Esme Anne Platt was born in 1895 in Columbus, Ohio. At age 16, she met Dr. Carlisle Cullen when she fell and broke her leg from climbing a tree. Sadly, she and Carlisle went their separate ways, but never forgot each other. It would be 10 years before they would be reunited.She was eventually forced by her parents to marry a man named Charles Evenson who abused her. After realizing she was pregnant, Esme ran away from home and gave birth to a son, who died of a lung infection. Esme attempted to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff. Esme was presumed dead and taken to the morgue, but her heart was still beating.Carlisle didn't want her to die, so he chose to change her into a vampire like Edward, who was the first human Carlisle had changed and Esme the second. Carlisle and Esme fell in love and were married. Although Esme was sad that she couldn't have any more children, Carlisle reassured her they could adopt, like he did Edward. They eventually adopted Rosalie, Emmett, Alice, and Jasper.Esme has the gift of being able to love passionately, which became stronger after becoming a vampire. Esme's maternal instincts eventually won over Jacob Black, whose mother died in a car accident.Esme is physically 26 years old and is '5'6 tall. She has caramel brown hair, a heart-shaped face with dimples, and is slender yet rounded and soft.