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3This is a list of characters from the ''Literature/LeftBehind'' book series and its related adaptations and spinoffs.
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6[[foldercontrol]]
7
8!Tribulation Force
9[[folder:Rayford Steele]]
10->'''Played by:'''
11->Brad Johnson (''Left Behind: The Movie'', ''Left Behind II: Tribulation Force'', ''Left Behind: World At War'')
12->Creator/NicolasCage (''Left Behind'' 2014)
13->Creator/KevinSorbo (''Left Behind: Rise Of The Antichrist'')
14
15An airliner pilot who lost his wife and son to the Rapture. Becomes one of the founding members of the Tribulation Force.
16----
17* AuthorAvatar, with a dash of compensating for something: The guy's surname is ''Steele'', for crying out loud. Fred Clark specifically identifies him as the avatar for [=LaHaye=].
18* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Subverted in that he just lets Buck come over and wait to talk to Chloe about his [[NotWhatItLooksLike supposedly two-timing her]] and doesn't help Chloe in the slightest in her wanting to get rid of Buck.
19* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:Rayford survives the tribulation by the skin of his teeth.]]
20%%* HappilyMarried: To his second wife Amanda White for about three months.
21* InsistentTerminology: 'Captain'' Rayford Steele. Always Captain Steele. While the character doesn't explicitly insist on it, the author is very careful to write his name this way when being addressed by others.
22* {{Jerkass}}: Comes off as one quite a bit. He does get some humanizing touches throughout the series, and he even gets blatantly called out on his asshole tendencies in one book to counterbalance this.
23%%* MadonnaWhoreComplex: Appears to have this, although [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality the story doesn't seem to consider this a flaw]]
24%%* ManlyTears: Sheds these when he meets Jesus face to face.
25%%* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: To his wife Irene and his son Raymie after they have been raptured.
26* TheScapegoat: Was made into this when Carpathia was assassinated, when clear evidence showed that Chaim Rosenzweig was the real assassin.
27[[/folder]]
28
29[[folder:Chloe Steele]]
30->'''Played by:'''
31->Janaya Stephens (''Left Behind: The Movie'', ''Left Behind II: Tribulation Force'', ''Left Behind: World At War'')
32->Cassi Thomson (''Left Behind'' 2014)
33->Sarah Fisher (''Left Behind: Rise Of The Antichrist'')
34
35The daughter of Rayford Steele who gets left behind, becoming a founding member of the Tribulation Force and the wife of Buck Williams.
36----
37* AdaptationDyeJob: Blond-haired in the books and the 2014 movie, became dark-haired in the 2000-2005 films.
38* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: After Chloe is captured by the GC, among the things the GCNN report is that she was expelled from her university for making threats against the faculty, aborted two fetuses (with another daughter dying under unknown circumstances), and naming her son Jesus Savior Williams.
39* BigSisterInstinct: Early on before the Rapture starts, Chloe is very caring about her younger brother Raymie and takes him to the mall for some fun. She spends a good chunk of her screen time frantically searching the city trying to find him.
40* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the beginning of the series, we're told that she studies Computer Science at Stanford. In the very next book, she needs Buck to show her how to set up an email address.
41* {{Chickification}}: Chloe returns as a "Glorified" in the last book of the series, but the process seems to have dulled her drive, if not her skills, considerably.
42%%* DrivenToSuicide: In the 2014 movie, until she gets a call from Buck that stops her from going through with the act.
43%%* HappilyMarried: To Buck Williams.
44* HyperCompetentSidekick: While the boys are off looking at things and calling themselves heroes, Chloe sets up and runs a commodity co-op system to make sure dwindling resources go where they are most needed. By the time she's caught by the Global Community, she's coordinating about a fifth of what's left of the global economy.
45* IncessantMusicMadness: Was subject to listening to "[[VillainSong Hail Carpathia]]" all night in her cell when she was captured by the GC. She gets to give some of her own when she sings some Christian hymns in her solitary confinement cell, which annoys a GC guard.
46%%* MamaBear: To her son Kenny.
47%%* PublicExecution: Was given one in ''Armageddon''.
48* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female member of the Tribulation Force.
49%%* StrawFeminist: She was this early in the book series, before she changes.
50%%* TogetherInDeath: With her husband Buck.
51[[/folder]]
52
53[[folder:Cameron "Buck" Williams]]
54->'''Played by:'''
55->Creator/KirkCameron (''Left Behind: The Movie'', ''Left Behind II: Tribulation Force'', ''Left Behind: World At War'')
56->Chad Michael Murray (''Left Behind'' 2014)
57->Greg Perrow (''Left Behind: Rise Of The Antichrist'')
58
59A newsmagazine reporter who witnessed the Rapture on the same flight Rayford was the pilot of. Becomes one of the founding members of the Tribulation Force.
60----
61* AdaptationDyeJob: Blond in the books, became brown or dark-haired in the films.
62%%* AuthorAvatar: For Jerry Jenkins.
63* DirtyCoward: He finds out about the conspiracy well before it takes power, but instead of exposing it he goes straight to Carpathia to beg for protection. He goes on with this even when Carpathia openly admits he's the one behind it.
64* DoNotCallMePaul: An inversion: in ''Kingdom Come'', he goes by his actual name Cameron, as in the Millennium there is nothing for him to "buck".
65%%* HappilyMarried: To Chloe Williams.
66* InformedAbility: His writing skills, at least early on. Later, we do get to see some of his actual writing in universe, and it is somewhat mediocre.
