After Liam‘s conversion was complete, he went through the normal period of newborn behavior. He met Siobhan during his first six months of vampire life. She instructed him on the vampire laws, which kept him from drawing negative attention from the Volturi. Liam was very taken with Siobhan‘s strength and beauty. They joined forces quickly. Though it was never discussed, from the beginning Siobhan was the coven‘s leader.
When Liam was no longer a newborn, he became selective about his prey. For centuries he would kill only Englishmen. English soldiers are still his preferred victims.
Liam and Siobhan were well aware of the Volturi and their rules, and always behaved circumspectly. For Liam, as long as the Volturi did not become corrupted by their power and attempt to control more aspects of vampire life, he had no problem with them. He was born into a world where their laws of mutual convenience were accepted fact, and he did not question them.
Liam was not as fascinated as Siobhan by the stories of the Volturi guard‘s special talents. When Siobhan discovered Maggie and wanted to try to create her own talented vampire, Liam was opposed. He was concerned that the Volturi would resent the imitation, if they found out. More than that, he didn‘t want to share Siobhan‘s attention with anyone else. Siobhan transformed Maggie regardless, leaving Liam quite unhappy with her decision. Siobhan pled with him to give Maggie a chance, and he grudgingly agreed. It didn‘t take long for Liam to see the benefits of having a talented coven member, and over time he became quite fond of Maggie.
He learned to consider her a younger sister.
MAGGIE
NAME: Maggie
DATE OF BIRTH: 1832
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: 1847, at age 15
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Siobhan
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Ireland
HAIR COLOR: Red
EYE COLOR: Blue (human); red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘2‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Maggie is short and very thin, and has bright red ringlets.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She is able to tell if a person is lying.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: She is in a coven with Siobhan and Liam.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Maggie always had difficulty dealing with authority, on a parental level and on a community level. The normal everyday hypocrisy that most people expected was always foreign to her. If someone said something that did not correspond with their true feelings, Maggie was instinctively aware of that discrepancy. In those situations, she felt compelled to point out the lie.
Though this often led to punishment, sometimes quite severe, she was unable to let the lie pass.
Her accuracy made people uncomfortable, and the closer someone was to her, the more uncomfortable she made them.
In reality — as Maggie was well aware — she was sacrificed because her parents did not love her as much as they loved her siblings.
In the mid-1840s the Great Famine decimated her village. Everyone who could afford to immigrate to America left. This included her family, who had not quite enough to buy passage for every member. Maggie‘s maternal grandparents, who were already in poor condition, were left behind. Maggie was left, ostensibly to care for them as best she could. In reality — as Maggie was well aware — she was sacrificed because her parents did not love her as much as they loved her siblings. She was a trial to them, and they sometimes wondered if her abilities were demonic.
Siobhan and Liam found Maggie alone on the road to Cork, nearly dead from starvation.
Naturally, when Siobhan questioned Maggie, her answers were the whole truth.
After Maggie‘s transformation, her ability became even more pronounced. A person did not have to speak aloud for Maggie to know if he was behaving in a way contrary to what he believed. If a person misrepresented himself in either appearance or action, she knew.
Because Siobhan and Liam were routinely honest with each other and themselves, having Maggie join their coven was not the strain it might have been. It was easier for Maggie to be with them than it would have been otherwise; after her transformation, any kind of deception made her physically uncomfortable.
FAMOUS QUOTE
“I know truth is on Carlisle‟s side. I can‟t ignore that.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 34
SIOBHAN
NAME: Siobhan
DATE OF BIRTH: Around 1490
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Around 1510, at approximately age 20
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Sancar
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Ireland
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Violet-blue (human); red/black (vampire) HEIGHT: 6‘2‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Siobhan is very tall, muscular, and voluptuous, with thick black hair and exceptionally beautiful facial features.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Though Siobhan does not believe she has any talent, some suspect she can affect the outcome of a situation through willpower alone.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: Her mate is Liam, and Maggie is also in her coven.
Eventually, she became an accepted part of village life and grew famous in the surrounding areas as the big blacksmith girl.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Siobhan was the only daughter of a blacksmith and his wife. This made her unusual in a village where most families were very large. She had a strikingly attractive face. Large violet-blue eyes, surrounded by incredibly long lashes, were her dominant feature. She also was known for her perfect fair skin. Aside from these things, however, she was unlike the other village beauties. By the time she was fourteen, she was taller than any other woman in the village. By the time she was sixteen, she was taller than all of the men, except for her father. She was also stronger than many of them; as an only child, she‘d always helped her father at the forge. He died in an accident when she was seventeen, and by then she was strong and knowledgeable enough to take over his craft. This was unheard of, and disapproved of by many. However, it was what she wanted, and the village needed a blacksmith. Eventually, she became an accepted part of village life and grew famous in the surrounding areas as the big blacksmith girl.
Despite her beautiful face and generous hourglass figure, Siobhan did not have suitors.
Her height, strength, and profitable occupation were intimidating to the village men. This did not bother Siobhan, who saw no need for a husband. She was able to comfortably support herself and her mother, and she did not want anything else.
The physical size and strength that awed the locals, however, brought her to the attention of a Turkish vampire named Sancar. Sancar was creating a vampire harem, and he desired unusual women for his collection. Sancar traveled through all of Europe with human servants, seeking the exceptional. He heard of the beautiful Irish woman who was stronger than a man, and sought her out. She was like no one he‘d ever seen before, and he decided to add her to his assortment of females.