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{{Infobox character
|title=Chicory
|image=
ChicoryIdle.png|Wielder cloak
Chicory_postgame.png|Post-game
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|species=Hare
|location=[[Luncheon]]
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|occupation=Wielder (Formerly)
|relationships=[[Pizza]] (Student, Friend)<br>[[Blackberry]] (Former mentor)
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{{for-text|the video game|[[Chicory: A Colorful Tale]]}}
{{Quote|I don't know if you've noticed... but I'm kind of a trashfire. You probably shouldn’t look up to me.|Chicory, to [[Pizza]] while drawing their portrait}}
'''Chicory''' is the deuteragonist and namesake of [[Chicory: A Colorful Tale]]. Chicory is the wielder of [[The Brush]], having inherited the position from her teacher [[Blackberry]]. She resides in the [[Luncheon|Wielder Tower]] where [[Pizza]] is employed as her janitor.
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=== Background ===
{{Quote|For as long as I can remember, everything I did was to become the wielder. And then as soon as I got it... that's when everything fell apart.|Chicory}}
Before the game’s story starts, Chicory was picked by Blackberry out of the [[Art Academy]] to be her successor as wielder. Chicory was originally delighted at this great honor, and looked up to Blackberry immensely, but training under her proved to be very taxing. Blackberry’s standards were extremely high, and she was very strict and demanding with her pupil. Chicory, out of fear of appearing weak or imperfect in front of her teacher, simply suffered through it in silence, until it was too late. When Blackberry was supposed to hand over the brush to Chicory in a simple ceremonial step in [[Brunch Canyon]] and officially declare her wielder, Blackberry instead changed her mind, deciding that Chicory was not yet ready for the position. Chicory’s pent-up frustration with both Blackberry and herself exploded out of her, and she stormed off, saying she’ll be Wielder with or without Blackberry’s approval.
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=== In-Game ===
{{Quote|Turns out there's a LOT I can do, that I didn't think possible.|Chicory, to Pizza in the final fight}}
Chicory is indirectly seen at the very start of the game, when Pizza is talking to themself about how cool she is, however she doesn’t properly appear until the beginning of [[A Wielder's Duty|Chapter 2]], when Pizza tries to return the brush to her. She acts cold and distant, saying that Pizza can simply take it for themself. Later in Chapter 2, she gives Pizza a phone call at the entrance to the [[Wielder Temple]]. She apologizes for her coldness earlier, saying that she was feeling very depressed. She offers Pizza encouragement, but still refuses to take back the brush.
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Chicory guides Pizza through [[The Wielder Trials|the Wielder Trials]]. Midway through, Chicory also offers to hang out with Pizza and have some food together, where they talk about finding their purpose in life. During the trials, Chicory opens up a lot more about what it was like for her being wielder, the weight of the brush’s legacy on her, and her falling-out with Blackberry. Pizza and Chicory grow closer through these experiences.
In [[The Brush (chapter)|Chapter 10]], Chicory talks to Pizza before they ascend the Wielder Tower to face the largest corruption. She says that she’s been thinking about it, and resolves that the only way to solve the corruption issue is to destroy the brush. Regardless of whether Pizza agrees or not, they ascend the tower, and fail. They come back and find Chicory waiting for them near the base of the tower again. Chicory comforts Pizza and gives them a hug as they lament that they weren’t good enough. However, Pizza feels something unusual, as if the brush is still with them. They begin growing their own brush tree, much to the shock of Chicory. Pizza grabs their second chance by the handle and ascends the tower again. Chicory, meanwhile, is left to contemplate what Pizza just did. She realizes that she could grow her own brush too.
As Pizza is ensnared in the tendrils of the corruption again, Chicory comes to their rescue, with her own brush. Chicory assists Pizza in the final fight, restraining the apparitions of wielders past and helping them up when they fall until, finally, the two destroy the brush together.
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== Trivia ==
* According to the [[Chicory: Official
** This is intended, however, just as a loose reference point rather than hard canon. <ref>
[[:File:Alexis ages.png|Alexis Dean-Jones in the Wishes Unlimited discord]]</ref>
** Chicory’s birthday is the 22nd of March.<ref>{{Cite tweet|author=[[Chicory: A Colorful Tale|Chicory: A Colorful Tale [@chicory]]] |date=November 4, 2022 |user=chicory |number=1588417512332754945 |title=@azurehaiku chicory is march 22 pizza is september 28 }}</ref>
* Multiple artists contributed Chicory’s art in-game. Chicory’s colors in the opening room and her yurt were done by Alexandra Kern, while her portrait of Pizza and self-portrait were made by [[Alexis Dean-Jones]].
** Alexandra Kern also decorated the custom Chicory PS5. You can find her work at [https://www.zandraart.com/ her website] or [https://twitter.com/zandraartt @zandraartt on Twitter].
* Chicory’s
{{Cite tweet|author=Lena Raine [@kuraine] |date=November 12, 2021 |user=kuraine |number=1458978751975346177 |title=surprisingly this is the first time i've seen this question so i can confirm that i did the voices for marzipan & chicory ✨ they're pretty quiet non-verbal emotes, but that's me }}</ref>
** The voicebank used for Chicory in ''Song of the Wielders'' is the same as the one used in another one of Lena Raine’s works, Oneknowing (Vocaloid 5’s ''Amy''). <ref>[https://cohost.org/kuraine/post/2386860-the-vocalist-is-voca Lena Raine on Cohost]</ref><ref> [https://medium.com/@kuraine/composing-for-chicory-motifs-memories-9d7351555694 “The vocaloid Chicory uses is actually one I’ve used in my solo work, but I purposely made it a bit rougher and more artificial-sounding.” Lena Raine, about Song of the Wielders]</ref>
* [[File:Chicory Leitmotif.png|alt=Chicory's Leitmotif|thumb|Chicory's Leitmotif]] Chicory’s musical theme on the soundtrack is the aptly named ''Chicory’s Theme''.
** This motif is first introduced in ''Not Anymore'', a more downtrodden and depressive rendition of Chicory's theme. This is further intensified in ''Messed Up Person'', before finally, after Chapter 5, her true theme appears.
** Chicory's identifying instrument is the clarinet.
* Chicory’s yurt in the post-game is small enough that you can place her flag on top of most other houses, including Pizza’s house.
** It can also be placed on [[Dessert Mountain]].
** It cannot, however, be placed in any interior or underground area, even if there would theoretically be space.
* The player can't pick Chicory or [[Clementine]] as their favorite food, to avoid [[Pizza|the protagonist]] sharing a name with key characters.
** The game will ask the player for their next favorite food when attempting to do so. Going from 2nd favorite, to 3rd favorite, all the way to 10th, past which it will simply ask for their next favorite food.
** Interestingly, nothing prevents the protagonist from being named [[Blackberry]].
* According to [[Greg Lobanov]], Chicory would be annoyingly good at picking up video games.
** He assigns this statement “70% [canonicity]”, meaning it’s likely but not necessarily true.
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Chicory artist profile.png|Chicory's artist profile
</gallery>
== References ==
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