It’s actually only 1/3 in Africa. 1/3 of it is in a country modeled after Yoruba, 1/3 is in a country modeled after Russia, and 1/3 is in a country modeled after Persia. Because the male and female leads have to do a lot of traveling.
But! So my male lead is essentially Koschei the Deathless, but instead of being his love, Marya Morevna is his enemy. I’m combining the story of Koschei with the story of “The Firebird” and several others. My female lead is a water-witch from this kingdom called Ilfe.
The “Hades & Persephone” thing is more a winter vs summer deal. My male lead, Katschei, is from the country of Zima, where it’s always cold as frack and snowing and awful. Thing Siberia. Ayao, my female lead - her people call it the Winter Kingdom and refer to Katschei as the Ice King and the Winter Jackal (they also call him Nunda, Eater of People).
Ayao is from Ilfe, which is islands and jungle and some desert, and it’s usually pretty warm there (summers in Zima are as cold as winters in Ilfe).
So we have essentially a summertime princess being forced to go live in the (in her mind, anyway) coldest, bleakest, darkest place imaginable when she’s used to sunshine and warmth and crashing ocean waves and jungles. Now she’s got ice and snow and dry wind and 30 whole days when the sun isn’t coming up. Luckily she’s allowed to bring some handmaidens and Katschei’s “cousin” Vasalisa is a good friend of hers, so she’s not entirely alone.
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