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** A very important one appears in the Ice Gift Hunt minigame --[[spoiler: it turns out to be a message from the legendary black iceberg, revealing the fate of the cryonically frozen children and the famous chief Rita]].
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** A very important one appears in the [[http://giftscomic.com/icegifthunt.html Ice Gift Hunt minigame minigame]] --[[spoiler: it turns out to be a message from the legendary black iceberg, revealing the fate of the cryonically frozen children and the famous chief Rita]].
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* DreamWeaver: * In GWI, people take lucid dreaming very seriously and those who carry more than one personality in their minds, rely on imaginary worlds to interact with their inner enemies/friends.
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* ReluctantPsycho: All the descendents of the sociopathic soldiers are given extensive training/therapy to develop their cognitive empathy and social skills to the point that they can function normally in society.
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* IronLady: Both Lara (chief of the hunters' tribe) and her heir Rita are strong, brave women, and are born leaders.
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** Both Lara (chief of the hunters' tribe) and her heir Rita are strong, brave women, and are bornleaders.leaders.
** [[spoiler: Faith, the eldest of the three Norns, is a retired soldier. Though she loves her daughter Hope and granddaughter Love, that doesn't change the fact that she's a superhuman soldier born-and-raised with a sociopathic brain type -- and as the de facto leader of the Norns, she's hardwired to make the kinds of tough decisions necessary to keep the Norn's work alive without the burden of emotions to consider.]]
** Both Lara (chief of the hunters' tribe) and her heir Rita are strong, brave women, and are born
** [[spoiler: Faith, the eldest of the three Norns, is a retired soldier. Though she loves her daughter Hope and granddaughter Love, that doesn't change the fact that she's a superhuman soldier born-and-raised with a sociopathic brain type -- and as the de facto leader of the Norns, she's hardwired to make the kinds of tough decisions necessary to keep the Norn's work alive without the burden of emotions to consider.]]
* RetiredBadass: Faith, the oldest of the three "Norns" [[spoiler: the adult Ash/]] Nolan encounters. She's a retired "Sentinel," or as Nolan puts it, "[[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=484 a bioengineered sociopathic superhuman born and raised to kill without remorse]]." Even as a battle-scarred old woman who hasn't seen active duty in decades, she's a more than capable fighter whose enhanced reflexes and combat training make her a formidable threat.
* RuggedScar:
** Rita has a long claw-mark scar on her neck and shoulder from the RaptorAttack that nearly killed her when she was 12. Overlaps with PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars at the beginning of the story, when she still has reservations about not keeping the scars covered up. When she [[spoiler: decides to make Tim her husband and take up more chief-duties from her mother]], she becomes more confident about her scars and begins to wear clothing that shows them off.
** Faith is a retired supersoldier who appears to have suffered a serious injury to her left side - her left eye, arm, and leg are prosthetic, and scarring can be seen on the left side of her face and neck.
* RuggedScar:
** Rita has a long claw-mark scar on her neck and shoulder from the RaptorAttack that nearly killed her when she was 12. Overlaps with PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars at the beginning of the story, when she still has reservations about not keeping the scars covered up. When she [[spoiler: decides to make Tim her husband and take up more chief-duties from her mother]], she becomes more confident about her scars and begins to wear clothing that shows them off.
** Faith is a retired supersoldier who appears to have suffered a serious injury to her left side - her left eye, arm, and leg are prosthetic, and scarring can be seen on the left side of her face and neck.
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* TeenPregnancy: Enforced. To become a chief of the hunter's tribe, a candidate must prove they understand the value of human life: usually by giving birth (almost all the previous chiefs have been women). As the position of chief is somewhat hereditary, this leads to a system of mother chiefs who pass on the mantle of chief when their daughter becomes a mother herself. The tribe even has a festival, celebrated during a future chief's 16th year, wherein she chooses the man who will be the father of her child. (Theoretically a chief's daughter could choose to give up the position by refusing to have children, but there's been no mention of something like that happening in the story.)
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* TeenPregnancy: Enforced. To become a chief of the hunter's tribe, a candidate must prove they understand the value of human life: usually by giving birth (almost all the previous chiefs have been women). As the position of chief is somewhat hereditary, this leads to a system of mother chiefs who pass on down the mantle of chief when their daughter becomes a mother herself. The tribe even has a festival, celebrated during a future chief's 16th year, wherein she chooses the man who will be the father of her child. (Theoretically a chief's daughter could choose to give up the position by refusing to have children, but there's been no mention of something like that happening in the story.)
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* BadassGrandma: Faith, the oldest of the three "Norns" [[spoiler: the adult Ash/]] Nolan encounters. She's a retired "Sentinel," or as Nolan puts it, "[[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=484 a bioengineered sociopathic superhuman born and raised to kill without remorse]]." Even as an old woman, she's a more than capable fighter whose enhanced reflexes and combat training make her a formidable threat.
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* DomesticatedDinosaurs: A [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] example -- in Ash's time, technology allowed for easy and widespread genetic manipulation. His pet "[[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=347 Bitey]]" might look like a small raptor, but she's essentially a large bird whose latent "dinosaur" qualities (clawed forelimbs in lieu of wings, sharp teeth) have been "switched back on" and combined with parrot-like intelligence, ability to mimic sounds, and bright feathery plumage.
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* ArtEvolution: The art quality has steadily improved over the years. While even the early pages display an attention to the emotive quality of the characters' faces & body language, over time the artist's mastery of proportion, volume, and shading have grown dramatically. Compare one of Elie's fist appearances on [[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=39 page 39]] with a later illustration on [http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=384 page 383]] (mild spoiler warning for the later page, for those who have yet to read the comic).
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* ArtEvolution: The art quality has steadily improved over the years. While even the early pages display an attention to the emotive quality of the characters' faces & body language, over time the artist's mastery of proportion, volume, and shading have grown dramatically. Compare one of Elie's fist appearances on [[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=39 page 39]] with a later illustration on [http://giftscomic.[[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=384 page 383]] (mild spoiler warning for the later page, for those who have yet to read the comic).
