Crescent Rose

Crescent Rose is Ruby's weapon of choice. It is a High Velocity Sniper Scythe (HVSS), a hybrid between a Scythe and a Rifle. In order to effectively use Crescent Rose in melee combat, Ruby must fire a shot immediately before a swing to increase the power of her attacks. Crescent Rose can fold up tightly for easy portability and is stored underneath Ruby's cloak, at her waist. Although Crescent Rose can fold into the form of a gun, it does not have to be in that form to fire.

Crescent Rose appears to be a highly advanced technological piece of equipment, being able to freely transform from its compacted self, to its gun mode, to a full Scythe in a short time. As its name dictates, its color is rose-red with black trims, which is likely due to Ruby's customization or it being specifically created for her.

The weapon appears to have two separate types of ammunition. When Ruby reloads, she can be seen inserting a magazine with a cross etched on it. Her subsequent attacks and movements are significantly more powerful than those with the “regular” ammunition, likely due to the shots themselves being much more powerful, increasing her speed through the increased recoil of each shot.

Interestingly, the Crescent Rose ocassionally transforms its blade back while using this ammo, though whether or not this form is limited to the boost in speed is unknown.

This form largely resembles the traditional war-scythe, a combat modified version of the old scythes.

The picture on the left is a traditional war-scythe used by infantry.They were used in the 1784 Transylvanian peasants Revolt of Horea, Cloşca and Crişan, in the war in the Vendée by royalist peasant troops, in the 1st War of Schleswig in 1848 in Denmark, and again in various Polish uprisings

Trivia

 * Some fans have been known to call this the "scythle" or "rythe" (as in, "writhe in pain") as a callback to when Red vs. Blue's Agent Maine first obtained his Brute Shot, which one soldier commented upon seeing it "Is-is that a knife? A rifle? Kn-Knifle?"
 * The scythe, a farming tool, could be easily transformed into an effective infantry weapon. The process usually involved reforging the blade of a scythe at a 90 degree angle, strengthening the joint between the blade and the shaft with an additional metal pipe or bolts and reinforcing the shaft to better protect it against cuts from enemy blades.