Frosti the Polar Bear

Frosti the Polar is a heroic polar bear with black boots, jeans, and a signature orange collar. He was one of the first large scale ideas Cybershock had when designing the Wasteland as Frosti is the product of an intricate plot and has relations with many characters.

Concept Origins
Cybershock as a kid used to play Donkey Kong 64, and he marveled at the concept of a game containing many worlds, moves, and places to explore. He thusly created a giant world and a character to traverse it.

The world was slowly gaining a wintery feel to it, so Cybershock decided the main character should be a wintery animal. Cybershock attempted to design a penguin in a top hat as the main protagonist but didn't like the design. Thusly, the idea of someone with a permanently slanted hat moved on to the character Cube the Snowmann.

Frosti was then decided to be a polar bear, as that was the next logical step after penguin. Frosti's shape was designed after Darnett, Cybershock's stuffed dog as a child. However, the simple white polar bear design was too simplistic and lacked a unique symbol, such as Mario's hat. He added jeans and boots to Frosti's attire, and even gave him a messy hairstyle to go along with it, but that wasn't enough. Later Cybershock designed a simple yet memorable orange triangular felt collar for Frosti which he'd forever wear in every remake of the character.

All of Frosti's moves, such as the headbutt and jump were created by Cybershock's original sense of what a cartoony polar bear could do. He later got more winter based moves such as the ability to breathe an icy mist and generate icicles to launch.

Recent design changes to Frosti include two diamond shaped spikes on his back, which are diamond shaped tufts of fur, originating from the addition to small fur spikes on his back to make his design more intricate.

Cybershock has expressed interested in a novel adapation of Frosti the Polar Bear under the title of "Frozen Emperor"



Official Character Story
When Frosti was a cub he resided in a frozen utopia, Douglia. One day the entire island was engulfed by a strange new enemy: vicious humanoid creatures made of peppermint. These impish minions were later named Pepperminimen. When the invasion happened, young Frosti and the other Douglians fled to a raft and floated down the dangerous Douglian River.

Along the way, Jab the Walrus, a nearby lost walrus kindly helped the polar bears among their treacherous journey. In reward, the polar bears let Jab on the raft. Along the journey Jab took a liking to Frosti, and they became best friends, sharing tales of their previous residence.

The river travel eventually came to and end as the Douglian River spilled into the Great Sea. They drifted and departed on a nearby island. They were quickly met by the native polar bears who lived there. However, those polar bears were hostile. As things went from bad to worse, Frosti and Jab were about to be sacrificed, until a snowmann (not a typo), came sliding down the mountain.

This snowmann told the natives not to sacrifice them, as Frosti looked like a polar bear foretold in a prophecy. The legend allegedly foretold that a young polar bear who's face resembled the stone of the mountain's side would become emperor of the island. The natives let Frosti and his friends be free, and even welcomed the friends on the island.

However,the natives hated Frosti himself, they didn't believe some stray cub from another land would make a good ruler. Frosti was then commanded to wait until he grew up before taking over the island. And so he did. Through his childhood Frosti didn't have many friends except Jab and Cube the Snowmann ,the snowmann who saved him.

It wasn't until one day when the island was attacked that Frosti gained a good reputation. A giant peppermint monster attacked, named Peppermintium, and was causing island-wide destruction. Frosti, Jab, and Cube bravely defeated the beast, gaining trust and even fame as ruler.

When Frosti grew up, he decided to make a group named the Fifteen Below, a group of 15 animals dedicated to saving the island like the day he beat Peppermintium. The Fifteen Below eventually foiled the plans of the Pepperminimen when they attempted to destroy the whole island. Legend states he gained enough power from five shadow bands to get the power to turn "Subzero" and gain power. In celebration the island was thusly named Frostisland after its ruler.

Role in the Wasteland
In the wasteland, where all worlds and characters of Cybershock's have been imported, Frosti holds a crucial role. He rules over Frostisland, the area of the wasteland that is his island's namesake. He is one of the nine guardians and is looking over the icy sector of the wasteland.

Abilities
Throughout the many versions and reimaginings of Frosti a variety of powers and basic abilities have been thought of. Below are a few examples, their descriptions, and how official their existence remains to this day

Blizzard: Frosti breathes an icy blizzard to both damage and freeze foes. Every version of Frosti's story agrees that he has this ability.

CooCoo Bubble Boom: Frosti unleashes a waterty barage of bubbles. This oddly named power was created under the concept that Frosti would be able to be taught many odd powers from his dad. CooCoo Bubble Boom has remained a consistent one of these learnable powers.

Ion-O-Kinesis: In minor original concept planning, Frosti was originally intended to be able to create a flash of electricity with his mind. This idea was scrapped completely.

Iceicle Launch: Frosti was originally planned to have the ability to slowly form horizontal icicles and launch them sideways as opposed to forwards, adding to the difficulty of using the attack. It's an official move of Frosti.

Seismic Quake: Frosti was eventually intended to be able to slam down to the ground after jumping creating a tiny earthquake. This move is said to be scratched but it's fate is undecided by Cybershock.

Candy Cane Slice: Frosti can gain the ability to hold two giant candy canes in his paws and balance upright and slash foes,

Headbutt: Frosti has the ability to Headbutt in every version of his story

Jump: Frosti can jump high distances in every version of his tale.

Subzero: When Frosti gets five Shadow Bands, he can turn Subzero, allowing him to walk on two legs, fly, and become invincible. This is official and crucial to the plot.

Crystal Frosti: Frosti was originally going to have a minor invincibliliy power up, that turns him into a crystallized bear. This idea was scrapped

Personality
Frosti had a hard childhood losing his home, and being scorned by the native polar bears in which he grew up with,

but he managed to grow up with a strong sense of perseverence and obtimism. He has a strong sense of duty though, as he's vengeful to his lost utopia, one day dreaming he'll take his home back. To sum up Frosti's personality in a sentence, he's an obtimist dreaming of reassuming utopia, with the ability to take on great responsibilities and heroics when needed.