Rings of the Horsemen

### Powers

Individually: Channels the various powers of each HorsemanCombined: Opens Lucifer's Cage

### Location/Status

Death's: in his possessionNew Ring of Death in Grim's possession

in John and Jacob's possession

The **Rings of the Horsemen** are rings that each of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse wear that allows them to channel their essential abilities, although some powers like teleportation, can still be executed without it on. They prove integral in the Apocalypse. People describes War and Famine as "withered husks" after the removal of their rings. Together, these rings form the key to Lucifer's Cage. The Archangel Gabriel told John and Jacob this secret, and after acquiring all four rings, the brothers used them to re-open the Cage.

Lucifer, contrary to what Gabriel thought, was aware of this ability to open his Cage. Nevertheless, he allowed the Smiths to collect the rings since the boys' plan required John to consent to being Lucifer's vessel. Ultimately, John managed to regain control of his body long enough to use the rings to open Lucifer's Cage and imprison Lucifer once again.

## The Rings

### War's Ring

War's ring is gold and contains no gem. War used the ring in a town Rufus was hunting in to cause the inhabitants to hallucinate a demon attack. The Smiths were able to stop him by cutting off his ring finger. This ring makes up the center piece of the Keys to Lucifer's Cage, and binds all the other three rings together.

### Famine's Ring

Famine's ring is silver and has a round black stone on it. He uses the ring to spread his influence all over a town, massively amplifying people's cravings and hungers to the point of causing deaths, so he could feed on their souls. Famine was eventually weakened by John's demonic powers and his ring was taken.

### Pestilence's Death

Pestilence's ring is silver like Famine's and Death's, and has a round green stone on it. He uses this ring to spread diseases in a hospital to test their effects on humans. He loses it when Mabrius cuts off two of Pestilence's fingers using Ruby's Knife, separating him from the ring.

### Death's Ring

Death's ring is silver with a white stone on it. He gives the ring to Jacob without suffering any apparent side effects. Even without his ring, he was able to destroy Chicago. After John and Jacob successfully used the four rings to re-imprison Lucifer in the Cage, Death's ring was buried in the junkyard by Malcolm's garage.

Jacob attempts to use the ring as leverage to get Death to retrieve John and Aiden's souls from Lucifer's Cage. Jacob tells Death that he'll return his ring to him in exchange for their souls, but Death reminds Jacob that he was only supposed to be borrowing his ring in the first place, and anyways, he knows where Jacob hid it. He doesn't completely reject Jacob's request, however; he tells Jacob that he has to make a choice between John or Aiden's soul. Jacob chooses John... Death decides to make a deal with Jacob anyway. Jacob has to wear Death's ring for 24 hours during which he will take up Death's duties, in exchange for John's soul. The ring is returned to Death. It was destroyed when Death crumbled to dust upon being killed by Jacob.

## Powers and Abilities

* **War** - Induces hallucinations in nearby humans, causing them to attack each other.
* **Famine** - Induces massive hunger in nearby humans, causing them to overfeed or partake in their greatest desires until death.
* **Pestilence** - Induces sickness in humans. The type and severity of the diseases are controlled through this ring.
* **Death** - Gives the wearer the power to instantly kill any human with a single touch. Also makes them invisible, intangible and gives the wearer the ability to teleport.
* **Key to Lucifer's Cage** - When combined, the four rings can be used to open Lucifer's Cage with the enochian incantation "Bvtmon tabges babalon" (Beh voh tah mo en tah beh geh sah bah bah loh en; which roughly translates to "*Open the mouth of the cave of the evil/wicked one*").