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| + | {{quote|Power is the ability to effect ''change'', and people who create change ride that tide, with far-reaching effects. For some of us, that’s something we’re born into. Our fathers or mothers instill us with a ''hunger'' for it from a very early point in time. [...] They keep climbing, and when someone like Accord recognizes them and offers them another road to climb, they accept without reservation.|Citrine to [[Taylor]] and [[Grue]]|[[Imago 21.4]]}} |
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| + | {{quote|I’ve noticed the pattern behind your actions here, and I’ve identified it as a desperate grab for standing. It was crude, rising up by cutting people down. [...] I understand the desire to rise up and desperately make sense of a world that seems so senseless. I read every file that can be found about you, and I don’t believe you ever had a chance to be civilized.|[[Accord]] to Jean|[[Interlude 5.x II]]}} |
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| + | {{quote|Finding solutions for this kind of damage requires the perspective of people with a sense for the big picture. The biggest kind of picture.<br><br>But do you want it? That position, where you’re finding the solutions and looking down on things from that high a seat?<br><br>Yes.|Jeanne and [[Sierra]]|[[Interlude 5.x II]]}} |
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| name = Citrine |
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| + | | civname = Jeanne Wynn<ref>“Jeanne Wynn. Citrine,” Victoria’s voice was quiet.<br><br>“And the Number Man,” Sveta added. “Cauldron.” - [[Interlude 9.z II]]</ref><br>Jean Brown (Pre-Marriage Name)<ref name="II5.x eParents">“Do you know who I am, Jean Brown?” the man sitting across from her asked. He was young, but short.<br><br>Jean shrugged. “Someone my parents hired?”<br><br>“I’m someone that hires, not someone who is hired,” he said. “I own several businesses in Boston.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/04/07/shadow-interlude-5-x/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 5x II]]</ref> |
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| + | | alias = The mayor<ref>“Ughhhhh. This is important! The mayor showed up! And she has people, and-”<br><br>“Shhh!” a nurse said, from the hallway. There were two capes from Victoria’s mom’s team by the door, standing guard. - [[Interlude 12.x II]]</ref><br>The woman in yellow (By [[Cody]])<ref>He glanced back at the woman in yellow.<br><br>“I can guess what you’re thinking, but it’s not worth it,” she said. - [[Interlude 23]]</ref> |
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| − | | occupation = Mayor of [[the City]]<br/>CEO of [[Mortari]] corporation<br/>Secretary (previously) |
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| + | | age = Young adult<ref>It wasn’t Accord behind him. It was a young woman in a formal, silk dress, yellow trimmed with gold, and a mask in matching colors. A gemstone stood out on her forehead, with matching earrings dangling from her ears like chandeliers. Her hands were clasped in front of her. - [[Interlude 19.x]]</ref> |
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| + | | family = [[Kurt Wynn]] (Husband)<br>Unnamed parents<ref name="II5.x eParents" /><br>Unnamed stepfather<ref name="II5.x ePrison" /> |
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| + | | occupation = Mayor of [[the City]]<ref>“I’m Mayor Jeanne Wynn. Good solid handshake there, Capricorn.”<br><br>“Ah, you too.”<br><br>“Thank you. I was raised by someone who would break a bone in my hand if my handshake was anything except perfect.”<br><br>“I’m… sorry?”<br><br>“He was the best thing for me at the time,” she said. “Sometimes we need a bit of decisive, pointed violence.” - [[Interlude 9.z II]]</ref><br>CEO of [[Mortari]]<ref>''Jeanne Wynn and her assistant. CEO of Mortari, second of the large construction groups. Jeanne might be too. She’s a more serious candidate for mayor, she’s running, she and a lot of others think she’ll win.'' - [[Interlude 2 II]]</ref><br>Head of [[the Ambassadors]] (Formerly)<ref>People were another resource. They had people, but it was scattered. She had seen and worked out the state of Cauldron over the years, after taking over Accord’s position as head of the Ambassadors. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/04/07/shadow-interlude-5-x/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 5x II]]</ref> |
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| + | | classification = [[Trump]]<ref>Citrine, only bits I could figure out were that she’s got an offensive power, something with ''substance'', and her focus was in a strange place. She was more focused on ''places'' in the room where the strongest powers were clustered, and her focus was fairly indiscriminate beyond that. Either her power wasn’t anything that ''anyone'' here would have been able to defend against, like Flechette’s arrows or a controlled version of Scrub’s blasts, or she’s a trump classification.”<br><br>“What’s that?” Regent asked.<br><br>“Official classification for capes who can either acquire new powers on the fly,” Tattletale gestured towards Grue, “Have an interaction with other powers that can’t be categorized or they nullify powers.”<br><br>“She’s powerful, then,” Regent said. - [[Imago 21.1]]</ref><br><small>Trump type: Four x Five (Speculative)</small><ref>'''stevecool16:''' Hey how would you describe a 4x5 trump (Can select options on the fly, often slower, weaker, or clunkier, Scramble, disrupt, alter powers.)<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' Citrine?<br><br>The slowness of her power and needing to tune with it fits with 4. - Conversation with Wildbow on Parahumans Discord</ref><br>[[Shaker]] (Speculative) |
