Death, Famine, War, and Conquest.
Which champ matches up to each Horsemen the best? Imagine a possible skin set.
And why do you think each champ would match each attribute?
(Actually going to draw the splash for the best 4. I have an idea, but I want to see what the community think as well.)
sneezing slug3 votesConquest isn't a horseman. You mean Pestilence.
#War:
Aatrox, the Darkin Blade
#Famine:
Urgot, the Headsman's Pride
#Pestilence:
Twitch, the Plague Rat
#Death:
Kindred, the Eternal Hunters
ModThe Djinn3 votes[{quoted}](name=Metal Gear Roses,realm=NA,application-id=A8FQeEA8,discussion-id=qKzPt5YX,comment-id=0006,timestamp=2016-06-21T00:50:16.752+0000)Conquest isn't a horseman. You mean Pestilence.
Interesting, the only named Horseman is Death. The others are all open to interpretation: Pestilence is a common interpretation of the first Horseman, but Conquest, Righteousness, Evil, and Triumph are other interpretations.
Xonra1 votes[{quoted}](name=Metal Gear Roses,realm=NA,application-id=A8FQeEA8,discussion-id=qKzPt5YX,comment-id=0006,timestamp=2016-06-21T00:50:16.752+0000)
Conquest isn't a horseman. You mean Pestilence.
They are the same actually. Pestilence is just the more modern name (let's face it, death, famine war and CONQUEST...one of these things is not like the other, when you say them outloud). Pestilence is however, Conquest, if you are going with the actual name, not the modern (or closer to modern than when they were created name wise) name.
Reaper Review2 votesWell, Hecarim's a horse and literally has "War" in his title.
Death would be either Kindred or Karthus
Morde could be either Famine or Conquest. (A lot of his dialogue seems famine-y, but his new backstory feels conquest-y.)
Shadowatom2 votes
Death
Because death
Conquest
Travels far and wide killing anyone who stands in his path
Famine
Technically could also be death, but let's face it, famine works pretty well
War
Commands ghosts to kill his enemies raising an army to fight for him (obviously not in game)
Xonra1 votes
Because death
Travels far and wide killing anyone who stands in his path
Technically could also be death, but let's face it, famine works pretty well
Commands ghosts to kill his enemies raising an army to fight for him (obviously not in game)
Not sure I could do much better than this.
ModThe Djinn2 votesWAR Definitely Aatrox. No question here: his entire lore is based around him being a powerful entity that thrives on the battlefield.
CONQUEST/PESTILENCE This Horseman has two names, depending on your interpretation: actually, NO biblical horseman has a set name other than Death, but this is the one there's the most contention about interpreting. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say Varus. Why? The biblical horseman carries a bow, and is out to conquer: Varus is a bowman out for vengeance, but I can stretch that to fit. Additionally he also fits the Pestilence theme, as he stacks up blight on his targets, and is being corrupted himself. Twitch would also be acceptable, but I think Varus fits the theme better.
FAMINE I'm less certain of this one. Famine is a weird concept to convey with League champions. Ultimately, I'm going to go with Nasus. Wither is a great effect for famine (buzzing flies, slow decay), and I like the idea of Nasus with a staff topped by a set of scales, slowing consuming all before him until he is an unstoppable force that his starved opponents cannot hope to overcome.
DEATH Mordekaiser is my choice here. Not only is he full of deadly power, but the biblical line "and Hades was with him" works wonderfully for Mordekaiser's ability to command spirits through his ultimate. I suppose you could make an argument for Karthus, but Mordekaiser just seems like a stronger pick to me.
Kindred would also be a strong choice (with Wolf filling the role of Hades), but for some reason I don't personally think Kindred fills the role as well as Mordekaiser. Either would work though.
Yatsufuså3 votesHell, Varus even has a "Blight Crystal" skin
Arakadia2 votesI agree more with your post then my own. Except Morde. I think Kindred surpasses all Shadow Isles champions but the Shadow Isles champions deny their fate. Plus there's so many S.I champs that it would be hard to pick one over another.
