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1[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lumi001_7644.jpg]]
2[[caption-width-right:350:[[TheChosenOne Lumi Foxtail]]]]
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4->''"[[TheChosenOne Lumi]], a young Yersai shunned from her village, flees to human territory to become the key in a convoluted scheme to prevent an ancient prophecy from coming to fruition."''
5-->-- '''Kyte''', '''''Creator of Snowfall'''''
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7''[[http://snowfall.thecomicseries.com/ Snowfall]]''is a webcomic about the life of an Yersai. Started by Patrick Curry (Otherwise known as Kyte) at 1st Dec 2010, 7:15 AM, It follows the adventure of a female Yersai named Lumi.
8It is a action/fantasy/sci-fi webcomic located on [[EarthThatWas Adrice]].
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10The [[http://snowfall.thecomicseries.com/yersai_info/ Yersai]] (pronounced: er-sigh) are a race of "Furry" creatures about 2 feet and 9 inches high, not including their tails, and weigh around 50 pounds. There are two subspecies of Yersai, ones living in woods and ones living in tundra conditions (Which they adapted to.), The main differences are their fur length and their fur color.
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12!!!''[[AC:The Cast Includes:]]''
13* '''Lumi Foxtail''': The would-be protagonist of the story, whom starts off with a dagger stabbed in her chest threatening to bleed her out to death. Had Keith not found her that is. This rebellious Yersai is 15 years old and has some conflicting emotions over what to think of her village leaders and of the humans she has come into contact with. Her fur coat is typical of a Northern Yersai, mostly white with a few patches of greyish fur on her chest. She is roughly two feet tall standing up. Lumi gets her last name from her bushy, fox-like tail.
14* '''Keith C.''': This mysterious character find Lumi in the alleyway bleeding out. This (supposedly) acclaimed assassin works for a human guild as a 'Shadow'. He is 26 and typically wears all black, as per his uniform requires, and due to surgery in his eyes that increase light intake wears shades at most times.
15* '''Lloyd''': This mysterious character is introduced at the Wayward Inn, holding down the fort until Lumi shows up and Keith tells them to leave town. He appears to be 8 or 9 years old and is roughly 4 feet 2 inches tall. He wears mostly black clothing, with red and white gloves.
16* '''Shaun Greyheart''': A male Yersai who is a close friend of Lumi. He has appeared in a flashback in which he and Lumi stumbled upon a small crystal. He gets his last name from a distinctive grey heart shape on his tail.
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18!!''Snowfall'' includes examples of:
19* AlienInvasion: The Humans came to Adrice a few hundred years prior to the story's setting. They aren't the best of guests, but they stopped killing the local sentient species when they realized they were sentient. They still occupy what was Yersai territory.
20* AltText
21* ArtEvolution: The evolution of the Yersai design: [[http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc301/ryan_redfox/Yersai03.jpg 2009]], [[http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc301/ryan_redfox/1264079865kytethefox_shaungrayheart01.jpg Early 2010]], [[http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc301/ryan_redfox/Shaun3.png Late 2010]], [[http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc301/ryan_redfox/LumiShaun.png Mid 2011]]
22* ArtificialHuman: Lloyd
23* BeehiveBarrier: Lumi has one
24* TheChosenOne: Lumi, for the reason that she is a key component to a prophecy.
25* CuteLittleFangs: Lumi has them on the first 2 pages. She also has them on page 16 and on.
26* CypherLanguage: The Yersain Language.
27* FillerStrips: The extra pages share information about Adrice and it's inhabitants that aren't necessarily important to the story.
28* FlashbackNightmare: Lumi has one.
29* HappilyAdopted: All children in Lumi's village are given to the elders for family assignment. Parenthood is a privilege, not a right. Though the [[AllThereInTheManual Info page]] states that the majority of Yersai villages are not based off "Literature/TheGiver".
30* HiddenEyes: Spike's eyes, Lumi's eyes when she's struggling with her [[SuperpoweredAlterId Id]], and everybody but Lumi in her FlashbackNightmare.
31* HolographicTerminal
32* InfiniteCanvas: Starting at chapter 1, the comics start getting longer.
33* InnocentAliens: The Yersai.
34* IntelligentGerbil: The Yersai were designed off of two species of foxes, Artic and Fennec.
35* MeaningfulName: All Yersain surnames are derived from a distinct trait one has after birth.
36* MeanwhileScene
37* MinovskyPhysics: Azurzis does specific things to specific species native to Adrice. Averted with Lumi.
38* NonIndicativeName: Snowfall has very little to do with snow, falling or not.
39* OneWordTitle
40* OrphanedPunchline: [[http://snowfall.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/103008 Uses the original soap radio punchline.]]
41* ProfessionalKiller: Keith, Lloyd, and the guys who're trying to kill Lumi.
42* ProlongedPrologue: Averted. The author intended for the prologue to be much, much longer, but he skipped most of it to get to the actual story.
43* PsychicPowers: Lumi [[spoiler:and the entire Zythix race.]]
44* SpeechBubbles
45* SuperpoweredAlterId: Lumi has one
46* TheRunaway: Lumi is type 3
47* {{Unobtanium}}: Azurvis

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