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|image=House War - Straff Venture.png |
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|abilities={{tag+|Tineye}} |
|abilities={{tag+|Tineye}} |
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|died={{date|1023|fe}} |
|died={{date|1023|fe}} |
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|family=[[House Venture]]|spouse=[[Elend's mother]]|children=[[Elend]], [[Zane]] |
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|titles=King of the [[Northern Dominance]] |
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|family=[[House Venture]] |
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|spouse=[[Elend's mother|Wife]] |
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|children=[[Elend]], [[Zane]] |
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|ethnicity=Noble |
|ethnicity=Noble |
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|residence=Urteau |
|residence=Urteau |
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|world=Scadrial |
|world=Scadrial |
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|universe=[[Cosmere]] |
|universe=[[Cosmere]] |
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|books=[[Mistborn Era 1]] |
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'''Straff Venture''' is a [[noble]] on [[Scadrial]] during the [[Final Empire]]. He is the head of [[House Venture]], the most powerful great house of the high nobility. He is the father of [[Elend]] and [[Zane]]. |
'''Straff Venture''' is a [[noble]] on [[Scadrial]] during the [[Final Empire]]. He is the head of the [[House Venture]], the most powerful great house of the the high nobility. He is the father of [[Elend]] and [[Zane]]. |
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== Appearance and Personality == |
== Appearance and Personality == |
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== Attributes and Abilities == |
== Attributes and Abilities == |
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He is openly known as a [[tineye]].{{book ref|mb1|19}} |
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Straff is a very skilled and experienced [[tin]] [[Misting]] (aka a [[Tineye]]), able to smell even an almost odorless poison in a aromatic tea. He is able to replicate [[Amaranta]]'s drug cocktail based on the smell of the ingredients. Unlike most other Allomancers, Straff doesn’t keep his abilities secret, in order to show off his superiority and fearlessness.{{book ref|mb1|19}} |
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{{image|House War - Siege of Luthadel - Straff Venture.jpg|side=left|width=150px|Straff during the [[Siege of Luthadel]]}} |
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== History == |
== History == |
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During the [[Final Empire]], Straff is the head of the most powerful of the nobility, [[House Venture]], and controlled the [[atium]] mines at the [[Pits of Hathsin]] for the [[Lord Ruler]]. |
During the [[Final Empire]], Straff is the head of the most powerful of the nobility, [[House Venture]], and controlled the [[atium]] mines at the [[Pits of Hathsin]] for the [[Lord Ruler]]. |
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After the fall of the Lord Ruler, he proclaims himself king of the Northern [[Dominance]]. After securing this area, he [[Siege of Luthadel|lays siege]] to [[Luthadel]] in order to gain possession of the Lord Ruler's fabled [[atium cache]]. |
After the fall of the Lord Ruler, he proclaims himself king of the Northern [[Dominance]]. After securing this area, he [[Siege of Luthadel|lays siege]] to [[Luthadel]] in order to gain possession of the Lord Ruler's fabled [[atium cache]]. |
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He invited Elend over to his warcamp for a meeting, and the situation escalates until Straff sends his guards to kill Elend. However, Elend uses |
He invited Elend over to his warcamp for a meeting, and the situation escalates until Straff sends his guards to kill Elend. However, Elend uses Vin to threaten Straff and manipulate Straff's emotions. Straff succumbs to his fear and lets Elend and Vin leave unharmed. After this encounter, Straff becomes terrified of Vin, commanding Zane to kill her. |
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One of his spurned mistress, [[Amaranta]], poisoned him with an addictive drug, [[Black Frayn]]. Working with Zane, she caused Straff to believe that Zane is poisoning him, while Amaranta "cures" him with the addictive drug. When Zane disappeared from Straff's camp, Amaranta attempted to kill Straff with a poison. Straff realizes her betrayal, and in a fit of rage, strangles Amaranta to death. Straff nearly died but survived with a random antidote he made himself.{{book ref|mb2|49}}{{book ref|mb2|53}} |
