#Frozen books

[cloudberriesforaqueen]

The Portrait of the Royal Family has...

Not one...

Not two...

Not three...

But eight different versions— and probably more out of frame!

Poor Alf. Hope he was paid handsomely! 😅

[arendelle-archives]

January 2025 Frozen map bonanza!

That's right, there is more than just in-depth studies of Frozen kingdoms and family trees in the Archive cabinets.

This was my present to the Arendelle Archives discord server for the new year! A quick recap of every large scale map we've seen in the Frozen franchise so far.

Here they are in order of appearance:

1. Frozen - The Troll Map (2013)

A supposedly ancient map that guided the royal family to the Valley of the Living Rock on the night of the accident. In the novel Dangerous Secrets (2020), it was revealed that the map had once belonged to Agnarr's mother Queen Rita. Ironically, later maps have proven this location of the Troll Valley to be incorrect.

2. Frozen Free Fall (2014)

A massive 3d-map assembled from screenshots of the mobile game Frozen Free Fall. Shared by u/DuckOfDuckness on reddit (full quality in the comments). Some of the locations, like the Troll Valley on the middle left, are actually consistent with later maps.

3. Frozen Fever (2015)

The first map that showed us the outline of Arendelle and The Southern Isles. Thanks to this, fans quickly deduced that Hans's home country was based on the Danish island Funen (Fyn). Note: "Nordsoen" (technically Nordsøen) is Danish for the North Sea, the real sea between Scandinavia, Denmark and the British Isles.

4. Frozen: Live at the Hyperion - Arendelle History 101 Queue Video (2015)

The only official map so far to feature Weselton. An expansion of the map from Frozen Fever. Shared by u/ArendelleKnight on reddit (video). Notice how the seemingly small island gets cut off on the left? I suspect Weselton is a bit bigger than what's seen here. Edit by me on the right.

5. Sailing Sisters (2016)

A comic book map I very recently analysed in my Frozen-project covering the kingdom of Vakretta! Arendelle is to the right and Vakretta is to the left. Also, notice how the large island at the top appears to be in the same location as Weselton on the previous map.

6. Forest of Shadows (2019)

The first and only map so far to show actual places of interest in the kingdom. The locations of Oaken's trade post, the Troll Valley as well as the Roaring River are consistent with the Frozen Free Fall-map! A very interesting map overall. Just don't look too close at the misaligned grid compared to the compass. Or the ridiculously wide fjord...

7. Saks Fifth Avenue - Disney’s Frozen II Enchanted Forest Experience Booklet (2019)

A proper little treasure revealed to me by @saiten-gefroren through his Frozen timeline project Annals of Frozen in 2021. Originally posted on Instagram by @imdaaddlepate. Edit by me on the right.

8. Frozen II: Spirits of the Enchanted Forest - Iduna's Map (2019)

A re-imagining of the scene from the movie (even though the book was released before the movie) and actually showed the whole map, including The Southern Isles. In this version, Ahtohallan is a mapped landmass rather than just a sketch! According to what's revealed in Dangerous Secrets, this actually makes sense!

9. Frozen II: Look and Find (2019)

This version of the map also shows Ahtohallan as a mapped landmass.

10. The Art of Frozen II - Arendelle Town Map

Concept art (3D model) for Frozen II by David Womersley. According to the map, this part of the town is called"Arendelle North", suggesting the other (southern) half of the town is called "Arendelle South."

11. Frozen II - Iduna's Map (2019)

The map seen in the movie showing the borders of Arendelle and Northuldra. Rivers are consistent with the map from Forest of Shadows, meaning the Roaring River marks Arendelle's northern border. This map was a breakthrough for analysing Arendelle's location, as it features real coordinates along the "frame". You can find interesting theories about this here, here and here (my own project). Edits by me.

12. Frozen: The Saga - The Legacy of Anna and Elsa - Iduna's Map (2020)

Iduna's map before she hid it in the watertight compartment. Like the movie map, this one is cut off at the bottom and is missing The Southern Isles.

