The Ice Queen Chronicles

Introduction: A Note From The Author & Cosplayer

2012-02-20T22:14:00.000-08:00

Greetings and welcome to the Ice Queen Chronicles. The Ice Queen has endured many interpretations in society with many writers and cosplayers portraying their unique take on the mystical creature. However, the public's universal fascination with her is endless.

I typically attend many costume events and have written many works of fantasy fiction that I took on The Ice Queen as my muse while attending Santa Con in December 2007 with all of the Santas and wintry characters in this costumed convention. (What is Santa Con?). Ever since I have been writing about her immortal life, strangely enthralled with the complexity of the character and her precious world of ice and freezing snow. This was all a surprise to me because I have always loved the summer and resented the winter with a passion. That has all changed for now I see the never ending beauty of winter through her eyes and the essential need for what winter brings to keep the earth well.

Thanks for visiting the Ice Queen and I hope you will enjoy my story telling accompanied by fantasy photos and videos of the Ice Queen in all of her chilling glory!

Cheers,
Veltis Angel
8/31/09

© 2009 - 2010 Veltis Angel. All Rights Reserved.

Holiday Time

2010-03-20T12:00:00.000-07:00

An Ice Queen Christmas - Carol Of The Bells - by Veltis Angel

Based on the Ice Queen Chronicles (http://www.theicequeenchronicles.blogspot.com) by Veltis Angel. Photos by Captain Zorikh (http://www.captainzorikh.com), Salem Reign, and Veltis Angel (http://www.veltis.net). Music Arr. by Jason Livesay. Song, "Carol of the Bells".

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Billy's Christmas Day Wish

2010-02-21T00:33:00.000-08:00

Writen by Veltis Angel

There once was a boy named Billy who lived in a sunny warm place.

Billy wanted to be a weather man when he grew up.

He'd seen all kinds of weather, but never saw it snow. It was Billy's only Christmas wish to see snow on Christmas Day, however it never occurred. One year Billy's parents took him on vacation with them to a place where they thought for sure it would snow around Christmas time.

It just so happened that this year, there was no snow on the days leading up to Christmas.

On Christmas Eve, there were no weather reports of snow for the town and Billy's parents began to beleive that their efforts to show Billy his first snowfall on Christmas Day was in vain.

That night before going to bed, Billy looked out the window of his cabin seeing all the green outside. He still held on to hope as he closed his eyes forgoing any other desire for present for Christmas but snow.

Way up on high, the Ice Queen sat on her throne surrounded by her icy minions. Suddenly, one of Santa's elves walked into the Ice Queen's court and bowed.

"A special request from Santa this year?" the Ice Queen thought out loud.

"Yes. It seems a special little boy named Billy has never seen snow. His only wish for Christmas is to see it snow."

The Ice Queen nodded recalling a thought. "I know of this boy. He lives in one of the warm places where my sister the Fire Queen oversees. I cannot make it snow there."

"But your highness," the elf bowed again and arose with a smile. "This year his parents have taken him to one of your lands which always receives snow."

"Ah, well if that is the case, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!" the Ice Queen cheered. All in the Ice Queen's court joined her with glee as she summoned her magic globe of the earth.

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With her great magic, she searched for him. Billy laid peacefully snug in bed.

The morning came and Billy woke up to a wonderful display of presents under a beautiful Christmas tree. His eyes twinkled in amazement, astounded by all of the gifts he could open. Billy nearly forgot his special wish when suddenly he saw something move outside the window.

Could it be snowing outside?

Beautiful feathery flurries sail downwards from the sky and land on everything on the landscape.

Billy excitedly asked his mother, "Can I Mom? Please can I go an see the snow?"

She smiled knowing how much it would please the child. "Of course you can, but just remember to..."

Billy's mother never got to finish telling him to put on his winter clothes to stay warm because he already ran outside in his pajamas and house shoes ignoring the cold.

He spun around and around feeling the flakes of snow gently tingle his cheeks with an icy whisper and then slowly melt seconds after landing there. He mimicked the dance of the snowfall, laughing and smiling with unspeakable joy relishing his very first snowfall.

Billy called out joyfully to the top of his lung with his arms open wide, up into the abys of clouds from where the snow emerged, "Thank you for my Christmas present!"

Up on high, staring down from her globe, the Ice Queen nodded with pride that her pretty little snow storm made yet another wonderful child happy this winter. And all the wintery joy of the holidays was a precious gift to the Ice Queen as well.

