Character: famine (personification)
And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, COME AND SEE. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.-Revelations Chapter 6 Verses 5:6