Laura Alvarez

Laura's portrait in 1873

Laura was born in Tondo Manila in 1853, she was the Mother of Ciela Nuevizca. She is well-loved by her family. She has a close relationship with her siblings, especially her Adopted Brother Dante Alvarez. She would become an Influential General during the Revolutionary & Civil War times as well as meeting Arthur Dalton who'll become her Love interest. Currently, she's now retired personnel and now an active member of the National Assembly.

## **Biography**

### Early Life

She was born in Tondo Manila in 1853 before two weeks after Ciela's marriage. They eventually moved to Noveleta where she would gain her education and develop her own hobbies such as tailoring, drawing, and reading Novels.

### Revolutionary Period

when the revolution broke out, She, Dante, Santiago, and Ciela would hide in the Mountains but Dante would go out and fight under the Katipunan's banner. During her time hiding, she would be studying and sending logistical reports to her, Father, Mariano. Mariano would take Laura's report to logistical reports to improve the performance of the Katipunan.

### Post-Revolutionary Period and Civil War Period

After the Revolution, she would accompany and started designing Uniforms for the Revolutionary Army in the Kawit Military Garrison but before she can finalize her design, she would focus on the Magdalo's suspicious Activities. She d eventually discovers that they would assassinate her Father's friends Santiago Bonifacio and Joaquin Luna before she can inform her Father both people would be assassinated while traveling to Noveleta. 3 hours after her arrival the Magdalo forces would breach the Noveleta defenses which cause them to relocate to Zamboanga, Mindanao. During this time she would recruit and enlighten Moros during her time in Mindanao as well as meet Arthur Dalton whom she would fall in love. When Mariano launched the "March towards North" she would be under her Father's command, Commanding the Caviteños Battalion later the **1st Noveleta Infantry Regiment**, she would win two battles, Liberating Cebu and Bohol from Cavite eventually withdrawing for a while to fix her unit's staggering losses during the Battle of Cebu. She'll later on go back to liberating Laguna, Batangas, Valenzuela, Quezon, Malolos, Las Piñas, and from the Magdalos, she'll be dubbed as the "Sapagitta ng Katagalugan" due to her beauty and "pureness" by the people she liberated. She'll be active in sieging the Malolos Fort and capturing Aguinaldo and Rizal.

### The Pearl of the Orient

She would eventually be Commissioned as a Brigade Heneral within the Ejercito, she would organize the "First-Founding Regiments" and later on she'll be appointed as the Ejercito General of the Ejercito. She would also contribute to the major modernization of the Armed Forces and was later credited to be the modern founder of the Commonwealth Forces.

She would also be leading the extermination of the Cultist within Northern Luzon, this would cause her and his husband, **Arthur Dalton** to completely reform the old Provisional Brigade to an efficient Army Corp System.

In 1888 Laura wouldn't play a major role in taking over the East Indies but she did authorize the crossing and annexation of the Brunei Islands.

### Retirement & Current Period

She would retire in 1902 due to her old age but she would work under the Ministry of Defense would oversee the major shift of the Armed Force after the Magdiweneo-Japanese War and witness the death of the First Supremo which saddened her. in 1910 she would win the election and became a member of the **Assembly**.

## Family

> The House of Alvarez
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**Ciela Nuevizca y Rosario**

## Trivia

* She was inspired by Teresa Magbanua
* Lord\_Karoux would portray her
* she's a big hard R-word