Leah Clearwater

The Basics—

• Name:Leah Clearwater
• Date of Birth:
• Place of Birth: La Push
• Current Residence: La Push
• Status: Werewolf

Physical Appearance—

• Hair Color: Black (New Moon, pg. 74)
• Eye Color:
• Height:
• Other: Exotically beautiful with “perfect copper skin, glistening black hair, [and] eyelashes like feather dusters” (New Moon, pg. 74)

Associations—

• Family: Leah Clearwater is the daughter of Sue and Harry Clearwater. Her father died of a sudden heart attack shortly after Leah and her 14-year-old brother, Seth, changed into werewolves for the first time.
• Significant Other: Leah was very much in love with Sam Uley until he changed into a werewolf for the first time and imprinted on Leah’s second cousin, Emily Young when she came down to visit. (Eclipse, pg. 67)
• Friends:
• Occupation: Protector of the Quileute tribe

Personality/Characteristics—

• Special Abilities/Talents: Unknown
• Hobbies: Unknown
• Interests: Unknown
• Description: Being the only female in the werewolf pack, Leah makes life difficult for the rest of the pack by using their mental connection to think unpleasant thoughts and bring up topics that the pack would rather not think about. (Eclipse, pg. 241) Jacob often refers to Leah as ‘harpy’ because of her constant bitter mood swings.

Miscellaneous—

• Car: Unknown
• Actor: Unknown

Personal History—

Leah Clearwater, daughter of Sue and Harry Clearwater is the only female werewolf of the Quileute tribe.

Before becoming a werewolf, Leah was very much in love with her high school sweetheart, Sam. A direct descendant of the Quileute elders, Sam changed into a werewolf for the first time after the Cullens moved back to Forks. Leah’s relationship with Sam suffered as a result of the transformation because he was unable to tell her that he had become a werewolf. Leah became frustrated that he was keeping things from her but tried to move past that in order to make their relationship work.

One weekend, Leah’s cousin Emily Young came down from the Makah Reservation to visit. Sam imprinted on Emily and because the pull he felt toward Emily was so strong, he was forced to break up with Leah. Leah, in turn, was left heartbroken, not only because she had lost Sam, but because he had fallen in love with Emily with whom she had always been very close. Even though Leah was heartbroken, she put on a brave face in front of everyone and even agreed to be one of Emily’s bridesmaids at her wedding to Sam. (Eclipse, pg. 67)

Before Leah became a werewolf, the Quileute elders always accepted without question that only the direct grandsons of the original wolf had the power to transform. Because of this, Leah’s transformation, (which occurred at the same time as her brother, Seth’s) came as a great shock to everyone. (Eclipse, pg. 240) Hearing of his children's simultaneous transformations, Harry suffered the heart attack that ultimately took his life.

As a werewolf, Leah was finally able to understand the reason for Sam’s secrets during the end of their relationship as well as the love he felt toward Emily. This new found knowledge fuelled the pain she carried inside and is a driving factor in why she uses the pack’s mind connection to make the pack miserable with her hostile thoughts.

When Jacob broke away from Sam’s pack and formed his own, Leah was the second to join his pack and later became the ‘Beta’ to his ‘Alpha’ status. Because Leah’s brother, Seth, was the first to join the new pack, Leah told Jacob that the only reason she was joining was to make sure no harm came to her younger brother while they were protecting Bella and the Cullens. Later, however, Leah confessed to Jacob that the real reason she joined him was to get away from Sam, saying, “I’m happier now, as a part of your pack, than I have been in years.” (Breaking Dawn, pg. 312)

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