The Multiverse of the Grey Chronicles universe

Timeline and Prophecy:

The multiverse is not as chaotic as you think. This fic is a prequel to the Grey Chronicles, a series I've just began to plan and is now in the works. As you've seen, it takes place in a multi-crossover universe where almost every canon you've watched or read and, in some cases, played in co-exists alongside each other. Sadly, the Wizarding World doesn't feature too heavily here, but it will in later fics. Aurora Borealis can be considered either a prequel or a spin-off, depending on how you look at it. Neither Edward nor Bella nor Jacob are central characters and focal points in the wider storyline or universe, so you won't have to read it before reading the rest of the series, unless you're really invested and curious.

Someone asked me how I could fit everything seamlessly together. Part of it has to do with the various timelines which take place during the different universes that take place. I stick to them diligently with few exceptions. I've even did my best to keep track of the dates, despite multiple events happening with multiple characters in different parts of the globe at the same time, and I even consulted the weather in Forks, Washington on 2007 in real life during certain dates like July 6th, and the moon phase when Jacob and Leah had their duel! An interesting coincidence was when I looked at Twilight's timeline and found that Alec and Jane were born iaround 800 A.D- almost two centuries before the founding of Hogwarts which occured in 990 A.D in the timeline of the Harry Potter universe. Tragically, if they were born later, then they would have been saved and integrated into the British magical community. They could've lived normal, happy lives and their descendants could have been part of Magical Britain.

It's mentioned that other witch and wizards from various canons exist, same as vampires and werewolves (whether infectious or otherwise). The witches of the Vampire Diaries universe were present, but others were barely mentioned. One of which is Charmed (the original series), and the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, along with A Discovery of Witches and more. The vampires who feature there also exist, along with the Upyr from Hemlock Grove, the Nosferatu from Roger Eggers' 2024 film (both starring Bill Skarsgård) and more from various universes who never appeared. The events of Castlevania also took place, although the same could be said with Bram Stoker's Dracula and Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla, but they happened during the nineteenth century, and it's mentioned that Dracula and Carmilla were both imprisoned- so was Count Orlok, by the way, for his actions and revealing himself in Wisborg.

The vampires of the Blade trilogy I can also confirm existed at some point, but by the time of this fic they are extinct. Blade and Whistler are both dead, not directly by Lady Laima's hands but something she saw happened and did not interfere with. But the vampire species in Blade's canon are also dead, rendered extinct directly by her magic. Deacon Frost had been the first to go. Like the Volturi, and Lucian and Sonja, she felt it was a necessary sacrifice, like a mother animal deliberately getting rid of the runt of the litter that stood little chance of surviving and could potentially threaten the lives and wellbeing of the rest of the brood, in this case by exposing them to humans or the wrath of Blade, justified as it was. They stood little chance of survival, as did Blade who had been embittered and full of hate, he was hardly willing to take a chance with other vampires, even if he made an exception for Nyssa Damaskinos, and would have eventually given other Dhampyr a bad reputation among vampire-kind and placed targets on all their backs, including Renesmee. The vampires of Buffy: the Vampire Slayer met a similar fate, since she couldn't afford to take any risks with other slayers.

The origins of various supernatural beings will be expanded upon and explored in future fics. I did give a What We Do In the Shadows a mention, since Klaus Mikaelson and Eric Northman were both laughing when recounting Laszlo's misfortune (and Eric also made a cameo in the show). One of the few vampires that don't feature are those in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles since there is a copyright and I wish to respect her wishes, and the Hotel Transylvania cartoons.

I can confirm that Lady Laima, the Vampire Queen, was a powerful sorceress originating from another canon film or comic. She is my OC for the most part, but I did not create her. I simply gave her a name and expanded upon her backstory and character, but it was hinted that she was dead alongside her three brothers and one of her sisters by the canon events of the main film which featured her older sister. In the film, her sister, who was only mentioned here, played a very prominent antagonistic role and scared the hell out of me whilst making a big impact. I thought, 'Holy crap! She could eat Voldemort for breakfast.' The Dark Lord wouldn't have stood a chance. No spoilers on who they were though, so I won't even mention which film it was. But it ties into how there are many different Homo Magi or Witches and Wizards. Her true identity and backstory will be revealed soon enough. Her kids, though, are my OCs.

The other canons which take place within this multiverse during the present timeline include series include Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments and its spin-offs, Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and its sequel the Heroes of Olympus (and this ties into some fics I am planning to write about the latter verse), and companion series like the Kane Chronicles, Magnus Chase and Aru Shah. But you don't see more than a passing glimpse throughout the sequel series to this fic: the Grey Chronicles. The events of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla and Robert Eggers' Nosferatu had taken place during the nineteenth century, just as the Stephen Sommer's the Mummy series (I'm considering a crossover fic between that and the Kane Chronicles). This is also why I mentioned sticking to the timeline for most of these series' events are important. How else could anyone differentiate between the different universes and its characters since some of them take place in the recent past, some in the distant past, some in the present or the near-future, and some in potential futures that could never take place?

As to how the Riordan-verse and Cassandra Clare's universe could co-exist, Chiron gives a hint in the Lightning Thief: he mentioned that although the Olympian gods (and as it turned out, the gods of other pantheons like the Egyptians) exist, they were a 'smaller matter' and God with a capital G was another matter entirely. There were hints throughout Riordan's books as to how these various pantheons could co-exist or why they were the way they were, and I've expanded upon that in my earlier fics, so I won't give any spoilers since I'm still planning the Percy Jackson crossovers.

There's a lot of foreshadowing, and I've shown that the Avengers of the Marvel Cinematic Universe exist within this universe, since the Chitauri Invasion of New York would take place in 2012 as both Lady Laima and Gabrielle both saw in their visions. And the events of Star Trek could still exist as Lady Laima confirmed (and the Legends version of Star Wars likely could, in a galaxy far, far away), same as, intriguingly, the Shannara Chronicles by Terry Brooks, which was another possible future that would have happened if mankind had fought each other in nuclear wars, been largely decimated, mutated and/or largely abandoned the Earth to the Elves and other Fey beings altogether, which would have fitted well into the Dune universe and its timeline, since in the Corrino and Atreides' Imperium, mankind had long lost contact with their planet of origin.

