The founding scythes were a group of thirteen scythes who founded the Scythedom, they consisted of:
- Da Vinci
- Gandhi
- Sappho
- King
- Laozi
- Lennon
- Cleopatra
- Powhatan
- Jefferson
- Gershwin
- Elizabeth
- Confucius
- Prometheus
Of the 13 founders four of them were against the idea of humans controlling death (Confucius, Elizabeth, Sappho, and King), however, the other nine won over and resulted in the creation of scythes. They did however created a fail-safe on Kwajalein Atoll, which ended up being found and activated by Scythe Faraday and Munira Atrushi.
Several of the founding Scythes did not self-glean but were murdered.[1]