Ok. we need some help. I have the basics of Queenie's background done. But I want to suggestions as to locations for her birth nad later residence that fit with the background.
Sure. First off, love Queenie's background
Elder Blood is a fairly specific lineage in the setting that mostly revolves around Cintran royalty. Of course, having BOTH a king and queen who are Sources is unheard of in the setting!
Probably the only nation that comes close is Cintra, where an old king named Corbett was a Source, and where his granddaughter queen Calanthe and her daughter queen Pavetta were also Sources. Of course, Pavetta was the mother of the novel protagonist Ciri, also a Source. So Queenie's PC could tie into that lineage as a daughter of Pavetta and half-sister of Ciri maybe? Bear in mind that the Cintran monarchs are pretty much dead, and Cintra is ruled by Emperor Emhyr var Emreis.
As for where she was sent away to...there are 3 options: Velen (North Temeria, aka No Man's Land), the Pontar Valley (Upper Aedirn / Lormark), or the Posada Region (in western Dol Blathanna). Which of these you pick will have ramifications for the story...
Velen is a haunted boggy region which becomes pretty much lawless during the Third Northern War, and the people revere a covey of powerful hags known simply as The Ladies who are elusive and hard to kill. While it's a great place for royalty to disappear, it's also generally regarded as the armpit of the North full of dark magic and villagers who revere the Old Ways. If Queenie's PC and the Griffon Knight killed a hag here, it very likely earned them the enmity of The Ladies, moreso if it was one of the Ladies themselves, and it is also possible the peasants might not take kindly to Queenie's PC there.
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Pontar Valley became an independent state within Aedirn, led by Queen Saskia who sought to create a realm where humans, non-humans, and even witches could live side by side. Though old prejudices die hard, for a time Saskia was so successful she drove King Henselt of Aedirn to stalemate. However, with Henselt's death and the advance of Nilfgaard into Aedirn, the Pontar Valley was forced to acknowledge Nilfgaard's rule. It would be an unusually enlightened choice to send a royal Source into hiding in the Pontar Valley, but it would also likely mean Queenie's PC was surrounded by politics. It's more likely the peasants here are willing to accept a person for her own merits, regardless of whatever curse was in her past, so Queenie's PC might actually have allies in the valley thankful for ridding them of the hag.
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Posada region has a long tradition of respecting wise women, and while the peasants have a healthy fear of witches, they are far less likely to persecute a witch than in other lands. In fact, some of them get downright surly when encountering prejudice against witches (which the locals prefer to call wise women). Of course, there are exceptions. If Queenie's PC was apprenticed to a wise woman here, it would be Osfala of Lower Posada who is well known for keeping a "Booke" documenting various spirits of the region that she cannot read, being illiterate. Osfala has minor powers of a seer, though she mainly seems to be a voice for the younger wise woman named Lille who only speaks to Osfala and is otherwise eerily quiet. Since you mention a black annis hag, I'll flat out let you know our starting adventure in Posada involves a black annis hag. Could there be some connection between this hag and to the one behind the curse Queenie and the Griffon Knight tracked down?
Thoughts?
EDIT: Also, remember you need to tie your characters' backgrounds into escorting Odvara Kringen into the Posada region somehow!
