Scythe of Quakes

"I love this thing!"

- Cole: The Rise of The Great Devourer

The Scythe of Quakes is one of the four Golden Weapons of Ninjago. It is also often called the Scythe of Earth (due to its elemental properties) but this is not the correct name.

Power
When its blade is sliced into the ground, the earth splits, creating an earthquake. It also forms Cole's black Tread Assualt. The Scythe is a golden staff with a horizontal blade at the top, and is almost as long as a minifigure. In the Television specials and the series, it is more ornate, it's blade featuring a dragon head spewing earth along it's edge.

History
The Scythe was first used with the other four Golden Weapons by The First Master of Spinjitzu to create Ninjago.

Garmadon's Banishment
Soon after the First Spinjitzu Master's death, his son, Garmadon attempted to steal and use the power of the four weapons for his own selfish ends. Garmadon's younger brother, Wu defeated him, however, and banished him to The Underworld. Wu then took the weapons and hid them in different places throughout Ninjago. The Scythe was hidden in the Caves of Despair, and Wu placed the Earth Dragon over it to guard it.

Ninja Discovery
Many years later, Sensei Wu's four ninja proteges, Kai, Cole, Zane, and Jay rediscovered the Scythe. It was their first weapon gathered in their attempt to retrieve the four weapons from their hiding places to keep them from Lord Garmadon. Although the ninjas were charged not to use the Scythe, Kai used its power to provide them an escape route after the Earth Dragon gaurdian woke up.

In Samukai's Hands
Later, at the Fire Temple, the ninjas were ambushed, and the Scythe was stolen, along with the Shurikens of Ice and the Nunchucks of Lightning, by Samukai. The weapons were then taken to the Underworld, where Samukai fought Wu with the three weapons he stole. After he defeated Wu, he took up the fourth weapon, the Sword of Fire, which Sensei Wu had been fighting with. The powers of the four weapons served to destroy Samukai, and created a vortex through space and time, allowing Lord Garmadon to escape his Underworld prision.

In Defense of Ninjago
After Garmadon escaped, the four ninjas took up the weapons to use them in defense of Ninjago. Each ninja took the weapon that matched their elemental properties, so the Scythe is currently in the possesion of Cole. The Earth Dragon, now nicknamed Rocky, still guards it by serving Cole as a mount and pet.