[quote=@AtomicNut] I find it ironic that Lucrecia's son, the King, treated so badly her memory and kin just because they could have magic powers. When said powers saved Andromalius, the previous king from defeat several times. I mean, retainers and superstition could fear her and resent her, but himself? I doubt Lucrecia would even hit her son once. (Well maybe on the butt when he was misbehaving). [/quote] The whisperings of peers could be at the root of the king's distrust toward his mother. What about the birth order for her daughter? Do you have any preference? She shouldn't be too much younger than her brothers since I plan for my character to be the oldest of her generation. Yet having a boy first would probably be less worrisome than having a girl first, and I think it would be good for Lucrecia's position to have been stabled somewhat by providing the king with an heir before any suspicious daughters. So...maybe my character's mother could be born between the two...or be twin sister to Adrian [@Sarcelle Renard], but younger twin or older twin? (I'm thinking older. Like, "Oh, oh - there a girl. ...phew, there's a boy too." [Sexism is so fun.]) Edit: Aime specified that the girl be born after her brother ascended to the throne. Maybe that's not necessary though? 'Cause then she'd be 20 years younger than the old king and it would have to be a teen pregnancy for my character to be of marrying age, and I don't want that to be the case.