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* SuperpowerRussianRoulette: Really a defining trope for the series. If you become one of the empowered you could gain the ability to fly, throw cars, or [[spoiler: short out all power on a continental level]]. The distribution and scale is equal parts varied and unpredictable; as a result the Citadel faces each newly powered unsure if this is the day that they can't save.
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* SuperpowerRussianRoulette: Really a defining trope for the series. If you become one of the empowered you could gain the ability to fly, throw cars, or [[spoiler: short out all power on a continental level]]. The distribution and scale is equal parts varied and unpredictable; as a result the Citadel faces each newly powered unsure if this is the day that they can't save.save.
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* BadAss: One of the Instructors, Achala Juggernaut, spent several years on the Citadel’s highest risk Intervention team and is acknowledged as the most brutal of the various combat trainers. All of this with a serene smile and pleasant attitude, despite the fact that he’s been in constant agony since his run-in with Chemo, a city scale level threat who left all his victims with a fate worse than death.
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* SpareAMessenger: This is how [[TheDreaded Monster]] got his name. He murdered an entire studio full of people, one by one with a knife, making it extra painful if they tried to fight. Then he gestured for the last survivor to point a camera at him and said:
-->'''Killer in motorcycle gear:''' A man who does this... what do you call such a man?\\
'''Cameraman:''' M-Monster.\\
'''"Monster":''' ''[nods thoughtfully and leaves]''
* SuperpowerRussianRoulette: Really a defining trope for the series. If you become one of the empowered you could gain the ability to fly, throw cars, or [[spoiler: short out all power on a continental level]]. The distribution and scale is equal parts varied and unpredictable; as a result the Citadel faces each newly powered unsure if this is the day that they can'tsave.
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-->'''Killer in motorcycle gear:''' A man who does this... what do you call such a man?\\
'''Cameraman:''' M-Monster.\\
'''"Monster":''' ''[nods thoughtfully and leaves]''
* SuperpowerRussianRoulette: Really a defining trope for the series. If you become one of the empowered you could gain the ability to fly, throw cars, or [[spoiler: short out all power on a continental level]]. The distribution and scale is equal parts varied and unpredictable; as a result the Citadel faces each newly powered unsure if this is the day that they can't
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* BiggerBad: Tyrant and the King in Winter are popularly conceived as such, despite the fact that neither acted in a completely voluntary manner.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: Tyrant and the King in Winter. One holds the entire population of Europe in mental thrall while the other is responsible for freezing a large chunk of the Northern Hemisphere.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: Tyrant and the King in Winter. One holds the entire population of Europe in mental thrall while the other is responsible for freezing a large chunk of the Northern Hemisphere.
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* TheJuggernaut: Coach Achala Juggernaut isn't actually unstoppable. However, any object he sets in motion is. When he's taking a fight seriously, he wears a uniform that covers every inch of his skin so that, as long as he doesn't stop moving, he's nearly invulnerable. More than once, he's literally run through his opponents.
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* SuperpowerRussianRoulette: Really a defining trope for the series. If you become one of the empowered you could gain the ability to fly, throw cars, or [[spoiler: short out all power on a continental level.level]]. The distribution and scale is equal parts varied and unpredictable; as a result the Citadel faces each newly powered unsure if this is the day that they can't save.
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* SuperpowerRussianRoulette: If you become one of the empowered you could gain the ability to fly, throw cars, or short out all power on a continental level. The distribution is random, the scale unpredictable, and the Citadel faces each newly powered unsure if this is the day that they can't save.
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* SuperpowerRussianRoulette: Really a defining trope for the series. If you become one of the empowered you could gain the ability to fly, throw cars, or short out all power on a continental level. The distribution is random, the and scale unpredictable, is equal parts varied and unpredictable; as a result the Citadel faces each newly powered unsure if this is the day that they can't save.
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* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: Kerry's power effectively lets her turn into one of a number of dragons.
