In the early 21st century, a group of superheroes attacked the alien synthetic intelligence known as Syntel within its secret base of operations, an icy cathedral of technology located beneath the Antarctic ice. History records that the battle saw a significant loss of superhuman life, with the extraterrestrial robot killing every single hero involved in the raid. However, one hero, his name lost to time, was not killed but rather frozen solid by a combination of alien technology and the intense cold of the Antarctic climate. The freezing process nearly killed him but his superhuman durability kept him alive and slowly healing even in cryogenic stasis, his powers growing within the tomb of permafrost he was locked inside as the years passed by.