Earnest Cullen (born Earnest Platt) was born in 1895 in Columbus, Ohio. He is the husband of Carine Cullen & the adoptive father of Archie, Edythe, and Eleanor Cullen & Jessamine and Royal Hale. He also had a daughter, Grace, who died at two years old. He is a member of the Olympic Coven. In 1921, after losing his daughter, Grace, Earnest attempted suicide, but his attempt was unsuccessful. Later, Carine transformed him into a vampire on his deathbed. Some time later, the pair fell in love and married, starting to build a family of like-minded vegetarian vampires around them. Earnest possessed an unparalleled capacity for passionate love for those around him, which allowed the members of his adoptive family to consider him as the greatest paternal figure in their lives.
Earnest is an extremely warm individual who is gifted with the ability to love the people around him passionately. He has always had strong paternal instincts, which is why he is able to open his heart so easily to his family. This is due to the death of his first and only child when she was barely two years old, during his human life. Earnest is a very domestic individual. As a career and hobby, Earnest enjoys renovating old properties. Throughout his years as a vampire, he has studied and earned degrees in architecture.
Currently, Earnest is freelance architect in the Seattle area, while he resides with his family in Forks, Washington.
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