Difference between revisions of "Zane Venture"

He was the illegitimate son of [[Straff Venture]], and half brother to [[Elend Venture]]. He shared with them brown, curly hair -- though his is shorter than his brother. He has a lean face, wiry build, and is of medium height. He often wore black {{book ref|mb2|17}}

Thanks to his harsh upbringing, and a [[Hemalurgic]] spike in his chest which let him hear the destructive suggestions of [[Ruin]]., Hehe had an unstable personality and exhibited insane behaviors, such as cutting himself. When God, or Ruin, spoke to him-, he generally instructed Zane to kill those surrounding him. Zane refused because he didn't want his insanity to control him.{{book ref|mb2|18}}

Zane regularly "poisoned" his father, providing the assassination attempts Straff expected. After each of these Straff called for his former mistress [[Amaranta]], who was a skilled herbalist.{{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.

He attempted to persuade [[Vin]] to elope with him, and reacted violently, stabbing her, when she rejected him by stabbing her.

Although, he was burning [[Atium]] at the time, Vin managed to kill him by looking for his reaction to her atium shadow and reacting accordingly.{{book ref|mb2|47}}