I just see Lae'zel as a product of her society, and hopefully we can have her divert from her path down the line in the story. She's basically a zealot who believes in everything her Queen has said. And even in EA her own people try to kill her due to the tadpole, which might make her change her views on the "truth"
When every companion is someone that we are supposed to "redeem" down the line, then they all become silly cliches.
I'm not interested in redeeming anyone. What they present of themselves to me at the beginning is what I will take of them, and I will judge them and deal with them on that basis only. So Lae'zal, for example, will be lucky if I choose to leave her alive. And as such, for me, I don't currently have a full party to play with.