67* IntrepidReporter: Something of an InformedAttribute - he rarely asks useful questions, he writes in PurpleProse, and he buries stories out of self-preservation.
68* MyGirlIsNotASlut: One of Chloe's most frequently mentioned attributes is her virginity; both she and Buck are virgins when they begin dating, and remain as such until they are married.
69* NotWhatItLooksLike: Chloe accused Buck of two-timing her because of her encounter with a fellow female co-worker outside his apartment delivering stuff and talking to her fiancee on the phone, assuming that Buck was her fiancee. Fortunately this got straightened out.
70* OfficialCouple: He and Chloe were meant to be this from Day One.
71%%* PapaWolf: To his son Kenny.
72* PaperThinDisguise: Carpathia sees through his "George Oreskovitch" routine. ''Twice''.
73%%* PurpleProse: Yet he's a ''journalist''
74%%* RoaringRampageOfRescue: Was ready to go on this in ''Armageddon'' when the Global Community captured his wife.
75%%* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Feebly attempts this with Nicolae Carpathia when he is offered a job in Nicolae's inner-circle.
76%%* ScrewYourUltimatum: Does this to Carpathia in ''Armageddon''.
77%%* TheVillainSucksSong: Crafts one called "Fail Carpathia".
78%%* TogetherInDeath: With his wife Chloe.
79* VoiceOfTheResistance: Second to Tsion Ben-Judah's, his online publication ''The Truth'' disseminates the information that the Global Community-controlled press doesn't want the general public to know about Nicolae Carpathia.
80[[/folder]]
81
82[[folder:Bruce Barnes]]
83->'''Played by:'''
84->Creator/ClarenceGilyard (''Left Behind: The Movie'', ''Left Behind II: Tribulation Force'')
85->Arnold Pinnock (''Left Behind: World At War'')
86->Lance E. Nichols (''Left Behind'' 2014)
87->Charles Andrew Payne (''Left Behind: Rise Of The Antichrist'')
88
89A pastor who was left behind due to his unbelief in God. Becomes one of the founding members of the Tribulation Force.
90----
91* AlliterativeName: '''B'''ruce '''B'''arnes
92%%* GoodShepherd: He's ''not'' this trope and it's the reason he was left behind.
93* {{Hypocrite}}: For a pastor, he was dabbling more in his own lusts and interests than he was in pursuing his own faith. At least he was willing to admit that was what caused him to be left behind with the unbelievers.
94%%* TheMentor: To Rayford, Chloe, Buck, and the Young Tribulation Force in ''Left Behind: The Kids''.
95* RaceLift: Was Caucasian in the books, made African-American in the films.
96* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: In ''Tribulation Force'' he becomes the first member of the Tribulation Force to die.]]
97[[/folder]]
98
99[[folder:Tsion Ben-Judah]]
100->'''Played by'''
101->Lubomir Mykytiuk (''Left Behind II: Tribulation Force'')
102
103A rabbi who during the Tribulation found the proof that Jesus Christ was the prophesied Messiah of the Jews. Becomes a member of the Tribulation Force.
104----
105* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Earned the ire of his fellow Israelis by declaring that Jesus is the Messiah, wanted in the murders of his wife and stepchildren, and accused of "fleecing his flock" millions of Nicks.
106%%* BadassIsraeli: Despite his advanced age, he is not above field work, including an attempt at crashing a bus through a border crossing.
107* BadassPreacher: In ''Armageddon'', when he turns over leadership of Petra to Chaim Rosenzweig so he can preach Jesus Christ to the Jews remaining in Jerusalem while helping them to defend their city against the Global Community Unity Army on the day of Jesus' second coming.
108%%* TheMentor: After Bruce Barnes is killed during the Second Seal Judgment.
109%%* ScrewYourUltimatum: Does this to Carpathia in ''Armageddon''.
110* ShutUpHannibal: In the Millennial Kingdom, the Egyptian people peacefully reinstate democracy. Tsion is sent there by TheTheocracy to talk them into reconsidering, and does so by... shouting over everybody, not letting them get a word in edgewise, and ordering that they demolish the parliament building and replace it with a temple.
111%%* TogetherInDeath: With his wife who was murdered in ''Nicolae''.
112* VoiceOfTheResistance: During the Tribulation, his name became synonymous with the Tribulation Force preaching true biblical Christianity that Christians were pejoratively called "Judah-ites".
113[[/folder]]
114
115[[folder:Chaim Rosenzweig]]
116->'''Played by'''
117->Colin Fox (''Left Behind: The Movie'')
118->David [=LeReaney=] (''Left Behind: Rise Of The Antichrist'')
119
120The scientist who came up with the Miracle Gro that got bartered for a [[DealWithTheDevil seven-year peace treaty]]. Becomes a member of the Tribulation Force.
121----
122%%* BadassIsraeli: He tries to assassinate the Antichrist with a sword despite being wheelchair-bound, and almost succeeds. He also forged the sword himself.
123%%* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Did Chaim just call Leon Fortunato 'Supreme Nincompoop' and get away with it? Yes he did.
124* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Chaim Rosenzweig is torn between his friendship with Tsion Ben-Judah and his loyalties to Nicolae Carpathia. It is only after assassinating Carpathia and fleeing Israel that Chaim puts his faith in God.
125%%* HeroicBSOD: Has one when he sees who got killed in his household following the death of Carpathia.
126%%* TheMentor: Previously to Tsion Ben-Judah before the Tribulation.
127* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Nominally a botanist, but also skilled at metallurgy and very knowledgeable about the minutiae of Cold War era diplomatic history. In general, the other putative good guys go to him when they need anything explained.
128%%* PlayingSick: Chaim accomplishes this beautifully in order to get close to Nicolae and kill him.
129* SignificantAnagram: His alter ego Micah, which is an anagram of Chaim.
130* SixthRanger: Never quite a part of the Trib Force core team, although he sticks around for the duration.
131[[/folder]]
132
133[[folder:Mac [=McCullum=]]]
134Rayford's co-pilot when he was working for Carpathia. Later became Carpathia's main pilot until [[FakingTheDead faked his own death]] to escape into the underground with the Tribulation Force.
135----
136%%* AmericansAreCowboys: Confirmed to be from Texas.
137%%* DeadpanSnarker: ??
138%%* FakingTheDead: Does this to escape from New Babylon.
139%%* GoodbyeCruelWorld: Mentions this as part of his plan for himself, David Hassid, Abdullah Smith, and Hannah Palemoon to escape New Babylon in an engineered plane crash in ''The Mark''
140* SomeCallMeTim: His real first name is Montgomery.
141[[/folder]]
142
143[[folder:Donny Moore]]
144
145%%* TheSmartGuy: At least until he gets killed by the Wrath of the Lamb earthquake.
146%%* TogetherInDeath: With his wife Sondra.
147[[/folder]]
148
149[[folder:Albie]]
150A former Middle East arms dealer who became a believer.
151----
152* MeaningfulName: Albie is actually the initials of his hometown Al Basrah.
153* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: We don't get to find out what his full name is.
154[[/folder]]
155
156[[folder:Abdullah Smith]]
157Mac's co-pilot when he was working for Carpathia, who later [[FakingTheDead faked his own death]] to escape into the underground with the Tribulation Force.
158----
159* BrokenBird: He starts off as a Muslim, but when his wife Yasmine and their two children, Bahira and Zaki become Christians, they leave him following one argument too many. This drives Abdullah into a state of depression, where he loses himself in booze and women, eventhough he wants his family back.
160* DeadpanSnarker: Mostly to [=McCullum=] in the form of one liners.
161%%* FakingTheDead: Does this to escape from New Babylon.
162* ThePilot: Ends up doing more flying than Rayford does.
163%%* TheQuietOne: Regarded as such by his employment records for the GC.
164[[/folder]]
165
166[[folder:Ken Ritz]]
167A charter pilot who was working for the Tribulation Force.
168----
169%%* BoomHeadshot: How Ken dies in Apollyon.
170* IllTakeThatAsACompliment: Rayford tells him in the Dramatic Audio that he'd be on the Most Wanted List for feminists for the type of things he says about Hattie. All Ken asks for is a copy of the list so he can send it to his mother.
171* ThePilot: Also ends up logging more flight hours than Rayford, although less than Abdullah.
172[[/folder]]
173
174[[folder:Floyd Charles]]
175
176* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Subverted big time. He contracts the poison used to kill Hattie's baby from Hattie herself and later dies from it.
177%%* AllLoveIsUnrequited: His relationship to Hattie Durham
178* TheMedic: More of an InformedAbility, but has a medical degree.
179[[/folder]]
180
181[[folder:Leah Rose]]
182A former nurse working at Brigham Young Hospital, who becomes a member of the Tribulation Force.
183----
184* BrokenBird: Prior to becoming the head nurse at Brigham Young Hospital, Leah Rose had quite the checkered past. From a broken household to a teenage drug addict who slept around, aborted a pregnancy and nearly killed herself several times before she finally cleaned herself up, got her GED and after getting married, her husband put her through nursing school and the pair adopted two boys. After their children were taken in the Rapture, she and her husband tried to kill themselves. Her husband succeeded. She didn't. In the end, she became a believer.
185%%* TheMedic: Unlike Floyd, actually applies her skills in Petra.
186[[/folder]]
187
188[[folder:T.M. Delanty]]
189
190* ThePilot: Logs about as much flight time as Rayford does.
191* SomeCallMeTim: His full name is Tyrola Mark Delanty.
192[[/folder]]
193
194[[folder:David Hassid]]
195The tech guy in New Babylon working as a mole for the Tribulation Force.
196----
197%%* BadassIsraeli: Gets in a few scraps.
198%%* FakingTheDead: Does this to escape New Babylon.
199* TheSmartGuy: A techie.
200%%* TogetherInDeath: With his girlfriend Annie Christopher.
201[[/folder]]
202
203[[folder:Gustaf Zuckermandel, Jr.]]
204----
205* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He is mostly referred to as Z or Zeke.
206* TheSmartGuy: Mostly working in creating fake [=IDs=], uniforms, and disguises.
207[[/folder]]
208
209[[folder:Hannah Palemoon]]
210A medic in New Babylon who was a believer.
211----
212%%* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Her relationship with David Hassid.
213%%* FakingTheDead: Does this to escape New Babylon.
214* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: Her name is Hannah Palemoon? Really?
215[[/folder]]
216
217[[folder:Ming Toy]]
218A former prison guard at Buffer in Belgium who is part of the Tribulation Force.
219----
220* FauxActionGirl: When she is introduced, a lot is made of her experience as a prison guard with combat skills — but from then on, she pretty much divides her time between office work and babysitting.
221%%* HappilyMarried: To her second husband Ree Woo.
222* PhenotypeStereotype: Another racist name.
