Origin of Freeza’s clan? (roughly Age 550~Age 650?)
--A spontaneous mutation results in a descendant of the space pirate Chilled being born as one of the first of a new hybrid species with tremendous power. In time, the mutant’s son Cold and Cold’s son Freeza use their power to take control of many planets, gathering talented warriors from throughout the universe into a mercenary army under their rule.
[Ref: In the first issue of Viz’s Shonen Jump, released in January 2003, Toriyama says of Freeza’s species that “there aren't many of them, but perhaps they are a new hybrid species that came into existence from an accidental spontaneous mutation in our grandfathers' time.” My suspicion is that “our grandfathers’ time” is some typo or mistranslation and that Toriyama was talking about Freeza’s grandfather, because what relevance do “our” grandfathers have to the question? But there’s no way to know for sure. Still, I’m stubbornly going with what I think is right, though it’s difficult to date when Freeza’s grandfather’s time would be. How old is Freeza? He’s first mentioned in the Daizenshuu 7 timeline in 731, but already seems to have established his land shark business by then, and he looks the same when destroying Planet Vegeta in 737 as he does during the Namek arc in 762, though this is probably due to character design laziness more than anything (and his species might age in ways unnoticeable to us). Freeza’s interest in eternal life could suggest he’s getting on in years. I’m arbitrarily assuming Freeza’s race has an average lifespan not too different from Earthlings, placing the birth of Freeza’s grandfather roughly 100~200 years before Age 731. The explanation of how Freeza started up is from SEG: Character Volume. Chilled is from Episode of Bardock. If we assume Freeza’s race can live hundreds of years, it’s possible Chilled himself is Freeza’s grandfather and the original mutant.]