François l'Olonnais

Jean-David Nau (1630 – 1669), better known as François l'Olonnais, was a French pirate active in the Caribbean around the 1660s who was notorious for brutally torturing his captives.
==Biography==
L'Olonnais became a pirate in the early 1660s. At one point, while he and his crew were holding a town hostage, the governor of Havana sent a ship to kill the pirates. L'Olonnais captured the crew and beheaded all of them save one, whom he spared so that he could spread the tale of the pirate's cruelty. Being an expert torturer, l'Olonnais would use instruments such as a , a knife used by the tribe, to inflict horrible pain on his prisoners.Assassin's Creed: Pirates
In 1667, l'Olonnais sacked , earning thousands of reales; he then traveled south to , doing the same. Not long after, l'Olonnais and his crew ran aground in , where they were captured by natives and l'Olonnais eaten alive, with a golden tooth being the only remnant of him left behind.
In 1717, another pirate, Alonzo Batilla, found several artifacts linked to l'Olonnais, including the aforementioned golden tooth.
==Gallery==
ACP Treasure Gold Tooth.png|l'Olonnais' golden tooth
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Pirates
==References==
Category:1635 births
Category:1668 deaths
Category:Individuals
Category:French people
Category:Servants
Category:Pirates
Category:Pirate captains
Category:Torturers