Aro
Movies
Twilight: New Moon
Books
New Moon
Portrayed by
Michael Sheen
Created by
Stephanie Meyer
Personality
Creepy, charasmatic, sadistic, honorable, Homicidal, manipulative
Appearance
Long black hair and red eyes (black when hungry)
Occupation
Leader of the Volturi
Goal
Recruit more Vampires into the Volturi (failed)
Siblings
Didyme † (sister)
Partner(s)
Sulpicia (wife)
Relatives
Marcus (brother-in-law)
Allies
Caius, Marcus, Jane, Sulpicia, other Volturi
Enemies
Bella Cullen ,
Edward Cullen ,
Alice Cullen ,
Jacob Black ,
Emmett Cullen ,
Jasper Hale ,
Rosalie Hale ,
Renesmee Cullen ,
Seth Clearwater ,
Leah Clearwater ,
Sam Uley , the Romanian coven, the Denali Coven
Likes
Recruiting vampires into his cult, power, manipulating others, Bella Swan's resistance
Dislikes
Humans discovering the existence of vampires, rejection, immortal children and ancient laws being broken
Powers and abilities
Superhuman Strength
Fate
Abandons his plans of eradicating the Olympian coven after learning Renesmee Cullen is not an immortal child.
Source
Aro is the main antagonist of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Saga . He is an ancient but powerful and terrible vampire who is the leader of the Volturi, a group of vampires in charge of their secret community. Aro seeks talented vampires into his cult, such as Alice Cullen's gift of foresight and is impressed with Bella's resistance to several of their powers.
