Characters
The name of the female protagonist who is also known as Scythe Anastasia. She works with Scythe Curie.
Who is Citra Terranova?
The majority of the story takes place in the first two novels. This is in the central-western region of North-America.
Where is MidMerica?
The name of the way scythes permanently kill people. This was created as a solution to overpopulation due to humanity conquering disease and morality.
What is Gleaning?
This group of scythes performs mass killings instead of considerable, solo killings. They choose specific demographics to kill, and take pleasure in doing so.
What are new order scythes?
This is the religious group that worships the Age of Mortality. They that believe that the universe is a living, vibrating entity known as "The Great Resonance", often arguing whether it's a G-sharp or an A-flat.
What are Tonists?
This character is known as Scythe Lucifer, and was friends with Citra before he dissapeard from the public.
Who is Rowan Damisch?
This is an experimental region where any crime is legal and "New Order" scythes can glean without precaution. The Thunderhead created this area as a chaotic region to see how humanity lives without its guidance.
Where is Texas?
The way that Scythes choose their victims. This is to ensure that scythes don't glean a specific demographic?
What is random selection?
Scythe Rand performs this surgery on Tyger Salazar to bring Scythe Goddard back to life, killing Tyger is the process.
What is attaching Scythe Goddard's head to Tyger's body?
This is the classification of people who are considered harmful to society. They are not permitted to speak to the Thunderhead. Greyson is given this classification by the Thunderhead.
What is Unsavory?
This character was Citra's mentor after Scythe Faraday faked his death. She is also known as the Grande Dame of Death.
Who is Scythe Curie?
This library was rebuilt by the Thunderhead to store Scythe journals. Scythe Faraday researches the "Land of Nod" with Munira here.
Where is the Library of Alexandria?
The name of the triannual scythe meeting. It is a private meeting, containing only scythes, and every Scythe must attend.
What is the Conclave?
The face behind the new order scythes. He is one of the main believers of the New Order, and was Rowan's apprentice after Scythe Faraday faked his death.
Who is Scythe Goddard?
This is the type of martial arts that scythes are trained in. Rowan masters the style of fighting.
What is Bokator?
This character interacts with the Thunderhead before being marked as Unsavory. He violated a law by stopping Scythes Anastasia and Curie from being killed, and hid in a Tonist colony. He creates a new identity known as Slayd Bridger.
Who is Greyson Tolliver?
An artificial island in the Pacific Ocean that acts as the capital of the Scythedom. The Thunderhead is unable to access this island. It contains the Museum of the Scythedom and the Vault of Relics. Citra and Rowan get locked here by Scythe Curie.
Where is Endura?
On average, the amount of people have to glean per weak. Scythes can glean more or less often, but this is the approximate average in order to meet the requirements. It averages out to 260 people a year.
What is 5 people a week?
In contrast to the "New Order," this group of scythes respect the old traditions of scythes.
What is the "Old Guard?"
This is the length of time someone is granted immunity for after kissing the ring of a Scythe.
What is 1 year?
This is the benevolent AI that rules over the world. It sees everything, but is unable to communicate with the Scythedom or anyone associated with it.
What is the Thunderhead?
Citra and Rowan get locked here by Scythe Curie. This is an airtight facility on Endura, storing the robes and gems of the founding scythes.
Where is the Vault of Relics?
The color of robe that is not allowed to be used by Scythes. However, Scythe Lucifer uses this color of robe without any prevention from the Thunderhead.
What is black?
Scythes of the New Order are where distinct robes with this feature.
What is having decorative, custom, gem-covered robes?
This is the year that the Thunderhead took over and disease was conquered.
When is 2042?