

Hans slices off Marshmallow's left leg, causing the snowman to lose his balance and fall off the mountain where his claw breaks Elsa's staircase and almost makes Hans fall to his death. With the distraction, the thugs go after Elsa, defying Hans' orders and following those of the Duke. Hans orders that "no harm is to come to the Queen", but Marshmallow roars at the intruders and a fight commences. Later on, Hans, the Duke's henchmen, and other soldiers arrive at the ice palace searching for Anna. Anna still refuses to leave Elsa, and to protect her from further harm, Elsa creates Marshmallow to throw Anna and Kristoff out. Upon learning of the eternal winter Elsa caused even all the way up in her palace, she becomes distressed and her powers explode out, striking Anna in the heart. Anna pleads her sister to come back home with her to restore summer to Arendelle together (" For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)"). Olaf leads Anna, Kristoff and Sven to Elsa and the ice palace at their request. However, Elsa decides to not let it bother her and lets herself enjoy her powers for the first time in years as she creates an ice palace where she can live a life of isolation away from Arendelle (" Let It Go"). The palace's ambiance also responds to how Elsa feels about herself - when Elsa is happy and empowered, the palace is blue when Elsa is fearful, the palace becomes red, and causes ice shards and cracks to appear throughout the wall when Elsa is angry, the palace emits a bright amber.Īfter exposing her powers during her coronation, Queen Elsa retreats to the North Mountain where she lets out her guilt for revealing her powers. This is the room with a grand ice chandelier, Elsa's signature snowflake, and double doors which open to a round balcony. Another curving staircase branches off from the platform up into the "heart" of the palace. The first room has a beautiful frozen ice fountain, a small crystal hanging in the center of the roof and two curving staircases along the sides which join together on a platform above and across from the entrance.

A "flawless" staircase leads to double doors which can open by themselves into the palace. The entire palace is centered around the hexagonal shape of a snowflake.
