Like his fellow Horseman, Death rides upon a Phantom Horse, a creature as old as Creation itself whose very form and abilities are granted upon them once they are tamed. Instead of proving War’s innocence to a corrupt Council, he would instead absolve War of the crime by restoring the Kingdom of Man. Knowing that his brother would stop at nothing to prove his innocence, Death chose to aid his brother in the only way that he knew how. Unfortunately, both Hell and the Charred Council were aware of this ploy and the Red Horseman, War, was framed for starting the Endwar early and dooming mankind to extinction. However… a conspiracy had been made for all but six of the seals to be broken, to trick the forces of Hell to begin the Endwar early and without proper preparation so that the elite of Heaven’s army, the Hellguard, could rid Creation of Hell and its forces once and for all. Though the signs of the first six seals were never stated, the seventh and final seal was meant to call the Four Horseman and together they would ride to punish the wicked, be they Sons of Man, Lords of Heaven, or the Dregs of Hell. To protect the precarious balance between the three kingdoms of Heaven, Hell, and Man, the Council forged the Seven Seals of the Apocalypse, devices that would signal a time when the Third Kingdom of Man stood ready for the Endwar and would decide the ultimate fate of the Three Kingdoms. For though he had been tasked with the destruction of his dead kins’ souls, Death chose to seal them inside of an amulet and granted that amulet to a being known simply as the Crowfather, or the Keeper of Secrets, and was granted his raven familiar, Dust, as a small token of thanks. Of the Four Horseman, Death is the eldest, strongest, and arguably the wisest of them though that wisdom is arguable in the face of certain situations. On the day where he earned the titles of Executioner and Kinslayer, Death crafted himself a mask befitting his new role and hasn’t removed it since. Granting the four siblings powers to embody the very elements of Creation that they were so named, the Four Horseman rode on the side of Angels and Demons against their brethren and it was Death who led them all. The Charred Council, an entity whose task was to enforce the Balance as dictated by the Creator. So it was that Death and his siblings went to the one “neutral” party in Creation. Yet, it was first he and three of his closest siblings who grew both tired and wary of the conflict, fearing that their endless war might break the already fragile Balance of Creation. Yet, of the many variations I’ve seen of Death, I have never seen one as I have from the video game series Darksiders wherein Death is a being of incredible power both mystically and physically.Ī creation of the demon mother Lillith and formed from the ashes of angel and demon, Death was one of many countless Nephilim who waged war against all the forces of Creation. I have seen Death made a woman, a beauty unlike any other who was there since the Beginning and will be there at the End to put up the chairs and turn out the lights of Creation. I have seen Death in its most common of aspects, a robed skeleton carrying a great scythe to reap the souls of the dead. The one thing that will exist until the End of Time itself and one whom has been personified many a time throughout mankind’s illustrious history. Of all the elements of Halloween, there is one most prevailent throughout the holiday, one aspect that is treated with reverence and fear alike. ![]() Leader of: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypseįeatured In: Darksiders II, The Abomination Vault, & Death’s Door ![]() Titles: Kinslayer, The Reaper, Rider of the Pale-Horse
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