| History: Emma Frost
was born into a wealthy and respected Boston
family. She enjoyed a privileged life until she
reached puberty and her telepathic powers emerged.
She began to hear voices in her head and her
parents, ashamed of their daughter, sent her to a
mental institution. There the young Emma was
abused by the guards. Then, one night, she
realised that if she could hear other people's
voices in her head maybe she could make them hear
her voice in their's. She psi-whispered to a
guard "take me out of here" and that
was it. She escaped from the institution and
began to build a new life for herself with her
telepathic abilties. Using her mental powers she
would forge invitations to elite social
gatherings and glean information from the minds
of those around her about the stock market etc.
She used the information she gathered to build
her own financial empire, eventually becoming the
majority shareholder in multi-billion dollar
company which was renamed Frost International
after her. Eventually
her success brought her to the attention of the
Hellfire Club, an elite social organisation of
the world's wealthiest and most powerful
individuals. Becoming a member of the club Frost
also gained Sebastian Shaw, another mutant, as an
ally. The two overthrew the Lord Cardinals and
the Council of the Chosen (the ruling body of the
Hellfire Club). Renaming the Council of the
Chosen the 'Inner Circle' Shaw became the Black
King and Frost the White Queen. Under their
control the Hellfire Club came to consist mainly
of people with superhuman abilities. Frost then
set up her own school, the Massachusetts Academy,
to train young mutants. She called this team the
Hellions.
The White Queen's
first encounter with the X-Men was when both she
and Xavier tried to recruit Katherine Pryde (aka
Shadowcat) for their respective teams. Frost
failed and from then on the Hellions and the New
Mutants, the then junior X-Men team, battled many
times. The X-Men did join with the Hellions to
protect her from Trevor Fitzroy and the sentinels.
The result of that battle was the demise of the
Hellions and Emma fell into a coma as a result of
her injuries. Her body was kept in the med-lab at
the X-Men's mansion. While there an accident
occurred which caused her mind to be put into
Iceman's body and vice versa. When her mind was
returned to her own body she helped Banshee,
Jubilee, Sabretooth and Synch rescue the next
generation of mutants from the Phalanx. She then
reassumed her role as headmistress of the
Massachusetts Academy. At one time she was forced
to ask her sister, Adrienne Frost, for help with
the school. This resulted in Adrienne taking over
the school and attempting to kill Generation X.
She then disappeared and Emma, once more,
reassumed her position as headmistress.
Adrienne later
returned to attack the Academy. In this attack
Everett Thomas (aka Synch) was killed and Emma
consequently shot and killed her sister.
AFter the closure of
the Academy Emma has become a member of the X-Men.
Initially she was teaching on the island nation
of Genosha which was home to many mutants. When
the island was attacked by sentinels (robots
designed to hunt and kill mutants) Emma's
students were all killed. Emma survived due to
the emergence of a secondary mutation, the
ability to turn her body into a diamond like
substance making her nigh invulnerable. She then
joined the X-Men at the Xavier Institute. She has
recently embarked on a 'psychic affair' with
Scott Summers (aka Cyclops).
Strength level: Normal
for a woman her age, weight and height who
engages in moderate regular exercise.
Known superhuman
abilites: Emma can turn her body into a diamond
like substance. Telepathy - the ability to read
and control the minds of others as well as
broadcast her own thoughts. She can also generate
psionic bolts which can stun a person or cause
pain. Emma loses access to her telepathy when she
is in her diamond form.
Non-mutant skill: Emma
is skilled in the areas of electronic theory and
electronics.
Note: Emma has
displayed latent telekinetic abilities (see
Generation X #19 for details.)
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