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* CodeName: The last name of Operatives and Trainees is often a direct allusion to their power. To name but a few: Drew Stasis can stop time, Hector Hive controls and duplicates himself, and Samantha Soar flies.
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* MeaningfulName: The last name of Operatives and Trainees is often a direct allusion to their power. Drew Stasis can stop time, Hector Hive controls and duplicates himself, and Samantha Soar flies, to name but a few.
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* MeaningfulName: The last name of Operatives and Trainees is often a direct allusion to their power. Drew Stasis can stop time, Hector Hive controls and duplicates himself, and Samantha Soar flies. The list goes on.
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* MeaningfulName: The last name of Operatives and Trainees is often a direct allusion to their power. Drew Stasis can stop time, Hector Hive controls and duplicates himself, and Samantha Soar flies. The list goes on.flies, to name but a few.
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* AscendedMeme: Several scenes during the Origins chapter were the direct result of readers’ questions, solicited by the author.
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** Monster is referred to as a murder hobo during a meeting after being called that in the comments.
** Several scenes during the Origins chapter were the direct result of readers’ questions, solicited by the
** Monster is referred to as a murder hobo during a meeting after being called that in the comments.
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* CoordinatedClothes: Unsurprisingly, Citadel operatives wear uniforms instead of the individualized costumes more common to superheroes.
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* BigBad: Monster, no obvious grand plan, but he definitely counts.
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* AndIMustScream: Describes the daily life of Jenny Awesome, made worse by the fact that almost no one she interacts with has a clue that she’s anything other than the happy, peppy girl she appears to be.
* AppealToForce: Forms the basis of society in the Battlegrounds, large regions of North America that have had normal government overthrown by a series of superpowered individuals or gangs, only to have the new rulers overthrown in turn, etc…
* AppealToForce: Forms the basis of society in the Battlegrounds, large regions of North America that have had normal government overthrown by a series of superpowered individuals or gangs, only to have the new rulers overthrown in turn, etc…
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* BigBad: Monster, no obvious grand plan, but he definitely counts.
* BiggerBad: Tyrant and the King in Winter are popularly conceived as such, despite the fact that neither acted in a completely voluntary manner.
* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: More or less the entire purpose of the Citadel program. The first month of combat classes for the trainees consist of one on one, no powers allowed sparring. Add to that, Isaac is one of the most powerful Strong types in the world and a former amateur boxer.
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**Attempted by Hector in his first match against Isaac. It goes poorly for him.
**Done successfully by Jenny in Isaac’s next match, though so subtly that he doesn’t recognize it. Given the nature of her power, it likely isn’t on purpose.
* BiggerBad: Tyrant and the King in Winter are popularly conceived as such, despite the fact that neither acted in a completely voluntary manner.
* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: More or less the entire purpose of the Citadel program. The first month of combat classes for the trainees consist of one on one, no powers allowed sparring. Add to that, Isaac is one of the most powerful Strong types in the world and a former amateur boxer.
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**Attempted by Hector in his first match against Isaac. It goes poorly for him.
**Done successfully by Jenny in Isaac’s next match, though so subtly that he doesn’t recognize it. Given the nature of her power, it likely isn’t on purpose.
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*CellPhonesAreUseless: During the [[https://unillustrated.wordpress.com/14-0-interruptions/ Interruption]] chapter, an out of control Turing type shuts down the electrical grid as well as disrupting many forms of modern technology, including cell phones.
*ChestInsignia: Citadel members wear the organization’s insignia over their hearts, a stylized white tower on a black circle. The colors are reversed for trainees.
*CoordinatedClothes: Unsurprisingly, Citadel operatives wear uniforms instead of the individualized costumes more common to superheroes.
*ChestInsignia: Citadel members wear the organization’s insignia over their hearts, a stylized white tower on a black circle. The colors are reversed for trainees.
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*CurbStompBattle: Duncan Nightmare versus Achala Juggernaut. Duncan Nightmare versus Bruce Richards. Despite being described as one of the more powerful members of the class, the poor guy loses every fight the reader sees him in for at least the first fourteen chapters.
