Isabella "Bella" Marie Swan is a character and the
protagonist of the Twilight series, written by Stephenie Meyer. The Twilight
series, consisting of the novels Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking
Dawn, is primarily narrated from Bella's point of view. In the film series,
Bella is portrayed by actress Kristen Stewart.
In Twilight, Bella moves to her father's home in Forks,
Washington, meets the mysterious Cullen family, and falls in love with Edward
Cullen. However, she soon discovers that the family is a coven of vampires.
Bella expresses a desire to become a vampire herself, against Edward's wishes.
In the second novel, New Moon, Edward and the other Cullens leave Forks in an
effort to keep Bella safe from the vampire world. Jacob Black, a member of the
Quileute tribe who is also a shape shifter taking a wolf form, comforts the
distraught and severely depressed Bella. She comes to care deeply for Jacob,
though less than she loves Edward.
At the end of Eclipse, Bella becomes engaged
to Edward, and they marry in Breaking Dawn. On their honeymoon, she becomes
pregnant by Edward and, due to complications in child birth, Bella nearly dies
giving birth to their daughter, Renesmee Cullen. Edward turns her into a
vampire to save her life.