13. The Love Tree (2021)

An adaptation of the map from Frozen Fever. To my knowledge, this is the only other time we've seen this particular map design appear in a comic. What's odd is that (besides using the outdated geography) Kai is pointing out the land across the Arenfjord as if it belongs to Arendelle when the map from Frozen II clearly showed it doesn't. But at least we can credit the artist for getting the compass angle right!

14. Disney Wish - Arendelle: A Frozen Dining Adventure (2022)

A slightly adapted version of the map from Frozen Fever, with "Nordsoen" (North Sea) written in English instead of the original Danish. The "frame" also features added coordinates. Unfortunately, the latitude is off by one degree compared to the map from Frozen II. The third pic was very kindly shared with me on discord by BadAtNamesAndFaces.

15. Tokyo DisneySea: Frozen Kingdom - Royal Banquet of Arendelle (2024)

This is the complete version of Iduna's map from Frozen II. Found in one of the dining halls of the Royal Banquet of Arendelle restaurant. The map once again confirms the borders of Arendelle and Northuldra.

16. Tokyo DisneySea: Frozen Kingdom - Kristoff's Ice Delivery Map (2024)

Many variations of this cartoon-y map have been included in the Frozen Official magazine throughout the years but this is to my knowledge the first time it has appeared "in-universe". Locations and rivers are consistent with previous maps. Note: the "Best ice in Arendelle!"-spot by the North Mountain is actually located outside the kingdom. It seems Kristoff doesn't have the best navigation skills 😁

/Virtual Winter

[marthefrozenfan]

I don't consider myself a fan of the Elsa x Anna ship, however, this scene from the Polar Nights book struck me as very Elsanna

I love how both sisters talk openly about the things that happened in their childhood and forgive each other, saying words of encouragement. They're so sweet 🥹💗✨

But just look at the Snow Queen being possessive, because she considers Anna her property 7w7

"And you'll always be mine...Queen of Arendelle"

"Mine"! Mine!! From the word "belong"! Ahhhhh! The dominant Elsa is becoming more and more canon ���🥴

[simpofhans]

So, in Poland recently came translation of the French Disney Novels collection by Hachette, that for now includes BATB, Snow White.... and Frozen :333

And in the case of our favorite Prince of the fandom, we have some information about him that because of the borders of publishing in different countries, many people not know (THIS COLLECTION IS NOT EVEN YET PUBLISHED IN POLAND, I GOT IT FROM THE GUY THAT ORDERED IT FROM THE FIRST HAND FROM THEIR WEBSITES T_T)..... and because I will have this gift for Easter, not yet, the second part of Hans lore there will be at late April/early May, with my seaside May weekend in my country :333

But we have some information about Hans, that gives us sight to him closer, reveal him as a much softer and carefree person than we thought, AND SHOWING HANS IN A SOFTER WAY AND WARMING HIS APPEARANCE IN THE EYES OF HATERS AND DISNEY ITSELF IS THE BEST THING EVER TwT

So :

We have confirmation that Hans loves candies and him and Anna have eaten "millions of them".... :333 I LOVE THEY SHOW THE SWEETEST AND MOST ADORABLE SIDE OF HANS HERE, MY HEART WARMS AT THIS SIGHT AND WORDS TwT

We also have.... THE CONFIRMATION OF HANS BROTHERS'S NAMES, FIRST PRESENTED IN A FROZEN HEART AND ALL IS FOUND, AND ALSO ONCE UPON A TIME.... THIS IS SO GREAT THAT IT BASICALLY CONFIRMS THAT THE FROZEN NOVELS ARE CANON NOT ONLY IN THE MAIN FRANCHISE, BUT ALSO IN FOREIGN ORIGINAL NOVELIZATIONS!!!