The others include Tolkien's universe or Eä. It was mentioned that Gabrielle's species, the Veela, and other Fey beings were descended from the Elves, particularly the High Elves who had never made it to Valinor or the Wood Elves who remained in Middle-Earth. Gabrielle still speaks Quenya and uses Elvish magic, and she believes in the Valar and Eru Ilúvatar who was God in Tolkien's universe. Put it this way: if the Shannara Chronicles which features Elves and mentions the Fey were their ancestors, took place within a distant future, then the events of Tolkien's canon took place in a distant, long-forgotten past since the Fey or faerie species were mentioned by Galadriel as being the descendants of Elves, as intended by the author. The Fey included the leprechauns and Veela of Harry Potter, who were the Vila, Samovila or Samodiva of Slavic mythology, along with the nymphs of Greco-Roman mythology and the Riordan-verse (also mentioned by Fleur in Goblet of Fire), the People of Artemis Fowl, and the Seelie and Unseelie Fey of the Mortal Instruments.

The Warhammer Fantasy series and 40,000 universe is another, more complicated matter. I'm going on the idea that Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 takes place in the same universe during different times. Warhammer Fantasy and the possibility of the future that the Shannara Chronicles took place in can simultaneously exist alongside the history of Arda, since Tolkien wrote that after the death of Arwen Undómiel much of history was lost and wasn't even worth recording. According to Galadriel in Fellowship of the Ring, the Elves ended up either leaving for the Undying Lands and departing this world, or, if they chose to remain, became the faerie folk people around the world tell tales about. I've also put it that some Elves set out to depart to Valinor but for various reasons, some included the ancestors of the Veela/Vili never made it there. They survived but at great cost. These Fey eventually evolved into different genera, species and beings, and those who remained alive after the Earth was torched in a nuclear war evolved into the Elves of the Shannara Chronicles. Some of them seemingly lost their immortality, although like the Corvinus Strain and the Magical human gene, it only lay dormant within them. Staying and enduring Arda being marred by Morgoth, Sauron, their minions and the demons of the Mortal Instruments universe played a key role in making it happen. It was mentioned that Nerissa, the mother of the half-faerie Blackthorne siblings, voluntarily surrendered her life, that is fading the same way Tolkien's elves and some immortals of Riordan's universe were able to do. The Dwarves and the Hobbits of Tolkien's world have seemingly disappeared, and the Dwarves and other races in Shannara were a mutated offshoot of humans who looked similar but weren't related to the Khazâd or anyone else.

In the Grey Chronicles multiverse, Warhammer Fantasy's Age of Myth corresponds with Tolkien's Age of the Lamps or the Days before Days on Arda, before the Marring of Arda by Melkor/Morgoth. The War of the Beard which takes place there is a ridiculous term which actually refers to the various conflicts between the Eldar and the Khazâd (Elves and Dwarves), such as the murder of Thingol and the Battle in a Thousand Caves, during the overall War of the Jewels or War of Wrath against Morgoth. The actual events and the war itself were recorded in the Silmarillion but largely forgotten by non-Eldar. But the Rise of Sigmar, who united the human tribes and founded the first Empire took place long after the Fall of the Reunited Kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor, the Kingdom of Rohan and all the Free Peoples of Middle-Earth and was not recorded. The orcs were defeated and slowly fell into extinction since, unlike what George R.R Martin suspected, Aragorn never ordered the extermination of every baby orc in their cradles after Sauron's downfall. God only knows whether it was the right decision, but Men, Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits and Ents would've killed them on sight anyway, deeming them as a threat. The Skaven, a race of rat men, infected and killed many people during the Skaven Rise, but they were created by remnants of Sauron's forces working dark magic. The Vampire Wars were largely averted due to Lady Laima's foresight, but she might have meddled in more than you expect, so they weren't in danger of extinction and were able to make good terms. But the Imperium of Man will never rise since she already averted that future, the Dark Age of Technology, the creation of the Warp and the formation of the gods of Chaos- either that or she and her mother and sisters sealed them within their own dimension, same as the gods of Lovecraft's novels. Although there is nothing prohibiting writing fan-fiction about Martin's Planetos, I decided not to do it, partly because it takes place in another world, and partly because the author doesn't want it. I might not be able to resist eventually, however- I hadn't in the past.

As bad as the circumstances of the Dune universe and its Imperium was, it wasn't as bad as the Imperium of Man and the universe of Warhammer 40,000. So, Warhammer 40,000 was already safely averted at this point since the Vampire Queen had already killed the future Emperor of All Mankind before he could create his Primarchs and unify Terra. The Emperor was a perpetual, an oddity of nature in that he became immortal despite being born to human parents, not unlike Alexander Corvinus and his sons from the Underworld series, including her husband, or herself and her family. But she definitely saw him as a threat to the universe and eliminated him before he could unify Terra and create the Primarchs or any of his Space Marines, just as she prevented the vampires from attacking during the Warhammer Fantasy series and stopped the universe from ending up the way it had in that future. She even prevented the creation of the Warp.

The Vampire Queen killed the future Emperor, despite suspecting that he was the father who sired her and whom she never knew (there were more than enough signs). That would've made her the sister of the Primarchs if he'd actually had the time to create them (and it's mentioned in the novels that the Primarchs had a genetic mother named 'Enda' who would've been a pseudonym and a false story concocted about her mother's involvement), but they never had a chance to come into being. At least the Dune universe offered a way to save humanity and give them a brighter future- eventually. So, she keeps Ava Swan alive as a contingency, in case all else fails. But Lady Laima could have been the Emperor's biological daughter, and the full sister of his Primarchs, so it was another personal sacrifice she had to make, like with Sonja, Lucian and their children.