**********photo: Veltis Angel***********

© 2009 - 2010 Veltis Angel. All Rights Reserved.

The Ice Queen's Videos

2010-02-20T21:39:00.000-08:00

Featuring the song "Grow"

Credits: Video by Veltis Angel. Words and music for "Grow" by Laura Fay Lewis and SriKala Roach produced by Matchless Gifts Records. Photos by Salem Reign and Veltis Angel.

An Ice Queen Christmas - Carol Of The Bells - by Veltis Angel

Based on the Ice Queen Chronicles (http://www.theicequeenchronicles.blogspot.com) by Veltis Angel. Photos by Captain Zorikh (http://www.captainzorikh.com), Salem Reign, and Veltis Angel (http://www.veltis.net). Music Arr. by Jason Livesay. Song, "Carol of the Bells".

© 2009 - 2010 Veltis Angel. All Rights Reserved.

It's A Cold, Cold World!

2009-12-31T20:47:00.000-08:00

These are the tales of the Ice Queen! Her minions are as many as the snowflakes that fall, in every drop of water, and every shard of ice. She'll beguile you with the illusion of warmth in the midst of the icy grip of winter promising to make you immortally splendid, until the end of time!

There was once a child born of the Heavenly Father and Mother Nature. Her name is Icera, the Ice Queen. On the day that she was born there was not much of the place we call Earth but a cold rock and the black twinkling stars of the heavens. A great newborn cry called out in to the void. Her mother held her in her arms as her father draped his arms around them both.

"Our first child together," said Mother Nature. "She's beautiful isn't she?"

"Yes," said the Heavenly Father as the child cried out. Breaths of frost escaped her tiny mouth into space. "What a feisty one. Just like her mother."

The child kicked wildly as Mother Nature nodded in agreement smiling with secret pride. "Ah yes darling, I think you may be right about that."

They both shared a jolly laugh together as eons of time faded them all into the distance of black. The Sun emerged burning brightly in the sky above the earth. Mother Nature's laugh continued on brashly bellowing into the night while her eyes glowed into bright stars, suns in other worlds. She spoke down upon the earth where the child gently descended upon the ground. Shards of ice formed beneath the child and branched out covering the land’s horizon. The shards melted to form clouds that formed in the sky and snow and rain fell from them.

"My lovely child, I will need you for many tasks and together we will change the face of this world to keep the balance of nature in tact.”

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Before the Ice Queen had became a woman she lived for many years before time had years, alone among the places she dwelled unaware that there were anything else in the universe, but the sounds of the wind, the tremble of movement beneath the ground and the stirring of the sky above. She even saw the day when the moon settled upon its formation around the earth.

The moon has always been special to her. Back then it was her silent friend looming in the wings of night and at times during the day in the sky. She talked to the moon and listened to the sweet songs it sang like the glowing light it radiates on a cold still night. It's soothing illumination made crystals of ice in the snow glisten like stars spread against the heavens. What great times she had laughing, playing, admiring and dancing in the snow as the moon happily watched, always loving and kind.

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When the Ice Queen became a woman, one day when she was enjoying herself while conjuring up an electrical snowstorm, Mother Nature visited her for the first time materializing out of a lighting bolt. Icera was afraid because she never knew there was anyone else in existence. She was left all alone for so many eons.

“I see, you are having fun,” her mother laughed drawing closer. “You are showing such great promise.”

"Who are you?" Icera questioned with caution backing away in complete terror.

"I am your mother," Mother Nature answered circling around her daughter examining her development from head to toe. "My, my, have you grown. Your father and I are quite pleased. And I see you have developed much of your powers completely on your own."

"Mother? Father?" the Ice Queen interrupted grasping hold of her chest as if there was a morsel of emotion... maybe even feelings resided there. “Where is my father?

"Oh, the Heavenly Father?" her mother said touching Icera’s shoulder. The impact of being touched for the first time made the Ice Queen flinch. She wasn't so sure she liked that one bit. “He’s… around. He’s always watching but he rarely makes appearances."

"Where did you come from?"

"I came from the bowels of this world."

The Ice Queen thought deeply about her mother's words and wondered a great many things. "Of course," the Icera nodded sarcastically. "Where else would you come from? Tell me why you are here. I've been alone for so long. I clearly don’t need the company."

"I know," Mother Nature agreed. "I know you rather like the world as it is. And for a time that was needed to get things started on this planet. But your father and I... had another child. She is of fire and warmth."

