Arendelle

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Arendelle
Japanese	アレンデール
Romaji	Arendēru
Game	Kingdom Hearts III
Allies	Marshmallow
Origin	Frozen
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Arendelle is a world in Kingdom Hearts III. It is based on the Disney film Frozen.

Settings and Areas

Arendelle is comprised of two regions: The North Mountain and The Labyrinth of Ice.

The North Mountain

The North Mountain (北の山, Kita no Yama) is the perpetually snow-covered site of Elsa's self-imposed exile, which makes up the majority of the world that Sora's party can visit. It is divided into three smaller "rooms", each marked with a trail of glowing ice crystals that help guide the party up the mountain.

The first area Sora's party visits begins at the Treescape (樹氷の森, Juhyō no Mori, lit. "Forest of Frosted Trees"), a tree-enclosed field at the foot of the mountain, with a small path leading northwest to the wider and rockier Snowfield (雪原, Setsugen). Traveling northward brings Sora's party to the Gorge (峡谷, Kyōkoku), where they formally meet Elsa and reacquaint themselves with Larxene. By climbing the Gorge's steep rock faces, the party eventually reaches the Mountain Ridge (尾根, One) at the peak, where Elsa's Ice Palace is located, and where the Frozen Slider minigame can be accessed. The party can also travel down the ridge to the left facing the castle, where they battle Marshmallow, which eventually leads back to the Snowfield.

The second area lies on the opposite side of the mountain, with the Valley of Ice (雪渓, Sekkei, lit. "Snowy Valley") at its base. It is here that the party first meets Anna, Olaf, Kristoff, and Sven, and where they are required to find Olaf's missing pieces: once during the story, and again if the party revisits the area after the world is cleared. Past this area lies the Frozen Wall (氷壁, Hyōheki, lit. "Ice Wall"), a trickier ascent than the Gorge with steep ridges, gaps, narrow footholds, and most prominently, a wider rock face that Sora must run up and across, making it harder to get back on track should he fall. At the top of the area is an alcove that leads directly to the Mountain Ridge.

The third and bottom-most area consists entirely of the Foothills (山のふもと, Yama no Fumoto, lit. "Foot of the Mountain"), which can be accessed from the southwestern path in the Snowfield. Here, the party must navigate through a snow storm with gale-force winds that can potentially push them all the way back to the entrance unless they take cover behind the rocks. At the base of the Foothills is an overlook of the city of Arendelle itself, which leads to the party's final battle against Sköll.

The Labyrinth of Ice

The Labyrinth of Ice (氷の迷宮, Kōri no Meikyū) is a game-original area that Larxene conjures with her lightning powers to imprison Sora and his friends at the Gorge. It is an elegant dungeon made entirely of ice that resembles a giant snowflake when viewed from the outside, while the interior is decorated with giant Nobody insignias and frozen bolts of electricity, some of which forms fragile walls that Sora can break through. It is divided into three tiers: the Middle Tier (中層, Chūsō, lit. "Middle Layer"), where the party first enters; the Lower Tier (下層, Kasō, lit. "Lower Layer"); and the Upper Tier (上層, Jōsō, lit. "Upper Layer"), which contains the exit to the Gorge. The labyrinth is teeming with Heartless and Nobodies, particularly Ninjas, which create spiral pillar traps that jut from the ground. To navigate the labyrinth, Sora must spin around white glowing pillars that rotate segments of the dungeon and reveal new passageways, permanently locking them into place.

Once the party escapes, they are able to return to the Upper Tier via a spherical portal on the Gorge, though Marshmallow does not accompany them once he has joined.

Story

After battling a few Soldiers, Sora exclaims how cold Arendelle is. Seeing afar of the sea turning into ice, Sora spots Elsa from a far distance running across the waters. Wondering what happened, Sora and the gang catches up with Elsa to know more about her emotional state. Upset at the group's side-chatter and confrontation, Elsa loses her temper and accidentally reveals her cryokinetic abilities, stunning Sora, Donald, and Goofy. Heartless soon appear due to the attraction of Elsa's fear as Sora rushes in to protect her.

After fending off the Heartless, Elsa rejoins with Sora and the gang. Just as a Winterhorn is about to ambush Sora from behind, Elsa defeats the Heartless with an icy blast, revealing the strength of her powers. Sora is impressed by this, but Elsa becomes fearful and creates a huge ice wall between herself and the gang. Elsa flees to the North Mountain while Sora tries to reach out, stopped by the barrier. Larxene appears forth to Sora and the gang, exclaiming the possible use of Elsa for the Real Organization XIII's agenda. To prevent any possible interference from Sora, Larxene shatters the ice wall with her electrical powers. Larxene then uses the shattered ice to form a large labyrinth, trapping Sora, Donald, and Goofy.

After traversing through twists and turns of the glacial labyrinth, Sora and the gang eventually escape through a mysterious dark portal. The portal transports the gang to the side of the Mountain Ridge. The gang agrees to catch up with Elsa to the North Mountain, before Larxene's malicious influence could reach Elsa. While scaling up the mountains, Sora and the gang finally catch up with Elsa, embracing her new lifestyle by creating a beautiful ice palace while performing Let It Go. After the formation of the ice palace, Sora and the gang were left speechless and enthralled. Sora decides to greet Elsa, only to be confronted by Larxene once more. Larxene admits her interest in Elsa, with the possibility of Elsa being one of the New Seven Hearts. Struck with another possibility, Larxene wonders if Elsa and her abilities hold ties to the darkness, heightening her interest further in Elsa. Sora retaliates back, claiming Elsa would never rely on the darkness. As early as it seems to find out, Larxene then blasts the gang down the mountain with a powerful electrical wave.

