“The monasteries of Teria are in remote places, difficult enough for ordinary people to reach, often on the slopes of the mountains. They are only accessible by herbivorous females, often very young who are left there to grow in the name of the Mother. They are often built near streams to allow the nuns to drink and cultivate the land to grow vegetables.
"In one of these monasteries, nestled on the southern mountain of Teria known as 'Vigolana', a young princess Carlotta grew up, left there when she was just born during the Human War. She grew up, far from the horrible war, learning to read and write, going to collect blue flowers - known in the common language as 'don't forget me' - with her friend Rosa for the nuns’ tombs and ... cleaning the kneelers of the monastery church. Obviously, following the strict rules of the cloistered life.
"It was when the young nun was ten that her elder brother Francesco di lei, hereditary prince of Teria, went to pick her up and make her the crown princess of Teria."

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An illustration featuring a very young version of Princess Carlotta - here in the special version of Sister Carlotta - and her robin friend Rosa.