Although the scythe isn't pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants' revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome.

“You can’t say ‘if this didn’t happen then that would have happened’ because you…”

“Perhaps it would be simpler if you just did what you're told and didn't try to …”

“Vimes, listening with his mouth open, wondered why the hell it was that dwarfs …”

“What is magic?Then there is the witches' explanation, which comes in two forms,…”