The Figures and Events of the Book of Revelation
Suffice it to say, the Book of Revelation is wild. There are crazy-epic plagues, armies of angels, and gargantuan beasts that lay waste to the land. I'd assume, in order to ground it, we'll see a modern take on the biggest figures featured in the text.
- The Lamb: Yeah. There's a lamb with seven horns and seven eyes which basically sets everything into motion. It's got a big ol' scroll with seven seals, and each of the seven seals has a pretty devastating effect. No idea how AHS might interpret this one.
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: The first four seals of that aforementioned scroll unleash these four. They're pretty prominent in the Bible, and they've definitely crossed over into pop culture, appearing in places like X-Men and Supernatural. The horsemen ride a white, a red, a black, and a pale horse. Respectively, they represent pestilence, war, famine, and death. These horsemen could appear as characters that have already been introduced. Madison Montgomery, for instance, could represent Death; after all, she comes back from her untimely demise in Coven, and she'll have to resurrect again for her confirmed appearance in Apocalypse. They could also be new characters as well!
- The Sixth Seal: I'm mentioning this one because it really goes into detail describing how f*cked up the Earth is going to be during the apocalypse. This seal causes a great earthquake that turns the sun black and turns the moon blood red, the stars to fall out of the heavens, the displacement of every mountain and island, and mankind's massive retreat into caves. Hello, AHS: Apocalypse setting!
- The Woman in White: There's a woman in a white robe with the sun at her back and the moon under her feet, wearing a crown of 12 stars. It would all fit right in with AHS sensibilities, right? Also, she's pregnant with a male child.
- The Whore of Babylon: She doesn't show up until later, but she is definitely a pretty big name in the Book of Revelation. She's quite evil: she wears purple and scarlet robes, gold jewellery, and pearls. She holds a golden cup filled with abominations and the impurities of her fornication. And she's drunk on the blood of saints. Could a witch fill this role? The Supreme or someone much more malevolent? We could see it.
- Miscellaneous Stuff: There's obviously a ton in the book, but a few random occurrences also seem ripe for AHS's picking. There's a lake of fire, which sounds a lot like a nuclear apocalypse. There's a point where all the seas and all fresh water turn to blood. There's a part where the sun's heat scorches the Earth (nuclear fallout!). There's total darkness. There's even a bottomless pit. And there's another huge earthquake that destroys all the mountains.
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