Ryan Daley — leftbehind

Ryan Cermak Daley is a protagonist from the Left Behind: The Kids series. He is one of the founding members of The Young Tribulation Force.

Biography

After the Rapture

His parents died in disasters caused by the Rapture; his mother died in an explosion and his father in a plane crash. He was the last of the founding members to become a believer in Christ due to his atheistic background and his grief in the loss of his parents. He was best friends with Rayford "Raymie" Steele Jr., the son of Rayford Steele, who was raptured. Ryan collected Bibles from houses of believers who had been raptured, and stored them in a secret room underneath New Hope Village Church. In one of the abandoned homes, he found a white dog and named it Phoenix. Ryan continually fought with Lionel Washington, Judd Thompson Jr., and Vicki Byrne, but over time became more friendly and open. Ryan was inside Vicki's house when the Wrath Of The Lamb earthquake hit and later died in the hospital quoting Scripture in Book 13. He returned with the resurrected Tribulation martyrs at the Glorious Appearing.

In the Dramatic Audio presentation of Left Behind, Ryan left a message for Raymie on the Steeles' answering machine, hoping to play video games with him.

Interactions

Ryan was best friends with Raymie Steele and Lionel Washington, and he was also good friends with Judd Thompson Jr., Vicki Byrne, Darrion Stahley, Chaya Stein, Mark Eisman, John Preston, Bruce Barnes, Taylor Graham, and Shelly Malloy. He was enemies with LeRoy Banks and Carl. Ryan was very close with Phoenix.

Appearances

Left Behind: The Kids

1. The Vanishings (first appearance, first POV)
2. Second Chance
3. Through the Flames
4. Facing the Future
5. Nicolae High
6. The Underground
7. Busted!
8. Death Strike
9. The Search
10. On the Run
11. Into the Storm
12. Earthquake!
13. The Showdown (death)
40. Triumphant Return (resurrected)

Left Behind series

Nicolae (voice)

Dramatic Audio Presentation

Left Behind: an Experience in Sound and Drama (voice)
Volume One
Volume Two
Volume Three
Volume Four
Volume Six