The other possible futures which could occur or had already been averted include the universe of Panem in the Hunger Games, Post-Apocalyptic Chicago in the Divergent series, a similar Denver in Maze Runner, the Norsefire-ran Britain in V for Vendetta, the Australia of Mad Max, the 2050 which featured Waterworld, Planet of the Apes, Walking Dead and- you know what? You get the idea. All of them dystopian futures which no one wishes would come to pass. A particularly sharp reader had long spotted the Dune series, and I've made it that Bella's secret cousin Ava is an ancestor to the Atreides, Harkonnen and Corrino families which was why Lady Laima is keeping her and her descendants alive as a backup plan, in case all her other plans to save the world from destroying itself failed. That's similar to why she was so mad Edward and the Volturi had been responsible for the deaths of Vittoria Della Rosa and the policeman whom Alice tried to bribe, since both people would have played incredible roles in the future of humanity and now, she has to find a backup solution. She punished Alice by severely destroying her confidence, forcing her to confront everything she had done, and to watch as her brother suffered forever. Alice didn't get off lightly.

In actuality, the Vampire Queen manipulated the Cullens into believing that Edward, Bella and Jacob's sufferings were unavoidable, but in reality, she ensured the outcomes would turn out the way it had. It was her way of punishing each of them, even though Jacob hadn't meant to play a role in Vittoria Della Rosa or the policeman's deaths, she justified it since Jacob had definitely permanently damaged Renesmee, even though she escaped and was freed, among doing other dubious things, like risking Charlie's life for selfish reasons, nearly killing Renesmee, agreeing to help abort the unborn baby or to kill her as soon as she was born, sexually assaulting Bella and not truly regretting he kissed her (only when she was upset with him and the other Wolves forced him to apologise did Jacob do so). Unlike what she made the Cullens believe, Jacob didn't have to remain in a self-imposed exile away from home for the rest of his days. She was being vengeful. She certainly pulled the strings on Edward's trial and had Walter Bernhard destroy his entire reputation in the eyes of his friends and the rest of his species, so they all shunned and turned their backs on him- but she had long since consulted Adriana Della Rosa for permission to punish Edward and Bella by destroying their marriage, the former's relationship with his daughter (which she felt he deserved and was responsible for, regardless), and forcing Bella to witness the future she had thrown away and open her eyes to Edward's actions, plans and motivations. The other Cullens were punished for their complacency and, in Alice's case, her complicity by forcing them to watch their loved ones suffer. It works so well that none of them even consider holding a grudge against Lady Laima, especially since they were fully aware of their own responsibilities in the events that occurred.

It's pretty cruel, but in a way, you feel it is justified, and something like this would've happened anyway without her involvement. Bella and Edward's marriage would've still fallen apart, Renesmee would've eventually broken down and either ran away or found a way to kill herself, Jacob would've fallen to disaster- in fact, you can also argue that the Vampire Queen did Jacob a favour by ensuring his imprint ended and sending him to Canada. And while Edward's status as an outcast wasn't necessary and might not have happened, she wanted to break him whilst forcing him to endure the life he had tried to throw away, which got Vittoria killed. She wanted to force Bella's eyes to open for the same reasons.

In every canon universe, foresight is a very real thing but is highly unreliable and changeable. Bella, Charlie and Ava's Occlumency gene would have eventually evolved into the Siona-gene which Leto the Second Atreides of the Dune series created and selectively bred, then spread throughout humanity so they could never again rely on foresight and others telling them what to do. It's these little coincidental similarities which create openings for me to tie everything together.

The Science of Genetics

Science plays another key role in this multiverse. I've shown hints, and I've had Gabrielle explain- in great detail- the psychology of certain characters and why they behaved the way they behaved, or else the individual characters came to their own conclusions.

It's mentioned during the trial of the Volturi, and how Alec and Jane, and every vampire with a magical power managed to obtain it, it's because of the magical gene. Same as with Charlie and Bella, and their family. In Midnight Sun, Edward mentioned that Charlie's mental defence was not as good as Bella's, but still pretty impressive. His daughter's shield was totally dormant until she became a vampire. If Bella had married and had descendants with a No-Maj human, then a few more generations and her line would have included witches and wizards, same as Angela. Ava Swan's occlumency abilities were far more powerful, but she doesn't feature much here other than as a foreshadowing. It all ties into the Harry Potter universe since Muggle-born witches and wizards were mentioned as being descended from Squibs who integrated and intermarried into the various Muggle communities.

Queenie Goldstein seemed to have a natural aptitude for Legilimency, which could be hereditary, and since Edward and Cedric Diggory were played by the same actor, it could be that they were related in fiction. Perhaps the Diggorys or some other relatives who passed on the magical gene carried legilimency in their traits and passed it onto Edward.

However, this might confuse you since I've put it that Lady Laima, being a progenitor of the vampires, has passed on a portion of her DNA to each vampire, no matter the species. So, it's just as likely they've inherited it from her, especially since she was able to do what Mele, the vampiress who could steal the powers of other vampires and transfer them to others, was supposed to have done to Aro for Sulpicia in Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined. In the original timeline and universe, Stephenie Meyer admitted that 'Mel' was likely discovered by Aro long after Didyme's death and quietly eliminated by him as a potential threat. Lady Laima also displays more powerful versions of Siobhan and Alice's powers, along with Jasper, Edward, Aro, Maggie, Zafrina, Renesmee and various others, being able to bypass Bella's Occlumency shield which she could also recreate, only far stronger and better. This was not a mistake. It's a clue into her origins which would be expanded upon in later fics. She, like her sister, was more powerful than any other sorcerer in any universe. In truth, the story about Markus frantically trying to turn her immortal was due to him not truly knowing the true number of 'Perpetuals', immortals like Warhammer 40k's Emperor or his own father and himself, thanks to a lot of secrecy and mistrust, as she mentioned some members of her family, including her sister had for him and the Corvinus Clan. Everything ties together, including science. It can explain why different vampires from various universes could coexist alongside each other.

Yes, all witches and wizards from various canon universes are also related. But I can't reveal spoilers.

Now, this is why it would be still be scientifically impossible for Jacob and Renesmee to have children, even in a multiverse crossover like this, when other vampires and werewolves have created hybrids or 'tribrids'- or 'tri-blood hybrids'.

