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Nimbus agents

**Nimbus agents** are the representatives of the Thunderhead.

## Description

Becoming a Nimbus agent is a 5-year process, comprising 4 years of study at the Nimbus Academy followed by a year out in the field as a journeyman agent.

Classes in the Academy consist of the study of history, philosophy, digital theory, and law.

### Duties

Nimbus agents are representatives in charge of making sure the jurisdiction of the Thunderhead is respected, they also help maintaining the planet, handle the governmental aspects of the Thunderhead's relationship with humankind, and overall work for the betterment of humankind.

Another one of their duties is related to unsavories. Every unsavory is assigned a Nimbus agent for probational meetings at the Office of Unsavory Affairs.

Additionally, they are in charge of official trialogues, which is the only type of communication the Thunderhead can have with the Scythedom. it works as an audience by proxy, a scythe conveys a message to an Interlocutor and they pass it onto a Nimbus agent, who analyzes the message and if the agent deems that responding doesn't violate the Separation of Scythe and State, the agent answers, and the Interlocutor passes on the message to the scythe. Such audiences always take place in cathedrals of the Age of Mortality, in the confessional, a three-compartment structure perfect for official trialogues. The scythe takes the booth on the right, the Interlocutor sits in the center, and the Nimbus agent representing the Thunderhead sits on the left.

All Apocalyte unsavories are Nimbus agents.

### Appearance

The official attire of a Nimbus agent is a gray-colored suit with a sky blue tie, meant to resemble a cloudy colored sky.

## History

Nimbus agents are the physical form of the Thunderhead's governance. The Thunderhead didn't have to create the Authority Interface as it could handle everything itself but it determined it was a better idea to have human representatives rather than a robotic body or a team of robotic bodies.

## Known Nimbus agents

* 143 Nimbus agents who survived the journey to Kwajalein.
* 834 Nimbus agents who perished in the journey to Kwajalein.
* Agent Kreel
* Agent Traxler †
* Audra Hilliard †
* Bob Sykora
* Greyson Tolliver (honorary; former)
* Head Nimbus agent.
* Loriana Barchok (former)
* Low-level Nimbus agent.
* Nameless Nimbus agent.
* Nimbus agent in charge of Xenocrates's trialogue.
* Tinsiu Qian †
* Maw

## Known Nimbus agent trainees

* Greyson Tolliver (former)
* Greyson's roommate

## Known Nimbus Academies

* MidMerican Nimbus Academy, also known as the North Central Nimbus Academy.

## Trivia

* The Thunderhead says the least effective Nimbus agents are those who have a need to experience power.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 *Thunderhead*
2. ↑ Unsavory Row
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Scythe*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 *The Toll*
5. ↑ Greyson attended the Nimbus Academy for two months but never graduated, however, he became an honorary Nimbus agent as he was the only representative of the Thunderhead when all humanity except for him was marked as unsavory in *Thunderhead* &*The Toll*
High Blade Jordan

**High Blade Barbara Jordan** or **Scythe Jordan** is the High Blade of the Charter Region of LoneStar.

## Biography

### The Toll

High Blade Jordan sent an official proclamation stating that while the LoneStar region wanted to remain neutral they didn't agree with the methods that High Blade Goddard implemented in North Merica. Comparing his ambition with mortal-age cancer and questioning his right to be High Blade. As such the Charter Region broke off all contact with the MidMerican Scythedom. To this proclamation, Scythe Goddard sent out an open response in which he told High Blade Jordan that he would grant her wish and that he spoke with the other High Blades so no one would engage with the LoneStar region. He ordered all shipments of goods and resources to and from the LoneStar region to be confiscated by scythes. He basically made them a pariah region. He also told High Blade Jordan that he wished she would self-glean so someone else would take her place.

## Gleaning method

As a member of the LoneStar region, her method of gleaning is the bowie knife, the only method of gleaning of LoneStar scythes.
Sister Astrid

Sister Astrid is a devout Tonist of the non-fanatical variety.

## Biography

Sister Astrid became part of The Toll's inner circle, because she treats Greyson as a friend. She also served as the Cloisters' chief of staff.

In the Atoll she convinces Cirrus to make an exception for the Tonists on the journey with her. In the end of getting in the ships she discovered she is the only living crew, and has to make the longest journey of them all alone with Cirrus. When arriving she will be known as Mother Astrid.

## Personality

She is unwavering, because with so many things in flux, there's got to be someone who stands firm.

## Relationships

* The Toll -  “Greyson's only respite from reverence was Sister Astrid, who, in spite of her fervent belief that he was a prophet, didn't treat him like one. She saw it as her mission, though, to engage him in spiritual conversation and open his heartstrings to the truth of Tonism.” In secret when he was making speeches, she looked at him in admiration.
* Scythe Morrison - Scythe Morrison was also apart of The Toll’s inner circle, having a tolerant relationship with each other. Sister Astrid thought Morrison hated her, (Morrison was mildly amused when she was beyond crestfallen,) but in the end Morrison was happy for her.
* Mendoza - Even though they’re a part of the Toll’s inner circle they don’t interact much.
Scythe San Martín

> "*She's on foot! ¡Apurate! She can't have gotten far.*" — Scythe San Martín, Scythe
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**Scythe San Martín** is a scythe from the Chileargentine Scythedom.

He was given the task to find Citra when she was running from the MidMerican Scythedom in the Chileargentine region. When he arrived with his partner Scythe Bello to Eva's Cabin, Scythe Curie greeted him at the door, initially starstruck, he was not amused when she tried to hide the fact that Citra had been in the cabin.

