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== Appearance and Personality ==
{{image|Zane by Ydunn Lopez.jpg|side=left|height=250px}}▼
Zane shares certain phenotypic characteristics with his family such as brown curly hair, which he tends to keep shorter than his brother. He has a wiry build with a narrow face and is of medium height. He often wears all black and, despite being a Mistborn, does not wear a mistcloak.{{book ref|mb2|17}} Zane had a difficult childhood, as Straff kept his existence secret due to his [[skaa]] lineage. Because of a combination of his harsh upbringing and [[Ruin]]'s influence upon him, Zane has an unstable personality, and engages in dysregulated behavior such as self-harm.
Zane is a powerful Mistborn, the strongest [[Vin]] has met since [[Kelsier]]. This is, in part, thanks to a [[steel]] [[Hemalurgic]] spike in his heart, which grants him great precision when using [[Allomantic]] steel.{{wob ref|5668}} Zane placed his own spike, presumably under [[Ruin
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}}
== History ==
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At some point after he Snapped, Zane obtained, and stabbed himself with, a Hemalurgic spike.{{wob ref|3615}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|70}}
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}}
{{image|Vin vs Zane.jpg|side=right|width=250px|Fighting [[Vin]]}}
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. Zane, however, had hired a man in the camp to signal if someone was approaching his tent, and managed to escape. He then left Straff's camp to seek out Vin and take her away from Luthadel.
== Notes ==
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{{Mistborn|Era 1}}
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