My explanation is based on the logic in the canons of Twilight (either from Stephenie Meyer herself or from semi-canon sources approved by her) Underworld, Harry Potter and the Vampire Diaries franchise.

If you're familiar with the Underworld series and the Vampire Diaries universe, please understand that I am as well. Hybrids like Klaus in the Vampire Diaries and Originals, and Michael Corvin and Lucian and Sonja's unborn baby in the Underworld series, along with 'tribrids' or 'tri-blood hybrids' like Selene and Michael's daughter Eve and Klaus' daughter Hope, are all scientifically possible in this universe, but Renesmee having a child with Jacob is not.

I've categorised 'werewolves' as they are stereotypically named, from every canon universe which I've included into two groups: Loup-Garou or hereditary werewolves, whom I also termed Wolves, who reproduce by procreating and not infecting others, including the werewolves of the Vampire Diaries universe and Blood and Chocolate. And then there are Lycanthropes including the ones we see in Harry Potter, like Remus Lupin and Fenrir Greyback, the Twilight series' Children of the Moon, and the Lycans in the Underworld series and the first-generation werewolves who also feature there, created by William Corvinus, despite the latter two species being able to procreate biologically as well. However, it was mentioned that they mostly repopulated their ranks by infecting others. In the Vampire Diaries universe, werewolves do have venom but that venom is primarily used and meant for killing enemies, particularly vampires. You can't use it to make another werewolf.

Now, in the Vampire Diaries sequel, the Originals, Klaus was mentioned as already being a werewolf, but his particular species' abilities and traits lay dormant, like the Wolf genes of the Quileute Wolves. Unlike them, the abilities and traits of Klaus' father's species could only be awakened when the werewolf kills someone for the first time. For Klaus, his werewolf traits activated right after his sorceress mother Esther turned her remaining children into vampires. He had been the product of an affair Esther had with a werewolf, and the gene he had inherited from his biological father activated after he had made his first kill- which also happened to be his first kill as a newly-made vampire seeking blood. That's why he became a hybrid; the Wolf gene was already in him, and he was also half-witch, to make things easier. To make it all possible, in this fic, as Gabrielle mentioned, Klaus' mother had stolen some of Lady Laima's DNA (along with Tatia's blood) and that was what enabled her to transform her children into vampires, including Klaus, despite him unknowingly also being a (dormant) werewolf. And as a sorceress herself, Lady Laima had, unknowingly, drunk some of Markus' blood before either of them transformed, thus absorbing the Corvinus strain within her DNA which was already magical, and so her DNA then enabled Klaus to keep his full werewolf traits and abilities, whilst also being considered a full vampire. Klaus' witch traits would have been strengthened. (Yes, witches and wizards of every universe are also related, but we're not talking about them now).

Since their Wolf species passed their genes via breeding, Klaus would still be able to sire a child even after he also became a vampire despite his species being largely incapable. But my logic is that no other born-werewolf or Loup-Garou can produce a hybrid with a vampire, much less a 'tribrid' like Klaus and Hayley's daughter Hope, who would have only been able to exist because her father had Loup-Garou genes (like her mother) as well as being an Original vampire, the first of his species, and part-witch with the Corvinus strain (in this story). All of these traits and abilities would eventually be passed down onto his daughter, making her extremely powerful.

This brings us to the hybrids of the Underworld series: the vampire Sonja conceived a baby with Lucian, who was a Lycanthrope werewolf or Lycan (although they reproduce primarily by infecting humans, they can still procreate to an extent) and there is an explanation for this that's also canon (somewhat): Sonja was a pure-born vampire, whose father also happened to be an Elder. Take into account that in this story, the first vampire Markus has a wife who was also a powerful sorceress and a perpetual (immortal) before she was even transformed and since the couple drank each other's blood they both absorbed and strengthened one another's traits. Afterwards, Markus created Viktor who would then go on to become Sonja's biological father. Lucian was the first Lycan because his human mother had likely been bitten by one of William's original uncontrollable werewolves who were unable to phase back, while she was still pregnant with him. He was born in human form, but was forced to become a werewolf when the full moon rose; so he was somewhere in between. Hence the reason why Lucian and Sonja were able to conceive a child together, which would otherwise have been impossible; likeBlade, whose pregnant mother was bitten by a vampire, Lucian was stuck in the middle: he still had human traits despite being part of the supernatural. He could infect and create a new species of Lycanthrope that could mostly stay in and revert back to their human forms, but at the same time Lucian could have also procreated biologically to make another werewolf like him- or even another hybrid. Lucian's human traits combined with the unique traits and virus Sonja had inherited from her father, who in turn received it from Markus (and Lady Laima), enabled the couple to conceive a hybrid baby, which in canon Viktor had terminated before birth by reluctantly agreeing to his daughter's execution, and in this universe and timeline, Lady Laima had prevented the execution and saved the couple, only to kill them afterwards when the pair costed some innocent vampires their lives.

Also, since Lucian and Sonja fell in love and conceived together and neither seemed to hate the other's scent (even though Lycan blood is said to be, not just inconsumable, but an anathema to the Underworld vampires) and Markus and William also do not seem to be mildly repulsed by each other's scent, yet the Twilight vampires cannot seem to stand even the werewolves' scent (it's mutual), this can support my theory further that while their respective DNA (without the Corvinus strain) may still repel each other, the Underworld vampires are biologically closer to the original creators of their kind than the Twilight vampires are, even in their canon (whoever the progenitors in that universe may be), since the Cullens and Quileute Loup-Garoux both instinctively despise anything to do with one another, even down to their respective genes: they're each other's natural antithesis.

While in some cases humans can have Dhampir children with vampires (though they're rare) meaning that vampires of all species can produce hybrids (at least for the most part), and William's virus hadn't infected the then-unborn-Lucian completely, it wouldn't have been possible for any of the other vampires or werewolves, especially the further away them and their creators were from original progenitors like Markus and his wife for all vampires, to create hybrids between werewolves and vampires, especially if they don't carry the all-important Corvinus strain, dormant or active (or any canonical equivalent). Even with part-human werewolf or vampire offspring. Although the Castlevania series' Dhampyr are able to reproduce with both humans and vampires (and the resulting offspring will take more after vampires or humans depending on whom their Dhampir parent procreates with, until the reduced human or vampire traits eventually dies out as the generations goes by) this doesn't mean that they can biologically procreate with any kind of werewolf either, including Loup-Garou werewolves, who don't trace any of their species' origins to William Corvinus, Markus' brother, and who also don't reproduce via infection.

