When questioned by Carpathia about whether the execution of two innocent people bothered his conscience, Akbar said that Carpathia was the "father of truth", reiterating Carpathia's remarks after he finished the lie detector test, where Carpathia reported some obvious falsehoods that were assessed to be truthful replies. She was formerly married but left a widow during the early years of the Tribulation. Glorious Appearing: an Experience in Sound and Drama, Vanished: Left Behind The Next Generation, In the Dramatic Audio presentations, he is voiced by. In Tribulation Force (Book 2), Carpathia tells Williams that he was named the sole beneficiary in Stonagal's will, though Stonagal's family members will receive massive payoffs to silence them. So influential, in fact, that award-winning journalist Cameron "Buck" Williams believes he is responsible for having many professional acquaintances assassinated. Carpathia allows his enemies to start the war so that the Community can "retaliate" by destroying them. Later he was ordered to bomb the gathering of Christians and Jews at Petra, planning for a BLU-82 and a "lance" missile to be dropped on them, but the inhabitants there were unharmed. 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. Nicolae Carpathia is the Antichrist in the Left Behind series, serving as the secondary antagonist. Suhail probably does not hold Fortunato or the role of Most High Reverend Father of Carpathianism in high esteem. 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. 2016 Satan himself agrees to help her make this possible if only she submits to him. At the age of 24, Carpathia steps into the political scene as a member of the lower house of the Parliament of Romania. This occurs in Left Behind when he speaks to Buck Williams, who at the time worked for the same paper as Lionel's mother, Lucinda Washington. The Dragon was cast down to Earth near the end of this experience. He is resurrected in Glorious Appearing with the other martyred saints. 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. In The Remnant, in region 7, the United African States, the Global Community massacred a crowd of protesters who were dismayed at the lack of a semblance of a justice system under Carpathia's rule. Bruce and Judd go on a few international trips, the last of these was taken shortly before Bruce's death. After Carpathia establishes the Global Community, the governments of the United States, United Kingdom, and Egypt launch an uprising against him, resulting in World War Three. He had to amputate his left arm after it was crushed in a rock slide while he and Judd were traveling back to the rest of the Young Tribulation Force from their adventures in the Middle East, but gained it back when Jesus returned at the end of the series. Though her best friend Shelly wondered what happened, Vicki knew the truth Christ had come back for His own. The brother of Ming Toy, he is 17 at the time of Global Community Supreme Potentate and Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia's temporary death, he is groomed by David Hassid to replace him as the Tribulation Force's mole in the GC Headquarters Palace in New Babylon. Vicki grew up in a trailer park, and hated it because people regularly made fun of her and the others who lived in Prospect Gardens, calling them names such as "Trailer Trash". 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. The President of Romania soon resigned in favor of Carpathia, with the unanimous support of that country's parliament. At the age of 24, Carpathia stepped into the political scene as a member of the lower house of the Parliament of Romania. Her parents smoked, drank, and fought constantly. However, it was already too late for Leon and Jesus sentenced him for eternity in the lake of fire. All the demands are met, and Carpathia is elected as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations. (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. Marilena stays with her husband, Sorin, until the baby is born, insisting that her "son" keep the strong and noble "Carpathia" name. In Glorious Appearing, even though he was entrusted to command the overwhelming forces to overrun Petra and Jerusalem of the Global Community One World Unity Army, Suhail was publicly shamed for daring to mention the destruction of New Babylon in front of Carpathia in his underground bunker in Solomon's Stables and was later beaten to death on Carpathia's orders by another Unity Army Officer with a rattan rod. They head to Jordan where Kenny is seen by Abdullah Smith. 