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Each mutants possess their own various superpowers
Goals
Aid Apocalypse in recreating the world in Apocalypse' image.
Purge the weak and the inferior.
Crimes
Mass murder
Genocide Assault Torture Mass destruction Kidnapping Enslavement Stalking Conspiracy Terrorism World domination Crimes against humanity
Type of Villains
Hegemonic Right-Hands
TheHorsemen of Apocalypse (also known as theFour Horsemen of Apocalypse or theFour Horsemen) are a group of villains in theMarvel universe, mostly in theX-Men series.
It is an elite unit of mutant champions that was chosen by the powerful mutantApocalypse to spread chaos across the world with the aims of sparking a massive war in which only the strong would survive and compete until only the worthy would be left to rule a new world under the guidance of Apocalypse himself.
Many members of the Horsemen of Apocalypse were brainwashed or enslaved and included some of Marvel's most prominent heroes: they would break free but some of the Horsemen served willingly and were supervillains in their own right.
Sometime during the 15th century, Apocalypse had already created his Horsemen and rode among them as well, leading an army of followers known asThe Riders of the Dark. This army was so strong and powerful that some were led to believe that they were just a myth to scare soldiers before their first battle. During 1459, in Romania, the Horsemen of War led the Riders of the Dark, and single-handedly defeated the pre-vampire Dracula's army as well asDracula himself.
First Modern Incarnation[]
The first modern Horseman recruited by Apocalypse wasPlague, a member of the Morlocks, whom he recruited during the Mutant Massacre to fill the role of Pestilence. He then approached ex-soldierAbraham Kieros and granted him the position of War. Autumn Rolfson was Apocalypse's third choice and was given the position ofFamine. Apocalypse then saved the dewinged Angel from his sabotaged, exploding plane and chose him to be his fourth and final Horseman, Death.
The Four Horsemen were forced to battle one another for leadership, and Death emerged victorious. In a battle against X-Factor, the Horsemen were nearly defeated until Death appeared, shocking his former comrades.Caliban went to Apocalypse and asked for a power boost so he could avenge his fellow Morlocks. Pestilence was slain in the battle and Archangel came back to his senses after assuming he killed his former comrade, Iceman. Apocalypse was forced to retreat with his remaining Horsemen and Caliban.
Caliban replaced Angel on the team and became Death. He captured Cyclops and Jean Grey and took them toMister Sinister. The X-Men tracked him down and defeated Caliban and Famine and then realized the Horsemen were under Mr Sinister's orders. The X-Men were later defeated by Apocalypse. Caliban battled Sabretooth for revenge and lost the battle, his intelligence was reduced to that of a child.
After a battle with the X-Men in their mansion,Hulk was discovered by Apocalypse and became his second incarnation of War. Apocalypse set him against theJuggernaut to test his strength. Hulk was able to knock back Juggernaut with the huge celestial energy boost that Apocalypse had given him. He was also able to best theAbsorbing Man but came to his senses when he thought he had injured his friend, Rick Jones.
Second Incarnation[]
For his second team of Horsemen, Apocalypse had Wolverine abducted, replacing him with a Skrull imposter to prevent his absence being noted, and pitched him in battle againstSabretooth. The winner of the battle, Wolverine', became his Horseman ofDeath. Wolverine as Death, battled the X-Men and killed the imposter Wolverine. Apocalypse then turnedDeathbird into his second Horseman, War. Caliban was once again chosen to be one of Apocalypse's Horsemen, this time becoming Pestilence. Pestilence and War fought X-Force and captured Cable. In a battle against the X-Men, Death was unmasked and revealed to be Wolverine.
In Apocalypse's lair, Cable escaped and defeated Death in battle. Apocalypse then threatened to kill Caliban. Apocalypse captured Rory Campbell and turned him into his fourth Horseman, Famine. The Horsemen then started collecting "The Twelve". When Death capturedMikhail Rasputin and failed to teleport out with him, he was chased into the Morlock Tunnels by the X-Men. He battled them and regained his memory, thanks to the efforts of Jubilee, Shadowcat,Archangel and Psylocke. The rest of the Horsemen were teleported to another dimension by Mikhael.
