Seth Clearwater

"He has one of the purest, sincerest, kindest minds I've ever heard."

- Edward Cullen on Seth

Seth Clearwater is a member of Jacob Black's renegade shapeshifter pack and was introduced in New Moon as Leah's younger brother and a young member of the La Push werewolf (shapeshifter) pack. Aside from Jacob Black and his sister Leah, he is the most developed werewolf in the Twilight Saga.

History
Seth changed earlier in his life than the other werewolves, as he changed around the same time as his sister Leah Clearwater, the only known female werewolf in the series. His transformation, along with his sister's, helped Leah learn why Sam Uley was able to ignore his love for her and move on to her cousin Emily Young, although she is still bitter about it. On a sadder note, his father died of a heart attack. Although, Seth is different from the others, he is friends with the vampires unlike the rest of the pack. Seth is Leah's little brother and much younger than his sister.

New Moon
It is in New Moon that Seth is first mentioned. Bella meets him at a dinner party at Billy's house, where Seth hangs out with her and Jacob. Seth apparently looks up to Jacob, and states that he "hung on Jacob's every word with idolizing eyes." Seth interrupts Jacob whenever it seems like he might have forgotten him. His father's heart attack happened when Harry found out that both his children were werewolves, due to the shock of this news and his high cholesterol. Seth also attended the funeral of his father which Edward mistook for Bella's after the misunderstanding.

Eclipse
Seth's role becomes larger in Eclipse. In the book, Seth goes with Jacob, Bella and Edward to serve as a connection between the werewolf pack and the small camp, and fights alongside Edward against Victoria and Riley, the leader of the newborn vampire army. He manages to defeat Riley after an unneeded interference from Bella, who had thought Seth was wounded whilst he was doing a very realistic feint. He also causes an interference to Victoria by throwing Riley's dismembered arm at her as she was leaping forward to kill Bella, knocking her off balance and giving Edward time to focus on her again. After the battle, he develops a friendship with Edward and returns to the La Push reservation as a hero.

Breaking Dawn
By the beginning of Breaking Dawn, Seth and Edward have become good friends in the aftermath of the battle with Victoria and Riley (according to Jacob, Seth hero-worships Edward). He also respects the Cullens a lot more than any other member of the pack, and is willing to stand up to anyone who speaks ill of them. Bella enjoys talking to him, which she tells Jacob when he asks why she keeps calling Seth wanting to know where Jacob was when he disappeared.

Seth leaves Sam's pack to become Jacob's second in his renegade pack after Sam decides to kill Bella and the half-vampire child she carries as it posed a risk to the werewolves and the Forks community. Jacob calls Seth a "Happy little punk." Edward has told Jacob that he is lucky to have a connection to Seth's mind, which Jacob agrees to. The feud between the two packs is resolved when Jacob imprints on Edward and Bella's daughter Renesmee.

Seth, along with all the La Push wolves, stood with the Cullens when the Volturi arrive to destroy them.

Physical appearance
As a human, Bella describes Seth as having a "tall, gangly build" and a "huge, happy grin". He also has russet coloured skin. She notes that he reminds her of a younger Jacob.

Wolf form
As a wolf, Seth remains tall and gangly and grows sandy colored fur.

Personality and traits
Seth is immature, but cheerful and exceptionally kind. He idolizes both Jacob and Edward. Edward comments that he has one of the purest, kindest, sincerest minds he'd ever heard.

He also has an energetic and self-assured attitude, which is shown when he departs from Sam's pack to join Jacob. Whenever Jacob gives him an order, he would obey without further questions or hesitations.

Wolf abilities
As a shapeshifter, Seth has the regular talents of a wolf, such as phasing, unlimited telepathy within his pack, enhanced senses, strength, durability and regeneration. His speed is only half of a vampire when in human form, though it becomes as fast as a vampire, if not faster, in wolf form. His temperature is also enhanced as to about 108° degrees, which allows him to withstand severe cold weather.

Since his wolf mind is linked with his pack, Bella can protect him with her shield by shielding the Alpha wolf.

His phasing ability also delays his aging process, preventing him from aging until he learns to stop phasing after a solid period of time.

His hearing is noted to be better than the other wolves.

Appearances

 * New Moon (First appearance)
 * Eclipse
 * Eclipse (film) 
 * Breaking Dawn

Etymology
Seth means "chosen one" in Hebrew. Seth is named after Meyer's brother, who is also her site's webmaster.

Film portrayal
Seth was portrayed by Boo Boo Stewart in Eclipse.