In the prequel, it is suggested that his name means "Victory of the People." Carpathia also demonstrates his uncommon polyglotism, being able to fluently speak over 9 languages, which include Romanian, Hungarian, Russian, English, French,Spanish,German, Arabic, Hebrew, and Chinese. However, he manages to brainwash everybody present by convincing them that what they had actually seen was the two individuals murdering each other. Rayford and the other members of the Tribulation Force attempt to convince her that Carpathia is evil, but she refuses to listen. 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. Sam Sorbo will portray Amanda in the upcoming Left Behind: Rise of the Anti-Christ. 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). The authors gave the impression that Nicolae Carpathia really did believe that his self-aggrandizing endeavors to defeat God and the Son would prevail, even though scripture says that the devil knows his time is short (Revelation 12:12). However, on April 15, Carpathia left on a flight to the ATLANTIS-aligned United Kingdom on a highly secretive Gnosis mission. 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. Jim Hickman was his predecessor. 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. 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. Bombs hit the hospital that he was admitted in for over-seas bug that stopped his worldwide encouragement of "Tribulation Saints". 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 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. She is awarded a crown from Jesus Himself, who praises her for her bravery in the face of certain death. Leah and Rayford Steele clash as they stumble at trying to work together, their personalities colliding. A native of Pakistan, he was a prominent member of the Global Community. After a devastating earthquake sends the world into chaos, Nicolae Carpathia institutes a worldwide rebuilding campaign in an effort to restore order and control. Leah's first Trib Force undercover mission, at the midpoint of the Tribulation, takes her to Belgium to try to communicate with Hattie at the Belgium Facility for Female Rehabilitation (BFFR), or "Buffer." 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. 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." His middle name refers to the "jet-black" night on which he was born.)[2]. He also gathered the armies of the world at the valley of Armageddon for the battle with Jesus Christ and His army. In the Left Behind PC games, he is portrayed by Trevor Parsons. During the Millennium World, Chloe and Buck are in charge of a massive childcare center, whose speaking guests include Noah and King David. Jonathan Stonagal begins to grow regretful with his involvement with Carpathia, fearing that the youngAntichristis already out of his control. Born in the small village of Cluj, Romania, Carpathia's birth was the product of a genetic engineering and artificial insemination project, known asProject People's Victory. In a final surge for complete domination of Earth, Carpathia created the One World, composed of all G.C. Suhail probably does not hold Fortunato or the role of Most High Reverend Father of Carpathianism in high esteem. Carpathia said to Director Akbar that the practically limitless monetary and military resources afforded to him for this endeavor would make every other historical military strategist hang his head in shame. He was killed trying to purchase help from another black market dealer named Mainyu Mazda. 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. After agonizing in prayer, Plank surrenders himself to the GC, refusing to take the mark. Biographical information Instead, Judd went to the O'Hare airport and boarded a plane that was heading to London, England. Chang is pressured by his parents, who are Carpathia loyalists, to take the mark, but Chang violently protests this as he is a believer in Jesus Christ. He later kicks Kenny out of the Force after evidence surfaces that indicates that Kenny has "switched sides." After this, Nicolae was returned to Romania by Satan. Prior to the Rapture, Plank is the executive editor of Global Weekly magazine, and the boss of Cameron "Buck" Williams. Judd fell in love with her very early in the series and the two were married around a year before the Glorious Appearing, shortly following Vicki's twentieth birthday. Carpathia just look away, and that convince Chang that Nicolae cannot know his thoughts. Zeke and his father were first introduced in Assassins. He was extremely tall, with broad shoulders, as well as a thick muscular chest. At his first meeting as United Nations Secretary-General (at the end of Left Behind), Nicolae Carpathia executes Stonagal and Todd-Cothran with a single bullet that passes through Stonagal's head, then Todd-Cothran's. 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). Ten subpotentates were chosen to rule ten governing districts of . An obscure Romanian politician named Nicolae Carpathia arises to become the most powerful leader on the planet. In contrast, Christopher Goodman, the Antichrist of the Christ Clone Trilogy, had less of an appetite for the devotion of the world, but he captivates others to follow his cause through flattery, the promotion of new age ideology that promises the collective evolution of humanity and libertine morals, and their odium towards God. She and her father take in single women and families after the return of Christ. 