Jacob Black
The Basics—
- Name: Jacob Black
- Date of Birth: 1990
- Place of Birth: La Push, Washington
- Current Residence: La Push, Washington
- Status: Werewolf/shape-shifter
Physical Appearance—
- Hair Color: Black
- Eye Color: Brown
- Height: 6’7’’
- Other: Bella describes Jacob as having “long, glossy black hair … His skin was beautiful, silky, and russet-colored; his eyes were dark, set deep above the high planes of his cheekbones.” (Twilight, pg. 119)
Associations—
Personality/Characteristics—
- Special Abilities/Talents: Because Jacob is a “werewolf,” he can run at very high speed, heal from injuries much faster than normal, and his senses are heightened. He is also linked telepathically with members of his Pack, and, should he decide to use it, he has the Alpha Command.
- Hobbies: Cliff Diving, Car and Motorcycle repair
- Description: Although Jacob appears to be a cheerful, shy person when he meets Bella, when he finally changes into a werewolf, he becomes very moody and sullen because he is having a hard time in dealing with what becoming a werewolf means. Although Jacob always cares about Bella, he definitely has some very sullen moments with her when it comes to her decision to become a vampire. When Nessie is born, Jacob appears carefree and happy again, as she is now the center of his world.
Miscellaneous—
- Car: 1986 Volkswagen Rabbit and a Harley Sprint motorbike
- Actor: Taylor Lautner
Personal History—
Although Jacob’s sisters knew Bella when she was younger, Jacob meets Bella at First Beach in La Push while he is with his friends. He introduces himself and they go for a walk, where Jacob tells Bella the Quileute legends about the “cold ones” and the wolves. After they meet, Billy brings Jacob over to Bella's house from time to time when he visits Charlie. Billy convinces Jacob to warn Bella from dating Edward in exchange for the remaining car parts he needs to finish his Rabbit.
When Edward leaves Bella, she visits Jacob with two motorcycles and asks for his help fixing them. Jacob works relentlessly on them and has them both finished in record time. Jacob takes Bella out and teaches her how to ride the motorcycles. Bella and Jacob become very close friends during this time. When Bella asks him to go to the movies with her friends, he drives Mike Newton and Bella. On the way home, Jacob feels sick and goes back to La Push. Unbeknownst to Bella, Jacob starts his change into a werewolf. He follows the guidance of Sam during this time, but is very angry at the change because he thinks it means he will not be able to be Bella’s friend.
When Bella confronts Jacob, he initially tells her he is not good anymore and they cannot be friends. (New Moon, pg. 272) He comes to her house that same night, though, through her window and tells her he intends to keeps his promise to her to not hurt her. Although he cannot tell her his secret, he tells her to remember all of the stories he told her that day at First Beach.
When Bella figures out that Jacob is a werewolf, she goes to La Push to confront Jacob about being a killer because she wrongfully thinks the werewolves are killing people in the forest. Jacob learns that Victoria is after Bella because Edward killed James, and he tells his pack. The pack decides to hunt Victoria.
One afternoon, when Jacob goes on patrol, Bella decides to try cliff diving. Jacob dives in the water in just enough time to save her. He brings her back to the shore and revives her. That night at Bella's, Jacob tells a telephone caller claiming to be Dr. Carlisle Cullen that Charlie is at the funeral. (New Moon, pg. 413)
Once Bella returns from Italy, Jacob brings back her motorcycle and Charlie grounds her indefinitely. Before he leaves, Jacob reminds Edward about the treaty and reiterates that anyone bitten by a vampire would cause the treaty to end.
Tensions remain strong between Bella and Jacob, since she will not refuse to stop seeing the Cullens. Eventually, Jacob tells Bella he loves her and kisses her. Bella is so upset that he would do that that she ends up punching him in the face and breaking her knuckle, but consents to wearing a bracelet with a wooden wolf on it so she will always remember her option.
