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*AnnoyingYoungerSibling: What they saw Nephi as.


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*FounderOfTheKingdom: Of the Lamanites, hence the name.


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*StartOfDarkness: For the Lamanite nation as a whole.
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*FaceHeelTurn


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*HeroesActVillainsHinder: Played completely straight between them and Nephi.


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*LivingWithTheVillain
*MoralEventHorizon: I'd say, it was about just after Lehi passed away and they had decided to kill Nephi. Before, they were off and on, but it was at this point that God felt it was time to tell Nephi to get as far away from them as he could.
*[[PoisonousFriend Poisonous Brothers]]
*PredecessorVillain: To nearly every other villain in TheBookOfMormon


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*TheSavageIndian: Basically the whole entire reason behind this trope.
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*AntagonisticOffspring: To Lehi.


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*BarbarianTribe: What their descendants become thanks to their actions.


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**BigBadFriend: Actually brothers but you get the picture.


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*[[TokenEvilTeammate Token Evil Teammates]]
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*BigBadDuumvirate: Well, the closest we get in this story. To be fair, they were the founders of the Lamanite nation and the reason the Lamanites were unbelievers. Therefore, it could be argued that they are indirectly to blame for every war and conflict between the Nephites and Lamanites.


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*TheLancer: Laman, in the beginning.
*TheRival: Laman to Nephi.


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*ThoseTwoGuys
**ThoseTwoBadGuys
*TurnCoat: Too many times to count.

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*[[AntiHero Anti-Heroes]]
*BeardOfEvil: Laman sports a particularly bushy one in a certain painting.



* TookALevelInJerk: In the end.

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* TookALevelInJerk: In the end.*[[TheSlacker The Slackers]]: Often.

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*JewishComplaining: Oy Vey!
*JewsLoveToArgue: At least they do.




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*TookALevelInJerk: In the end.
*[[WithFriendsLikeThese With Brothers Like These]]

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*BreakTheHaughty: Nephi has to do this way too many times.
*CainAndAbel: They are the Cain to Nephi and Sam's Abel.
*ChronicVillainy
*DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: After they've gone back to Jerusalem a second time to pick up some girls, Laman and Lemuel suddenly decide they want to stay, beating and tying up their brother in the process.
*TheExile
*HeadbuttingHeroes: They were this to Nephi, at least in the beginning.
*HolyBurnsEvil: Or shocks.
*HormoneAddledTeenager: Explains their behavior in the early years at least.
*AHouseDivided: Eventually.
*HumblePie: They had several helpings of this.
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*SatelliteCharacter: Lemuel mostly.
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* JumpedAtTheCall

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* JumpedAtTheCallJumpedAtTheCall: "I will go, I will do, the things the Lord commands . . ."

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JewishMother: Well, yeah.

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* JewishMother: Well, yeah.


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*MoralDilemma: The commandments say "Thou Shalt Not Kill," but the Lord is commanding me to kill Laban. What to do?


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*ShockAndAwe: Once shocks Laman and Lemuel with the Lord's power.

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JewishMother: Well, yeah.



*TheDutifulSon



*FounderOfTheKingdom: Of the Nephites. Hence the name



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*{{Narrator}}: Of the first two books of Nephi.


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*OnlySaneMan: Sometimes
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*TheDeterminator: He never, ever gives up.
*DistressedDude: A couple of times thanks to Laman and Lemuel.


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*GeniusBruiser: He did write the first two books of Nephi after all.


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*OutOfCharacterMoment: The one single time he ever murmurs.




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*NiceJewishBoy: Well, he is Jewish.
*NonIdleRich
*ReluctantWarrior: Or killer, as the case may be.
*SympatheticMurderer: He was commanded to by the Lord.
*ToBeLawfulOrGood: Sort of. His situation where he was presented with a drunk Laban and he was commanded by the Lord to kill him.
*UndyingLoyalty: To his father and to his God.
*[[WithFriendsLikeThese With Brothers Like These]]
*TheWorfEffect: He has been beaten and tied up by his brothers on more than one occasion, but could easily take them both down (somewhat justified as he is using the Lord's power on those times he does defeat them.)
*WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Gives a few of these to his brothers. They never listen.

