| “ | I didn't join the Princess Alliance just to fight. I joined to save people. And the Horde, even after everything they did...they're people, just like us.
— Frosta
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Frosta is the princess of the Kingdom of Snows and a member of the Princess Alliance in The Rebellion. She is the youngest of the princesses on Etheria. She is one of the Elemental Princesses.
Appearance
Frosta has a short cobalt blue bob cut, blunt bangs and two strands of hair that hang in front of her ears. She has almond-shaped black eyes, blue triangular eyebrows and wears a three-pointed ice crown that sits like a hairband. Her round face and short stature lend to her young age of 11 and 3 quarters, a youth she resents amongst the older princesses.
She first appeared in "Princess Prom", Episode 8 of the series. In this episode, she wore a long, blue dress with a fur-lined collar and sleeves. Icicles drip from the fur around her collar, adding an element of opulence to her dress akin to a necklace. However, she chooses to forgo the dress in favor of a blue jacket lined with white fur, a dark slate blue belt, light khaki pants and fur-lined boots that are cerulean, light blue, and dark blue.
Personality
In her debut, Frosta is emotionally cool, logical and dislikes small talk. She is demanding and insists on a strict rule of law and order.
After joining the Rebellion she was shown to have a more childish, humorous, if not socially, inept side, using puns like "Ice of you to drop in" and laughing wildly at her own jokes; she has also seen as being very overzealous, hotheaded and reckless, charging into fights without thinking of the consequences to herself and to the rebellion. She constantly puts herself and others at risk, trying to prove her strength and prowess among the older, more accomplished princesses, in particular Glimmer, in an effort to win their friendship. As a princess, she's also shown to have a deep care for people, both of her kingdom and in general. She was hesitant to join the Alliance at first because she didn't want her citizens involved in war when they've done well as bystanders. However, when she saw the harm of the Horde, she did join in. She also showed that she cared about others even if they've done cruel things, when she was against the idea of using the Heart of Etheria magic to defeat the Horde.
It's noticeable that after becoming friends with her fellow princesses, she has become much happier than she was in her debut. Frosta is less serious and acts more like her playful little self. She wants others to think of her as important, and not just as a little kid, because she does have good views. She hasn't had much experience with friendship, she explains, on account of her very serious duties as princess at such a young age. However, she's shown to think battle is interesting, and enjoys battle, both the serious and fun sides.
Powers and abilities
Powers
- Fractal Flake connection: Frosta is connected to the Fractal Flake, thus making her one of the Elemental Princesses. Her connection grants her a variety of abilities, primarily revolving around ice.
- Cryokinesis: Frosta is able to create, shape and manipulate ice. She can also transform her hands into Ice weapons like a spike and hammer. In season 4, she transforms them into pincers.
- Ice constructs: Frosta is seen to be able to create constructs of ice such as hammers. As well as this she is shown to be able to create a suit of armor created from ice.
- Ice projectiles: Frosta can create shards of ice and fire them at will.
- Ice sculptures: Frosta decorates Bright Moon with many statues of the heroes for Glimmer's coronation.
- Ice prisons: Frosta captures several Etherians, including Sea Hawk, by surrounding them in ice.
- Ice constructs: Frosta is seen to be able to create constructs of ice such as hammers. As well as this she is shown to be able to create a suit of armor created from ice.
- Aura generation: When united with the other princesses, Frosta can generate an aura that greatly amplifies her powers. Her aura manifests in the color 'capri'.
- Cryokinesis: Frosta is able to create, shape and manipulate ice. She can also transform her hands into Ice weapons like a spike and hammer. In season 4, she transforms them into pincers.
Weaknesses
- Hypothermia: While she may have power of the ice and cold, Frosta herself is not immune to lower temperatures. This is seen when she wears her ice armor.
- Fire: Netossa lists fire as Frosta's weakness[3], as fire melts ice.
- Late Nights: In the Season Four episode "Fractures," Frosta is seen to be falling asleep during a late night meeting of the Rebellion leaders. She insists that she doesn't have a bedtime (although she implies that she generally goes to bed earlier than the other princesses).
