King Icing

**King Icing** is the ruling monarch of the Glacial Kingdom. He is the main antagonist of Mission 9 of Assassin of Steve, serving as one of the final bosses of the mission. He is a zombie wearing diamond and gold armor, with his golden helmet serving the purpose of a crown, and wields a diamond sword and a custom shield resembling the Shield of the Glacial Elite, but with some added yellow coloring.

## Biography

According to The Rise of Glacial Castle, King Icing used to be a Glacier Zombie who 'became superior among the others', then subsequently got everyone to build Glacial Castle, proclaiming himself king, and building up an army of Glacial Knights out of the Glacier Zombies and Skeletons in the Glacier Mountain Ranges.

He married Queen Freeze at some point later. It is unknown who she was before becoming King Icing's queen, but she was possibly a Glacial Crawler Jockey.

At some point some Zombie Pigmen - former Tribal Snouts - were exiled into the Frozen Wastelands, becoming Glacier Pigmen, while others became Glacial Knights. One of them, Narron, got promoted to Baron. The origins of the other three nobles are unknown, except that Constable Clomper was nameless before becoming constable.

At some point before the events of Assassin of Steve, King Icing learnt how to perform resurrection spells on his knights, enabling them to resurrect each of them once should they be killed. Additionally, in one way or another, Steve became King Icing's arch-nemesis. It is unknown how this happened, though it is possible that his resurrection powers could be connected in some way to his hatred to Steve.

When the player arrives at Glacial Castle under the premonition that King Icing may have hired the Assassin to murder Steve, King Icing is quick to send all his knights to stop them. When that doesn't work, he turns off all the ice bridges connecting each of the towers and disables the ice bridge leading up to the throne room where he and Queen Freeze have taken refuge. However, the player is able to reactivate them, then fight their way to each of the four corner towers and defeat all four nobles, enabling them to reach the throne room.

When the player confronts them, first laying out that 'someone told us you have a huge grudge against him', he is only able to say 'Interesting...' before he and Queen Freeze are secretly hypnotised by the Assassin, causing him to exclaim, 'You really think an old king like me would kill some insignificant nobody?' and promptly sends more Glacial Knights to attack the player. He resurrects all four of his nobles one after the other as well, but the player is able to defeat them all. He gets mad and teleports down to kill the player himself, Queen Freeze coming with. However, both of them are subsequently slain by the player.

## Characterisation

King Icing appears to be a fair ruler over his Glacial Knights, though the Mayor of Pollus describes him as a 'crackpot'.

## Abilities

### Resurrection

King Icing has the ability to resurrect his fallen Glacial Knights. He uses this in his boss fight, resurrecting each of the nobles one after the other. However, it is apparent that he is unable to resurrect himself upon his own death. It is unknown if he is actually capable of resurrecting himself at all, or if he is, whether or not he has had to do so before.

## Quotes

* "You may have made it to this central tower... but you can't get to us!"

## King Icing

### Armor Enchants

Fire Protection I
Blast Protection I

## Boss Fight

*Main article: Mission 9: The Northernmost Castle*

The final boss fight of Mission 9 is against both King Icing and Queen Freeze. It sees him first resurrecting all the nobles you previously fought one after the other. Once they are all defeated, however, he and Queen Freeze will teleport down and fight you themselves.

Neither have any special abilities, but they are both very strong and have a lot of health. They both have to be defeated in order to finish Mission 9.

## Trivia

* His name rhymes with his title. He shares this property with Baron Narron, and Queen Freeze's and Constable Clomper's names are close.