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| + | | alignment = [[Rogue]]<ref>‘What are we doing?” Jeanne asked.<br><br>“Using powers. I asked about these proposals and I got a lot of answers and information about powers, the push toward violence and the dramatic, the loss of the human in the midst of it all. There was a time when many people with powers wanted to use their powers for mundane things. Rogues. It kept going wrong, didn’t it?”<br><br>“We could have a discussion on that,” Jeanne said. “If it’s a concern, I’d like to address it, because it’s nuanced.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/04/07/shadow-interlude-5-x/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 5x II]]</ref><br>[[Villain]] (Formerly)<ref name="II14.3 ePastHistory">“I think to make that decision for yourself, you need to look at how she’s done. Again, I’m not dancing with joy given past history, but I’m personally giving her her second chance, and objectively speaking, I think she’s doing a good job.”<br><br>“It’s the face she shows us. She was second in command of a crime syndicate, until the leader died, at which point she assumed control. Protection rackets, pressuring politicians, sheltering and hiding villains on the run from law enforcement, kidnapping, ransom. She has murdered people. You’ll jump in here to talk about amnesty, I’m sure-” - [[Breaking 14.3]]</ref> |
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| + | | previous team = [[The Ambassadors]]<ref>I had more vigor as I talked. Citrine was a safe subject. Not an easy one, but a safe one. “I’m talking about a lot of people. Mayor Wynn’s power doesn’t change how she leads. It doesn’t influence her decisions. Am I happy about it? No. She was a member of one of the groups that had a stranglehold over my hometown. But they kept the peace, and that’s better than some. If she wants to be a regular mayor, use her experience with capes to make decisions in a city where cape stuff is pretty major? I think I can make peace with that.” - [[Breaking 14.3]]</ref> |
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'''Jeanne Wynn''' (born '''Jean Brown'''), known publicly as '''{{PAGENAME}}''', is a member of the [[Ambassadors]], and eventually the mayor of [[the City]] of Bet refugees, as well as the leader of [[Mortari]]. |
'''Jeanne Wynn''' (born '''Jean Brown'''), known publicly as '''{{PAGENAME}}''', is a member of the [[Ambassadors]], and eventually the mayor of [[the City]] of Bet refugees, as well as the leader of [[Mortari]]. |
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| ⚫ | Jeanne is a young, blonde woman. She wears a goldenrod yellow evening gown with a gemstone studded masquerade ball mask, showcasing her lower face with matching yellow lipstick.<ref name="I20 e1">[[Accord|He]] stopped partway up the stair case and faced her, saw her unharmed and unhurt. His Citrine, young, blond, wearing a goldenrod yellow evening gown and a gemstone studded mask. Her hair was immaculately styled, her makeup flawless, with a yellow lipstick that matched her outfit without being garish. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/interlude-20/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 20.y]]</ref> Her mask was yellow as well, and [[Taylor]] recognized the gems studding it as her namesake gemstone - citrines.<ref name="21.4">[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/imago-21-4/ Excerpt] from [[Imago 21.4]]</ref><ref name="Cast2">'''Citrine''' – One of Accord’s ambassadors, Citrine wears a yellow evening gown with gemstones on her mask and earrings – her namesake. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/cast/ Cast (in depth)]</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Multiple characters have noted that she is physically attractive, including Accord and Skitter.<ref name="21.4" /><ref name="I20"> - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/interlude-20/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 20.y]]</ref> She dedicated an hour every morning to caring for her skin, another hour to her hair, which was "immaculately styled". |
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| ⚫ | When deployed to New Delhi she is explicitly referenced as having thrown off her elaborate gown costume for a more practical bodysuit. Implicitly for ease of movement.<ref name="24.4e1">“Citrine? Woman in yellow dress.”<br><br>“Yellow bodysuit now,” Golem said. “She stripped out of the dress when he pushed past the command center.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/crushed-24-3/ Excerpt] from [[Crushed 24.3]]</ref> |
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[[Accord]] referred to her as his "best Ambassador".<ref name="I20" /> [[Taylor]] suspected that she had a similar personality to [[Grue]] - they were both "professionals".<ref name="21.4" /> Citrine led the Ambassadors in battle, even when her power was ineffectual.<ref name="21.6">[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/imago-21-6/ Excerpt] from [[Imago 21.6]]</ref> |
[[Accord]] referred to her as his "best Ambassador".<ref name="I20" /> [[Taylor]] suspected that she had a similar personality to [[Grue]] - they were both "professionals".<ref name="21.4" /> Citrine led the Ambassadors in battle, even when her power was ineffectual.<ref name="21.6">[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/imago-21-6/ Excerpt] from [[Imago 21.6]]</ref> |
