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Because ice crystals. I also wanted something that wasn't a dust reaction and wouldn't melt under fire dust. Also, the ice maiden doesn't really use ice much during the story; instead she marked the main character, Rudy, as hers as a baby but he survived. The entire story revolves around Rudy liking a girl, the girl cheating on him, the ice maiden tempting him, and then Rudy and the girl going 'we're sorry!' and getting together properly. The ice maiden is not happy and pulls Rudy under the ocean with a kiss, and he drowns. The girl then dies alone on the beach, and people talk about hearing wails on the wind for years after. Highly condensed, I've probably missed a bit of detail and gotten a few things wrong, but I'm sure you get the picture.

Laban won't be directly based on the Ice Maiden, but I have taken inspiration from it. He's going to be very selfish and possessive. Crystals because the maiden keeps big-noting herself and crystals are fancy and expensive, and ice crystals themselves. That's about as far as I have gotten so far though.