Blizzard

Blizzard the silver flame which severs all matter.

## Overview

Blizzard, is more about the void. It is pretty foreign and resembles little of what you typically see, although there are elements of similarity in various universes. Blizzard is control of the cycle of death and rebirth. It is control over the human form. It is the awakening of the mind and the joining of a greater universal consciousness. Mastering it requires not compassion and love or power and desire, but cold logic and reason (maddened devoid of all emotion, which funny enough makes it the most reasonable of the bunch, but prone to making decisions that are logically correct but moral deplorable). Of the four styles it is the most foreign to modern disciplines as it requires the most advanced knowledge of the bunch, but that's also its problem, it is more intellectual, and not really combat focused at all. In fact, this style more than any other would view combat as already a failure as they should have outthought the impudus of that fight ever starting.

## Description

One of the basic conclusions of quantum mechanics is that there is no such thing as a true vacuum. Particles and anti-particles constantly spring forth from pure nothingness, and annihilate each other. In theory, the vacuum is a source of infinite, inexhaustible energy as it is not constrained by the slow and ponderous weight of matter, which tends to hinder that flow and ground it in one way or another. It is the opposite of solid, the Yin to the Yang of existence, and yet it is a realm fully alive and charged with vitality quite beyond the grasp of beings that are limited to solid form and the hindrance of their imagination.

It is the realm that makes all of the others possible, the foundation underneath earth, air, fire and water, which are composes of atoms and molecules, none of which would be possible except by the folding of the void to create the tiny spheres known of as quarks, gluons and sub-atomic particles, which capture the essence of Void into the energy prisms that form particulate matter.

Blizzard taps into that energy using cold logical will that allows user to both not be overwhelmed by it and effect the way it’s utilized. The user effectively enters into a form of cryostasis which completely stops all the molecules in their body, thus any material or substance attempting to affect them becomes incapable of doing so as it cannot enter their body.

In addition as the cells in the body slow down the external and internal temperature of the body is lowered as well causing it to project intense coldness and anything it touches freezes. Since the body tissues are essentially dead they are unaffected by sub-zero temperatures.

Like the Void itself it Blizzard is essentially formless not so much a single art but an amalgam of different styles. Mastering Blizzard is means mastering a series of stages each corresponding to new depth of temperature that the body is able to achieve. Each stage represents a different style that has to be mastered for as with each new temperature a new ability is gained.

At its most basic level Blizzard focuses on waiting and listening for the right moment to strike and, when that moment comes, acting decisively. In other words, users generally endure their enemies' attacks until the right opportunity to counterattack reveals itself. In addition the aura of cold forms a barrier providing the opponent with fewer options for escape. In many ways it is similar to the Quake style as it can even freeze chi techniques causing them to shatter.

Unlike the other styles Blizzard also incorporates weapons into it, using it as an extention of users arm to increase their freezing range. Weaponry is mainly used when user is able to sustain -18 degrees. At this level the blood freezes and doesn’t flow out of any wound inflicted by user.

The style is at its most versatile when user is able to sustain -50 degrees. It is at this point that the ground below users feet freezes instantly, causing ice quakes. Furthermore user is able to direct the waves of coldness allowing them to freeze a target from a distance, or used in a different manner, create a path or platform of ice in midair the only limitations are users own imagination.

The art has reached complete mastery when user is able to sustain -273.15 absolute zero it is at this point that the molecules in their body will stop moving. Focusing the Absolute Zero temperature into an enemy's body, causes their cells to cease and move slowly towards destruction. It is for this reason that the full might of Blizzard can only be unleashed for 4 seconds as any longer and the same thing will happen to user. The completed art of Blizzard shares many things in common with the Lightning School of Storm Style Martial Arts in that it relies on total offense, speed and of course analysis of an opponent’s defense.

The most glaring weakness of Blizzard is time and patience. It takes time for the body to get accustomed to cryostasis and while that time can be shortened with training during that time they are for all intents and purposes defenseless. During that time user is user themselves has abundant energy, and if they do not maintain control of it they will be overloaded by its input.

## Notes

This is my own theory using Sode no Shirayuki as a base with input given by Wade Tritschler himself. So it is still up to changes.