Sasha

"The woman who created Tanya, Kate, and Irina - who loved them, I believe - lived many years before I was born, during a time of plague in our world, the plague of the immortal children."

- Carlisle

Sasha was a female vampire and founder of what would become the Denali coven, at a time when they were living in Slovakia (then called the Kingdom of Hungary). She was only mentioned in Breaking Dawn. Sometime before Carlisle met the Denali Coven, she was killed after the Volturi discovered her creation of Vasilii, an immortal child.

Biography
Sasha was the creator of Tanya, Kate, and Irina. Tanya was initially a distant relative of Sasha. She was so intrigued by the idea of having another female vampire by her side that she turned Tanya. Sometime after this, they met Kate and Sasha decided to add a sister to Tanya, and later Irina joined them as well.

Tanya, Kate, and Irina thought of her as a mother and are still upset about her execution, though they never truly forgave her for committing the crime of creating an immortal child: Vasilii. She kept his existence from Tanya and her sisters, to save them from the fate of being executed by the Volturi, which indicates that she expected it to happen. Due to her death, the Denali sisters grew respect for the Volturi law, which is why Irina told the Volturi that Bella and Edward Cullen of the Olympic coven created an immortal child. She did not know that Bella and Edward were Renesmee's biological parents, and that she was conceived while Bella was still human, creating a half human- half vampire hybrid thought to be impossible. This resulted in Irina's death by being burned by Caius after apologizing to the covens for causing the trouble.

Due to the danger of the immortal children revealing the existence of vampires, the Volturi got involved and executed Sasha by means of burning, with Vasilii in her arms. Tanya and her sisters witnessed their mother's death but were not destroyed afterwards. Their mother's death instilled a healthy respect for the laws of the vampire world in the sisters.

Film portrayal
Sasha will be portrayed by Andrea Powell in the second Breaking Dawn movie.

Appearances

 * Breaking Dawn (Mentioned only)
 * Breaking Dawn - Part 2