Talk:Vampire/@comment-24173435-20141025232741/@comment-7600752-20141108001938

I believe it’s in Breaking Dawn where it’s explained. But the Denali coven was casually mentioned in parts of the previous stories. I’m sure that it’s also explained in detail on their bio’s and articles here. The Cullens were vegetarians because they consciously choose not to take human lives. The Denali sisters, on the other hand, were originally human drinkers. However, the Denali sisters preferred human men (as lovers) over vampire men. But, what kept happening was that they’d fall in love with a human male, then end up killing him when they became too intimate. After centuries of living this way, the Denali sisters decided there had to be another way… so that their men could survive. So, they ultimately became vegetarians over time. Later, they gained the same type of conscience that the Cullen’s have regarding humanity. But, the Cullen’s and the Denali sisters became vegetarians and attained their consciences for completely different reasons. Of course none of this applies to Carmen and Eleazar, who had their own reasons for joining the Denali sisters. We never are told WHY none of the Denali sisters just didn’t turn any of their human lovers. All that’s said in the book, is that they preferred human males, and now that they were vegetarians, the men they loved no longer had to die. Despite preferring humans, Kate eventually takes Garrett as her mate. There’s also the fact that Irina had fallen in love with Laurent… and considered him her mate. So, this kind of contradicts their past of preferring human men.