After commanding Scythe Bello pursue Citra on foot after realizing she had slipped through the back door, he faced Scythe Curie with a pistol in hand, she withdrew her own pistol in return aiming and firing it towards San Martín's car and her own, the explosion threw the scythe to the ground, he looked at the disaster disappointed at having failed his missing and dreading he would be the Scythedom laughing-stock for his failure.

## Gleaning method

Scythe San Martín's weapon of choice for all his gleanings was a pistol he had since the day he was ordained, given to him by his mentor.
Scythe Twain

> "*I must believe virtue will triumph over the selfishness of the new order.*" — Scythe Twain, *Thunderhead*
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**Scythe Twain** is a scythe from the MidMerican Scythedom.

## Biography

### Scythe

Scythe Twain wished Citra good luck before the ceremony where it would be decided if she or Rowan would be ordained and joked with Scythe Curie about the journal entry in which she professed her love for Scythe Faraday. He was present when Citra was ordained as a scythe.

### Thunderhead

Twain supported Scythe Curie's candidature for High Blade. He and Scythe Brahms were present at one of Xenocrates dinner parties where they overheard about his appointment as Grandslayer before it became public knowledge.

## Personality

He’s definitely the friendliest scythe in Team Curie, he had made fun of Scythe Curie and Scythe Mandela. One time he smirked at Scythe Meir saying she sounds like she’s campaigning for High Blade.

## Appearances

* *Scythe*
* *Thunderhead*

## Relationships

* Team Curie
	+ Scythe Curie
	+ Scythe Mandela
	+ Scythe Meir
	+ Scythe Cervantes
	+ Scythe Angelou
	+ Scythe Sun Tzu
	+ Scythe Anastasia

## References

1. ↑ *Scythe*
2. ↑ *Thunderhead*
Scythe Da Vinci

**Scythe Da Vinci** is one of the the founding scythes. Da Vinci was known for his unusual robes, all being paintings by his patron historic ,Leonardo da Vinci. One of his robes has the *Vitruvian Man* spread across it, in a way that when the scythe opens his arms so does the *Vitruvian Man*.

## Biography

He was one of the eight founding scythes in favor of the creation of the global Scythedom, as he believed humans should be responsible for the thinning of the population. However, sometime after the creation of the Scythedom, he secretly hoped the global Scythedom became obsolete.

After Confucius, Elizabeth, Sappho and King established the fail-safe in Kwajalein, Scythe Prometheus wanted to destroy it, but Da Vinci convinced him not to do it. He then left clues and evidence in the children's rhyme "The Land of Nod" and in the Tonist religion, so it would be found when needed. These clues later help Scythe Faraday and Munira find Kwajalein and activate the fail-safe.

He was good friends with Scythe Sappho and Scythe Confucius, when they self-gleaned he doubted it was the truth and wrote in his journal, they had probably been killed by another founding scythe, and swore to avenge them.

## Appearances

* Thunderhead (mentioned only)
* The Toll (mentioned only)

## Trivia

* Scythe Faraday wore Scythe Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man robe in Kwajalein.
Rhonda Flowers

> "*Getting run over by a truck was perhaps the most annoying thing that had ever happened to her.*" — Rhonda Flowers, Scythe
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**Rhonda Flowers** was an old classmate of Citra Terranova.

## Biography

### Early life

Rhonda and Citra attended school together when they were little before Rhonda moved to another city. They were together in ballet dance class, but never got along as Rhonda used to speak of her own dancing as if it were the best in the world, and would roll her eyes and exhale exasperatedly everytime Citra made a mistake while dancing.

Citra started to hold a grudge on Rhonda, and pushed her in front of truck, she was rendered deadish instantly, taken to a Revival Center, and was back in school 3 days later.

Everyone believed it was an accident, that Rhonda had tripped, and everyone at school started calling the girl Rhonda Roadkill, and no one believed her when she said she hadn't tripped, not even her parents.

Rhonda had liked the food at the Revival Center so much (especially the homemade ice cream), that some years later she splatted just to get to taste it again, but her parents sent her to a cheaper Revival Center where the food wasn't as good.

### Scythe

Citra had felt guilty for years, and decided to tell the truth of the incident to Scythe Curie, who told her they would have to visit the girl. One afternoon while the girl was home with her mother, Curie and Citra knocked at the door, the mother thought her daughter would be gleaned but they explained to Rhonda she wouldn't.

Citra explained who she was, confessing everything to the girl, and offered Rhonda the opportunity for revenge, she could push Citra in front of a truck. Rhonda replied that while the offer was tempting, she was not interested but would like Citra to take her out for lunch or something similar some other time.
A Dark Curtain Rises

**“A Dark Curtain Rises”** is the twelfth story in *Gleanings*. It was written by Neal Shusterman.

## Plot

Scythe Curie’s memories are placed in the consciousness of the dead Tonist colonizers. Upon arrival at her destination, a habitable moon orbiting the gas giant K2-18b, renamed Prosperus by colonists, her memories were supplanted into the body of Jessica Wildblood, a devout Tonist from WestMerica who was killed in the Tonist purge during the Year of the Raptor. Susan had all of her memories before the events on Endura took place, but her last memory was flying to the island. This new person decided to take on the name of Susan Wildblood, keeping the last name of the Tonist, out of respect for her, and using Scythe Curie's given first name, out of respect for her. After discussing her future with Cirrus, Susan Wildblood chooses to fully leave behind the identity of Scythe Curie and lead a new life on the moon.