Mentions

Left Behind: The Kids

Trivia

In the dramatic audio presentation, he is played by Dugan Sherbondy.
Ryan was the last of the four original Young Tribulation Force members to become a believer.
Ryan was the youngest of the four original members of the Young Tribulation Force.
Ryan was the second member of The Young Tribulation Force to die. The first was Chaya Stein, the third was John Preston, the fourth was Nada Ameer, the fifth was Natalie Bishop, the sixth was Tom Gowin, the seventh was Luke Gowin, and the eighth was Mark Eisman.
Ryan was named after Dan Ryan and Anton Cermak.
Ryan was so ashamed of his middle name, that no one outside the Daley family knew about it except for Raymie Steele.
Ryan is the only member of the Young Tribulation Force whose middle name was revealed.
It can be assumed Ryan's birthday is sometime between January 1 and May 31, seeing that Ryan was twelve years old in sixth grade.
Ryan was the only original member of the YTF not to have attended church prior to the Rapture.
Ryan was the only original member of The Young Tribulation Force to not survive to the Glorious Appearing.
Ryan was the only original YTF member to die.
Ryan was the only original member of the YTF to be a martyr.
Ryan was the only original member of The Young Tribulation Force whose parents were not believers.
Ryan was the only original member of The Young Tribulation Force not to have any siblings.
Ryan was the only original Young Tribulation Force member whose name was not listed in the introductions in books 29 through 40 due to being deceased.
Ryan is the only original member of the Young Tribulation Force whose last name was not written in any of the synopses of the books in the Left Behind: The Kids series.
Ryan was the first of the original YTF members to attain a glorified body.
Ryan is one of the only two original Young Tribulation Force members to appear in the adult Left Behind series, the other being Lionel Washington. Ryan made a cameo at Bruce Barnes's funeral in Nicolae: The Rise of the Antichrist.
Ryan is one of six Young Tribulation Force members to appear in the adult Left Behind series, the other five being Lionel Washington, Sam Goldberg, Conrad Graham, Darrion Stahley, and Charlie.
Ryan is the only martyred Young Tribulation Force member to appear in the adult Left Behind series.
Ryan and Raymie both thought their first names were similar, which lead to the discussion of their full names and the lore behind them.
Nina Ben-Judah prayed for Ryan just hours before she was killed.
Vicki Byrne felt responsible for Ryan's death, as she told Ryan to stay inside Bruce's house when the earthquake occurred.
Ryan's death served as the first major catalyst for Judd Thompson Jr. to change his condescending ways and his attitude.
Ryan had the lowest amount of interactions of all the original members of the Young Tribulation Force.
Ryan reminded Judd Thompson Jr. of his younger brother, Marc Thompson.
Ryan is one of two YTF members to have attended at least one Chicago Cubs game, the other was Judd Thompson Jr.
Ryan appeared in all of the volumes of the dramatic audio presentation of the Left Behind: The Kids series except for Volume 5.
Ryan was the second-youngest member of the Young Tribulation Force, with the youngest being Darrion Stahley.
Ryan was the youngest male member of the Young Tribulation Force.
Ryan was the smallest member of the Young Tribulation Force.
Ryan and Darrion were the only Young Tribulation Force members to be under the age of 13 at the time of the Rapture.
Ryan was the youngest member of the Young Tribulation Force to die and the youngest believer in the entire franchise overall to die, dying at the age of 13.
Ryan died just months before his 14th birthday.
Ryan was the first male member of the Young Tribulation Force to die.
Ryan experienced the least amount of persecution of the four original YTF members.
Ryan was the last remaining member of the Daley family at the time of his death.
Ryan was the only original member of the Young Tribulation Force not to appear in all 40 books in the Left Behind: The Kids series.
Ryan had the least amount of appearances in the series out of all the original Young Tribulation Force members. He appeared in 14/40 books.
Ryan missed a lot of major events that occurred during the Tribulation.
Ryan was considered to be the best athlete of all the students in his grade at Lincoln Junior High School.
Ryan was the only original YTF member that never set foot in Wisconsin.
Ryan was the only original member of the YTF to never be in handcuffs.
Ryan was the only original YTF member that was never in Global Community custody.
Ryan was the only original member of the Young Tribulation Force to never drive a car.
Because of Ryan's early death in book 13, dying only 21 months into the Tribulation (2 years after the Rapture), he was never able to meet fellow Young Tribulation Force members Conrad Graham, Melinda Bentley, Carl Meninger, Tom Gowin, Luke Gowin, Natalie Bishop, Tanya Spivey, Sam Goldberg, Nada Ameer, and Charlie.
Ryan was the only member of The Young Tribulation Force to meet Taylor Graham without also meeting his younger brother, Conrad Graham.
