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The '''Horsemen of Apocalypse '''are a team of four elite followers of [[Apocalypse|En Sabah Nur]]. |
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* [[Storm |Ororo Munroe/Storm]] <small>(Famine)</small> |
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Revision as of 00:26, 11 May 2016
- "Whenever this being was he always had four followers he would imbue with power."
- ―Moira MacTaggert to Charles Xavier and Alex Summers
The Horsemen of Apocalypse are a team of four elite followers of En Sabah Nur.
Origin
The Four Horsemen are Apocalypse's personal warriors and always play a key role in his plans for mutant conquest and domination.
Biography
X-Men: Days of Future Past
The first known incarnation of the Four Horsemen are seen in Ancient Egypt watching as their master uses his powers to construct the pyramids while a vast crowd of people bow before him, chanting his name.
X-Men: Apocalypse
Somehow, Apocalypse makes Storm, Magneto, Angel and Psylocke his new incarnation of Horsemen.
Members
These are four mutants that Apocalypse would choose to adapt to fill the four roles in his conquest: Famine, Pestilence, War, and Death.
- Ororo Munroe/Storm (Famine)
- Erik Lenhsherr/Magneto (War)
- Warren Worthington III/Archangel (Death)
- Elizabeth Braddock/Psylocke (Pestilence)
Trivia
- In the comic books, Apocalypse has often manipulated different mutants into being his Horsemen. Examples include Angel, Wolverine, Gambit, Psylocke, Banshee and Polaris.
- Each Horseman embodies a different horror that humanity has constantly been faced with: War, Famine, Pestilence and Death.
- Bryan Singer stated the Four Horsemen chosen for X-Men: Apocalypse reflect real-world cults and how they tend to have factions associated with politics, military, sex or youth.[1]
- Magneto and Storm's roles as the Horsemen is similar to their X-Men Evolution counterparts, War and Famine, respectively.
- The Horsemen of Apocalypse were originally created by Louise Jones Simonson and Walter Simonson.