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. Like Nicolae, Leon regularly communicated with the 'spirit world'; it is implied that both men shared the same spiritual 'guide' Satan himself. Clips taken from Left Behind: The Movie (2000), Left Behind II: Tribulation Force (2002), and Left Behind: World At War (2005). ), a world government which he ultimately marshals against the followers of Jesus Christ . 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) Carpathianism draws heavily from the narratives and traditions of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. 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. His father's last name, Carpathia, comes from the Carpathian Mountains, a mountain range in Romania. One night she came back from partying to find the house quiet and was under the impression that they had fallen asleep waiting for her. All the demands are met, and Carpathia is elected as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations. According to Buck, he carried himself with a "sense of humility and purpose", and effortlessly dominated any room that he was in. During the plague of darkness after the Global Community had evacuated New Babylon since it had been crippled by the plague, Carpathia was discussing who is to blame for the failure of the Global Community News Network to retain control over their broadcast from the Tribulation Force's attempts to pirate it. She was a former Global Community employee working at Buffer who is a believer. He is very military-like, and refers to men that he speaks with as "Sirs," which he eventually quits doing after Cameron "Buck" Williams tells him enough times. One thousand years later, a brief glimpse of Carpathia and Leon Fortunato is seen as the Lake of Fire opens to swallow up Satan. Tsion Ben-Judah, pronounced "Zion", is a Jewish rabbinical scholar and former student of Chaim Rosenzweig. 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. The Dragon was cast down to Earth near the end of this experience. Thus, Carpathia declares himself to be God, and demands worship. He realized she meant Vicki. So influential, in fact, that award-winning journalist Cameron "Buck" Williams believes he is responsible for having many professional acquaintances assassinated. Nicolae Jetty Carpathia Former businessman, former President of Romania, later. The President of Romania soon resigned in favor of Carpathia, with the unanimous support of that country's parliament. He was the sort of character we love to hate. He then enforces the loyalty mark, the prophesied Mark of the Beast, which all are required to wear. 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. Abdullah Ababneh is a former Jordanian fighter pilot, first officer for the Phoenix 216, Royal Jordanian Air Force, Amman; lost divorced wife and two children in Rapture; former first officer, Phoenix 216; a principal Trib Force pilot assigned to Petra; witnessed the Glorious Appearing; now residing near the Valley of Jehoshaphat, Israel. 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. Hattie begins working for Secretary-General Nicolae Carpathia as Head of Security, and later as personal assistant. They head to Jordan where Kenny is seen by Abdullah Smith. When Kenny goes to France, he meets up with the Johpins and their other cousin, Nicolette. Hassid and Blod clash, but eventually, Hassid realizes he must get along with Blod or risk discipline and possible exposure as a Tribulation saint; also, it is not very Christ-like to be promoting enmity. Eleazar is one of the 144,000 evangelical converts in the book. Both Kenny and his wife are present at the final battle of the Millennium and they, along with all the other believers, are welcomed into heaven. Two weeks later, when United Nations secretary-general and Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia and a host of American and Israeli delegates arrived in Israel to sign a seven-year treaty of peace, and at the behest of Buck Williams, Ben-Judah guided Buck (Kirk Cameron) to the Western Wall so that he could speak with the two prophets, Eli and Moishe, men resurrected from Biblical times to bear witness to Christ and begin converting 144,000 Jews to become witnesses for Him. She died in a plane crash in Soul Harvest. Even though Chang appears to have the mark of loyalty, believers can still see the mark of God on him. 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. 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". This marks the beginning of our seven years of peace. Rayford, naplnn vztekem nad tolika ztrtami, uvauje o zabit Nicolae Carpathie. He is taken care of by his grandfather, Rayford Steele, when Buck goes to Jerusalem to help defend it in Armageddon. 