ModThe Djinn1 votesI agree more with your post then my own. Except Morde. I think Kindred surpasses all Shadow Isles champions but the Shadow Isles champions deny their fate. Plus there's so many S.I champs that it would be hard to pick one over another.
The thing is that I don't think Kindred is a close enough approximation to a Horseman of Death. They are Death, but in a very specific Runeterra sense that I don't think makes a parallel to the biblical Horseman Death well enough. Although you could make a case for Lamb as death, followed by Wolf as the biblical Hades. Hadn't thought of that angle.
Karthus or Mordekaiser are the two strongest Shadow Isles contenders: Hecarim might be a candidate for War, Kalista for Conquest, Yorick for Pestilence (so you could do an all Shadow Isles skin line if you felt so inclined), but I just think that Mordekaiser fits the Horseman concept better than the others (and better than the caster Karthus, in my mind).
Around999People1 votesI'm not religious, so I'm going just by the titles and I believe kindred fits it better as being actual death. The other champions suggested are undead, but kindred is the physical embodiment of death itself.
I also don't believe Nasus fits Famine. He's a benevolent deity, not an evil force. Lisandra fits Famine better for me, she wants to cover the entire world in ice which would cause a famine on a large scale.
I agree with you on the others however. Though if we go by conquest I'd say it would fit Swain the best. He's a master tacticians. I was going to add Darius, but, he kind of wants to follow Swain, or at least ally with him. Swain seems like the type to go out and conquer. I'd add Tryndamere, but, he goes to war to find and defeat Aarrox, so it's unlikely they'd be on the same side.
Makami2 votesHmm rather interesting. I have to say I believe its Pestilence as opposed to Conquest. Conquest is the goal of War so it seems rather odd to have a repetition of War.
That being said i'd go with
Pestilence - Singed - His creation of toxins which he is willing to test on anyone, himself included, shows that his concoctions are meant to inflict as much harm as possible to as many people as possible.
War - Sion - He has an endless desire to fight regardless of what happens to him.
Death - Yorick - Reading through his lore you can see that he has been cursed to live on the brink of death as the last of his line. This is of course unless they change him in his upcoming rework. If that was the case then I would probably say Draven. The way in which Draven gained his fame was through his macabre executions.
Famine - Swain - Ravens are known for their willingness to devour anything, even that which is inedible.
WhiteMage7711 votesDeath: or 
because they continue on through death.
Conquest: 
or 
or because they seem like the most likely of candidates. Tryndamere because endless split push, swain because commander and hecarim because travelling
Famine: 
because irony or 
because his poison kills all crops
War: or or because reasons
Arkhan3 votesOh wow. I love that Singed for Famine. That would be an interesting skin.
Virgin Ray1 votesI want to see big o'l ride a frail little horsey-horse.
Icestar11861 votesConquest: Darius War: Mordekaiser Famine: Swain Death: Karthus
Linna Excel1 votesDepends if you translate the white horseman to be conquest, pestilence, or the anti-christ.
Dehitay1 votesI'd got with: Thresh for Death Fiddlesticks for Famine Aatrox for War Swain for Conquest
Xonra1 votesI think the most obvious have been covered, but I think for this I'm going to try and stay away from the far too easy to choose from, Shadow Isles champions.
Death, Famine, War, and Conquest, let's see...
Well starting with Conquest, I'd have to go with:
The idea of Conquest was an archer essentially, or someone carrying a bow, wearing a crown. Sound like anyone we know? She is the queen by sort of a false "victory". Think her archetype and backstory fit this well.
War I think fits closely with Ashe funny enough with the champion I would pick. The idea here is surrounding the color red, someone more fiery in nature, and specifically possessing a great sword (as in a great sword, not describing it as "great").