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All these combined made her marriage to [[The Number Man|Kurt]] one of equals.<ref>Next were a couple, male and female. She wore a nice suit-dress. He wore a dress shirt, slacks, and carried the paperwork. Their focus was sharp, they clearly worked well together from how well they coordinated. As with Big Picture, there was something else going on with the man’s perceptions. He wasn’t a cone- his perceptions were covering a lot of ground, and his fractures were very different from the norm. They were closer to being etches. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/01/02 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 2 II]]</ref> |
All these combined made her marriage to [[The Number Man|Kurt]] one of equals.<ref>Next were a couple, male and female. She wore a nice suit-dress. He wore a dress shirt, slacks, and carried the paperwork. Their focus was sharp, they clearly worked well together from how well they coordinated. As with Big Picture, there was something else going on with the man’s perceptions. He wasn’t a cone- his perceptions were covering a lot of ground, and his fractures were very different from the norm. They were closer to being etches. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/01/02 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 2 II]]</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Jeanne is a young, blonde woman. She wears a goldenrod yellow evening gown with a gemstone studded masquerade ball mask, showcasing her lower face with matching yellow lipstick.<ref name="I20 e1">[[Accord|He]] stopped partway up the stair case and faced her, saw her unharmed and unhurt. His Citrine, young, blond, wearing a goldenrod yellow evening gown and a gemstone studded mask. Her hair was immaculately styled, her makeup flawless, with a yellow lipstick that matched her outfit without being garish. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/interlude-20/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 20.y]]</ref> Her mask was yellow as well, and [[Taylor]] recognized the gems studding it as her namesake gemstone - citrines.<ref name="21.4">[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/imago-21-4/ Excerpt] from [[Imago 21.4]]</ref><ref name="Cast2">'''Citrine''' – One of Accord’s ambassadors, Citrine wears a yellow evening gown with gemstones on her mask and earrings – her namesake. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/cast/ Cast (in depth)]</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Multiple characters have noted that she is physically attractive, including Accord and Skitter.<ref name="21.4" /><ref name="I20"> - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/interlude-20/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 20.y]]</ref> She dedicated an hour every morning to caring for her skin, another hour to her hair, which was "immaculately styled". |
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| ⚫ | When deployed to New Delhi she is explicitly referenced as having thrown off her elaborate gown costume for a more practical bodysuit. Implicitly for ease of movement.<ref name="24.4e1">“Citrine? Woman in yellow dress.”<br/><br/>“Yellow bodysuit now,” Golem said. “She stripped out of the dress when he pushed past the command center.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/crushed-24-3/ Excerpt] from [[Crushed 24.3]]</ref> |
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==Abilities and Powers== |
==Abilities and Powers== |
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| − | Despite being from a privileged family, she had grown up violent and 'uncivilized'. During her last year in a juvenile detention center, before her transfer to an adult’s prison, she received an offer that she could not afford to refuse.<ref name=" |
+ | Despite being from a privileged family, she had grown up violent and 'uncivilized'. During her last year in a juvenile detention center, before her transfer to an adult’s prison, she received an offer that she could not afford to refuse.<ref name="II5.x ePrison">“Because, Jean Brown, I understand the desire to rise up and desperately make sense of a world that seems so senseless. I read every file that can be found about you, and I don’t believe you ever had a chance to be civilized. [...] I know who your stepfather is, I know who your teachers have been. Your judge remarked on your privileged background, but you were the last file he looked at after an overworked day. He hadn’t had a vacation in five years and his retirement was imminent. He was lazy and he didn’t see you.”<br/>[...]<br/>“This will be far more difficult than juvenile prison, and even more difficult than being a newly minted eighteen years old in an adult’s prison, Jean Brown. You will want to do as I instruct, regardless of this difficulty.”<br/><br/>She wanted to ask why, and her instincts told her that she couldn’t and shouldn’t.<br/><br/>Failure wasn’t an option.<br/><br/>“You get one chance, Ms. Brown.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/04/07/shadow-interlude-5-x/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 5x II]]</ref> |