Relationships
Glimmer
In "Princess Prom", Glimmer describes Frosta: "her magic is incredibly powerful. She'd be a huge get for The Rebellion!" as the first time she was mentioned.
Although initially a reserved and mature character, in "The Frozen Forest", Frosta is shown to have developed a soft side for Glimmer. Idolizing her, wanting her attention and to constantly be around her, Frosta comes off as more childish and playful when around Glimmer, unlike in "Princess Prom" and "The Battle of Bright Moon" where she is shown to be more or less indifferent to her. Frosta is quick to show off while defeating Entrapta's bots and making puns after destroying them, similar to Adora's behavior in front of Huntara when around Glimmer.
A doodle of Glimmer and her sparkle powers made by Frosta in "Roll With It".
Although she means well, Frosta is shown to be a little aggravating to Glimmer, disobeying orders in favor of hanging around the princess, nearly getting herself or others hurt with reckless stunts and making small talk and puns in the middle of battles to win Glimmer's approval. Despite this, Glimmer is shown to quickly save Frosta as well as reprimand her and apologize if she's hurt Frosta's feelings. It appears that Frosta can be honest with Glimmer, as in "The Frozen Forest", she reveals her friendless background and is shown to be slightly sensitive to Glimmer's chastising.
Humorously, she sees Glimmer as her equal in some ways. Specifically, she feels she can undermine Glimmer's commands, even though Glimmer is one of the leaders of The Rebellion, such as when she wanders around the Bright Moon Castle in search of Glimmer before the war meeting, and when she ignores her orders to stay with Spinnerella and Netossa to guard the base in "The Frozen Forest". It is revealed in "Roll With It" that even though her alter ego, Winter's Bane, doesn't care for or want friends, she sees Glimmer as her sidekick.
Adora
Frosta was initially cold to Adora at first when they first met at Princess Prom. Frosta went as far as insulting Adora for not knowing any better to be respectful, just because she's an honorary princess. Adora's first impression on Frosta was tumultuous, making a loud remark about her shock from how she was a little kid. She continues to neglect Adora in that episode, but in the end, Frosta apologizes to Adora and joins the Rebellion. Even though they had a rocky start at first, they ended up being good friends. Frosta respects Adora's leadership.
Scorpia
Frosta takes an interest in Scorpia's pincers.
Frosta was angry at her for her role in ruining the event in "Princess Prom", but after she was assigned to guard her, the two started to bond over both not fitting in. She also thinks Scorpia's pincers are really cool. It was likely she recently formed attachment to Scorpia, that Frosta begins to show sympathy towards the Horde and allows Adora, Bow and Swift Wind to sneak out of Bright Moon. Frosta enjoys fighting alongside Scorpia, and is often seen sitting on her shoulders.
King Micah
At first, Micah and Frosta did not get along. On a mission to Elberon, Micah treated her like a child and she was not fond of it. At the end of the episode "Taking Control", the two become friends.
Catra
Frosta always had negative interactions with Catra, who used to be with the Horde.
In Season 5, when Catra makes a return but as Rebellion fighter, Frosta punches Catra with her fists covered in ice, thinking that Catra was still with the Horde. Adora explains to Frosta she's now with the Rebellion. Frosta responded with "I still don't like her face".
After Horde Prime's defeat, Catra shared a hug with Frosta, along with Scorpia and Perfuma.
Star Sisters
According to Adora's research in Princess Prom, Frosta is allies with the Star Sisters.
Plot
Past
She was eight years old when she took over the throne in the Kingdom of Snows, and therefore never had the chance to experience a normal childhood with actual friends.[4] Her lack of friends only made her more distant and impaired her social skills with people of her own age. This is why she doesn't know how to act around the Princesses, why she may come off as awkward and standoffish and tries harder to seem more impressive.