My choice for War would easy be:
This one is hard, because the whole idea of famine with the biblical reference has to do with either raising the prices of food to a ridiculous degree so no one could afford it (hence carrying the scales) or lowering the amount of food to a literal famine degree.
This one was a bit trickier, but for the horseman of Famine, I would have to go with:
He is the closest to someone who would bargain to essentially jack up prices (with the scale symbolism of using the scales in the market sense, not so much the judicial sense), as well as almost having a gluttony feel to him, so maybe even his hunger causing famine of sorts. Plus...he is effing creepy.
Death can be obvious if we go with the shadow Isles, but barring that, I think this could be pretty easy to just give to Kindred. The character is pretty much the representation of death in the League of Legends lore, and it fits the literal interpretation quite well I think. Death in the biblical sense didn't carry a scythe as much as they were followed by a creature that would consume the victims death had slain. This could be lamb slaying and wolf being the follower.
So for Death, the easy answer (despite the lengthy expalantion) would be:
So tl:dr
Death:
Famine:
War:
Conquest/Pestilence:
Angry Monster1 votesarent the 4 horsemen Famine, War, Pestilence and Death?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse
this actually names them and gives them color
Xonra2 votes[{quoted}](name=Angry Monster,realm=NA,application-id=A8FQeEA8,discussion-id=qKzPt5YX,comment-id=0009,timestamp=2016-06-21T18:09:45.583+0000)
arent the 4 horsemen Famine, War, Pestilence and Death?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse
this actually names them and gives them color
In the first line there, it even says "Based on the above passage, a common translation into English, the white rider is generally referred to as "Conquest""
Right below the picture of Conquest, it refers to him as "The first horseman, Conquest"
Either way, you aren't 100% wrong. The horseman realistically wasn't named at all (none but death were). Just that the other two (War and Famine) are fairly obvious in their descriptions, where Pestilence/Conquest is a bit more difficult to label in the same way, so conquest was the earliest "name" given, as the passage it is taken from references conquest multiple times.
Arkhan1 votesIt depends on where you look. I like the Conquest title better.
Arakadia1 votesWar:
Famine: 
Death: surpasses the shadow isles. They are Death while the Shadow Isles deny her.
Conquest:
Tamur1 votesWar
Famine 
Pestilence 
Death
ZT Xperimentor1 votesHmm . . . alright here's what I'd say are thematically (that is personality & lore, not gameplay) fitting picks. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+6%3A1-6%3A8&version=KJV;NASB
Conquest; Swain, Darius, or Azir ~(Each have that drive to rule everything they find without hesitation. A bit of a tough one, but I decided on Swain as he's both a man of tactical action and cunning patience.)
War; Hecarim, Aatrox, or Fiddlesticks ~(Each known to cause murders to terrifyingly multiply wherever they go. Ok you got me, Hecarim is an obvious pick to be one of the horsemen; I chose war given he's looking to kill and cause more killings, he's not just trying to rule or ruin the wildlife, nor does he seem immensely powerful.)
Famine; Chogath or Singed ~(Both could be swapped out with similar styled champions, such as kench & twitch. One would be the cliche 'consuming the world', while the other would be demonstrating the devastation of chemical warfare. I'd say Chogath since the would would starve if there's no food left; chemical weapons often take time.)
Death; Mordekaiser or Thresh ~(Both known for literally ripping the soul from their victims, in an ever so permanent way by any means. I suppose Kayle could be picked here as a pun, but not my thought. I'd say Mordekaiser as he can control the souls of those he kills, while Thresh more or less just collects them.)
Arkhan1 votesI am really digging the Famine title going to Singed. I really like that Design. As for War, I believe it'll go to Aatrox. Conquest could be Swain. And Death... as much as I like Morde, I just can't see him in the role. Especially because he could possibly be three yordles standing atop each other's heads.
