Laura (Lords of Shadow)

''This article is about the Lords of Shadow character Laura. For information about Carmilla's servant Laura, please see Laura. For the Laura from Wygol village, please see Laura the Jeweler.''



Laura was the "daughter" of Carmilla, who took her from her true parents and turned into a Vampire many centuries ago. She first meets and challenges Gabriel to a game of supernatural chess, in exchange for passage into Carmilla's castle.

After the defeat of Satan, Laura calls to a distraught Gabriel and enlists his aid against The Forgotten One, a mighty Demon that Gabriel released when he slew The Lords of Shadow, during which time, they develop a strong and deep bond.

Background
When Laura was but a young girl, she was taken from her parents by the Vampire Dark Lord Carmilla who turned her into her Vampire "daughter." According to her the bloodlust bothered her at first but then she came to like its flavour. Centuries later during Gabriel's journey through Vampire Castle, Laura appears before him, asking him to "play" with her in a deadly variant of chess. After beating her in the game of Vampire Chess, Laura disappears until Gabriel reaches her room in the Chromatic Observatory, where she sets a trio of her Deadly Toys on him. Nearly killed by Laura after destroying the Toys, Gabriel has a conversation with Marie, which Laura witnesses. The display of love causes Laura to have a change of heart, and she spares Gabriel with the words, "I envy you... I envy you both. I don't want to play anymore." before she vanishes into thin air.

After Gabriel defeated the Lords of Shadow, Laura summoned him to the castle. She explained to him how his actions had weakened the bonds holding back the Forgotten One, a Demon whom the founders of his Brotherhood had imprisoned within the centre the castle. They decide to confront the Demon together, and open the entrance to The Brotherhood's fortress beneath the castle.

Laura and Gabriel travel through the ancient castle to gather the blood of the three founders in order to open the gate to The Forgotten One's chamber. Confronted with the portrait of her mother's Human form, Laura reminisces on how her mother had been left with some Humanity, unlike herself. The gate to The Forgotten One's dimension is opened, but only dark beings can enter. To bypass this, Laura asks Gabriel to drink all of her blood, and free her from her eternal torment. Gabriel is reluctant to do this, but complies with Laura's request, leading to her death and his transformation into a creature of the night.