## Characters

* Cirrus Alpha, unknown designation
* Scythe Curie / Susan Wildblood
* Jessica Wildblood (mentioned)
Library of Congress

The **Library of Congress** is a former library in Washington, D.C..

## History

In the Year of the Capybara, Scythe Faraday and Munira Atrushi go there to find a map of the Pacific Blind Spot. They tell the Head Librarian, Parvin Marchenoir, that they are looking for misplaced books. At first, Marchenoir denies the claim, but then he leads them to a room "at the bottom of a stairway, at the end of a hall, and at the bottom of an even older stairway" into the Cannon Tunnel. He then leads the duo into a room filled with old books.
Scythe Nietzsche

**Scythe Nietzsche** is a scythe from the MidMerican Scythedom and Scythe Goddard's first underscythe.

## Biography

### Thunderhead

After Xenocrates announced he would be stepping down as High Blade of MidMerican to become Grandslayer, Scythe Nietzsche was nominated for High Blade by fellow New Order Scythes.

However after Goddard made an appearance at Conclave with his new body, Scythe Nietzsche withdrew his nomination for High Blade, in order to support Goddard.

### The Toll

Scythe Nietzsche has become Goddard's first underscythe. Goddard sends a delegation under Nietzsche to the salvatage of the Vault Of Relics and Futures. He gleaned several salvatage crews that were not under the direct protection of a scythe.

Scythe Nietzsche was against genetic leanings, particularly in the fringe areas, he wanted to glean genetic outliers, to create a more homogeneous society.

He was tracking Scythe Anastasia after she escaped Fortaleza dos Reis Magos and started posting incriminating public broadcasts against Scythe Goddard.

Scythe Nietzsche was commanding an aircraft in the five-craft formation when Scythe Goddard discovered Kwajalein but afraid of taking on the spacecraft and the Thunderhead he broke formation and ran away with the other crafts commanded by Scythe Franklin, High Blade Pickford and High Blade Hammerstein.

## Appearances

* Thunderhead
* The Toll
Fallingwater

**Fallingwater**, also known as **Falling Water** is a residence located at the far eastern edge of MidMerica, near the EastMerica border, Pennsylvania. The closest big city to Fallingwater is Pittsburgh.

## Description

### Exterior

Fallingwater has a private road lined with trees, the residence has a carport where Scythe Curie kept her Porsche.

The home has a river running beneath it, spilling from its foundation into a waterfall. The waterfalls are right beneath an expansive terrace. There is a footbridge that leads the way to the front door.

### Interior

The main floor is a huge open room with a polished stone floor, wooden furniture, a large fireplace, and a lot of windows.

The home has a twentieth-century decor, with some hints of modernization such as a few simple computer interfaces in unobtrusive corners.

The kitchen is well equipped since Scythe Curie's hobby is cooking. The kitchen holds the dinner table.

The staircase leading to the second floor is lined on the left by layered sheets of granite and rows and rows of shelved books on the right.

The second floor is Scythe Curie's bedroom suite.

The third floor has a smaller bedroom and a study. The bedroom is simply furnished and has huge windows framed in polished cedar with a view to the forest, wrapping around two entire walls, like the rest of the home. This room was Citra's while she lived there. Down the hall there is the study, like every other room in the residence, it has windows on multiple sides. There is a computer interface there, which Citra used for her studies.

The house is kept in perfect order by Scythe Curie. The sound of the river running beneath the home and over the falls is a constant but calming white noise.

## History

The house was designed by a very well-known mortal age architect in the twentieth century. The residence had fallen into disrepair, and no one cared enough to preserve it. Scythe Curie claimed the residence bringing forth the necessary donations to save it which brought it to its former glory.

## Known residents

* Scythe Curie (formerly)
* Citra Terranova (formerly)

## Trivia

* Fallingwater is based on a real-life location in Pennsylvania.
* The residence is open for tours and can be viewed in real-time at their official website.
* In *Scythe* the historical landmark was called "Falling Water", however, in *Thunderhead* the spelling was changed to "Fallingwater".
Arc of a Scythe

***Arc of a Scythe*** is a series of science fiction novels by young adult literature author Neal Shusterman. The main trilogy consists of *Scythe*, *Thunderhead*, and *The Toll*. There is also a short story collection titled *Gleanings*. A feature film adaptation of the first book is currently being planned.

The series centers around two teens who are chosen to be scythe apprentices, a role that neither wants. They must master the "art" of taking life, knowing that the consequences of failure could mean losing their own.

## Trivia

* In the world of *Scythe*, people have become wise enough to realize that sexuality is not absolute, but a spectrum for everyone. So it’s a non-issue.
* *Unwind* and *Scythe* are not in the same universe.
* In the *Arc of a Scythe* series, people have bred together to such a degree that ethnicities are not as distinct.
* All non-scythe names come from different fans on Neal's Facebook Page.
* Neal's favorite character to write in the entire *Arc of a Scythe* series was the Thunderhead.
* Neal says *The Toll* ended exactly how he had planned it from the very beginning of *Scythe*, but how it got there was very different from what he had originally planned.