| − | When talking about the type of people who sought out Accord, she implied she was the type that had power and sought more.<ref name="21.4 e3">“Why?” I asked. “Why leave a successful, ordinary, ''happy'' life behind, and go to that risk? Why work for Accord, of all people?”<br><br>“Power,” Citrine said. She turned her back to the portal to meet my eyes, her dress flaring slightly with the rotation of her body.<br><br>“Power isn’t magical,” I said. “It creates as many problems as it solves.”<br><br>“Power is less a thing unto itself than it is a journey.”<br><br>“To ''where''?”<br><br>Her eyes were penetrating as she gazed at me. “Not all journeys have destinations. Power is the ability to effect ''change'', and people who create change ride that tide, with far-reaching effects. For some of us, that’s something we’re born into. Our fathers or mothers instill us with a ''hunger'' for it from a very early point in time. We’re raised on it, always striving to be the top, in academics, in sports, in our careers. Then we either run into a dead-end, or we face diminishing returns.”<br><br>“Less and less results for the same amount of effort,” Grue said.<br><br>“Others of us are born with nothing. It is hard to get something when you don’t have anything. You can’t make money until you have money. The same applies to contacts, to success, to ''status''. It’s a chasm, and where you start is often very close to where you finish. The vast majority never even move from where they began. Of the few that do make it, many are so exhausted by the time they meet some success that they stop there. And others, a very small few, they make that drive for success, that need to ''climb'' becomes a part of themselves. They keep climbing, and when someone like Accord recognizes them and offers them another road to climb, they accept without reservation.”<br><br>“Which are you?” Grue asked. “Did you start with power, or did you fight for it?”<br><br>Citrine smiled a little, looking over her shoulder at the tower. “I suspect Tattletale will tell you, if you’re curious enough to ask.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/imago-21-4/ Excerpt] from [[Imago 21.4]]</ref> |
+ | When talking about the type of people who sought out Accord, she implied she was the type that had power and sought more.<ref name="21.4 e3">“Why?” I asked. “Why leave a successful, ordinary, ''happy'' life behind, and go to that risk? Why work for Accord, of all people?”<br/><br/>“Power,” Citrine said. She turned her back to the portal to meet my eyes, her dress flaring slightly with the rotation of her body.<br/><br/>“Power isn’t magical,” I said. “It creates as many problems as it solves.”<br/><br/>“Power is less a thing unto itself than it is a journey.”<br/><br/>“To ''where''?”<br/><br/>Her eyes were penetrating as she gazed at me. “Not all journeys have destinations. Power is the ability to effect ''change'', and people who create change ride that tide, with far-reaching effects. For some of us, that’s something we’re born into. Our fathers or mothers instill us with a ''hunger'' for it from a very early point in time. We’re raised on it, always striving to be the top, in academics, in sports, in our careers. Then we either run into a dead-end, or we face diminishing returns.”<br/><br/>“Less and less results for the same amount of effort,” Grue said.<br/><br/>“Others of us are born with nothing. It is hard to get something when you don’t have anything. You can’t make money until you have money. The same applies to contacts, to success, to ''status''. It’s a chasm, and where you start is often very close to where you finish. The vast majority never even move from where they began. Of the few that do make it, many are so exhausted by the time they meet some success that they stop there. And others, a very small few, they make that drive for success, that need to ''climb'' becomes a part of themselves. They keep climbing, and when someone like Accord recognizes them and offers them another road to climb, they accept without reservation.”<br/><br/>“Which are you?” Grue asked. “Did you start with power, or did you fight for it?”<br/><br/>Citrine smiled a little, looking over her shoulder at the tower. “I suspect Tattletale will tell you, if you’re curious enough to ask.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/imago-21-4/ Excerpt] from [[Imago 21.4]]</ref> |
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She still leads the Ambassadors and had begun a relationship with The Number Man. |
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She was present in the Wardens' situation room during [[The Second Shin Crisis]]<ref name="II17.8">[[Sundown 17.8]]</ref> and [[The Ice Breaks|Ice Breaking]]. She was noticeably shocked, seeing as her work of recent years collapses around her.<ref name="II17.z">[[Sundown 17.z]]</ref> |
She was present in the Wardens' situation room during [[The Second Shin Crisis]]<ref name="II17.8">[[Sundown 17.8]]</ref> and [[The Ice Breaks|Ice Breaking]]. She was noticeably shocked, seeing as her work of recent years collapses around her.<ref name="II17.z">[[Sundown 17.z]]</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Wildbow: Accord was definitely grooming Citrine. Sorta wish I'd explored that more<br/>Wildbow: But in writing Worm, I was definitely keeping the "That thing you're planning to do in the future? Do it now. Move the story forward" adage in mind, and it had done well for me up to then<br/>Wildbow: But it did sorta overly condense things in the final quarter<br/>Wildbow: The Citrine/Imp vs. Heartbreaker interlude I ended up canceling would've touched far more on that<br/>Wildbow: But I wasn't comfortable with writing romance/relationship stuff.<br/>Wildbow: Would've done a lot to round out the Number Man, tho<br/>Wildbow: Citrine mourning the death of Accord, meets with Number Man to discuss taking over the Ambassadors.<br/>Wildbow: He fills some of the void that Accord left.<br/>[...]<br/>Ridandria: She wasn't sure she was in love till he threatened her with a plastic protractor<br/>Wildbow: No, Rid is closer. Up til the plastic protractor bit.<br/>Wildbow: There's a reason I canceled it though. Wasn't sure I could sell it. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/27981940/ Wildbow on IRC]</ref> As shown in [[Ward]], it would appear that this still happened, albeit in the background. |
