The daughter of the Speaker of the Suns, king of the Qualinesti elves, Lauralanthalasa Kanan (her full name) is a young, by elven standards, princess who fell in love with her adopted brother, Tanis Half-Elven. Long later within the War of Souls story arc, she becomes the empress dowager to her son betweeen her and Tanis, Gilthas. Throughout the War of Souls, Qualinesti is held by Marshall Medan, a Knight of Neraka that holds an unrequited love for her. Both parties hold a grudging and absolute respect for each other as both rivals and unspoken friends as the Marshall slowly integrates into elfin society and in doing so, discovers that he loves the elves, their city, and Laurana and now feels that he himself would give his life willing like an elf to defend his new "home". Laurana dies after Medan after being crushed in battle agains the great green dragon Beryl.