This a list of characters in the Left Behind novel series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. His mother, Marilena, is unwittingly convinced by Sataniststo become the mother of a child who, they assure her, will change the face of the world. The Dragon was cast down to Earth near the end of this experience. In Kingdom Come, Irene and her husband lead a missionary trip to Egypt, where they lead many to salvation during the Millennium World. He also gathers the armies of the world at the valley of Armageddon for the battle with Jesus Christ and his army. Hassid begins grooming Chang Wong, a young man from China who is also very technically gifted, as his protg and replacement when Hassid must leave; the mark of loyalty is now required of employees in New Babylon, and Chang, given the mark unwillingly, has both the mark of the Beast and the mark of God's on his forehead. This is evidenced by both Carpathia's and Ceausescu's use of cult of personality in their rules. The death is not confirmed until the book The Mark when Hannah Palemoon finds her body in the morgue, then takes David to see it. He goes to New Hope Village Church that night and meets a few other members who were also left behind. She and her father take in single women and families after the return of Christ. Author of the underground cyber-magazine "The Truth". He resists going to the schoolhouse, as he and Vicki have a massive falling out. Moon is given the title though it has no real meaning at this point in the story. In The Search, following the death of Bruce Barnes Ryan is kidnapped along with a girl named Darrion Stahley. Before his eternal sentence is carried out, Satan is cast out of Carpathia, rendering Carpathia to his rotting corpse-like remains, the state his body would have been in had Satan not resurrected him prior. As Jesus laid out his crimes against humanity and the will of God, he pleaded for mercy and forgiveness, even attempting to reject Carpathia and Satan, pledging allegiance to him. When Vicki was twelve, a man asked to speak at the dance. He is a charismatic politician that wins the support of all through the United Nations. Spiritual State Fortunato resorts to several threats before calling in a bomb threat at Vasile's grandchildren's school and a fire at his son's farm which ultimately cause Vasile to step down. She died in a plane crash in Soul Harvest. Peter Mathews was the archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, at the time of the Rapture. Carpathia slowly gains complete control of the entire world, first as the Secretary-General of the United Nations, then as the far more powerful Supreme Potentate of theGlobal Community, and, finally,as the self-proclaimed God of Carpathianism (which replaces the Enigma Babylon One World Faith). Nicolae Carpathia is one of the believers in Christ in the Left on Earth series. He's a little egocentric and tends to think of himself as a god to be worshiped. In Apollyon, Ritz is killed by a GC bullet to the head while racing with Ben-Judah, Chloe, and Buck to board a waiting plane at Jerusalem Airport to return to the United States. However, he manages to brainwash everybody present by convincing them that what they had actually seen was the two individuals murdering each other. He is born during the Tribulation, in the book Apollyon. Carpathia refuses unless a direct set of events are put in place, including moving the UN to New Babylon, a city in development in Iraq. Ken Ritz, a fictional character of the Left Behind series, is a private pilot. His mother and father, unbelievers, died because of the events after the rapture. In a Brazilian series from 2012 about the end times called Decode, a similarly named character appears as Nicolai Carpathia. His mother, Marilena, is unwittingly convinced by a group of Luciferians, whose group she joins, to become the mother of a child who, they assure her, would change the face of the world. Buck has just become a Christian. Hattie, who convinced Buck to introduce her to Nicolae Carpathia, eventually becomes Carpathia's personal secretary, and later his lover. Nicolae Carpathia is the Antichrist in the Left Behind series, serving as the secondary antagonist. Suhail Akbar's portrayal in the novels was criticized for being anti Muslim.