Laurena di Ayala

"Your city is taken, your powder burnt, your keep breached. Your soldiers swarmed, your nobles turned, your citizens panicked. Your army is crushed, your navy is drowned. Surrender and we might have the sense to spare you."- Machavellio Disforza to Silverhand, ordering her to stand down.
Laurena 'Laeral' Di Ayala œi Duadros Castellanos was a high elven Lusken politician, appointed as Open Lord of Waterdeep from just before 1500 till around 1504. She served her term well; though her reign was marred by the Riots, she managed to lay the groundwork for her successor to crack down. 
Emperor Regulus XIII was impressed with her work, so he appointed her to the isle of Lakay in 1508. She was given the position of Governor of Fort Helena. As Governor of the colonial rite of the Empire's main mining fort, she earned the nickname 'Silverhand' as an insult, insinuating her willingness to dip into the Emperor's pockets. 
Whilst ruling in the Fort, she had twins - Talia and Royo. 
In summer 1513, she was alerted of a plot by several escaped prisoners to capture the fort. She sent out an inquisitor to stop them, but this move failed - after the Battle of Fort Helena, the last member of the escapees turned the inquisitor, Lee, to his side. She was beheaded by her bodyguard, El Tiburon, who was being influenced by the Lee's psionic and mind-altering abilities. She made a right mess of the carpet. 
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