RELATIONS; WASHINGTON COVENS:
Originally a single coven, the Olympic Coven, consisting of the vegetarian vampires: Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Emmett, and Edward Cullen, as well as Rosalie and Jasper Hale (Whitlock), the coven later divided shortly after leaving Forks and Alice and Jasper’s break up. With Jasper Whitlock leaving the coven, he traveled to Texas before settling in Seattle, Washington where he is presently attending college. In the wake of reuniting with Bella Swan and engaging in a battle against the vampire Victoria’s army, Jasper established the Whitlock Coven-- which branched away from the Cullen’s diet and typically feeds on blood bags-- which consists of himself, his adoptive sister Rosalie (having left the Cullens after the death of her husband), Rosalie’s adoptive vampire daughter, Bree Tanner, and unofficially the witch and relation of Jasper, Mina Whitlock, and human Bella Swan who also is part of Seattle’s human faction.
With the Olympic Coven remaining in the Washington State area and the two covens still remaining close allies of each other-- even considering each other family-- they remain, when united, the second largest and most powerful coven of their type of vampire, with only the Volturi ranking higher in number and power. An extension of this, while not Washington based, is the fact the Olympic Coven holds strong allies with other covens across the globe, with the Denali’s being of special note as they consider it’s members as extended family and the Whitlock Coven holds ties to the San Antonio Coven through Jasper’s connection with Maria Ramos and his relative, Mina, who is her adoptive daughter. Both have an ally in the hunting Swan family who hold to a code of only hunting those who harm innocents.
Because of this, while typically large cities are neutral territory for vampires, most vampires who make the choice to settle in or travel through Washington State inform the covens out of respect and are not allowed to feed on any unwilling persons within the confines of the territory lest the Washington Covens will act against them. Though it should be noted the aforementioned is generally a default accord for large cities which has been in effect for years. That said, a terrible exception to this was in the case of Victoria who recently (2018) created a newborn army who killed many innocents in a quest to attack Bella Swan and the Cullens. This event ultimately led to a battle in Forks and tensions with Seattle’s Human Faction and for it’s leader, Charlie Swan, and his daughter, Bella with their faction.
