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{{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''Left Behind'' characters}}
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This is a list of characters in the ''[[Left Behind]]'' novel series by [[Tim LaHaye]] and [[Jerry B. Jenkins]].
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==Suhail Akbar==
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| name = Suhail Akbar
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In ''Left Behind: The Kids'', Bruce mentors four teenagers, Judd, Lionel, Ryan, and Vicki, who are left behind at the Rapture.
In the original ''[[Left Behind (film series)|Left Behind]]'' films, Bruce is portrayed by [[Clarence Gilyard]], and [[Arnold Pinnock]]. In the remake series, he is played by [[Lance E. Nichols]] in the [[Left Behind (2014 film)|remake]], Charles Andrew Payne in ''[[Left Behind: Rise of the Anti-ChristAntichrist]]'' and William Gabriel Grier in the spin-off ''[[Vanished – Left Behind: Next Generation]]''
==Dr. Tsion Ben-Judah==
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'''Nicolae Jetty Carpathia''' is the primary [[antagonist]] in the ''[[Left Behind (series)|Left Behind]]'' book series. Within the series, Carpathia is the [[Antichrist]], and leader of the [[Global Community]] (G.C.), a [[world government]] which he ultimately marshals against the followers of [[Jesus Christ]].
In the ''Left Behind'' films, Carpathia is portrayed by [[Gordon Currie (actor)|Gordon Currie]] and, Randy LaHaye and [[Bailey Chase]]. In the ''Left Behind'' PC games, he is portrayed by Trevor Parsons.
=== Fictional biography ===
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====Final 3½ years====
After his resurrection, Carpathia drops his peaceful facade and reveals himself to be a [[narcissistic]] and [[psychopathic]] tyrant. He has statues of himself built around the world, which all people are required to bow to. He then enforces the loyalty mark, the prophesied [[Number of the beast#Mark of the beast|Mark of the Beast]], which all are required to wear. Refusal to do either of these activities is made punishable by public execution. Carpathia has the Global Community motto written as "Hail Carpathia, our lord and risinrisen king!". He then wages a genocidal purge against [[Christians]], [[Jews]], [[Muslims]], and [[secular]] rebels, going as far as telling an officer in [[Desecration (novel)|''Desecration'']] to behead enemy bodies, even if already dead.
To complete his quest for world domination, Carpathia creates the One World Unity Army, composed of all G.C. military presence on the planet. 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 (Left Behind)|New Babylon]]. He also gathers the armies of the world at the valley of [[Armageddon]] for the battle with Jesus Christ and his army.
In accordance with the series' interpretation of biblical prophecy, Carpathia is overthrown with the [[Second Coming|return]] of Jesus, who cast him, along with his [[false prophet]] Fortunato, into the [[Lake of Fire]] to suffer for all eternity. 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. He then kneels before Christ and declares him the Christ after Jesus judged him for all his crimes and sins against humanity and God. 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. Unlike Fortunato, who attempted to struggle with [[Michael the Archangel]] out of his sentence, Carpathia accepted his fate out of his own guilt and shame, and simply covered his eyes as he passively allowed the archangel to throw him in.
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Carpathianism draws heavily from the narratives and traditions of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. 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. He orders golden statues of himself to be placed prominently and worshiped three times a day. This touches on the [[golden calf]] story found in both the [[Old Testament]] and the [[Quran]]. In reference to the [[Book of Revelation]], Carpathia introduces the mandatory mark known as the [[Number of the beast#Mark of the beast|Mark of the Beast]].
===Real world trivia===
Some aspects of Nicolae Carpathia appear to be based on historical Romanian President [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]] - in particular, his name, cult of personality, and strongarm tactics.
Carpathia is derived from the English name for Romania's [[Carpathian Mountains]], and is not really a Romanian name. The mountains are locally called the Munții Carpați, and an authentic surname derived from the mountains would be Carpatescu.
==Annie Christopher==
Angela "Annie" Christopher grew up in an atheist home in [[Canada]]. After losing some friends in the [[rapture]], she began searching but became a fan of [[Nicolae Carpathia]]. While she was in the air going to [[New Babylon (Left Behind)|New Babylon]] to work for him, the Wrath of the Lamb earthquake hit killing all her family.
She is described as having short black hair and being athletically built.
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==Ryan Daley==
'''Ryan Daley''' is a fictional character from ''Left Behind: The Kids''.