*TheDreaded: Monster, to the point that even the setting’s most acclaimed hero, William Power, shudders at the thought of facing him.
*EntertaininglyWrong: Isaac spends the first few chapters growing increasingly concerned that his male roommate, Kelly, is skipping training. Kelly, a gender-fluid shapeshifter, spends that same time wondering what she did to offend Isaac, since he barely acknowledges her when they cross paths outside their shared house.
*FateWorseThanDeath: During his rampage, Chemo spread a cloud of parasites around himself. Everyone exposed lived in constant pain, including Achala Juggernaut and Hector’s mother. William Power was exposed, and suffered for a time, but recovered after Chemo was killed. This exception is probably the result of his regeneration or power nullification abilities.
*TheDreaded: Monster, to the point that even the setting’s most acclaimed hero, William Power, shudders at the thought of facing him.
*EntertaininglyWrong: Isaac spends the first few chapters growing increasingly concerned that his male roommate, Kelly, is skipping training. Kelly, a gender-fluid shapeshifter, spends that same time wondering what she did to offend Isaac, since he barely acknowledges her when they cross paths outside their shared house.
*FateWorseThanDeath: During his rampage, Chemo spread a cloud of parasites around himself. Everyone exposed lived in constant pain, including Achala Juggernaut and Hector’s mother. William Power was exposed, and suffered for a time, but recovered after Chemo was killed. This exception is probably the result of his regeneration or power nullification abilities.
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* PunchCatch: When Duncan challenged [[TheJuggernaut Coach Achala]], Achala caught one of his punches and Duncan's whole arm broke.
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*CrapSackWorld: The central part of the US is a gang ruled war-zone, a significant part of the Upper Hemisphere was frozen solid, the ''entirety'' of Europe is under the complete mental control of Tyrant, and the Citadel itself admits to striving more towards brutal efficiency than actual justice.
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[[https://unillustrated.wordpress.com/ Citadel]] by Unillustrated is a WebSerialNovel first published in September of 2014.
Citadel is a SuperheroSchool tale with a militaristic tone. The story switches POV often but primarily follows a class of superpowered operatives in training as they adjust to their new role, deal with the CombatPragmatist mentality of their instructors and come to terms with the kind of decisions they’ll have to make on a day to day basis once their training is complete.
Details and elements of world building are scattered throughout, both in terms of the trainees’ lectures, their own interactions and occasional shifts in POV.
!!Citadel contains examples of:
* AscendedMeme: Several scenes during the Origins chapter were the direct result of readers’ questions, solicited by the author.
* BeardOfEvil: During a Q&A session with the class, William Power tells of a man whose superpower unwittingly created incompetent, evil duplicates of popular heroes. Every one of them had a goatee, including the females.
* CanonDiscontinuity: Unillustrated maintains a section in the chapter list called Deleted Scenes. Everything there was originally posted as canon plus one Christmas scene that may or may not have been meant as canon.
Citadel is a SuperheroSchool tale with a militaristic tone. The story switches POV often but primarily follows a class of superpowered operatives in training as they adjust to their new role, deal with the CombatPragmatist mentality of their instructors and come to terms with the kind of decisions they’ll have to make on a day to day basis once their training is complete.
Details and elements of world building are scattered throughout, both in terms of the trainees’ lectures, their own interactions and occasional shifts in POV.
!!Citadel contains examples of:
* AscendedMeme: Several scenes during the Origins chapter were the direct result of readers’ questions, solicited by the author.
* BeardOfEvil: During a Q&A session with the class, William Power tells of a man whose superpower unwittingly created incompetent, evil duplicates of popular heroes. Every one of them had a goatee, including the females.
* CanonDiscontinuity: Unillustrated maintains a section in the chapter list called Deleted Scenes. Everything there was originally posted as canon plus one Christmas scene that may or may not have been meant as canon.
