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The first signs were easily overlooked and quickly blamed on things like puberty or the flu. Awkward moments of excessive sweating, spontaneous headaches, suddenly feeling real warm or cold. Unfortunately the fever symptoms got a lot worse and the boy was quickly hospitalized when his declining body temperature started to reach critical levels. | The first signs were easily overlooked and quickly blamed on things like puberty or the flu. Awkward moments of excessive sweating, spontaneous headaches, suddenly feeling real warm or cold. Unfortunately the fever symptoms got a lot worse and the boy was quickly hospitalized when his declining body temperature started to reach critical levels. | ||
<br>Despite the abnormally low body temperature, Oliver's organs continued to function. A strange layer of frost and ice slowly began to cover his entire body, leaving the teen with a permanently frost-shrouded appearance. The good news was that his condition finally started to stabilize, but his life was forever changed. Oliver spend the rest of the year in hospitals and research facilities.<br> | <br>Despite the abnormally low body temperature, Oliver's organs continued to function. A strange layer of frost and ice slowly began to cover his entire body, leaving the teen with a permanently frost-shrouded appearance. The good news was that his condition finally started to stabilize, but his life was forever changed. Oliver spend the rest of the year in hospitals and research facilities.<br> | ||
− | + | The doctors eventually created a concoction of chemicals and cryogenic liquids that allowed Oliver to return to looking like his old self again, suppressing the outward mutation by lowering his core temperature, somehow tricking his body into thinking it had already reached the desired body temperature. Unfortunately the effects of the serum are only temporary and actively using his powers or being exposed to extreme heat negates its effects, quickly returning Oliver to his default mutant state again. | |
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− | At the age of 16 Black filed for emancipation and moved to | + | At the age of 16 Black filed for emancipation and moved to Millennium City, The City of the Future, in the United States. to gain a handle on his nascent abilities, but it soon became something more. Using his mutant powers to help others became a way of coming to grips with his new reality.<br> |
− | Although he has walked the fine line between heroism and vigilantism in the past, Black Ice is now on good terms with the Millennium City Police Department and | + | Although he has walked the fine line between heroism and vigilantism in the past, Black Ice is now on good terms with the Millennium City Police Department and considered a sanctioned hero. |
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<br><div style="color:#6E6E6E">'''PERSONALITY'''</div> | <br><div style="color:#6E6E6E">'''PERSONALITY'''</div> | ||
− | Oliver Black is | + | Oliver Black is usually described as an amiable, but somewhat troubled, young man. He does not warm up to people easily, his demeanor can sometimes come across as cold or distant, but when he does his friendship and loyalty is absolute. While a few of his character traits correspond with the frost-shrouded appearance, his mood or emotional state is not tied to his mutant state. |
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In the field Black is able to keep a cool head by relying on scientific knowledge or rational thought. His quick thinking and common sense allow him to come up with ingenious practical solutions in the heat of the moment. Black is also known to stubbornly place the safety of others before his own wellbeing, often performing daring feats and outright reckless stunts if the situation asks for it. | In the field Black is able to keep a cool head by relying on scientific knowledge or rational thought. His quick thinking and common sense allow him to come up with ingenious practical solutions in the heat of the moment. Black is also known to stubbornly place the safety of others before his own wellbeing, often performing daring feats and outright reckless stunts if the situation asks for it. |
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