History Characters / FrozenWeselton

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: The name of his town keeps getting mispronounced as ''Weasel''-ton. Gets turned into MaliciousMisnaming at the end when Kai informs him of the cut ties, makes a point of pronouncing it "Weasel Town". Even Hans snidely calls him a "weasel" behind his back in ''A Frozen Heart''.

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* GiftedlyBad: He has an... ''interesting'' dance style that he expects will impress Elsa and Anna. It doesn't.

** JerkassHasAPoint: At his age slipping and falling on ice is legitimately dangerous and ''could'' result in death by broken hip or head injury, something the younger, healthier people in the room wouldn't have to worry about.

[[Characters/FrozenArendelle Arendelle]] | [[Characters/FrozenAnna Anna]] | [[Characters/FrozenElsa Elsa]] | [[Characters/FrozenKristoff Kristoff]] | [[Characters/FrozenHans Hans]] | '''Weselton''' | [[Characters/FrozenNorthuldra Northuldra]] | [[Characters/FrozenMagicalCreatures Magical Creatures]] | [[Characters/FrozenAnimals Animals]] | [[Characters/FrozenExtendedMedia Extended Media]] | [[Characters/FrozenSouthernIsles A Frozen Heart Exclusive]]-]]]

'''Arendelle''' | [[Characters/FrozenAnna Anna]] | [[Characters/FrozenElsa Elsa]] | [[Characters/FrozenKristoff Kristoff]] | [[Characters/FrozenHans Hans]] | [[Characters/FrozenWeselton Weselton]] | [[Characters/FrozenNorthuldra Northuldra]] | [[Characters/FrozenMagicalCreatures Magical Creatures]] | [[Characters/FrozenAnimals Animals]] | [[Characters/FrozenExtendedMedia Extended Media]] | [[Characters/FrozenSouthernIsles A Frozen Heart Exclusive]]-]]]

[[folder:The Duke Of Weselton]]

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[[caption-width-right:244: "If we don't do something soon, we'll all freeze to death!"]]

* AmbitionIsEvil: In ''Literature/AFrozenHeart'', they only serve the Duke to advance their own status, and are willing to switch their loyalty to Hans if he'll give them what they want (though they still try to kill Elsa).
* AntiVillain: Their only goal is protect the Duke, who is afraid of Elsa, especially after she casts an EndlessWinter over the kingdom. It turns out to be an accident, but the Duke's not sure and definitely is worried about that magical blizzard, so he orders them to attack her.

* PerpetualFrowner: 99% of the time, but that's just their look of concentration. Francis does smile a few times, but it's usually not pleasant.

* UndyingLoyalty: To the Duke of Weselton.

* WouldHitAGirl: Neither one shows any moral problem with trying to assassinate Elsa. Even when she consciously decides to spare their lives, Francis still tries to kill her.

* BlatantLies: In ''Literature/AFrozenHeart'', when Hans asks them why they persisted in trying to assassinate Elsa, they lie that she attacked them first.

* AdaptationalVillainy: They're even worse in ''Literature/AFrozenHeart''. First, they mock Hans when he tries to get Oaken to tell him Anna's whereabouts, saying the Duke could have gotten the information quicker [[TortureTechnician (likely through torture)]]. They also offer to spare Elsa's life if Hans grants them their own land and titles, only to renege on the deal once promised this. When Hans calls them out for it, they lie that they only tried to kill Elsa in self-defense.

* AdaptationalVillainy: They're even worse in ''Literature/AFrozenHeart''. First, they mock Hans when he tries to get Oaken to tell him Anna's whereabouts, saying the Duke could have gotten the information quicker (likely through torture). They also offer to spare Elsa's life if Hans grants them their own land and titles, only to renege on the deal once promised this. When Hans calls them out for it, they lie that they only tried to kill Elsa in self-defense.

* AmbitionIsEvil: In ''Literature/AFrozenHeart'', they only serve the Duke to advance their own status,and are willing to switch their loyalty to Hans if he'll give them what they want (though they still try to kill Elsa).

* TheDividual: They essentially act identical in their role, with their only real distinguishing trait being that one has a beard (Erik) and the other doesn't (Francis).

* PerpetualFrowner: 99% of the time, but that's just their look of concentration.

* TheStoic: They're usually seen with straight faces.

* WouldHitAGirl: Neither one shows any moral problem with trying to assassinate Elsa.

* NeverMyFault: Refuses to admit he overreacted when he claims Elsa tried to kill him, which caused everyone to panic, even when Hans pointed out he slipped on ice.

* BerserkButton: Mispronouncing his home of Weselton as "Weaseltown".
-->'''Kai''': Your majesty, the duke of Weaseltown.\\
'''The Duke''': ''Weselton''!

* VillainousBreakdown: After announcing that Arendelle has severed its trading ties with Weselton, Kai presses his BerserkButton by deliberately calling his duchy's name 'Weaseltown' even as he's being taken out.

