Talk:Nicolae Carpathia

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Contents 1 Source Needed 2 Unbeknownst? 3 Question 4 Hey! What happened to the Picture? 5 Wrong? 6 Importance of the name?

[edit] Source Needed

Born in the county of Cluj in Romania, Carpathia's birth is the product of genetic engineering. His birth mother, Marilena Carpathia, is convinced by parties who are, unbeknownst to her, followers of Satan, to become the mother of a child who they assure her would change the face of the world. Marilena's husband, Sorin, and his gay lover, Baduna Marius, provides genetic material to facilitate Nicolae's conception.

Where does this material come from, because it is not in the books (unless it is in 12, which I've not read). Wasn't Nicolae born in Jerusalem, helping to fulfill the "prophecy" (mentioned in Tribulation Force, although he could have been lying about his place of birth.) Add Spoiler notification if these statements are "cannon." 68.163.49.249 09:13, 10 March 2006 (UTC) aka user:autopilots

I believe it to be based mostly on material from "The Rising" which is one of the prequels. I haven't yet read that so I can't verify it. He is certaqin Romanian as that features throughout the first "Left Behind" :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)} 14:19, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it is from The Rising. As an aside, if you watch the Tribulation Force movie, when Nicolae is watching Ben-Judah making the Messiah speech, he starts to get uncomfortable when he says, "The Messiah must be born in Jerusalem," since that gave Nicolae away. I don't remember if it was different in the book, though. Even if it was, it wouldn't have mattered, since Nicolae played down the speech in the book. CrossEyed7 18:45, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Actually in the movie, Ben-Judah says the messaih must be born in Bethlehem, as that was where Jesus was born according to most of the gospels. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.42.124.216 (talk) 15:14, 24 February 2007 (UTC).

I read the left behind series and I think I know alot about the series but there is one thing I must have missed. Nicolae's number (of the beast) is not 666 it is 216. I think I remember Chang saying something about him knowing why but I cant remember him or anyone else saying why it was 216. I am new to this site so I don't know how questions and answers work but if someone could tell me if they know about the number my email is: scruffy600@yahoo.com. thanks so much.

[edit] Unbeknownst?

unbeknownst? is that even a word? and if it is, why exactly is it used twice (!) in this short article? just wondering, from a stylistical point of view...

it is of course a word, please sign your postings so we can get back to you. I'll look at the article to see if 2 uses are justified. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)} 07:15, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

What languages does Nicolae speak?

If I remember correctly he is able supernaturally to speak all human languages. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 15:51, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Officially, he is able to speak Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish. These are the 6 official languages of the UN plus the 3 of Romania. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 02:55, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hey! What happened to the Picture?

Seriously. That was a good picture of the guy.--Mullon 04:56, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Could he get some images from the Left Behind movies? It's hard to choose a name 20:34, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Images of Gordon Currie would do, but didn't somebody post pics of him in here last year, from one of the Left Behind movies? Eaglestorm 09:44, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Or try those from the Left Behind graphic novels. Eaglestorm 09:46, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wrong?

'Marilena's husband, Sorin, insisted that his "son" keep the strong Carpathian name, however.'

From what I remember of the books (I have read all of them), Marilena wanted her son to have the Carpathian name,and Sorin wanted to draw up a document stating that if the child did anything to embarrass him,the child would abandon the Carpathia name.Serenaacw 06:50, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Importance of the name?

Other entries (Marilena Carpathia) have indicated that Carpathia is a somewhat important surname for Nicolae to inherit (well, the region near babylon is named after this name but since the region is historically named something else, I suppose the name comes from Nicolae, not the other way around). Any ideas? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by K61824 (talk • contribs) 16:58, 2 February 2007 (UTC). K61824 16:59, 2 February 2007 (UTC)