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And what about me? What if I like having power over people for once?! I need to make my own life choices!
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~ Nora Fries.
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I don't deserve you Victor. I know you will never stop helping me. Like I said before I'll always be a prisoner of your love, and that's too much to bear.
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~ Nora wanting to move on and wanting Mr. Freeze to let her go.
Nora Fries is the beloved wife of the Batman supervillain Mr. Freeze and serves as the central motivation for her husband's criminal activities. Nora suffered from terminal illness and was cryogenically frozen until Freeze could develop a cure. Although she is eventually cured of her condition in the mainstream comic continuity, she becomes a supervillain herself in both depictions of the event; known as Mrs. Freeze and Lazara.
Nora was a gentle girl who first met Victor Fries during boarding school and would eventually marry him before becoming terminally ill. Unable to bear the thought of losing Nora, Victor cryogenically froze her at Gothcorp until he could develop a cure. His pursuits to do this led to the incident that transformed Victor into the supervillain Mr. Freeze and he began a criminal career to help further his research into saving Nora.
As time passed, Nora remained in cryostasis as bits of her frozen body occasionally broke off and were reattached, until Victor made a deal with Nyssa al Ghul to build a weapon for the Society of Assassins in exchange for allowing him to revive his wife using the Lazarus Pit. However, when Batgirl convinced Freeze that Nyssa was not going to fulfil her part of the deal, he decided to put Nora into the pit himself.
A part of the pits alchemy seeped through the cracks in Nora's frozen body, which gave her the ability to summon the undead and conjure flames, but also drove her insane. Nora soon emerges from the pit blaming Victor for what has become of her, before taking the name Lazara and attacking everyone present with an undead army at her command. Freeze tries to reason with Nora by trying to remind her of the good woman she was. But Nora continues her assault, calming the person that she was is gone, which forces Victor to freeze her once again.
New 52[]
Nora's history was altered for the New 52. In this continuity, Nora's birth name is Nora Fields, born in 1943 and cryogenically frozen by her parents until a cure was discovered for the fatal heart disease she had been diagnosed with. Many years later, Wayne Enterprises cryogenics scientist Victor Fries took her case and became obsessed with Nora, developing the delusion that she was his wife, and was determined to cure her. When Wayne Industries CEO Bruce Wayne cancelled his research, a furious Victor threw a chair at him, hitting a cryonic tank that doused the scientist in coolant and transformed him into Mr. Freeze.
Eventually, Nora's history is again altered by the events of DC Rebirth, which combines elements from her two previous origin stories. Nora is again Victor's wife but she is still frozen at Wayne Industries and Bruce Wayne still tried to stop her husbands research.
DC Rebirth[]
Past[]
In the One Bad Day line, a retroactively continuity for her relationship with Fries is created. Their initial relationship was loving, but Fries quickly turned into a paranoid, controlling husband to Nora. Whenever Nora wanted to socialize, he would attempt to coerce her into staying, and if she went anyway, he attempted to guilt her and criticize her for being "unfaithful." Eventually, Nora's illness would arise, and she wanted to spend her final days enjoying life, but Fries demanded that she enter cryogenic stasis; Nora condemns him for never loving her, merely loving having control over her, although she still submitted to being frozen. Regardless, these events reveal that Mr. Freeze's one redeeming trait of truly caring for Nora was never the reason for his research into a cure and crime to pay for it, it was all for the sake of fulfilling a deep desire he held for control and subsequent power it made him feel.
Year of the Villain[]
During his ongoing research to cure Nora, Mr. Freeze is contacted by Lex Luthor, who offers him chemicals that can be used to finally end the sickness that has plagued his wife for years. Freeze accepted Lex's gift and later Nora was successful revived - although she now had the same genetic condition as her husband because she was cryogenically frozen for so long. Nora was forced to wear a Cyro-Suit until Victor could obtain more chemicals to get rid of her dependency on subzero temperatures.
Nora accompanies Freeze while he breaks into Wayne Industries where she briefly meets Bruce Wayne, who is surprised to see alive and well. Although Nora is aware Bruce tried to stop Victor's attempts to cure her in the past, she bears him no ill will as she still remembers him as the generous man who donated to the ballet company she previously danced for. Afterwards, Victor changed Nora's physiology a little further so she no longer needed her Cryo-Suit and then froze an entire theatre just to watch her perform ballet on stage.
The couple soon leave to begin a crime spree as Mister and Mrs. Freeze in order to acquire enough money to start a new life together. However, during their robberies Victor noticed the brutality Nora was using on others and feared she might actually be enjoying the pain she inflicts on them. He theorises that the chemicals Lex Luthor provided had altered Nora's biology in a way that it somehow changed her personality.
Nora and Victor eventually gather all the cash they need to start a life free of crime. But Nora lliked the power she now had over people and was tired of having others decide her fate, including her husband. She then told Victor that she was leaving him to continue her criminal career. Although Mr. Freeze tried to stop her by firing his Cold Gun in her direction, Nora knew he would not shoot her and she froze him instead.
Afterwards, Nora drove alone to visit her parents graves at Gotham cemetery. She apologises to them for not visiting more often and decides to use her cold gun to make them a large crept made from solid ice, while also making one for Victor Fries (knowing he would try to track her down) as her way of symbolising that their relationship was over.
Batman and Mr. Freeze later arrive at the cemetery after calling truce so they can work together and find Nora. Upon seeing the crept Nora made for him, Freeze explains that the chemicals Lex Luthor gave him to cure her were previously used during Kryptoian cloning experiments, which were abandoned after the first clone did not turn out satisfactory. Victor believes these chemicals are causing Nora to become emotionally unstable and her condition will continue to deteriorate unless she is stopped.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
Cryokinesis: Nora's Prime Earth counterpart aquired cryokinetic powers after being treated for her illness.