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.. [5] In The Mark, Fortunato is revealed to be the Left Behind series' incarnation of the False Prophet described in the Book of Revelation. By the middle of his address, Carpathia brings the entire crowd to its feet in full voice and applause, press and representative alike. Carpathianism is a fictional religion established by Leon to worship Nicolae Carpathia, leaving it as the only legal religion on Earth. The final straw for Carpathia was his failure to promptly terminate a hijacked broadcast of Tsion Ben-Judah delivering a message from Global Community's own television network. Chaim later became a believer, and led the Jewish Remnant at Petra under the alias "Micah" (made from the letters of his original name). 2000s Gordon Currie is a Canadian-American film and television actor, best known for his role as Nicolae Carpathia in the Left Behind films, and his role in horror films such as Puppet Master 4, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan and Blood and Donuts. He goes under cover for the Millennium Force. Ben-Judah was beginning to conclude that Jesus of Nazareth met the descriptions of prophecy, but had not committed himself when Christ raptured His church. Jesus promises Buck and Chloe that because they lost Kenny they would be repaid by the hundredfold. 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. When a friend of Zaki, Qasim Marid, goes undercover for the Force without their permission, they all start to wonder where his loyalties lie. Kat finally goes to talk to Kenny and realizes that he is innocent. A girl in Israel fell in love with him but however she was shot. Lucifer in the persona of Nicolae Carpathia did not believe that God created him but that his sentience emerged from a primordial ooze and thought that God also came into existence the same way but had just preceded him. When a combined British and Egyptian attack on New Babylon backfires, the conflict escalates into World War III. He then kneels before Christ and declares him the Christ after Jesus judged him for all his crimes and sins against humanity and God. Nicolae Carpathia made a great villain. He leads a band of about four men and a woman at the safe house. He disappears for several years, presumably lost in the Great Wrath of The Lamb earthquake when the Global Community Headquarters in New Babalyon collapsed. When Vicki was twelve, a man asked to speak at the dance. 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. Eleazer Tiberias is one of the elders at Petra, who helps Micah (aka Chaim Rosenzweig) run the operations of the city of the remnant. Nicolae and Elena evacuated the capital by helicopter. The catalyst for the shooting is the detected theft of GC Chopper One to pluck the threesome from the roof of Israeli botanist and statesman Chaim Rosenzweig's house. He was genuinely frustrated and surprised when the Unity Army were unable to inflict harm on the inhabitants of Petra and capture Jerusalem. He faked a stroke, got a wheelchair, and hid a hand-filed blade in the handle. [4] Because he is an Italian American, he has been cited as an example of the cultural diversity of the novels' characters. The second wife of Rayford Steele, whom married him in Tribulation Force. For his mark, he got a giant black 42 that dominated his forehead. Following her parents' conversion, Vicki became even more rebellious and continued to refuse to convert. He and Lionel often clashed to the point of a brawl, yet they were still very close. Kenny later marries Kat and they have eight sons and six daughters. Nicolae Carpathia made a great villain. After having lost his mother and two younger sisters in a fire the night of the rapture, he and his father were converted by a trucker stopping at their gas station. Kenny is later vindicated, however, and Raymie is overjoyed to welcome his nephew back into the Force. [3] He also finances an attempted invasion of Israel which is thwarted by God. 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. After his death, the Supreme Commander position was dissolved. Later, Chloe and Buck name their child Kenneth Bruce Williams in honor of Ken. 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. Walter Moon is a supporting antagonist in the Left Behind series. He initially met other Left Behind protagonists Vicki Byrne, Lionel Washington, and Ryan Daley. Occupation He was able to implant thoughts in Enoch Litwala's mind so that he would plan a conspiracy with the other subpotentates to kill Peter Mathews. Carpathia was the Global Community official that had the highest amount of appearances in the adult, Carpathia was never referred to by name in. Ritz is badly injured in the Wrath of the Lamb earthquake, when an airplane wing hits the back of his head. Fortunato's "glory days" are short-lived, however, ending in Glorious Appearing with the return of Jesus. This references both the early Christian belief that the Antichrist would come in the form of a Roman emperor, as well as the current Pre-Millennialist Christian view[citation needed] that the Antichrist will emerge from a "New Roman Empire"[citation needed]. She spent the next seven years proselytizing, which included interrupting a concert by Z-Van (lead singer of the Four Horsemen and one of Nicolae Carpathia's false messiahs) and speaking to the crowd of thousands. Ming Toy is the older sister of Chang Wong. 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. He acquired his name from a snowmobile accident in Minnesota before the Rapture when he hit some razor wire and should have died. 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