His mother and father, unbelievers, died because of the events after the rapture. He was the last one out of the four to become a believer due to his [[atheist]] background and grief in his parents loss. He was best friends with Rayford "Raymie" Steele Jr., Rayford Steele's son, and the two often had much fun together. Ryan finds a dog and names it Phoenix early on in the series. He and Lionel often clashed to the point of a brawl, yet they were still very close. In The Search, following the death of Bruce Barnes Ryan is kidnapped along with a girl named Darrion Stahley. He helps Darrion escape her captors and she also become a believer following these events. After her mother's death, Darrion remains with members of the Young Trib Force until Glorious Appearing. 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. 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.▼
===Fictional character biography===
▲A distant relative of [[mayor of Chicago|Chicago mayors]] [[Richard J. Daley]] and [[Richard M. Daley]], Ryan was best friends with [[Raymie Steele|Rayford "Raymie" Steele Jr.]], [[Rayford Steele]]'s son, and the two often had much fun together. His mother and father, unbelievers, died becausein ofvehicular theaccidents caused by events after the rapture. He was the last one out of the four Young Trib Force charter members to become a believer, due to his [[atheist]] background and grief in his parents' loss. He was best friends with Rayford "Raymie" Steele Jr., Rayford Steele's son, and the two often had much fun together. Ryan findsfound a dog and namesnamed it Phoenix earlyshortly onafter injoining the seriesForce. He and Lionel often clashed to the point of a brawl, yet they were still very close. In The Search, followingFollowing the death of [[Bruce Barnes (Left Behind)|Bruce Barnes]], Ryan iswas kidnapped along with a girl named [[Darrion Stahley]].<ref>''The Search''</ref> He helpshelped Darrion escape her captors and she also becomebecame a believer following these events. After her mother's death, Darrion remainsremained with members of the Young Trib Force until the Glorious Appearing. In the book "On the Run", Ryan accompaniesaccompanied Judd Thompson to Israel, whereand Ryansaved saves Judd'sthe life afterof Judd, iswho was captured by the GC for having a tape containing the truth about the murders of [[Tsion Ben-Judah]]'s family.<ref>''On the Run''</ref> 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.
==Tyrola ("T") Mark Delanty==
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Gerald Fitzhugh is the [[President of the United States]] at the time of the Rapture. In the first novel, he is shown to be openly welcoming of Nicolae Carpathia, but gradually become more suspicious.
In [[Tribulation Force]], with his power and countries independence fading, Fitzhugh plans with the [[British Government|British]] and [[Egyptian Government|Egyptian]] governments to launch a worldwide offensive against Carpathia and the Global Community, with help from various [[militias]]. When a combined British and Egyptian attack on New Babylon backfires, the conflict escaltesescalates into World War III. Cities around the world are destroyed in the war, and Fitzhugh himself is killed by a Global Community [[blitzkrieg]] on [[Washington D.C.]]
In the film ''[[Left Behind: World at War]]'', Fitzhugh is played by [[Louis Gossett Jr.]]
The character's name appears to be an allusion to [[John Fitzgerald Kennedy]].
==Leon Fortunato==
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| name = Leon Fortunato
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| first = ''[[The Regime]]''
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| creator = [[Tim LaHaye]] and [[Jerry B. Jenkins]]
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The world catches a final glimpse of both Carpathia and Fortunato at the end of the [[Millennium Kingdom|Millennium World]], when Satan himself is thrown into the Lake of Fire. Fortunato is writhing in pain and shouting "Jesus is Lord!" The scene closes and Fortunato's suffering is resumed for all eternity.
===Critical Receptionreception===
Leon Fortunato has been described as [[Nicolae Carpathia]]'s sidekick.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=The ''Left Behind'' Series as Sacred Text?|author=Malcolm Gold|journal=Reading Religion in Text and Context: Reflections of Faith and Practice in Religious Materials |editor=Elisabeth Arweck |editor2=Peter Jeffrey Collins|publisher=Ashgate Publishing|year=2006|isbn=0-7546-5482-6|page=38|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YXmINizmbkYC&pg=PA45 |access-date=26 June 2011}}</ref> Because he is an Italian American, he has been cited as an example of the cultural diversity of the novels' characters.