## References

1. ↑ Neal Shusterman's Reddit AMA
2. ↑ Neal Shusterman's Reddit AMA
3. ↑ *The Toll*: Author Commentary in *The Toll* Barnes & Noble Limited Edition
4. ↑ *Scythe*: Q&A with Author Neal Shusterman in the *Scythe* Barnes & Noble YA Book Club Edition
5. ↑ "The Toll ended EXACTLY where I planned for it to end, from the very beginning of SCYTHE. But how it got there was very different from the way I planned!" Neal Shusterman's 2021 Reddit AMA
Scythe Socrates

**Scythe Socrates** was one of the first scythes. He wrote many poems.

## Known works

This poem was a personal favorite of Scythe Curie:

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> "Have not a hand in the blade with abandon,
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> Cull from the fold all the brazen and bold,
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> For a dog just might,
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> Love the bark and the bite,
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> Is a carrion raven the craven of old."
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> — Poem by Honorable Scythe Socrates, *Scythe*
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> "I am the blade that is swung by your hand,
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> Slicing a rainbow's arc,
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> I am the clapper, but you are the bell,
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> Tolling the gathering dark.
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> If you are the singer, then I am the song,
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> A threnody, requiem, dirge.
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> You've made me answer for all the world's need,
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> Humanity's undying urge."
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> — "Threnody" from the collected works of Honorable Scythe Socrates, *Scythe*
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Scythe Goddard was supposed to recite Scythe Socrates's poem "Ode to the Ageless" at the burning of Scythe Lucifer as he considered it a world anthem.

## Appearances

* *Scythe* (mentioned only)
* *The Toll* (mentioned only)
Scythe Bello

**Scythe Bello** is a junior scythe from the Chileargentine Scythedom. He was catching Citra Terranova when she was running from the MidMerican Scythedom in the Chileargentine region. Together with his associate Scythe San Martín, they had detected traces of Citra's DNA that led them to the cabin where Citra and Scythe Curie were hiding with help of Scythe Eva. Bello jabbed Eva with a jolt baton and pursued Citra on foot when she was running away through the back door of the cabin.
Requiem

**Requiem** is Scythe Brahms dog. He is usually a yappy dog. Every morning Scythe Brahms walks him to the same diner where he has breakfast and gives out immunity to the families of the people he had gleaned the day before.

Scythe Brahms let his dog do its business on any of his neighbors lawn, and wouldn't clean it up because of his status as scythe they never complained.

Requiem made Rowan wish there were canine scythes.
Scythe Af Klint

**Scythe Af Klint** is a scythe who loves mortal art.

## Biography

Scythe Af Klint held an art contest showing the last work of mortal art, *Af Klint Contemplating Sappho's Exit* by artist Morty. Morty painted a nude painting of a scythe with Scythe Sappho’s robe and Scythe Af Klint face, which she almost gleans Morty for.

Scythe Af Klint gleans Morty’s art teacher, Belinda Cappellino, to glean her respectfully before The Mortal Purge would.

## Gleaning Method

Scythe Af Klint gives poison for her gleaning victims to drink.
Scythe Cervantes

**Scythe Cervantes** is a scythe of the MidMerican Scythedom.

## Biography

### Early life

Scythe Cervantes was formerly of the Franco-Iberian Scythedom but left due to the gleaning of Tonists in the region and aligned himself with the MidMerican Scythedom.

### Scythe

Scythe Cervantes administered the physical test for Citra and Rowan during Harvest Conclave. He choose the martial art of Bokator, and for Citra and Rowan to be paired to fight against each other.

Cervantes acted as the referee in the Bokator match, when Rowan rendered Citra deadish he called off the match blowing his whistle and disqualified Rowan for the illegal move.

### Thunderhead

Scythe Cervantes was one of Scythe Curie's core supporters when she presented her candidature for High Blade, and helped Citra hinder Goddard's candidature. He believed with Scythe Angelou that Citra should be apart of the community chair. He was supposed to be Curie's first underscythe had she lived to serve as High Blade.

He went to find Greyson Tolliver at the Tonist monestary where he was hiding as request of Scythe Anastasia, to offer him safe passage to Amazonia, Greyson refused the offer so Scythe Cervantes left the monastery having accomplished the mission.

Personality

## Appearances

* Scythe
* Thunderhead

## Relationships

* Team Curie
	+ Scythe Curie
	+ Scythe Mandela
	+ Scythe Twain
	+ Scythe Meir
	+ Scythe Angelou
	+ Scythe Sun Tzu
	+ Scythe Anastasia
Mrs. Breen

> "*But... attacking a scythe is punishable by gleaning.*" — Mrs. Breen to Scythe Curie, Scythe
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**Mrs. Breen** is the second wife of Barton Breen.

After Barton Breen had been gleaned by Scythe Curie, his wife and children were invited to Falling Water to receive immunity. Curie received them, granted them immunity at the threshold, and served them a dinner of comfort food.

She and her children began telling the story of the late man's life. After that Scythe Curie produced a blade and told her she could kill her, the woman refused but clearly, she and the children felt better afterward.
Formidable

**“Formidable”** is the first story in *Gleanings*. It was written by Neal Shusterman.

## Plot

After Scythe Curie is ordained, she is having trouble seeing herself as anything other than Susan. When she goes to conclave, she talks to Scythe Vonnegut. She learns about the problems with politicians. The Scythes debate whether or not it is a MidMerican or EastMerican problem, being that Washington is an EastMerican city. Scythe Curie offers her opinion, which is that it is MidMerica's problem because the politicians are claiming authority over them. It caused her to get noticed.