[1]. At the end of the series he went to Jerusalem with the other believers. Carpathia is the Antichrist, and leader of the Global Community, a world government which he ultimately marshals against the followers of Jesus Christ . He is badly disfigured and wears a prosthetic to hide the fact that most of his face is missing as a result of injuries caused by the Wrath of the Lamb earthquake. Through his parents, Carpathia possesses a unique bloodline dating back to Ancient Rome, so he can actually claim to be a Roman descendant. The religion lasts for three and a half years before meeting its downfall at the Second Coming of Christ. There, he is prayed for by Tsion and others, and his mark of loyalty is miraculously removed by God. A true global community, a true world.of peace. He faked a stroke, got a wheelchair, and hid a hand-filed blade in the handle. After his address Carpathia quickly becomes a celebrity, and People magazine named him their newest Sexiest Man Alive. Within the series, Carpathia is the Antichrist, and leader of the Global Community (G.C. Carpathia established "Carpathianism" as the only legal religion on Earth and, following the events in the Book of Revelation, decreed that all were required to bear a mark (the biblical Mark of the Beast) signifying their loyalty to him and the Global Community in order to buy or sell. The main antagonist Nicolae Carpathia (i.e. The Global Community is a fictional worldwide government led by Nicolae Carpathia, who was its Supreme Potentate.It was transformed from the United Nations after the Rapture when Nicolae took power, and moved to New Babylon where its main headquarters were until the plague of darkness from the fifth Bowl Judgment fell upon it. Immediately after Carpathia's assassination, Hassid had to work with artist Guy Blod, who was making a huge statue of Carpathia. Then, Ritz flies Buck to Israel where he locates and rescues Tsion Ben-Judah, and Ritz flies them safely back to America. Hattie begins working for Secretary-General Nicolae Carpathia as Head of Security, and later as personal assistant. Jonathan Stonagal is a powerful, corrupt, and highly influential American financier with links to Viv Ivins' Luciferian organization. All of his family disappeared in the Rapture except Andr, who died after being shot by LeRoy Banks and being caught up in a fire in his apartment complex. After becoming pregnant with Nicolae's child and being engaged to him, Carpathia attempts to poison her, but the child takes the brunt of the poison and dies. The meeting with the two witnesses had a profound effect on Ben-Judah, who spoke Nicodemus's words to Jesus, while the two witnesses took turns speaking Jesus' words. She becomes his lover for two years. As a young child, Carpathia showed remarkable intelligence (easily mastering many languages), beauty and athletic ability, and also proved to be extraordinarily manipulative, able to bend others to his will with relative ease. Throughout the Left Behind Series, he frequently comes to the mind of Rayfordwho was left behind due to his unbelief. She helps out at Operation Eagle as a nurse, and then goes to live with a co-op pilot and his wife when the Chicago safe house is compromised. After his death and resurrection, Carpathia proclaims himself God in the desecrated Temple of the Holy of Holies, an act that is considered blasphemous in all three Abrahamic religions. Jesus declares that as the Antichrist, Carpathia is the most evil person of all time, and has brought about more destruction than any other person in history. In contrast to the ineptitude of Hickman, upon hearing the appointment of Akbar, David Hassid feared he would be competent enough to stymie the Tribulation Force. Ten subpotentates were chosen to rule ten governing districts of . He says that he had already been convinced before the earthquake, and that he "was praying the prayer as the building came down.". In accordance with the series' interpretation of biblical prophecy, Jesus Christ Himself defeated Antichrist Carpathia right after theSecond Coming. She and David get engaged but can't marry till they escape. Pilot for Carpathia; Good friend of Rayford 'Ray' Steele, chief Tribulation Force pilot assigned to Petra; witness to the Glorious Appearing; residing near the Valley of Jehoshaphat. In contrast to Jesus's temptation, Nicolae falls for all three temptations, thus fully confirming that he will soon be the Antichrist. People flee from the scene of the assassination in a panic. The book begins soon after Nicolae Carpathia is assassinated, and tells more on the end of the Gala, the midpoint of the Tribulation and the opening of the Great Tribulation.. He is able to continue as the Trib Force's mole until God strikes New Babylon with darkness; then he is rescued and relocated to Petra to work with the Remnant of Israel. He is also the best friend of Ryan Daley. In Acts of God, Christopher Goodman rallies his followers around the world to gather in Middle East so they can march to Petra to destroy the last stronghold of resistors and liberate the humanity from the oppressive influence of Yahweh so humanity can reach the next evolutionary stage of increased health and psychic powers without Yahweh's obstruction. Glorious Appearing: an Experience in Sound and Drama, Vanished: Left Behind The Next Generation, In the Dramatic Audio presentations, he is voiced by. The Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia, now the complete embodiment of evil, is preparing to desecrate the holy temple in Jerusalem by entering and declaring himself god. Eleazer Tiberias is one of the elders at Petra, who helps Micah (aka Chaim Rosenzweig) run the operations of the city of the remnant. In