Scythe Xenocrates was the High Blade of MidMerica and later Grandslayer of NorthMerica. He was also the mentor of Scythe Goddard.
Biography[]
Second Underscythe[]
High Blade Ginsburg of MidAmerica was High Blade and Xenocrates was her Second Underscythe. While being the Second Underscythe he went to the Mars colony. Between then and when Carson Lusk exploded the colony, he was promoted to First underscythe, and added gold to his sleeves. This was around the time he took Carson Lusk on as an apprentice.
High Blade years[]
Xenocrates served as MidMerican High Blade for 43 years before being chosen to ascend to Grandslayer status.
Grandslayer term[]
After the self-gleaning of Grandslayer Hemingway of NorthMerica, Xenocrates was selected by the Grandslayer council as the new Grandslayer of NorthMerica to join the Grandslayers in Endura. In the Year of the Raptor, he left his position as High Blade and became a Grandslayer, leaving chaos in his wake over who would be the new High Blade, the two candidates being Scythe Curie and the newly revived Scythe Goddard.
He spent most of his time as Grandslayer resolving the inquest started by Scythe Anastasia over Scythe Goddard's eligibility to become High Blade of MidMerica over Scythe Curie's.
Endura[]
After Scythe Curie won the inquest and became the new High Blade, Scythe Goddard was furious. So he executed his plan by causing computer glitches that eventually destroyed the buoyancy system of the island, causing Endura to sink. He also tweaked the nanites in the ocean wildlife of the artificial reef of Endura. This made the ocean wildlife extremely hungry, and they began attacking the city. Tiger sharks entered the flooded council chamber and killed some of the Grandslayers.
Goddard returned in a helicopter pretending to have come to their aid, to only goad in their deaths. In a final act of defiance against Goddard, Xenocrates self-gleaned by drowning himself.
Physical description[]
Scythe Xenocrates is a very large man, his golden robe is described to look like a tent. He made the choice not to tweak his nanites to eliminate some of the weight, because his size made him look like an imposing figure. Citra described him as "the fat guy."
His robe was once muddy ochre, the color of mustard seeds, but when he was promoted to first underscythe he change it to a robe made of twenty-four-karat gold filaments. At first, the gold was just in the sleeves but eventually, his whole robe was made entirely of gold when he was elected as High Blade of MidMerica.[1]
Appearances[]
- Scythe
- Thunderhead
- The Toll (mentioned only)
- Gleanings
- Never Work with Animals (mentioned only)
- A Martian Minute
Trivia[]
- Grandslayer Xenocrates's Seat of Consideration in the council chamber was made of shale and limestone layered like the Grand Canyon.[2]
- He was the first and only scythe to ever set foot on Mars.[1]