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{{ monster
|name=Pale Horse
|symbol={{gray|u}}
|difficulty=21
|level=18
|experience=563
|speed=24
|AC=0
|MR=70
|align=0
|frequency=Unique
|genocidable=No
|attacks=[[Kick]] 2d8 [[Physical damage|physical]], kick 2d8 physical, [[Bite attack|bite]] 2d6 [[Drain life (monster attack)|drain life]]
|resistances conveyed=None
|resistances=[[cold resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[drain resistance]]
|attributes={{attributes|The Pale Horse|animal=1|nohands=1|fly=1|regen=1|see_invis=1|nopoly=1|nasty=1|hostile=1|strong=1|infravision=1|infravisible=1|mh_unzombie=1|nocorpse=1}}
|size=Large
|nutr=350
|weight=1800
|reference=[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/v0.9.2/src/monst.c#L1325 EvilHack 0.9.2 - src/monst.c, line 1200]
}}
{{for|the monster in [[SpliceHack]]|pale horse (SpliceHack)}}
The '''Pale Horse''', {{gray|u}}, is a [[unique]] [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]], and is based on [[Pale horse (SpliceHack)|the equivalent monster]] from [[SpliceHack]]. The Pale Horse is an [[undead]] [[Unicorn or horse|horse-like]] [[animal]] that serves as the [[steed]] of [[Death (monster)|Death]]: it is [[strong]], capable of [[flight]], possesses [[Regeneration (property)|enhanced HP regeneration]], has [[infravision]], can [[see invisible]], can be seen via [[infravision]], and cannot be made tame.

The Pale Horse has two [[kick]] attacks that deal [[physical damage]] and a [[bite attack]] that [[Drain life (monster attack)|drains life]]. The Pale Horse has [[cold resistance]], [[poison resistance]] and [[drain resistance]], and like all undead it is healed by [[death ray]]s and other death-inducing magic such as the [[touch of death]].

==Generation==
The Pale Horse is always generated hostile, and is not a valid polymorph form or genocide target.

The Pale Horse is always generated on the [[Astral Plane]], where Death is generated riding atop it during level creation.

The Pale Horse is [[always generated with]] a [[saddle]].

The Pale Horse [[Corpseless|never leaves a corpse]] upon death.

==Origin==
{{wikipedia|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse}}
Death is one of the [[wikipedia:Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]] (or the Riders of the Apocalypse) who appear in ''The Book of Revelation'', the last book of most common versions of the Christian Bible. The sixth chapter of the book has verses describing Death and the other Riders as they appear when the Lamb (representing Jesus) opens six of the seven seals of the Apocalypse—these quotes serve as the [[encyclopedia]] entry for the Riders and their steeds in ''[[NetHack]]'' and its variants, and are cited from the New International Version. The passage describing Death and his horse is as follows:

{{message|I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him.|Revelation 6:8}}

The colour of Death's horse is written as ''pàllidus'' in Latin and as χλωρός (''khlōrós'', latinized as ''"chlōrus"''; root word of "chlorophyll" and "chlorine") in the original Koine Greek: this can mean either green/greenish-yellow or pale/pallid in both languages, and the colour is often translated as "pale", though "ashen", "pale green", and "yellowish green" are other possible interpretations—in some modern artistic depictions, the horse is distinctly green. Based on the uses of the word in ancient Greek medical literature, several scholars suggest that the colour reflects the sickly pallor of a corpse; in the ''NetHack'' variants where a representative of Death's horse appears, this may be the basis for the grey color of the monster's glyph.

==Encyclopedia entry==
{{encyclopedia|
[Pestilence:] And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals,
and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four
beasts saying, Come and see. 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.