It's impossible since their true origins, or at least the mysteries of it, are lost to time (even Taha Aki's descendants had merely joined their world when he first phased, despite being something different before) and they've all branched out and evolved so far ahead and down the line that their genes have now advanced enough to repel anything remotely vampiric, including venom, sperm and egg- even from half-human half-vampire hybrids like Renesmee. After all, can a modern human procreate with a chimpanzee? Although she and Joham's daughters are not venomous and are therefore unable to transmit vampire genes via infection, remember that their male counterpart Nahuel had actually created a pure vampire. Even though he's half-human, Nahuel was able to carry, without being affected, and transmit the virus he'd inherited from his father. Apart from their lack of venom there doesn't seem to be any other differences between male and female Dhampyr in Twilight. So, this means that Nahuel's sisters and Renesmee, despite inheriting human traits as well, carry enough vampire genes which could only repel anything werewolf, Lycanthrope or Loup-Garou.

Michael Corvin was the descendant of Markus and William's father, the first immortal Alexander Corvinus, via his third son (who inherited and passed down the dormant form of the strain) so, as per Underworld canon, being his descendant meant he was the only one who could survive both vampire and Lycan viruses, and pass on his genes to his daughter Eve Corvin, whom he later sired with the vampire Selene, after she had drunk Alexander Corvinus' own blood and absorbed his pure and active version of the strain. Selene had also been created by Viktor, who had been created by Markus personally (Michael won't play a major role in this series, and neither will Eve, since Selene became a vampire in a different way and Michael's fiancée Samantha was magically saved by Lady Laima- who had Seen what could happen- in the US instead of dying, leading him to marry her instead and not move to Hungary to start over and heal. Consequently, Michael never meets Selene and lives a totally normal life, unaware of the supernatural, and Lady Laima keeps her Inner Eye out and uses her magic to make certain absolutely nothing supernatural gets near him or his family, even if they accidentally and coincidentally wandered near their kind. Better than eliminating him, like Viktor).

But if another Lycanthrope werewolf, or even a Loup-Garou like Jacob were to mate with any kind of vampire, they would not be able to have children. Same as with a half-vampire, especially one like Renesmee whose father came from a relatively recently emerged species that does not reproduce by procreation, and Edward did not possess werewolf traits, especially prior to transforming, unlike Klaus. If he'd had them, even if it was dormant like Klaus or Jacob's had been before phasing, he couldn't have been able to become a vampire anyway. It would be impossible since Edward's species had physically evolved too far down the line, so their variation of the vampire gene which was also carried in their venom, could only repel or fight any werewolf genes (from all kinds) to the point of destruction which would be lethal for humans, werewolves and vampires of all species and kinds. And it would be equally impossible for Twilight vampires to absorb anything like the Corvinus strain, because unlike the vampires of Underworld and the Vampire Diaries series, they don't have blood so them drinking any blood does not replenish the blood in their bodies as mentioned in the other canon universes. All their body fluids were turned into venom, including semen which carried sperm. So Edward's sperm would have mutated/evolved to survive within the venom, thus absorbing his species' traits and altering it genetically (my theory is that Edward was able to impregnate Bella instead of transforming her during their honeymoon because the venom needs to go directly into the bloodstream and spread across the body to transform somebody). In Twilight canon, it's mentioned that human blood, which makes vampires stronger, lingers in their tissues, which was why newborn vampires are so strong: while they're drinking blood of any kind, their own blood still lingers inside of them, but it always fades away, and older vampires are not as physically powerful as newborn ones. That's why they tend to 'power up' before a conflict by drinking as much human blood as possible, or if not, the blood of carnivores like bears or mountain lions.

Drinking blood which carries any form of the Corvinus strain can make a Twilight vampire powerful for a time, but like their own blood it would eventually fade, so their bodies cannot absorb nor permanently develop any of the traits of the Corvinus clan, and it's the same for the Dhampyr offspring. As mentioned, Twilight Dhampyr, like Renesmee, had inherited the blood in their bodies from their human mothers, yet it's also mentioned that they have hardened skin, even though they don't sparkle. So, Renesmee wouldn't even be able to inject the Corvinus strain inside of her if she wanted to create a hybrid or 'tribrid' of any kind, or to simply make herself more powerful. Even if she managed to do it, her father's species have evolved so far from the original Corvinus clan and are partially frozen so neither they nor their Dhampyr offspring can merge with any variation of the strain any longer, even though all Dhampyr merged the vampire genes with human ones. Therefore, if a Corvinus descendant, including one that carried the strain in dormant form like Michael, is bitten by a Twilight vampire, there is a chance that they will become somewhat more powerful than the rest of their species, but they can never hope to match Markus or his wife, not even close. My theory (and Gabrielle's) is that Twilight vampires have an advantage since they've evolved enough to have hardened skin that can not only attract potential prey, but deflect and reflect sunlight which would otherwise have been lethal, especially the farther away one is from the Corvinus progenitors, but this is merely a compensation that evolution gives them since they're so far away they don't have any of the advantages a vampire of the first species has.

If a Corvinus descendant ended up with powers after a Twilight vampire bites them (how that came about will be explained during the Volturi's trial), they may be slightly more powerful than their peers, but as mentioned, the Twilight vampires' abilities are incredibly limited in comparison to even humans with the magical gene, like wizards. Edward's and Aro's forms of telepathy, Renata's 'shield', Demetri's unique tracking power, Renesmee's ability to show her thoughts, Zafrina, Kate, Jane and Alec's abilities to create different illusions, these are all only small parts of what wizards in Harry Potter canon, who are capable of what they refer to as Legilimency, can do. Therefore, even one magical ability learned by a witch or wizard is far more powerful than any talent a Twilight vampire may naturally possess. The species created by Markus here are also more powerful because of the merging of his direct and active Corvinus strain and his wife's magical DNA, especially the closer an individual vampire can trace its specific origins back to the Corvinus progenitors. Since Twilight vampires are also partially frozen and appear to be biologically advanced in canon, this supports my theory that their genes cannot merge with the strain if it exists in their world.