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Citrine.jpg|<center> Image by [http://pabelandnine.tumblr.com Pabel and Nine] on tumblr</center>|link=http://pabelandnine.tumblr.com/post/142157219364 |
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Ambassadors Citrine Ligeia.jpg|<center> Citrine with Ligeia by [https://lonsheep.deviantart.com/art/The-Ambassadors-716527856 Lonsheep] </center> |
Ambassadors Citrine Ligeia.jpg|<center> Citrine with Ligeia by [https://lonsheep.deviantart.com/art/The-Ambassadors-716527856 Lonsheep] </center> |
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Citrine by Pericardium.png|Citrine by Pericardium|link=https://www.deviantart.com/cpericardium/art/Best-Ambassador-818499630 |
Citrine by Pericardium.png|Citrine by Pericardium|link=https://www.deviantart.com/cpericardium/art/Best-Ambassador-818499630 |
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| ⚫ | Wildbow: Accord was definitely grooming Citrine. Sorta wish I'd explored that more<br>Wildbow: But in writing Worm, I was definitely keeping the "That thing you're planning to do in the future? Do it now. Move the story forward" adage in mind, and it had done well for me up to then<br>Wildbow: But it did sorta overly condense things in the final quarter<br>Wildbow: The Citrine/Imp vs. Heartbreaker interlude I ended up canceling would've touched far more on that<br>Wildbow: But I wasn't comfortable with writing romance/relationship stuff.<br>Wildbow: Would've done a lot to round out the Number Man, tho<br>Wildbow: Citrine mourning the death of Accord, meets with Number Man to discuss taking over the Ambassadors.<br>Wildbow: He fills some of the void that Accord left.<br>[...]<br>Ridandria: She wasn't sure she was in love till he threatened her with a plastic protractor<br>Wildbow: No, Rid is closer. Up til the plastic protractor bit.<br>Wildbow: There's a reason I canceled it though. Wasn't sure I could sell it. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/27981940/ Wildbow on IRC]</ref> As shown in [[Ward]], it would appear that this still happened, albeit in the background. |
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Latest revision as of 00:32, 31 March 2024
"There was no long-term, and trying to cling to one would only spoil it all."
This article contains spoilers regarding the ending of Worm and plot of the sequel.
| “ | Power is the ability to effect change, and people who create change ride that tide, with far-reaching effects. For some of us, that’s something we’re born into. Our fathers or mothers instill us with a hunger for it from a very early point in time. [...] They keep climbing, and when someone like Accord recognizes them and offers them another road to climb, they accept without reservation. | ” |
—Citrine to Taylor and Grue, Imago 21.4 | ||
| “ | I’ve noticed the pattern behind your actions here, and I’ve identified it as a desperate grab for standing. It was crude, rising up by cutting people down. [...] I understand the desire to rise up and desperately make sense of a world that seems so senseless. I read every file that can be found about you, and I don’t believe you ever had a chance to be civilized. | ” |
—Accord to Jean, Interlude 5.x II | ||
| “ | Finding solutions for this kind of damage requires the perspective of people with a sense for the big picture. The biggest kind of picture. But do you want it? That position, where you’re finding the solutions and looking down on things from that high a seat? Yes. |
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—Jeanne and Sierra, Interlude 5.x II | ||
Jeanne Wynn (born Jean Brown), known publicly as Citrine, is a member of the Ambassadors, and eventually the mayor of the City of Bet refugees, as well as the leader of Mortari.
Personality[]
Accord referred to her as his "best Ambassador".[15] Taylor suspected that she had a similar personality to Grue - they were both "professionals".[16] Citrine led the Ambassadors in battle, even when her power was ineffectual.[17]
She assessed the Undersiders as a threat based on their track record, disagreeing - politely - with Othello.[15]
Taylor believed that she was not Grue's "type". Nevertheless, it bothered her that she did not feel jealous of the time he spent with her.[16] It was implied in his interlude that she was attracted to Accord.[15]
All these combined made her marriage to Kurt one of equals.[18]
Appearance[]
Jeanne is a young, blonde woman. She wears a goldenrod yellow evening gown with a gemstone studded masquerade ball mask, showcasing her lower face with matching yellow lipstick.[19] Her mask was yellow as well, and Taylor recognized the gems studding it as her namesake gemstone - citrines.[16][20]
Multiple characters have noted that she is physically attractive, including Accord and Skitter.[16][15] She dedicated an hour every morning to caring for her skin, another hour to her hair, which was "immaculately styled".
