Is Thunderhead a person?

The Thunderhead is an AI whose sole purpose is to help humankind and it is programmed to always work to the benefit of humans. It was created roughly around 2042, at the end of the Age of Mortality, when immortality became a reality.

What does Thunderhead look like?

Called cumulonimbus or thunderheads, they’re the most dramatic looking clouds with their tall and imposing shape. The mature cumulonimbus cloud has a distinctive flat, anvil shaped top which is formed when the their tops encounter high winds, which cause them to spread out sideways.

Is Thunderhead A Pendergast novel?

Note: This is not a Pendergast novel, but it falls between Reliquary and Cabinet of Curiosities. If you like a great story with great mystery and some scares and gore, bring an umbrella for the Thunderhead!

What was the worst Citra?

At Vernal Conclave, Citra failed her test as she lied to Scythe Curie about the worst thing she had ever done, which was tripping a girl making her fall down a staircase, killing her. She had actually pushed the girl in front of a bus rendering her deadish.

Is the Thunderhead in love with Greyson?

The Thunderhead loved Greyson, but he did not appear to return those feelings. Throughout its life, the Thunderhead had always watched Greyson sleep and wished that it could embrace him. On multiple occasions, the Thunderhead indirectly warned Greyson of danger and saved his, and other people’s lives.

What is Endura in Thunderhead?

Endura, or the City of the Enduring Heart, is an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that serves as the worldwide headquarters for scythes. This is where the seven GrandSlayers of the World Scythe Council live and conduct their business. It is one of the few places where the Thunderhead cannot monitor by camera.

How heavy is a thunderhead?

A good sized cumulonimbus cloud (also known as a thunderhead) might be ten kilometers tall, with a base ten kilometers in diameter. Estimating that, we come up with a volume of 785 billion cubic meters per cloud. This gives us a mass of roughly four billion kilograms per cloud.

Who created the thunderhead?

Neal Shusterman
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In 2016, Neal Shusterman released Scythe, the first book in his Arc of a Scythe series, set on a future Earth governed by an artificial intelligence known as the Thunderhead.

What happens at the end of Thunderhead?

Goddard takes out the rest of his frustration on Rowan, who refuses to lose to Goddard, and is killed and revived again and again. The Thunderhead speaks to Rowan as he did to Citra when he’s deadish, telling him he has a 39% chance of making a difference in the world.

When was Thunderhead first published?

1943
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Why did Citra become a scythe?

Citra is initially angry and distraught when Faraday asks her to be an apprentice, but she accepts the position in the hope that by becoming a scythe, she’ll be able to insure her brother Ben’s immunity.

Why does Citra become a scythe?

Citra knows he must have changed immensely in their time apart to be so cold. At the Winter Conclave, Citra is chosen as the new scythe. They give her a knife to glean Rowan, but she punches him in the face to start off. His blood hits her ring, granting him immunity for one year.