Third incarnation[]
Following the House of M and M-Day, Apocalypse resurrected, only to find himself in a world with its mutant population reduced to a tenth of what it had been, out of the millions who populated Earth prior to his demise at Cable's hands. Bent on becoming the new messiah for mutantkind, Apocalypse assembled a new cadre of Horsemen, with the purpose of wiping out 90% of the baseline human population.
Apocalypse's new Horsemen areGazer (as War),Sunfire (as Famine),Polaris (as Pestilence) andGambit (as Death). Gazer was saved from death and forced to battle an archaeologist for the mantle of War, which he won with the aid of Apocalypse's majordomo and scribe, Ozymandias. Both Sunfire, who had lost his legs at the hands ofLady Deathstrike and his powers to Rogue and Polaris, an M-Day victim, were captured, and reluctantly altered into Famine and Pestilence, respectively. Gambit, however, submitted himself willingly to be transformed into Death, as he had come to believe Apocalypse could be helpful to the mutant cause though he would require to be watched. Sunfire was able to break free of Apocalypse's control with the help of Emma Frost, although he was weakened by the experience. Polaris was knocked out by Iceman in the final battle. She was abandoned, saved by Havok, and was de-brainwashed by the X-Men. Gazer died defending Apocalypse, stabbed in the back by Ozymandias. Gambit's fate has yet to be seen; Sunfire took him somewhere at the conclusion of the final battle, only to be approached by Mister Sinister.
Final Horsemen[]
It was later revealed that Apocalypse had even prepared a contingency plan in case of an ultimate failure. Beginning as far back as 281 A.D., Apocalypse and Ozymandias had been recruiting members for theFinal Horsemen. The point of these Horsemen were not immediate, rather, they were to be called upon if all else had failed. Chose Decimus Furius of Rome as War, Ichisumi of Japan as Pestilence, Jeb Lee of America as Famine, andSanjar Javeed of Persia as Death. The Horsemen's first test was to protect a recently revived Apocalypse from X-Force.
Other Media[]
Television[]
X-Men: TAS[]
Apocalypse creates Pestelince, Famine and War and Angel by baiting mutants to become subjects for a legacy virus, a cure to supposedly suppress mutant dna, indefinitely. The Horsemen cause havoc across the world, until the X-men stop them. In Stonehenge, Angel, now Archangel returns to Apocalypse reported the X-men defeated them, and declared they are unworthy. The X-men arrive to defeat them, Rogue absorbs Archangel and forces Archangel to realize what he has done is wrong, resulting in him helping the X-men and stopping the Horsemen for good.
The Four Horsemen of Apocalypse consisting of Professor X,Magneto,Mystique, and Storm were the main antagonists in the two-part series finale, "Ascension".
Apocalypse captured these powerful mutants (who were presumed dead after earlier events) and altered their minds and bodies, implanting bio-chips that amplified their existing powers and gave them new abilities. They were never referred to by their traditional names (War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death) within the show itself, but their roles correspond to the biblical figures.
The X-Men, the Brotherhood, and the Acolytes had to team up to fight their former leaders and allies in the finale as Apocalypse attempts to transform every human on Earth into Mutants. Ultimately, Rogue absorbed the power-nullifying abilities of the mutant Leech and used them to disrupt Apocalypse's control, returning the four individuals to normal and sending Apocalypse to an unknown point in reality.
Wolverine and the X-Men[]
Parts of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse were foreshadowed in season 1, with Apocalypse of course, Archangel, including the Age of Apocalypse Cyclops. Had a second season began, more members would've been shown including the completed team. Several scripts were discovered on Facebook several years after its cancellation, revealingHavok,Holocaust,Cyclops were all chosen members of the horsemen, along with ideas of Apocalypse creating weapon X, meaningSabretooth and possibly Wolverine would be possible candidates.
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