Meet the Volturi

A very nice set of photos of the Volturi has popped up this week from The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

In case you don't know:

The Volturi are the equivalent of a royal family to vampires. They operate from the city of Volterra, Italy. The Volturi have existed for at least three thousand years, if not more. They are the largest coven in existance, followed by Carlisle's family and Tanya's. However, they do not follow a "vegetarian" diet, as seen in New Moon, in which they capture and murder several humans in a carefully planned "meal". They are considered the de facto royal family of vampires, as they are the largest and most influential coven in existence . The Volturi deal swiftly and decisively with anything they consider a threat to their city, or the vampire world. They destroy anyone who attempts to overthrow them, or resist their authority and, at Caius' insistence, have hunted werewolves (true werewolves not shape-shifters) to near extinction in Europe and Asia.

They look awesome and from left to right we have Michael Sheen (Underworld, Kingdom of Heaven, Blood Diamond) as Aro, Christopher Heyerdahl as Marcus, Jamie Campbell Bower (Sweeney Todd, RocknRolla) as Caius, Dakota Fanning (War of the Worlds, Push, Man On Fire) as Jane, and Cameron Bright (X-Men: The Last Stand, Ultraviolet, Thank You For Smoking) as Alec.

I grabbed this via the brilliant GeekTyrant