History Fridge / TheChroniclesOfAncientDarkness

* ''Oath Breaker'', on the other hand, teaches an {{Aesop}} about religion. At the end of the book, Fin-Kedinn tells Torak of how when he called the Northern Lights "the First Tree" in the Far North, the people there laughed at him and told him "that's not a tree, it's the fires our ancestors light to keep warm". The Otter Clan thought that the lights were not a tree but a reedbed. Each group formed beliefs based on their home, their lifestyles and their culture. When Fin-Kedinn asks Torak who's right, Torak is silent because there is no way of knowing if ''any'' of them is right. The Deep Forest Clans are [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalists]] because "they need certainty".

* [[AdultFear It seems an unnamed victim of ''hypothermia'' died ''alone'']] simply so his ''oil lamp'' would fulfil a stranger's ''prophecy''.

* [[AdultFear It seems an unnamed victim of ''hypothermia'' simply died ''alone'']] so his ''oil lamp'' would fulfil a stranger's ''prophecy''.

* [[AdultFear:It seems an unnamed victim of ''hypothermia'' simply died ''alone'']] so his ''oil lamp'' would fulfil a stranger's ''prophecy''.

* [[AdultFear: It seems an unnamed victim of ''hypothermia'' simply died ''alone'']] so his ''oil lamp'' would fulfil a stranger's ''prophecy''.

* Considering that Renn's birthday is never given, it's entirely possible Seshru was pregnant with her at the time of the Great Fire. Torak's father may have unwittingly attempted to murder his son's best friend.

* Considering that Renn's birthday is never given, it's entirely possible Seshru may have been pregnant with her at the time of the Great Fire. Torak's father may have unwittingly attempted to murder his son's best friend.

* Given that Torak's father [[spoiler: stole part of the fire opal]], he has ended up in a situation where he is now morally obligated to commit suicide, for the greater good.

* The fact that in Ghost Hunter Eostra can summon Torak's father's soul, even though he devoted his life and death to rebelling against her. In the COAD world, even an IDieFree can be thwarted.

* Given that Torak's father [[spoiler: stole part of the fire opal]], he has ended up in a situation where he is now morally obligated to commit suicide, for the greater good.

* The Eagle Owl Clan died out when Eostra [[spoiler: [[BackFromTheDead resurrected]] a boy from the clan]]. A whole group of people wiped out after [[spoiler: one of them reversed death]]? [[ZombieApocalypse What does that sound like]]?

* The fact that in Ghost Hunter Eostra can summon Torak's father's soul, even though he devoted his life and death to rebelling against her. In the COAD world, even an [[IDieFree]] can be thwarted.

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* A few times during the books, there's reference to a Great Wave that devastated the coastal regions of the Forest. Reading between the lines - the European wildlife, tundra in the north, mountains in the east, sea to the west - tells us that the series is likely set in what is now Norway; the Great Wave, therefore, may be the tsunami that occurred following the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storegga_Slide Storegga Slide]].

** ''Soul Eater'' has a similar {{Aesop}}. The [[ReligionOfEvil Soul]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Eaters]] want to unite the clans under their rule because the clans have different customs -- the Sea and Ice Clans are mentioned by Fin-Kedinn as an example of this diversity as they eat seals, which are hunters and would be a taboo in the Forest or the Mountains. The Mountain Clans worship the fire spirit, the Sea Clans consider it a taboo to mix the Sea with the Forest and even Forest Clans have different customs. ValuesDissonance and CultureShock are major themes of all the books after the first.

* A lot of {{GreenAesop}}s are in this series -- in ''Ghost Hunter'', Torak [[spoiler: sees another Forest]]. He hears the voice of the Forest telling him that it is all-powerful, eternal and worth fighting for.

* After a huge forest fire in the fifth book, Renn is wandering around the burnt Forest aimlessly. She starts running when she sees green in the distance, finally seeing trees. When she gets there she sinks to her knees and thinks about how the Forest is eternal and nothing can conquer it. Looking at the world's current environmental situation, it was brilliant.
* Clan law states that humans have to Thank the Prey and promise to use all of it, or they'd risk untold bad luck. Now consider that today, we have widespread illegal poaching and we're living in what is basically a CrapsackWorld.
** Even better - the main problems of the modern world are directly caused by people not respecting nature. If we learn to live in harmony with nature again, not only would poaching end, but we would no longer be living in a CrapsackWorld! Its not so much that HumansAreBastards or that ScienceIsBad, but that humans have forgotten how to live in harmony with nature because we're no longer in direct contact with it.
* A lot of {{GreenAesop}}s are in this series - in Ghost Hunter, Torak [[spoiler: sees another Forest]]. He hears the voice of the Forest telling him that it is all-powerful, eternal and worth fighting for.
* In Outcast, Lake Axehead is reflecting what's happening today with pollution and global warming: mutated fish and droughts followed by floods.
* Oath Breaker, on the other hand, teaches an {{Aesop}} about religion. At the end of the book, Fin-Kedinn tells Torak of how when he called the Northern Lights "the First Tree" in the Far North, the people there laughed at him and told him "that's not a tree, it's the fires our ancestors light to keep warm". The Otter Clan thought that the lights were not a tree but a reedbed. Each group formed beliefs based on their home, their lifestyles and their culture. When Fin-Kedinn asks Torak who's right, Torak is silent because there is no way of knowing if ''any'' of them is right. The Deep Forest Clans are [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalists]] because "they need certainty".
** Soul Eater has a similar {{Aesop}}. The [[ReligionOfEvil Soul]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Eaters]] want to unite the clans under their rule because the clans have different customs - the Sea and Ice Clans are mentioned by Fin-Kedinn as an example of this diversity as they eat seals, which are hunters and would be taboo in the Forest or the Mountains. The Mountain Clans worship the fire spirit, the Sea Clans consider it taboo to mix the Sea with the Forest and even Forest Clans have different customs. ValuesDissonance and CultureShock are major themes of all the books after the first.

** Soul Eater has a similar {{Aesop}}. The [[ReligionOfEvil Soul]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Eaters]] want to unite the clans under their rule because the clans have different customs - the Sea and Ice Clans are mentioned by Fin-Kedinn as an example of this diversity as they eat seals, which are hunters and would be taboo in the Forest or the Mountains. The Mountain Clans worship the fire spirit, the Sea Clans consider it taboo to mix the Sea with the Forest and even Forest Clans have different customs. CulturalDissonance and CultureShock are major themes of all the books after the first.