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      11 days ago

      I thought they were death, war, conquest and famine, though maybe famine and pestilence go together

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          10 days ago

          They are in the Bible, had to look it up, it looks like popular fiction often replaces conquest with pestilence since conquest and war are so similar

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            10 days ago

            Maybe it’s a Protestant thing? In the Catholic New Testament only death is named

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        11 days ago

        You are correct, apparently a lot of media/fiction authors swap conquest to pestilence because they feel like it’s too close to war.

        I had to look it up specifically for pestilence because I was so confused how I got the idea.

        So yeah I had that wrong, biblical speaking

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          10 days ago

          Pratchett does Death, War, Famine and Pestilence

          Thief of time spoiler

          (And Kaos)

          . Which is where my knowledge of them comes from!

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          11 days ago

          Hehe no worries i had to look it up, I totally remembered pestilence being one instead of conquest