When the first outbreaks of the virus occurred, there was some disagreement in regard to its name. Within six months, the newswires were filled with stories of diseases like Rocky Mountain Hemorrhagic Flu, Hong Kong Sleepwalking Sickness, and Kali’s Wrath. Approximately one year after the disease first appeared, and it was understood exactly how it worked, one name had gained prominence worldwide: The Horseman Virus. To this day scholars disagree on the origin of the name; the majority believe it refers to the four distinct strains of dangerous Infected produced by the pathogen, each corresponding to one of the mythic ‘four horsemen” of the bible. Others believe it refers simply to the fact that the disease brought with it the same thing as the biblical horsemen: The Apocalypse.
“While the biological structure of the microbe commonly known as the Horseman virus is unique from previous known infectious agents, the assertion that the disease was in any way engineered, or that its origins were in any way unnatural, are nothing more than dangerous and seditious propaganda, rooted in either fear or traitorous lies. Stories of the virus being not wholly organic, or any tales of nano-technological aspects of the virus, are similarly ridiculous and dangerous.” -Excerpt from revised addition, with additional Elder’s commentaries