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It is the year eighteen-hundred and four of our Lord. Napoléon Bonaparte has been crowned Emperor of the French, marking the instantiation of a new Empire. Combining the memories of old regimes such as Ancient Rome and Charlemagne, he seeks to begin a new era for France.

Fresh from the memories of his campaigns in Egypt and Syria, he contacts Her Majesty Queen Elsa of Arendelle, a member of the Royal Coronan House of Hohenzollern. Her abilities have been noted by Napoleon, and he seeks her aid in the upcoming war. In need of security from the United Kingdom of Sweden and Norway, she accepts.

Ice on the Rhine is a Frozen and Tangled crossover fanfic created by user IamIferior, and can be viewed here. It deals with a version of The Napoleonic Wars if Napoleon's Grande Armée was assisted by someone with magical ice powers. As of the last update in 2015, the fic contains 113 chapters. Not suitable for younger audiences due to violent scenes.


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  • Alternate History: This is The Napoleonic Wars if Napoleon's Grande Armée is assisted by an Ice Person who happens to be a member of the House of Hohenzollern. Also, the Kingdom of Prussia apparently doesn't exist; the Kingdom of Corona fits Prussia's historical role, where it is mentioned that Rapunzel is the child of real life Prussian King William Frederick II and Elizabeth Christine.
  • Crossover: With Tangled, and eventually, most of the Disney Animated Canon. Triton's kingdom sides with the coalitions against Napoleon, Maldonia is reimagined as a state on the Indian subcontinent, Prince Adam serves in Napoleon's armies, among other things.
  • Dead Fic: Hasn't been updated since April 14, 2015.
  • Doorstopper: The fic has 113 chapters and 239,184 words.
  • Historical AU: The story takes place in 1804, which is a couple decades earlier than 1840s Frozen was set.
  • Historical Domain Character: Napoléon Bonaparte appears and, yes, it's that Napoleon.
  • Historical Fiction: Most scenes are set against the backdrop of historical events, or at least a variation on them, with some fantasy elements thrown in.
  • Lie Back and Think of England: It isn't that Elsa dislikes sex, it's just that she has a marriage/procreation agreement with her husband Napoleon (yes, that Napoleon), making the act pragmatic and about political calculus, thus on her wedding night she lies back and thinks of Arendelle.
  • Scrapbook Story: The story is told through a student's history class report (this is subtle, however)
  • Shown Their Work: Obscure historical characters appear in situations similar to OTL, and many quotes have been suited to the conditions of the fic. An example would be Tsar Alexander I's quote being applied to the alliance between Russia and Corona instead of France and Russia.

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