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* HumanSubspecies: [[spoiler: The mute tribe are a different species of humans, as explained on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page218_eng.html page 218]].]]
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* HumanSubspecies: [[spoiler: The mute tribe are a different species of humans, as explained on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page218_eng.html [[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=218 page 218]].]]
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* FictionalHoliday: Hunter tribe celebrates [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page150_eng.html "Fire Festival"]] when chief's daughter comes of age in case she had decided not to marry. She chooses a father for her child there.
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* FictionalHoliday: Hunter tribe celebrates [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page150_eng.html [[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=150 "Fire Festival"]] when chief's daughter comes of age in case she had decided not to marry. She chooses a father for her child there.
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** One appears in the background on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page28_eng.html page 28]] as Rikter contemplates his tribe's ice gift stories.
** A very important one appears in the [[http://mildegard.ru/art/DL_icegifthunt.html Ice Gift Hunt minigame]]--[[spoiler: it turns out to be a message from the legendary black iceberg, revealing the fate of the cryonically frozen children and the famous chief Rita]].
** A very important one appears in the [[http://mildegard.ru/art/DL_icegifthunt.html Ice Gift Hunt minigame]]--[[spoiler: it turns out to be a message from the legendary black iceberg, revealing the fate of the cryonically frozen children and the famous chief Rita]].
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** One appears in the background on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page28_eng.html [[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=28 page 28]] as Rikter contemplates his tribe's ice gift stories.
** A very important one appears in the[[http://mildegard.ru/art/DL_icegifthunt.html Ice Gift Hunt minigame]]--[[spoiler: minigame --[[spoiler: it turns out to be a message from the legendary black iceberg, revealing the fate of the cryonically frozen children and the famous chief Rita]].
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* MishmashMuseum: Cave dwellers have a museum on their main island where they keep most of the "ice gifts" that wash ashore, which vary from airplanes to dinosaur bones. [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page57_eng.html That's what it looks like]].
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* MishmashMuseum: Cave dwellers have a museum on their main island where they keep most of the "ice gifts" that wash ashore, which vary from airplanes to dinosaur bones. [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page57_eng.html That's what it looks like]].[[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=57 It's a huge chamber filled with shelves, sculptures, and other items from the old world]].
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* PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars: Rita was wounded by monster at the age of 12. The encounter left her with huge [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page6_eng.html scars]] on her throat, and she tends to hide them since then. She says she feels helpless and vulnerable when they are not covered at least with a thin cloth. She is yet to master her old fears.
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* PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars: Rita was wounded by monster at the age of 12. The encounter left her with huge [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page6_eng.html [[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=6 scars]] on her throat, and she tends to hide them since then. She says she feels helpless and vulnerable when they are not covered at least with a thin cloth. She is yet to master her old fears.
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* TheSpeechless: Ren, father of Rita, Nikt and Rikter is a mute shaman who uses magic string to "talk" by the way of signs [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page68_eng.html like that.]]
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* TheSpeechless: Ren, father of Rita, Nikt and Rikter is a mute shaman who uses magic string to "talk" to his family [[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=68 by the way way]] [[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=69 of signs [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page68_eng.html like that.]]signs]].
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* TheStoryteller: Kalare is a scientist who knows that her magical legends are not true but believes them to be important for developing creative type of thinking in her students.
* TeenPregnancy: Enforced. To become a chief of the hunter's tribe, a candidate must prove they understand the value of human life: usually by giving birth (as almost all the previous chiefs have been women). As the position of chief is somewhat hereditary, this leads to a system of mother chiefs who pass on the mantle of chief when their daughter becomes a mother herself. The tribe even has a festival, celebrated during a future chief's 16th year, wherein she chooses the man who will be the father of her child. (Theoretically a chief's daughter could choose to give up the position by refusing to have children, but there's been no mention of something like that happening in the story.)
* TemporaryBlindness: Kalare lost her sight to explosion during one of her experiments. She has to rely on her apprentice's--Elie--help until her eyes are healed.
* TeenPregnancy: Enforced. To become a chief of the hunter's tribe, a candidate must prove they understand the value of human life: usually by giving birth (as almost all the previous chiefs have been women). As the position of chief is somewhat hereditary, this leads to a system of mother chiefs who pass on the mantle of chief when their daughter becomes a mother herself. The tribe even has a festival, celebrated during a future chief's 16th year, wherein she chooses the man who will be the father of her child. (Theoretically a chief's daughter could choose to give up the position by refusing to have children, but there's been no mention of something like that happening in the story.)
* TemporaryBlindness: Kalare lost her sight to explosion during one of her experiments. She has to rely on her apprentice's--Elie--help until her eyes are healed.
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* TheStoryteller: Kalare is a scientist who knows that her magical legends are not true true, but believes them to be important for developing creative type of thinking in her students.
* TeenPregnancy: Enforced. To become a chief of the hunter's tribe, a candidate must prove they understand the value of human life: usually by giving birth(as almost (almost all the previous chiefs have been women). As the position of chief is somewhat hereditary, this leads to a system of mother chiefs who pass on the mantle of chief when their daughter becomes a mother herself. The tribe even has a festival, celebrated during a future chief's 16th year, wherein she chooses the man who will be the father of her child. (Theoretically a chief's daughter could choose to give up the position by refusing to have children, but there's been no mention of something like that happening in the story.)
* TemporaryBlindness: Kalare lost her sight to explosion during one of her experiments. She has to rely on her apprentice's--Elie--help get around and complete her work until her eyes are healed.
* TeenPregnancy: Enforced. To become a chief of the hunter's tribe, a candidate must prove they understand the value of human life: usually by giving birth
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** Rita received physical therapy from the Cave Dwellers while in recovery after her surgery. She mentions having to relearn how to walk and talk.
** Rita, Lara, and all members of the hunters' tribe [[spoiler: with a [[TheSociopath sociopathic brain type]] are taught to [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page325_eng.html recognize emotions in others]] and gain control over their own emotions -- developing "cognitive empathy" in lieu of the emotional empathy they lack--in order to function properly in society.]] Years of this therapy [[spoiler: instill a subpersonality [[labelnote:Note]]From an author's note on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page323_eng.html page 323]], a subpersonality is a personality mode that kicks in (appears on a temporary basis) to allow a person to cope with certain types of psychosocial situations.[[/labelnote]] that "controls" the sociopath's violent nature, molding natural born killers into guardians and leaders.]]