When deployed to New Delhi she is explicitly referenced as having thrown off her elaborate gown costume for a more practical bodysuit. Implicitly for ease of movement.[21]
Abilities and Powers[]
Citrine's power allows her to "attune areas to particular functions"[16], altering specific properties within a relatively small area.[22]
She can interfere with gravity, temperature variation, friction, light intensity, and the progression of time, among others.[23] She claimed that there were "more possibilities than I could count, many so minor you wouldn't notice."[16] She could use her power to make everything within her ability's range effectively waterproof as an example.[24]
Most notably, Citrine can "find the right attunement, as though I were searching a radio station" to neutralize a given parahuman's abilities. Furthermore, she can specifically cancel out protective powers, or cause powers to go out of control. This latter effect never takes more than twenty or thirty seconds.[16] She risked striking the wrong attunement and accidentally killing her target.[23][17] Further, some powers are too subtle to find out in time before she is retaliated against, or have the subject step out of her range.[22]
Citrine's power gives everything in its area of effect a washed out yellow effect as if the observer was colorblind, only able to see yellow.[24] Under the influence of the Yàngbǎn, it appeared as a golden glow.[25]
History[]
Background[]
Despite being from a privileged family, she had grown up violent and 'uncivilized'. During her last year in a juvenile detention center, before her transfer to an adult’s prison, she received an offer that she could not afford to refuse.[6]
When talking about the type of people who sought out Accord, she implied she was the type that had power and sought more.[26]
Post-Slaughterhouse Nine[]
Under Accord, she helped to watch Blasto in his lab,[27] and was one of only two known Ambassadors to survive the raid by the Slaughterhouse Nine.
Post-Echidna[]
She accompanied Accord to a neutral meeting of all the villains in Brockton Bay[15]. Afterwards, she agreed with Othello's assessment that the Ambassadors could deal with any individual group but not more.
Accord sent her to inform the Undersiders leadership that the Ambassadors would be "recruiting" five new parahumans - by which she meant purchasing five vials from Cauldron for Accord's five highest unpowered lieutenants. She admitted that she was also a Cauldron cape.[16]
She led the Ambassadors alongside the Undersiders against the Teeth.[17]
New Delhi[]
During the battle with Behemoth, she helped suppress his sonic attack[25]. This extended to several other effects the dynokinetic monster used against the defending forces. She was not able to counter all of the Endbringer's attacks however and eventually had to withdraw from the battle, due to exhaustion.
Post-Timeskip[]
She still leads the Ambassadors and had begun a relationship with The Number Man.
Early-Ward[]
Jeanne Wynn was elected mayor of The City. She and her husband worked to keep things in check.
Post-Goddess' Takeover[]
Jeanne negotiated with Earth Shin regarding Red Queen's host.[28]
Breakthrough agreed to work with her.
Citrine halfheartedly re-approves practice of retaliatory kill orders.
Once Cradle tried to leave Earth N through a reactivated portal he ran headlong into Citrine and Number Man leading a crowd of parahumans. Citrine nullified Cradle's mover abilities and expressed the desire to proceed with his kill order, but Antares suggested to keep him alive as a precaution.[29]
Post-Time Bubble Pop[]
Citrine had granted some degree of autonomy to Bluestocking and villains of Earth N as was promised by Breakthrough.
She was outed as a parahuman by Gary Nieves.[30] In ensuing diplomatic conflict with Earth Shin Citrine and her husband were called in to recover Breakthrough from Earth Shin custody.[31]
Citrine was leading the assembly of the second assault team deploying against Teacher. She presented her own parahuman team, created from the recovered vials.[32]
Jeanne and Kurt were caught in a car bombing blamed on anti-parahuman faction.[33] Jeanne survived it. She accepted Contessa as a political consultant.[34]
Post-Attack on Teacher[]
She was present in the Wardens' situation room during The Second Shin Crisis[35] and Ice Breaking. She was noticeably shocked, seeing as her work of recent years collapses around her.[36]
Chapter Appearances[]
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Trivia[]
- It was initially planned for Citrine to meet with The Number Man after Accord's death and, recognizing that she had been in love with Accord, form a relationship with the former Harbinger instead as a way to move past her grief.[37] As shown in Ward, it would appear that this still happened, albeit in the background.
Fanart Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ “Jeanne Wynn. Citrine,” Victoria’s voice was quiet.
“And the Number Man,” Sveta added. “Cauldron.” - Interlude 9.z II - ↑ 2.0 2.1 “Do you know who I am, Jean Brown?” the man sitting across from her asked. He was young, but short.
Jean shrugged. “Someone my parents hired?”
“I’m someone that hires, not someone who is hired,” he said. “I own several businesses in Boston.” - Excerpt from Interlude 5x II - ↑ “Ughhhhh. This is important! The mayor showed up! And she has people, and-”
“Shhh!” a nurse said, from the hallway. There were two capes from Victoria’s mom’s team by the door, standing guard. - Interlude 12.x II - ↑ He glanced back at the woman in yellow.
“I can guess what you’re thinking, but it’s not worth it,” she said. - Interlude 23 - ↑ It wasn’t Accord behind him. It was a young woman in a formal, silk dress, yellow trimmed with gold, and a mask in matching colors. A gemstone stood out on her forehead, with matching earrings dangling from her ears like chandeliers. Her hands were clasped in front of her. - Interlude 19.x
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 “Because, Jean Brown, I understand the desire to rise up and desperately make sense of a world that seems so senseless. I read every file that can be found about you, and I don’t believe you ever had a chance to be civilized. [...] I know who your stepfather is, I know who your teachers have been. Your judge remarked on your privileged background, but you were the last file he looked at after an overworked day. He hadn’t had a vacation in five years and his retirement was imminent. He was lazy and he didn’t see you.”
