The Horsemen can either start out as the Horseman role or as a specific Horseman, but never as an Apocalyptic Horseman. The goal of the Horsemen is to kill everyone, however they only gain a killing power if they have doomed all players. Dooming a player has a different effect depending on the type of Horseman. At the start of the game, the Horsemen do not know each other, but if a Horseman attempts to doom another Horseman, it fails and the Horseman unite instead. When that happens they both keep their powers, but join a shared Horsemen channel and can now coordinate their actions. United Horsemen are considered to be doomed, which is relevant should they lose their role. If there is only a single Horseman (left) and all other players are doomed, they become an Apocalyptic Horseman. For a list of Horsemen run $i horsemen team.