** Rita, Lara, and all members of the hunters' tribe [[spoiler: with a [[TheSociopath sociopathic brain type]] are taught to [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page325_eng.html recognize emotions in others]] and gain control over their own emotions -- developing "cognitive empathy" in lieu of the emotional empathy they lack--in order to function properly in society.]] Years of this therapy [[spoiler: instill a subpersonality [[labelnote:Note]]From an author's note on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page323_eng.html page 323]], a subpersonality is a personality mode that kicks in (appears on a temporary basis) to allow a person to cope with certain types of psychosocial situations.[[/labelnote]] that "controls" the sociopath's violent nature, molding natural born killers into guardians and leaders.]]
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** Rita After being attacked by a defrosted Raptor, Rita's wounds were healed by the Cave Dwellers and she received physical therapy from the Cave Dwellers while in recovery after her surgery. recovery. She mentions having to relearn how to walk and talk.
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** Rita, Lara, and all members of the hunters' tribe [[spoiler: with a [[TheSociopath sociopathic brain type]] are taught to[[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page325_eng.html [[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=326 recognize emotions in others]] and gain control over their own emotions -- developing "cognitive empathy" in lieu of the emotional empathy they lack--in lack -- in order to function properly in society.]] Years of this therapy [[spoiler: instill a subpersonality [[labelnote:Note]]From an author's note on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page323_eng.html [[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=324 page 323]], a subpersonality is a personality mode that kicks in (appears on a temporary basis) to allow a person to cope with certain types of psychosocial situations.[[/labelnote]] that "controls" the sociopath's violent nature, molding natural born killers into guardians and leaders.]]
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** Ash mentions that he [[spoiler: spent a [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page336_eng.html year in therapy]] after the tsunami]].
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** Ash mentions that he [[spoiler: spent a [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page336_eng.html [[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=337 year in therapy]] after the tsunami]].
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* WakingUpElsewhere: On [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page97_eng.html page 97]] Elie wakes up while Tim carries her away from the cliff she nearly fell off. She is not herself and says eerie things.
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* WakingUpElsewhere: On [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page97_eng.html [[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=97 page 97]] Elie wakes up while Tim carries her away from the cliff she nearly fell off. She is not herself and says eerie things.
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* ArtEvolution: The art quality has steadily improved over the years. While even the early pages display an attention to the emotive quality of the characters' faces & body language, over time the artist's mastery of proportion, volume, and shading have grown dramatically. Compare one of Elie's fist appearances on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page39_eng.html page 39]] with a more recent illustration on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page383_eng.html page 383]] (mild spoiler warning for the later page, for those who have yet to read the comic).
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* ArtEvolution: The art quality has steadily improved over the years. While even the early pages display an attention to the emotive quality of the characters' faces & body language, over time the artist's mastery of proportion, volume, and shading have grown dramatically. Compare one of Elie's fist appearances on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page39_eng.html [[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=39 page 39]] with a more recent later illustration on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page383_eng.html [http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=384 page 383]] (mild spoiler warning for the later page, for those who have yet to read the comic).
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* DrunkOnMilk: A justified use of the trope--Ash gives Elie a couple cans of soda with [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page347_eng.html thirty gramms [sic] of sugar and a crazy dose of caffeine]] ostensibly to calm her down from the shock of meeting Bitey, [[spoiler: but his true intention was to distract her so he could think clearly]].
* DueToTheDead: The Hunter Tribe keeps [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page439_eng.html tomb caves]] where portraits of the deceased are painted onto "tomb stones." [[spoiler: The flu outbreak has resulted in so many deaths in such a short period of time that the artists can't keep up with all bodies--the portraits of those lost to the flu are just sketches on little scraps of paper, affixed as a placeholder until the tribe has the chance to paint a more permanent memorial]].
* DueToTheDead: The Hunter Tribe keeps [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page439_eng.html tomb caves]] where portraits of the deceased are painted onto "tomb stones." [[spoiler: The flu outbreak has resulted in so many deaths in such a short period of time that the artists can't keep up with all bodies--the portraits of those lost to the flu are just sketches on little scraps of paper, affixed as a placeholder until the tribe has the chance to paint a more permanent memorial]].
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* DrunkOnMilk: A justified use of the trope--Ash gives Elie a couple cans of soda with [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page347_eng.html [[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=348 thirty gramms [sic] of sugar and a crazy dose of caffeine]] ostensibly to calm her down from the shock of meeting Bitey, [[spoiler: but his true intention was to distract her so he could think clearly]].
* DueToTheDead: The Hunter Tribe keeps[[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page439_eng.html [[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=440 tomb caves]] where portraits of the deceased are painted onto "tomb stones." [[spoiler: The flu outbreak has resulted in so many deaths in such a short period of time that the artists can't keep up with all bodies--the portraits of those lost to the flu are just sketches on little scraps of paper, affixed as a placeholder until the tribe has the chance to paint a more permanent memorial]].
* DueToTheDead: The Hunter Tribe keeps
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** Chief Lara's mother, Chief Alice, had [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page219_eng.html three stripes on her left cheek]]--marking her as a "younger twin" like Rikter.
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** Chief Lara's mother, Chief Alice, had [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page219_eng.html [[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=219 three stripes on her left cheek]]--marking her as a "younger twin" like Rikter.
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* ForcefulKiss: [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page75_eng.html Rita does this to Tim]] after shouting at him for calling her "little chief" again.
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* ForcefulKiss: [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page75_eng.html [[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=75 Rita does this to Tim]] after shouting at him for calling her "little chief" again.
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* GhostStory: Elie and Rikter use scary bedtime story to test their new dreamcatcher (to see whether it really can catch nightmares).
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* GhostStory: Elie and Rikter use scary bedtime story to test their new dreamcatcher dream-catcher (to see whether it really can catch nightmares).
