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Random theory because my mind is random.
What if Ballister was secretly the biological son of Queen Valerin? I am aware that some say that the queen might be infertile because she has no heirs, but what if Ballister was her rainbow child?
Imagine this: - After years of trying, the queen miraculously managed to get pregnant. One the day of the birth, someone took the baby and just lied to the queen that she had a miscarriage. - Or a Rapunzel version where the queen was aware that her baby was kidnapped and has been trying finding him for years. Most thought that the potential prince was forever gone or dead and Valerin was also starting to think of that. And another scenario but in a what if the queen survives: One day Val and Ballister were just having a regular conversation when she noticed a birthmark on Ballister and she recognizes it as like some royal birthmark or the same birthmark as hers.