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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Iosef, one of the conjoined boar twins, is a Babirusa, a type of hairless wild pig notable for its upward-pointing tusks, while his twin Grigori resembles a European wild boar.
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* UnusualAnimalAlliance: Between a tiger, a raven, and a wolf.
* XMeetsY: ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' meets ''Literature/AnimalFarm''.
* XMeetsY: ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' meets ''Literature/AnimalFarm''.
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* UnusualAnimalAlliance: Between a tiger, a raven, and a wolf.
* XMeetsY: ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' meets ''Literature/AnimalFarm''.wolf.
* XMeetsY: ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' meets ''Literature/AnimalFarm''.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Shadow Walker sees without sight.]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The Shadow Walker sees without sight.]]
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'''[[https://www.ghostofthegulag.com Ghost of the Gulag]]'' is a webcomic by David Derrick Jr., set in the Russian wilderness of the Taiga in a post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarII setting, centering around a blind Amur Tiger, known as the Shadow Walker, who becomes involved in the royal war between the Clan of the Wolf and the Clan of the Boar. With the prince of the wolves at his mercy, the Shadow Walker is forced to embark on a quest to determine the fate of the Taiga, with the aid of his "eye", a raven that has come to guide him and become his "sight".
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'''[[https://www.ghostofthegulag.com Ghost of the Gulag]]'' is a webcomic by David Derrick Jr., set in the Russian wilderness of the Taiga in a post WW2 setting, centering around a blind Amur Tiger, known as the Shadow Walker, who becomes involved in the royal war between the Clan of the Wolf and the Clan of the Boar. With the prince of the wolves at his mercy, the Shadow Walker is forced to embark on a quest to determine the fate of the Taiga, with the aid of his "eye", a raven that has come to guide him and become his "sight".
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'''[[https://www.ghostofthegulag.com Ghost of the Gulag]]'' is a webcomic by David Derrick Jr., set in the Russian wilderness of the Taiga in a post WW2 post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarII setting, centering around a blind Amur Tiger, known as the Shadow Walker, who becomes involved in the royal war between the Clan of the Wolf and the Clan of the Boar. With the prince of the wolves at his mercy, the Shadow Walker is forced to embark on a quest to determine the fate of the Taiga, with the aid of his "eye", a raven that has come to guide him and become his "sight".
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* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Shadow Walker as a cub, as seen in the flashback.
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* UnusualAnimalAlliance: Between a tiger, a raven, and a wolf.
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* AnimalJingoism: Between boars and wolves.
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* CallARabbitASmeerp: The animals are referred to by more mystical-sounding names: wolves are "slypaws", lynxes are "softfoots" and tigers are "shadowwalkers".
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* BodyHorror: The Boar Chief's twin sons are a conjoined two-headed freak of nature whose two heads are partly fused and share an inner eye.
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* CatsAreSnarkers: Soft Paw the lynx is this in spades.
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* PsychicPowers: Iosef and Grigori can communicate telepathically, manipulate objects around them, and create false images in the minds of others.
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* {{Squick}}: Oh boy. A wolf hiding inside a bloody hollow elk carcass, a bird plucking out boar's eyeballs, a boar getting impaled in the eye by its own broken tusk, a tiger graphically ripping out a boar's ''trachea...''
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* AppeaseTheVolcanoGod: The boars believe that sacrificing the wolf Tsarovich to the geyser inhabited by the boar twins will bring order back to their kingdom.
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* DualityMotif: Iosef and Grigori's shared body is split evenly down the middle between brown-furred and hairless.
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* HumanSacrifice: Well, technically ''animal'' sacrifice, but the boars sacrifice their enemies to a geyser in a volcano, where they are impaled on a stalactite above.
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* MindRape: A tactic of the psychic boar twins.
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* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: Taken hostage by the Shadow Walker, the boar twins psychically conjure an image in his mind of his deceased mother to distract him. It works for a while until the raven plucks out their shared eye, destroying the illusion.
* ShownTheirWork: The creator took great detail in describing the nature of the setting, from the post-war Russian scenes to the references to its culture and traditional mythology.