ZT Xperimentor1 votesThat's something I was debating for famine; the 4 primary poison champions being cassiopiea, singed, teemo, & twitch. But came to the conclusion Singed was the only one purposely trying to re-engineer it into more devastating uses. Aatrox doesn't surprise me considering his lore is pretty obviously combat related and nothing else, lol. Swain was the only one I could think of that I liked for conquest; darius is more of a rogue element, and azir sounds like he just wants to go home.
Originally I was planning on listing mordekaiser for the position of famine since both, his lines in game, and his lore mention his affinity to disease. But reviewing it a few times it appears he follows the strongest illnesses, not generating them himself. Never thought of him so amusingly though. I always thought of mordekaiser as an inadvertent splice of blitzcrank & nocturne; animated metal by an extraplaner being, like a haunted suit of armor from another dimension kind of thing.
Honestly I would pick thresh for the position of death (over mordekaiser) given the fear and lethality he can invoke; but since I play him fairly frequently I figured it'd be biased. I considered kathus as well since he's also known for manipulating souls, he just seemed even more stereotypical than chogath as famine.
I'm rambling again, anyway thanks for letting me know something clicked; I look forward to seeing your drawing regardless who you choose!
Arkhan1 votesMy idea is to find a champ that fits the role/title, while also looking the part.
Thresh is literally a Grim Reaper, but I just feel like it would be an over used title. :S
ZT Xperimentor1 votesAh ok, fair enough. Though that's also why I didn't mention karthus, he's already got a reaper skin; same with hecarim, it'd just be redundant.
xxxDogmanxxx1 votesDeath - Thresh Famine - Urgot Pestilence - Singed War - Darius
Anaithnid1 votesWar... Probably Yorick , darius 
or urgot . They charge the front lines and keep the fight going and can be good cleanup for leftovers.
Conquest/pestilence... Well teemo 
would fit pestilence pretty well, but for conquest i'd pick katarina 
or vayne 
Famine, the best one is Cho'gath, hands down. he eats EVERYTHING and you can still see his bones XD 
Death... already have a grim reaper karthhus, so he's out of question. my vote goes to those ambush jg ppl like shaco 
, kassadin 
and nocturne 
. built right they appear, not a second later you die.
Meep Man1 votes - Death
Kindred is death.
- Famine
Kog'Maw continuously eats and throws everything back up.
- War
He brings out the inner rage in people to start conflict.
- Conquest
He enslaves souls and in his lore, he was a murder emperor who conquered many nations before being brought down.
SkyBlade791 votesDeath -
The gift he offers is death.
Famine -
His endless hunger cannot be sated.
War -
The embodiment of the fury of the battle.
Conquest -
He lives to rule, even beyond the grave.
Arkhan1 votesI like this set up a lot actually. But with Famine, I have to go with Singed. Chogath's hunger will never be satisfied, but its no necessarily about HIS hunger. But what he brings to the table. And Singed is constantly working on making his poison worse.
But yes. I love the Yorich, Aatrox, and Sion. This will probably be the line up.
TheLoneFailure1 votesAs far as War goes, Aatrox is the obvious choice. No real argument here. As for Conquest, I’ve thrown in a curveball. When you think about it, Kled is a perfect representation. Not only is he already mounted (which is a fun aside), he’s always trying to secure new property and kill anyone that trespasses. As a final bonus, he is the flagship champion of the Conqueror keystone in-game, so to me he is a fantastic rep. Famine has a few options, but Tahm Kench takes the cake here (and promptly eats it, too). His hunger is forever insatiable, and he always finds ways to bargain with those with unquenched hungers. Finally, Death goes to Hecarim, as he is a literal undead horseman that leads the charge and brings the ultimate consequence.
BLACK REALM GOD1 votes death
war
justice
conquest
famine
GreenRaph1 votesThere's a skinline that reminds me of the 4 horsemen, the worldbreaker one with 
and
.
HandofAnubis1 votesWar: Xin/Poppy Pestilence: Brand/Zyra Famine: Vlad/Warwick Death: Nocturn/Nasus