(This was hinted at with the name of the artificial insemination project, Project People's Victory.) 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. Carpathia orders cities around the world, including neutral ones, to be obliterated to serve as an example to his enemies. Viv Ivins (spiritual mentor, deceased) Satan (spiritual mentor, Defeated) In the film Left Behind: World at War, Fitzhugh is played by Louis Gossett Jr. Leon Fortunato is the False Prophet, and he is a key member of the inner circle of Nicolae Carpathia, businessman, financier, politician, and Antichrist. The same bullet that kills Stonagal also kills Joshua Todd-Cothran, the head of the London Stock Exchange, believed responsible for plotting an attempt on Buck Williams' life earlier in the book as well as murdering many of his acquaintances. (In the prequel novel The Rising, it is explained that the name "Nicolae", when translated, means "victory of the people", although this is far from Carpathia's actual goals. This event of the book series would not follow the actual, Last edited on 19 November 2022, at 17:52, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Prophecy, Politics, and the Popular: The, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Left_Behind_characters&oldid=1122779669, This page was last edited on 19 November 2022, at 17:52. She made it to the Glorious Appearing. This refers to his first name Nicolae, which comes from the Greek name of Nikolaos, which means victory over/of the people. Hattie, who convinced Buck to introduce her to Nicolae Carpathia, eventually becomes Carpathia's personal secretary, and later his lover. [4] Because he is an Italian American, he has been cited as an example of the cultural diversity of the novels' characters. Shortly after the Rapture, Mathews participated in key meetings to establish the Global Community Faith (shortly after, it was renamed Enigma Babylon One World Faith) and also was elected to replace the pope John XXIV who had been raptured. 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). He also admits, at the feet of Jesus, that his entire life was a waste and that he rebelled against a God that he never knew loved him. Former head nurse at Arthur Young Memorial Hospital in Palatine, Illinois, she helped Cameron "Buck" Williams get Ken Ritz out without compromising the Tribulation Force's cover, and after helping deliver Hattie Durham's stillborn baby that was fathered by Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia, abandons her now-compromised job and must request sanctuary at the Trib Force safe house. Ming Toy is the older sister of Chang Wong. Leah also helps Rayford Steele in Glorious Appearing after an almost fatal ATV wreck. Vicki's parents and her sister all accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior, along with her brother Eddie in Michigan, while a defiant Vicki refused. His mother and father, unbelievers, died because of the events after the rapture. Even though Chang appears to have the mark of loyalty, believers can still see the mark of God on him. He eventually goes in order to warn the kids about Wormwood. He is born during the Tribulation, in the book Apollyon. In contrast to Jesus's temptation, Nicolae falls for all three temptations, thus fully confirming that he will soon be the Antichrist. T also helped Buck Williams and Chaim Rosenzweig escape from Israel on a plane that crashes in Greece, killing him. Ben-Judah essentially took his place to teach, now reaching out to a worldwide cyber-audience. He quickly grows bored with business and finance and, guided by the "kingmaker" Leon Fortunato, sets his sights on politics. the Antichrist) in turn is a very thinly veiled spoof/ripoff of the infamous Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauescu, as both are Romanian politicians of short stature with large egos (although Ceauescu's positions on abortion weren't far from that of most Left Behind fans). He was raptured, along with his mother, when Jesus returned before the Tribulation. Gustaf Zuckermandel, Jr. (aka: Zeke or Little Zeke) is a fictional character in the Left Behind series. Ming helps Leah avoid suspicion and incarceration, and Leah returns to Illinois. 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. He is killed by a lethal head wound from a sword which Rosenzweig had concealed. 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. Before the Rapture, Bruce is the associate pastor at New Hope Village Church, serving with the then-senior pastor Vernon Billings. This is evidenced by both Carpathia's and Ceausescu's use of cult of personality in their rules. The world falls into chaos as Nicolae Carpathia detonates nuclear devices across the globe and stages multiple devastating attacks against both the Tribulation Force and an international militia, led by U.S. President Gerald Fitzhugh. He was the sort of character we love to hate. In Fortunato's final moments of life, he reveals his true self: a babbling, incoherent coward. He's a little egocentric and tends to think of himself as a god to be worshiped. Over the course of a few years, Carpathia rises to power within the Romanian government, becoming a member of the Romanian House of Deputies (the government's lower house). He resists going to the schoolhouse, as he and Vicki have a massive falling out. Months before the battle, when the protagonist Decker Hawthorne confronts Christopher Goodman, Christopher confesses that he expects to be thrown into hell, but that his spite towards God