From the folds of Mother Nature's dress a little girl emerged with red flesh.

Immediately, the Ice Queen became filled with hatred and hissed at the sight of the girl. "This is fire and warmth?" the Icera asked nearly wheezing from the pain she felt emanating from the girl’s heat. “Get her away from me!”

The little girl too clung to Mother Nature, screeching like the sounds from a scared beast.

Mother Nature waved her hand casting a spell that would neither let their powers of fire or the cold affect the two sisters. Instantly their pain disappeared.

"Yes," Mother Nature said touching the child who did not flinch at her touch displaying a connection between mother and daughter that Icera had never experienced. "She is the Fire Queen, Sola. The two of you shall work together to manifest life in this world."

"Life?" the Ice Queen asked. "Why do we need... life?"

"Because this is what your father wants," Mother Nature responded.

“What if I refuse?”

"The first thing you need to know about your father is that when he wants something, you bend your knees and bow. You may persuade him to see your point of view, but if he commands you, save yourself a world of trouble and do it."

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Mother Nature took each sister separately to their portals to enter their own special dimensions off world. She took Icera to her portals at the North and South Poles of the world. Icera could go to her dimension from anywhere she so desired, but any other creature under her command would have to enter and exit through the portals. In the case of the poles it would have to be a 3-mile radius.

Sola’s portal was the same 3-mile radius of the Bermuda Triangle and Mount St. Hellens.

Once in their dimension, each sister took one single millennium to design and build their very own fortress and cultivate their dimension of either hot or cold.

Mother Nature set out to teach the sisters about the vast lands of the world and the areas in which they were both to rule separately, together, and seasonally. Each equinox the other would know what areas they were to rule and co-rule. The sisters were given each a majestic globe, a small magical replica of the Earth in which with a single thought they could maintain the temperatures to keep power and balance to nature.

Slowly, the world began to breed little green things that sprouted from the ground and creatures that crawled and ate, lived and died. To Icera, everything about them was disturbing. She could hear their thoughts, their howls of pain, and felt their tears.

Even the moon could no longer give her comfort as she left the Earth preferring to spend time in her fortress off-world. Alone in her fortress she found true happiness. I reminded her earlier years of her life when there was peace and quiet, and she ruled autonomously.

She stopped caring for her duties and the planet became overwhelmed by heat.

Millenniums passed that Icera had not returned to earth since life began, abandoning her duties to maintain balance. All was serene until one day when Icera was at play, creating snow maidens to dance for her in the icy wastelands of her dimension, Mother Nature materialized from thin air. From the expression on her face, Mother Nature was in an incredibly angry mood.

“What took you so long?” Icera cooed coolly waving her hands in the air to create a minion from the snow.

“You listen to me and you listen good,” Mother Nature said moving in closer to look Icera in the eyes. “Your father and I have been patient with you, but you’ve gone too far! Is this all that you care about… your dancing snow?”
“Yes, they make me happy,” the Ice Queen affirmed tossing her frosty hair into the wind. “The so-called ‘life’ that we are trying to create... sustain… is it worth our effort? What good is it for them to exist when there is always struggle, death and pain? I can’t take it any more. I don’t see the purpose for it.”

“You FEEL too much,” her mother assessed as her voice softened. “Understand that life, even yours is about struggle. The journey of a life is beautiful… much like the joy you find in your dancing minions. It’s frolicking in the snow. Eventually they fall and are reborn again for the next dance. Life is about being beaten and getting back up on your feet. I had hoped you could find that out by observation… instead you’ve internalized it into something... bad.”

“Go away Mother,” she said rolling her eyes as turning away with an outstretched hand to make another minion from the freshly fallen snow. Mother Nature waved her hand and removed the power of magic from Icera’s hand within the instant. The Ice Queen took upon a look of horror when she felt the sudden hollowness emerge from her soul. She realized her powers were gone. She attempted her summoning again thrusting her palm into the air. She felt nothing of the customary surge of power. In fact she felt nothing at all. The standing crowd of minions fell apart about the glistening banks of icy snow.

Slowly, the Ice Queen began to feel something unique throughout her body. She trembled at the sensation and began wrapping her hands around her shoulders for protection from the cold.

“What’s happening to me?”

“Your father…”

“What… what did he do to me?”