[...]
“This will be far more difficult than juvenile prison, and even more difficult than being a newly minted eighteen years old in an adult’s prison, Jean Brown. You will want to do as I instruct, regardless of this difficulty.”
She wanted to ask why, and her instincts told her that she couldn’t and shouldn’t.
Failure wasn’t an option.
“You get one chance, Ms. Brown.” - Excerpt from Interlude 5x II - ↑ “I’m Mayor Jeanne Wynn. Good solid handshake there, Capricorn.”
“Ah, you too.”
“Thank you. I was raised by someone who would break a bone in my hand if my handshake was anything except perfect.”
“I’m… sorry?”
“He was the best thing for me at the time,” she said. “Sometimes we need a bit of decisive, pointed violence.” - Interlude 9.z II - ↑ Jeanne Wynn and her assistant. CEO of Mortari, second of the large construction groups. Jeanne might be too. She’s a more serious candidate for mayor, she’s running, she and a lot of others think she’ll win. - Interlude 2 II
- ↑ People were another resource. They had people, but it was scattered. She had seen and worked out the state of Cauldron over the years, after taking over Accord’s position as head of the Ambassadors. - Excerpt from Interlude 5x II
- ↑ Citrine, only bits I could figure out were that she’s got an offensive power, something with substance, and her focus was in a strange place. She was more focused on places in the room where the strongest powers were clustered, and her focus was fairly indiscriminate beyond that. Either her power wasn’t anything that anyone here would have been able to defend against, like Flechette’s arrows or a controlled version of Scrub’s blasts, or she’s a trump classification.”
“What’s that?” Regent asked.
“Official classification for capes who can either acquire new powers on the fly,” Tattletale gestured towards Grue, “Have an interaction with other powers that can’t be categorized or they nullify powers.”
“She’s powerful, then,” Regent said. - Imago 21.1 - ↑ stevecool16: Hey how would you describe a 4x5 trump (Can select options on the fly, often slower, weaker, or clunkier, Scramble, disrupt, alter powers.)
Wildbow: Citrine?
The slowness of her power and needing to tune with it fits with 4. - Conversation with Wildbow on Parahumans Discord - ↑ ‘What are we doing?” Jeanne asked.
“Using powers. I asked about these proposals and I got a lot of answers and information about powers, the push toward violence and the dramatic, the loss of the human in the midst of it all. There was a time when many people with powers wanted to use their powers for mundane things. Rogues. It kept going wrong, didn’t it?”
“We could have a discussion on that,” Jeanne said. “If it’s a concern, I’d like to address it, because it’s nuanced.” - Excerpt from Interlude 5x II - ↑ “I think to make that decision for yourself, you need to look at how she’s done. Again, I’m not dancing with joy given past history, but I’m personally giving her her second chance, and objectively speaking, I think she’s doing a good job.”
“It’s the face she shows us. She was second in command of a crime syndicate, until the leader died, at which point she assumed control. Protection rackets, pressuring politicians, sheltering and hiding villains on the run from law enforcement, kidnapping, ransom. She has murdered people. You’ll jump in here to talk about amnesty, I’m sure-” - Breaking 14.3 - ↑ I had more vigor as I talked. Citrine was a safe subject. Not an easy one, but a safe one. “I’m talking about a lot of people. Mayor Wynn’s power doesn’t change how she leads. It doesn’t influence her decisions. Am I happy about it? No. She was a member of one of the groups that had a stranglehold over my hometown. But they kept the peace, and that’s better than some. If she wants to be a regular mayor, use her experience with capes to make decisions in a city where cape stuff is pretty major? I think I can make peace with that.” - Breaking 14.3
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 - Excerpt from Interlude 20.y
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 Excerpt from Imago 21.4
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Excerpt from Imago 21.6
- ↑ Next were a couple, male and female. She wore a nice suit-dress. He wore a dress shirt, slacks, and carried the paperwork. Their focus was sharp, they clearly worked well together from how well they coordinated. As with Big Picture, there was something else going on with the man’s perceptions. He wasn’t a cone- his perceptions were covering a lot of ground, and his fractures were very different from the norm. They were closer to being etches. - Excerpt from Interlude 2 II
- ↑ He stopped partway up the stair case and faced her, saw her unharmed and unhurt. His Citrine, young, blond, wearing a goldenrod yellow evening gown and a gemstone studded mask. Her hair was immaculately styled, her makeup flawless, with a yellow lipstick that matched her outfit without being garish. - Excerpt from Interlude 20.y
- ↑ Citrine – One of Accord’s ambassadors, Citrine wears a yellow evening gown with gemstones on her mask and earrings – her namesake. - Cast (in depth)
- ↑ “Citrine? Woman in yellow dress.”