the third film based on the books, Left Behind: World at War, Bruce dies from being infected with a virus, and most of the Tribulation Force (all except for Buck) is at his bedside when he dies. Carpathia orders cities around the world, including neutral ones, to be obliterated to serve as an example to his enemies. Cities around the world are destroyed in the war, and Fitzhugh himself is killed by a Global Community blitzkrieg on Washington D.C. He then enforces the loyalty mark, the prophesied Mark of the Beast, which all are required to wear. After this, Nicolae was returned to Romania by Satan. He also meets Ekaterina Risto and falls in love with her. Plank falls under Carpathia's spell and serves him faithfully until he becomes surplus to Nicolae's needs. Naomi's mother was converted to Christianity before she died of an illness. His name originally came from his father, and he has hated it ever since. Everybody, including Steve Plank and Buck Williams continued to clap and cheer, never once appearing embarrassed at their loss of detached objectivity. The good guys are a rotating group (due to the inherent high mortality rate associated with living in the End Times and fighting the Prince of Darkness) of 4-5 who call themselves the Tribulation Force. There, both he and Buck Williams are killed by Unity Army soldiers. Nicolae Jetty Carpathia At last, he gave out the decree that those who did not accept the mark, along with any who refused to proclaim him as God, would be beheaded by a guillotine, known as a "loyalty enforcement facilitator.". Religion Kenny later marries Kat and they have eight sons and six daughters. Former businessman, former President of Romania, later Secretary-General of the United Nations, then Supreme Potentate of the Global Community, His Excellency, de facto ruler of the world, the Antichrist His service to the Tribulation Force is to confound communications, tip off the Trib Force and arrange for some goods to be "mislaid" and end up in the hands of the Tribulation saints. To complete his quest for world domination, Carpathia creates the One World Unity Army, composed of all G.C. He became as a prominent government peacemaker, who led a movement of disarmament. After his death, the Supreme Commander position was dissolved. The two of them are soon joined by Rayford's daughter, Chloe, and Cameron "Buck" Williams, and together they form an inner core group, the Tribulation Force. Hattie is played by Chelsea Noble in the films, Nicky Whelan in the 2014 film, and Kathryn Kohut in Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist. Fortunato's "glory days" are short-lived, however, ending in Glorious Appearing with the return of Jesus. Calling himself Supreme Pontiff and Pontifex Maximus, Mathews became the leader of Enigma Babylon, adopted the name Peter the Second, and considered the new faith organization to be at least as important as the Global Community and himself an equal of Supreme Potentate and Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia. She traveled to China under the guise of a Global Community Peacekeeper officer named Chang Chow in order to find her parents who became believers, and discovered that while her mother was still alive, her father died a martyr. Nicolae Jetty Carpathia This event would run contrary to the current Constitution of Romania, which specifies that the Romanian President is directly elected, and in the event of the death, resignation, or removal, the presidency is assumed ad hoc by the President of the Senate until new elections are held. She appears in Glorious Appearing with Rayford's first wife Irene. Boring books The very word send shivers through us. Everyone was first irritated, and then quiet as he told all present that Jesus had loved them enough to die for them and He wanted everyone to accept His gift of grace and eternal life. After he raised Fortunato from the dead, he styled himself "His Excellency, Global Community Supreme Potentate Nicolae Carpathia", Eventually after World War III, Carpathia became a malevolent dictator, while still openly portraying himself as a benevolent pacifist. Left Behind (publishing order)The Rising (canonical order). His mother, Marilena, was persuaded by a group of Luciferians to become the mother of a child who, they assured her, would change the world. Nicolae is not omniscient, even when indwelt by Satan, since that ability is only reserved for God. Gerald Fitzhugh is the President of the United States at the time of the Rapture. He also gathered the armies of the world at the valley of Armageddon for the battle with Jesus Christ and His army. 2000s In his native Italy, Leon grew up fascinated with the trappings of Catholicism, although he never truly believed in any of the Church's teachings; Leon simply liked the glory. He allowed Vicki, Ryan, and Lionel to stay at his house until they were forced to flee because of the Global Community. Hannah Palemoon is a fictional character in the Left Behind series of novels