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. He is killed by a lethal head wound from a sword which Rosenzweig had concealed. His father's last name, Carpathia, comes from the Carpathian Mountains, a mountain range in Romania. He is later drugged by his father, who forces the mark on Chang while the young man is incapacitated; Chang fears for his soul as a result of this, although he is reassured that he cannot be held responsible for taking the mark since it was forced on him against his will. After a feud by e-mail with David, she goes with Rayford, Mac, and Leah Rose to the city of Petra to investigate a disturbance. Carpathia then ordered Suhail Akbar, the Global Community Director of Security and Intelligence, to assassinate the heads of Libya and Ethiopia and their entire senior cabinets in order to send a message to the sub-potentate of the United African States by the time the sub-potentate wakes up in the morning. In Desecration, he got his wish when he received the mark of the beast along with his fellow members of the Global Community cabinet Suhail Akbar and Viv Ivins at the Temple Mount a day before Nicolae Carpathia committed the abomination of desolation. He, along with, Vicki, Lionel, and Ryan, were the first original members of The Young Tribulation Force. Ming Toy is the older sister of Chang Wong. Carpathia attempted to regale Hut with the detail that one's heart can beat for more than a half an hour after decapitation, but Carpathia realized that was moot if someone actually shot a victim in the manner he described. Shortly after that, he became a born-again believer, became an employee of Global Community, and flew Carpathia's private jet until his cover was blown. He was also able to emit a faint glowing aura that gave limited visibility to both him and whoever was close to his personal vicinity during the fifth Bowl Judgment. He helps Darrion escape her captors and she also become a believer following these events. The world survived Y2K and the year 2000 partied on like it was 1999. His demise is short-lived, however, as after three days of lying dead, Carpathia's body is indwelt by Satan himself, thus making Carpathia appear to rise from the dead and further cement his power. After being expelled, Fortunato grew fond of becoming a kingmaker, preferring to work behind the scenes to elevate his chosen candidates to any positions of power they wanted. However, given the urgency of the circumstances, he flies Buck to Minneapolis to rescue Chloe Steele Williams before she is taken by Global Community operatives to be used as a bargaining chip. 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. As the newly appointed President of Romania, Nicolae is invited to speak before the U.N. Chief Akbar was willing to stand up for competent personnel under him. Contents 1 Biography He has statues of himself built around the world, which all people are required to bow to. Left Behind Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. Being portrayed by Gordon Currie in the Left Behind trilogy, he had a more androgynous appearance (possibly to attribute him a more sinister, supernatural presence). (Carpathia would prefer others to worship him and deprive God of worship, not to have other souls despise him in hell.) Hassid works in communications and is considered one of the top computer experts alive. There, she meets Ming Toy, another believer with a strategic position inside the Global Community. In the book "On the Run", Ryan accompanies Judd to Israel where Ryan saves Judd's life after Judd is captured by the GC for having a tape containing the truth about the murders of Tsion Ben-Judah's family. According to the plot, Carpathia was born in Cluj County, Romania, the product of genetic engineering and artificial insemination. When one of the workers, Cendrillon Jospin dies at one hundred, It creates an uproar among the believers since only unbelievers die. Carpathia wins the election with ease and becomes Romania's President. [4] Because he is an Italian American, he has been cited as an example of the cultural diversity of the novels' characters. 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. His rage increases exponentially when he hears that an evangelistic effort has succeeded in the greatest harvest of souls that has ever happened. The second wife of Rayford Steele, whom married him in Tribulation Force. 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. Ben-Judah essentially took his place to teach, now reaching out to a worldwide cyber-audience. Leah and Rayford Steele clash as they stumble at trying to work together, their personalities colliding. Kenny is the first child in COT. 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 According to Buck, he carried himself with a "sense of humility and purpose", and effortlessly dominated any room that he was in. He is portrayed in the films by Kirk Cameron, Chad Michael Murray in the 2014 film, and by Greg Parrow in Left Behind: Rise of the Anti-Christ. 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. Finally, a nickname for Nicolae Ceausescu is "The Genius of the Carpathians", and that is even the name of his biography. 