* ShownTheirWork: The creator took great detail in describing the nature of the setting, from the post-war Russian scenes to the references to its culture and traditional mythology.
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'''[[https://www.ghostofthegulag.com Ghost of the Gulag]]'' is a webcomic by David Derrick Jr., set in the Russian wilderness of the Taiga, centering around a blind Amur Tiger, known as the Shadow Walker, who becomes involved in the royal war between the Clan of the Wolf and the Clan of the Boar. With the prince of the wolves at his mercy, the Shadow Walker is forced to embark on a quest to determine the fate of the Taiga, with the aid of his "eye", a raven that has come to guide him and become his "sight".
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'''[[https://www.ghostofthegulag.com Ghost of the Gulag]]'' is a webcomic by David Derrick Jr., set in the Russian wilderness of the Taiga, Taiga in a post WW2 setting, centering around a blind Amur Tiger, known as the Shadow Walker, who becomes involved in the royal war between the Clan of the Wolf and the Clan of the Boar. With the prince of the wolves at his mercy, the Shadow Walker is forced to embark on a quest to determine the fate of the Taiga, with the aid of his "eye", a raven that has come to guide him and become his "sight".
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The comic can also be read [[https://m.tapas.io/series/Ghost-of-the-Gulag here]], while the
creator's official Instagram can be found [[https://www.instagram.com/davederrickjr/?hl=en here.]]
The comic can also be read [[https://m.tapas.io/series/Ghost-of-the-Gulag here]], while the
creator's official Instagram can be found [[https://www.instagram.com/davederrickjr/?hl=en here.]]
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The Slypaw Tsarovich and the Shadow Walker are forced to work together, even though it's clear that the two greatly dislike one another.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The Slypaw Tsarovich and the Shadow Walker are forced to work together, even though it's clear that the two greatly dislike one another.another.
* XMeetsY: ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' meets ''Literature/AnimalFarm''.
* XMeetsY: ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' meets ''Literature/AnimalFarm''.
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* BlindSeer: Iosef and Grigori, conjoined boars who share an eye, are capable of psychic abilities and the ability to enter other creatures' minds.
* CunningLikeAFox: The foxes are viewed with such prejudice by the Boar Clan, seeing them as "thieves" who take from the natural order and give nothing in return.
* HandicappedBadass: The Shadow Walker. Despite being blind, he still retains his fearsome strength and agility, and relies on his raven companion to help him navigate during combat.
* HumiliationConga: The Slypaw Tsarovich, heir to the throne, is ambushed by the Boar Clan, abandoned by his pack, stuffed into a dead moose, gets chained by a barbed wire around his neck and ends up being the chew toy of a blind tiger who takes joy in reminding the poor wolf that he'll eventually kill him.
* HumiliationConga: The Slypaw Tsarovich, heir to the throne, is ambushed by the Boar Clan, abandoned by his pack, stuffed into a dead moose, gets chained by a barbed wire around his neck and ends up being the chew toy of a blind tiger who takes joy in reminding the poor wolf that he'll eventually kill him.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The poor fox. Narrowly averted by the Slypaw Tsarovich.
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* SavageWolves: Subverted with the Wolf Clan, who are shown to have beliefs about being the ones who "restore balance" by preying on the herbivores that destroyed the Taiga with their overgrazing.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Soft Foot the lynx, who manipulates the Shadow Walker into becoming the Boar Clan's personal bodyguard by promising him freedom.
* MultipleHeadCase: Iosef and Grigori, while sharing a body, do not share their opinions on the Shadow Walker: while Iosef sees him as a bringer of death who will destroy the Taiga, Grigori views him as a restorer of peace and balance.
* SavageWolves: Subverted with the Wolf Clan, who are shown to have beliefs about being the ones who "restore balance" by preying on the herbivores that destroyed the Taiga with theirovergrazing.overgrazing.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: Iosef, one of the conjoined boar twins, is a Babirusa, a type of hairless wild pig notable for its upward-pointing tusks, while his twin Grigori resembles a European wild boar.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The Slypaw Tsarovich and the Shadow Walker are forced to work together, even though it's clear that the two greatly dislike one another.