created by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. She met David Hassid when he passed out from sun-stroke while looking for Annie Christopher. His popular message of unity -- "We must disarm, we must empower the United Nations . Former businessman, former President of Romania, later. After the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, Irene and the rest of the raptured saints wait and enjoy life in Heaven. Falling victim to Fortunato's blackmail, the President of Romania resigns, allowing Carpathia to assume power with the unanimous support of the country's parliament. As her son Nicolae comes of age, Stonagal becomes one of his mentors, financing his rise in the corporate world. Marilena stays with her husband, Sorin, until the baby is born, insisting that her son keep the strong Carpathia name. Lionel became a Christian and acknowledged that Jesus had raptured his church. He married his wife Chloe in a double wedding with Rayford Steele (his new father-in-law) and Amanda White, has one son Kenny Bruce Williams. Like Nicolae, Leon regularly communicated with the 'spirit world'; it is implied that both men shared the same spiritual 'guide' Satan himself. He is the archenemy of Rayford Steele and Tsion Ben-Judah. [3] He also finances an attempted invasion of Israel which is thwarted by God. She also appears briefly in Kingdom Come, as she is among those present at Mac McCullum's thousandth birthday party and is assumedly with the rest of the Trib Force as they gather to watch the end of the Millennium. Carpathia outlines his plan to get the UN back on track; re-arranging the Security Council, and organizing 10 regions to encompass the entire world with the Leaders of each nation reporting to each leader of the 10 regions. Zeke became a disguise specialist/master forger for the Tribulation Force and later joined them in Chicago, after his dad was arrested for black marketeering. She is eventually killed by Leon Fortunato, who calls down a bolt of lightning to vaporize her. Manipulation: The Antichrist Nicolae was able to manipulate anyone at ease. As the Antichrist himself, Nicolae Carpathia (Gordon Currie), uses his newfound powers as head of the world government to bring war and plague on every nation, the American president (Louis Gossett Jr.) teams with a Christian resistance fighter (Jessica Steen) to try to stop him. He is killed by a lethal head wound from a sword which Rosenzweig had concealed. It is hinted later in the series that Bruce was poisoned by Nicolae Carpathia's agents and may have died prior to the actual hospital bombing. Enter Nicolae Carpathia. Left Behind Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. Later, Chloe and Buck name their child Kenneth Bruce Williams in honor of Ken. Also, both hail from the country of Romania, and moved up the political ladder in that country with incredible speed and ease. Williams also suspects Todd-Cothran had framed him for the car bomb murder of Scotland Yard agent and close friend Alan Tompkins, who had grown suspicious of Todd-Cothran's practices. He has doubted the Bible for most of his life; though he has professed faith in Jesus Christ, he has never truly believed in his heart. Rayford Steele and Albie encounter him in The Mark working undercover as a GC operative in Pueblo, Colorado. She is awarded a crown from Jesus Himself, who praises her for her bravery in the face of certain death. Her parents smoked, drank, and fought constantly. Language fluency: Nicolae was able to speak over nine languages, including his own, with impeccable grammar, although he retained an accent and did not use contractions in languages that have them. Fortunato is writhing in pain and shouting "Jesus is Lord!" He was introduced as the main antagonist, but as more books were written, it is revealed to be a misinformation campaign to hide the series's true main villain. After agonizing in prayer, Plank surrenders himself to the GC, refusing to take the mark. Director Akbar ironically died under similar circumstances for a minor infraction just hours before the Glorious Appearing of Jesus Christ. He came to stay in Petra after the marriage of Judd and Vicki where he was best man. At the end of the Millennium, Tsion is welcomed into Heaven with the rest of the believers. In Fortunato's final moments of life, he reveals his true self: a babbling, incoherent coward. He was in charge of the airstrip that Ken Ritz had used. Full Name Nicolae Jetty Carpathia Alias The Prince of Darkness The Son of Satan The Beast The Antichrist Wolf in Sheep's Clothing The Devil Incarnate The Great Deceiver The Most Clever Imposter His Excellency Origin Left Behind Occupation Businessman President of Romania Secretary-General of the United Nations (all formerly) At his first meeting as United Nations Secretary-General (at the end of Left Behind Book 1), Carpathia executes Stonagal with a revolver, believing that his usefulness has expired. 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