@Raptorman = Gotta say I'm with Maxwell on this one but in the interest of being excellent to each other I'm more than happy to offer a little unsolicited advice.

*Personality wise I don't really think she should be at all kind. Civil perhaps, or superficially kind even, but not truly kind. Having read your CS start to finish it seems to me she was raised by a father, mother and culture all focused on the domination. Wars and feuds raged for thousands of years until her father murdered and intimidated his way to the throne, once there he kept to the proud Vyndarian tradition of viking-age economics by exporting murder and sailing back with anything and anyone they could carry.Her mother on the other hand used drugs, sex and manipulation to make a puppet of the man that raped a child into her and presumably had everyone she'd ever known killed or in similarly dire straits. Not only that but her homeland considers humankind ((and I'd wager all non-giant humanoids)) as lesser beings to the extent they liken them to livestock, this little tidbit of information opens up a seldom used opportunity...

*Your family doesn't need to be dead. Nobles from all walks of life had tons of ways and reasons to get rid of their unwanted offspring. As both Lin'Lise and her mother have evolved sexual predation as a biological imperative perhaps the Queen felt threatened by her maturing daughter. Your character could just as easily be foreign royalty sent abroad and supported via a yearly remittance--it might even have been at the King's order. He can't be happy to have an heir that's both female and only half a lorenvolk.

*It doesn't seem like she went raiding with her father's men, especially with a displayed interest and talent for healing over harm. Maybe work with that--if she hasn't been killing foes by the scads she's probably not all that good at it. Given that she's in her thirties, has had a child and led what seems to not be a physically active life. ((Healer at court, raising a kid, studying magic)) she could even be a little out of shape for a nice breathe of fresh air.

*The last thing i'd say is she [u]should[/u] certainly be a pampered princess who had everything in life handed to her. She was born into royalty then lucky enough to marry into another Kingdom's direct line of succession. Heck, I'd even go so far as to say the captain of the guard would have made her his concubine rather than kill her the night of her father's death, the rebel guards were using loyalty to the late King and his legacy to justify their actions after all. Even in her original backstory it really only sounds like she only had to suffer through a coup d'etat and getting hungry during a long boat ride between periods of unimaginable luxury, excluding the death of her firstborn of course. I honestly think she'd be or soon grow to resent suddenly being a commoner at least as much as an act of infantcide.

Hope some of this helps Raptorman.