* ShoutOut: A model of the [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Planet Express ship]] appears in [[http://giftscomic.com/index.php?comic_id=104 Elie's study]], among her trinkets from the old world.
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* TheSociopath: Chief Lara and her family.
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* TheSociopath: Chief Lara and her family. They make it work to their advantage.
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The old world is dead. A catastrophe of forgotten origin had wiped the old civilization out. An ice age followed. And then--a thaw, when water levels risen tremendously and even ancient icebergs began to melt. People of this post-ice age are peaceful and remember very little of their history. They can only guess what it was like by the 'gifts'--objects and creatures wandering icebergs bring to their shore each spring. Sometimes these 'gifts' are dangerous, or even alive.
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The old world is dead. A catastrophe of forgotten origin had has wiped out the old civilization out. An civilization, followed by an ice age followed. age. And then--a thaw, when water levels risen rise tremendously and even ancient icebergs began begin to melt. People of this post-ice age are peaceful and remember very little of their history. They can only guess what it was like by the 'gifts'--objects and creatures wandering icebergs bring to their shore each spring. Sometimes these 'gifts' are dangerous, or even alive.
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The old world is dead. A catastrophe of forgotten origin had wiped the old civilization out. An ice age followed. And then - a thaw, when water levels risen tremendously and even ancient icebergs began to melt. People of this post-ice age are peaceful and remember very little of their history. They can only guess what it was like by the 'gifts' - objects and creatures wandering icebergs bring to their shore each spring. Sometimes these 'gifts' are dangerous, or even alive.
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The old world is dead. A catastrophe of forgotten origin had wiped the old civilization out. An ice age followed. And then - a then--a thaw, when water levels risen tremendously and even ancient icebergs began to melt. People of this post-ice age are peaceful and remember very little of their history. They can only guess what it was like by the 'gifts' - objects 'gifts'--objects and creatures wandering icebergs bring to their shore each spring. Sometimes these 'gifts' are dangerous, or even alive.
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!! Tropes featured in The Gifts of Wandering Ice:
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* BigSisterMentor: Rita is a mentor to her younger brothers - Nikt and Rikter.
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* BigSisterMentor: Rita is a mentor to her younger brothers - Nikt brothers--Nikt and Rikter.
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* DeathByChildbirth: Discussed [[spoiler: but ultimately Averted -- there's a very real danger that Rita could die if she has children, but she and Tim take that risk anyways because Rita cannot lead her tribe before she becomes a mother. Rita ultimately survives the pregnancy and the birth of her child]].
* DrunkOnMilk: A justified use of the trope -- Ash gives Elie a couple cans of soda with [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page347_eng.html thirty gramms [sic] of sugar and a crazy dose of caffeine]] ostensibly to calm her down from the shock of meeting Bitey, [[spoiler: but his true intention was to distract her so he could think clearly]].
* DueToTheDead: The Hunter Tribe keeps [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page439_eng.html tomb caves]] where portraits of the deceased are painted onto "tomb stones." [[spoiler: The flu outbreak has resulted in so many deaths in such a short period of time that the artists can't keep up with all bodies -- the portraits of those lost to the flu are just sketches on little scraps of paper, affixed as a placeholder until the tribe has the chance to paint a more permanent memorial]].
* DrunkOnMilk: A justified use of the trope -- Ash gives Elie a couple cans of soda with [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page347_eng.html thirty gramms [sic] of sugar and a crazy dose of caffeine]] ostensibly to calm her down from the shock of meeting Bitey, [[spoiler: but his true intention was to distract her so he could think clearly]].
* DueToTheDead: The Hunter Tribe keeps [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page439_eng.html tomb caves]] where portraits of the deceased are painted onto "tomb stones." [[spoiler: The flu outbreak has resulted in so many deaths in such a short period of time that the artists can't keep up with all bodies -- the portraits of those lost to the flu are just sketches on little scraps of paper, affixed as a placeholder until the tribe has the chance to paint a more permanent memorial]].
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* DeathByChildbirth: Discussed [[spoiler: but ultimately Averted -- there's Averted--there's a very real danger that Rita could die if she has children, but she and Tim take that risk anyways because Rita cannot lead her tribe before she becomes a mother. Rita ultimately survives the pregnancy and the birth of her child]].
* DrunkOnMilk: A justified use of thetrope -- Ash trope--Ash gives Elie a couple cans of soda with [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page347_eng.html thirty gramms [sic] of sugar and a crazy dose of caffeine]] ostensibly to calm her down from the shock of meeting Bitey, [[spoiler: but his true intention was to distract her so he could think clearly]].
* DueToTheDead: The Hunter Tribe keeps [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page439_eng.html tomb caves]] where portraits of the deceased are painted onto "tomb stones." [[spoiler: The flu outbreak has resulted in so many deaths in such a short period of time that the artists can't keep up with allbodies -- the bodies--the portraits of those lost to the flu are just sketches on little scraps of paper, affixed as a placeholder until the tribe has the chance to paint a more permanent memorial]].
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* DueToTheDead: The Hunter Tribe keeps [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page439_eng.html tomb caves]] where portraits of the deceased are painted onto "tomb stones." [[spoiler: The flu outbreak has resulted in so many deaths in such a short period of time that the artists can't keep up with all
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** Birth of twins is considered a bad sign in hunters' tribe, and to prevent any mischief that can possibly come from the visual identity of two people one of the twins - usually a younger one - is to be marked with a red tattoo on the face. Being a younger brother Rikter has such tattoo - three red stripes on his right cheek.
** Chief Lara's mother, Chief Alice, had [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page219_eng.html three stripes on her left cheek]] -- marking her as a "younger twin" like Rikter.
** Chief Lara's mother, Chief Alice, had [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page219_eng.html three stripes on her left cheek]] -- marking her as a "younger twin" like Rikter.
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** Birth of twins is considered a bad sign in hunters' tribe, and to prevent any mischief that can possibly come from the visual identity of two people one of the twins - usually twins--usually a younger one - is one--is to be marked with a red tattoo on the face. Being a younger brother Rikter has such tattoo - three tattoo--three red stripes on his right cheek.
