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100px Iceman: Bobby Drake was sent to Xavier's by his parents, believing it was a prep school and unaware of their son's ability to create and manipulate ice. Bobby is one of the 'old timers', having been at the school for most of his adult life. He became an X-Man after the events of X2, but unknown to the rest of the school, was abducted by the shapeshifter Mystique only months later. She replaced him for several months, handing Bobby himself over to the Friends of Humanity. The switch was eventually discovered and Bobby rescued, but the trauma of what was done to him in that time was a long time healing. He embarked on a series of life paths - college, a relationship with the amnesiac and innocent Jane Doe/Cloud, a position with Nathan's NGO, Elpis - but nothing seemed to suit. It was his tumultuous relationship with longtime school friend Theresa Cassidy that seemed to give him a firmer foothold, despite the challenges racked against it. Married in 2006 'by accident' in Las Vegas, Bobby took on the stewardship of Cassidy Keep when Sean returned to Interpol, and found it so much to his liking he decided to stay longer, enrolling in a teaching course by correspondence. It is less than an ideal situation for his marriage, however, and the time will come when he needs to decide what next to do with his life. An Omega-level mutant, Bobby is able to lower his body temperature without causing harm to himself, reaching minus 105°F within a few tenths of a second. He is able to freeze any moisture in the air around him into unusually hard ice to various projectiles and shields including walls, slides and statues. Iceman is immune to sub-zero temperatures. He is also able to transform his body into pure organic ice (similar to the organic steel of Colossus) in which his strength and endurance were augmented to greatly enhanced levels. Iceman is also able to reconstitute his ice-form if any part of it is damaged without harm to himself. He has very high level of control over ambient temperature as well as his own body temperature. The outer limits of Bobby's power have not been explored, however he once used his powers to cool Haroun until a thin layer of ice for 2 hours straight before needing a break. Bobby enjoys using his powers for the enjoyment of others, creating ice sculptures, making ice cream and playing in the snow with the kids.