Questions right back to you, in case any of them help, 'cause I'm up early with a baby:
The kidnapping can change what Solveig does in many ways, but does it necessarily have to change what she does (action) compared to changing to how she does it (emotional resonance and/or 'smaller actions')? If the kidnapping only changes how she does it, what would it signify that she went through with what she'd planned to do anyway, and what might the differences in how she does it be?
How does your magic system work—through ritual or just sheer emotion, can the architecture be instilled with a particular desire or demand, can it be dedicated to a particular cause? For that matter, do the actual shapes of the building have anything to do with it, e.g., such proportions as the GoldenMean?
How does Solveig swim under ice and survive? Magic, drysuit, some combination of the above? When she looks up at the ice while underwater, might it have any difference of significance to how she looks down at it from the air? (I'll note that a hostage underwater may also resonate with Harry Potter to some degree, depending on how it's done, but there are other ways being underwater could be related to the kidnapping.) Is being under the lake a destination or a route?
Might Agnes have relevant secrets? Might her being an ex-Princess Kay of the Milky Way have meant that she was symbolically dedicated to the land (or water :) ) or a particular role, even if she didn't know it at the time or, indeed, if most people didn't know it? State Fair Queens are usually for a year's time, I gather; 'should' she have survived this long? Is she healthy or ill? Has she had any close calls? Did she knowingly or unknowingly lose/trade/gain something in agreeing to be judged, to have the crown placed on her head, to perform the rites and duties of such a queen? What did it mean to her to hand the crown to another, if she did, and did she gain or lose anything then? What are her motives in her own life, whether or not they're directly relevant to the main plot—what moves her, what does she delight in, what does she abhor?
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The kidnapping can change what Solveig does in many ways, but does it necessarily have to change what she does (action) compared to changing to how she does it (emotional resonance and/or 'smaller actions')? If the kidnapping only changes how she does it, what would it signify that she went through with what she'd planned to do anyway, and what might the differences in how she does it be?
How does your magic system work—through ritual or just sheer emotion, can the architecture be instilled with a particular desire or demand, can it be dedicated to a particular cause? For that matter, do the actual shapes of the building have anything to do with it, e.g., such proportions as the Golden Mean?
How does Solveig swim under ice and survive? Magic, drysuit, some combination of the above? When she looks up at the ice while underwater, might it have any difference of significance to how she looks down at it from the air? (I'll note that a hostage underwater may also resonate with Harry Potter to some degree, depending on how it's done, but there are other ways being underwater could be related to the kidnapping.) Is being under the lake a destination or a route?
Might Agnes have relevant secrets? Might her being an ex-Princess Kay of the Milky Way have meant that she was symbolically dedicated to the land (or water :) ) or a particular role, even if she didn't know it at the time or, indeed, if most people didn't know it? State Fair Queens are usually for a year's time, I gather; 'should' she have survived this long? Is she healthy or ill? Has she had any close calls? Did she knowingly or unknowingly lose/trade/gain something in agreeing to be judged, to have the crown placed on her head, to perform the rites and duties of such a queen? What did it mean to her to hand the crown to another, if she did, and did she gain or lose anything then? What are her motives in her own life, whether or not they're directly relevant to the main plot—what moves her, what does she delight in, what does she abhor?