One of his spurned mistress, [[Amaranta]], poisoned him with an addictive drug, [[Black Frayn]]. Working with Zane, she caused Straff to believe that Zane is poisoning him, while Amaranta "cures" him with the addictive drug. When Zane disappeared from Straff's camp, Amaranta attempted to kill Straff with a poison. Straff realizes her betrayal, and in a fit of rage, strangles Amaranta to death. Straff nearly died but survived with a random antidote he made himself. {{book ref|mb2|49}}{{book ref|mb2|53}} |
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He was killed by [[Vin]] after letting the [[koloss]] army attack Luthadel. Control of his army was given to [[Janarle]] who was forced to swear allegiance to Elend. |
He was killed by [[Vin]] after letting the [[koloss]] army attack Luthadel. Control of his army was given to [[Janarle]] who was forced to swear allegiance to Elend. |
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== Relationships == |
== Relationships and Children == |
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⚫ | [[Elend]] is his only known legitimate child, but he has many mistresses and sires many illegitimate children in an attempt to acquire [[Allomancy|Mistborn]]. His attempts are successful, and he sires dozens of children, and though [[Zane]] is his only Mistborn, his misting children number around 18 {{book ref|mb2|39}}. He is also 'very fond of skaa brothels' according to Elend{{book ref|mb2|26}}. |
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=== Elend === |
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⚫ | Straff is constantly disappointed in Elend, who he belittles constantly, including forcing Elend to sleep with a skaa prostitute when he was just thirteen{{book ref|mb1|23}}. He leaves Elend behind in Luthadel after the Lord Ruler's death{{book ref|mb1|36}}, hoping that Elend's foolishness will result in his death. However Elend strikes a deal with the rioting skaa, and ends up as king{{book ref|mb1|1}}. Straff amasses his own force in his home dominance, and marches them to Luthadel to attempt to take the city from Elend, who he sees as weak{{book ref|mb1|1}}. |
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=== Zane === |
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⚫ | Straff's relationship with [[Zane]] is arguably even more strained |
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⚫ | Straff's relationship with [[Zane]] is arguably even more strained, Straff attempts to bribe Zane with [[atium]] to keep him contained{{book ref|mb2|18}}, but Zane maintains his own atium stash, and the two maintain an uneasy truce, while repeatedly trying to kill each other{{book ref|mb2|18}}{{book ref|mb2|39}}{{book ref|mb2|49}}. |
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=== Mistresses === |
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Straff's proclivities regarding his mistresses are depraved, even for a Luthadel nobleman |
Straff's proclivities regarding his mistresses are depraved, even for a Luthadel nobleman, describing one of his mistresses ([[Amaranta]]), who is 'creeping up on her late twenties' as having been 'quite attractive a decade before' but is now 'too old to be attractive' and states that he has usually 'got rid of most women long before they reached her age'{{book ref|mb2|18}}. He also parades a mistress who bares a resemblance to Vin, who is 'perhaps fifteen' before Elend and Vin, displaying casual cruelty in an effort to induce a reaction and intimidate them{{book ref|mb2|27}}. |
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Several of these mistresses, including Amaranta, serve a purpose other than pleasure and attempting to have Allomantically gifted children. Amaranta acts as Straff’s chief herbalist, which is why he keeps her with him even after he no longer finds her attractive. |
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== Trivia == |
== Trivia == |
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* Straff is German for taut or strict and is Swedish for penalty. |
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* Although Brandon does not speak German, he researched Germanic morphemes to come up with several character names on Scadrial. Straff's name sounds like a German word for punishment (''strafe''), but this is just a coincidence.{{wob ref|265}} |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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|title=King of the [[Northern Dominance]] |
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|this={{date|1021|fe}} to {{date|1023|fe}} |
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|next=[[Janarle]] |
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