Season One
Princess Frosta hosts the Princess Prom in the Kingdom of Snows. At the Prom, Adora and Glimmer try to recruit her to The Alliance. Adora was thinking that if they can convince Frosta to join their Rebellion then all the other princesses are sure to follow. But in her shock at seeing the young princesses she blurts out that she can't possibly be the ruler of the Kingdom of Snows, she's only like "TEN!" Frosta responds angrily, "I'm 11 and three quarters". Later Adora goes to speak to Frosta alone, but the conversation doesn't go exactly as planned. Princess Frosta claims that the Kingdom of Snows has been and always will be perfectly capable of taking care of itself. They will not join the Rebellion ― they are not threatened by the Horde. They will stay as they've always been ― neutral.
Glimmer and Adora try to get Frosta to remove Catra and Scorpia, but Frosta is adamant. She will not break the rules of Princess Prom on the word of a girl who's only an honorary princess. Frosta tells her that she has worked too long to gain the respect she is due, and she's not about to throw it away on a hunch. She lets them in. During the dance, Catra baits Adora by asking her where Bow is, as if she already knows, causing Adora to push her to the ground. Frosta, angry, traps Adora in a cage of ice, telling her that she has broken the rules of Princess Prom and she hereby revokes her invitation. But during her speech, the building shakes and each of the heat bombs explodes. Frosta then runs to her Runestone and uses its energy to prevent her castle from collapsing.
Frosta joins The Battle of Bright Moon. Horde tanks get covered in frost and ice eruptions throw Horde bots. She then braces the damaged Moonstone structure with ice. Then Frosta slides into the battle on a path of ice. At the end of the battle, she celebrates the victory with the rest of the Princesses.
Season Two
Frosta joins the rest of the Princesses on the battlefield, destroying bots with ice attacks and cracking jokes in her unique way. Back in Bright Moon she joins The Princess Alliance during a planning session. After the planning session she proposes some ideas to improve efficiency. Glimmer tasks her with guarding Bright Moon but she ignores the commander's orders and followed the heroes on their mission to capture an intact bot. Glimmer chastises Frosta and later apologizes. Then the heroes join their powers and capture the bot. During the battle Frosta is injured and later Adora is seen bandaging Frosta's wound while Glimmer brushed Frosta's hair.
Frostbite Winter's Bane
Frosta helps plan an attack on a Horde-held fortress. She uses her powers to create ice armor and weapons to defeat the enemy and sends them packing.
Season Three
Frosta joins Shadow Weaver, Glimmer, Mermista, Perfuma and Bow on a rescue mission. They teleport to the Fright Zone to rescue Adora. Shadow Weaver urges quiet so they can sneak there, but they are immediately found out when a Horde member walks in the room. Perfuma stays behind to hold them off while the rest press on, but they run into Lonnie and Rogelio. Seeing themselves outnumbered, Lonnie and Rogelio quickly raise the alarm even as Mermista and Frosta hold them off while Shadow Weaver, Bow, and Glimmer move on.
Season Four
The princesses witness the true might of the Horde.
At Glimmer's coronation, Frosta creates ice sculptures for the event. She also volunteers to be a bouncer; she encases several people in ice, including Sea Hawk.
She participates in the attempt to retake Dryl and the spy investigation afterward. Later, Glimmer brings the idea of using the Heart of Etheria for benefits of the war, a plan that would bring utter destruction, to the Princess Alliance. Adora and Bow are against this because they can't risk it destroying everything. Frosta doesn't seem to have a strong opinion either way; she is just tired. When Scorpia shows up unexpectedly, Frosta attacks her furiously. Then, she talks more to Scorpia after Scorpia is taken hostage. From this, Frosta begins to get to know Scorpia a bit more as a person and warms up to her as a friend despite her actions serving the Horde. Frosta later changes her mind and lets Bow and Adora sneak out to Beast Island against Glimmer's will, showing that she doesn't want to activate the Heart of Etheria. She argued that she couldn't attack the Horde like that, because, through knowing more about Scorpia, she finds that even though the Horde is evil, they are still people and people should be protected.