** Chief Lara's mother, Chief Alice, had [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page219_eng.html three stripes on her leftcheek]] -- marking cheek]]--marking her as a "younger twin" like Rikter.
** Chief Lara's mother, Chief Alice, had [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page219_eng.html three stripes on her left
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** A very important one appears in the [[http://mildegard.ru/art/DL_icegifthunt.html Ice Gift Hunt minigame]] -- [[spoiler: it turns out to be a message from the legendary black iceberg, revealing the fate of the cryonically frozen children and the famous chief Rita]].
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** A very important one appears in the [[http://mildegard.ru/art/DL_icegifthunt.html Ice Gift Hunt minigame]] -- [[spoiler: minigame]]--[[spoiler: it turns out to be a message from the legendary black iceberg, revealing the fate of the cryonically frozen children and the famous chief Rita]].
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Rita is named after a famous chief of the hunters' tribe -- her namesake, who lived two centuries ago, was one of the three explorers who [[spoiler: boarded the Black Iceberg and rescued the ancestors of the mute tribe]]. Lara remarks that Ren picked out the name, as members of the mute tribe remember the historical Rita fondly.
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Rita is named after a famous chief of the hunters' tribe -- her tribe--her namesake, who lived two centuries ago, was one of the three explorers who [[spoiler: boarded the Black Iceberg and rescued the ancestors of the mute tribe]]. Lara remarks that Ren picked out the name, as members of the mute tribe remember the historical Rita fondly.
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* TemporaryBlindness: Kalare lost her sight to explosion during one of her experiments. She has to rely on her apprentice's - Elie - help until her eyes are healed.
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* TemporaryBlindness: Kalare lost her sight to explosion during one of her experiments. She has to rely on her apprentice's - Elie - help apprentice's--Elie--help until her eyes are healed.
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** Rita, Lara, and all members of the hunters' tribe [[spoiler: with a [[TheSociopath sociopathic brain type]] are taught to [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page325_eng.html recognize emotions in others]] and gain control over their own emotions -- developing "cognitive empathy" in lieu of the emotional empathy they lack -- in order to function properly in society.]] Years of this therapy [[spoiler: instill a subpersonality [[labelnote:Note]]From an author's note on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page323_eng.html page 323]], a subpersonality is a personality mode that kicks in (appears on a temporary basis) to allow a person to cope with certain types of psychosocial situations.[[/labelnote]] that "controls" the sociopath's violent nature, molding natural born killers into guardians and leaders.]]
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** Rita, Lara, and all members of the hunters' tribe [[spoiler: with a [[TheSociopath sociopathic brain type]] are taught to [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page325_eng.html recognize emotions in others]] and gain control over their own emotions -- developing "cognitive empathy" in lieu of the emotional empathy they lack -- in lack--in order to function properly in society.]] Years of this therapy [[spoiler: instill a subpersonality [[labelnote:Note]]From an author's note on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page323_eng.html page 323]], a subpersonality is a personality mode that kicks in (appears on a temporary basis) to allow a person to cope with certain types of psychosocial situations.[[/labelnote]] that "controls" the sociopath's violent nature, molding natural born killers into guardians and leaders.]]
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* YoungLoveVersusOldHate: In "Gifts Of Wandering Ice", there are two rival tribes - hunters and cave dwellers - whose leaders dislike each other. The story focuses more on their their children and grandchildren, who do not even understand the reason for this.
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* YoungLoveVersusOldHate: In "Gifts Of Wandering Ice", there are two rival tribes - hunters and cave dwellers - whose dwellers--whose leaders dislike each other. The story focuses more on their their children and grandchildren, who do not even understand the reason for this.
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* KidsAreCruel: Jan was known to be very cruel to his little sister. Also, [[spoiler: at the age of 16 he killed her mentor and, when asked for the reason for this at the trial, said that "it was fun"]].
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* KidsAreCruel: Jan was known to be very cruel to his little sister. Also, [[spoiler: at the age of 16 13 he killed her mentor and, when asked for the reason for this at the trial, said that "it was fun"]].
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* DueToTheDead: The Hunter Tribe keeps [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page439_eng.html tomb caves]] where portraits of the deceased are painted onto "tomb stones." [[spoiler: The flu outbreak has resulted in so many deaths in such a short period of time that the artists can't keep up with all bodies -- the portraits of those lost to the flu are just sketches on little scraps of paper, affixed as a placeholder until the tribe has the chance to paint a more permanent memorial]].
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* CityOnTheWater: [[spoiler: The legendary Black Iceberg was actually a highly advanced city from the ancient world before the cataclysm, built on floating platforms]].
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* CosyCatastrophe: Old world died along with most of its population, only few people survived the catastrophe and an ice age that followed it. But they didn't become bloodthirsty savages. Quite the opposite: in many ways they are much better people than their ancestors were. There are no wars in their world, also people of the new era are kind and intelligent.
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* CosyCatastrophe: Old The politics of the old world died along with most of its population, only few people survived the catastrophe and an ice age that followed it. But they didn't become bloodthirsty savages. Quite the opposite: in many ways they are much better people than their ancestors were. There are no wars in their world, also people of the new era are kind and intelligent. [[spoiler: At least it was until the threat of disease from the ancient world reared its head...]]
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** Chief Lara's mother, Chief Alice, had [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page219_eng.html three stripes on her left cheek]]. Their meaning is currently unknown.
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* FlashbackEcho: The memories in Elie's head can be triggered by the sight of ice gifts from the old world, and sometimes by discussions of ancient events. The sight of [[spoiler: a child's body retrieved from an escape pod in the ice]] pulls her into a vivid flashback [[spoiler: really Ash's memory]] of a tsunami that destroyed much of the old world.
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* FlashbackEcho: The memories in Elie's head can be triggered by the sight of ice gifts from the old world, and sometimes by discussions of ancient events. The sight of [[spoiler: a child's body retrieved from an escape pod in the ice]] pulls her into a vivid flashback [[spoiler: really Ash's memory]] of a tsunami that destroyed much of the old world.world. [[spoiler: In reality the "flashback" she experiences is one of Ash's memories]].
