Cold as Ice

Fractures Series
Storyline by Rainimator and the Production Team
*Are you looking for* Cold as Ice: The Remake*, the Season Two finale?*

**Cold as Ice** is the second episode of the first season of *Fractures*. It features Blacklite District's song of the same name. *Cold as Ice* centers around the revival of Rain and his joining the Frostbourne after *The Struggle*.

*Cold as Ice* was released on August 23, 2017. With 72M views as of April 2022, it is the most-viewed episode in the series, *Cold as Ice* has been said to directly further the popularity of Blacklite District after the video went viral on YouTube.

## Synopsis

*Cured of being a zombie after The Struggle, our last surviving hero faces a greater fate after he is given a second chance in life. As the Ender Dragon besieges the frozen bastion, it triggers war between the Endermen and the humans.*

## Plot

Shortly after the events of The Struggle, Ser Patrick and Daryll the Bandit arrive near the icy ravine on horseback, engaging in a brief battle to wipe out the remaining Undead. Ser Patrick finds Rain's zombified body, which had fallen into the ravine, and feeds him a Potion of Weakness, temporarily paralyzing him.

Ser Patrick and Daryll mount their horses and return to the Dreadfort, carrying Rain with them. Upon their arrival, they take him to Azura, who uses her machine and a golden apple to cure Rain, who awakens with a glowing red eye.

After training tirelessly with the Frostbourne, he is given a special Ice Armorset, giving him the ability to wield ice powers in combat. Soon after, the Ender Watchers begin their attack on the Dreadfort.

Endermen teleport to the fortress in great numbers, beginning a vicious assault in conjunction with the Ender Dragon, who mercilessly burns down people and buildings. Rain kills an Enderman whilst protecting Azura and gets an Ender Pearl. When he notices the Dragon escaping through a portal, he follows, throwing the Pearl which teleports him through to the End. With Vordus, Ceris, and Zeganirn watching, he faces down the Dragon and uses the Eye of Ender on the back of his armor to tame it, forming an alliance with the Ender Watchers. After returning to the Overworld riding on the Dragon's back, the Endermen cease their attack on the Frostbourne.

Back at Glacierford, Herobrine notices Rain and the Dragon fly over, foreshadowing an attack.

## Cast

* Abigail Crysteffor (body) †
* Rain
* Daryll (debut)
* Ser Patrick (debut)
* Camyo †
* Oscar †
* Ser Theo (debut)
* Azura (debut)
* Dano (debut)
* The Dragon (debut)
* Vordus (debut)
* Ceris (debut)
* Zeganirn (debut)
* Blackbone (debut)
* Herobrine

## Legacy

"Cold as Ice" is Rainimator's most viewed video. In its first week, the video had amassed 3.5 million views and was trending in the U.S. In late 2019, the view count crossed 50 million; as of December 2023, "Cold as Ice" had over 75 million views.

While the *Minecraft* music video was a major factor in Rainimator's early success, it was also a significant point for Blacklite District.

Despite its popularity, Rain now considers it his least favorite episode. On his Discord server, he bemoaned the plot holes in "Cold as Ice" — for example, the reason the Ender Watchers attacked the Frostbourne — that he created for himself. He was also dissatisfied with the "out of place" effects that he used. Animation Sins noted 90 animation errors in "Cold as Ice", a figure which decreased in their later Rainimator reviews.

## Trivia

* The episode takes place at roughly the same time frame as Begin Again chronologically.
* This marks the debut of the Frostbourne and Ender Watcher factions (including members), as well as the right hand of the Undead, Blackbone.
* This episode ties with Cold as Ice: The Remake for the debut of the most female characters, with Hilda and the Unnamed Captain for the Season 2 finale and Ceris and Lady Azura for this episode.
* This episode has the most views out of the episodes, having 70 million views on YouTube.
	+ Along with this, this episode has 20 million as more views as the second most viewed episode: The Struggle.
	+ Most of this popularity was gained from PopularMMOS' reaction video to it.
* It has been stated that motion capture was used in the production of the video.
* According to Rainimator, *Cold as Ice* was temporarily demonetized by YouTube's system for including the word 'war' in the description until he filed a countercomplaint.

## Video

"Cold as Ice" - A Minecraft Original Music Video ♫
## Gallery

An early promotional teaser for *Cold as Ice*.
## Notes

1. ↑ Animation Sins is a YouTube channel created by the popular *Minecraft* animators ZAMination and EnchantedMob. Using the format of Cinema Sins, Animation Sins provided light-hearted critique of *Minecraft* animations. Active for almost three years, it was well-known in the *Minecraft* animation community. The channel posted its last video in July 2020; the creators had turned most of its attention to the indie horror game they created, *Poppy Playtime* (2021), after it went viral.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/rainolaguer/status/900282831577862144
2. ↑ https://nextmosh.com/blacklite-district-live-another-day/
3. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/blacklite-district-me-against-the-world-8528927/
4. ↑ https://twitter.com/Rainolaguer/status/917614474537742336