Pyrokinesis: Nora's New Earth counterpart aquired pyrokinetic powers after she absorbed Lazarus pit's waters.
Other Media[]
Live-action[]
Nora Fries in the Arrowverse crossover Elseworlds
Nora Fries made her live-action debut in the 1997 film Batman & Robin, portrayed by Vendela Kirsebom. This version was eventually cured from her illness, the MacGregor's Syndrome.
Nora Fries appears in Smallville: Season 11 tie-in comics.
Nora Fries appears in the Fox series Gotham, portrayed by Kristen Hager. This version eventually died from her illness.
Nora Fries appears in the Arrowverse crossover Elseworlds, portrayed by Cassandra Jean Amell. An old version of Nora (caused by her illness) later appeared in the Arrowverse series Batwoman, portrayed by Jennifer Higgin. This version of the character is an Arkham Asylum inmate and has a sister named Dora Smitty (portrayed by June B. Wilde).
Animation[]
Nora Fries in the Harley Quinn series
She debuts in the DCAU in Batman: The Animated Series episode "Heart of Ice" and would reappear in later installments, mostly when still frozen.
Originally, Nora and GothCorp employee Victor Fries were married, but shortly after, Nora was diagnosed with a terminal illness. In order to gain time to find a cure, Victor used company assets to cryogenically freeze her. CEO Ferris Boyle discovered this, becoming enraged about company equipment used for a personal reason, so forced Fries into some machinery, which broke, unleashing chemicals into the lab. Boyle and his men fled, whereas Fries was mutated; Fries needed to construct a mechanical refrigerating exo-suit to leave, resulting in his transformation into Mr. Freeze. Thus, Mr. Freeze began a series of crimes to acquire funding to support his research into finding a cure for Nora. Boyle was exposed, but the lab was destroyed, seemingly Nora with it.
Nora's chamber survived, which Mr. Freeze recovered and took to the Arctic during Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero. A submarine crew accidentally damaged her chamber, for which Freeze kills them, yet now Nora needed a blood transfusion. Nora, however, had an extremely rare blood type, driving Freeze to kidnap a match, Barbara Gordon. Batman intervenes, saving Gordon, but in the fight, Freeze appears to be killed. Fortunately, Nora could be saved, as Batman or rather Bruce Wayne has a Wayne Enterprises expert, Dr. Lyle Johnston, work on a cure for Nora, which he succeeds, thereby Nora is finally free from the ice and healthy.
During The New Batman Adventures after waiting for her old husband to return, Nora finally moved on to marry one of her doctors, Francis D'Anjou; this fact and Freeze's condition rotting his body away, leaving him a head atop a robotic body, drives Freeze into a spree of aimless violence. In a tie-in comic, D'Anjou seems to be kidnapped and killed by Mr. Freeze, however, it was revealed to be a ploy conspired by D'Anjou in an attempt to make Nora hate Freeze. Nightwing manages to defeat and arrest D'Anjou; afterwards Nora reunites with Victor in the Arctic Circle, confessing she never truly loved D'Anjou, yet their reunion is interrupted when Mr. Freeze gets in a fight with Batman, resulting in the former's head being lost in the Arctic Ocean. After Nora talks to the incarcerated D'Anjou and Victor's adoptive Inuit son Koonak, Nora returns to the Arctic Circle to find Victor.
According to Batman: The Adventures Continue comic series, allegedly Nora's illness returned and she died, sadly.
A photograph of Nora Fries appears in The Batman animated series episode "The Big Chill".
Nora Fries (neé Jacobsen) appears in the Harley Quinn animated series, voiced by Rachel Dratch. This version is the widow of Mr. Freeze who later became Poison Ivy's assistant in the Legion of Doom. After Freeze's death, Nora had affairs with Maxie Zeus, Swamp Thing, and Captain Cold. She was also cured from MacGregor's Syndrome by her husband before his death.
Video-games[]
Nora Fries appears in the Arkhamverse games; Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Arkham Origins, and Batman: Arkham Knight, voiced by Cissy Jones.
Nora Fries was also mentioned in the games Telltale Batman and DC Legends.
Gallery[]
Mr. and Mrs. Freeze.
Nora leaves Mr. Freeze.
Nora Faria in the Victor and Nora novel
Victor and Nora
Quotes[]
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Oh Victor, please stop. Don't you see I don't want saving, not anymore!
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~ Nora trying to get victor out of her life.
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Victor, stop. Victor, I mean it. Patient is about to kick ass if this goes on any longer.
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~ Nora joking around with as he performs test on here.
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Victor, my hopeless romantic. Always trying to find new ways to be loved.
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~ Nora taunting Victor.
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Playing with the pieces of your partner's broken body can be its own unique work of art.
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~ Nora finding enjoyment in taking frozen dead bodies apart.
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That's right, it's my second chance, and I'll use it any damn way I want!
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~ Nora talking to Freeze and Batman.
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You'll always have a special place in my heart.
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~ Nora telling Victor she will always love him even after letting him go and leaving him to die.
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I'm not waiting to live my life any longer!
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~ Nora telling Victor she wants to be free and make her own choices.
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Victor please don't blame yourself.
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~ Nora telling her husband not to feel guilty for what happens to her and the choice she makes.
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My husband did terrible things, but he did those terrible things for my sake.
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~ Nora defending Freeze's acts of crime.
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I believe you.
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~ Nora admitting that she knows Victor won't stop loving her no matter what she does to him.
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