When Jacob learns that Victoria is raising a newborn army intent on killing Bella, he makes his pack promise to band with the Cullens to protect her. Before the fight starts, Jacob carries Bella to a secret location in the mountains to try to hide her scent. However, on this trip Jacob learns that Bella has consented to marry Edwarnd and he runs off. Jacob comes back to say goodbye before he goes to join the fight, and he kisses Bella who realizes that she loves Jacob, but not as much as Edward.
In the battle, Jacob is injured badly. Carlisle examines Jacob and helps him during his recovery, while Bella visits him nearly every day. Jacob realizes that Bella is not going to be able to stop loving Edward and he sees that she will not be his. After he recovers, Jacob turns into a wolf and runs into the wild trying to leave everything behind him after seeing Bella’s wedding invitation.
Jacob returns during the wedding and dances with Bella, in an attempt to say a proper goodbye. When he finds out that Bella and Edward are going to attempt to have a real honeymoon, he starts quivering and has to be taken away by Seth and Sam.
Jacob hears that Bella returns from her honeymoon ill, and assumes that the treaty has been broken and she is a vampire. Eager to fight, but required to follow Sam's orders to wait for more information, Jacob heads to the Cullens and learns of the pregnancy.
When the pack learns of Bella's pregnancy, they decide to attack the Cullens. Jacob and Seth break off from the pack and protect the Cullens from harm. Jacob becomes the Alpha in the new pack which grows to include Leah. He promises Edward that the treaty will remain intact if he saves Bella from imposing death.
Jacob is with Bella when she goes into labor and even fights off Rosalie when the blood becomes too much for her. At first sight of Bella's daughter, he imprints and from then on spends all his time with Bella and Renesmee, whom he nicknamed Nessie. When the Volturi plan to come to Forks, Bellacreates a passport for Jacob and Vanessa Wolfe, so Jacob can take Nessie to South America to keep her safe. He does not have to take her, though, because the Volutri are stopped.
Classic Quotes—
“You wouldn’t happen to know where I could get my hands on a master cylinder for a 1986 Volkswagen Rabbit?” (Twilight, pg. 120)
“So do you think we’re a bunch of superstitious natives or what?” (Twilight, pg. 126)
“Well – this is so stupid, I’m sorry, Bella – he wants you to break up with your boyfriend. He asked me to tell you ‘please.’” ((Twilight, pg. 491)
“If either of you set so much as one toe on my land tomorrow . . .” (New Moon, pg. 141)
“You’re so small, I’ll have to knock ten years off your total.” (New Moon, pg. 147)
“They’re cliff diving, Bella. Recreation. La Push doesn’t have a mall, you know.” (New Moon, pg. 171)
“But I’m just like everyone else. Nobody treats me special . . . until now.” (New Moon, pg. 176)
“So are you going to be my Valentine? Since you didn’t get me a fifty-cent box of candy, it’s the least you can do.” (New Moon, pg. 202)
“The usual – slave for life, that kind of thing.” (New Moon, pg. 202)
“That’s okay, you know. As long as you like me the best. And you think I’m good-looking – sort of. I’m prepared to be persistent.” (New Moon, pg. 212)
“It’s just that, I know how you’re unhappy a lot. And, maybe it doesn’t help anything, but I wanted you to know that I’m always here. I won’t ever let you down – I promise that you can always count on me.” (New Moon, pg. 218)
“If you want to blame someone, why don’t you point your finger at those filthy, reeking bloodsuckers that you love so much.” (New Moon, pg. 267)
“I didn’t say it wasn’t the best night I’ve ever spent. Just that I didn’t get a lot of sleep. I thought Bella was never going to shut up.” (Eclipse, pg. 509)
“He’s like a drug for you, Bella. I see that you can’t live without him now. It’s too late. But I would have been healthier for you. Not a drug; I would have been the air, the sun.” (Eclipse, pg. 599)
“You’re scared of Leah, but you’re best buds with the psychopath blonde?” (Breaking Dawn, pg. 247)
“She understands that you’re gonna die and she doesn’t care, s’long as she gets her mutant spawn out of the deal.” (Breaking Dawn, pg. 247)
“How do a blonde’s brain cells die?” (Breaking Dawn, pg. 323)
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