the 4 horsemen?


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Lord Pendragon said:
Well, since we've veered into comics, Marvel also had its version of the four horsemen. They were servants of the supermutant, Apocalypse. Caliban (not ours! ;)) was War, and the X-Man Angel was transformed into Archangel to take on the role of Death. I don't recall the others, though. :p

that's partially true. War was actually a paralyzed vietnam vet that apocalypse restored. Famine was an anorexic teenage girl. Pestilence was a transformed Morlock known as Plague. when apocalypse had these three, he rescued Angel from a suicide attempt and made him into Death. these four wreaked havoc on NYC, Plague was killed, and Death/Angel was un-brainwashed by his pals. Later he took the name Archangel to signify that he was no longer the same man.
Caliban was eventually made into a more powerful version of Death, to replace Angel. i don't think Pestilence was ever replaced. this group of Horsemen eventually went their own ways. Famine hasn't been heard of, and i think War became paralyzed again and died in the hospital?
a couple years ago, Apocalypse intended to reform the Horsemen. i don't remember the exact lineup, but Wolverine was Death, and i remember Deathbird being in there somehow. anyone else remember how that went?
 

Back in 1999, DC's Vertigo came up with a 4-issue mini-series , "4 Horsemen", depicting how the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse would react to a modern world that had evolved beyond the one that they had once set out to destroy in the Dark Ages.

After a moment of deliberation and observation, they adapted by recreating themselves...

Famine, after hearing the story of a woman who'd been on both sides of the Abortion issue discuss the problems of overpopulation, became Fecundity, to increase procreation among those whose stomachs know no want.

War, who'd listened to a corporate shark gloat about how the power and conflict of the world rested in business and industry, not warfare, became Incorporation, to master corporate warfare, cleaner, more ruthless and insidious then conventional warfare.

Plague, who'd examined the memories of a woman who'd spent her whole life suffering from having her entire life constantly under scrutiny by corporations and government, became Information, to conquer a new plague, one which destroys intimacy, destroyes independance, and destroys intiative.

And Death, after recieving an epiphany by looking into the dead mind of a young kid who'd numbed his ability to reason through consumption of mass media throughout his life, became Incoherance, to bring not physical death, but a death of the mind, a kind of living death.

With their new identities and resources, Information, Incorporation, Fecundity and Incoherance became the Four Riders of the Apocalypse resumed their tasks of bringing the world to it's end...

I highly recommend this mini-series, if you can find it. I might use it myself if I start a D20 Modern campaign...
 


LoneWolf23 said:
With their new identities and resources, Information, Incorporation, Fecundity and Incoherance became the Four Riders of the Apocalypse resumed their tasks of bringing the world to it's end...

Wow, mr. Wolf. I like. What kinda steeds did they have? :) Choppers? Limos?
 

QUOTE]Originally posted by Robbert Raets
What kinda steeds did they have? :) Choppers? Limos? [/QUOTE]

Segways? ;)

btw, I decided that using the 10 curses of the Pharaohs created too large of an organization, in my game...so I've settled on using the 7 deadly sins. :D
 

Dr. Zoom said:

Fourth Seal/Horseman: Pale horse, rider's name is Death (not Clint Eastwood).

Just a tidbit. Literally, the pale horse is a green horse. The greek word is chloros, and is used later in revelation ot describe green grass.

Most translations go with pale, because we don't see green horses in real life, but hey, its a vision!

I say use the horse as a bright green as you want.
 

Re: the latest Marvel Horsemen of Apocalypse -- Wolverine was made into Death (and given his Adamantum back by 'poccy), Caliban was Pestilence, Deathbird was War, and Ahab was Famine.

The original War, the paralyzed veteran, was recently healed by Angel when he somehow got infused with some sort of glowy light stuff. Or maybe the light purified/"redeemed" and alowed him to go on to a better afterlife.

Hrmm... the pale/green horse -- maybe it's a zombie horse?
 
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Tallarn said:
Don't forget War's two sons, Terror and Panic, and daughter Clancy. - shamelessly stolen from Terry Pratchett.


ROFL - "The Three Horsemen and One Pedestrian Of The Apochralypse"... lol...

Terry Pratchett is a god. A small god. :)
 

As far as Marvel goes, I know the Hulk was recruited as War during the Heroes Reborn period- and he finally went at it with good ol' Juggy.
 

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