"Trust in the story teller my boy, he will lead you where he wishes you to be." Malcor admonished, and flicked his fingers. what sprung up was a sword, a set of scales, and a bow without a string. "each of these is a symbol of office for their respective rider. War bears the sword, famine the scales, and pestilence the bow. many years ago, during more... tremulous parts of humanity, they were having trouble counting their collected souls and transgressions, and came to me for assistance. I'm quite good at performing mathematical equations, probably part of the reason I was chosen to lead a group of accountants in Hell..."
he shook his head. "Anyway, each of the riders, besides Death, who is quite the accomplished accountant himself, owed me a debt. I cashed in this debt by having them construct me a copy of their symbol of office, less powerful but useable by less powerful creatures."= he removed the sword and scales from the display in his hands. "Pestilence, when he feels it necessary, can spread his diseases by firing an arrow of pestilence into an enemy. this is what I did to you. thankfully, I can retrieve the arrows from a target after they have been attack, which is what I did for you. And that's how I have the bow, and two other tools I have yet to show."
He shrugged. "I'll admit, its a rather boring story. Accounting usually is boring."