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard), the former lover of James. The Cullens ally with the werewolf pack to defend the townspeople and to kill Victoria.

In the previous installment of the series, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1,” Bella marries Edward and discovers she is pregnant with his half-vampire child after their honeymoon. At the end of the movie, she gives birth to the child and nearly dies. She is revived by Edward and is reborn as a vampire herself.

By the fourth movie, tensions have arisen between other vampires over Edward and Bella’s daughter, Renesmee (Mackenzie Foy). The Cullens once again ally with the werewolves and several other vampire clans to defend their family.