One of the first things Rosalie did as a vampire was to take revenge on Royce and his friends. She hunted her attackers down one by one, saving Royce for last because she wanted him to suffer psychologically from the fear of knowing that something was coming for him. She tortured all of her attackers to death, but she didn‘t drink their blood; she was repulsed by the idea of having any part of them inside her. She and Carlisle (and, later, Bella) are the only vampires in the Cullen clan who have never killed humans for blood.
Though vengeance was satisfying in its way, Rosalie remained deeply unhappy in her vampire life. She missed her human family greatly. More than that, the chance to have what she most longed for — a husband who loved her, a baby of her own — had been taken from her along with her humanity.
Two years later, Rosalie‘s life changed. While the Cullens were living in Tennessee, she discovered a man, Emmett McCarty, being mauled by a bear in the woods. Something about the man reminded Rosalie of her friend Vera‘s young son, and Rosalie didn‘t want him to die. She rescued Emmett and took him to Carlisle. She asked Carlisle to transform him, even though she hated her own vampire existence and knew her request was selfish.
―There are characters that I have to work for a little bit harder, and sort of get down to their motivations. A few of them — Rosalie, for example — were difficult. It took me a while to figure out what her thing was.‖ —Stephenie But Emmett didn‘t see Rosalie as selfish; he fell in love with her, and he easily adapted to vampire life. He and Rosalie soon married — and did so repeatedly over the decades. Rosalie loved being the center of attention as the bride, and Emmett loved making her happy. The two have sometimes lived as a couple apart from the rest of the Cullen family.
FAMOUS QUOTES
“I‟m so very sorry, Bella. I feel wretched about every part of this, and so grateful that you were brave enough to go save my brother after what I did. Please say you‟ll forgive me.”
New Moon, Chapter 22
“It‟s just that… this is not the life I would have chosen for myself. I wish there had been someone there to vote no for me.” New Moon, Chapter 24
“Would you like to hear my story, Bella? It doesn‟t have a happy ending — but which of ours does? If we had happy endings, we‟d all be under gravestones now.” Eclipse, Chapter 7
“Over my pile of ashes.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10
“Oh, wonderful. I knew I smelled something nasty.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15
“You. Got. Food. In. My. Hair.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15
“I‟ll help him toss you, dog. I owe you a good kick in the gut.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 22
NAME: Emmett McCarty Cullen
DATE OF BIRTH: 1915
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: 1935, at age 20
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Carlisle Cullen
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Gatlinburg, Tennessee
HAIR COLOR: Dark brown, almost black
EYE COLOR: Blue (human); gold/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 6‘5‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Emmett has an imposing frame; he is both tall and extremely muscular. His hair is curly and nearly black. He has dimples when he smiles, and his face has an innocent quality not often seen in a grown man.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: He does not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: He has attended high school and college multiple times. He‘s never finished any particular degree, preferring instead to move quickly from one subject that interests him to the next.
HOBBIES: He loves competitive sports and games, especially anything that involves a physical challenge.
VEHICLE: Red Jeep Wrangler modified for off-roading FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: He is married to Rosalie Hale. He considers Carlisle and Esme Cullen to be his parents; Edward Cullen, Alice Cullen, and Jasper Hale to be his siblings; Bella Cullen to be his sister-in-law; and Renesmee Cullen to be his niece.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Emmett grew up in the small town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, part of a large Scotch-Irish family. He had what his parents considered a wild adolescence; never one to worry about consequences, Emmett ran with a wild crowd that drank, gambled, and womanized. Emmett was always a help to his family, however. He was an excellent hunter and woodsman, and always kept the McCartys supplied with game. When he was twenty years old and out on a routine hunting trip in the Smoky Mountains, he was attacked by a large black bear. Emmett was close to losing consciousness when he thought he heard a second bear fighting with the first. He figured they were battling over who would get his corpse.
Then the growling stopped and Emmett felt like he was flying. He managed to open his eyes and saw what he thought was an angel. When the transformation began and the fiery agony spread through his body, he was sure he‘d died and gone to hell.
In his delirium, he‘d seen Rosalie as an angel and Carlisle as God, but in fact they were both vampires — and now he was a vampire, too.
When the pain left him, Emmett learned what had really happened to him. In his delirium, he‘d seen Rosalie as an angel and Carlisle as God, but in fact they were both vampires — and now he was a vampire, too. He took the truth in stride; Emmett was never one to worry about situations outside of his control. He continues to think of Rosalie as his angel.
With his naturally happy nature, Emmett adjusted easily to the idea of being a vampire.
Learning to control himself, however, was a more difficult challenge. In the years just after his transformation, Emmett was often unable to resist human blood. The Cullens were forced to move often until Emmett learned to restrain himself.
―IT WAS ONLY TWO YEARS LATER THAT SHE FOUND EMMETT. SHE
WAS HUNTING — WE WERE IN APPALACHIA AT THE TIME — AND FOUND A BEAR ABOUT TO FINISH HIM OFF. SHE CARRIED HIM BACK TO CARLISLE, MORE THAN A HUNDRED MILES….‖
— Edward, on Rosalie (Twilight, Chapter 14)
He genuinely bonded with all the members of his new family and, aside from his dietary lapses, also made their lives more comfortable. Emmett‘s easygoing nature brought out Edward‘s more optimistic side, and Rosalie became a different person altogether. When Emmett, ever practical, wanted to provide for his human family, Edward gave him a small fortune, which Emmett left in a bag on their doorstep. Even though he knew he could never again be a part of their family, he wanted to ease the burden of losing a strong, hardworking son. After doing what he could for them, he didn‘t look back.
Eventually, Emmett and Rosalie married — and have remarried more than once over the years, because Rosalie enjoys the process and the attention so much. At various times they have lived apart from the rest of the Cullen family as a married couple.