* HateSink: In the film, he's consistently a jerk or an annoyance to everyone. He right away declares his intent to exploit Arendelle for his own greed and later expresses anger at Hans for giving away "tradable goods" to the citizens suffering from the EndlessWinter. He refuses to admit he overreacted to slipping on Elsa's ice, and ordered his men to murder Elsa to stop the winter. Even in non-film material, he's still shown to dislike the sisters, and at one point cheats in a race against Kristoff.

* HateSink: In the film, he's consistently a jerk or an annoyance to everyone. He refuses to admit he overreacted to slipping on Elsa's ice, express anger at Hans when Arendelle's tradable goods are being used and ordered his men to murder Elsa to stop the winter. Even though he shows some sadness for Anna's apparent death, he still uses this to prove Elsa is a monster. Even in non-film material, he's still shown to dislike the sisters, and at one point cheated in a race against Kristoff.

* HateSink: In the film, he's consistently a jerk or an annoyance to everyone. He refuses to admit he overreacted to slipping on Elsa's ice, express anger when Arendelle's tradable goods are being used and ordered his men to murder Elsa to stop the winter. Even though he shows some sadness for Anna's apparent death, he still uses this to prove Elsa is a monster. Even in non-film material, he's still shown to dislike the sisters, and at one point cheated in a race against Kristoff.

* BadassBeard: Erik is a competent soldier, and so is the non-bearded Francis.
* BadassLongCoat: With RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver coloring they are dangerous.

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Both wear red and black long coats.

* NeverMyFault: Refuses to own up to any part he may have had in causing Elsa to flee and accidentally start the EndlessWinter. Even ''Hans'' of all people calls him out on it.

* SucksAtDancing: His dance style includes kicking his legs sideways, jumpind around his partner like a peacock, crushing her toes and flopping his toupee up and down.

* SucksAtDancing: His dance style includes kicking his legs sideways, jumpind around his partner, crushing her toes and flopping his toupee up and down.

* AristocratsAreEvil: His Machiavellian plans to dominate Arendelle's economy place him firmly in this trope. However, his ruthlessness pales in comparison to the thoroughly treacherous and cold-hearted Prince of the Southern Isles, Hans Westergaard.

* {{Foil}}: To Hans. While both faked being allies, The Duke is an old man who makes openly-sinister comments and wants to take Arendelle's riches, [[EvenEvilHasStandards although he does show compassion]], while Hans is a young apparent PrinceCharming who wants the throne and is better able to hide his intentions but [[TheSociopath appears to delight]] [[BreakThemByTalking in tormenting a dying Anna when the mask drops]]. Both are forcibly taken out of Arendelle for their respective attacks on Elsa's life, but while Anna and Elsa are avoiding Hans, they have had several meeting with the Duke and seem more willing to make peace with him.

* HateSink: In the film, he's consistently a jerk or an annoyance to everyone. He refuses to admit he overreacted to slipping on Elsa's ice, express anger when Arendelle's tradable goods are being used and ordered his men to murder Elsa to stop the winter. Even though he shows some sadness for Anna's apparent death, he still uses this to prove Elsa is a monster. Even in non-film material, he still shown to dislike the sisters and at one point cheated in a race against Kristoff.

* EasilyForgiven: Downplayed in the spin-off book ''Across the Sea''. It's clear that while Anna and Elsa are avoiding Hans and the Duke of Weselton for their actions in the film, but they are willing to be friendlier to the Duke during their stay in Vakretta. He also reappears during the 2017 annual comic's story "Sled Race", where it seems he's actually allowed to enter Arendelle's sled race and, until he's revealed to have cheated, Elsa isn't hostile to him.
* EntitledBastard: Despite being a prejudicial {{Jerkass}} who tried to exploit Arendelle's wealth and called Elsa a monster simply for being a magic user, and ordering his men to try to end the winter by killing her, when everything is resolved, he ''still'' genuinely expects an audience with Elsa to discuss business. Elsa makes sure he's sent home with nothing.

* EvilOldFolks: He's an older man who says that he wants to exploit the economy of Arendelle kingdom in his first appearance, and later tries to assassinate Queen Elsa out of a combination of greed and Fantastic Racism.

* JerkassHasAPoint: He's [[FantasticRacism prejudicial]] and a [[HateSink definite jerk]], but when he worries, "If we don't do something soon, we'll all freeze to death," it's part of the ramping up of the emotions in anticipation of the climax. This reminds viewers of how high the stakes are, as Anna is on her deathbed, the villainous Hans is extinguishing all light and heat in the room, and Elsa's fear is growing stronger and stronger. There ''were'' a ton of innocent civilians who were going to freeze or starve to death if summer never came back, especially with the frozen fjord and blizzard-wracked mountains making evacuation unlikely.

* EasilyForgiven: Downplayed in the spin-off book ''Across the Sea''. It's clear Anna and Elsa are avoiding Weselton for his actions in the film, but they are willing to be friendlier to him during their stay in Vakretta. He also reappears during the 2017 annual comic's story "Sled Race", where it seems he's actually allowed to enter Arendelle's sled race and, until he's revealed to have cheated, Elsa isn't hostile to him.