Claudia Zander is a Morale Monitor and the former roommate of martyred Young Tribulation Force member Natalie Bishop.
Biography[]
After the Rapture[]
Claudia was left behind when the Rapture occurred. At some unknown point in the Tribulation, Claudia volunteered to become a Global Community Morale Monitor. In book 27, she became roommates with Natalie Bishop. In book 29, Natalie was caught by Deputy Commander Darryl Henderson sending an order on his computer to release believers. When Natalie was imprisoned, she requested to speak to Claudia Zander. Natalie told Claudia about how she became a believer. Natalie continued to try to talk to Claudia about God, but Claudia refused to listen. Claudia would never see Natalie alive again. Vicki Byrne and the other Young Tribulation Force members in Iowa received an e-mail from Claudia that said that she was thinking about what Natalie said and she asked for help, since Global Community employees would be required to take the mark of Carpathia. Commander Kruno Fulcire reported in the news about Claudia's disappearance. Claudia sent an e-mail expressing shock about Pete Davidson's death and his refusal of Nicolae Carpathia's mark. She also wrote in her e-mail that she prayed the prayer to become a believer written on Tsion Ben-Judah's website. Vicki Byrne and Mark Eisman arrived at the hotel where Claudia was staying in book 31. There, they find out it was all a ruse, that Claudia had lied to them and that it was all a trap. This is evident when Claudia had neither the mark of Carpathia nor the mark of the believer on her forehead. Vicki and Mark were able to escape with the help of an African-American believer named Florence.
Vicki later finds out online that Claudia was assigned to a division in the Midwest. Other than that, it is unknown what happened to Claudia after this. It is very likely that Claudia accepted the mark of Carpathia shortly after Vicki and Mark escaped. If she did, the cause of her inevitable death is unknown.
Personality[]
Natalie described Claudia as a "true-blue" Carpathia follower. Just like many Global Community workers, Claudia looked down upon followers of Tsion Ben-Judah.
Claudia is a tall, blonde girl.
Appearances[]
- 29. Breakout! (first appearance)
- 31. Escape to Masada (last appearance)
Mentions[]
- 27. Wildfire! (Claudia was not named)
- 30. Murder in the Holy Place
- 32. War of the Dragon
Trivia[]
- Claudia's first appearance is in book 29.
- Similar to the trap that Chris Traickin concocted in Secrets of New Babylon, Claudia also tried to lure in members of the Young Tribulation Force by acting as a decoy and pretending that she was wanted by the Global Community.
- Claudia was the only named person that knew how Natalie Bishop became a believer before the death of the latter.
- Claudia unknowingly predicted the death of YTF member Mark Eisman in Escape to Masada, the 31st book of the Left Behind: The Kids series. She yelled, "You'll wind up just like Bishop, with your head in a basket!"
- Claudia was the last named Morale Monitor that was introduced in either division of the Left Behind franchise.