Yet even if Twilight's version of the vampire virus can somehow merge with the Corvinus strain, it's still not possible to even create a hybrid of any degree. Even if their venom affected and transformed a Corvinus descendant, and that descendant then sired a Dhampir child, then the child would be no more or only slightly more powerful than Joham's children or Renesmee, and no more fertile. Nowhere near as powerful and talented as what Aro or Joham would long to possess, and still incapable of merging any werewolf genes with their own, much less pass them down hereditarily. And Edward Cullen is not a Corvinus descendant.

In Twilight canon, males like Edward can breed but with limited results. After all, how many human women did Nahuel's father Joham seduce over the centuries, only to have four children? Even if the women kept dying for various reasons including before the babies could safely emerge, he should have sired far more offspring as he sought to create a 'super race', especially as Dhampir children were inhumanly strong and resilient. As men require Meiosis, which is a type of cell division, to create sperm, male Twilight vampires would not have been frozen completely but they are frozen to an extent, nonetheless. And Renesmee is a female Dhampir who would stop aging once she is seven, and, as Bella herself realised, the female vampires of Twilight or anyone who is frozen like that in an unnatural state, cannot procreate naturally because their bodies would require even bigger physical changes than Meiosis, like the menstrual cycle and the changes pregnancy brings. So by Meyer's own logic, it's unlikely that Renesmee can have biological children, and even less likely, if not impossible, for her to have them with any kind of werewolf, including Jacob's kind. Remember, in Breaking Dawn, Bella was relieved she did not accidentally bite Seth because vampire venom was fatal for Wolves, so it's also not possible for their species to create hybrids with werewolves of any kind, by infection or any other way. This is the basis for my logic that any vampire and werewolf genes (both Loup-Garou and Lycanthrope), not just in venom, can only repel or destroy each other upon contact. So, this means that, judging by the same logic, even with her being half-human there can be no biological offspring for Renesmee with Jacob in the future, even if they do end up together. Even if she managed to find the right time slot and was able to carry a baby that quickly, but safely, before her growth permanently stopped, their respective vampire and Wolf genes would fight or repel one another, not just if and when direct venom transfusion from a pure vampire occurs to a werewolf.

My reasoning is that Leah, despite seemingly not aging, was highly unlikely to be infertile because she is one of the Loup-Garoux, and a new species no less, so she cannot be compared to humans or vampires. There's no logic for the first female of any species which depend upon breeding for reproductive purposes to be infertile. She would have to have a different fertility cycle to humans, and Leah had only just started phasing in the second novel, New Moon, in 2006- the exact same year its sequels, Eclipse and the majority of Breaking Dawn also took place. So in all likelihood, she just wouldn't have been ready to reproduce as she's still relatively young for their standards, if she's a female who started phasing less than a year prior, even if she's physically an adult. Remember, by Meyer's own canon, as mentioned in Breaking Dawn, the Quileute Wolves were already evolving, as displayed by the current generation's size, but I've personally noted the high population numbers, increase in imprints and- as I've pointed out- having a female within their ranks for the first time. They're bewildered and don't understand why Leah phased, but it makes sense if we look at it from an evolutionary perspective. People, even readers, assume that she's infertile because she doesn't have a menstrual cycle and her boyfriend imprinted on her cousin instead, but by now you should have read my logic as to why this was, and the information about Sue's relation to Sam's father came from a semi-canon source approved by Stephenie Meyer herself. The original Twilight canon also claims that all the Quileute Wolves are descendants of their one common ancestor, Taha Aki, further supporting this. I believe that the Cold Man and Woman he encountered could only have come with the early settlers from Europe a few centuries ago, as it's illogical, even though vampires are tireless and don't need to breathe, to swim all that way to the Americas even if they were desperately running from something and Taha Aki was mentioned to be past the age of two hundred when he encountered them. Remember, centuries are not enough to serve evolution's purpose; plus if Taha Aki wasn't that far back in the family tree (despite or perhaps because of how long he lived and how many descendants he had), then this means that Sam and Leah are both too closely related to produce healthy Wolf offspring, since through Sue they're related at least doubly, but even more so since both of Leah's parents were descendants of Taha Aki. Plus, even though there's no information about Sam's mother's background, it's also possible that, like her husband, she's also a descendant of Taha Aki. This stands is in contrast to Paul and Rachel, even though the latter was Ephraim Black's great-granddaughter, as despite the fact that both were also descended from Taha Aki since we must remember he had large broods of children with three different women over the course of two centuries, and while only two of his sons, Yaha Uta and Taha Wi, were named, he had plenty of others who would have been sired over the course of his life, and who themselves would have had plenty of children each, likely with different wives respectively. While they never encountered and imprinted with a female Loup-Garou of another species and had offspring with them (unlike the French and German-originated packs in Blood and Chocolate), human genomes are incredibly elastic and all these women could pass down the newly emerged Wolf genes. But still, Sam and Leah's overly entwined biological relation would have been too much as, recently emerged as their species were, their species' genes were racing to keep pace with the demands of evolution and the contamination of heavy metals in their water supply.

But this also supports my theory since Leah and Jacob both discussed evolution and procreation in Breaking Dawn as being Sam's own logic for why Wolves imprint, due to the differences between their generation and their great-grandfathers'. So while the Quileute Wolves are running fast down the road of evolution to catch up, especially considering that the previous two generations never even phased, then by Meyer's own logic it's because of that, and the same reasons why vampire venom (which transmits the gene) is always lethal for them, that it's equally illogical for Renesmee (sired by the sperm that mutated or evolved to survive in Edward's venom and absorbed vampiric traits) to be Jacob's mate since she cannot ever become the mother of his offspring and pass down the Wolf gene nor merge any vampire traits with Wolf ones. Her genes, inherited from her father Edward, had been mutated by vampire venom and carried at least one pair of vampire chromosomes. It would repel if not destroy Jacob's sperm.

