Straff Venture was a Tineye and the most powerful noble in the Final Empire before the fall of the Lord Ruler. He was head of House Venture, the richest and most powerful of the noble houses, and the father of Elend Venture. He was a Tineye. Straff was known for his extreme arrogance and dismissive attitude towards skaa. He's notorious among nobles for his unusually high number of mistresses as well as his frequent visits to the skaa brothels. Elend believed that his father visits the brothels because he enjoys knowing that the women will be killed afterwards.