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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}}

== Relationships and Children ==

[[Elend]] is his only known legitimate child, but he has many mistresses and sires many illegitimate children in an attempt to acquire [[Allomancy|Mistborn]].{{book ref|mb2|49}}. His attempts are successful, and though among his many children [[Zane]] is his only Mistborn,{{book ref|mb2|49}}, his misting children number around 18 .{{book ref|mb2|39}}. He is also 'very fond of skaa brothels' according to Elend.{{book ref|mb2|26}}.

Straff is constantly disappointed in Elend, who he belittles constantly. His abuse includes forcing Elend to sleep with a skaa prostitute when he was just thirteen, saying it was about time he 'became a man'.{{book ref|mb1|23}}. In the aftermath of the Lord Ruler's death, Straff flees from Luthadel, abandoning Elend to fend for himself.{{book ref|mb1|36}}. Elend not only survives, but makes a deal with the rioting skaa, and reigns briefly as king of the Central Dominance.{{book ref|mb1|1}}. Straff amasses his own force in his home dominance, and marches them to Luthadel to attempt to take the city from Elend, who he sees as weak.{{book ref|mb1|1}}.

Straff's relationship with [[Zane]] is arguably even more strained, Straff eve attempts to bribe Zane with [[atium]] to keep him in line,{{book ref|mb2|18}}, fearing his insanity. However, Straff is unaware that Zane has his own atium stash, and the two maintain an uneasy truce, while repeatedly trying to kill each other.{{book ref|mb2|18}}{{book ref|mb2|39}}{{book ref|mb2|49}}.

Straff's proclivities regarding his mistresses are depraved, even for a Luthadel nobleman, describing one of his mistresses ([[Amaranta]]), who is 'creeping up on her late twenties' as having been 'quite attractive a decade before' but is now 'too old to be attractive' and states that he has usually 'got rid of most women long before they reached her age'.{{book ref|mb2|18}}. He also parades a mistress who bares a resemblance to Vin, who is 'perhaps fifteen' before Elend and Vin, displaying casual cruelty in an effort to induce a reaction and intimidate them.{{book ref|mb2|27}}.