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|aliases=The Watcher
|died={{date|1023|fe}}
|ethnicity=SkaaNoble
|birthplace=Luthadel
|world=Scadrial
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[Mistborn Era 1]]
}}
'''Zane Venture''' was a [[skaa]] [[Allomancer|Mistborn]] on the planet of [[Scadrial]], and first appeared in [[The Well of Ascension]]. He was the illegitimate son of [[Straff Venture]] and the half-brother to [[Elend Venture]]. Because he was of skaa decent, he was kept a secret from the rest of the world and, consequently, had a difficult childhood. Such a harsh upbringing resulted in Zane having an unstable personality, and engaging in dysregulated behavior, such as cutting himself.
 
== Appearance and CharacteristicsPersonality ==
Zane shares certain phenotypic characteristics with his family includingsuch as brown curly hair; although, which he tends to keep his shorter than his brother. He is ofhas a wiry build with a narrow face and is of medium height. He is often clad inwears all black; and, despite being a mistbornMistborn, does not wear the mista cloakmistcloak.{{book ref|mb2|17}} Zane had a difficult childhood, as Straff kept his existence secret due to his [[skaa]] lineage. Because of his harsh upbringing, Zane has an unstable personality, and engages in dysregulated behavior, such as cutting himself.
 
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Without Ruin's influence, Zane would have been less crazy but more ruthless, much like his father,{{wob ref|1412}} and would have been more similar to Kelsier.{{wob ref|4374}}
 
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Zane portrait.png | Portrait <center><small>by [[User:{{a|Laura Luaru]]MacMahon}}</small></center>Portrait
Vin vs Zane.jpg | <center><small>by {{a|cccrystalclear}}</small></center> Fighting [[Vin]]
Vin vs Zane.jpg | Fighting Vin by [[Coppermind: Artists/cccrystalclear|cccrystalclear]]
Zane by Ydunn Lopez.jpg | <center><small>by {{a|Ydunn Lopez}}</small></center>
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== History ==
{{image|Zane by Ydunn Lopez.jpg|side=left|height=250px}}
Zane first appears as The Watcher to [[Vin]], a dark figure that follows her around the city. Later Zane’s character is revealed as he comes to the city with a message from Straff. It becomes known that Zane is Straff’s mistborn in his army against Luthadel as well as Straff’s son.
At some point after he Snapped, Zane obtained, and stabbed himself with, a Hemalurgic spike.{{wob ref|3615}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|70}}
 
First known as The Watcher, Zane was later identified by [[Vin]] when he came to the city with a message from [[Straff]].
Although Straff is Zane’s father, Zane frequently “poisons” him, providing the assassination attempts Straff expects. After each “attempt”, Straff calls for his former mistress, [[Amaranta]], to provide the antidote to the poison. {{book ref|mb2|18}} Zane, however, was the lover of Amaranta and had convinced her to only make him think the constant poisonings were taking place.{{book ref|mb2|49} She was actually giving him doses of an addictive substance that produced withdrawal effects that he assumed was poisoning.
 
During their conversation outside of Straff's tent, Vin came to believe that Zane had Snapped in the [[Pits of Hathsin]] due to scars seen on his arms. However, this was actually just due to his habit of self-harm to block out Ruin's voice and make his father uncomfortable.{{wob ref|5056}}
Throughout the story, Zane attempts to convince Vin that she does not belong in Elend’s world, and instead should run away with him. As an attempt to further convince her, he sends several of Straff’s allomancers in an attack against Vin and Elend during an assembly meeting meant to determine the future kingship in Luthadel. Zane later approaches Vin regarding the attack and tells her [[Cett]] had sent the assassins and that she should seek revenge with the help of himself. The two descend upon Keep Hasting where a group of Cett’s army was staying. The two combined kill 300 of Cett’s 1000 men at the manor. Filled with presumed adrenaline and Ruin’s intrusive voice, Zane is prepared to kill Cett after Vin’s hesitation, but she is able to persuade him to do otherwise. ▼
 
Straff, suspicious of his son, believed that Zane was constantly attempting to assassinate him. Whenever Straff thought he had been poisoned by his son, he sought help from his former mistress, [[Amaranta]], who provided him with an antidote.{{book ref|mb2|18}} Unfortunately for Straff, Zane and Amaranta were lovers and the woman was working with Zane to convince Straff he had been poisoned, while instead providing him with an addictive substance masked as an antidote.{{book ref|mb2|49}} Zane capitalized on the substance's withdrawal effects to convince Straff he was repeatedly being poisoned. Eventually, Straff attempted to have Zane killed in his sleep, however, his plan failed, and Zane left Straff's camp to seek out Vin and take her away from Luthadel.
Zane visits Vin one last time and tries to persuade Vin to leave with him, promising they can go wherever she wants. Vin seems convinced and begins to leave until, at the last minute, realizes leaving is the wrong move. She attempts to voice her concern to Zane, but he becomes filled with rage and attacks her. They fight, with Zane having the advantage of atium. He repeats several times that Vin was supposed to save him, presumably from his insanity and Ruin’s voice. In the end, Vin uses Zane’s reaction to her atium shadow to stab him in the neck and kill him.{{book ref|mb2|47}} As he is dying, Ruin reveals to Zane that he was never insane. ▼
 
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After Zane’s repeated “poisonings”, Straff decides it is time to kill Zane. Assassins attempt to kill Zane as he sleeps, but because of his keen instincts, he wakes and stops them. After this, Zane informs Straff that he is leaving and taking Vin with him.
 
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