Pale Horse (EvilHack)
| u Pale Horse (No tile) | |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | 21 |
| Attacks |
Kick 2d8 physical, kick 2d8 physical, bite 2d6 drain life |
| Base level | 18 |
| Base experience | 563 |
| Speed | 24 |
| Base AC | 0 |
| Base MR | 70 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Unique |
| Genocidable | No |
| Weight | 1800 |
| Nutritional value | 350 |
| Size | Large |
| Resistances | cold resistance, poison resistance, drain resistance |
| Resistances conveyed | None |
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The Pale Horse:
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| Reference | EvilHack 0.9.2 - src/monst.c, line 1325 |
- For the monster in SpliceHack, see pale horse (SpliceHack).
The Pale Horse, u, is a unique monster that appears in EvilHack, and is based on the equivalent monster from SpliceHack. The Pale Horse is an undead horse-like animal that serves as the steed of Death: it is strong, capable of flight, possesses 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 drains life. The Pale Horse has cold resistance, poison resistance and drain resistance, and like all undead in EvilHack it is healed by death rays 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 never leaves a corpse upon death.
Origin
The "pale horse" refers to the steed of Death, who is one of the 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:
- 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
[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.
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