223[[/folder]]
224
225[[folder:Chang Wong]]
226The tech guy in New Babylon working as a mole for the Tribulation Force, who is Ming Toy's brother.
227----
228* DrivenToSuicide: He contemplates suicide when he sees that he has been forced to bear the MarkOfTheBeast despite being a believer, but David Hassid talks him out of it.
229* HeelFaceDoorSlam: subverted in his case concerning the MarkOfTheBeast, as it was forced upon him after his becoming a believer while he was drugged by his parents.
230* TheMole: Working as a techie for Carpathia while secretly informing the Tribulation Force of any Global Community activities.
231%%* TeenGenius: Has some computer skills, and even gets to employ them a few times.
232[[/folder]]
233
234[[folder:Naomi Tiberias]]
235The tech girl in Petra.
236
237%%* TeenGenius: Manages to run a website that "reaches over a billion people" from a city under siege, with no budget.
238[[/folder]]
239
240[[folder:Eleazar Tiberias]]
241The father of Naomi Tiberias.
242
243%%* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Mostly to the extent of his own culture, though he does allow Naomi to go with Rayford and Abdullah to get Chang out of New Babylon during the plague of darkness.
244[[/folder]]
245
246[[folder:Dwayne Tuttle]]
247A member of the Tribulation Force who works as a pilot for the International Commodity Co-op, along with his wife Trudy.
248----
249* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Told Leon Fortunato he was the False Prophet straight to his face and lampshaded it. Ended up paying for it.
250%%* HappilyMarried: To Trudy Tuttle.
251%%* TogetherInDeath: With his wife Trudy.
252[[/folder]]
253
254[[folder:Hattie Durham]]
255->'''Played by:'''
256->Chelsea Noble (''Left Behind: The Movie'', ''Left Behind II: Tribulation Force'', ''Left Behind: World At War'')
257->Creator/NickyWhelan (''Left Behind'' 2014)
258->Kathryn Kohut (''Left Behind: Rise Of The Antichrist'')
259
260The flight attendant who worked alongside Rayford Steele as his intended love interest. She later became Nicolae Carpathia's personal assistant and then departed from him to go underground, eventually becoming a believer.
261----
262* ButtMonkey: Dates the Antichrist, bears his child, has a miscarriage, and ends up married to Rayford. Nuff said.
263* DamselInDistress: How often she requires somebody to save her.
264* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: She denounces both the Antichrist and the False Prophet in public and is instantly incinerated for it.
265%%* FakingTheDead: Does this in order to escape a GC detention center with the help of her friends.
266%%* HellSeeker
267%%* MadonnaWhoreComplex: As pointed out in the Slacktivist blog, Rayford has this this toward her
268* RealWomenDontWearDresses: More stereotypically feminine than the other main female characters that the authors have more respect for.
269%%* StrawLoser
270[[/folder]]
271
272[[folder:Steve Plank]]
273The former editor-in-chief of Global Weekly, who became a believer under the alias of Pinkerton Stephens and an undercover mole.
274----
275* BodyHorror: He wears an artificial face to hide how disfigured his actual face looks.
276* TheBusCameBack: Returned in ''The Mark'', though as his new identity Pinkerton Stephens.
277* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Though horribly disfigured, he managed to survive the Wrath of the Lamb earthquake.
278* PutOnABus: In ''Tribulation Force'', when he was hardly heard from since World War III.
279* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: He was thought to have been killed during the Wrath of the Lamb Earthquake, but is pretty much alive...yet horribly disfigured, and going by the name Pinkerton Stephens.
280[[/folder]]
281
282[[folder:George Sebastian]]
283
284%%* HappilyMarried: To Priscilla Sebastian.
285%%* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His rescue mission gets the whole Greek Co-op wiped out.
286* PreMortemOneLiner: Delivers a GoodNewsBadNews to Elena before he kills her in the Dramatic Audio version of ''The Remnant''.
287[[/folder]]
288
289[[folder:Lionel Whalum]]
290
291* YouAreInCommandNow: Takes over control of the Co-op when Chloe Williams is killed.
292[[/folder]]
293
294[[folder:Razor]]
295
296%%* MeaningfulName: Razor even tells how he got it.
297%%* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: And that's all everyone calls him. Hey, if Buck can do it...
298[[/folder]]
299
300!Millennium Force
301
302[[folder:Bahira Ababneh]]
303The daughter of Abdullah Smith. She was raptured along with her brother and Abdullah's wife.
304----
305%%* BrotherSisterTeam: With Zaki.
306* ChasteHero: The nature of her Glorified body and mind renders her permanently unable to seek a romance with anyone.
307* HollywoodHacking: Has some computer skills, which she employs in FanFic/LeftBeyond to try and sabotage the Omega "mainframe". She succeeds in part, although she fails to notice that the Omega are in fact a distributed system.
308* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female founding member of the Millennium Force.
309[[/folder]]
310
311[[folder:Kenny Bruce Williams]]
312The son of Buck and Chloe Williams, conceived after the Rapture, born during the Tribulation, and survived through the Battle of Armageddon.
313----
314* DeadGuyJunior: He was named after Buck and Chloe's compatriots Ken Ritz and Bruce Barnes.
315%%* HappilyMarried: To Ekaterina Risto during the Millennium.
316* IWantMyMommy: In the Dramatic Audio version of ''Armageddon'' when he learns from his dad that his mom died and went to be with Jesus.
317* NotWhatItLooksLike: Kenny gets involved in a situation where he is framed for being a traitor of the Millennium Force. It turns out that the whole thing was the work of Qasim Marid, TheMole who was working for The Other Light.
