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* INeedAFreakingDrink: After being attacked by a Wendigo, Maggie Strother's neighbor partakes in some brandy, which ends up hiding some of the
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* BloodSplatteredInnocent: Maggie Strother's neighbor ends up being soaked in blood after a Wendigo attacks her and her husband.
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** Maggie Strother refers to her Remington rifle as 'Lafayette.'
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* OpenSaysMe: The Wendigo that Maggie Strother encounters starts its attack on her neighbor's house by breaking down their door on its way in.
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* OurGhoulsAreCreepier: Some people refer to the Wendigo as ghouls, which both fits well with their depiction and the similarities between the original ghoul and wendigo legends.
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* ArmyScout: The titular Cartographer's function as this.
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* HerrDoctor: Doctor Julius Kaufman, who gives the rundown of the survival kit given to RSA scouts.
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* TheBlacksmith: Captain Tudor, the inventor of the Clementine, was one before the Wendigo plague destroyed the United States.
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** The 1860 Army model of the Colt revolver is, in turn, the standard issue sidearm for RSA soldiers.
** The 1860 Army model of the Colt revolver is, in turn, the standard issue sidearm for RSA soldiers.
* HighPressureBlood: It's noted that Wendigo's are more prone to spraying blood when stabbed and cut than a human, which makes using knives and swords against them impractical due to the infectious nature of their bodily fluids.
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** Captain Tudor names the mace he builds Clementine after his wife.
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** While other soldiers give their maces unique names, Clementine becomes the defacto moniker of the weapon.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: The 1871 Artillery Sabre is based off the katana. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because katanas are designed to be used against lightly or unarmored opponents, much like the Wendigo.
* {{Kneecapping}}: Captain Tudor's strategy for using the Clementine against a Wendigo is to break the creature's knee with the first blow before finishing it with a blow to the head.
* {{Kneecapping}}: Captain Tudor's strategy for using the Clementine against a Wendigo is to break the creature's knee with the first blow before finishing it with a blow to the head.
* LostLenore: It's implied Captain Tudor names his weapon after his wife because she has died.
* MixAndMatchWeapon: Captain Tudor mentions that one enterprising gunsmith gave his Clementine the ability to fire a single pistol shot.
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* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: It is mentioned that the best way to kill a Wendigo is shooting it in the head or heart, though it is possible to kill them in other ways.
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* DesperationAttack: The Handbook makes specific mention that starving Wendigo are even more dangerous that well fed ones for their increased ferocity.
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* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: The Handbook brought up the POW camps from the Civil War, where the imprisoned soldiers were regularly starved.
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* BloodLust: The Wendigo are described as gorging on blood after a kill.
* NoBiochemicalBarriers: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], as it is stated that the Wendigo plague effects humans.
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* SuicideIsShameful: Pvt. Sadler hopes that Askook is allowed into Heaven despite the fact he committed suicide.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Astook, the Native American scout, throws himself off a cliff after it becomes clear he has become infected with the Wendigo plague.
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* ViolenceIsDisturbing: Pvt. Sadler is clearly disturbed as he describes a Wendigo tearing apart a deer.
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* CatsAreMean: As part of the AnimalMotif mentioned above, Pvt. Sadler compares a Wendigo killing a deer to his family's cat playing with the mice it would catch.
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* Bambification: The account of a Wendigo hunting and killing a deer is used as a demonstration of their ferocity.
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* NoDeadBodyPoops: Related and averted, as the details of the transformation into a Wendigo mentions that the victim is likely to void their bowels during the last stage.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Though not examples themselves and having more similarities to modern zombies, specific comparison is made in the Handbook between the Wendigo condition and the legend of the werewolf.
* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: One of the main tenants of the Cartographer's Handbook is to spread knowledge of the Wendigo, going out of its way to frame them as victims of a real world malady instead of creatures sprung from myth and legend.
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* ApocalypseAnarchy: The entirety of the United States (and possibly the world) has fallen to this outside the lands controlled by the RSA.
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* DaylightHorror: While they seem to prefer the dark, there is nothing stopping Wendigo from attacking people in the day.
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* HatePlague: Though the Wendigo plague does cause physical mutations as well, its main threat is that it turns off the higher functions of the brain, turning people into savage animals.
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* MercyKilling: Lt. Buckner's death is described as a "dignified soldier's execution."
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* AnimalMotif: The Wendigo are often compared to big cats like pumas.
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* ApocalypticLog: Lt. Buckner's account is of being infected with the Wendigo plague and becoming one of them.
* BeingWatched: In his account, while clearing out a farm, Lt. Buckner says he sensed a presence before he and his partner discovered a Wendigo lurking on the second floor of the barn.
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* QuarantineWithExtremePrejudice: The Handbook relates the events that occur in Jonestown when a group of Cartographers execute a man who had been bitten by a Wendigo, despite evidence that he had resisted the disease. The locals do not take this well.
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* CarryABigStick: Soldiers in the RSA are regularly outfitted with specially designed maces referred to as "Clementines." They are designed to reduce the amount of blood spilt while fighting Wendigos in close quarters in order to prevent infection.
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* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Wendigo hold many similarities with the modern, fast zombie, but also possess an animal cunning and predator instincts, making them akin to a werewolf trapped in its monstrous form.
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* WasOnceAMan: The transformation into a Wendigo is so drastic that its hard for some people to remember they used to be human.
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* DeathFromAbove: Wendigos prefer to ambush their prey from above, either lurking in tree branches or the rafters of a building.
