Scientist: Because of some old baseless belief the funders of this project have. "Those who are born with eyes of white are ones with the gift to see the future".
Raven Wolf is an Animesque Webcomic adapted from the eponymous novel series by its creator, Kura L. Seunnapha.
The action takes place on Earth after our civilization got wiped out by global environmental disasters followed by a 10,000 years-long glaciation. The world left afterward was so hostile to humans that animal spirits helped them by offering to transform them into human animals. Most of them accepted, but they soon split into two sides as one soon tried to rebuild the civilization (the domestics) while the other decided to keep to respect nature (the wilds). Both domestics and wilds, thinking their respective side is the best, quickly grew hateful of each others.
The story begins in the domestic city of Cordella when Yula, a childlike 300 years old white-eyed wolf kept as a test subject by the domestic military, has witnessed in his sleep an event having happened the same night. Eve Cadrey, a domestic vixen scientist working at the familial museum and studying Yula, tries to understand why. At the same time, his security guard, Teddy Conner, is transferred to guard a new test subject, a white female wild wolf named Iuana and daughter of the leader of the Raven Wolf tribe. Adventure ensues.
You can start to read it here.
This comic provides examples of:
- Adventurer Archaeologist: Fitz and his now-retired mentor, Eve's dad and owner of the museum of the city of Cordella.
- Bizarre Taste in Food: Fitz likes his coffee strong enough to use it as syrup.
- Chibi: the heroes are sometimes drawn as cute quadruped animals.
- Cursed with Awesome: The Raven and Wolf spirits cursed the tribe that bears their name with "removal from the cycle of life". Which means that they can't hunt or farm but they're also The Ageless.
- Dreaming of Things to Come: Yula's visions always come to him through dreams.
- Fantastic Racism: The wilds and the domestics. According to the synopsis written by the author, "both groups grew arrogant and hateful of one another".
- Furry Confusion: Although the characters are Funny Animals, wild animals counterparts still exists and can be eaten by those with a carnivorous diet.
- Humans Are the Real Monsters: Humans caused the environmental disasters that reset the world, the domestic government is portrayed as antagonistic and they're trying to recreate human society, and then there's the True Bloods.
- Justified Title: Most of the cast is involved by one way or another with the Raven Wolf tribe.
- Magical Native American May looks like this at the first glance (The Raven Wolf leader seems to have the power to control ice)
- Must Have Caffeine: Fitz, much to Eve's annoyance, puts his coffee-syrup on lots of stuff.
- "Not So Different" Remark: According to the synopsis again, "the wilds saw the domestics as selfish monsters, for they were returning to the ways that had once destroyed the world, while the domestics saw the wilds as primitive beings afraid of progress, they no better than wild animals."
- Precursors: The humans, now extinct. Sort of.
- Rascally Raccoon: Fitz is a thie— treasure hunter that likes to brag about his "adventures" (and steal from the museum vendor machine).
- Really 700 Years Old: Yula is at least 300 years old.
- The Savage Indian: The domestics see the wilds as ignorant primitive lacking in civilized life.
- Seers: The reason the Domestic government keeps Yula locked up is because folklore claims those with grey eyes like his have prophetic dreams. But it takes three centuries before he reports having any dreams at all.