[War:] And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the
second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another
horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon
to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one
another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

[Famine:] And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the
third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black
horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his
hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say,
A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley
for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

[Death:] And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the
voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and
behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death,
and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over
the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with
hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
|[ The Book of Revelation, 6:1-8 ]
}}
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 {{for|the monster in [[SpliceHack]]|pale horse (SpliceHack)}}
-The '''Pale Horse''', {{gray|u}}, is a [[unique]] [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]], and is based on [[Pale horse (SpliceHack)|the equivalent monster]] from [[SpliceHack]]. The Pale Horse is an [[undead]] [[Unicorn or horse|horse-like]] [[animal]] that serves as the [[steed]] of [[Death (monster)|Death]]: it is [[strong]], capable of [[flight]], possesses [[Regeneration (property)|enhanced HP regeneration]], has [[infravision]], can [[see invisible]], can be seen via [[infravision]], and cannot be made tame.
+The '''Pale Horse''', {{gray|u}}, is a [[unique]] [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]], and is based on [[Pale horse (SpliceHack)|the equivalent monster]] from [[SpliceHack]]. The Pale Horse is an [[undead]] [[Unicorn or horse|horse-like]] [[animal]] that serves as the [[steed]] of [[Death (monster)|Death]]: it is [[strong]], capable of [[flight]], possesses [[Regeneration (property)|enhanced HP regeneration]], has [[infravision]], can [[see invisible]], can be seen via [[infravision]], and cannot be [[tamed]].
 The Pale Horse has two [[kick]] attacks that deal [[physical damage]] and a [[bite attack]] that [[Drain life (monster attack)|drains life]]. The Pale Horse has [[cold resistance]], [[poison resistance]] and [[drain resistance]], and like all undead in EvilHack it is healed by [[death ray]]s and other death-inducing magic such as the [[touch of death]].
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 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse}}
-Death is one of the [[wikipedia:Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]] (or the Riders of the Apocalypse) who appear in ''The Book of Revelation'', the last book of most common versions of the Christian Bible. The sixth chapter of the book has verses describing Death and the other Riders as they appear when the Lamb (representing Jesus) opens six of the seven seals of the Apocalypse—these quotes serve as the [[encyclopedia]] entry for the Riders and their steeds in ''[[NetHack]]'' and its variants, and are cited from the New International Version. The passage describing Death and his horse is as follows:
+The "pale horse" refers to the steed of Death, who is one of the [[wikipedia:Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]] (or the Riders of the Apocalypse) that appear in ''The Book of Revelation'', the last book of most common versions of the Christian Bible. The sixth chapter of the book has verses describing Death and the other Riders as they appear when the Lamb (representing Jesus) opens six of the seven seals of the Apocalypse—these quotes serve as the [[encyclopedia]] entry for the Riders and their steeds in ''[[NetHack]]'' and its variants, and are cited from the New International Version. The passage describing Death and his horse is as follows:
 {{message|I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him.|Revelation 6:8}}

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+  |reference=[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/v0.9.2/src/monst.c#L1325 EvilHack 0.9.2 - src/monst.c, line 1325]
 }}
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 The '''Pale Horse''', {{gray|u}}, is a [[unique]] [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]], and is based on [[Pale horse (SpliceHack)|the equivalent monster]] from [[SpliceHack]]. The Pale Horse is an [[undead]] [[Unicorn or horse|horse-like]] [[animal]] that serves as the [[steed]] of [[Death (monster)|Death]]: it is [[strong]], capable of [[flight]], possesses [[Regeneration (property)|enhanced HP regeneration]], has [[infravision]], can [[see invisible]], can be seen via [[infravision]], and cannot be made tame.
-The Pale Horse has two [[kick]] attacks that deal [[physical damage]] and a [[bite attack]] that [[Drain life (monster attack)|drains life]]. The Pale Horse has [[cold resistance]], [[poison resistance]] and [[drain resistance]], and like all undead it is healed by [[death ray]]s and other death-inducing magic such as the [[touch of death]].
+The Pale Horse has two [[kick]] attacks that deal [[physical damage]] and a [[bite attack]] that [[Drain life (monster attack)|drains life]]. The Pale Horse has [[cold resistance]], [[poison resistance]] and [[drain resistance]], and like all undead in EvilHack it is healed by [[death ray]]s and other death-inducing magic such as the [[touch of death]].
 ==Generation==
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 hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
 |[ The Book of Revelation, 6:1-8 ]
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+}}<!--{{variant-36X}}-->
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