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*BewareTheNiceOnes: Do not mess with him, his father, or especially his God.
*BloodBrothers: With Zoram.
*CainAndAbel: The Abel to Laman and Lemuel's Cain.
*ChronicHeroSyndrome
*TheExile
*GoodIsNotNice: Has built up enough passion to scare the living daylights out of Laman and Lemuel before, and once was able to shock them with the Lord's power.
*HumbleHero
*IdealHero
*IncorruptiblePurePureness

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*DreamingOfThingsToCome



*TheObiWan



*ThePatriarch




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*BewareTheNiceOnes: Normally seen as a typical mother and wife figure, but if her boys are in trouble: [[MamaBear Watch out!]]
*CloudcuckoolandersMinder: To Lehi sometimes due to his eccentric nature.
*HappilyMarried: To Lehi.
*MamaBear
*SatelliteCharacter: For the most part.
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*HappilyMarried: With Sariah.
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*MissionFromGod: To lead his family out of Jerusalem.


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*ThePromisedLand: Where God is leading him and his family to. (It's America)

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*CrossingTheDesert





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\n*StayOnThePath: Part of his famous dream.
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*DoomedHometown
*DreamSequence: He has a particularly well-known one.


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*MyGreatestFailure: He blames himself for Laman and Lemuel's waywardness.


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*ParentalFavoritism: Averted, although he is accused of such.
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* Old Master
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: No matter what kind of stuff Laman and Lemuel pull, he still loves them.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: No matter what kind of stuff Laman and Lemuel pull, he still loves them.
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*TheCassandra: to the people of Jerusalem and his eldest sons.



*TheHeart
*HeroOfAnotherStory: The lost Book of Lehi.



* TheIdealist



* Non-IdleRich: He was quite wealthy. At least, before Laban took it all.
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*ReasonableAuthorityFigure: No matter what kind of stuff Laman and Lemuel pull, he still loves them.

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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Except on one occasion.

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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Except on one occasion.
occasion. Fortunately Nephi shook him out of it quickly.
*MadDreamer: What he was believed to be by the city of Jerusalem (and his eldest sons).
*Non-IdleRich: He was quite wealthy. At least, before Laban took it all.
*TheIdealist

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*TheExile: From Jerusalem
*AHouseDivided: What he was trying to avoid between Nephi, Laman, and Lemuel.
*HumbleHero
*IncorruptiblePurePureness: Except on one occasion.


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!!The Anti-Nephi-Lehies
Converted Lamanites who were cast out and joined the Nephites. They are particularly notable for their oath to never pick up and use a weapon ever again following their conversion.


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!!Lehonti
A Lamanite general who refused to go to war with the Nephites. Thanks to the manipulation of Amalickiah, he was poisoned by degrees and died, leaving Amalickiah as head of the army.


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!!Emer
The son of Omer who saw the Son of Righteousness.
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See God.

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See God.{{God}}.
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!!Jared
The leader of the original group that came to the new world.

!!The Brother of Jared (Mahonri Moriancumer)
A prophet who received instruction from the Lord regarding he and his brother's people.

!!Omer
A king of the Jaredites.

!!Jared (2)
The son of Omer who attempted to take the throne on a number of occasions

!!The Daughter of Jared
Jared (2)'s daughter who seduced Akish into taking the throne for her father.

!!Akish
A man seduced into overthrowing Omer. He started the secret combinations that led to the destruction of the Jaredites.

!!Coriantumr
The last kind of the Jaredites and only survivor of the war that wiped them out. He eventually died among the Mulekites.

!!Shiz
Coriantumr's opponent in the final war. He was killed by Coriantumr.

!!Ether
The last prophet of the Jaredites and namesake of the Book of Ether. He had tried to warn Coriantumr to repent before it was too late. Coriantumr did eventually repent, but it was too late for his people.



The son of biblical king Zedekiah who fled during the invasion of Babylon and made it to the new world where he joined the Nephites.

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The son of biblical king Zedekiah who fled during the invasion of Babylon and made it to the new world where he joined the Nephites.Nephites.

!Jesus Christ
See JesusChrist.

!God
See God.
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!!Zerahemnah
A member of the kingmen who attempted to overthrow the judgeship in order to reinstate monarchy.



Nephi, Timothy, Jonas, Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Shemnon, Jonas, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Zedekiah who were chosen to act as Christ's disciples. Three chose to live until Christ's second coming.

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Nephi, Timothy, Jonas, Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Shemnon, Jonas, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Zedekiah who were chosen to act as Christ's disciples. Three chose to live until Christ's second coming.coming.

!!Ammaron
One of the last of the Nephite prophets who gave the records to Mormon as a young boy.

!!Mormon
A young man who had been given the Nephite records due to his sober mind. He grew to be the commanding general in the Nephite army who witnessed the destruction of the Nephites due to their wickedness. He was eventually killed in battle.