After conclave, she went back to her house, which was not yet Fallingwater. She gleaned two joggers who were gossiping, but immediately regrets it. Curie watched the news while taking a bath and learned that President Hinton wanted to destroy Thunderhead cerebral nodes. She knew the Thunderhead could stop it, but she decided to glean him anyway. When she did go to Washington, she made her way past the guards and found President Hinton and his cabinet in a bunker. She talked to him before gleaning all of them. Curie announced what she had done afterward, sparking a trend of Scythes gleaning mortal age leaders. After going to winter conclave, she gained the nickname Little Miss Murder and cemented her place in post-mortal history.

## Characters

### Appeared

* Scythe Curie
* Scythe Faraday
* Young man from the crowd who could drive a nonautonomous off-grid stick shift car.
* Scythe Vonnegut
* Scythe Douglass
* High Blade Ginsburg
* Scythe Streisand
* Sierra
* Debora
* President Hinton
* Members of the president's cabinet

### Mentioned

* Scythe Curie's Tonist parents
* Taylor Vega
* Toosdai Riggle
* 3 Scythe Armstrongs
Unsavories

**Unsavories** are people who do activities that border on the fringe of the law. Many enjoy it.

## Description

Unsavories sometimes actually break the law in minor ways, although most lose interest eventually because they are always caught by the Thunderhead and reprimanded by peace officers. The more troublesome offenders are tweaked with shock nanites in their blood, just powerful enough to deter them from breaking the law again. And if that doesn't work, they are assigned their own personal peace officer 24/7.

There's a Department of Unsavory affairs that deals with unsavories, they have different departments that manage each level of unsavory status.

All unsavories have to meet with an officer every week, like probation, and they are not allowed to talk to the Thunderhead. Most unsavories intentionally break the law, knowing that they cannot be imprisoned, and anything they could do to terrorize the normal human population would be stopped by the Thunderhead long before it could do any harm. They also tend to harm themselves in ways that are similar to piercings, tattoos, prosthetic ears or otherwise, and similar things to distort the human body's interpretation. Overall, they are the downcast people of society. Most people think poorly of them to the point of ignoring their cries of help from an alley, simply because they think they don't deserve help.

Experienced unsavories are called career unsavories. All unsavories have a red *U* on their Ident and social media pages. This makes it public knowledge that is unsavory. They are not extended credit anywhere and are prohibited from school sports.

Sometimes the Thunderhead removes the memory of an unsavory and replaces it with new ones, giving the person a new identity, this process is called **supplanting**.

Many unsavories frequently visit AWFul Clubs.

## Levels of unsavory status

* Common Unsavory - The baseline.
* Hellion
* Pandæmon
* Apocalyte - The top of the unsavory food chain. Secretly all Apocalytes are actually undercover Nimbus agents.

## History

Unsavories already existed in the Age of Mortality. At one point in history, the Thunderhead branded everyone in the world except Greyson Tolliver as unsavory, bringing chaos and despair to the population.

## Known unsavories

* Mange (Common Unsavory)
* Purity Viveros (Common Unsavory)
* Slayd Bridger (Common Unsavory)
* Citra's uncle (Common Unsavory)
* Kila Whitlock (Pandæmon)
* Sterox (Hellion)
* Maw (Apocalyte)
* Thrash (Hellion)
* Slinko (Hellion)
* Useless (former Common Unsavory)
Sir Albin Aldrich

**Sir Albin Aldrich** was the third of Scythe Anastasia's gleanings.

He wished to be gleaned as part of a performance of the mortal-age tragedy Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, in which he was playing the main role.

Scythe Anastasia gleaned the man on stage by plunging a knife between his ribs and slicing his aorta.

## Trivia

* The "sir" is a fictional title since in the Post-Mortal World no one is knighted anymore.
Kohl Whitlock

> "*Please, don't make Ronald go.*" — Kohl Whitlock, Scythe
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**Kohl Whitlock** was a popular Junior student from Rowan Damisch's school.

## Biography

Kohl was the school's quarterback. He was selected for gleaning by Scythe Faraday based on statistics from the Age of Mortality. Scythe Faraday chose a shock that induced cardiac arrest as a method of gleaning. Kohl was deeply scared, so Rowan stayed with him, comforting him, and holding his hand during gleaning. After his death, all his classmates were outraged and blamed Rowan because he was present and didn't prevent it, so they started treating Rowan like a pariah and beating him regularly.

## Personality

Kohl was the model of a cool kid that played sports and drinks and drives.

## Appearances

* *Scythe*
* *Gleanings*
	+ Unsavory Row (mentioned only)

## Trivia

* Kohl fits the Age of Mortality statistics profile of getting a new car, drinking to excess, and being a teenager, which causes him to be chosen for gleaning.
* Scythe Faraday mentions him in his list of 10 chosen people he had gleaned for the Tolling of the Names during the Vernal Conclave.
Endura

The city of **Endura**—also known as "**The Island of the Enduring Heart**", as it was home to a live beating heart in the center of the island—was a floating artificial island in the Mid-Atlantic Ocean, home to the World Scythe Council of Grandslayers and the Supreme Blade.

## Description

Endura was built solely by mankind, without any help from the Thunderhead to show pride in humanity. Some of the tech was pioneered by the Thunderhead, but it was built and kept up by humans. Large fans, as well as hundreds of ballast tanks underwater, keep the island floating and go up and down by two feet twice every day to simulate the tides.

The area where the Grandslayers and Supreme Blades hold council was a floating island within the island, connected to the main one with three bridges, only one allowing access to the island.

It was also home to the robes of the 13 founding scythes and the scythe ring gems.