And my man Lars is included there.... THANK YOU FRENCH DISNEY!!! TwT

I don't have exact quotes, but there are three quotes that for me very much show Hans's personality.... AND ARE CONSTRUCTED IN THAT WAY THAT IT SUGGESTS THAT HANS, IN FACT, WAS REALLY CURSED BY SOME EVIL MAGIC, BECAUSE THE TEXT DOESN'T STRAIGHTFORWARD REVEAL HANS'S PLANS, RATHER SHOWING HIM AS THE PERSON WHO WANTS MORE FOR ARENDELLE THAN GIVING OUT THE BLANKETS AND CLOAKS.... FANDOM, WHERE ARE YOU WITH THIS THEORY? IT COULD BE TRUE NOW.... T_T

This quote says : "Anna saw that Hans's face was darker and more gloomy, not resembling the sunny person she fell in love with anymore" (suggesting that either Hans was tired because of responsibility and stress that came to him, either that he is a sociopath, or either that he was REALLY cursed, as fans suspected....)

Next quote confirms that Hans is, in fact, a people pleaser to people he likes : (replacing the krumkake eating scenes for some reason) :

"Anna and Hans made a chocolate eating race, and Hans was enjoying it to please Anna" (MY HANSANNA HEART OMG!!! TwT)

And the last quote, confirming Hans as a good leader and softer person than we thought TwT <33333 :

"Hans realized that helping Arendelle should be more than giving out cloaks and blankets...."

OVERALL, I WILL HAVE THIS BOOK FULLY READ PROBABLY ON MY TRIP IN MAY TO THE SEASIDE, BUT STAY TUNED FOR IT, BECAUSE EVERY HANS LORE MENTION IS IMPORTANT!!! ^^ <333

[virtual-winter]

Additional book finds at Frozen Kingdom Fantasy Springs!

In this photo shared by @sparebutton in this fantastic post, you can see a book titled "Reindeer ventriloquism for fun and profit", a reference to a book that Kristoff reads in the short story "The Ice Games" which originated in the story collection "Spring Fever" in 2015!

Maybe Anna's book is hidden somewhere in the park as well.

Furthermore, the other two titles shown are old Swedish books:

The second book from the right is "Femtio års fälttåg Frälsningsarmén i Sverige 1882-1932" by Evald Malmström (1932). It's a recollection of the activities of the Swedish Salvation Army during 50 years time.

The last book is "Djurlivets under" (The wonders of Animal life) by Raoul Heinrich Francé, an Austria-Hungarian botanist and author (1940).

In another pic, also by @sparebutton, you can see a book called "Samlade skrifter Del 6-7" (Collected works Part 6-7) by celebrated Norwegian author Jonas Lie (1908-1911). The book shown is the Swedish edition.

[pirate-of-the-southern-isles]

WIP Wednesday

I got tagged by @annaofthenorthernlights and @titanicchickandhearses !

Please share your last sentence or if you don’t have one, share a plot bunny or idea! (or sketch for your artwork!)

It is not Wednesday, but well, good enough!

Context: now a pirate captain Hans, clearly distressed, asks his quartermaster a very important question.

"Egg, look, I know I can always count on you telling me the truth and that's why I value you so much", he started nervously, as something in his tone made all of the Egg's alarm bells go ringing, "so please, tell me... is my nose crooked?"

...yes. Anna really says so.

Calonita Jen, Mancussi Mari, "Polar Nights: Cast into Darkness", Los Angeles - New York, Disney Press, 2022, p. 145

It also constitutes a part of "A Frozen Heart" as canon, because Hans really did meet Oaken. And even bought a very interesting item from his stock...

[ericmicael]

I love that Elsa canonically has this opinion in “Disney Frozen Polar Nights: Cast Into Darkness”, but the fandom that doesn't want her to have a relationship simply pretends that part doesn't exist and only remembers her saying she wants to be a "cool aunt" in the future for Anna's children as if that nullified something lol

[disneyfanatic1993]

Out of all the books you’ve read in the Disney Twisted Tales series, which one was your favorite?