!!Moroni
The son of Mormon and the last Nephite. After the death of his father and destruction of his people, he spent years in hiding. He completed his father's compilation of the records onto the golden plates and then buried them in the Hill Cumorah. He later appeared as an angel to Joseph Smith and led him to them.

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!!King Lamoni
One of the first converts of the Lamanites thanks to the efforts of Ammon and his brothers.

!!Lamoni's wife

!!Lamoni's father
The king of all the Lamanites who was converted after seeing the example of his son and Ammon

!!Lamoni's mother

!!Abish
A servant girl who had been converted to the Lord when her father received a vision.

!!Amalickiah
A former Nephite who joined the Lamanites after the defeat of the kingmen. Through stratagem and deceit, he became king of the land and declared war on the Nephites.

!!Ammoron
The brother of Amalickiah who took the throne after Amalickiah's death.

!!Samuel the Lamanite
A prophet who was sent to preach against the wickedness of the Nephites and prophesy of the coming of Jesus Christ five years later.

!Jaredites
A group that had come to the new world at the time of the Tower of Babel and had wiped themselves out by the time of the Nephite, leaving only records behind.

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!!Laban
A wicked nobleman who kept the brass plates which Nephi and his brothers were sent to retrieve. He was killed by Nephi.

!!Mulek
The son of biblical king Zedekiah who fled during the invasion of Babylon and made it to the new world where he joined the Nephites.
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An apostate sect of the Nephites who had founded their own religion claiming that they had been chosen to be above all others, that there would be no Christ, and their only form of worship was to stand on a pedestal, rehearse a memorized prayer about how superior they were, and then never speak of the gospel again until the next Sabbath.

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An apostate sect of the Nephites who had founded their own religion claiming that they had been chosen to be above all others, that there would be no Christ, and their only form of worship was to stand on a pedestal, rehearse a memorized prayer about how superior they were, and then never speak of the gospel again until the next Sabbath.Sabbath.

!!The Sons of Alma
!!!Helaman
Alma's oldest son and the most valiant in the faith. He becomes the prophet following Alma.

!!!Shiblon
The middle child of Alma.

!!!Corianton
The youngest son of Alma, whose pursuit of the prostitute Isabel led to the failure to redeem the Zoramites.

!!Pahoran
Chief Judge and son to Alma's successor Nephihah. He helped Captain Moroni during the war with the Lamanites and even fought alongside him during the battle with the Kingmen.

!!Captain Moroni
The Book of Mormon equivalent to ChuckNorris. The leader of the Nephite army who led them in battle during the war with the Nephites. He was a master strategist and valiant believer in the power of God.

!!Lehi (2)
Captain Moroni's right hand man.

!!Teancum
Another of Captain Moroni's men. He is notable for killing not only Amalickiah but also Amalickiah's brother Ammoron, giving his life in the process.

!!The Sons of Helaman
An army formed by Helaman from the children of the Lamanite converts, the Anti-Nephi-Lehies. Not one was slain in battle due to their immense faith in God.

!!Helaman II
The son of Helaman and succeeding prophet.

!!Nephi and Lehi
The sons of Helaman II named after their ancestors. They were great missionaries for the Lord, and Nephi acted as prophet.

!!Pahoran, Pacumeni, and Paanchi
The sons of Pahoran whose contention for the judgement seat eventually led to the formation of the Gadianton robbers.

!!Kishkumen and Gadianton
Followers of Paanchi who founded the Gadianton robbers

!!Gadianton Robbers
A group of dissenters from among the Nephites and Lamanites who would murder and kill secretly to get gain. Although they were cast out by the Lamanites, they were eventually accepted almost mutually by the Nephites.

!!Nephi (3)
The son of Nephi the son of Helaman. He lived to see Jesus Christ's appearance to the people and was made one of his disciples.

!!The Twelve Nephite Disciples
Nephi, Timothy, Jonas, Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Shemnon, Jonas, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Zedekiah who were chosen to act as Christ's disciples. Three chose to live until Christ's second coming.
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!!Alma the Younger
The son of Alma. As a youth, he rebelled against the church and tried to tear it down until and angel appeared to him, leaving him in a coma for three days. When he came out of it, he was fully converted to the gospel. He soon became the first Chief Judge and the leader of the church, but he gave up his judgeship in order to spend more time preaching. Most of his preaching efforts are detailed in the book of Alma, named after him. He was eventually translated, much like Moses.

!!The Sons of Mosiah
Alma's friends who were converted by the angel as well and then devoted their lives to missionary service, turning down the crown in the process.

!!!Ammon
The most well known of the four. It was through his efforts that King Lamoni's people were converted to the Lord.

