Desperate to claim victory in the bloody conflict; the Lin-Kuei resorted to drastic means of recruitment for able-bodied soldiers.

No matter what age they were or in simpler terms: they kidnap children.

Boomstick: Well at least they got to be ninjas; I bet they're tiny little bodies would even stealthier.

Wiz: Turns out two of these kids just so happened to be descendants from a race of extra dimensional beings experienced in the art of ice magic.

Their names were: Bi-Han and Kuai Liang.

Boomstick: With the Lin Kuei's trainin' these brothers became cold-blooded assassins and the finest warriors in the clan.

Wiz: And whether it started as a joke or he just thought it was badass. Bi-Han adopted a brand new name: Sub-Zero.

Boomstick: Sounds like an online user name from your teenage years and you regret forever when you're older.

Wiz: Sub-Zero was so fierce and driven he became directly responsible for the complete annihilation of the rival Shirai Ryu clan.

Boomstick: Unfortunately for him one of them called Scorpion survived.

Kind of and decided to kill him right back, which obviously pissed off Kuai Liang who decided to do the same to Scorpion.

God it's like a high school drama but with murder.

Wiz: Striving to honor his fallen brother Kuai Liang assumed Bi-Han's mantle as the champion of the Lin-Kuei; Sub-Zero was reborn.

This new Sub-Zero is a master of Shotokan karate and Dragon kung-fu and enchances his martial arts with his deadly cryomantic abilities.

Boomstick: Suby can freeze the moisture in the air to do... well tons of stuff.

He can make his own personal slip and slide; perfect for surprise attacks, he can form all sorts of weapons out of thin air like daggers, swords or even ice hammers.

But best of all a dude can make ice so cold it instantly freezes anybody who touches it.

This guy would never have to worry about a warm beer.

Wiz: This can be achieved through Sub-Zero's Ice Blast Projectile or the Ice Clone technique; both of which completely immobilizes opponent for devastating follow-up attacks.

Boomstick: Did he just make a perfect sculpture of himself?

Where does he go into the ice sculptin' business?

Dude would just make a killin' well you know not the literal kind he's got that down already.

Wiz: Sub-Zero can also implement his cryomancian and ninja talents and what appears to be instant teleportation and an unexpected ability which baffles even his fellow assassins.

Boomstick: Yeah but I bet that still not as unexpected as turnin' into freakin' a polar bear.

Oh that reminds me. I gotta go I'll be back for Glacius next week; my neighbor's out and I'm supposedly watchin' his pet polar bear and I think I'd definitely left him outside.