Character Relationship Map: Iceman

Characters

• Kelab (played by Jürgen Vogel) — protagonist

  Kelab is the leader of a Neolithic clan and the keeper of its holy shrine. After returning to find his settlement destroyed, he pursues Krant and Tasar across the Alps while carrying a newborn baby an...

• Krant (played by André Hennicke) — supporting

  Krant is one of the men who attack Kelab's settlement and steal the clan's holy shrine. He is Tasar's father and leads the escape through the mountains. After Kelab kills Tasar, Krant fights him direc...

• Ditob (played by Franco Nero) — supporting

  Ditob is an old man living in the Alps with Kulan. He and Kulan find Kelab during his pursuit, allow him to stay overnight, and feed him by their campfire. Kelab leaves the newborn baby and the goat w...

• Mitar (played by Violetta Schurawlow) — supporting

  Mitar is the wife of Tasar and is present when Krant and Tasar return to their camp. She comforts Tasar after his leg is wounded, then later attempts unsuccessfully to kill Kelab. Her attack forces Ke...

• Tasar (played by Sabin Tambrea) — supporting

  Tasar is Krant's son and one of the attackers responsible for the destruction of Kelab's settlement. He flees with Krant into the Alps and is wounded when Kelab charges them. After reaching camp, he i...

• Kulan (played by Anna F.) — supporting

  Kulan is a younger woman who lives with Ditob in the Alps. She helps shelter and feed Kelab during his pursuit of Krant and Tasar, and she approaches him sexually at night, but he rejects her advances...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Tasar → Mitar (Romantic Husband) — Mitar is Tasar's wife and cares for him after the mountain pursuit.

  Krant and Tasar arrive at their camp, where Mitar is identified as the younger man's wife and comforts Tasar's wounded leg.

• Krant → Tasar (Family Father) — Krant is Tasar's father and travels with him during the attack and escape.

  The attackers are described as including Krant and his son Tasar.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Kelab → Kulan (Social Host And Guest) — Kulan participates in the temporary hospitality offered to Kelab.

  Kulan is present with Ditob when they allow Kelab to stay and feed him at the campfire.

• Kelab → Ditob (Social Host And Guest) — Ditob temporarily shelters Kelab during his pursuit.

  Ditob allows Kelab to stay for the night and feeds him by the campfire.

• Mitar → Kelab (Conflict Assassin) — Mitar seeks revenge against Kelab for Tasar's death.

  After Kelab kills Tasar, Mitar unsuccessfully tries to kill Kelab during the night.

• Kelab → Tasar (Conflict Murderous Enemy) — Tasar is one of the principal targets of Kelab's pursuit.

  Tasar is one of the attackers who helps destroy Kelab's settlement. Kelab wounds him and later kills him with an arrow.

• Kelab → Krant (Conflict Murderous Enemy) — Their conflict drives Kelab's revenge quest.

  Krant participates in the massacre of Kelab's settlement and takes the shrine. Kelab later fights and kills Krant.

Story Analysis

A Neolithic clan leader pursues the men responsible for a massacre, reclaiming the sacred shrine before vengeance ultimately destroys him.

Plot Progression

1. The Shrine and the Massacre — Kelab guards the clan's sacred shrine while the settlement remains near the creek. During his hunt, Krant and Tasar attack, murder the clan, and take Tineka.
2. A Vow Across the Alps — Kelab discovers the massacre and finds a newborn as the only survivor. He begins a dangerous pursuit through the Alps, carrying the baby and a goat for milk.
3. Shelter and Separation — Kelab mistakenly attacks the wrong group before freeing an abducted man. Ditob and Kulan shelter him, but Kelab leaves the newborn and goat behind to continue alone.
4. The Frozen Pursuit — Krant and Tasar flee across the high mountains while Kelab follows them. A cliff fall, an act of brutal grief, and a crevasse trap intensify the pursuit.
5. Revenge and Extinction — Kelab kills Tasar and Krant, recovers Tineka, and survives Mitar's attempted attack. An earlier abductee's revenge arrow finally kills Kelab in the snow.