318[[/folder]]
319
320[[folder:Raymie Steele]]
321The son of Rayford Steele and his first wife Irene, who was raptured along with his mother.
322----
323* ChasteHero: The nature of his Glorified body and mind renders him permanently unable to seek a romance with anyone.
324* HostageForMacGuffin: In FanFic/LeftBeyond he is captured by the Omega's minions in order to study the Angel that will manifest and attempt to free him. The Angel succeeds, and Raymie leaves none the wiser.
325[[/folder]]
326
327[[folder:Zaki Ababneh]]
328The son of Abdullah Smith. He was raptured along with his sister and Abdullah's wife.
329----
330%%* BrotherSisterTeam: With Bahira.
331* ChasteHero: The nature of his Glorified body and mind renders him permanently unable to seek a romance with anyone.
332%%* GoodIsDumb: Zaki considers TheMole Qasim Marid as a good friend, entirely missing his duplicitous intent until it's painfully obvious.
333[[/folder]]
334
335!Global Community
336
337[[folder:Nicolae Carpathia]]
338->'''Played by:'''
339->Gordon Currie (''Left Behind: The Movie'', ''Left Behind II: Tribulation Force'', ''Left Behind: World At War'')
340->Bailey Chase (''Left Behind: Rise Of The Antichrist'')
341
342Becomes the Supreme Potentate of the Global Community. The Antichrist of the series.
343----
344* TheAntichrist: That's literally his job. His plan seems to be to follow Biblical prophecies to the letter and hope that somehow the conclusion isn't foregone.
345* BerserkButton: Don't you dare call Nicolae "impotent"!
346* BigBad: At least until Satan shows up personally.
347%%* BigShutUp: Attempted and failed with Jesus Christ speaking [[Literature/TheBible The Word Of God]] in the Dramatic Audio version of ''Glorious Appearing''.
348* BrokenPedestal: Increasingly becomes this to the world when they slowly begin to see through his original noble character façade [[EvilAllAlong just how evil he really is]].
349* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Dismisses Hattie's death as 'cooked a harmless woman with a big mouth.'
350* TheCaligula: As the leader of the Global Community, he ruthlessly suppresses dissent and persecutes anyone who shows belief in Christianity
351* CameBackWrong: Carpathia's resurrection involves him being possessed by Satan himself.
352%%* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Prior to becoming the President of Romania, anyone who stood in his way were killed or bribed into submission.
353* DeadGuyOnDisplay: Was this during his wake right before his publicly-seen "resurrection".
354%%* DeadpanSnarker: Post-indwelling.
355* DefiantToTheEnd: Subverted. He continues to mock Jesus even after his forces are destroyed...until Satan is cast out of him.
356%%* DesignerBabies: Was said to be one in the prequel series, though Jesus said in ''Glorious Appearing'' that all his gifts came from God, not from science.
357%%* DevilInPlainSight: You'd have to be a hard-core Nicolae Carpathia fan to not see it, or not even care to see it.
358* DrunkWithPower: Nicolae becomes this post-indwelling, until Satan comes out temporarily to remind him that he is just a shell when Nicolae gets too big for his britches.
359%%* DullSurprise: His treatment of Viv Ivins' death in the Dramatic Audio version of ''Glorious Appearing''.
360%%* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Jetty
361* ExtraParentConception: Through the magic of genetic engineering, two gay men had their altered sperm impregnated into Nicolae's mother. [[BuryYourGays They were both killed off when Nicolae no longer needed them.]]
362* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He treats his mentor Viv Ivins like a beloved aunt, but post-indwelling, when Ivins sits on his throne, she is put in the doghouse until a year before the Glorious Appearing, when Nicolae forgives her. In the Dramatic Audio, though, Ivins gets [[RocksFallEveryoneDies crushed by a hailstone]] during the seventh Bowl Judgment, and he just casually shrugs off her death.
363%%* EvilIsHammy: Takes a lot of pleasure in grandstanding.
364%%* EvilOverlord
365* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: He's described as being very handsome and well-mannered, which prevents others from seeing him for the monster he is.
366* FauxAffablyEvil: He's very charming and persuasive, which allows him to win over the people of the world, but beneath the façade lies a cold and callous manipulator with a God complex.
367%%* GodInHumanForm: Claims to be this, but is really indwelt by Satan.
368* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Near the end of ''Glorious Appearing'', he ends up having to kneel before Jesus Christ and confess that He is Lord.
369* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: After executing both Todd-Cothran and Stonagal, Nicolae is the sole inheritor of both their estates. When the children of both men dispute the claim, Nicolae simply pays them off under the condition that they do not contest the will.
370* TheInsomniac: Before being indwelt by Satan, people comment that Nicolae never seems to sleep as he is often too busy. After he is indwelt he never has to sleep at all and remains awake for 3 and 1/2 years.
371%%* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Leon, who is twenty years his senior.
372* ItsAllAboutMe: Exaggerated. Carpathia is so selfish and self-centered that he demands to be worshiped like a god, going as far as to have naked statues of himself erected, forcing people to take the mark to prove their loyalty to him under the threat of death, and having his face on all the Nick currency used in the series.
373* LargeHam: His moment of resurrecting Leon Fortunato from the dead in the Dramatic Audio gets pretty hammy.
374%%* LastVillainStand: Attempted and failed.
375* PerpetualMotionMonster: One of the perks of being possessed by Satan is that Nicolae no longer needs to sleep, drink or eat; the evil power of Satan providing all of his needs. When Satan leaves his body, all of this is immediately canceled and Nicolae becomes a shriveled, emaciated barely-living cadaver.