“Yellow bodysuit now,” Golem said. “She stripped out of the dress when he pushed past the command center.” - Excerpt from Crushed 24.3 - ↑ 22.0 22.1 The area of effect is smallish, so it creates a problem where the power is very subtle up unless she can actually target someone who won't just walk out of range of it, or if she can keep a fight going long enough to figure out a power's frequency. - Comment by WildBow on Reddit
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Citrine Altered reality in a small area, adjusting physics or natural laws. Could attune 'frequency' to diminish or disrupt a parahuman's powers, with perfect frequency killing them. Ambassadors - Parahuman List, bolded edit by Wildbow.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 I could sense the Ambassadors. Citrine and Othello were there. So were four new recruits: Jacklight, Ligeia, Lizardtail and Codex. The fifth potential recruit hadn’t been so lucky. The four of them stood off to one side, in the shelter of Citrine’s power, listening as she gave instructions. The area around them was somehow faded in terms of the colors there, the area she was affecting looked as though I were viewing it through colorblind eyes that were capable of only seeing yellow. Water wicked off of them as though they were waterproof, leaving them utterly dry even in the wind and rain. - Excerpt from Imago 21.6
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Excerpt from Crushed 24.3
- ↑ “Why?” I asked. “Why leave a successful, ordinary, happy life behind, and go to that risk? Why work for Accord, of all people?”
“Power,” Citrine said. She turned her back to the portal to meet my eyes, her dress flaring slightly with the rotation of her body.
“Power isn’t magical,” I said. “It creates as many problems as it solves.”
“Power is less a thing unto itself than it is a journey.”
“To where?”
Her eyes were penetrating as she gazed at me. “Not all journeys have destinations. Power is the ability to effect change, and people who create change ride that tide, with far-reaching effects. For some of us, that’s something we’re born into. Our fathers or mothers instill us with a hunger for it from a very early point in time. We’re raised on it, always striving to be the top, in academics, in sports, in our careers. Then we either run into a dead-end, or we face diminishing returns.”
“Less and less results for the same amount of effort,” Grue said.
“Others of us are born with nothing. It is hard to get something when you don’t have anything. You can’t make money until you have money. The same applies to contacts, to success, to status. It’s a chasm, and where you start is often very close to where you finish. The vast majority never even move from where they began. Of the few that do make it, many are so exhausted by the time they meet some success that they stop there. And others, a very small few, they make that drive for success, that need to climb becomes a part of themselves. They keep climbing, and when someone like Accord recognizes them and offers them another road to climb, they accept without reservation.”
“Which are you?” Grue asked. “Did you start with power, or did you fight for it?”
Citrine smiled a little, looking over her shoulder at the tower. “I suspect Tattletale will tell you, if you’re curious enough to ask.” - Excerpt from Imago 21.4 - ↑ Interlude 19.x
- ↑ Breaking 14.6
- ↑ Heavens 12.9
- ↑ Breaking 14.2
- ↑ Breaking 14.9
- ↑ Interlude 15.a II
- ↑ Citrine and her husband were at work, they received a phone call, departed immediately to leave, skipping their usual procedures in their hurry, and were blown up by a car bomb. One injured, one dead. It was anti-parahumans.” - Excerpt from Interlude 15.z II
- ↑ From Within 16.1
- ↑ Sundown 17.8
- ↑ Sundown 17.z
- ↑
Wildbow: Accord was definitely grooming Citrine. Sorta wish I'd explored that more
Wildbow: But in writing Worm, I was definitely keeping the "That thing you're planning to do in the future? Do it now. Move the story forward" adage in mind, and it had done well for me up to then
Wildbow: But it did sorta overly condense things in the final quarter
Wildbow: The Citrine/Imp vs. Heartbreaker interlude I ended up canceling would've touched far more on that
Wildbow: But I wasn't comfortable with writing romance/relationship stuff.
Wildbow: Would've done a lot to round out the Number Man, tho
Wildbow: Citrine mourning the death of Accord, meets with Number Man to discuss taking over the Ambassadors.
Wildbow: He fills some of the void that Accord left.
[...]
Ridandria: She wasn't sure she was in love till he threatened her with a plastic protractor
Wildbow: No, Rid is closer. Up til the plastic protractor bit.
Wildbow: There's a reason I canceled it though. Wasn't sure I could sell it. - Wildbow on IRC
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| Leader | Accord † |
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| Members | Citrine • Codex • Jacklight • Ligeia • Lizardtail • Othello |
| Leader | Jeanne Wynn |
|---|---|
| Members | The Number Man † • Harbinger Clones (Harbinger I • Harbinger II • Harbinger III • Harbinger IV • Harbinger V ‡) • Grapnel • Venarum • Red Oni • Tusks |