* MultipleHeadCase: Iosef and Grigori, while sharing a body, do not share their opinions on the Shadow Walker: while Iosef sees him as a bringer of death who will destroy the Taiga, Grigori views him as a restorer of peace and balance.
* SavageWolves: Subverted with the Wolf Clan, who are shown to have beliefs about being the ones who "restore balance" by preying on the herbivores that destroyed the Taiga with their
* SeldomSeenSpecies: Iosef, one of the conjoined boar twins, is a Babirusa, a type of hairless wild pig notable for its upward-pointing tusks, while his twin Grigori resembles a European wild boar.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The Slypaw Tsarovich and the Shadow Walker are forced to work together, even though it's clear that the two greatly dislike one another.
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* CatsAreMean: The Shadow Walker holds no loyalties to anyone and is unpredictable in his actions. Even when forced to side with the Slypaw, he constantly reminds the wolf that he will eventually kill him "sooner or later".
* ConjoinedTwins: Iosef and Grigori, the oracles of the boars, are such a case.
* ConjoinedTwins: Iosef and Grigori, the oracles of the boars, are such a case.
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* EyeScream: A lot. Notably the Shadow Walker losing his left eye to his owner's whip, while his right is branded with the Communist symbol.
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* EyeScream: A lot. Notably the Shadow Walker losing his left eye to his owner's whip, while his right is branded with the Communist symbol.symbol.
* FullBoarAction: The main antagonists are the clan of boars, depicted as being massive even compared to a tiger.
* GloriousMotherRussia: The setting of some of the flashbacks, showing a Communist-era concentration camp in which the Shadow Walker was once kept as a mascot.
* HuskyRusskie: The boars are somewhat this trope.
* LargeAndInCharge: The chief of the boars is the biggest among them, and has the largest tusks.
* SavageWolves: Subverted with the Wolf Clan, who are shown to have beliefs about being the ones who "restore balance" by preying on the herbivores that destroyed the Taiga with their overgrazing.
* FullBoarAction: The main antagonists are the clan of boars, depicted as being massive even compared to a tiger.
* GloriousMotherRussia: The setting of some of the flashbacks, showing a Communist-era concentration camp in which the Shadow Walker was once kept as a mascot.
* HuskyRusskie: The boars are somewhat this trope.
* LargeAndInCharge: The chief of the boars is the biggest among them, and has the largest tusks.
* SavageWolves: Subverted with the Wolf Clan, who are shown to have beliefs about being the ones who "restore balance" by preying on the herbivores that destroyed the Taiga with their overgrazing.
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'''[[https://www.ghostofthegulag.com Ghost of the Gulag]]'' is a webcomic by David Derrick Jr., set in the Russian wilderness of the Taiga, centering around a blind Amur Tiger, known as the Shadow Walker, who becomes involved in the royal war between the Clan of the Wolf and the Clan of the Boar. With the prince of the wolves at his mercy, the Shadow Walker is forced to embark on a quest to determine the fate of the Taiga, with the aid of his "eye", a raven that has come to guide him and become his "sight".
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* AnimalTalk: All the animals seem to be able to speak with one another, though not with humans.
* BreakTheCutie: Shadow Walker, as a cub, is adorable and innocent. Then his mother is killed and he is captured as a pet by a Russian concentration camp, and it all gets worse from there.
* CleverCrows: The Shadow Walker's "eye" is a raven, who is cunning and intelligent, and helps the Shadow Walker survive with his disability.
* EyeScream: A lot. Notably the Shadow Walker losing his left eye to his owner's whip, while his right is branded with the Communist symbol.
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* AnimalTalk: All the animals seem to be able to speak with one another, though not with humans.
* BreakTheCutie: Shadow Walker, as a cub, is adorable and innocent. Then his mother is killed and he is captured as a pet by a Russian concentration camp, and it all gets worse from there.
* CleverCrows: The Shadow Walker's "eye" is a raven, who is cunning and intelligent, and helps the Shadow Walker survive with his disability.
* EyeScream: A lot. Notably the Shadow Walker losing his left eye to his owner's whip, while his right is branded with the Communist symbol.