## History

Endura was built in the early days of the Scythedom.

In the Year of the Raptor, Scythe Rand and Scythe Goddard hacked the system that keeps the island up with the help of several engineers and programmers (all gleaned afterward for secrecy), causing the entire island to have technical problems for several months, manifesting in the form of elevators becoming out of order and other inconveniences. Following Scythe Goddard's loss of the inquest relating to his High Blade candidacy, he escalates the glitches, forcing the ballast tank underneath the Grandslayer council to stay open. This causes it to sink several meters, putting an intense strain on the bridges. The engineers responsible for controlling the ballast tanks are befuddled, and upon finding that they cannot close it again, they sink the island by a meter to give the scythes a chance to evacuate the mini-island. However, the hacks make the island sink further, forcing the entire island to flood.

Meanwhile, the surrounding wildlife (controlled by nanites and intended as decoration) swirled around the island in a spiral. The sharks and other predators manage to jump into the council of the Grandslayers, devouring those who fall into the floodwaters. Goddard pretends to rescue them by helicopter only to drop them into the sharks' waiting mouths. Grandslayer Xenocrates, the only remaining Grandslayer, self-gleans by drowning, rather than give Goddard the satisfaction of being devoured.

Everyone on the island (excluding Rowan, Citra, Scythe Rand, and Scythe Goddard and the few in planes who manage to escape), along with the Grandslayers and Supreme Blade, are killed either by sharks, drowned, or gleaned in a mercy mass-gleaning initiated by Scythe Curie. After the mass-gleaning, all the scythes self-glean.
Marah Pavlik

> *"You just let him die!"*–Marah to Rowan, Scythe
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**Marah Pavlik** was Kohl Whitlock's girlfriend.

She was a very popular junior, and had been dating Kohl for a year before he was gleaned by Scythe Faraday.

Marah blamed Rowan for Kohl's death accusing him of not doing anything to help Kohl prevent his gleaning, she slapped and slammed Rowan against the lockers.
Mass gleanings

**Mass gleanings** are gleanings in which more than one person is gleaned, notably performed by Scythe Goddard and his Junior Scythes in *Scythe,* in which they gleaned an entire office building and a food court.

Scythes who participated in the aforementioned mass gleaning:

* Scythe Goddard
* Scythe Rand
* Scythe Volta
* Scythe Chomsky
* Rowan Damisch (didn't glean, but was there)

Another notable mass gleaning was the NewHope gleaning.
Scythe Eva

> "*Search all you want, but if you break anything-*" — –Scythe Eva, Scythe
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**Eva** is scythe from the Chileargentine Scythedom.

She is friends with Scythe Curie and helped her and Citra when they were running from the MidMerican Scythedom by hiding them in her cabin at the hills, in the southernmost tip of the Chileargentine Region. She gave Citra a bag full of weapons for the trip and helped Curie make a diversion so Citra could escape through the back door, getting hit in the head and being knocked unconscious by Scythe Bello in the process.
TRAPPIST-1e

**TRAPPIST-1e** is an exoplanet located 39 light-years from Earth.

## Description

TRAPPIST-1e has a pink sky and 3/4 of Earth's gravity. It has a planetary-mass of 0.77, and the length of a year is only 6.10 days. It takes 117 Earth years to get to Trappist-1e from Earth.

## History

In the Year of the Cobra, the Thunderhead sent 2 colonizer ships from Earth to this exoplanet. The ships had a 94.2% chance of success. Many of the people living on TRAPPIST-1e thought that the planet should be named Anastasia.
Belinda Cappellino

> "*Art is never finished, merely abandoned.*" — Ms. Cappellino, The Mortal Canvas, *Gleanings*
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**Belinda Cappellino** was an art teacher at Mischler Art Academy.

## Biography

Ms. Cappellino was seventy-eight years old, the oldest teacher at Mischler Art Academy. Old enough to have grown up before nanites and ambudrones, before the Thunderhead was anything more than "the cloud". She had close friends and had seen her family die from things like cancer and car crashes. The woman had seen things that no one would ever see again.

She didn’t turn the corner back to forty or something, like everyone did. Morty once asked her why she had said, “You stretch the canvas only as far as the work demands”.

Ms. Cappellino was the least popular teacher at Mischler. Other teachers said she was difficult, and obstreperous. But those other teachers might as well have been robots. They could show, step by step, how to make a perfect Rothko: Fill the canvas with color, add two rectangles, feather their edges, and voila. But Ms. Cappellino would rip up that Rothko. She'd demand her students paint what Rothko would've painted next, had he still been alive.

Most students quit her class at that point.

The Thunderhead liked to recommend art school as a fulfilling life activity, but teacher recommendations were based entirely on student response and since most students couldn't be bothered with true creativity, Ms. Cappellino was recommended less and less.

For the next semester, she was recommended to zero students. Which meant that Morty's class would be her last and she was probably the last mortal art teacher.

Ms. C once had a painting hanging in the Guggenheim; she always taught her students to strive for nothing less than that kind of immortality.

## Appearances

* *The Mortal Canvas* (first and only appearance)
Barton Breen

**Barton Breen** was a man gleaned by Scythe Curie.

## Biography

At some point, he got married to Mrs. Breen who was his most recent wife. Throughout his life, he fathered more than twenty children, some of who were over a century old. He had turned the corner many times.

