Benito

Benito was a Southern vampire and the leader of his newborn army. He was the one who invented the concept of creating newborn vampires to build an army for the purpose of conquering.

Biography
Benito was born in Dallas entrenched in Puebla. He invented the concept of a newborn army with the motivation of conquering Mexico City, and was widely successful with it. Other covens began to form their own newborn armies to defend themselves.

This eventually led to the vampire wars of the south that only ended when the Volturi recognized them as a problem, and Benito was executed for his actions leading to total chaos in the southern states of North America. Jasper Hale stated that by successfully capturing Northern Mexico, the Volturi were "cleaning" house for a year.

To this day, Benito's idea is often imitated by ambitious vampires, especially those in Mexico and the southern parts of North America.

Appearances

 * Eclipse (mentioned only)