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* GeneticMemory: Elie carries alien memories in her mind. They reveal themselves from time to time in the form of painful, vivid reminiscences of the past triggered by the sight of ancient things. There is more to this: the conscience of the person to whom these memories belong is still alive in the girl's mind and makes attempts to take control of her body.
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* GeneticMemory: GeneticMemory:
** Elie carries alien memories in her mind. They reveal themselves from time to time in the form of painful, vivid reminiscences of the past triggered by the sight of ancient things. [[spoiler: There is more to this: the conscience of the person to whom these memories belong is still alive in the girl's mind and makes attempts to take control of herbody.body]].
** The Mute Tribe carries powerful genetic memories -- combined with the photographic memory of each individual, and the ability to draw very well, this keeps important events and knowledge from fading in the collective memory.
** Elie carries alien memories in her mind. They reveal themselves from time to time in the form of painful, vivid reminiscences of the past triggered by the sight of ancient things. [[spoiler: There is more to this: the conscience of the person to whom these memories belong is still alive in the girl's mind and makes attempts to take control of her
** The Mute Tribe carries powerful genetic memories -- combined with the photographic memory of each individual, and the ability to draw very well, this keeps important events and knowledge from fading in the collective memory.
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* MindVirus: so-called psi-profiles when "assigned" to a person act as a gateway for very specific mind viruses.
* MishmashMuseum: Cave dwellers have a museum on their main island where they keep most of the "ice gifts" which vary from airplanes to dinosaur bones. [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page57_eng.html That's what it looks like]].
* MishmashMuseum: Cave dwellers have a museum on their main island where they keep most of the "ice gifts" which vary from airplanes to dinosaur bones. [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page57_eng.html That's what it looks like]].
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* MindVirus: so-called So-called psi-profiles when "assigned" to a person act as a gateway for very specific mind viruses.
* MishmashMuseum: Cave dwellers have a museum on their main island where they keep most of the "ice gifts" that wash ashore, which vary from airplanes to dinosaur bones. [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page57_eng.html That's what it looks like]].
* MishmashMuseum: Cave dwellers have a museum on their main island where they keep most of the "ice gifts" that wash ashore, which vary from airplanes to dinosaur bones. [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page57_eng.html That's what it looks like]].
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** Rita received physical therapy while in recovery with the Cave Dwellers after her surgery. She mentions having to relearn how to walk and talk.
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** Rita received physical therapy from the Cave Dwellers while in recovery with the Cave Dwellers after her surgery. She mentions having to relearn how to walk and talk.
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* TomboyishPonytail: Rita, most of the time
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* TransferableMemory: People of pre ice age era used various methods of memory transfer as a way for chosen individuals to live forever.
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* TransferableMemory: People ofpre ice pre-ice age era used various methods of memory transfer as a way for chosen individuals to live forever.
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* YoungLoveVersusOldHate: In "Gifts Of Wandering Ice", there are two rival tribes - hunters and cave dwellers - which leaders dislike each other while some of their children and grandchildren do not even understand the reason for this.
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* YoungLoveVersusOldHate: In "Gifts Of Wandering Ice", there are two rival tribes - hunters and cave dwellers - which whose leaders dislike each other while some of other. The story focuses more on their their children and grandchildren grandchildren, who do not even understand the reason for this. this.
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* DeathByChildbirth: Discussed [[spoiler: but ultimately Averted -- there's a very real danger that Rita could die if she has children, but she and Tim take that risk anyways because Rita cannot lead her tribe before she becomes a mother. Rita ultimately survives the pregnancy and the birth of her child]].
* DrunkOnMilk: A justified use of the trope -- Ash gives Elie a couple cans of soda with [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page347_eng.html thirty gramms [sic] of sugar and a crazy dose of caffeine]] ostensibly to calm her down from the shock of meeting Bitey, [[spoiler: but his true intention was to distract her so he could think clearly]].
* DrunkOnMilk: A justified use of the trope -- Ash gives Elie a couple cans of soda with [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page347_eng.html thirty gramms [sic] of sugar and a crazy dose of caffeine]] ostensibly to calm her down from the shock of meeting Bitey, [[spoiler: but his true intention was to distract her so he could think clearly]].
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* TeenPregnancy: Enforced. To become a chief of the hunter's tribe, a candidate must prove they understand the value of human life: usually by giving birth (as almost all the previous chiefs have been women). As the position of chief is somewhat hereditary, this leads to a system of mother chiefs who pass on the mantle of chief when their daughter becomes a mother herself. The tribe even has a festival, celebrated during a future chief's 16th year, wherein she chooses the man who will be the father of her child. (Theoretically a chief's daughter could choose to give up the position by refusing to have children, but there's been no mention of something like that happening in the story.)
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** Chief Lara's mother, Chief Alice, had [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page219_eng.html three stripes on her left cheek]]. Their meaning is currently unknown.
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* HumanSubspecies: [[spoiler: The mute tribe are a different species of humans, as explained on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page218_eng.html page 218]].]]
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** One appears in the background on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page28_eng.html page 28]] as Rikter contemplates his tribe's ice gift stories.
** A very important one appears in the [[http://mildegard.ru/art/DL_icegifthunt.html Ice Gift Hunt minigame]] -- [[spoiler: it turns out to be a message from the legendary black iceberg, revealing the fate of the cryonically frozen children and the famous chief Rita]].
** One appears in the background on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page28_eng.html page 28]] as Rikter contemplates his tribe's ice gift stories.
** A very important one appears in the [[http://mildegard.ru/art/DL_icegifthunt.html Ice Gift Hunt minigame]] -- [[spoiler: it turns out to be a message from the legendary black iceberg, revealing the fate of the cryonically frozen children and the famous chief Rita]].
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** [[spoiler: Jan's face is heavily tattooed to mark him as an exile from the hunter's tribe.]]
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** [[spoiler: Jan's face is heavily tattooed to mark him as an exile from the hunter's hunters' tribe.]]
