Queen Ravenna is known for being ruthless and resenting children , but no one knows what happened before Ravenna Met King Magnus and Snow White . Ravenna fell pregnant with a child of another King whom she stole a kingdom from , but rather than killing it , Ravenna kept it . For the first time she felt something, something she's never experienced, a feeling that ignited the long burn out flame in her heart , love . Eventually , She abandoned it as she felt it would hold her back from her plan of conquering every kingdom . Ravenna had long forgotten about the baby as she believed it would never survive but little did she know the child was found by a young woman who took it in . Now 22 years later when the Queen Ravenna returns, the child must fight for herself and the lives of those she loves and finally come face to face with the woman who left her to die .