Plus, neither she nor Jacob are biologically related to Alexander Corvinus, even if he existed in the original Twilight canon, nor any other progenitor of that kind. Neither can Renesmee absorb the Corvinus strain in any form, or its Twilight equivalent if it exists, even if she performed magic or got past the barrier of her hardened skin by any other means. This is because, again according to what we know in Meyer's own canon, Dhampyr sired by Twilight's vampires could have only inherited their mother's blood alone, since their fathers do not possess any, despite Dhampyr inheriting the latter's transformed/mutated gene which partially freezes them, and neither Bella nor Jacob are Corvinus (or any possible Twilight counterpart's) descendants. Jacob cannot simply inject himself with the Corvinus strain either, unlike Lucian, as his species does not have any relation to Alexander nor his son William, the first infectious werewolf. Nor even Lucian, the progenitor of the first species of Lycanthrope werewolves capable of reverting back to and mostly staying in human form. Both Markus and William's versions of the strain will kill Jacob or another Loup-Garou stupid enough to try it by destroying their DNA, ripping their cells apart from the inside. Alexander's pure version and his third son's untainted but dormant form of the strain may mutate Jacob, but it still wouldn't work if he wishes to have children with Renesmee as the gene she'd inherited from Edward would still be too far-evolved from all members of the Corvinus clan to merge with or even be mildly affected by any forms of the strain (or its Twilight canon equivalent) enough, especially more so since she's partially frozen or will be. So, no 'tribrid' or 'tri-blood hybrid' Black/Cullen babies.

In this fic, the vampires of Underworld are able to reproduce because they are less evolved and a far older species than those of Twilight or the Vampire Diaries. The further away the original progenitors, like Alexander, Markus and Lady Laima, are from the creators or even the biological parents (if pure-born) of the prospective vampire or werewolf hybrid's parents or creators (of all species and kinds), the less possible it will be for anyone who is even part-vampire or part-werewolf to create hybrids with each other, by any means. It takes nothing short of closest form of the Corvinus strain to Alexander himself (or close enough in Sonja's case, as her mother was likely also transformed by either Viktor or Markus) to do the trick. The vampires of Twilight had evolved to reproduce solely via infection (unless for Dhampyr), otherwise, their venom would have had the same results as that of the vampires of Underworld: a human bitten is more likely to die from the virus than to become an immortal. In Twilight, if a vampire bites you but can resist the urge to drain you dry, then you will certainly become a vampire, although it's incredibly difficult for them, even for an experienced vampire like Carlisle as Edward noted; which was why he used a needle and syringe to transform Bella, his singer, since it was even harder for him the first time he tasted her blood. Underworld vampires are noted as being tempted, despite even having the best of intentions, especially since it is against coven law to feed on a human or even turn them without permission, but they can resist far more easily. This is all due to nature's way of keeping their population under control, the same reason why pure-born vampires, for the species who are capable of breeding, are rare. The rest of the world, supernatural or mundane, doesn't need too many super-powered vampires, especially pure-born ones, regardless of whether or not they carry the Corvinus strain.

But by all logic, as Underworld specifically stated, it should be impossible to survive a bite from even a Twilight vampire and a Lycanthrope (from any species) at the same time, even if they can both resist the urge not to kill the human: like with vampire and Loup-Garou DNA, both viruses would battle each other for dominance and the effects would be too much, too harmful and all-at-once; so rather than healing any injuries, both would kill the human, even if either creator also had human traits. And all this is because both nature and magic would not allow an overturn in the balance of power so easily. It's the same reason as to why if a witch or wizard from Harry Potter turned into a vampire, unless they were transformed directly and trained by one of the progenitors, they would find their powers terribly limited as compared to what they are used to. Even if they seemingly acquired new powers upon transformation, that will merely be the result of the vampire gene making it easier to access their own seemingly untapped and undiscovered potential from before. Otherwise, if they appear to have acquired new powers which no witch or wizard are supposed to have, like the legendary vampire powers in traditional folklore and Gothic literature, which is possible due to Lady Laima's genes, that will be because the Laws of Balance (which Gabrielle had published) when applied to evolution, demanded that they be compensated for the range of possibilities (including once-possible potential abilities that may develop) that they've lost upon surrendering their humanity. The Corvinus clan like other Perpetuals, as Alexander himself said in Underworld Evolution, are 'oddities of nature', even with magic like Lady Laima in this story. Magic may seemingly bend the laws of nature, but even magic cannot break them, and it has its own laws.

Psychology of Twilight vampires

Psychologically speaking, the vampires of Twilight were supposed to be free of any disease, mental as much as physical. But Meyer said nothing about mental disorders which aren't yet at the peak point of true insanity. Alec and Jane already displayed signs of mental instability, and so did the Immortal Children, attributed in part due to being frozen at a young age, but I also suspect that enduring the horrifying trauma of the three-day agony of transformation, the change in diet and becoming a thing human 'grown-ups' fear, drinking human blood and killing them en masse, whilst unable to grow mentally as well as emotionally, feeling trapped in your own body whilst knowing and feeling that you are not actually something natural, is enough to traumatise and destabilise any young child. Combine this with the fact that they never slept, and could never rest nor feel at ease, taking a break and relaxing. Toddlers are always hyper and alert anyway. Of course it damaged them mentally!

Does this limit itself to toddlers? Jane and Alec were early in their adolescence and already traumatised by their mother's murder and being burned alive. And if Jane was mentioned in semi-canon sources as being able to inflict the most excruciating feeling of agony because that was what she felt when she was burned alive (Alec was knocked unconscious, hence his power), remember Neville's parents and how they were clinically insane because of Bellatrix Lestrange and Barty Crouch Junior inflicting torture through the Cruciatus Curse. It makes sense, doesn't it?

