MARCUS Status: Vampire
Group: Volturi Coven
Date of Birth: Around 1300 BC
Date of Transformation: Unknown
Special Abilities: He sees the strength of the relationships between people
Quote: “You already know what you’ll do, Aro.”
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION: Marcus is the most detached of the Volturi leaders. The loss of his mate has essentially turned him into a zombie over the centuries. He is surprised by the intensity of Bella and Edward’s relationship.
Played By: Christopher Heyerdahl
JANE Status: Vampire
Group: Volturi Coven
Date of Birth: Unknown
Date of Transformation: Unknown but at a young age
Special Abilities: Ability to inflict debilitating pain with her thoughts
Quote: “This may hurt just a little.”
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION:Jane is a high ranking member of the Volturi Guard. The Volturi were waiting to change her and her brother Alec until she was older, but humans—believing her and her brother to be witches—tried to burn them at the stake, which forced Aro to act while the twins were little more than children. Jane’s experience with the pain of burning alive shaped her into a potent weapon – she developed the ability to inflict immense pain on others with only a look.
Played by: Dakota Fanning
CAIUSStatus: Vampire
Group: Volturi Coven
Date of Birth: Unknown
Date of Transformation: Unknown
Special Ability: No Known Power
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION: Caius is married to fellow vampire, Athenodora. With pale skin that is almost translucent and shoulder length hair white as his skin, Caius moves with such grace that he appears to be floating. He is a leader of the Volturi along with Marcus and Aro who have special abilities each. Caius tends to be the stubborn and demanding one of the Volturri as he was ardent that Bella should not be allowed to leave Italy alive. When Aro allowed Bella to leave Volterra alive under the assumption that Edward planned to change Bella in the near future, Caius was extremely disappointed. Aro, however, assured Caius that they would again try to persuade the Cullen family to join the Volturi. Caius does not have an special gift but he is clever and devises brilliant schemes and provokes those around him into deathly fear.
Played by: Jamie Campbell- Bower
ALECStatus: Vampire
Group: Volturi Coven
Date of Birth: Unknown
Date of Transformation: Unknown but at a young age
Special Abilities: Unknown
Quote: “They send you out for one and you bring back two and a half. Such a clever girl.”
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION:Alec is a high ranking member of the Volturi Guard. The Volturi were waiting to change Alec and his twin sister Jane until they were older, but humans tried to burn them at the stake, so the Volturi were forced to “change” them while they were young. Since acquiring Alec and Jane, the Volturi have seldom needed to fight - their victims are simply slaughtered.
Played by: Cameron Bright
ARO
Status: Vampire
Group: Volturi Coven
Date of Birth: Around 1300 BC
Date of Transformation: Unknown
Special Abilities: Ability to read every thought someone has ever had simply by touching them
Quote:“I love a happy ending. They are so rare.”
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION:Aro is the leader of the Volturi. The sophisticated, urbane vampire’s goal is to recruit Edward and Alice to the Volturi. He refuses Edward’s request to be killed because of this. He lets them leave with Bella so as to not become their enemy (which would prevent his recruiting) and because he sees potential in Bella should she join the vampire world. He makes Edward and Alice promise to change Bella soon.
Played by: Micheal Sheen
VOLTURI 411
1) The Volturi include: Aro, Caius, and Marcus as the leaders, and then Jane, Alec, Demetri, Felix, Heidi, and several other unnamed members of the guard.
2) The Volturi are similar to a ruling body, and protect the secret of vampires by wiping out any “problems” as vampire law defines.
3) The Volturi live in an ancient Tuscan city called “Volterra”.
4) Aro and Jane’s powers do not work on Bella.
Director Chris Weitz on the Volturi — “No matter how strange one of the characters is in a work of fantasy, I think you have to approach them as people and then so you start to think, ‘They’ve been around for 2,000 years. How would they interact with one another?’ The conclusion was that after 2,000 years you’d probably be more than mildly insane. No matter how cultured or gracious you appear on the surface.
And I think that’s what Michael Sheen managed to portray as Aro, the head of the Volturi — on the surface he’s terribly gracious, warm, a wonderful host and at the same time he’s lethal and frightening. It’s also what Dakota Fanning conveys as Jane. She’s innocent looking in appearance but she’s absolutely deadly.
The first thing I wanted to do was put them in a setting that wasn’t Dracula’s castle. There have been so many vampire movies and werewolf movies and horror movies where everything has been dark and dreary. Instead, their headquarters is surprisingly light and crisp. And the characters that they play have a kind of a tactile reality to them in spite of how bizarre their situation is really. The whole point is not to leave Forks, Washington where everything has really been quite realistic and then suddenly go to a location that completely throws you out of the movie. And the set although it’s huge and grand and magnificent actually feels like a real place.”
So, Marcus looks creeptastic! I've said it before, but he is by far the most visually terrifying from the photos I've seen. Although Dakota's Jane takes a close second with her eerie possessed tween look. Little Red Riding Fangs. LOL But, what's up with Aro? Maybe it's the modern pant suit, but he looks too...normal. Marcus, Cauis & Jane all have that old world feel that I invisioned while reading NM. And I'm cool with Alec's MCR-esque ensemble, but there's something off about Aro's look. Guess I'll have to see it paired with Michael Sheen's performance to get the full effect.
So, which Volturian Coven Member are you seeing in your nightmares???
BC Out!
So, Twilight OST/Lainey posted these pics of the Florida Renee visit scene in Eclipse, and it shows off Bella's wig in all it's horror. This fiasco is reminisent of the Jacob Twilight wig crisis of '08. (Marginally improved for New Moon in '09.) 
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