Assault on Elsa's ice palace

Before they could enter Elsa's ice palace, Hans and the Arendelle castle guards were forced to face Marshmallow.

The assault on Elsa's ice palace began as a mission mounted by Prince Hans and a group of Arendelle castle guards to find Princess Anna. It escalated into armed conflict after the group attracted the attention of Elsa's guard, Marshmallow.

History

Prelude

When Anna's horse returned from the mountains without its rider, Hans called for a group of volunteers to venture out and find her. Upon hearing this, the Duke of Weselton offered up his two bodyguards, though he secretly gave them instructions to kill Elsa and end her winter.

Ambushed by Marshmallow

Marshmallow ambushed Hans and the castle guards.

Hans and his volunteers made their way to the North Mountain, where Elsa's palace stood towering above them. As the group approached the palace, Hans reminded them of their mission to find Anna and ordered them not to harm Elsa. However, before they were able to cross the staircase leading to the palace, Hans and his men were ambushed by Marshmallow, who had disguised himself as a pile of innocuous snow. To fend off the giant snowman, Hans drew his sword, and the castle guards began to hurl spears. The Duke's men also assisted with their crossbows, but the snow monster was aggravated by the projectiles and retaliated against his opponents, swatting the Duke's men into a mound of snow.

Facing Elsa

The Duke's men recovered from Marshmallow's blow and caught sight of Elsa at her palace's doors. While Marshmallow was preoccupied with Hans and the rest of the men, the two slipped past the snowman and charged up the staircase into Elsa's palace. Elsa fled from the Duke's men up to the top floor of the palace, but they were persistent and pursued, cornering. One of the Duke's men attempted to kill Elsa, but the queen was able to stop the arrow with a wall of ice. While the Duke's men tried to get another opening to kill her, Elsa began to fight back with her magic, impeding the men from lining up a straight shot.

Marshmallow's defeat

Concurrently, Marshmallow had managed to knock Hans to the ground and attempted to crush the prince. However, Hans was able to avoid the blows and used his sword to sever the snowman's leg. With Marshmallow crippled, Hans gestured to the guards and began to race up the staircase. Without his leg, Marshmallow lost his balance and began to fall into a chasm, but he made an attempt to bring Hans down as well. Ultimately, Hans was able to grasp onto a railing and was helped up by a couple of castle guards.

Elsa's last stand

The Duke of Weselton's bodyguards were spared from Elsa's wrath by Hans.

With the Duke's men persistent in their attempts to kill her, Elsa realized that she had to respond more aggressively; she struck out at one of the Duke's men to trap him against the wall with ice spikes. Turning to the other guard, Elsa disarmed him, after which she trapped him and created an ice wall to push him through the doors leading onto the balcony. The queen was moments away from killing the pair, but Hans intervened and managed to make her see sense; Elsa then stopped, lowering her guard. However, in this moment of mercy, the bodyguard trapped against the wall was able to line up a shot towards Elsa. Hans caught sight of the movement and ran over to disrupt the bodyguard's aim, causing the arrow to shoot upwards and strike the ice chandelier hanging above Elsa. As the chandelier began its descent, Elsa ran to avoid being crushed, though the impact caused her to slip and lose consciousness.

Aftermath

After Elsa lost consciousness, she was brought back to Arendelle, where she was imprisoned within the dungeon. As a precautionary measure against her magic, Elsa's hands were immobilized by a set of metal gauntlets, with them being attached by a chain to the center of the cell.