Children of the Corn: Boy Preachers
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This is the profile for all of the boy preachers from the Children of the Corn films.
- Children of the Corn
- Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
- Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
- Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
- Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
- Children of the Corn 666: Isaacs Return
- Children of the Corn: Revelation
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[edit] Preacher Proflie
[edit] Isaac Chroner
(John Franklin) Isaac Chroner was born, according to the age of the movie provided, September 19, 1973. As a young child, he developed a highly advanced vocabulary, was taught by the church how to preach, and stayed in the cornfields often. When he was only seven, he killed his parents and went to Gatlin, Nebraska through the cornfields, so as to not be disturbed. As time went by, people realized his mission: to rid the town of the adults who inhabit it and make way for the glorious coming of He Who Walks Behind The Rows, in order to fulfill the prophecy (see below). The original "giver of his word", he took over after the children of Gatlin began to see him as a leader figure, following him into the corn and listening to his preaching of He Who Walks Behind The Rows. Over a period of time, he authored THE BOOK OF DIVINE ENLIGHTENMENT, or as some say the Children of the Corn bible. Eventually, the children completely converted to his way of thinking, and murdered their own parents at his will. It was around this time that he made the prophecy that He Who Walks Behind the Rows will awaken when the daughter of the original chosen and the son of the original chosen provide a new generation of the chosen children. He's loyal to He Who Walks Behind The Rows, and typically obeys him. However, by the end of Children of the Corn Isaac becomes power-hungry, and is struck down by his own God. After the events of the first film, the children of Gatlin manage to bring him into hiding, while preserving his status in critical care. When diagnosed, it was found that he had suffered two fractures to the head which required stitching, that his ankles and wrists were severely bruised, his arm joints were torn, and he'd shifted two plates in his back. He fell into a coma and woke up nineteen years later. He was determined to resurrect the corn religion, but couldn't successfully pull off all that was required of him, being weak and unwilling to meet the harsher demands of He Who Walks Behind The Rows. When he challenged He Who Walk Behind The Rows' demands, he was killed, with the coroner's report stating that the cause of death was heart organ failure due to stabbing and apparent blood lost.
[edit] Micah
The second leader/preacher after Isaac, Micah is a slightly different case. While Isaac obeyed He Who Walks Behind The Rows of his own free will, Micah was possessed by him in the cornfields. Taking over Micah's body destroyed the good within him, and replaced it with evil in its purest form. Sly and careful, Micah was a formidable preacher and more than a match for anyone. Obsessed with completing the mission, he'll let nothing stand in his way. Micah also brought the children to his will. Micah's existence comes to an end when He Who Walks Behind the Rows forced himself out of Micah's body, so he couldn't die at the hands of a cornharvester. Micah awoke from being possessed and was killed shortly afterwards.
[edit] Eli
(Daniel Cerny)
Eli, short for Elliot Avila, is a strange one to describe. Through he has a connection to He Who Walks Behind The Rows, and serves his will, he's a different creature. Eli appears human, but is really a huge creature with tentacle-like claws and fangs. He does one better, as he spreads the evil that started in Gatlin all the way to Chicago. He starts off by turning almost all high school students into almost-mindless drones, following the orders of He Who Walks Behind The Rows. He also carries a bible with him which acts as his "other half". His half-brother ends up destroying him with this book.
[edit] Josiah
(Brandon Kleyla)
Josiah was a boy preacher when he was alive. His mother abandoned him at a very young age, and he was taken in by a band of traveling preachers. Through some strange way, he learned to preach as though it were in his blood. People came to hear him, and the preachers made money off of him. But they knew that to keep the money coming, Josiah had to look as young as possible. So they didn't let him sleep, they fed him poison, and did everything to keep him young. Through all this torture Josiah became insane. The peachers finally decided to sell his soul in return for his youth. Not able to take it anymore, Josiah hacked them to death. But people found out, dragged him out into the cornfields, and burned him alive. Josiah comes back life to avenge his death, and get back his soul. He's obsessed with regaining his life, but the only way to get it back was to find a child who was abandoned and lied to like he was. There isn't any mention of He Who Walks Behind The Rows but there are some signs that point out that Josiah may be him.
[edit] Ezekiel
Ezekiel was, like Micah, possessed by He Who Walks Behind The Rows, after seeing a bright green fire. He, and a small group of children, live on the farm of a man named Luke Enright. The cult is made up of children who have been forgotten, or abandoned, and are willing to devote their lives to He Who Walks Behind The Rows. Ezekiel is extremely fanatical, and a psychopathic, tolerating no blasphemy, and killing all of those who get in his way. Ezekiel commands all of his followers jump into a flaming corn silo when they turn 19. Ezekiel is killed when he is pushed into the silo.
[edit] Gabriel
Gabriel was the sixth preacher of the children of the corn. An absolute sociopath, Gabriel shows no emotion whatsoever, and is extremely dangerous. Gabriel has very strong powers of mind control, such as when he got a person who was holding a gun on him, to turn it on them self and fire. Gabriel is the fulfiller of the prophecy, that the first child of the original Children of the Corn will be He Who walks Behind The Rows, and father a new group. Isaac tries to deny Gabriel his birth rite, when Gabriel reveals he is He Who Walks Behind The Rows, and then kills Isaac.
[edit] Abel
Abel was the seventh leader of the children of the corn. In actuality, he lead the group years before Isaac. He and his followers were unable to kill the adults, so to escape them, they burned themselves alive in a tent, all except for one. The one who escaped had children, and eventually a granddaughter named Jamie. Abel is possessed, and resurrected by He Who Walks Behind The Rows, to kill Jamie. Despite being dead, Abel is extremely strong, and almost impossible to kill.