and his desire to sadistically relish in other people's hatred towards him motivates him to deceive the world to deprive God of the souls He intends to save. Hassid's love interest, Phoenix 216 cargo chief Annie Christopher dies as a result of False Prophet Leon Fortunato's Satan-imbued ability to call down lightning from heaven to kill any non-Carpathianist. He allowed Vicki, Ryan, and Lionel to stay at his house until they were forced to flee because of the Global Community. Hassid is killed by two GC MIAs at Petra, before the remnant actually arrives in Petra. Just as Irene is at the height of her desperation, the Rapture occurs. In The Remnant, he is given the task of training a legion of wizards, priests and miracle-workers, who are also bestowed with various similar demonic abilities. Thus, Nicolae eliminates any obstacles in his path to power. Throughout his relationship with Carpathia, Fortunato continues to fawn over the man, a fact that seems to be driven home when Leon died in the Wrath of the Lamb earthquake. Fortunato is writhing in pain and shouting "Jesus is Lord!" Hattie begins working for Secretary-General Nicolae Carpathia as Head of Security, and later as personal assistant. The conversation they share is instrumental in the start of Ritz's journey to salvation, although the novels do not indicate any further services by Ritz to Buck until some 18 months into the Tribulation. Nationality Having won the war, and with no government left to oppose him, Carpathia gains full dominion of the earth. In the first novel, he is shown to be openly welcoming of Nicolae Carpathia, but gradually become more suspicious. Bruce befriends Rayford Steele, whom he supplies with a copy of the video. 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. While she was in the air going to New Babylon to work for him, the Wrath of the Lamb earthquake hit killing all her family. He was "The Antichrist," born from an ancient Roman lineage, remarkably intelligent and athletic, manipulative and unbelievably successful in business. Chloe leaves home to go to college, having never let go of her "show me" attitude. Hassid, who is a believer, cannot take the mark of the beast and so he flees, faking his death. Due to their disagreements Vicki lets him and Lionel go to the Gala in Israel. In Tribulation Force, with his power and countries independence fading, Fitzhugh plans with the British and Egyptian governments to launch a worldwide offensive against Carpathia and the Global Community, with help from various militias. Their mission is to destroy the remnant stronghold of Petra and take over the city of Jerusalem as the world's new capital, following the supernatural destruction of New Babylon. Carpathia thought the guillotine was too humane for dissident Jews who refused his mark, and announced his intention to reward the sub-potentate with a doubled budget who is able to keep Jews alive the longest in the most abject conditions, with no heating, cooling, or medical care, but only enough food to maintain their existence. Left Behind III: World at War: Directed by Craig R. Baxley. Irene and Raymie are among the countless millions of believers who are taken up into the House of God, where the Bema Seat Judgment takes place. While others, such as Carpathia's secretary Krystall Carney and Loren Hut, became disillusioned with his behavior and personality, others in his inner circle were sycophantic around him, trying to curry his favor. He then wages a genocidal purge against Christians, Jews, Muslims, and secular rebels, going as far as telling an officer in Desecration to behead enemy bodies, even if already dead. Carpathia expressed his disappointment with him when he expressed some misgivings to Carpathia's plans to attack the Christians and Jews who are assembled at the Mount of Olives, Mizpe Ramon, Masada and Petra by referring to Micah's threat that an attack would bring back the plague of the sores or turn the waters of the world into blood. He also ordered Commander Tenzin to beat Ipswich to death for Ipswitch's impropriety towards Carpathia for "my entertainment and for the education of all." Within the series, Carpathia is the Antichrist, and leader of the Global Community (G.C. As her son Nicolae comes of age, Stonagal becomes one of his mentors, financing his rise in the corporate world. He had sufficient control over his neurology, speech patterns, and body language that he could pass through an advanced lie detector test (not just a polygraph) by answering falsehoods that the computer program recorded as the truth. After revealing his true identity to Rayford and Albie, he helps them rescue Hattie Durham from the very facility where he has been working undercover. To complete his quest for world domination, Carpathia creates the One World Unity Army, composed of all G.C. Ryan finds a dog and names it Phoenix early on in the series. Rayford becomes more and more distant over the years, and Irene suspects he is having an affair. He received a dark negative six on his forehead for his mark of loyalty. Eighteen months later, his wife and teenage stepchildren were horribly slaughtered and Ben-Judah, the chief suspect, was forced into hiding. During his address, Carpathia quickly charms and impresses everybody present with his incredible oratory skills, amazing genius-level intellect and memory, as well as his vast knowledge of the United Nations, its members, history, principal organs, and specialized agencies. 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