In the Left Behind series of novels, Viv Ivins (real name: Viviana Ivinisova) is the woman who brought Marilena Carpathia to Lucifer, and is the surrogate "aunt" to Nicolae Carpathia. She is also able to channel "spirits" (demons), and receives information and writes out messages from Lucifer himself. Her name represents the number 666 (when written in the Latin alphabet), having the Roman numerals (VI VI VI) spelled out.