Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The **Horsemen of the Apocalypse** are a quintet of immensely powerful entities that personified the five prime concepts that drive the Apocalypse.

They can manifest a human form, which can be harmed in manners identical to humans. They are respectively known as: **War**, **Famine, Conquest**, **Pestilence**, and **Death**.

Each use a special ring that channels their core ability. Also, they each travel in a car (colored to resemble their steed's color in lore), having gotten in "with the times".

After Lucifer rises from his cage, he takes command of the Horsemen and directs them in enacting his genocide against humanity. Their rings, unknown to all but a few select individuals, are the keys to Lucifer's Cage in the Abyss, and thus the Horsemen collectively hold the key to sending him back.

## Characteristics

The Horsemen are mysterious beings that exist in creation, each representing a different attribute. The Horsemen are well aware of Abaddon's plans and are "jonesing for the Apocalypse". They have true forms, Death was implied to have wings and Pestilence's face couldn't be captured on film. Anazel has stated they have "day jobs" they carry out around the world.

The Horsemen have a very slanted view of humanity, and some see themselves as just bringing out the evil that is already in humans. Both War and Famine have said humans "only need a little push" in order to do horrible things, and both have shown a level of disgust and contempt toward how easily corruptible humans are, and what they can do. Pestilence prefers bacteria to people, claiming that belief of disease being a bad thing is just because of sick people, and he doesn't understand why God has such love for humanity, appearing somewhat jealous of the fact.

Each Horseman possesses a ring that allows them to channel and focus their power. While it doesn't kill them, separating them from their rings is the only known way to drive them off. Uriel reveals the rings are actually the keys to any cage in Cages Realm.

### Common Powers

All Horsemen of the Apocalypse share these powers.

* **Immortality** - Horsemen of the Apocalypse do not age and are immune to disease.
* **Nigh-Invulnerability** - Horsemen of the Apocalypse are invulnerable to just about everything, except things made from Primorptonite, a material created by God capable of weakening and killing Horsemen of the Apocalypse if they get out of control.
* **Mid-Tier Nigh-Omnipotence** - Horsemen of the Apocalypse are endowed with virtually unlimited power, however, there are still some things that prevent them from being truly omnipotent, such as being unable to break laws and limitations created by God, being surpassed by God in power, and being vulnerable to each other's powers.
* **Mid-Tier Nigh-Omniscience** - Horsemen of the Apocalypse are gifted with nearly limitless knowledge of the nature of Creation and the goings-on within it, however what prevents them from being truly omniscient is because their knowledge of goings-on is limited to the past and present, some specific details may get lost, some powerful spells can hide something from their knowledge, in addition to things purposely hidden by God.
* **Conceptual Omnipresence** - In their true form, the Horsemen of the Apocalypse are capable of existing everywhere at once except the Cages Realm. Even assuming a physical form, they remain able to exist everwhere their concepts exists.

### Common Weaknesses

Despite their immense power, Horsemen of the Apocalypse share some limitations and weaknesses.

#### Harming, Misleading or Trapping

* **Magic** - Some of the most powerful spells in existence can limit, weaken, and even overcome a Horseman's power under the right circumstances.
* **Cages Realm** - A very distant realm, usually located below Hell, which is inaccessible even to Horsemen of the Apocalypse. This realm can also keep a Pre-Existential Entity trapped, preventing it from leaving and using its power outside the confines of the realm.
* **Other Horsemen of the Apocalypse** - Horsemen of the Apocalypse seem to be vulnerable to each other's power, and while they cannot kill each other, they can weaken others.
* **Pre-Existential Entities** - Horsemen of the Apocalypse can be easily surpassed in power by the Pre-Existential Entities.

#### Killing

* **God** - Being the creator of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, God is the only truly omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent being, the true Almighty who can defeat all Horsemen of the Apocalypse without any effort.
* **Natural Order** - Being the set of laws created by God that governs all Creation, the Horsemen of the Apocalypse are unable to act against the Natural Order, and if they succeed, the consequences can lead to the annihilation of everything, including the entities themselves, depending on the violation. In addition to the fact that the Natural Order itself can cause its replacement.
* **Primorptonite** - A material created by God as a contingency should any of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse get out of control, this material can cause lasting harm and can even kill.

## Known Horsemen

* War
* Famine
* Conquest
* Pestilence
* Death