- even when previously sent and kept in the dungeon and everyone she knew leaving the castle through the portals, yennefer goes out of her way to protect ambrose and stay behind in thorne.
- she meets with jolene after the jailbreak and offers as much information as she can, explicitly stating her intentions to help thorne understand the singularity
- OFFSCREEN yennefer then spends much of her time within the court itself - wooing courtesans, attending meetings between mages in the study rooms, getting to know the younger mages and those rising through the ranks, teaching what she knows of chaos but also picking up on what is known about the local magics, etc.
- she joins the tam of summoneds led by kylo ren to protect the townspeople from ghosts/spirits
- after spending time courting favor with the queen's inner circle and making a good impression on the outer edges of the queen's awareness, yennefer requests a meeting with the queen and is granted said meeting. yennefer then demonstrates her magic and expresses her loyalty to the queen, offering herself up for whatever plans the queen may have.
- a couple of days following that meeting, she is called back to the queen's audience one more, and yennefer arrives when called.