Later, after the Heart of Etheria is activated across Etheria as they ambushed the Horde army, the Princesses all surge with newfound power. Frosta and Perfuma lay waste to legions of Horde Robots around themselves with blasts of ice and vegetation. Then princesses all across Etheria come under the Heart of Etheria's control. First Ones' writing appears on each princess and runestone. Frosta and Perfuma collapse, and Scorpia collapses just a few feet from Frosta. While this happens, light and power surge up from the planet into the skies. They watch as Etheria is pulled out of Despondos and into regular space, right into a fleet of Horde Prime's ships.
Season Five
Frosta, along with others, evacuates villagers to safety, fights bots, and creates a hidden base. When Shadow Weaver suggests using the Heart of Etheria, she tells the sorceress that she doesn't like her and won't listen to her ideas. When the bots attack their base she helps relocate the refugees to the deepest part of the Whispering Woods on Adora's orders.
Micah and Frosta on good terms now
With Mermista in charge, Entrapta leads Scorpia, Perfuma, and Frosta to one of Prime's spires where she believes that they can discover Glimmer's location by hacking into the spire's computer. The four Princesses sneak past many of the bots, but Entrapta wanders off and walks into a bot which activates the spire's defenses. This causes Frosta and the other princesses (with the exception of Scorpia) to get furious at Entrapta for everything she did while she was with the Horde, such as destroying their kingdoms by making bots. Entrapta apologizes and with reckless abandon rushes toward the spire to get the signal and find Glimmer's location. Mermista blesses her plan and sends Scorpia and Frosta as Entrapta's back-up while she and Perfuma distract the rest of the bots. Entrapta hacks the spire, discovers Glimmer's whereabouts and finds out that Prime is sending reinforcements to Etheria. They then inform Adora and tell her to leave immediately.
"Fine but I still don't like her face"
Frosta plays ice-ball with Spinnerella and Netossa. Micah tries to befriend Frosta but calls her "kiddo" which offended the ruler of the Kingdom of Snows. Upon learning that the Horde was spotted near Elberon, Frosta, Micah, Swift Wind, Netossa and Spinnerella go to check things out. When they arrive, all the villagers are inside and acting really weird. Netossa chides Spinnerella for leaving her alone at the "party" and Spinnerella complained that "something weird" just happened to her. The villagers then close the doors and strongly suggest the heroes stay and wait for the honored guest, Horde Prime. Then the villagers attack, their eyes turning green, revealing that they've been chipped. Frosta builds an ice shield to protect everyone, but the villagers break through eventually. Only when Swift Wind feels his sacred connection to She-Ra could they escape.
When Netossa confronts Spinnerella about her strange behavior, Spinny responds by telling her beloved that she is under Prime's control, as is everyone else in the village. Spinnerella attacks Netossa and is joined by a chipped Micah, who attacks Frosta and Swift Wind. Netossa throws a net over her attackers and flees with Frosta on Swift Wind.
Later, Frosta, along with Swift Wind, Netossa, Perfuma and Sea Hawk, arrive in a clearing in the Whispering Woods, only to be put on guard by a rustling in the bushes nearby. Castaspella emerges from the bushes and Frosta immediately immobilises her with ice, hastily checking that the sorceress isn't chipped. Perfuma then explains to Castaspella that they need to find somewhere to hide. Mystacor is not an option, but Shadow Weaver has an idea.
The group establishes a makeshift hideout, later meeting with Catra, She-Ra, Bow and Glimmer. Perfuma, panicked and paranoid, binds them with her vines, and Frosta once again takes no time in checking whether they're chipped. Once everyone is deemed safe, the group has a moment of reunion, and Frosta and Glimmer embrace each other happily. When she sees Catra, however, Frosta takes a less welcome approach, landing an icy blow to the side of her head. When Adora hastily explains that Catra is on their side, Frosta says, "Fine! But I still don't like her face."
