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Yeah, the idea I had was she would learn over time how to defend herself overtime.

That's just one of the ideas I had so when I start going more into detail with my characters I will see which one works out better 
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That should be fine. If you do decide to go with the Princess thing I already have a really good reason for why she would have run away. Beyond just poor leadership skills of her father. (She'd be unlikely to know how bad the situation was for the common folk. She probably would have been sheltered from most of the debate on the topic and wouldn't have seen the terrible conditions herself.) But it would add an interesting flavor to things. The King has several secrets, one of which would have had an EXTREMELY large effect on her. Plus interactions with another faction for that character might be interesting.