After falling from the mountain, Sora and the gang finds themselves below the North Mountain. Just as Sora plans to return to Elsa's palace, the gang is greeted with an avalanche. Goofy uses his shield as a sled for the trio to escape the avalanche, only to be ambushed by three Frost Serpents. After defeating the three large Heartless, Sora and the gang are only then to be barraged by another avalanche.

After gaining back consciousness from the avalanche, Sora briefly encounters Olaf. Determined to talk with Elsa again, Sora, Donald, and Goofy start their ascent up the mountain. As the trio reaches a frozen pond, Sora recognizes Olaf walking among Anna, Kristoff, and Sven. Realizing both parties are searching for Elsa, they decide to find her together. Sora and Anna hold a long conversation about Elsa, and she explains how the two estranged sisters became separated through a musical performance of Do You Want to Build a Snowman. After Anna tells Sora about the sisters' backstory, Kristoff quickly rushes in with a desperate need to find Olaf's missing snowman parts.

After finding and completing Olaf's body, Sora and the gang were ready to depart to meet Elsa, but only to be interrupted by a group of Heartless. Anna, Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf agreed to move on ahead, while Sora, Donald and Goofy are left behind to defeat the Heartless horde. After defeating the Heartless, Sora and the gang decides to catch up with the rest of the group. Scaling up multiple cliffs of the wintery mountains, the trio reaches up to the North Mountain once again and revisits Elsa's ice palace. Inside the ice palace, Anna confronts Elsa in hopes to end the eternal winter, only in resulting Elsa to have a breakdown and accidentally striking Anna with her ice magic. Sora, outside of the palace, senses this with a heartache, conjuring that something terrible has happened in the palace. Just as Sora is about to enter into the palace, Elsa's bodyguard, Marshmallow, dismisses Anna, Kristoff, and Olaf. Both the trio and the Arendelle gang are pursued the the bulky bodyguard, causing Sora to split up from Anna. Sora, Donald, and Goofy decides to fight Marshmallow, resulting the trio to be cornered and fall off a collapsing cliff edge.

At the bottom of the North Mountain, Sora, Donald, and Goofy regain back consciousness and decides to meet up with Elsa once more. On the way, the trio is intercepted by Hans, carrying unconscious Elsa. The trio ponders if Hans was helping Elsa, but senses a dark and malignant aura being emitted from the foreign prince. Just as the trio decides to pursue Hans, they run into Marshmallow, who is pursuing Elsa for the sake of her safety. Both harboring similar interest in helping Elsa, Sora decides to form an alliance with Marshmallow. The group traces back Hans's direction to Arendelle.

On the way back to the kingdom of Arendelle, Sora and the gang is struck by a vicious blizzard. Sora catches up with Kristoff and Sven, and asks Kristoff where Anna went. Kristoff explains that Anna was struck by Elsa's ice magic and that only an act of true love can save Anna from being frozen solid. After Kristoff clarify that Hans is Anna's love and can possibly save her, Sora and the gang awkwardly presumed Kristoff was Anna's boyfriend. Afterwards, another blizzard strikes Arendelle, causing Kristoff to be worried for Anna's safety.

The trio and Krisfoff finds Anna, feebly walking, on the frozen fjord. Just as Anna and Kristoff were about to reunite, Anna spots Hans from a distance preparing to slay Elsa. Given with a quick dilemma, Anna quickly rushes in to protect Elsa from Hans, while completely freezing herself. The heavy impact between Hans's sword and Anna's frozen body, knocks Hans unconscious. The darkness soon begins to emit from Hans's heart, sucking Sora, Donald, and Goofy into a dark portal. Within the portal, a massive Heartless, Sköll, appears forth to the trio as Marshmallow joins in the fray with Sora.

After defeating Sköll, Sora and the gang escapes form the dark portal and returns back to the frozen fjord on Arendelle. Sora sees Elsa mourns over Anna's frozen body as Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf stand in solemn silence. Out from a sacrificial act of true love, Anna's frozen body is restored and the two sisters embrace and rejoice. Before Sora and the gang can intervene, Larxene halts the time of Arendelle and confronts the trio with the Real Organization XIII's plan. Larxene informs Sora with the completion of the thirteen seekers of darkness and how both Anna and Elsa's role as the New Seven Hearts will bring fruition to the Keyblade War. Sora angrily tells Larxene to leave innocent people out this, following by Larxene to instruct Sora to gather the seven guardians of light to prevent any side casualties. As Larxene leaves Arendelle, the time of the world resumes.

While Anna and Elsa are reconciling, Sora begins to worry for the sisters' safety from the Real Organization XIII. Goofy and Donald consoles Sora, informing the strength of the two sisters is enough for their safety. Sora agrees as the Anna and Elsa shines with sisterly love. Elsa realizes that love is the key emotion to control her cryokinetic abilities, allowing her to undo the eternal winter that curses Arendelle. As the warm sunny weather returns, everyone celebrates and rejoice.

Sometime after Xehanort's defeat, Anna and Kristoff has gone sledding as Elsa forms an ice ramp for their safe landing.

Characters

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  Elsa
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  Anna
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  Olaf
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  Kristoff
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  Sven
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  Marshmallow
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  Hans
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  Larxene
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• The wolfs are mentioned by Kristoff.

Enemies

Nobodies

Dusk Ninja

Other

Marshmallow