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This fanlisting was last updated on October 25th, 2008

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This fanlisting is for the weapon of Slayers. The Scythe.

Buffy Summers calls the Slayer weapon a scythe, but it’s not like your usual image of a scythe, used for harvesting crops, or even like the scythe carried by Death.

Buffy first learns of the scythe from the evil preacher Caleb, who informs her that he has something of hers:

Buffy - "Save the sermon, padre. I heard you have something of mine."

Whilst looking for a way to defeat the supernaturally strong Caleb - Andrew & Spike find a secret room and an ancient inscription which reads:

Non tibi est. Ei solae tractare licet.

Spike - "It is not for thee. It is for her alone to wield."

They do not know it yet, but this is referring to the Scythe. Spike find Buffy and lets her know what he's found out:

Spike - "I came here 'cause I got something to tell you. You were right. Caleb is trying to protect something from you. And I think you were spot on all the way. I think it's at the vineyard."

Buffy has a confrontation with Caleb in the wine cellar at the vineyard, demanding that she be given that which belongs to her:

Buffy - "Hey. Heard you got something of mine."

Escaping from Caleb's clutches, Buffy finds a hidden room underneath the wine cellar and gets her first look of the scythe. It is stuck in rock, similar to the sword in the stone, and she regards it with a look of awe... Then she smiles.

Caleb - "So...you found it. Not impressed. 'Cause the question now, girly girl, is can you pry it from solid rock before I come over there—"

Buffy effortlessly pulls the weapon from the rock with one hand.

Caleb - "Hmm. Darn."

Caleb appears worried for the first time. He looks on in fear as Buffy wields the weapon. Buffy runs from the wine cellar. She helps Faith & A group of slayers in training fight off some Ubervamps (extra-strong vampires). With the scythe, before, it took almost all of her strength to kill one. With the scythe, she makes it seem easy.

After, she realises that she needs to learn more about her scythe so she takes it back to her house:

Buffy - "I think it's maybe some kind of scythe. The only thing I know for sure is it made Caleb back off in a hurry."

She tells them that she feels something when she holds it:

Buffy - "Not much, but it's strong. And I knew it belonged to me. I just knew it."
Giles - "In addition to being ancient, it's clearly mystical."
Buffy - "Yeah, I figured that one out when I King Arthured it out of the stone."
Willow - "So maybe it's like some kind of traditional slayer weapon."
Buffy - "It's not just a tool. It's important. We need to find out whatever we can. Who made it, when, why? Does it have a name? Just find out fast."

As Giles & Willow search, they stumble upon what they are looking for:

Willow - "Here's one that's just "m" question mark. What the heck is that?"
Giles - "Let me see. It's not a question mark. It's the international phonetics alphabet symbol for 'glottal stop'."
Willow - "A whoey?"
Giles - "It's sort of a gulping noise. I'm... remembering something here. Um... Ah. Hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphs stand for sets of consonants, as you know."
Willow - "Yes, absolutely."
Giles - "'M' plus 'glottal stop' is represented by a picture that's commonly thought to symbolize a sickle or a scythe. It's in thousands of carvings. In Egypt, throughout the ancient world."
Willow - "Carvings like you'd have on a pagan temple?"
Giles - "Go back. See what else we can find out about this temple. The scythe is a symbol of death. Let's see where these pagans buried their dead."

Buffy shows the Scythe to Faith who also feels something when she holds it:

Buffy - "You feel it too, don't you?"
Faith - "Damn. And damn, that's something."
Buffy - "I know."
Faith - "It's old. It's strong, and it feels like... like it's mine. I guess that means it's yours."
Buffy - "It belongs to the slayer."

Later, Buffy runs into Spike and tells him that she's going to investigate what Willow & Giles found out about the scythe:

Spike - "Honey, you're home."
Buffy - "Yeah."
Spike - "And you did it. Fulfilled your mission. Found the Holy Grail. Or the Holy Hand Grenade, or whatever the hell that is."
Buffy - "Right now we're going with scythe. You like?"
Spike - "Well, pointy and wooden is not exactly the look I wanna know better, but it does have flair. Can see why a girl would ditch a fella for one of these."
Buffy - "I'm sorry about that."
Spike - "It doesn't matter. You're back in the bosom. All's forgiven. And, uh, last night... Was just a glitch. A bit of cold comfort from the cellar dweller. Let's don't make a thing out of it.
Buffy - "Great. I have work to do."
Spike - "Oh, yeah. Another solo mission, of course."
Buffy - "Yeah, it is."
Spike - "That's fine. You don't have to get shirty about it."
Buffy - "I'm not shirty. And what is shirty? That's not even a word."
Spike - "All right. All right. Big secret mission. It's fine."
Buffy - "It's not a secret. Well, I mean, it is, but that's the point of the mission. Find out the secret. This thing was forged by— I don't even know. I mean, something about... a tomb on unconsecrated ground. That's what I have to do. I need to find out what this is and why I have it."

Buffy - "Do you see this? (indicates the scythe) This may actually help me fight my war. This might be the key to everything. And the reason I'm holding it is because of you. Because of the strength that you gave me last night.

Buffy goes to the tomb, instead of it being empty, it is filled with light and an old woman with long white hair awaits her. The woman tells Buffy about the scythe:

Woman - "Nope. I'm as real as you are. Just...well... let me put it this way— I look good for my age. I've been waiting. You pulled it out of the rock. I was one of those who put it in there."
Buffy - "What is it?"
Woman - "A weapon. A scythe. Forged in secrecy for one like you. We forged it in secrecy and kept it hidden from the Shadow Men, who—"
Buffy - "Yeah. Met those guys. Didn't really care too much for 'em."
Woman - "Ahh, yes. Then you know. And they became the watchers. And the watchers watched the slayers. But we were watching them."
Buffy - "Oh! So you're like... what are you?"
Woman - "Guardians. Women who want to help and protect you. We forged this centuries ago, halfway around the world. Forged there, it was put to use right here...to kill the last pure demon that walked upon the Earth. The rest were already driven under. And then there were men here, and then there were monks. And then there was a town, and now there was you. And the scythe remained hidden.
Buffy - "I don't understand. How is it possible that we didn't know any of this?"
Woman - "We hid, too. We had to until now. We're the last surprise."
Buffy - "Does this mean I can win?"
Woman - "That is really up to you. This is a powerful weapon."
Buffy - "Yeah."
Woman - "But you already have weapons."
Buffy - "Oh."
Woman - "Use it wisely and perhaps you can beat back the rising dark. One way or another, it can only mean an end is truly near."

Caleb shows up and kills the old woman, but it is the end for him. Buffy uses the scythe to cut him in two.

During the final fight at the mouth of hell, Willow uses the essence of the scythe to transform all of the Slayers in training into actual Slayers.

Buffy - "From now on, every girl in the world who might be a slayer... Will be a slayer. Every girl who could have the power... Will have the power... can stand up, will stand up. Every one of us. Make your choice. Are you ready to be strong?"

After the ritual, Willow send the scythe back to Buffy who is fighting a number of Ubervamps. Having the scythe in her hands makes it seem effortless. With the help of the scythe, Buffy & the other slayers defeat the Ubervamps and close the hellmouth in Sunnydale for good.

"So it's true. Scythe matters."


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