21st Villain of Christmas: Winter Wraith

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Winter Wraith (Erin Heath)

Affiliations
Solo d8
Buddy d6
Team d4

Distinctions
Tragic figure
Cold hearted
Beyond the Grave

Power Sets

GHOSTLY PHANTASM
Flight d6
Invisibility d8
Insubstantial d8
SFX: Immunity.  Spend one die from the doom pool to avoid stress, trauma, or complications caused by aging, disease, poison, radiation, or vacuum.

WINTER POWERS
Cold Control d10
Icy Blast d8
SFX: Multiattack, as MHR

History and Powers
Erin Heath was driving out in the country during a terrible blizzard when her car went off the road.  Desperate to find help and no visible landmarks in sight, Erin foolishly abandoned the car and wandered out into the cold.  Within an hour, she was suffering from severe hypothermia and close to death.  As she lay in the snow, unable to move, she heard footsteps approach and a voice said, "Do you want to live?"
Finding herself able to speak, she said, "yes, I'd do anything to not die."
The voice of the stranger chuckled, and Erin blacked out.
When she came to, she had changed.  She was now a ghost, a specter of her former self.  She had also gained the ability to control the cold that had killed her.  Her heart, though, had become as cold as that winter night, and she had become a ruthless killer, determined to snuff out all life she came across.
As Winter Wraith, Erin has largely acted alone, but she has been introduced to other young women who have made similar deals with Gancanagh, the demon who granted her supernatural powers at the cost of her soul.

Quote: "I bring the cold of the grave."

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