!!!Aaron, Omner, and Himni
The other three of the brothers. Aaron is the only one we really see anything of.

!!Nehor
An antichrist who murders Gideon

!!Amlici
A follower of Nehor who raises an army to rebel against the Nephites following Nehor's execution.

!!Amulek
A man living in Ammonihah who is instructed by an angel to take Alma the Younger in and help him preach to the wicked people of the town. He is a constant companion to Alma following that.

!!Zeezrom
A lawyer in Ammonihah who attempts to shame Alma and Amulek and disprove their words. He ends up converted by their preaching and cast out of the city. He later joins Alma and Amulek on a mission to the apostate Zoramites.

!!The City of Ammonihah
A city that had fallen away from the church. Alma spends a great deal of time trying to save them, but they ultimately reject him, slaughter and cast out any converts, and are destroyed by an army of vengeful Lamanites.

!!Korihor
An antichrist who attempts to destroy the church. He is revealed as a fraud deceived by the devil and is cursed to be a mute. He dies being trampled by the Zoramites.

!!The Zoramites
An apostate sect of the Nephites who had founded their own religion claiming that they had been chosen to be above all others, that there would be no Christ, and their only form of worship was to stand on a pedestal, rehearse a memorized prayer about how superior they were, and then never speak of the gospel again until the next Sabbath.

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!!Family of Lehi

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!!Enos
The son of Jacob who prayed in the woods for three days and three nights.

!!Jarom, Omni, etc.
Prophets who kept the record following Enos' death. They were all descended from them.

!!King Mosiah I
A king of the Nephites who was given the record of the people.

!!King Benjamin
Mosiah's son most famous for his speech to the people.

!!King Mosiah II
The son of King Benjamin. He is the namesake of The Book of Mosiah.

!!Ammon (1)
A man charged by Mosiah II to seek out the people of Zeniff. He finds them in captivity to the Lamanites and helps them to escape.

!!Zeniff's People
!!!King Zeniff
An overzealous adventurer who led a group of people to reclaim the abandoned Land of Nephi.

!!!King Noah
The son of Zeniff who led the people into wickedness. He burnt the prophet Abinadi at the stake for preaching against him, and he was later burnt at the stake by his own people according to Abinadi's prophecy.

!!!King Limhi
Noah's son. He attempted to return his people to righteousness after his father's death. He, alongside Ammon and Gideon (and the Lord, of course) led the people out of captivity and back to the land of Zarahemla.

!!!Abinadi
A prophet who preached against the wickedness of Noah. He was tried before Noah and his priests, refused to deny what he had taught, and was burned at the stake for it.

!!!The Priests of Noah
A group of wicked and corrupt men who flattered Noah into wickedness. After Noah's death, they fled into the wilderness and joined the Lamanites.

!!!Alma the Elder
A priest of Noah who was converted by Abinadi's preaching. He tried to stand up for Abinadi and was cast out. He eventually formed his own people in the wilderness. The people came into bondage under the Lamanites for a time, but eventually escaped thanks to the Lord's power and joined the people of Zarahemla. Alma became head of the Church, eventually passing it on to his son.

!!!Gideon
A warrior with a feud against Noah, once chasing him onto a tower. He eventually became one of Limhi's advisor. As an old man, he stood up against the antichrist Nehor and was murdered by him.
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This is a list of characters in the book of scripture known as the Book of Mormon. Not for the musical.

!!Family of Lehi

!Lehi
The patriarch of the family and ancestor to all Nephites and Lamanites. He took his family from Jerusalem in 600 B.C. thanks to a warning from God.

!Sariah
Lehi's wife and mother to Laman, Lemuel, Nephi, and Sam.

!Nephi
The son of Lehi. Unlike his brothers Laman and Lemuel, he was unwaveringly faithful to God and became a prophet like his father. He is the narrator of First and Second Nephi.

!Laman and Lemuel
The eldest sons of Lehi. They lacked faith in the Lord and continually murmured against their father and brother. It eventually escalated to attempted murder of Nephi following Lehi's death. They are the founders of the Lamanites.

!Sam
Lehi's son. He remained faithful like Nephi. That's about all there is.

!Jacob and Joseph
Two sons of Lehi born during the journey. Jacob later became a prophet.

!Zoram
The servant of Laban who joined the family of Lehi on their journey. He was faithful to the Lord and good friend to Nephi.

!Ishmael's family
Friends to Lehi's family who joined them on their journey so that Lehi's four sons and Zoram could marry Ishmael's five daughters.

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