In late November, 2009, in the basement of a long abandoned building in Arendal, Norway, a book was found called The Chronicles of the Norwegian People. After being examined and cross examined by many of the worlds leading archeologists and historians it was confirmed that the book was the most accurate and historically reliable document to date on Norway's history during the eighteen-hundreds, in spite of it's shocking claims.
The book was written by King Albert, the last king of Arendelle. According to his writings, in the mid seventeen hundreds, due to various civil conflict, the country was divided into five smaller countries; Arendelle, Iris, Drenmat, Gremlock, and Norway. The Kingdom of Arendelle was located on the best harbor in the country, making it the leading center of trade for the other kingdoms and countries in Europe as well. It quickly became the richest of the five kingdoms. The Kingdom of Norway, meanwhile, was creating a massive military and in the late 1800s sacked the other kingdoms and found them completely defenseless. King Albert surrendered to the king of Norway and saved his kingdom from complete destruction. The king of Norway then reunited the kingdoms into one country once again, the country of Norway, after his own kingdom.
This story takes place in the 1840's, forty years before the fall of Arendelle. The story of Elsa was first captured by Hans Christian Andersen in 1884, who heard the story from various rumors and turned his bits and pieces into a story he called, The Snow Queen. Centuries later, Walt Disney Animation Studios picked up on the story and released the animated film, Frozen, based loosely on Anderson's story. However, both of these stories are far cries from the true story, but now that we have the Chronicles, we can somewhat put together the pieces. There is still much debate and speculation on the things Albert wasn't as careful to recollect in his book, so I've done my best to put the pieces together into as accurate a retelling of this story can get. I hope you enjoy learning the facts as much as I enjoyed researching it.
*NOTE* The name of Elsa's sister, Anna, has no historical accuracy and is purely fictional. We learn from various sources that Elsa did have a sister, but what her name was, we aren't told. The same goes for the character of the "Gravedigger", Jonathan. Perhaps with more research, one day we will discover them.
~E. Sharp
This story is rated T for fantasy action/violence and some language. In case you were wondering.