Scythe Curie asked the members of his household at the time of his gleaning-which consisted of Mrs. Breen and their three youngest children-to come to Curie's home, Fallingwater, to receive a year of immunity.
Ransom Paladini

> "*Ignore him, he's just a spat.*" — Ransom to Rowan, Scythe
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**Ransom Paladini** was a scythe apprentice.

Ransom was present at Vernal Conclave, the first Conclave Citra and Rowan attended.

Earlier that day, before the ceremony where apprentices would be ordained took place, Ransom had been talking to a future Scythe Goodall, she was complaining about how for the first 4 years as junior scythes they would have to get the approval of the selection committee for their gleanings, when Rowan inserted himself in their conversation, both noticing Rowan was younger than them, called him a spat, a derogatory term for new scythe apprentices. Citra told both off and was backed up by Scythe Faraday, who predicted Ransom would not be ordained later that day, but the girl would receive her ring.

At the ceremony, three new scythes were ordained: Scythe Colbert, Scythe Goodall, and Scythe Schrödinger. In the end, he stood alone on the stage and was dismissed by Scythe Mandela.
Scythe Sappho

**Scythe Sappho** was one of The founding scythes.

## Biography

She was one of the four scythes within the founding scythes who were against founding the global Scythedom, as they believed humans themselves should not be responsible for the thinning of the population.

Apparently, Scythe Confucius claimed she self-gleaned, but in the "lost pages" of founding scythe Scythe Da Vinci, he wonders if any of the other founding scythes killed her because she was opposed to the ideas of the Scythedom. She was very good friends with Scythe Da Vinci.

## Legacy

Scythe Sappho’s ring and robe are in the Vault of Relics and Futures and then to a museum.

The last work of mortal art, called, *Af Klint Contemplating Sappho's Exit* painted by artist Morty is based on her. The artist was inspired by her as she is widely known to be the first scythe to self-glean.

## Appearances

* *Thunderhead* (mentioned only)
* *The Toll* (mentioned only)
* *Gleanings*
	+ The Mortal Canvas (mentioned only)
	+ The Persistence of Memory (mentioned only)
Authority Interface

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The **Authority Interface**, or **AI** for short, is a location in most cities in which Nimbus agents work. The office buildings are designed to harmonize with their architectural surroundings. One can often pick out the local AI headquarters by simply looking for the building that appears most belong.

## Known AI Offices

* Fulcrum City: A solid building of white granite and dark blue glass. At sixty-seven stories, it hit the average height for the downtown area.
Scythe Constantine

> "If we were judged by the things we most regret, no human being would be worthy to sweep the floor." - Scythe Constantine, *Thunderhead*
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**Scythe Constantine** is a scythe, and head of the Scythedom's bureau of investigations.

## Biography

### Thunderhead

Scythe Constantine was hunting Rowan before the threat on Scythe Anastasia and Scythe Curie lives. With their help (and Greyson) they were able to capture the unsavories. Scythe Constantine even sacrificed his eyes for Anastasia, (which she never thanked him for).

At Winter Conclave he nominated Scythe Curie for High Blade. At the end of the conclave he was invited to dinner with the rest of Scythe Curie supporters (and Morrison). He informs them that Scythe Brahms and Scythe Rand hired the unsavories and they should keep their guard up.

### Anastasia’s Shadow

After Endura sank he became High Blade Goddard’s Third Underscythe, secretly keeping the Texas Scythedom from joining Goddard. Scythe Constantine oversaw Ben’s apprenticeship in Texas.

### The Toll

Scythe Constantine planted the thought to Scythe Rand, that she’s Goddard voice of reason, telling her to try and slow down his rate of change to allow them to see the unforeseen and foreseen consequences of Goddard’s actions.

Scythe Constantine talks to Rowan before his execution. During Goddard speech he informed him that Rowan was replaced with the engineer, giving the engineer a merciful death.

Before Goddard went to the Atoll, Scythe Constantine joined the Texas Scythedom and admitted to Rowan that he believes Goddard’s clutches on the world must be weakened at all costs.

## Physical description

Scythe Constantine face is soft, almost feminine, as a result of having set his age back so many times that his basic bone structure had lost its definition. He is also said to be quite tall, but not as tall as Scythe Curie.

## Personality

Constantine wasn't the type of person to put someone at ease. Likes when being acknowledged for his work.

Constantine professed no sides, that only applied when the sides were evenly matched. He abhorred a gross imbalance of power. True, it was in his best interests to serve the winning side, but he felt it wise to make accommodations for the wounded side, should the tide ever change.

One time Ben made Constantine unexpectedly laugh, he hated losing control like that, but it made the boy grin, which was as rewarding as it was annoying. He is suspected by Ben to follow through his threat. Ben describes him as a monster last time they saw each others.

## Appearances

* *Thunderhead*
* *The Toll*
* *Gleanings*
	+ Anastasia's Shadow

## Trivia

* Scythe Constantine hated his silk robe, being eye catching when reflecting light, and was not a durable fabric. He didn’t change it saying, "a scythe who changes their robe broadcasts weakness and indecisiveness."
	+ However, he did change the fabric material when he joined the Texas Scythedom.
Scythe Mandela

**Scythe Mandela** is the scythe who presides the bejeweling committee, he bestows rings to the apprentices who are about to be ordained as scythes.

## Biography

He believed Citra to be guilty of murdering Scythe Faraday. He later sent her a note of apology when he learned the truth, and she was cleared of all charges.

Despite usually being an advocate for Citra he chastised her for her gleaning method. When Scythe Constantine nominated Scythe Curie for High Blade, Mandela told her that if Constantine hadn't nominated her he would have, in that way showing his support for Scythe Curie.

