Eric Yorkie

"I'm Eric, the eyes and ears of this place."

- Eric to Bella Swan, part of his welcoming speech.

Eric Yorkie is a classmate of Bella's, first introduced in Twilight, and is described as being a geek.

Twilight
Eric is the first person to meet Bella at Forks High School. Bella describes him as "the overly-helpful, geeky, chess club type". He is immediately interested in Bella when she moved to Forks, as are many of the boys in the school. He is resentful of fellow classmate's, Mike Newton, similar interest in Bella. In Twilight, he later asks Bella to the spring dance, to which she declines.

In the Twilight movie, Eric eventually goes to prom with Angela Weber and they become a couple.

New Moon
In New Moon, Eric is seen sitting at lunch with a senior named Katie Marshall, and Bella assumes they were in a relationship. It has been revealed that Katie was introduced simply as a love interest for Eric.

Eclipse
In Eclipse, Eric is the valedictorian of his graduating class. In the movie, Jessica is the valedictorian.

Breaking Dawn
In Breaking Dawn, Eric only appears as a guest at Bella and Edward's wedding. While human, Bella has multiple dreams concerning the Volturi preparing to attack her and her "child". She dreams Eric as one of the human victims killed by the Volturi.

Appearance and personality
Eric is described as being 6'3" with hair "as black as an oil slick," brown eyes, and poor complexion. He is constantly trying for Bella's attention, competing with many of his fellow classmates. He is also said to be very geeky by Bella, even if she shows no interest in him. He also wears very businesslike clothing ties and etc.

Appearances

 * Twilight (First appearance)


 * Twilight (film)
 * New Moon


 * New Moon (film)
 * Eclipse


 * Eclipse (film)
 * Breaking Dawn
 * Midnight Sun

Film portrayal
Eric was combined with Ben Cheney to create one character for the Twilight film. Therefore, Angela Weber dates Eric during the film series, while she dates Ben in the books. Eric is portrayed by Justin Chon in the films. He reprises his role in New Moon and Eclipse.