Character from The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss
A noblewoman who traded her name and inheritance for love and the open road — she was born Netalia Lackless and became an Edema Ruh in her heart before the Chandrian stopped it.
Laurian spoke with sharp wit and a love of wordplay that she passed directly to her son. She was Netalia Lackless before she was Laurian — a woman born to one of the most powerful noble families in Vintas who abandoned everything for an Edema Ruh troupe leader. This was not youthful foolishness but a deliberate choice, made with full knowledge of what she was leaving behind. She was fierce, intelligent, and deeply in love with Arliden and the life they built together. She raised Kvothe with stories, songs, and the expectation that he would be extraordinary. Her Lackless heritage is one of the story's great hidden keys — her connection to the Lackless family box, the Lackless door, and the deeper mysteries that surround them.
Dark-haired and fine-featured, with the bearing of someone raised in nobility even after years on the road. Her beauty was the kind that deepens with character rather than fading with time. She carried herself with an unconscious grace that hinted at her origins, though she had thoroughly embraced the Ruh life.
Also known as: Laurian, Netalia Lackless, Lady Lackless