![]() An ability that finds a target is called a "Tracker", which is one of the most common talents.An ability that protects any part of the bearer is called a "Shield".While she wasn't repulsed by physical contact, her need to protect herself caused her to receive that would make it almost impossible for anyone to touch without her consent.Ī vampire's gift take decades, if not centuries, to improve.Ĭertain powers can be grouped in specific categories, even though it is difficult at times to do so, because no two talents ever work the exact same way. This is also the case for Bree Tanner, who was abused by her father during mortal life and after she was turned into a vampire ended up with the gift of absorption. Because of this, he ended up with the gift of Physical Petrification, that enables him to render his victims into a state of suspended animation during which they cannot die, and therefore can be treated before revived back into full health. This lead to Caius obtaining the power to heal people, as well as his own, as a vampire.Īnother case was Felix, who was an executioner in his mortal life, but deeply regretted his actions for being the one to end the lives of others. In some cases, a vampire may develop a gift based from their deepest and most repressed emotions rather than their strongest traits or characteristics.įor example, Caius developed the power of Vitakinesis, because in his human life, he was the son of a tyrannical landlord who regularly abused their servants whenever Caius would stood up for them against his father, he would receive the same treatment. Vampires who had a similar personality as a human can also develop distinctly different powers, such as Bradley and Reece. This is proven by the differences in similar gifts among vampires, for example Edward and Aro, Bella and Renata, Jane and Alec, or Maggie and Charles, Siobhan and Saemus, or Jane and Naomi. For example, Bella's shield originally only covered her, but after becoming a vampire she could project it to surround those around her.Ī majority of vampiric gifts affect the mind, but there have been exceptions as some powers work on the physical world, like Benjamin's elemental control.Įleazar explained that every gift is unique since gifts never work the same way because no one ever thinks exactly the same way. ![]() If someone has a particularly intense skill, it heightens after their transformation and becomes a superpower. When a human transforms into a vampire, they bring their strongest human trait into their new life. Talents are also shown to be genetic, as seen by Bella Swan who inherited her mental shield from her father. In The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, Diego's mentions that he overheard Riley saying that one in about every fifty vampires is 'talented'. ![]() TwilightĪpparently, the in-universe explanation is that vampires' skin is similar to a precious stone that sparkles in the sunlight.Some vampires have special abilities that they gain when they become a vampire. A perfect statue, carved in some unknown stone, smooth like marble, glittering like crystal. His glistening, pale lavender lids were shut, though of course he didn't sleep. He lay perfectly still in the grass, his shirt open over his sculpted, incandescent chest, his scintillating arms bare. His skin, white despite the faint flush from yesterday's hunting trip, literally sparkled, like thousands of tiny diamonds were embedded in the surface. ![]() I couldn't get used to it, though I'd been staring at him all afternoon. Notably, their skin is compared to marble and crystal:Įdward in the sunlight was shocking. I doubted his icy marble skin would smell anything like food. Stephenie Meyer often mentions that vampires from the Twilight series have stone-cold and marble-like skin.
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