When the group are fighting against Horde Prime's forces in "Heart Part 1," Frosta defends Spinnerella by casting a shield of ice. Then when a chipped Mermista attacks them with a wave the size of a tsunami, Glimmer and Castaspella conjure a powerful shield charm, protecting everyone.
After the battle, Frosta rejoices atop Scorpia's shoulders, enjoying a well-earned victory with her friends. After Catra comes over to Scorpia and Scorpia hugs her, Perfuma and Frosta also join in the hug.
Quotes
"Ice of you to drop in!" -The Frozen Forest
"Punch Horde Prime!" -Launch
"Like us! The ones who were getting beat up by your dumb bots. And whose kingdoms you almost destroyed." - to Entrapta in Launch
"Deadly serious, Horde scum!" - to Catra in An Ill Wind
"Maybe we should continue this in the morning? Not that I'm up past my bedtime. I don't have a bedtime. I can go to bed whenever I want." -Fractures
"I realized that none of us fit in. We're all different, but that's okay." -to Scorpia in Fractures
"My favorite way to relax is to smash things!" -Meditation With Perfuma
"I have amazing ideas. Starting with... we punch them!" -Roll With It
"Frostbite uses Snowstrike to encase the tower in ice and then crack it apart...KAPOW!" -Roll With It
"[toughly] My enemies know me as Frostbite Winter's Bane. [more softly] My friends call me Bane. [returns to tough tone] That is, if I had any. But no one comes close to the Winter's Bane... She's got an obsidian broadsword that enhances plus three, [points at her drawing of the Winter's Bane] and her finishing move is: the Snowstrike!" -Roll With It
"I was eight when I took over the throne. It’s kind of hard to make friends when everyone is your sworn subject." -The Frozen Forest
Appearances
| Season 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1. "The Sword Part 1": | Absent | 7. "In the Shadows of Mystacor": | Absent | |||||||||
| 2. "The Sword Part 2": | Absent | 8. "Princess Prom": | Appears | |||||||||
| 3. "Razz": | Absent | 9. "No Princess Left Behind": | Absent | |||||||||
| 4. "Flowers for She-Ra": | Absent | 10. "The Beacon": | Appears | |||||||||
| 5. "The Sea Gate": | Absent | 11. "Promise": | Absent | |||||||||
| 6. "System Failure": | Absent | 12. "Light Hope": | Absent | |||||||||
| 13. "The Battle of Bright Moon": | Appears | |||||||||||
| Season 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1. "The Frozen Forest": | Appears | 4. "Roll With It": | Appears | |||||||||
| 2. "Ties That Bind": | Absent | 5. "White Out": | Absent | |||||||||
| 3. "Signals": | Absent | 6. "Light Spinner": | Absent | |||||||||
| 7. "Reunion": | Absent | |||||||||||
| Season 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1. "The Price of Power": | Absent | 4. "Moment of Truth": | Appears | |||||||||
| 2. "Huntara": | Absent | 5. "Remember": | Absent | |||||||||
| 3. "Once Upon a Time in the Waste": | Absent | 6. "The Portal": | Absent | |||||||||
| Season 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1. "The Coronation": | Appears | 7. "Mer-Mysteries": | Appears | |||||||||
| 2. "The Valley of the Lost": | Absent | 8. "Boys' Night Out": | Mentioned | |||||||||
| 3. " Flutterina": | Absent | 9. "Hero": | Absent | |||||||||
| 4. "Pulse": | Absent | 10. "Fractures": | Appears | |||||||||
| 5. "Protocol": | Absent | 11. "Beast Island": | Absent | |||||||||
| 6. "Princess Scorpia": | Absent | 12. "Destiny Part 1": | Absent | |||||||||
| 13. "Destiny Part 2": | Appears | |||||||||||
| Season 5 | ||||||||||||
| 1. "Horde Prime": | Appears | 7. "Perils of Peekablue": | Appears | |||||||||
| 2. "Launch": | Appears | 8. "Shot in the Dark": | Appears | |||||||||