Edward was also seventeen. He displayed signs of mental disorders, and Bella already seemed to have them as she and Jacob suspected when he asked her whether she had OCD in Eclipse. She also displayed signs of anxiety, due to her frequent panic attacks and being easily afraid- until she got her quick-fix and was standing within an army of vampires and possessed a supernatural shield. But she's frozen, like every other vampire, in the state she was when she transformed, including mentally. That's why although she came to the conclusion of the truth about her relationships with Edward and Jacob, and was able to snap out of it, the way Carlisle had about his previous beliefs, she can't entirely change. Edward can't either and he refused to let it go.

As a former teenager, I often look back and think, 'Really? That was what made me so mad, anxious or upset back then?' It all seemed trivial. Personally, I feel calmer once I passed that phase, although maybe time and distance from those events also played a key role. Bella and Edward will never grow out of that phase. Neither will Jane and Alec, nor will any of them recover from their mental states, even if they have some kind of disorder. Apart from the amnesia, Alice was okay. She recovered fairly quickly according to semi-canon sources, and she must have been unable to remember a thing because she was still healing when she transformed and vampires' memories about their human lives are not as clear as the ones they developed after they turned, so it was tricky trying to remember. For Alice, it might have been hard, but there was nothing serious about her state of mind, unless you counted her occasional propensity for excitement, impulse and need to control and arrange everything. I probably should include her shopoholic tendencies too. Maybe it had something to do with the disorder and the mess she had in her late human and early vampire lives. Maybe that was why she was so drawn to Jasper, who was a commanding officer in his human life, and trained and kept newborn vampires in order.

In her human life, Bella was definitely a parentified child, as Renée had primarily used her daughter as a caretaker and servant, and she showed signs of emotional neglect. Distance and unfamiliarity with her other parent, who also needed slight assistance around the house, made them practically strangers. Isolated and alone, Bella had been starved of companionship, as she remembered begging Renée for a brother and even wanted a dog, as she admitted to Jacob. But she also mentioned that she wanted an older brother, someone who looked after her as opposed to needing her to look after him, even though she was used to taking care of her mother. She also mentioned she hadn't wanted children, and the idea hadn't appealled to her. She described them as being 'loud creatures, often dripping with some form of goo' and in the same sentence and the one after, reflecting that she'd dreamed Renée would provide her with an older brother, 'Someone to take care of me, rather than the other way around.' Although she never explicitly states that caring for Renée had something to do with it, why would she need to feel cared for? Why would she be bothered about caring for someone when she's so used to taking care of her childish mother, as she so mentioned? Yet she didn't want a child to raise, nor did she plan on having one until she learned she was pregnant with Edward's baby.

But when faced with the prospect of making and maintaining friendships, Bella seemed a complete stranger to the entire thing, as displayed by her behaviour in New Moon, and the fact that she seemed to believe Jessica had gone over to the 'Dark Side' just because she was mad about the biker incident, even though Bella didn't seem to be truly remorseful about putting herself and her friend who trusted her in potential danger. Neither did Bella think she was doing anything bad. In fact, she seemed to think Jessica was overreacting, even though any normal friend would be even more upset. Bella also didn't think Jessica was right to be mad and what she did was wrong, even after she supposedly came back to her senses once Edward had returned. Neither did she think it was an issue when she completely abandoned and neglected her friends and their company after Edward had left, and even after he came back, until Charlie pointed it out, although she didn't think she had been doing anything wrong. There was also no mention of her keeping in contact with anyone from Phoenix, or Riverside and Downey after her grandmother's passing, only Renée who had moved away. Unlike many female protagonists and supporting characters, Bella does not appear to have any friends prior to moving to Forks. In fact, she mentioned her mother as being her best friend. It was mentioned that she was too shy to make friends with Rachel and Rebecca, Billy's daughters, and she does not appear to have remembered Jacob, even though he was sure to have been there during those visits. In Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined, Bella's gender-bent counterpart Beau remembered being bullied until he started taking martial arts. Bella had not done the same thing in her universe, else it might have improved her coordination and balance, but although she never specifically mentioned nor remembered she was bullied by her peers in Phoenix, Riverview or Downey, she not only shows signs of being accustomed to exclusion and spending time on her own, based on my personal experience as a bullied victim, I often don't like to remember or think about it. And nerdy girls with 'middle-aged attitudes' who were clumsy, had to do the housework and didn't have time for fun and recreational outings, or even extra-curricular activities would have been made fun of, especially in high school. Bella was also so mistrustful of people when arriving in Forks High she not only tried to be invisible, she was easy to tense and more than ready to believe that everyone who approached and acted friendly or helpful towards her had some other, more devious motive. Maybe she was right, as was the actually the case with Jessica, as Edward discovered in Midnight Sun, but the great majority of the school's population?

Bella has social anxiety issues, possible OCD, likely some general anxiety disorder, and co-dependency disorder. Deprived but secretly craving care, emotional nurture and companionship, she latched onto the first person to shower her with attention and care the way no one else had done: Edward. And when he left, she moved onto Jacob and became dependent upon him. That's why she panicked so much when Jacob acted like he was distancing himself from her and started spending more time with Sam and his pack. It wasn't just because she believed he was in some kind of cult. That's why she was so afraid of returning back to being alone. She also shows signs of smothering Renesmee when she realised Jacob had been filling her in about information on the oncoming confrontation with the Volturi and their allies. Bella then thinks 'Wasn't shielding her more important than answering her questions?' Even though Bella, on multiple occasions had expressed frustration and despair whenever Edward withdrew information from her to keep her safe. She even showed signs of being mildly annoyed that Edward never informed her about the Children of the Moon later on, because "It never came up." If this wasn't a reaction of Bella trying to provide her daughter with all the love, care and protection she felt she'd been deprived of as a child, I don't know what is.

Based on all this, however, there are worrying signs that Renesmee was sure to be damaged by the three of them: Edward, Jacob and Bella, and not simply by Jacob's grooming of her. It didn't bode well, especially since the series abruptly ended. Keep in mind, Edward admitted, "She's younger in some ways, more mature in others." And being forced to grow faster than the normal pace whilst being kept secret and completely isolated for fear of exposure from the surrounding folk? Especially since Jacob was willing to phase in front of Charlie and risk his life all to make sure the Cullens didn't have to fake Bella's death and leave with Renesmee? That's bound to impact her.