Though he's intelligent and intuitive, he avoids doing well at anything because he wants to avoid 'becoming a target.' Rowan feels he has a keener sense of empathy than other people he's especially moved by art from the Age of Mortality. He comes from a large, sprawling family in the suburbs, and he receives almost no attention, inspiring him to think of himself as the 'lettuce-kid' of the family sandwich. Rowan is one of the novel's two protagonists. Her hair is long enough for Scythe Curie to braid. Her genetic index is 22-37-12-14-15, with 37% Afric heritage, which Rowan congratulates her on. She is eventually chosen to join the Scythedom, choosing Anastasia Romanov as her Patron Historic, though she refuses to glean Rowan, instead granting him immunity and helping him escape. When she's falsely accused of gleaning Scythe Faraday, Citra escapes with the help of the Thunderhead and Scythe Curie. She's not very gifted at reading people, but she has a strong instinct for rightness and trusts in herself completely. Rowan observes that competition is in her nature, and she can't stand being kept in the dark about something for very long. She is trained by Scythe Faraday and Scythe Curie, placing her firmly in the 'old-guard' camp of scythes, valuing compassion over efficiency.

Her training reveals an aptitude for Black Widow Bokator, and many of her challenges feature knives as the weapon of choice. She is from a relatively small family in the city, and before her scythe training, she anticipated having a pleasant, average life. Competitive and quick to anger, Citra is chosen by Scythe Faraday to become his apprentice, despite being strongly opposed to becoming a scythe. Citra is one of the novel's two protagonists.

Scythe by neal shusterman