Vane the Butcher

Vane was one of the first children born at the pirate settlement of Crystal Cove, to founders Valmar Ciervo and Crystal Troben. Both died by the time Vane was thirteen and he would go on to follow in his father's footsteps as a pirate captain of his own ship, the Smasher. Alongside first mate Alfonso Bañajo and other crew members, he gained notoriety for his brutal assaults on Coderite convoys in Calzon Sea and became known as Vane the Butcher.

After the Coderite takeover of Calzon City, Vane chased down a galleon, defeated its crew and Admiral Argosto, and rescued Allea Darvoni and Elizabeth Gathian, the latter of whom he began a sexual relationship with and joined his crew. After a scuffle with a rival captain, Vane and Elizabeth were briefly banished from Crystal Cove, only to return after a Halglaran fleet entered Calzon Sea to war with the Coderites. Vane participated in their conquest of Calzon, but opposed the alliance that was thereafter forged between Haleglar and Crystal Cove. Always in the thick of the fighting, Vane and the Smasher were present for every major battle during the first phase of the war, including a clash with the Halglarans and the Battle of Calzon Harbor, which saw the city fall back into Coderite hands, this time for good, and claimed the lives of most of Vane's fellow captains.

After that, the few remaining pirates abandoned Crystal Cove, but continued to prey upon weak Coderite targets in the area for several more years. In 5287, Vane was killed by a Coderite ambush during a raid on Kerizin Outpost.

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Born: 2.7.5250; Crystal Cove

Died: 5287; Kerizin Outpost

Family: Valmar Ciervo (father); Crystal Troben (mother)

Race/Ethnicity: Taronian Coderite, Calzonian

Non-Canon
Vane Oszettor, more well-known contemporarily and historically as Vane the Butcher, was one of the last pirates of Calzon Sea, who were immortalized in the novel, Brigands of Calzon Sea, by Maximian Gathian. Vane was well known in his locale during his active years and was perhaps the most successful pirate captain in the Calaran Ocean.

Vane was one of the first children to be born in the young settlement of Kerison, to renowned Valmar Oszettor. Vane adored his father and soon followed in his ways. Valmar was killed by the Costaratan Navy in 1841 and Vane inherited his ship, included the crew that was sworn or hired to it. Vane went on to outshine his father's achievements and by 1849 rivaled those even of Pentol Pallonil, Kerison's founder. Vane never forgot who killed his father and for the rest of his life nurtured a hatred for the 'Easterners'.

He was an active participant in the War of the Calaran Ocean and fought in the Second Battle of Kerison and the Third Battle of Calzon. He was killed a few years into the war, going down with his ship, the Smasher.

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Born: Secondal 7, 1824; Kerison.

Died: 1854; Calzon Sea.

Family: Valmar Oszettor; father.

Race/Ethnicity: Calzonian

Hometown: Kerison

Occupation: Pirate.

Valmar Oszettor
Vane greatly admired his father.

Rosemary Clereg
Rosemary was a successful pirate and a friend of Vane's father. However, Vane soon took away much of her success and the two became rivals and even, for a time, enemies. Even after they reconciled and joined forces, their relationship was often rocky, despite Rosemary's friendship with Elizabeth.