A beautiful former blackjack dealer of Shallam, Laura was known for taking angry gamblers' insults personally. It was after one such insult that she departed the Jewel of the East, returning later to launch a campaign to restore niceness, gentility, and the happy frivolity of the so-called golden years. When her movement failed, Laura attempted a coup with a small force of conscripts. The attack was quickly neutralised by citizens before Laura herself was slain and banished from the city, never to be seen again.