History WMG / AFrozenHeart

Instead of depicting the kingdom's royal palace as a giant ominous castle that looks like a black SeaMonster from a distance but is actually made from shiny stones, future stories can depict the Isles' royal palace as a grandiose spectacle of elaborate architecture that screams "we are so much better than you" and makes Arendelle's castle look like a cottage, while the capital city itself could be a literal CityOfGold. The kingdom itself could be immensely prosperous and arguably the wealthiest of all the countries on the planet, thanks to its trade deals and the fact that many of the king's daughters-in-law are from other kingdoms. This could leave our heroes (Honeymaren, Ryder, Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Sven and Kristoff) [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil dumbstruck]] on why Hans would want to seize control of another country when his homeland is filthy rich. Kristoff might even comment that he's never seen such an ostentatious and blatant display of wealth in his life. Despite the fact that the heroes are excited about visiting a place that's been described as extravagantly rich, they have a gut feeling that something is wrong and dark about this seemingly charming and opulent kingdom.\\

* Perhaps a variation could involve subverting ThickerThanWater, EvenEvilCanBeLoved, and EvenEvilHasLovedOnes as well. Hans has a younger sister whom he didn't mention about, knowing she's far behind to ascend his kingdom's throne. They were inseparable in childhood, but became distant as they grew up. She doesn't believe in his crimes against Arendelle, thinking he's still making it up even when their 12 older brothers tell her about it. Hans's sister still believes in their bond, but being the deceptive man that he is, he tricks her into helping him get his revenge against Elsa and Anna. At the climax, when he reveals he manipulated her and taunts her for being a naïve little girl who's easily dupable, his sister punches him for breaking her heart, having realized he's BeyondRedemption. Witnessing Hans's betrayal a second time, it becomes a gut-wrenching scene for the heroes, who are dumbfounded on why anyone would play such a despicable prank against their own family. When they mention Hans's crimes to his sister, the heroes are glad to see that she's genuinely nice compared to the irredeemable monster her brother is. Hans ends up becoming her EvilCounterpart, having chosen to sideline his own family for personal gain. Even then, his sister is torn between accepting that Hans deserves to be punished and struggling to comprehend how the brother whom she shared a special bond could be so malicious and what drove him to evil.

While everything is elegant and looks beautiful on the outside, the inner workings of the kingdom is a different story -- it is hollow and cold. The royal family might fake being a big, happy family, when in reality, they are RoyallyScrewedUp. Neither the king nor his 12 older sons don't get along with each other and with their own spouses. The intense and fierce SiblingRivalry between the 13 brothers is something the two sisters cannot understand and would actually cringe at. Unlike Arendelle, the Southern Isles prefers male-preference primogeniture, something viewed by Kristoff, Anna and Elsa as patriarchal and outdated. These are big reasons that the royal family has become so fraught with issues that said dysfunction seeps into the populace as well. The king's wife and daughters-in-laws could actually be {{Broken Bird}}s who were bubbly when they married, but became cynical thanks to abusive and neglectful spouses.\\