“He had me take away you powers to conjure up the cold. You are still immortal but now you will be like the creatures you despise having to feel temperature, hunger and pain. You’ll also need to go back to Earth were there is food and warmth.”

“No!” Icera shivered as she spoke, terrified, cold, and angry. “This can’t be! How will I survive with such savage things?”

“You'll learn. I warned you not to cross your father.”

“And you are his little messenger,” Icera scoffed wiping her first real tear flowing down her cheeks.

Mother Nature shook her head. “This serves you right. Perhaps it was our mistake for leaving you alone all of these years. You have no perception of anything but yourself!”

Without her powers the Icera survived for 3 millenniums in far South, which without the cold became a tropical zone. All though she was immortal, she could still feel pain so she avoided dangerous animals and learned to hunt for food. She recognized her failure to see the happiness within the world… how young animals played and the bonds between them and their parents who protected them and guided them. Unable to hear their thoughts, it seemed it was much easier to understand them.

And so then she understood the meaning of life… the journey which Mother Nature spoke of.

She began to respect them and care for them.

With lots of time on her hands, she had grown accustomed to her life there and built a castle from stone. This beautiful castle was one with nature as animals and growing things co-existed with her. She’d nearly forgotten about her cold beginnings.

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On a typical day, something quite unusual occurred that changed everything for Icera. There was a strong tremor in the ground and darkness filled the sky. Suddenly she began to feel a most violent surge of energy through her body. It was as if suddenly she had her senses to hear what the creatures of the world were thinking and feeling suddenly returned to her and many of them were perishing all at once.

She screamed in terror and another rush of energy hit her, and another, and another. Her pupils had dilated and her from her breath there were flakes of snow once again. The tropical heat fought against her icy skin as she screamed out in pain.

Were her powers returning? She thought wildly. Perhaps she had been forgiven for her abandonment of her duty. Then what should have been a moment of triumph having her powers restored, took a turn for the worse. The painful transformation began to distort the properties of her nature, mind, and being.

The darkness that fell over the sky remained for a long time as Icera, the Ice Queen was reborn anew, more powerful than ever before, yet more savage, vicious, and indiscriminately murderous. Now, the dormant ice creature within her had been starving to unleash the cold upon the earth!

And so the time of this reckless abandon was called the Ice Age.

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It was a particular time that Icera was not herself but a savage animal of ice and cold. She did not remember her home dimension, the majestic globe, or her family. She even forgot the stone castle she'd built.

There existed only the Ice Monster with a mischievous glee, squeezing the life out of everything in her midst. Now she was a predator on the hunt for warm territories to make very cold.

**********photo: Veltis Angel***********

Several millenniums passed when the Ice Queen finally began to relinquish her hungry demon and she felt like her normal self again. Slowly day-by-day her memory was returning to her and she began to make the steps necessary to make herself whole again and shake off the monster’s possession of her soul.

She journeyed one bright sunny day to the South Pole and remembered to wish herself into her dimension where it was dark as night. To her amazement her lands mostly were of simply rock beneath her feet and dusty mountains in the far distant. She immediately began to summon up a cold path for herself as she gazed at her fortress. She smiled as she saw the integrity of the structure was still intact after so many milleniums.

Inside the fortress fortified in ice, she saw that even her powerful magic that created the structure couldn’t protect it from some melting and erosion. With a wave of her hand she began to restore her home to its former glory. Tirelessly she worked until finally she took a rest on her throne.

Looking all around she remembered everything she had forgotten while in the clutch of the angry ice monster. Now she was the Ice Queen again and she celebrated it by creating a lovely snowstorm to dance in both in her dimension and on earth.
Ah, it was a lovely sight for all of the animals of the cold regions that day.
Mother Nature and the Heavenly Father looked down upon her with such pride to have their daughter back to normal.

To be continued…

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Ice Queen Stats

2009-08-26T11:13:00.000-07:00

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Species:
Immortal

Sex:
Female

Height:
5’6” sometimes 300,000 feet depending on her mood.

Weight:
110

Creed:
Herself

Favorite Color:
White with just a hint of blue

Recent Quote:
“It's a cold, cold world!”

Favorite Foods:
Winter mist soup and 30 foot icicles.

Weapons:
Sword, The Perfect Snowflake, and Magical Powers.

Skills:
Making things really, really cold!

Did you know:
The Ice Queen looks great in a bikini.

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Photo Gallery

2009-08-26T10:48:00.000-07:00

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MORE PHOTOS TO COME...

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