376* PowerGlows: When New Babylon is plunged into darkness, Nicolae emits a small aura of light so that his inner circle can find their way out.
377* ReluctantRuler: Since Fortunato taught him out to feign humility, Carpathia offers token resistance to the role of Secretary-General of the U.N. Only when he accepts do things go downhill.
378* SpoiledBrat: Grew up like this in “The Rising”, although this is mainly because of Viv Ivins, who was manipulating his mother in how to parent him along with the fact that nobody ever bothered to discipline him.
379* TheSociopath: He has a very inflated ego, is completely incapable of feeling remorse or empathy, and effortlessly manipulates others.
380* TextualCelebrityResemblance: Described as a "Young Creator/RobertRedford" in earlier printings of the books, which provides a more detailed picture than we get for the appearance of many characters, though he ''is'' also described in detail when he first appears. Later prints compare him to Creator/BradPitt.
381* TooDumbToLive: He fulfills Scriptural prophecy about himself to a T without any deviation, thinking that he's going to succeed against God and Jesus Christ despite growing evidence that it isn't.
382* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: He justifies his repressive rule by saying it's necessary to create a better world.
383%%* VillainSong: Gets one in the form of his own national anthem "Hail Carpathia".
384%%* VillainWithGoodPublicity: It starts to seriously degrade from Book Ten onwards.
385* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: Post-indwelling, Carpathia promises that things for those who call him Antichrist will get much worse.
386[[/folder]]
387
388[[folder:Leon Fortunato]]
389Originally the Supreme Commander of the Global Community, later became the High Reverend Father of Carpathianism. The False Prophet of the series.
390----
391%%* BigNo: Leon screams this in the Dramatic Audio when he gets sent to the Lake of Fire.
392* ButtMonkey: Gets at least one moment per book to look like an idiot, and usually gets himself hurt in the process.
393* DeathFromAbove: Leon Fortunato is imbued by Satan with the ability to call lightning and pillars of fire from the sky. An incredibly useful ability he uses all of two times. After killing Hattie he keeps finding excuses not to do it.
394%%* DirtyCoward: Becomes this when he and Nicolae are brought before Jesus.
395%%* DoNotTauntCthulhu: A lesson some members of the Tribulation Force have learned the hard way.
396%%* TheDragon: To Nicolae.
397* FalseProphet: This is his role in the series. He's identified as such when he calls down lightning to kill the three disloyal subpotentates at Nicolae's funeral.
398%%* FromNobodyToNightmare
399%%* HeelFaithTurn: Attempts this when he is brought before Jesus, but [[HeelFaceDoorSlam it doesn't work]].
400%%* HighPriest: Taking over for Peter Mathews when Nicolae is resurrected from the dead.
401%%* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Nicolae, who is twenty years his junior.
402%%* LastVillainStand: Attempted and failed.
403%%* SinisterMinister: Takes over this role after Peter Mathews is killed and [[CorruptChurch Enigma Babylon One World Faith]] folds.
404%%* YesMan: To Nicolae.
405[[/folder]]
406
407[[folder:Peter Mathews]]
408The leader of Enigma Babylon One World Faith during the Tribulation.
409----
410%%* DiscOneFinalBoss
411%%* EtTuBrute: The manner of his death.
412* FeatherFlechettes: His death was with sharp feathers from an ice sculpture made of him.
413%%* HighPriest: Before he was replaced by Leon Fortunato.
414%%* SinisterMinister
415[[/folder]]
416
417[[folder:Viv Ivins]]
418
419%%* EvilMentor: To Marilena Carpathia
420%%* LeftHanging: Her fate in the books, though implied through the events of ''Glorious Appearing'' that she doesn't live to enter into the Millennium.
421* ManipulativeBitch: Mainly towards Carpathia. In “The Rising” though, she manipulates Marliena into spoiling Nicolae and raising him in luciferianism.
422%%* MeaningfulName: Her name consists of the Roman number VI repeated three times, hence 666.
423* RocksFallEveryoneDies: Her fate in the Dramatic Audio presentation, as she is killed by a giant hailstone.
424[[/folder]]
425
426[[folder:Suhail Akbar]]
427The Security and Intelligence Chief of the Global Community.
428
429%%* TheBrute: The longest-surviving one in Carpathia's cabinet.
430[[/folder]]
431
432[[folder:Guy Blod]]
433
434* AmbiguouslyGay: Sounds a tad fruity in the Dramatic Audio presentation.
435* PronouncingMyNameForYou: He is very insistent on the actual pronunciation of his name.
436* ItsNotPornItsArt: How he defends his highly-detailed metal nude statue of the late Antichrist as a memorial.
437[[/folder]]
438
439[[folder:Jim Hickman]]
440
441* DespairEventHorizon: His getting Ramon Santiago killed when he spilled the beans about something overheard from Nicolae's offices led to his suicide.
442* LooseLips: Proved himself to be this by revealing sensitive information shared by Nicolae Carpathia to his close associates...to Nicolae himself.
443[[/folder]]
444
445[[folder:Loren Hut]]
446
447%%* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: After failing to kill Micah when he was supernaturally protected, Loren tells Carpathia off before he is killed.
448[[/folder]]
449
450[[folder:Walter Moon]]
451
452* CallingYourAttacks: Becomes a victim of an IronicEcho from Nicolae Carpathia in the Dramatic Audio when he fails in getting Tsion Ben-Judah off the air with his messages.
