Famine

War (brother)

**Famine**, also known as **the Black Horseman**, is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, along with Death, War, and Pestilence.

## Personality

The embodiment of true hunger, Famine is constantly hungry, and lack of nourishment results in anger. He has an intolerance for failure, punishing any such occurrence with death.

He holds no regard for demons, even the ones who help him. He kills one for failing him and sends two to their deaths. He is not too fond of angels either.

Famine also has a low view of humans, stating that they only require a little push to fall to hunger. He also takes joy in watching their hunger devour them. He has a particular dislike of Japan and its citizens, calling them "a swarm of locusts in stretch pants".

Interestingly, Famine seems more loyal to Lucifer than his brothers, never differing from the plan, or expressing disdain for him.

## Powers and Abilities

As a Horseman, Famine possesses great power, but due to agricultural improvements, he has been significantly weakened. Even weakened, he can easily telekinetically overpower demons. Lucifer wanted to aid him up back to full power where his powers would increase exponentially. Like his brothers, he requires his ring to help him focus his powers.

* **Immortality** - As one of the Horseman, he has an infinite lifespan.
* **Teleportation** - Though weakened, as a Horseman he can teleport.
* **Soul Absorption** - Famine, as the personification of hunger itself, can devour any type of soul to strengthen himself, like the Darkness.
* **Influencing Hunger/Gluttony Augmentation** - Famine can make everyone for several miles become consumed by their greatest desires, such as money, love, and food, causing them to seek whatever it is they crave most until it results in their destruction. Once infected by hunger, removing the person from Famine's presence will not have any effect, as the hunger will just follow them; the only cure is to defeat Famine. The range of this power increases the more powerful he becomes, and the closer to him the person is, the more quickly it affects them. However, if a person does not hunger for anything, then they are immune to his power. Famine has been shown to be able to influence an angel's vessel strongly enough that the angel itself is overcome with a desire for whatever their vessel craves most.
* **Body Locking** - The soul of a person killed by Famine's influence does not move on, but instead remains locked in their body until it can be harvested.
* **Telekinesis** - Famine can mentally affect objects, and even pull demons into his mouth with simple gestures.
* **Electromagnetic Interference** - Famine can cause electronic devices to malfunction.
* **Telepathy** - By touching Tsubaki, Famine was able to enter Tsubaki's subconscious and discover that "inside, she was already dead", and as such did not hunger for anything.
* **Invisibility** - As a Horseman, Famine is naturally invisible and can only be seen if he wants others to see him.

## Weaknesses

* **Ring Removal** - Without his ring, he can't manifest a physical form on Earth.
* **Physical Objects** - Anything serrated or jagged, or for that matter anything that can be implemented into a weapon, that can be used to inflict pain upon Famine's physical form. His physical body can be pierced and penetrated identically to how humans sustain infliction.
* **Insatiable Hunger** - As the embodiment of hunger itself, Famine possesses an unquenchable appetite and constantly craved sustenance, although he can be temporarily satisfied.
* **Death's Scythe** - It can kill anything including horsemen as seen with Death who is the most powerful of the horsemen.

## Trivia

* Famine wears a silver ring with a black stone.
* Famine is the only Horseman to be introduced in a severely weakened state, As a result of improvements made to minimize the effect of his attribute, this eventually left him nearly defeated and dependent on constant assistance. As the other three Horsemen were not affected by the state of their attributes, they did not require the assistance Famine did.
* Famine's effect and power as a Horseman is portrayed drastically different than how it is described in scripture. In Revelations, The Horseman of Famine is unleashed and will go spreading hunger and starvation across the world. As a result of Famine, many people will starve to death. Whereas in the anime, Famine's power was closer to gluttony rather than actual hunger. He exploited and manipulated peoples hunger, causing them to "eat, drink, and screw themselves to death".