Talk:Shield penetration/@comment-101.160.131.254-20121214161508/@comment-7600752-20140121052332

I don't think Renesmee's power is useless. She places her thoughts inside other people's heads...they hear her...and know what she says is truth. Bella is NOT the only mental shield in the series...there are others. However, no power manifests itself exactly the same from person to person. Renata also is a mind shield. However, she HAS to be touching the person that she shields. In BREAKING DAWN Renata is constantly standing right behind Aro. She touches his back and keeps him shielded from any mental attacks from a gifted vampire. IF there had been a volturi who could have penetrated Bella's mental shield...then there definitely would have been a war. But, due to Bella's gift, she rendered both Jane and Alec powerless. And it was Jane and Alec's powers that helped the Volturi to easily defeat and kill other covens. Aro knew he would be toast if he tried to war with the Cullens.