453[[/folder]]
454
455[[folder:Elena]]
456A mole working for the Global Community posing as Georgiana Stavros.
457
458%%* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: She and her fellow agents try to pull this on George Sebastian.
459[[/folder]]
460
461!Heaven
462[[folder:Jesus Christ]]
463The Son of God whose return is awaited by the Tribulation Force and other believers.
464----
465* AbsurdlyBrightLight: He emits a very bright shadowless light upon His arrival from heaven.
466* BigGood: Jesus is the Son of God, who, alongside the Father and the Holy Spirit, created the universe before the series takes place, and has died on the cross for humanity's sins over 2,000 years before the Tribulation. During the Tribulation, the Tribulation Force and other believers await His return, which does not take place until ''Glorious Appearing''.
467%%* GodInHumanForm
468%%* GoodIsNotNice: He didn't quite hesitate to [[HeelFaceDoorSlam condemn those to hell]] for [[NeutralityBacklash not choosing Him.]]
469%%* GoodIsNotSoft: He isn't called the Lion of Judah and the Lamb of God for nothing!
470%%* TheGoodKing
471%%* GrandpaGod: Depicted as this, based on the Literature/BookOfRevelation. And according to Naomi Tiberias in the Dramatic Audio version of ''Glorious Appearing'', He is handsome.
472* HotGod: Naomi Tiberias sees Him as handsome.
473%%* IHaveManyNames: Jesus even recites them upon His arrival from heaven.
474* ImmuneToBullets: Even a missile does nothing to Him in His current state.
475%%* IncorruptiblePurePureness
476%%* KungFuJesus
477* LargeHamTitle: Jesus has some interesting titles.
478* MassOhCrap: The reaction He gets from those who took the mark of loyalty and worshiped the Antichrist's image during the 'sheep and goats' judgment.
479%%* MysticalWhiteHair
480* {{Omniglot}}: He can supernaturally speak to people in their own languages.
481* OneHitPolyKill: Jesus' WMD is [[Literature/TheBible The Word Of God]].
482* OnlyICanKillHim: Jesus is the only one who can defeat Nicolae, Leon, and Satan.
483* PersonOfMassDestruction: [[Literature/TheBible His Word alone]] can kill many people en masse.
484* PowerGlows: He is literally "the Light of the world".
485* PreMortemOneLiner: "I AM WHO I AM" (cue [[CurbStompBattle massive pwnage]] of the Antichrist's forces). He later does this to The Other Light in ''Kingdom Come.''
486%%* RightfulKingReturns
487%%* SecondComing
488* WordsCanBreakMyBones: [[Literature/TheBible Jesus' Words]] can split you right open and turn you into a gory mess, if you happen to be opposing Him during the Battle of Armageddon. His Words even caused the three fallen angels -- Ashtaroth, Baal, and Cankerworm -- to instantly incinerate and become ashes in seconds.
489* YouAreInCommandNow: Turns over the kingdom to God the Father at the end of the Millennium.
490[[/folder]]
491
492[[folder:Eli and Moishe]]
493The two witnesses.
494----
495* BadassPreacher: They preach, and kill, and do little else.
496* DeadGuyOnDisplay: Remained dead and unburied for 3 1/2 days before they were resurrected.
497* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Constantly denounced Carpathia as Antichrist, but were spared death until the days of their preaching have ended, according to [[Literature/TheBible The Word of God]].
498%%* KillItWithFire: How they deal with those who come against them during their days of preaching.
499* YourDaysAreNumbered: Literally in their case, as they can only prophesy for 1260 days before they are killed.
500[[/folder]]
501
502!Fallen Angels
503[[folder:Satan]]
504The leader of the fallen angels who serves as the master of Nicolae Carpathia and Leon Fortunato.
505----
506%%* EvilMentor: To Nicolae, Leon, and Viv.
507* GreaterScopeVillain: He's the catalyst behind everything evil that happens in the series, having already been responsible for turning a third of the angels against God and sparking a rebellion against Him, and then tempting Eve into eating the Forbidden Fruit and introducing sin into the world. He also sows the seeds for Nicolae Carpathia to become the Antichrist and serves as his and Leon Fortunato, the False Prophet's, master.
508* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Jesus recites Satan's boast in Isaiah 14:13-14 right back at him while adding verse 15 to declare his fate.
509%%* IHaveManyNames
510%%* KillTheGod: Satan's aim and goal, which gets foiled in the end according to [[Literature/TheBible The Word of God]].
511%%* LargeHamTitle: Satan has his share of these
512* LightIsNotGood: Lampshaded, in that the authors think that Lucifer means "iron light" instead of "lightbringer" in Latin.
513%%* TheManBehindTheMan
514* MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil: Becomes this after he possesses Nicolae, making him more evil and granting him supernatural powers.
515* TheResenter: Satan didn't take being in the shadow of God's only begotten Son very well.
516* SealedEvilInACan: Becomes this during the Millennium when Michael the archangel bounds him up and locks him away in the bottomless pit.
517* VoluntaryShapeshifting: transforms into a lion, and a snake, and in a dream sequence he turns into a seven-headed dragon.
518[[/folder]]
519
520!Others
521[[folder:Marilena Carpathia]]
522The mother of Nicolae Carpathia who appears only in the prequel stories.
523----
524* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: In the prequel novel ''The Rising'', Marilena Carpathia wishes to become a mother. Enter Viviana Ivansova (Viv Ivins), who makes the following proposal to her: join our group and swear loyalty to her lord, and she will have the baby she so desperately desire. Marilena should have read the fine print about what her son will become in the future.
