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Cold as Ice: The Remake is the season two finale of the Rainimator series "Fractures", using Blacklite District’s song of the same name. It is centered around the war between the Frostbourne and the Nether Horde as they battle to retake the Far Plains, and the fate of the Overworld.
Synopsis
Following the fall of the Ender Watchers, the Nether King begins his conquest on the Overworld. With humanity quickly succumbing to such a mighty foe, the Frostbourne face the Nether Horde in an all-out battle for the fate of mankind.[1]
Plot
Outside the Dreadfort, Ser Patrick and Lady Azura address the Frostbourne soldiers, rallying spirit and reminding them of the importance of the battle, that the fate of Minecraftia and humanity shall be decided by the following battle between the Nether Horde and the humans. However, the odds are against them—and even some leaders such as Daryll question if it is worth it.
Elite, who is shown killing multiple Pigmen in a razed village, is soon forced to fight against the rushing army. Ser Patrick studies a map, taking in the devastating numbers of the Nether.
Ceris is beheaded by Naeus in front of the last Endermen, her eyes full of despair. Rain, sensing the death of Ceris through his Ender Eye in the Tundra cliffs, stares in shock while Stella and the Netherbane look curiously.
Hilda with the Footsoldiers and Airships, staring down the Pigmen Commander and his forces.
The Frostbourne reinforcements arrive at the Far Plains; the Frostbourne Footsoldiers, Frostbourne Cavalry, Bandits and Elytra Corps, led by Hilda, Ser Patrick, Daryll and Dexter respectively. The Horde charges at them, led by Hogsworth and the Pigman infantry. Upon Hilda's signal, they send a volley of arrows, tearing apart in the Nether's formation, exposing a vulnerability.
Flanking the Nether, the Bandits, and Frostbourne Calvary attack them from the other side, while Azura and the Elytra Corps shoot at the collection of Ghasts and Blazes, leaving the Airships. Ser Patrick and his forces quickly charge in, mowing over the Hordes. Hogsworth duels the Grandmaster, but is ultimately impaled, however he remarkably survives the attack.
Naeus and Kralos leading the Wither Skeletons into battle.
The ground quakes as the Ancient Portal rises and a wave of portals ambush the survivors. Bearing Ceris' armblade, Naeus and Kralos coordinate the reinforcements, and additional aerial mobs pour into the sky against the aerial defense.
Azura is soon challenged by the Wither, to which she launches into a high stakes aerial battle against it. Utilising her size and guns, as well as Ghast's fireball, she is able to defeat the Ghast and Wither; however, she is soon shot down by Naeus. Ser Patrick ditches his naginata to catch her, and flees as the King unleashes an Arcane Lightning storm on the Frostbourne.
As the Archer Captain falls below, Dexter tries to hold off the oncoming Blazes. Whether by her own actions or her firey foes, the Capital Airship explodes, killing Dexter and any nearby mobs.
Daryll challenging Naeus for the survival of the Frostbourne.
Realizing as the ship above him explodes what he has to do, an injured Daryll attempts to bring down Naeus in a final stand. Firing a gunshot at the Nether King to distract him from the retreating survivors, he is met with Naeus rushing towards him, armblade at ready. Rushing towards Daryll, the bandit fires a shot at Naeus, who dodges it and stabs Daryll in the chest. However, this was what the bandit had wanted, and simply grabs Naeus's arm, shooting his leg. Naeus tries to pull away, seemingly questioning why the bandit would throw his life away to stop him. It is presumed this is left unanswered, as they then watch the Capital Airship crash into them, killing Daryll and severely injuring Naeus.
Cast
- Daryll (Deceased)
- Ser Patrick
- Lady Azura
- Ceris (Deceased)
- Hilda (Debut)
- Dexter (Debut, Deceased)
- Elite (Debut, Presumed Deceased)
- Ciara
- Lady Stella
- Hogsworth
- Naeus
- Kralos
- Rain
- Kane
Trivia
- This episode is the finale of the second season of Fractures.
- The animation is not a remake of Cold as Ice, but is rather a downbeat recreation of the song.[citation needed]
- This is also the first animation to use a remix instead of the original song.[citation needed]
- It was originally drafted that the animation would use the song Coming Alive by Blacklite District, however this was changed.[citation needed]
- The animation was first announced as Cold as Ice: The Remake, before being renamed to Cold as Ice (REMIX) in several announcements. This was reverted at the official premiere again, the same as the song it uses.[citation needed]
- This is the first episode in series Daryll is seen using axes
- He has been hinted at having the ability to use axes in his lorebook description.
- This episode has the longest dialogue out of all the episodes so far, lasting ~1.30.[2]
- This episode marks the debut of Hilda, the Frostbourne Shieldmaiden and Commander of the Footsoldiers, and the debut of the Elytra Corps subfaction, headed by Lady Azura and the Unnamed Captain.
- This also marks the debut of Airships and traditional Elytras.
- This episode ties with Cold as Ice for the debut of the most female characters, with Hilda and the Unnamed Captain for the Remake and Ceris and Lady Azura for the Season 1 episode.
- Iron Golems appear for the first time since We Are the Danger.
- This is the first and only episode of Season 2 to feature members of the Rainimator Production Team (Dexter and Elite), and the first episode to do so since 1 of a Kind.
- This is also the first time a female member of the Production Team (Dexter) has appeared in the series, and the first time one has led a faction or sub-faction.
- Dexter is also the first member of the Frostbourne to kill another, with her airship causing the death of Daryll, albiet indirectly.
- This episode holds the record for most sub-factions introduced in a single episode, alongside We Are the Danger.
- The Frostbourne Archers and Elytra Corps make their debut in this episode.
- This will mark the first time the Frostbourne Footsoldiers and the Frostbourne Cavalry have been seen in series since their appearance in We Are the Danger.
- This episode marks the death of the last original Ender Watcher, with the permanent death of Ceris.
- This episode marks the first time Lady Azura has lost a fight.
- This is also the second time they have ever faced the Horde in-series.
- It is also the second time the Frostbourne have lost to the Horde, the first defeat was in We are the danger.
- This is the third time Rainimator has used assistant animators.
- EliteX1XCrafter created the Unnamed Village scene, the Calvary charging Skeletons, the Airships and Dexter's downed Airship.
- QC Animations created Rain, Stella and the Netherbane's scene.[3]
- This is the most-viewed video in the series at its premiere, with 30K views as reported by Rain Olaguer on his Twitter.[4]
References
- ↑ ♪ Cold as Ice: The Remake - A Minecraft Music Video. On Youtube. Published by Rain Olaguer. Published 9 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020
- ↑ Response To SrTaylor1569. On Twitter. Published by Rain Olaguer. Published 12 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020
- ↑ Scene #2. On Twitter. Published by QC Animations. Published 11 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020
- ↑ 30K Views Thank You. On Twitter. Published by Rain Olaguer. Published 10 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020