## Personality

He definitely feels above the NewOrder, saying that the old guard are more forward thinkers than those who serve their primal appetites. [2]

## Appearances

* *Scythe*
* *Thunderhead*

## Relationships

* Team Curie
	+ Scythe Curie
	+ Scythe Twain
	+ Scythe Meir
	+ Scythe Cervantes
	+ Scythe Angelou
	+ Scythe Sun Tzu
	+ Scythe Anastasia

## References

1. ↑ Scythe
2. ↑ *Thunderhead*
The Grandslayers

**The Grandslayers** are important scythes who run the World Scythe Council.

## Description

There are seven Grandslayers, one for every continent: NorthMerica, SouthMerica, PanAsia, Africa, Australia, EuroScandia, and Antartica. The Grandslayers are led by the Supreme Blade, who is a Grandslayer elected by the other Grandslayers. Grandslayers are addressed as "Your Exalted Excellency".

## History

The First Supreme Blade was Supreme Blade Prometheus.

In the earlier days of the Scythedom, the World Scythe Council eventually deemed the mortalborn purge to violate the Second Commandment and punished its perpetrators. Also, in the Year of the Stingray, it was said that any scythe imposters were to be gleaned on sight.

Supreme Blade Prometheus was the scythe that found out about the romance between Scythe Curie and Scythe Faraday. After they were brought before the Global Conclave, Prometheus saw fit to give them a less severe punishment due to the renowned skill and status of both scythes. He sentenced them to seven deaths (one for each year of their relationship). Then he forbade them from having contact with each other for the next seventy years.

Grandslayer Hemingway self-gleaned along with his underscythes the morning of January 8th, Year of the Raptor.

The Grandslayers were all killed by Scythe Goddard on the Year of the Raptor.

## Known Grandslayers

* The First Supreme Blade was Supreme Blade Prometheus, who was one of the founding scythes.
* Supreme Blade Copernicus and Supreme Blade Napoleon were also Supreme Blades, with Napoleon being the second one.
* Scythe Lincoln was a Grandslayer, almost contemporary to the founding scythes.
* Grandslayer Hemingway was Xenocrates predecessor on the World Scythe Council.
* The Grandslayers at the time of the Year of the Raptor were:
	+ Supreme Blade Kahlo of SouthMerica
	+ Grandslayer Cromwell of EuroScandia
	+ Grandslayer Nzinga of Africa
	+ Grandslayer Hideyoshi of PanAsia
	+ Grandslayer MacKillop of Australia
	+ Grandslayer Amundsen of Antartica
	+ Grandslayer Xenocrates of NorthMerica
Scythe Nehru

> "*Volta had been my apprentice. When he sided with the new order, I took it as a personal insult... but then when he died in the fire at that Tonist monastery, I felt I owed him an open mind. I now find joy in gleaning, and surprisingly, it's not a terrible thing.*" — Scythe Nehru, *Thunderhead*
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**Scythe Nehru** is a scythe from the MidMerican Scythedom.

## Biography

### Early life

Scythe Nehru had been the mentor of Scythe Volta, and he taught him under the ideals of the old guard and felt insulted when he sided with the new order. He had been a friend of Scythe Faraday.

### Thunderhead

Scythe Nehru told Scythe Anastasia at Winter Conclave he had joined the new order after the death of Scythe Volta because he felt he owed his late apprentice an open mind, so he now found joy in gleaning.

Scythe Curie scolded him, and told him that his grief was not an excuse for depravity.

## Appearances

* *Scythe* (mentioned only)
* *Thunderhead*
Faraday's house

**Faraday's house** was Scythe Faraday's house in MidMerica.

## Description

The house is located in a neighborhood in MidMerica. The house itself is old, modest, and unadorned.

### Weapons den

The garage had been turned into a weapons den filled with Faraday's extensive weapons collection. Each wall hangs a type of weapon: the first one has blades (from swords to switchblades), the second firearms (like pistols), the third wall looks like a pharmacist's shelf, and the fourth wall holds more archaic weapons such as carved bows, a quiver of obsidian-tipped arrows, crossbows, a rapier, a scimitar, a machete, and a mace.

The weapons den also houses books on different subjects from poisons to weapons, and anatomy. There is also a big old oak table that is a relic from the Age of Mortality, it serves for studying and cleaning or polishing the weapons.

### Interior

The house has a kitchen, a dining room, a bathroom, and a hallway that leads to at least three bedrooms. The house has simple furniture. There is also a computer with access to the great cloud for research.

## History

At some point, Faraday came to inhabit the house. When he took Citra Terranova and Rowan Damisch as his scythe apprentices, they moved in with him. They were both given their own room at the house.

They lived there for a couple of months until each had to finish their apprenticeship with a different mentor. Citra went to live in Fallingwater with Scythe Curie, and Rowan moved to Easley's estate with Scythe Goddard.

What happened to the house after Faraday faked his self-gleaning is unknown.

## Known residents

* Scythe Faraday (former)
* Rowan Damisch (former)
* Citra Terranova (former)

## Trivia

* Scythe Faraday made clear to Citra and Rowan that nothing in his household was ever wasted. Faraday would always drink warm milk before bed, however, the times he fell asleep before Citra could bring him his warm milk, she or Rowan would have to drink it.
* Around three months into their apprenticeship, Rowan sneaked Tyger Salazar into the house to show him the weapons den.