I own a lot of them, but I’ve actually only read one in its entirety. 😂 It was the “Frozen” one, and it wasn’t too bad but I wasn’t overly excited about it. However, my mom has read all of the ones I own. 🤣 She said her favorite was the “Tangled” one, because it was so different.

[venusssus]

„Do you need to run to Mommy to have her kiss it and make it better?”

I am fucking disgusted.

[that-frozen-queen]

Disney / Frozen books should be taken with a grain of salt, because most (if any) are not written by the people who made the movies. By all means, read them! Enjoy them! Remember however, that just because something is in the books doesn’t mean it’s canon.

Something to keep in mind with the new movies coming out!

[cloudberriesforaqueen]

Elsa's Snowflake in Anna's Eyes ❄️

According to The Art of Frozen, Elsa has a "signature snowflake shape."

"If you saw it anywhere in the movie, you'd know it wasn't nature, it was her." — Dan Lund, effects artist.

So, when they pointed out the detail that Elsa's snowflake appears in Anna's eyes as she turns into solid ice, it was like a cruel reminder for Elsa that what she had done to Anna wasn't nature's fault... it was hers.

Though her pupils no longer constrict in the movie, Elsa's snowflakes are still seen all around Anna's eyes!

— ❄️

[arendelle-archives]

Presenting our latest Frozen-project:

Vakretta - With little to offer

An in-depth study of one of Arendelle's friendly neighbouring kingdoms.

By: @virtual-winter January 14th, 2025 → LINK! ←

It’s finally here! And you won’t believe how much I’ve been looking forward to getting this project off my shoulders😅

What started as a simple "mini-project" in September of last year quickly grew out of proportion (why is this true for most of my projects?) and eventually turned into a 30+ page extensive deep-dive into one of the many nations of the Frozenverse: Arendelle’s neighbour, the kingdom of Vakretta.

Since it was first introduced in the short story “Across the Sea” in 2015, Vakretta has been featured in over 10 books and has a fair share of lore associated with it. With this analysis, I wanted to find every known piece of information about the kingdom and present it all in one place where it could be easily referenced. The analysis is therefore divided into sections covering all the published works where Vakretta appears, what characters are from there, what might have inspired it and a discussion about its connections with other nations in the Frozenverse. There's also a complete reference list.

All in all, it’s been an absolute pain joy to work on this project and I’ve had such great support from my fellow Archive-members! A special shout-out goes out to:

@bigfrozenfan @cloudberriesforaqueen @saiten-gefroren @snowflaketale12 @theartoffrozen Fellow Archivist forresthopkinsa

I hope you will enjoy this trip into the unknown and hopefully you'll learn something about the world outside of Arendelle!

❄️Virtual Winter

[marthefrozenfan]

I'm showing you my Frozen book collection ❄️🌻

It took me a long time to organize the books, I wanted to take a special photo just for this, the books are really mixed up with others haha.

So just for this occasion I selected all the Frozen books I have and arranged them on a bookshelf to take this photo.

[simpofhans]

That's why in my fanfic the Southern Isles have underground water tunnels... to connect Helsa again (and add Anders and Freya to some drama uhehehehhehe) ^^

because Southern Isles and Dark Sea/Ahtohallan/The Enchanted Forest are REALLY REALLY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.

[virtual-winter]

A perfect night by Mari Mancusi - 3 year(ish) anniversary!

Oops! Looks like I had a slight calendar-malfunction 😆

The Agduna (Agnarr x Iduna) centered short story "A perfect night" was released for free by Mari on February 10th, 2021 on nerdist.com and this was the 1-year-anniversary edition I put together in 2022!

Some of the illustrations/screencaps were provided by the fantastic @shade74

[true--north]

@a13thprincefora13thprincess this is what I was able to find in Conceal, don't feel:

“We will introduce her to more people. The Duke of Weselton mentioned a prince he thought she might connect with."

"The prince had accompanied the Duke of Weselton on a trip to Arendelle a few months earlier, and she’d been surprised at how well she and he had hit it off."