The gardeners shears

Shears are the symbol of assassins in Kryst and they are often used as signs in their hidden bases to alert those that are in the know. They also often hide shear insignia on their person so it would be possible to subtly signal to choice people the reason of their purpose. Knowledge of this fact is moderately well known in well off society and is actually better known in the slums because of the fact that the majority of assassins are either from or trained their. People of the middle class by average have never heard of this and often associate assassins with the reapers scythe.
Death is said to carry a scythe but in my mind that undermines the care in which he works, the sheer artistry of the thing. Death in my opinion uses a shear trimming the world and making it so it can survive and be beautiful. A inscription in the begging of the diary of one of the most successful assassins.
This statement became so famous that it caused another famous assassin to write this statement in his own diary. Shears may be more applicable to be death's weapon then scythes but have you ever tried to actually kill a man with them because I can assure you it is quite difficult though thinking about it that might be fitting for death often being ugly and inconvenient.

Significance

Is the main symbol of assassins much to the chagrin of some of them and symbols of it are sometimes used as calling cards or hints of identity. Using the symbol of a scythe is usually the sign of an unprofessional assassin.

Item type

Tool

Current Location

Kryst

Rarity

Are highly common though when used for it's hidden meaning their are sometimes some differences from your average shears like having black handles or a small skull somewhere.