525%%* DealWithTheDevil: See above.
526%%* HeelFaithTurn: Attempts this when she was poisoned and near death. Whether she was saved or not is up for debate.
527[[/folder]]
528
529[[folder:Irene Steele]]
530->'''Played by:'''
531->Chrisite [=MacFayden=] (''Left Behind: The Movie'', ''Left Behind II: Tribulation Force'')
532->Creator/LeaThompson (''Left Behind'' 2014)
533
534The wife of Rayford Steele.
535----
536* CrisisOfFaith: Irene Steele experiences this before switching to New Hope Baptist Church.
537* IWarnedYou: Turns out that she and her church were right all along about the Rapture.
538[[/folder]]
539
540[[folder:Verna Zee]]
541Lucinda Washington's replacement as the editor-in-chief of the Chicago Global Weekly office.
542----
543* ButchLesbian: Downplayed. Her behavior (in contrast to the "heroic" women of the books) is loud, commanding, and decidedly masculine, and (most notably) she's repeatedly described as wearing "comfortable footwear".
544* BlackBossLady: In the 2000-2005 films. See also RaceLift and CompositeCharacter.
545* BuryYourGays: Dies during the Wrath Of The Lamb earthquake.
546* CompositeCharacter: In ''Left Behind: Tribulation Force II'', Verna Zee is combined with African-American Lucinda Washington, the previous editor-in-chief of the Global Weekly office in Chicago.
547* RaceLift: Became a black woman in the 2000-2005 films. See also CompositeCharacter.
548* StrawFeminist: And a lesbian to boot.
549[[/folder]]
550
551[[folder:Ivy Gold]]
552->'''Played by:'''
553->Creator/KristaBridges (''Left Behind: The Movie'', ''Left Behind II: Tribulation Force'')
554
555Buck Williams' assistant in the 2000-2005 Cloud Ten Pictures film series.
556----
557* CaptainErsatz: Of Alice Nelson from the Left Behind books, both of whom were mistaken for Buck Williams' fiancee by Chloe.
558[[/folder]]
559
560[[folder:Jonathan Stonagal]]
561
562* AdaptationalBadass: Was made out to be somewhat more sinister in the movie version of the first book.
563* TheChessmaster: His Project People's Victory was for the benefit of him possibly ruling the world with his created "puppet ruler", the Antichrist.
564%%* CorruptCorporateExecutive
565[[/folder]]
566
567[[folder:Joshua Todd-Cothran]]
568
569* AdaptationNameChange: His last name is simply Cothran in the films.
570%%* CorruptCorporateExecutive
571[[/folder]]
572
573[[folder:Dirk Burton]]
574
575* AdaptationalNationality: Was British in the books, became American in the 2000 film.
576%%* ConspiracyTheorist: Was made into this in the movies. Lampshaded as such in the books.
577[[/folder]]
578
579[[folder:Gerald Fitzhugh]]
580->'''Played by:'''
581->Louis Gosset, Jr. (''Left Behind: World At War'')
582
583The President Of The United States at the time that the Tribulation started.
584----
585* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Survives a plunge from a high-rise office in ''Left Behind: World At War''.
586* RaceLift: Caucasian in the books, became African-American in the films.
587* TakingYouWithMe: Near the end of ''Left Behind: World At War'', President Gerald Fitzhugh attempts to take down Nicolae Carpathia by having a missile being fired directly toward him while he was meeting Carpathia in his office. Unfortunately, Carpathia survives.
588[[/folder]]
589
590[[folder:Bo Hansen]]
591
592* DyingCurse: According to T.M. Delanty, upon finding out that his brother Samuel was killed while escorting Hattie Durham, Bo Hansen got wasted in a bar, pulled out a gun, cursed Nicolae, God and the world, and killed himself.
593* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: Attempts to get his hands on the wealth Ken Ritz had stashed at Palwaukee Airport when the plague of locust demons strikes.
594[[/folder]]
595
596[[folder:Cendrillon Jospin]]
597A nonbeliever in the Millennial Kingdom who is the first to "die of unbelief" at age 100 and going to Hell, despite being universally liked and shown to be a genuinely good person.
598----
599%%* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted. She is the first person to "die of unbelief" in the Millennial Kingdom, but she is not a dude. She is shown to be of French ancestry, so in likelyhood, she's either European or Algerian.
600* FriendToAllChildren: THOUSANDS of people that Cendrillon worked with when they were kids show up to pay their respects at her funeral. Unfortunately, Cameron Williams promptly hijacks the funeral and turns it into an altar call.
601* PosthumousCharacter: The first time she shows up in the narration is when Rayford announces that she has died.
602%%* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: With her cousin Nicolette. In fact, you never see them in the same room together...
603[[/folder]]
604
605[[folder:Enoch Dumas]]
606The leader of The Place.
607----
608* TheBusCameBack: Returned in ''Glorious Appearing''.
609* PutOnABus: In ''The Remnant'', when he and all the members of The Place fled Chicago before it was nuked.
610[[/folder]]
611
612[[folder:Mainyu Mazda]]
613Albie's black market rival in the Middle East, who claims no loyalty to the Global Community, yet collects bounty for the disloyal.
614----
615* TattooedCrook: Pretty much his schtick, as he gets an M tattoo for every person he killed, sometimes even getting them in advance, as Albie unfortunately found out.
616[[/folder]]

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