Ryan met Taylor Graham but was completely unaware of the existence of Taylor's younger brother Conrad Graham, a future Young Tribulation Force member.
The only two non-original male Young Tribulation Force members that met and spoke with Ryan did not live to see the Glorious Appearing. (Namely, John Preston and Mark Eisman)
With the exception of Rayford Steele, none of the members of the adult Tribulation Force that knew Ryan personally lived to see the Glorious Appearing.
Ryan met Thomas Fogarty in book 4, long before Tom became a believer in book 30.
Attack of Apollyon, the 19th book of the Left Behind: The Kids series, is the first book in the kids series in which Ryan is not mentioned or written about at all.
The only six books in the Left Behind: The Kids series that Ryan is not mentioned in are Attack of Apollyon, Secrets of New Babylon, Murder in the Holy Place, Attack on Petra, Ominous Choices, and The Perils of Love.
Ryan met Janie McCanyon but never saw her become a believer.
Ryan was very athletic and a fast runner.
Ryan had the smallest role of the four original members of the Young Tribulation Force.
Ryan saw Rayford Steele in the latter's home grieving over his wife and son.
Ryan was the most heartbroken of all the Young Tribulation Force members over the death of Bruce Barnes.
At Bruce's funeral, Ryan publicly declared he would give his life for the gospel.
Ryan is one of three Young Tribulation Force members to give a farewell message just before his death. The other two are John Preston and Mark Eisman.
Ryan was the fallen Young Tribulation Force member that was mentioned the most amount of times after his death.
Ryan narrowly escaped LeRoy Banks when LeRoy was chasing him in book 3, Through The Flames.
Ryan was the only original member of The Young Tribulation Force that the Global Community had no real interest in arresting or executing.
Ryan gave Tsion Ben-Judah a picture of his wife and two stepchildren after Tsion escaped from Israel.
Ryan was the only Young Tribulation Force member that personally knew Rayford Steele and Chloe Steele prior to the Rapture.
Ryan was the only Young Tribulation Force member to have been friends with Raymie Steele prior to the Rapture.
Ryan was the only original member of the Young Tribulation Force to have known members of the adult Tribulation Force prior to the disappearances.
During the number of times that Ryan met with Chloe Steele, the latter looked at Ryan often wondering what Raymie would currently look like.
Bruce Barnes planned to take Ryan for his next trip to Israel.
Ryan was the most athletic of his classmates from Lincoln Junior High School.
The last class Ryan ever attended at Global Community Middle School was gym class.
Ryan was considered to be a star athlete at Global Community Middle School.
Ryan played a major role in saving Darrion Stahley's life.
When Ryan writes his letter to Vicki in book 12 with the knowledge he would succumb to the injuries he received in The Wrath of The Lamb Earthquake, he writes, "Tell Chaya and Shelly and Mark and John that I was thinking of them...", he does not include Darrion's name, although she was a member of The Young Tribulation Force at the time. It is possible, however, that he only did that not to put Vicki and Darrion in danger, as Darrion was wanted by the GC.
When Judd looks up Ryan's name on a people search website in book 13, it confirms Ryan's death. It is unknown how the website had that information so soon.
Ryan would have been 19 years old at the Glorious Appearing.
Ryan was the only original member of The Young Tribulation Force not to attend Nicolae Carpathia High School.
Ryan found Phoenix in book 6.
Ryan was the last remaining member of The Young Tribulation Force to be a student at Global Community Middle School.
Ryan was the only original Young Tribulation Force member to never graduate from middle school.
Ryan was the last person to speak to and interact with Bruce Barnes just before the death of the latter.
Ryan was one of only two Young Tribulation Force members to have a fellow Young Tribulation Force member (namely, Vicki) comfort them as they witnessed their deaths. The other was Nada Ameer, whose death was witnessed by Judd.
Of all the Young Tribulation Force members, Ryan was the most heartbroken about the death of Bruce Barnes.
Ryan's death was the most mourned death out of any in The Young Tribulation Force.
Even though Ryan Daley and Charlie never met each other before Ryan's death, Charlie seemed to really respect Ryan.
It is unknown, but possible, that Ryan Victor Fogarty (the adopted son of Tom Fogarty and Josey Fogarty) may have been named after Ryan Daley in his honor.
When Ryan met Judd for the first time, it is written that Ryan had some cousins in California. It is unknown what happened to them after the Rapture and during the Tribulation.
It can be assumed Ryan met with and spoke to Bruce Barnes, Raymie Steele, Walter Daley, Evelyn Daley, Chaya Stein, John Preston, and Mark Eisman in heaven.
In the dramatic audio presentation, Ryan and Lionel were in the same grade. In the books, Ryan is two grades below Lionel.
In the dramatic audio presentation, Ryan asked Judd, Vicki, and Lionel to explain to him what the Young Tribulation Force had done since his death.