The Snowman has organized a small group of supervillains for the purpose of taking over the world (if Freon and Nightshade do not appear capable of doing what has been planned, 1 or 2 villains of your own may be added). Fourteen days ago, Snowman had Freon steal the rune dagger from an inexperienced North African cult group. The cult had not even understood the true nature of the dagger.
Three days ago, using a simple ritual, Snowman unleashed part of the power of the rune dagger to create his ice castle and the five statues in the arctic. This is to be his base in the attempt to control the world. The ambient energy of the dagger is powering the storm surrounding the castle.
Snowman now believes that he can use technology to increase the size of the storm to surround first the northern hemisphere, and then the world. His plan is sound. With a little searching, and some help from his obscure contacts, he discovered the existence of Professor Leslie Jo Hutchinson. Yesterday he dispatched Nightshade to offer the Professor a ‘job offer.’ The professor refused, and ran. She had a few defenses in her lab which Nightshade hadn’t planned for, so she escaped.