Cameron Mahkent

## Background

### 1989 - 2004: Cameron Mahkent

Cameron Joar Mahkent Jr. was named after his father. Luckily, his father mostly went by his middle name as he preferred it over Cameron. His father was a successful & famed physicist from Bjorland & his mother was a talented artist that enjoyed doing sketches of the people in her life. Most of his mother's sketches were of her husband & son, the two most important people in her life. At a young age, she instilled her artistic ability in Cameron who came to favor floral designs over people.

His parents seperated when he was very young. He never knew the reason why at the time but looking back years later, it was probably because of his father's way less than legal activities. Cameron spent a lot of time with his mother, which agve him a front row seat to her getting cancer after being exposed to a toxin (most likely connected to her estranged husband). Annie MacDonald lives for two more years after that, passing awaty when Cam was just shy of eleven years old.

Because of his father's activities, Cameron went to live with his grandparents & Bjorland immigrants, Sofus & Lily Mahkent. Life was the closest to normal as it could be for Cameron as her father continued to be in & out of prison until one day, he decided to give Cameron a real talk.

## Personality

More than anything, Cam vies for his father's attention & approval. It stems from his father's occassional absence & the death of his mother, thus making Joar his only parent alive. Though he knows a lot of the acts he was committing was wrong, he was so wrapped up in getting a father-son relationship that he didn't care. While he is usually described as being a selfish individual, he can be sweet, especially when it pertains to his daughter.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Unique Physiology:** Cameron Mahkent comes from a long line of cryokinetics. Howver, Cam's powers are much more enhanced then his family members. His body is essentially frozen, causing it to be a light blue color. The ice forms a protective layer around his body so his physical form remains intact. The protective ice layer can be cracked or fractured without causing direct harm to him.
	+ ***Cryokinesis*:**  He has the ability to manipulate, harness & create ice-based substances. He can also create forms of snow, slush, hail, icicles & ice spikes through the use of his hands. He has a very powerful form of this power, able to use it from both a distance & by touching something. Cam has internalized the ability to freeze objects & people or to lower the temperature of a room or other area. He can lower the ambient temperature of his immediate vicinity to several hundred degrees below zero.
		- ***Freezing Breath*:** The ability to emit cold or ice from within through the mouth. His breath is usually so cold that it can be seen at almost all times.
		- ***Cold Immunity*:** He is immune to cold & freezing temperatures.
		- ***Ice Attack/Ice Blasts*:** He can create shards of ice & manipulate them to attack others. These will occasionally appear in blanket ice attacks that freeze its target.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* Growing up, Cameron didn't care for much other than pleasing his father.
* He has known Artemis since he was a child because of their parents.
* Shortly after Artemis' college graduation, they renewed a friendship. Maybe it was her loneliness or need for company but they began casually seeing each other. It was no big deal to her, just someone to be around but it was clear to anyone that Cameron had a huge crush on the archer. After seeing each other for some months, Artemis discovered she was pregnant. For the next nine months, Cam made many attempts to make their relationship official but Artemis refused as she was still dealing with the fall out of her break up with Wally. When their daughter Isabella Rose was born, he made one more final attempt & made it clear that he would leave it alone after this. Unfortunately for him, the answer remained the same.
* Him & Artemis are on cordial terms. They only speak when it pertains to Isabella but they both would help if the other was in danger.

## Notes

* His relationship to Artemis & their daughter is a reference to *JSA All-Stars*#11.
* After New 52, Cameron Mahkent is rewritten as gay.
* Being a member of Checkmate is a nod to his portryal in *Smallville*.