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<font size=4>O</font>liver Thomas Black was born in London, England, on January 13, 1997. He lived a typical middle-class childhood in the United Kingdom, until a genetic mutation revealed itself during puberty.<br> | <font size=4>O</font>liver Thomas Black was born in London, England, on January 13, 1997. He lived a typical middle-class childhood in the United Kingdom, until a genetic mutation revealed itself during puberty.<br> | ||
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>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.<br> |
− | The doctors eventually | + | Oliver spend the rest of the year in hospitals and research facilities. The doctors eventually managed to create 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, returning Oliver to his default mutant state again. |
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− | At the age of 16 Black filed for emancipation and moved to Millennium City, The City of the Future, in the United States. He chose the city for its relatively high tolerance towards metahumans and because of the many breakthroughs in metahuman research that were constantly happening there | + | At the age of 16 Black filed for emancipation and moved to Millennium City, The City of the Future, in the United States. He chose the city for its relatively high tolerance towards metahumans and because of the many breakthroughs in metahuman research that were constantly happening there. Oliver originally had no interest in becoming another one of the city's many costumed heroes.<br> |
+ | He started doing parkour to get out of his own head and during these runs he would occasionally stumble upon petty crime. At first he did his best to avoid confrontations, but he soon realized that fighting crime was pretty satisfying and could help him gain a handle on his nascent abilities. Using his powers to help others became a way for Oliver to come to grips with his new reality.<br> | ||
+ | Although he has been known to walk the fine line between heroism and vigilantism, Black Ice is no vigilante. | ||
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<br><div style="color:#6E6E6E">'''PERSONALITY'''</div> | <br><div style="color:#6E6E6E">'''PERSONALITY'''</div> | ||
− | 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 | + | 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 once he does his friendship and loyalty are absolute. While a few of his character traits correspond with his frost-shrouded appearance, his emotional state is not somehow linked 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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