Surviving Horsemen?
With the Heir of Apocalypse series looming, I talked with some others about the Horsemen of Death and their apparent status as the de facto heir if Apocalypse was to die. As such, it occurs to me that I've actually no idea which Horsemen are currently alive and still in possession of their 'seed'.
**Caliban** - Both Pestilence and Death Seeds (Possibly Purged by Krakoan Resurrection) **Lorna Dane (Polaris)** - Pestilence Seed (Possibly Purged by Krakoan Resurrection) **Ichisumi** - Pestilence Seed **Abraham Kieros** - War Seed **Bruce Banner** - War Seed **Cal'syee Neramani (Deathbird)** - War Seed **Piotr Rasputin (Colossus)** - War Seed (From a future timeline) **Roderick Campbell (Ahab)** - Famine Seed **Shiro Yoshida (Sunfire)** - Famine Seed (Possibly Purged by Krakoan Resurrection) **Warren Worthington III (Angel)** - Purged of the Death Seed **James 'Logan' Howlett (Wolverine)** - Death Seed (Possibly Purged by Krakoan Resurrection) **Remy Lebeau (Gambit)** - Death Seed **Sanjar Javeed** - Death Seed **Elizabeth Braddock (Captain Britain)** - Death Seed (Possibly purged through Kwannon's resurrection) **Sean Cassidy (Banshee)** - Death Seed (Possibly Purged by Krakoan Resurrection) **Akihiro (Daken)** - Death Seed (No idea what happened to this)
Now these are the surviving horsemen in the 616, the others who have held the title are dead. I don't know what happened to several of them, my data may not be complete by any means and I would be grateful to anyone with more data to help me get more accurate information. As it stands though, from what I know, it can be relatively easy to purge oneself of the mental influence of the Seeds (Gambit and Sunfire meditated on it in Japan, but Warren struggled with it for years) but at the very least in the case of Banshee it was stated that it would take literal years and advanced technology to purge him of the Death Seed's influence entirely. Again, using Banshee as the example, it seems that those brought back through Krakoa's Resurrection Protocols might be purged of the Celestial technology of the Seeds, returning them to a relatively normal state, so I've applied that thought to those that I know to have been brought back this way. I've also excluded the original Horsemen of Apocalypse on the basis that I have absolutely no idea if they were ever put through this process or if Apocalypse even had access to Celestial technology when they were born, I don't know, I did not read that comic and I once again welcome anybody who can tell me.