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Rita is named after a famous chief of the hunter's tribe -- her namesake, who lived two centuries ago, was one of the three explorers who [[spoiler: boarded the Black Iceberg and rescued the ancestors of the mute tribe]]. Lara remarks that Ren picked out the name, as members of the mute tribe remember the historical Rita fondly.
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Rita is named after a famous chief of the hunter's hunters' tribe -- her namesake, who lived two centuries ago, was one of the three explorers who [[spoiler: boarded the Black Iceberg and rescued the ancestors of the mute tribe]]. Lara remarks that Ren picked out the name, as members of the mute tribe remember the historical Rita fondly.
* StoryWithinAStory: Rikter proudly admits that he knows eight legends about the ice gifts, several of which he tells to the Cave Dweller teens at the beginning of the story:
** The Legend of the Ice Giants, who built palaces of ice during the last great ice age. According to the legend, they all died off as the ice age ended, and icebergs are the ruins of their castles.
** The Legend of Daris, the first man to become chief of the hunters' tribe.
** The Legend of the Black Iceberg, wherein a healer, an engineer, and a monster slayer explored a mysterious black iceberg and face many trials therein. (A type 3 example, where the story-within-a-story is a plot point.)
---> "Three brave people came to the black iceberg. The engineer, the healer, and the monster slayer. Two cave dwellers and a hunter chief. They fought monsters. They disarmed ancient traps. They healed cursed wounds. And there's the door that asked them riddles only the real chief could solve. The engineer's guesses were funny though... Then there's the battle of the minds. And the ice people... them rescuing the mutes. Oh, and the best part that makes it a horror story! The mystery of what broke these brave women!"
** The Legend of the Ice Giants, who built palaces of ice during the last great ice age. According to the legend, they all died off as the ice age ended, and icebergs are the ruins of their castles.
** The Legend of Daris, the first man to become chief of the hunters' tribe.
** The Legend of the Black Iceberg, wherein a healer, an engineer, and a monster slayer explored a mysterious black iceberg and face many trials therein. (A type 3 example, where the story-within-a-story is a plot point.)
---> "Three brave people came to the black iceberg. The engineer, the healer, and the monster slayer. Two cave dwellers and a hunter chief. They fought monsters. They disarmed ancient traps. They healed cursed wounds. And there's the door that asked them riddles only the real chief could solve. The engineer's guesses were funny though... Then there's the battle of the minds. And the ice people... them rescuing the mutes. Oh, and the best part that makes it a horror story! The mystery of what broke these brave women!"
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** Rita, Lara, and all members of the hunter's tribe [[spoiler: with a [[TheSociopath sociopathic brain type]] are taught to [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page325_eng.html recognize emotions in others]] and gain control over their own emotions -- developing "cognitive empathy" in lieu of the emotional empathy they lack -- in order to function properly in society.]] Years of this therapy [[spoiler: instill a subpersonality [[labelnote:Note]]From an author's note on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page323_eng.html page 323]], a subpersonality is a personality mode that kicks in (appears on a temporary basis) to allow a person to cope with certain types of psychosocial situations.[[/labelnote]] that "controls" the sociopath's violent nature, molding natural born killers into guardians and leaders.]]
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** Rita, Lara, and all members of the hunter's hunters' tribe [[spoiler: with a [[TheSociopath sociopathic brain type]] are taught to [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page325_eng.html recognize emotions in others]] and gain control over their own emotions -- developing "cognitive empathy" in lieu of the emotional empathy they lack -- in order to function properly in society.]] Years of this therapy [[spoiler: instill a subpersonality [[labelnote:Note]]From an author's note on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page323_eng.html page 323]], a subpersonality is a personality mode that kicks in (appears on a temporary basis) to allow a person to cope with certain types of psychosocial situations.[[/labelnote]] that "controls" the sociopath's violent nature, molding natural born killers into guardians and leaders.]]
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** Rita, Lara, and all members of the hunter's tribe [[spoiler: with a [[TheSociopath sociopathic brain type]] are taught to [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page325_eng.html recognize human emotions]] and control any violent urges they might have.]] Years of this therapy [[spoiler: instill a subpersonality [[labelnote:Note]]From an author's note on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page323_eng.html page 323]], a subpersonality is a personality mode that kicks in (appears on a temporary basis) to allow a person to cope with certain types of psychosocial situations. Subpersonalities are able to perceive consciousness as something separate from themselves.[[/labelnote]] that "controls" the sociopath's violent nature, molding natural born killers into guardians and leaders.]]
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** Rita, Lara, and all members of the hunter's tribe [[spoiler: with a [[TheSociopath sociopathic brain type]] are taught to [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page325_eng.html recognize human emotions]] emotions in others]] and gain control any violent urges over their own emotions -- developing "cognitive empathy" in lieu of the emotional empathy they might have.lack -- in order to function properly in society.]] Years of this therapy [[spoiler: instill a subpersonality [[labelnote:Note]]From an author's note on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page323_eng.html page 323]], a subpersonality is a personality mode that kicks in (appears on a temporary basis) to allow a person to cope with certain types of psychosocial situations. Subpersonalities are able to perceive consciousness as something separate from themselves.[[/labelnote]] that "controls" the sociopath's violent nature, molding natural born killers into guardians and leaders.]]
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* ArtEvolution: The art quality has steadily improved over the years. While even the early pages display an attention to the emotive quality of the characters' faces & body language, over time the artist's mastery of proportion, volume, and shading have grown dramatically. Compare Elie's fist appearance on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page39_eng.html page 39]] with a more recent illustration on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page383_eng.html page 383]] (mild spoiler warning for the later page, for those who have yet to read the comic).
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* ArtEvolution: The art quality has steadily improved over the years. While even the early pages display an attention to the emotive quality of the characters' faces & body language, over time the artist's mastery of proportion, volume, and shading have grown dramatically. Compare one of Elie's fist appearance appearances on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page39_eng.html page 39]] with a more recent illustration on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page383_eng.html page 383]] (mild spoiler warning for the later page, for those who have yet to read the comic).
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* FacialMarkings: Birth of twins is considered a bad sign in hunters' tribe, and to prevent any mischief that can possibly come from the visual identity of two people one of the twins - usually a younger one - is to be marked with a red tattoo on the face. Being a younger brother Rikter has such tattoo - three red stripes on his right cheek.