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Prophecy, Politics, and the Popular: The ''Left Behind'' Series and Christian Evangelicalism's New World Order|author=Melani McAlister|journal=Palestine, Israel, and the Politics of Popular Culture |editor=Rebecca L. Stein |editor2=Ted Swedenburg|publisher=Duke University Press|year=2005|isbn=0-8223-3516-6|page=304|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f_xznHf9zFAC&pg=PA304 |access-date=26 June 2011}}</ref> In ''[[The Mark (novel)|The Mark]]'', Fortunato is revealed to be the ''[[Left Behind]]'' series' incarnation of [[The False Prophet(Revelation)|the False Prophet]] described in the [[Book of Revelation]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=''Left Behind'' Answered Verse by Verse|author=David Reed|publisher=Lulu.com|year=2008|isbn=978-1-4357-0873-0|page=123|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N1iDZOdhrWEC&pg=PA123 |access-date=26 June 2011}}</ref> One critic has condemned the silliness of Fortunato's titles as being [[Anti-Catholicism|anti-Catholic]] and [[Populism|populist]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Skipping Towards Armageddon: The Politics and Propaganda of the ''Left Behind'' Novels and the LaHaye Empire|author=Michael Standaert|publisher=Soft Skull Press|year=2006|isbn=1-932360-96-4|page=197|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bYdJXHpKsxQC&pg=PA197 |access-date=26 June 2011}}</ref> There have also been complaints about the farcical characterization of Leon Fortunato when he suffers from the pain of a [[hemorrhoid]] in [[Desecration (novel)|''Desecration'']].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Marks of the Beast: The ''Left Behind'' Novels and the Struggle for Evangelical Identity|author=Glenn W. Shuck|publisher=NYU Press|year=2005|isbn=0-8147-4005-7|pages=15–16|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNoQVruqV1UC&pg=PA151 |access-date=26 June 2011}}</ref>
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== Judd Thompson Jr. ==
'''Judd Thompson, Jr''' is a [[fictional character]] and one of the four main protagonists in the [[Left Behind: The Kids]] series of novels by [[Tim LaHaye]] and [[Jerry B. Jenkins]]. He, along with, Vicki, Lionel, and Ryan, were the first original members of The Young Tribulation Force.
Judd was born to a [[Christians|Christian]] family that always had faith towards Christ. His name originally came from his father, and he has hated it ever since. On the night on the rapture, Judd decided that he was going to run away. He had stolen money from his father's credit card and lied to both of his parents, telling them that he was going to the library to study for his schoolwork. Instead, Judd went to the O'Hare airport and boarded a plane that was heading to [[London, England]].
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Peter Mathews was the [[archbishop]] of [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], at the time of the [[Rapture]]. He was described as a very traditional [[Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] at this time, although he rapidly embraced dramatic changes to the faith after the Rapture. 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.
Calling himself [[Pontiff|Supreme Pontiff]] and [[Pontifex Maximus]], Mathews became the leader of Enigma Babylon, adopted the name [[Pope Peter II|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]].
Mathews is later assassinated—stabbed with icicles from an ice sculpture—by the ten "kings" that Carpathia had appointed to lead the world under his rule.
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Plank next appears in ''[[The Remnant (novel)|The Remnant]]'', when the GC brass order all personnel without Carpathia's mark of loyalty obtain it immediately. After agonizing in prayer, Plank surrenders himself to the GC, refusing to take the mark. Even while choosing to place his head on the guillotine at the loyalty mark processing center, Plank uses wit and disarming cooperation as he is positioned for execution, bantering good-naturedly with his executioners, and trading quips about the stand-in executioner owing him a favour for assisting in operating the guillotine.
Steve Plank is named for Steve Board, one of author [[Jerry B. Jenkins]]' early bosses while a journalist.
==Razor==
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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. This effectively bestowed on Carpathia the financial resources and clout needed for his intended takeover of the world's media and information networks, granting him a media [[monopoly]].
The name Stonagal appears to be a pun on [[Rockefeller family|Rockefeller]].
==Eleazar Tiberias==
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==Cameron ("Buck") Williams==
Cameron ("Buck") Williams, is an award-winning journalist, former senior publisher of Global Community Weekly, who became a believer before the murder of [[Jonathan Stonagal]]. 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. Author of the underground cyber-magazine "The Truth". He died less than 24 hours before the Glorious Appearing. He and his wife were gifted to teach children during the millennium, in a place called Children of the Tribulation (COT), which was located in [[Israel]]; towards the end their son Kenny expanded it to [[Greece]]. He is portrayed in the films by [[Kirk Cameron]], [[Chad Michael Murray]] in the [[Left Behind (2014 film)|2014 film]], and by Greg Parrow in ''[[Left Behind: Rise of the Anti-ChristAntichrist]]''.
==Chloe Steele Williams==
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Chloe Steele Williams, daughter of Rayford Steele and wife of Buck Williams, was a former college student. She lost her mother and brother in the rapture, became a believer in Christ, married Buck and had a son called Kenneth Bruce Williams after Ken Ritz, the pilot, and Bruce Barnes, who led Buck, Rayford, and Chloe (CEO of the International Commodity co-op) to Christ. She was beheaded shortly before the Battle of Armageddon. She is portrayed by [[Janaya Stephens]] in the films, [[Cassi Thomson]] in the [[Left Behind (2014 film)|2014 film]], and Sarah Fisher in ''[[Left Behind: Rise of the Anti-ChristAntichrist]]''.
==Kenneth Bruce Williams==