Unicron's Four Horsemen

The Enforcer! The Nature Boy! Tully Blanchard! Barry Windham!

Once Unicron's Four Horsemen were normal Cybertronians putting forth their worth in civil war. Then the Chaos Bringer came and abducted the three Autobots and single Decepticon when the combined effort of all factions turned out to be an unexpected match for him. Thought killed by their comrades of old, they were in truth turned into henchmen for Unicron at some point in the ten years that followed his defeat.

As Unicron's Four Horsemen, they are dedicated to their servitude of the Chaos Bringer and consider themselves his finest minions. Riding flying, fire-breathing metal-demon-horse-skeleton creatures and constantly proclaiming messages of doom and despair, they will have you know their presence as a sign of the apocalypse.

The Four Horsemen are:

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Fiction

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Dreamwave Armada comic

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That technically makes Predacon J.J. Dillon, we think.

Those who would become the Four Horsemen charged into battle on Rhinox's command. Unicron, noting the fight was not quite proceeding as he had anticipated, declared that the four of them would provide him with answers. "All that they were and knew" thus became part of the Chaos Bringer's might. The End

Energon comic

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Ten years later, Rhinox, Airazor, Terrorsaur and Cheetor had been fully turned into Unicron's new batch of loyal minions, serving directly under Alpha Quintesson. When Alpha Quintesson hired the Terrorcons to aid Unicron's side, War asked him if he trusted the Decepticons and why he bothered to use them at all since the Horsemen could do the job as well, if not better. Alpha Quintesson replied that, unlike them, the Terrorcons were expendable, and that he had another task for them anyway. In reaction to Optimus Prime's efforts to rouse a counterforce to Unicron, the Horsemen were to travel to Cybertron to wreak havoc on their once-comrades. This in order to destroy what they could, but primarily delay the Autobots from leaving for Earth. This Evil Reborn

When the Horsemen arrived on Cybertron, they wasted no time on opening fire on the unsuspecting inhabitants. What Lies Beneath As the Autobots fought back to save their hides, they recognized their former allies and enemy and realized in horror what had happened to them. Worse, the Four Horsemen made quick work of many of the Cybertronians, the outcome of the battle appearing decided from the get-go. While the other three took out whomever came within range, War specifically concentrated most of his battle efforts on Optimus Prime, taunting him through belittling and apocalyptic speeches. He was near to finishing off the Prime when the Omnicons arrived, armed with the element of surprise, new firepower and advice from Over-Run on how to turn the tide of battle. Optimus was told to connect to the Hub, something he learned only then and there to be able to do from anywhere on Cybertron. While the Omnicons bought him time, he did as instructed, unwittingly initiating a system-wide upgrade: Optimus was granted the Spark of Combination, and reformatted into a new form. Strengthened by the new-found ability to powerlinx between similarly sized individuals, the Autobots were able to defeat the Horsemen. War called retreat, though with the promise that the Autobots' present victory meant nothing. What Lies Beneath, Part Two

Some time thereafter, the Terrorcons' mission on Earth was not proceeding to Alpha Quintessons' wishes. Unicron's Four Horsemen thus forcibly retrieved the Terrorcons from battle through small warpgates to reassess the plans. What Lies Beneath, Part Four

Energon ceased publication before the story could conclude. The following would have taken place in unpublished issues.

The Horsemen continued to serve Unicron, Doomsday Redux! attacking the planet Nervissa and draining it of Energon to fuel their master's revival. Armageddon Part 1 Seeking to return to him, the Horsemen were instead diverted to Mars by Alpha Quintesson to attack the Autobot/Alterenergy outpost stationed there. Armageddon Part 2 They ran roughshod over its undermanned defenses and killed Prowl during their assault. Armageddon Part 3 Omega Supreme was sent to Mars to confront them, Armageddon Part 4 and the Four Horsemen were finally defeated by the powerful Autobot. Armageddon Part 5

Games

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Transformers Roleplaying Game

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During a round-table discussion, Leatherhide cited the Four Horseman as one of many examples of Transmetals found outside the Beast Wars. Technorganic Secrets

Notes

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  • The Four Horsemen are composed of four of the five Armada redecos/retools of Beast Wars Transmetal figures that were released towards the end of the Armada line.
  • The Four Horsemen originated as a fanon idea by fans Lumpy and ORIO (formerly FREEFALL).<ref>Armada Beasts: The Four Horsemen of Unicron at TFandom.com</ref><ref>2003 OTFCC Hasbro Panel Report at TFandom.com</ref>
  • The ranks of the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse|{{#if:Biblical Four Horsemen|Biblical Four Horsemen|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse}}]] actually consist of War, Conquest, Famine and Death. The inclusion of Pestilence rather than Conquest is based on a centuries old misinterpretation of the text; one popular culture (such as Transformers comic books) has continued to propagate. Two minutes on Wikipedia, guys. That's all it takes. (Then again, having War and Conquest feels pretty redundant in most stories.)

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