Inspector La Strada was a police officer in Hanover, Atlantis in the late 19th century. Like many in the upper strata of Atlantean society, La Strada hated the House of Universal Devotion, a religion established in Atlantis about 50 years prior, believing that its followers placed their loyalty to the religion above their loyalty to the country. His hatred was such that La Strada became a leader of a conspiracy to destroy the House by framing it for the murders of various critics. La Strada was a veteran of the Atlantean Servile Insurrection and had been wounded in the leg during the conflict.