Cari'phis and the Cube Incident

Cari'phis

Cari'phis is a frost giant primordial. Her body radiates such extreme cold that even those immune to normal cold are subject to the unholy cold emanating from her. She is the wife of Thyrm, and as such often referred to as the Ice Queen. Before she met Thyrm, she served Piranoth in the planes of Piranoth's Steps. While helping shape the Ice Wastes, she was exposed to the same dark energy that was seeping across Piranoth's Steps. By the time, she was captured by angelic forces, her body had completely changed from that of a frost giant to something akin to a demonic abomination.

In the Dawn War, she battled the forces under Moradin across Malurn and Šorrôzê. She was so powerful, nearing that of the Nine Tongue Worm, that it required a god to face off against her. When she was captured by the Golden Seven, Ares took it upon himself to have her dumped into the Cube of Infinity. He claims it was an accident, and that the magical net holding her broke apart from being too close to the Cube's energies. Loki is said to have laughed and quipped:

So you took her over the Cube on your way to Denerra, instead of going around it? Oh Ares, we need to get together sometime and have drinks.
 
- Loki, at a court hearing against Ares, "The Cube Incident"

When Ares "accidentally" dropped Cari'phis into the Cube of Infinity, Thyrm became an eternal enemy of him. It is unknown if Cari'phis died from falling into the Cube. When Crimson Eye made a foray into the lands of Igas, they came across elite Artaxertus soldiers with her symbol emblazoned on their armor and shields. Whether this is Thyrm keeping the memory of her alive or that she has a cult following has yet to be learned.

Some have speculated that the changing nature of Ice Cap may have come about from Cari'phis being dumped in the Cube. The dark blue ice expansion into this region from the direction of the Cube started about three centuries after she disappeared into the Cube, so the theories may have some basis.