Anti-Nephi-Lehies

In my reading, I decided to focus on the characters of these sections.  You have Ammon and his brothers, Alma the younger, and King Lamoni's father who all have a huge contribution to the story line but I mainly wanted to focus on the Anti-Nephi-Lehies.

King Lamoni's father sent out a proclamation so that Ammon and none of his brethren would be harmed as they went about preaching among the Lamanites.  There were a couple cities and lands where mass quantities were converted: the land of Ishmael, the land of Middoni, the city of Nephi, the land of Shilom, the land of Shemlon, the city of Lemuel, and the city of Shimnilom.  All of these people heard the word of God being preached to them and were touched in their hearts.  They didn't want to be known as the Lamanites anymore because they had all changed so they changed their name to the Anti-Nephi-Lehies.

We learn more about who they are because of the decisions they make after they become converted.  When the Lamanites are preparing for war against them it says, "Now there was not one soul among all the people who had been converted unto the Lord that would take up arms against their brethren; nay, they would not even make any preparations for war;"  The Anti-Nephi-Lehies had literally buried their weapons of war and didn't want to break the covenant they had made with God so they didn't do anything to prepare for war.  We later read that the Lamanites came and slaughtered about a thousand of the Anti-Nephi-Lehies, but after the Lamanites that had slew them had a change of heart and decided to join the Anti-Nephi-Lehies.

The Anti-Nephi-Lehies main characteristic is conversion.  These people weren't just going through the motions of what they had learned about from Ammon, Aaron, Omner, and Himni, but they had completely changed their lives.  Their example of enduring to the end and standing up for what you know to be true is undeniable amazing.