| 3. "Corridors": | Absent | 9. "An Ill Wind": | Appears | |||||||||
| 4. "Stranded": | Absent | 10. "Return to the Fright Zone": | Appears | |||||||||
| 5. "Save the Cat": | Absent | 11. "Failsafe": | Absent | |||||||||
| 6. "Taking Control": | Appears | 12. "Heart Part 1": | Appears | |||||||||
| 13. "Heart Part 2": | Appears | |||||||||||
| Books | ||||||||||||
| Origin of a Hero: | Absent | Island of Magical Creatures: | Appears | |||||||||
| Song of the Sea Witch: | Mentioned | Legend of the Fire Princess: | Appears | |||||||||
| Swift Wind Adventures Shorts | ||||||||||||
| 1. "Unicorn Warrior Training!": | Absent | 3. "A Princess Birthday Party!": | Appears | |||||||||
| 2. "Arm Wrestling Revenge!": | Absent | 4. "Grounded Glimmer Jailbreak!": | Absent | |||||||||
| 5. "Horse Hero Transformation!": | Absent | |||||||||||
| Princess Rebel Recruitment Shorts | ||||||||||||
| 1. "Bow Begins the Fight": | Absent | 4. "Meditation with Perfuma": | Appears | |||||||||
| 2. "Glimmer Wants YOU to Join": | Absent | 5. "Mermista is the Coolest": | Mentioned | |||||||||
| 3. "From Adora to She-Ra": | Absent | 6. "Entrapta Stole Bow's Tracker Pad": | Absent | |||||||||
| 7. "The Evil Horde is EVIL": | Appears | |||||||||||
Gallery
See: Frosta/Gallery
Trivia
An early design for Frosta
- Frosta is the youngest known princess in the series, at almost 12 years old in her debut.
- Early concept art of Frosta shows she was originally going to be older, and it was only later in production that she was aged down.[5]
- The only things this Frosta has in common with the character from the 80s version are bangs, the Kingdom of Snows, and the ability to control ice.
- Frosta's astrological sign is Taurus, also known as the bull.
- Shown in the book She-Ra: Rebel Princess Guide, Frosta made code names for all the members of the Rebellion:
- Glimmer: Sparkle Bomb
- Bow: Sure Shot
- Perfuma: Flower Power
- Mermista: Tidal Wave
- Spinnerella: Wind Storm
- Netossa: Web Shooter
- She-Ra: Sword Warrior
- Herself: Frostbite
- Frostbite Winter's Bane is based on one of ND Stevenson's actual characters from when he was 12. The character was named Nightshade, and she eventually became Nimona, the star of ND's comic of the same name.[6]
- Ray Geiger developed her visual design.[7]
- The series' pitch bible summarizes her as "Passive-aggressive ice queen".[8]
- The pitch also says that the Kingdom of Snows has a fragile alliance with Bright Moon, and that Frosta and Glimmer grew up together but are pointedly not friends.[8]
References
- ↑ Mermista is the Coolest (Princess Rebel Recruitment Shorts)
- ↑ https://twitter.com/DreamWorksSheRa/status/1080494021066272768
- ↑ Return to the Fright Zone
- ↑ The Frozen Forest
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1ddgybS0bE
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1127290354896478208
- ↑ https://raygeigrr.tumblr.com/post/178761037116/some-of-my-character-designs-finally-released
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 New She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power Story Bible, page 11
| She-Ra and the Princesses of Power's Characters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Best Friends Squad | Adora/She-Ra • Glimmer • Bow • Catra | |
| Princesses and Rebellion | Perfuma • Mermista • Frosta • Netossa • Spinnerella • Queen Angella • Sea Hawk • King Micah • Entrapta • Scorpia | |
| The Evil Horde | Horde Prime • Horde Prime's Clone Army • Lord Hordak • Lonnie • Kyle • Rogelio • Grizzlor • Octavia • Scorpia's mothers | |
| Others | Castaspella • Swift Wind • Razz • Mara • Light Hope • Tung Lashor • Double Trouble • Shadow Weaver • Melog • Huntara | |