Froid

Froid is a Transformer from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Sometimes a cy-gar is just a cy-gar.

Froid is a psychologist and the Senate's chief psychopathologist in the pre-war era. The ethically-bankrupt Froid plagiarised much of his contemporary Rung's work and damaged his reputation, turning what had once been a close friendship into a bitter professional rivalry.

“	We grieve for the murdered word.	”
—Froid on revisionism, "Towards Peace"

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

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Froid and Rung were once such good friends that Rung felt able to tell his fellow psychotherapist his deepest, darkest secret: the fact that Rung had been disbarred by practising medicine by a tribunal on the ship Fateful Archetype, but that the entire crew save for himself had died in a crash and nobody knew. Speak, Memory: Part 1 Unfortunately, over time, their professional rivalry superseded their friendship. Signal to Noise Froid's tendency toward plagiarism saw him steal much of Rung's work and publish it as his own, including that which became his greatest claim to fame, the Froidian Classification System of personality types. The Sensuous Frame Speak, Memory: Part 1

Shortly before the outbreak of war on Cybertron, Froid was sent by the Senate to the world of Messatine to put a stop to the rabble-rousing writings a miner stationed on the planet named Megatron was producing. Under only the slightest of pretences, Froid "diagnosed" Megatron with mental illness and had Trepan subject him to shadowplay to remove his anti-authoritarian thoughts. However, before the procedure could be completed, Rung arrived on Messatine with news of a sudden change to the law that meant a "personality adjustment" decision needed two signatures to reduce the risk of abuse. Rung offered to countersign if he agreed with the findings; Froid knew Rung wouldn't do it and could only despair that he was going to suffer for this. Fortunately for all involved, a sudden energy surge prompted a planetary evacuation, tabling the issue. Births, Deaths, and Interventions

Froid was instrumental in the arrest of Sunder, the mnemosurgeon-turned-serial killer known as the "Tetrahex Ripper", when his profiling led Cyberforensics to Sunder's brother Sceptre. The day Sunder was caught was the last time Froid and Rung saw each other. Froid became fascinated with Sunder's case and joined the crew of the prison ship taking the brothers to Garrus 6. In-transit, the brothers escaped and took Froid hostage, fleeing aboard a shuttle that was subsequently shot down. Speak, Memory: Part 1 Unaware that his former frien had been on the ship, Rung did not know what had become of Froid, but believed he died during the war. Signal to Noise In later years, Rung would privately lament that Froid and other rivals had inflicted irreparable damage on his reputation, Signal to Noise but he still respected his work enough to quote Froid aboard the Lost Light when discussing an edit made to Towards Peace during a session with Megatron. Towards Peace

In truth, Sunder and Froid survived the destruction of the shuttle and eventually holed up on the planet Scarvix, where Froid professed he had become something of a celebrity. He entered into a perverse doctor-patient relationship with Sunder: in return for Sunder serving as a subject for him to study, Froid found new victims for the serial killer, who killed by using his "remote mnemosurgery" abilities to feed on buried memories. Froid removed Sunder's eyes to inhibit this power, wearing them around his neck under the guise of a pair of Primal Beads.

Seeking new victims, Froid made his way to the Lost Light in hopes of getting his hands on Rung's patient files. Rung was shocked to see him alive, but any good feelings that Froid's "resurrection" might had stirred up were firmly stamped down when his one-time friend implied he would reveal his old secret if he did not give him access to his files. Rung refused all the same, so Froid took him to meet Sunder, intending to feed Rung himself to him. He tosses Sunder back his eyeballs, restoring his power, just as Skids rushes in to save the day and is stopped dead in his tracks by Sunder...Speak, Memory: Part 1

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Froid calmly unlocks Sunder's cage, stating that this is the "least worst option". Sunder proceeds to use his special power on Kindle and Fervor, forcing them to rip themselves apart. He presumably retreats with Rung and Skids.

Froid later meets up with Tailgate, Rung, and Skids to look for Chromedome, but Sunder finds them and launches a second mental attack on Skids. Rung tries to block Sunder's line of sight and Sunder instead switches his target to Froid. Telling him to "open up", Sunder turns Froid inside out - his metal organs explode out of his body and releases a final scream before being reduced to a Spark on the ground.

It is currently unknown whether he survived.Speak, Memory! (Part 2)

Ask Vector Prime

Swindle, of Swindle, Swindle & Swindle, didn't always get along with Swindle and Swindle. He recommended Blot or Froid for Conjunx Endura counseling. Ask Vector Prime

Notes

• Froid's name is an obvious pun.
• The character was designed by Alex Milne, who loosely patterned him after Prime Soundwave. The full character model can be seen on Milne's Twitter account.