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{{character
|image=House War - Straff Venture.png
|abilities={{tag+|Tineye}}
|died={{date|1023|fe}}
|titles=King of the [[Northern Dominance]]
|family=[[House Venture]]
|spouse=[[Elend's mother|Wife]]
|world=Scadrial
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
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}}
'''Straff Venture''' is a [[noble]] on [[Scadrial]] during the [[Final Empire]]. He is the head of
== Appearance and Personality ==
== Attributes and Abilities ==
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}}
{{image|House War - Siege of Luthadel - Straff Venture.jpg|side=left|width=150px|Straff during the [[Siege of Luthadel]]}}
== History ==
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]].
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]].
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.
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}}
=== Mistresses ===
Straff has many mistresses and sires many illegitimate children in an attempt to acquire more [[Allomancy|Mistborn]] and
Straff's proclivities regarding his mistresses are depraved, even for a Luthadel nobleman. He is fond of skaa brothels and goes to them regularly.{{book ref|mb2|26}} He describes [[Amaranta]], who is in her late twenties at the time, as having been quite attractive a decade before and says she is now too old to be attractive. He usually gets rid of his mistresses long before they
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.
== Trivia ==
* 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}}
== Notes ==
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|title=King of the [[Northern Dominance]]
|prev=''Title established''
|this={{date|1021|fe}} to {{date|1023|fe}}
|next=[[Janarle]]
}}
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