Laughing Lady

The Laughing Lady is one of the Deathlords of Stygia. She oversees the Penitent Legion, which is dominated by those who died while insane or because of insanity.

The Laughing Lady is perhaps the most secretive of the Deathlords, rarely emerging from the Seat of Succor unless there is a major emergency, or a summit requiring all of the Deathlords to be present. Very little is known about her life and where she came from. Her identity, like all Deathlords, remains hidden behind a mask with a broad smile that seems to not be so much humorous as vicious.

Outsiders wonder if she has lost control of her Legion to another within the division; some fingers point at Liamh, the main general and trainer of the armies of the Penitent. Others wonder if her madness has utterly consumed her and she hides to make grand but insane plans to take over Stygia. Some whisper she might know something is going on in the Labyrinth; after all, thanks to the Storm Maidens, she is the Deathlord closest to knowing every nook, cranny, and quirk of the mazes of Oblivion. Others wonder why she didn't send her crack team down there to look for Charon.

In the chaos following the Sixth Great Maelstrom, the Laughing Lady was the first Deathlord to fall, and both the lack of her leadership and no successor threw her Legion into chaos, making them effectively useless in the ensuing battles for Stygia. The Penitent Legion dissolved soon after, making their way to other branches, and never reforms.