The Scythedom
The set of rules that all Scythes must live by.
What are the Ten Commandments of Scythehood?
The rule change announced at the Vernal Conclave turns the apprentices' lives into a battle to the death.
What is the requirement that the winner must glean from the loser?
Citra chose this Patron Historical name because she wanted to represent how she got to where she is now.
Who is Scythe Anastasia?
This is granted to the family members of someone who has been gleaned, protecting them from death for one year.
What is immunity?
The religious group that worships "The Tone" and "The Great Vibration" is often looked down upon by society.
Who are the Tonists?
A governing body that meets four times a year to discuss the Scythedoms' policy and test apprentices.
What is the Conclave of Scythes?
To escape the High Blade's reach, Citra travels into this geographic region where she finds the "dead" Scythe Faraday.
What is the Amazonia (Amazonian Scythedom)?
The "Old Guard" Scythe, who first takes on Citra and Rowan as apprentices.
Who is Scythe Faraday?
The way Scythe Goddard believes gleaning should be performed.
What is Mass-Gleaning?
Every Scythe keeps one of these to write down their experiences as a Scythe.
What is a Gleaning Journal?
This is the name of the High Blade of MidMerica.
Who is High Blade Xenocrates?
In the final pages, Rowan escapes the Scythedom in a car driven by a former mentor.
Who is Scythe Faraday?
During their apprenticeship under Scythe Faraday, Citra and Rowan are required to master this deadly, physically demanding, and weaponless martial art.
What is Bokator?
The minimum number of people a Scythe is expected to glean each year.
What is 260 (5 a week)?
The term for people who reset their age back to a younger state.
What is turning a corner?
The two opposing groups in the scythedom, one that values the old traditions and one that enjoys the power of gleaing.
What are the Old Guard and the New Order?
Citra goes on the run after being framed for this crime.
What is the murder of Scythe Faraday?
At the Harvest Conclave, the final test for the apprentices is the one that requires the to perform this specific, heartbreaking act on a family member.
What is gleaning (killing) them?
According to the Ninth Commandment, this is the only way a Scythe can leave the Scythedom, while ending their life in the process.
What is Self-Gleaning?
Micro-bots in the blood that lower the pain and heal your body very quickly.
What are Nanites?
What is black?
This is the location of the mass-gleaning where Rowan kills Goddard.
What is the Tonist Cloister?
Rowan first meets Scythe Faraday at school when he refuses to leave the side of his classmate and star quarterback during his gleaning.
Who is Kohl Whitlock?
Scythe Curie's method of gleaning involves this, which she believed is the best way to end a life.
What is gleaning without warning?
This character eventually self-gleans out of guilt for the mass-gleaning they committed.
Who is Scythe Volta?