Characters in Scythe

Citra Terranova

A competitive, principled teenager chosen as an apprentice scythe; later takes the name Scythe Anastasia.

Also in Thunderhead, The Toll

Rowan Damisch

An overlooked teenager selected alongside Citra to apprentice under Scythe Faraday; by the close of the book he goes rogue under the name Scythe Lucifer.

Also in Thunderhead, The Toll

Scythe Goddard

A charismatic new-order scythe who conducts mass gleanings and treats killing as spectacle.

Also in The Toll

Scythe Faraday

An old-guard scythe who takes gleaning as a solemn responsibility and mentors Citra and Rowan.

Also in Thunderhead, The Toll

Scythe Curie

A famous, respected scythe of the old order known as the Grande Dame of Death; she takes over Citra's apprenticeship.

Also in Thunderhead

High Blade Xenocrates

The High Blade presiding over the MidMerican scythedom, whose compromised position leaves him unable to check Goddard's faction.

Tyger Salazar

Also in Thunderhead