Name: War
A.K.A.: Warbird
Rank: Horseman
Attributes: Bow & Arrow, Black Horse, Hounds
Weapon of Choice: Sword
Daemons: Griffins, Hawks, Foxes
Vices: Pain
Minions: None
Archnemesis:
Ambitions: War wishes only to fight the good fight - which is defined as whatever cause she's championing at the moment.
This razor-winged horseman enjoys wreaking havok and creating armed conflicts. She enjoys a good fight and refuses to abandon her causes - regardless of how the battle is proceeding. War enjoys flight immensely, and has control of hawks and most other creatures of the air - including the powerful griffins of mythology. The kiwi, though flightless, serves alongside the sly fox as her counsel.
To better suit her calling, War carries not only her attributed weapon - the crossbow - but also a sharpened sword and a variety of knives - fashioned from her own feathers! In battle, she often directs the attack from the air, plucking feathers from her wings and hurling them down at her enemies like a shower of throwing stars. War has the hollow bone structure of an avian - a feature which greatly improves her speed and agility. To compensate for the drop in strength this decreased weight brings with it, she will often stoop at an adversary, diving from high altitudes and letting physics compound the force of her strike as her velocity builds.
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of War! Though she has no control over them, as they are not her daemon creatures, War nevertheless keeps a pack of hounds for use in easier battles or to draw first blood. She is more often accompanied into battle by her griffins and birds of prey. As a last resort - or if she's in a prankish mood - War will occasionally let slip not her dogs, but her parakeets. These birds are trained after the fashion of the original Vicious Malicious Parakeet of Doom and are regarded by most as weapons of mass destruction, having taken down entire legions of trained warriors countless times before.
"And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer." -Revelation 6:2 (KJV)
"Hey, Arnie, what's the DOS command for 'wrath of God'?"
In the coming Days of the Horsemen, War has reserved claims to North America, Japan, Italy, New Zealand, the Australian Outback, and the rainforests. Her Vices will each be given choice tropical islands as well as their pick of the small remaining countries the Horsemen have passed over. Her minions shall be given lands depending on their abilities. To serve and curry the favor of the Horseman War, peons are encouraged to pursue the sciences - although the study of mathematics, technology, history, and the arts is also highly rewarded. Warriors are naturally also welcomed into War's service. Those who cannot serve in the above-mentioned echelons of society - and those that wish to make a lasting favorable impression on the Horseman - are encouraged to make offerings of Root Beer.
Interested in becoming a minion? Contact War.