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** Birth of twins is considered a bad sign in hunters' tribe, and to prevent any mischief that can possibly come from the visual identity of two people one of the twins - usually a younger one - is to be marked with a red tattoo on the face. Being a younger brother Rikter has such tattoo - three red stripes on his rightcheek.cheek.
** [[spoiler: Jan's face is heavily tattooed to mark him as an exile from the hunter's tribe.]]
** Birth of twins is considered a bad sign in hunters' tribe, and to prevent any mischief that can possibly come from the visual identity of two people one of the twins - usually a younger one - is to be marked with a red tattoo on the face. Being a younger brother Rikter has such tattoo - three red stripes on his right
** [[spoiler: Jan's face is heavily tattooed to mark him as an exile from the hunter's tribe.]]
* HarmlessFreezing: Sometimes the ice gifts are ''living creatures'', as was the case with the raptor that nearly killed Rikter, Nikt, and Rita. Being frozen for hundreds of years & thawing in the sun doesn't seem to have damaged the creature.
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** Elie was discovered in a cryonic capsule and unfrozen by Ksenya.
** [[spoiler: All members of the Mutetribe.tribe]] are descended from 18 children who were discovered frozen in cryonic tanks [[spoiler: aboard the Black Iceberg]]. According to the legend, [[spoiler: there are hundreds more children still frozen in storage inside the Black Iceberg]].
** Elie was discovered in a cryonic capsule and unfrozen by Ksenya.
** [[spoiler: All members of the Mute
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Rita is named after a famous chief of the hunter's tribe -- her namesake, who lived two centuries ago, was one of the three explorers who [[spoiler: boarded the Black Iceberg and rescued the ancestors of the mute tribe]]. Lara remarks that Ren picked out the name, as members of the mute tribe remember the historical Rita fondly.
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted in more than one instance:
** Rita received physical therapy while in recovery with the Cave Dwellers after her surgery. [[spoiler: And before that, Lara made sure to teach her daughter how to [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page325_eng.html recognize human emotions]] and control any violent urges she would have as a child with a [[TheSociopath sociopathic brain type]].]]
** Elie gets training that will help her [[spoiler: control the psi-profile in her head]] and recover from her last painful "memory attack" in the form of meditation, physical exercise, and practice in lucid dreaming.
** Rita received physical therapy while in recovery with the Cave Dwellers after her surgery. [[spoiler: And before that, Lara made sure to teach her daughter how to [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page325_eng.html recognize human emotions]] and control any violent urges she would have as a child with a [[TheSociopath sociopathic brain type]].]]
** Elie gets training that will help her [[spoiler: control the psi-profile in her head]] and recover from her last painful "memory attack" in the form of meditation, physical exercise, and practice in lucid dreaming.
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted Surprising averted for a post-apocalyptic world, and in more than one instance:
** Rita received physical therapy while in recovery with the Cave Dwellers after her surgery. She mentions having to relearn how to walk and talk.
** Rita, Lara, and all members of the hunter's tribe [[spoiler:And before that, Lara made sure to teach her daughter how with a [[TheSociopath sociopathic brain type]] are taught to [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page325_eng.html recognize human emotions]] and control any violent urges she would have as they might have.]] Years of this therapy [[spoiler: instill a child subpersonality [[labelnote:Note]]From an author's note on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page323_eng.html page 323]], a subpersonality is a personality mode that kicks in (appears on a temporary basis) to allow a person to cope with a [[TheSociopath sociopathic brain type]].certain types of psychosocial situations. Subpersonalities are able to perceive consciousness as something separate from themselves.[[/labelnote]] that "controls" the sociopath's violent nature, molding natural born killers into guardians and leaders.]]
** Elie gets training that will help her [[spoiler: control the psi-profile in her head]] and recover from her last painful "memory attack" in the form of meditation, physicalexercise, exercises, and practice in lucid dreaming.
** Rita received physical therapy while in recovery with the Cave Dwellers after her surgery. She mentions having to relearn how to walk and talk.
** Rita, Lara, and all members of the hunter's tribe [[spoiler:
** Elie gets training that will help her [[spoiler: control the psi-profile in her head]] and recover from her last painful "memory attack" in the form of meditation, physical
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* ArtEvolution: The art quality has steadily improved over the years. While even the early pages display an attention to the emotive quality of the characters' faces & body language, over time the artist's mastery of proportion, volume, and shading have grown dramatically. Compare Elie's fist appearance on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page39_eng.html page 39]] with a more recent illustration on [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page383_eng.html page 383]] (mild spoiler warning for the later page, for those who have yet to read the comic).
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted in more than one instance:
** Rita received physical therapy while in recovery with the Cave Dwellers after her surgery. [[spoiler: And before that, Lara made sure to teach her daughter how to [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page325_eng.html recognize human emotions]] and control any violent urges she would have as a child with a [[TheSociopath sociopathic brain type]].]]
** Elie gets training that will help her [[spoiler: control the psi-profile in her head]] and recover from her last painful "memory attack" in the form of meditation, physical exercise, and practice in lucid dreaming.
** Ash mentions that he [[spoiler: spent a [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page336_eng.html year in therapy]] after the tsunami]].
** Rita received physical therapy while in recovery with the Cave Dwellers after her surgery. [[spoiler: And before that, Lara made sure to teach her daughter how to [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page325_eng.html recognize human emotions]] and control any violent urges she would have as a child with a [[TheSociopath sociopathic brain type]].]]
** Elie gets training that will help her [[spoiler: control the psi-profile in her head]] and recover from her last painful "memory attack" in the form of meditation, physical exercise, and practice in lucid dreaming.
** Ash mentions that he [[spoiler: spent a [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page336_eng.html year in therapy]] after the tsunami]].
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* AllMythsAreTrue: Legend of the black iceberg. A fairy tale little kids love so much turns out to be a real story where ancient technology described as magic.
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[[http://icegifts.webcomic.ws English version on ComicFury]]
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* GirlInABox: Elie, found in a little cryo capsule as a baby.
