Fictional Character Biography
Autumn Rolfson was a young, spoiled anorexic girl who lived with her parents in Cleveland, Ohio. Her parents were upset that she wasn't eating, because that meant she might have to go to a hospital again, leading to her grades slipping. They also pointed out that if the neighbors knew she was a mutant that disintegrated food, they'd think they were all freaks.
Autumn was upset by this, thinking her parents didn't care about her, just the way other people saw her. Apocalypse waited in her room and told her she could get revenge on her parents and on those who hate and fear her. She agreed, and was teleported away to his ship, where she cut off her hair and wore a green mask. Apocalypse had her trained as a warrior and terrorist, and she took the name Famine. She often bickered with the man chosen to be War, much to Apocalypse's annoyance.
During their first mission, the Horsemen were torn, not wanting to take orders from each other. With War and Pestilence, she battled X-Factor for the first time. The Horsemen eventually learned to ride as one, after Death was picked and chosen as the leader. Apocalypse sent the Horsemen to attack New York City, and battled X-Factor. Although the Horsemen were ultimately defeated by X-Factor, Famine battled Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) and easily defeated her. As a reward Apocalypse teleported her to the Midwestern grain fields or America's farm belt, so she could disintegrate the crops and cattle, but was defeated by Captain America, D-Man, the Falcon, and Nomad.
Famine later appeared alongside War and a new Death — the Morlock formerly known as Caliban. War and Famine battled Colossus and Iceman, while Death kidnapped Jean Grey and Cyclops. The Horsemen brought Cyclops and Jean Grey to Apocalypse — who turned out to be Mister Sinister disguised as Apocalypse. The X-Men sought out the Horsemen and though Famine took out Beast, she was beaten by Quicksilver.
Autumn was seen much later, where it is revealed that she had an affair with Apocalypse which ended when she got pregnant. Afraid that Apocalypse would see their child as a threat to his plans, Autumn ran away and kept her child hidden from Apocalypse. She took refugee in an Akkaba metropolis located underneath the North Pole. Archangel, who was becoming the heir to Apocalypse, is taken to the Akkaba metropolis by the Dark Beast. Once there, they are joined by Ozymandias, and he takes Archangel to Autumn. Archangel talks with her until she introduces her son, Genocide, asking if Archangel will harm him. Archangel replies that he doesn't think he could harm the child if he tried. Autumn and Genocide join Archangel's quest to cleanse the world and recreate it in his own image. However, after seeing her son wiping out a small town in northern Montana under Archangel's orders, Autumn tries to confront Archangel about the objective of his plans, however he swiftly kills her.
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