AN: first story, it may be crude.

-Right before Heart of the Swarm-

A middle aged man sat in a grand chair in a grand penthouse office, but this man payed no heed to the details of the room as he was currently reminiscing of all the mistakes he had made. From minor to major, it didn't matter. Every mistake had attributed in some way shape or form. The man kept reminiscing until his mind stumbled upon his possibly greatest mistake.

Tyrador IX, August 8, 2483

The first Record of Fredrick Tryll found was a sloppy butchered version of a birth certificate given to the matron at an orphanage in the gutter. The certificate included a name he saw on the confederate news and and a last name he managed to compile from the jumbled mess of syllables and shapes he deciphered from the local populace as a street rug rat.

Being an orphan at an already crowded orphanage for 4 years did not bode well for mental or physical health. Often bullied by the older denizens of the orphanage, Fred was robbed of his small portion of food. Starving and desperate, the young boy found some food in a suspicious alleyway. Not thinking twice, he was cornered by his oppressors and in the heat of the moment, let everyone know about his psionic abilities. How you ask? By creating a brilliant piece of modern art made of orphans.

The mob boss, Grin, had heard of this and wanted Fred to join his gang. Initially Fred thought of refusing, but considered what he had to gain as opposed to what he had to lose. Now a part of Grin's gang, Fred had a bed, food, and money. Grin wanted Fred to read minds to prove loyalty among other things such as swindling others and sometimes killing. Grin's nickname for Fred was simply "Frost" as he was usually thrown into the freezer for disobedience.

This cycle continued for 2 years until a promising speed loader named Jules Dale took over. Jules, or Fagin, was much more paranoid and manipulative boss. Ordering a psi screen because of Fred, Fagin often used the torture setting for insubordination. After a particularly nasty fire fight with a rival gang, Fred was shot 5 times throughout his left arm. Having little to no money, there were no doctors Available willing to help a poor gang member. This fact was accentuated be the fact that Fagin had found another psionically gifted person named November Terra. With no one to turn to, Fred amputated his own arm and burned the stump to stop bleeding.

Being lenient with November when Fagin didn't even bat an eye at him caused a rage to sprout inside of Fred's mind, but he quelled it for now, as it did not help his current dilemma. With the acquisition of November Fred wasn't needed anymore and he knew that. Out of necessity, Fred developed a power in hopes of becoming useful, he could use his psionic power to drain the temperature from an area to which anything in that area was cold and dead.

Fortunately that got him the job of the evidence remover and the permanent nickname of Frost. On the few occasions that Frost had seen November during their time under Fagin, November had grimaced and turned away in horror at the story of his missing limb.

The day Malcolm Kelerchain arrived, was a day highly sought after by Frost. The minimal food and water intake paired with being overworked and tortured did not make for a healthy life style. Brought back as a bonus, Frost was rehabilitated on Halcyon with Emmett Tygore.

AN: I'll work on it more when I get the Chance.