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. He also warns all of the Christians present that the Great Tribulation, the 3.5 worst years in human history await them all. Before Carpathia's eternal sentence is carried out, the Devil is forcibly cast out by Jesus out of the Antichrist, who then kneels before Christ and forcibly declares Him as Lord. Just as Irene is at the height of her desperation, the Rapture occurs. He's a little egocentric and tends to think of himself as a god to be worshiped. He was extremely tall, with broad shoulders, as well as a thick muscular chest. Fortunato is writhing in pain and shouting "Jesus is Lord!" Viv Ivins (spiritual mentor, deceased) Satan (spiritual mentor, Defeated) The world catches a final glimpse of both Carpathia and Fortunato at the end of the Millennium World, when Satan himself is thrown into the Lake of Fire. He helped Rayford rescue Hattie Durham from a detention center in Colorado in The Mark, using the name Marcus Elbaz. Full Name This is evidenced by both Carpathia's and Ceausescu's use of cult of personality in their rules. After his incredible resurrection from the dead (after 3 days), Antichrist Carpathia is willingly possessed by the Devil, gruesomely desecrates the Jewish Holy Temple, declares himself to be God, and brutally enforces the diabolical new religion of Carpathianism by forcibly branding people with the Number of the Beast, and brutally executing Christians. Later, Chloe and Buck name their child Kenneth Bruce Williams in honor of Ken. During a UN conference, Secretary-General Carpathia ruthlessly murders both Jonathan Stonagal and Joshua Todd-Cothran with a single gunshot, revealing his true colors. Nicolae is the third book in Left Behind series written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, and is preceded by book one, Left Behind, and book two, Tribulation Force.. Nicolae Carpathia becomes the focus as he continues to consolidate his power, unifying political states ("Global . 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. Many Israelis and Jews worldwide were outraged at Ben-Judah, but he began to teach and meet with Jews all around the world, as more and more began to convert to Christ. In a Brazilian series from 2012 about the end times called Decode, a similarly named character appears as Nicolai Carpathia. 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. Israeli botanist and statesman, discoverer of a formula that made Israeli desert bloom, former Global Weekly Man of the Year; murderer of Carpathia; leader of the million-plus Jewish remnant at Petra; witness to the Glorious Appearing; now residing near the Valley of Jehoshaphat. Once a commercial airline pilot, Ritz was sacked because he was too much of a stickler for safety. After Nicolae Carpathia's return, his influence in business and politics grows, and anyone who stands in his way tends to disappear permanently. He was best friends with Rayford "Raymie" Steele Jr., Rayford Steele's son, and the two often had much fun together. Buck, however, was the only one immune to this brainwash, since he had previously accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. In Desecration, he received the mark of the beast along with his fellow members of the Global Community cabinet Walter Moon and Viv Ivins at the Temple Mount a day before Carpathia committed the abomination of desolation. The second day after the Rapture, Ritz provides Buck Williams with a flight as close to New York City as possible. However, Akbar had no qualms in killing his pilots once Carpathia expressed his disappointment in their performance and when they pridefully refused to conform to party line of the Global Community that they missed their target due to pilot error because they insisted that execution of the attack was impeccable but the Christians survived due to some kind of miracle. Satanist Ryan died a couple days after the Wrath of the Lamb earthquake, having had a chunk of debris fall on him, causing his legs to become paralyzed and a wound in his back to become badly infected, from which he died soon afterward. She and her father take in single women and families after the return of Christ. 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. Leah also helps Rayford Steele in Glorious Appearing after an almost fatal ATV wreck. He became as a prominent government peacemaker, who led a movement of disarmament. Being born as a result of the genetically engineered Project People's Victory, Carpathia possessed many incredibly desirable traits, and was extremely handsome and dashing; piercingly blue-eyes and blonde hair, like the original Romanians. Instead, Judd went to the O'Hare airport and boarded a plane that was heading to London, England. Hassid is killed by two GC MIAs at Petra, before the remnant actually arrives in Petra. In the remake series, he is played by Lance E. Nichols in the remake, Charles Andrew Payne in Left Behind: Rise of the Anti-Christ and William Gabriel Grier in the spin-off Vanished Left Behind: Next Generation. Cities around the world are destroyed in the war, and Fitzhugh himself is killed by a Global Community blitzkrieg on Washington D.C. Supernatural Abilities: Even before he was indwelt by Satan, Nicolae had the ability to resurrect whoever he wanted from the dead, though this was used only one time with Leon Fortunato. Director Akbar at first thought Carpathia was using hyperbole and said that he would talk to sub-potentate about the issue, but Akbar got clarification that Carpathia literally wanted the leaders and their cabinet dead. There, he is prayed for by Tsion and others, and his mark of loyalty is miraculously removed by God. Carpathia represents the forces of opposition to this crazy deity. 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