Vaneé

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Vaneé is Darth Vader's evil Sith servant and caretaker of his castle on Mustafar.

## Biography

### Legend origin

According to a story told by Mustafarians, shortly after the construction of Fortress Vader, Vaneé, an Inspector for Imperial Command, was sent by Moff Seward to Mustafar with his droid, See-Seven, to determine why several of the garrison's stormtroopers had gone mad. He and See-Seven examined a trooper of the castle's garrison that had been exposed to the lava fumes and became a lunatic. During his questioning, the trooper attacked Vaneé and warned him not to go inside of the castle. He saw that the trooper was just weak-minded. Vaneé entered the castle, looked around and searched for the Sith Lord Darth Vader. He found Lord Vader in a bacta tank.

He told Lord Vader that the castle was not safe, should be evacuated and have environmental filters installed. Although he stated filters could be installed eventually, Vader refused for the time being, and Vaneé argued against it until the fumes affected him. He saw hallucinations and Vader offered him a position as his attendant. Vaneé heard the hallucinations telling him what Vader needed. Vaneé tried to convince him that the hallucinations were not real and tried to laugh at them. He laughed for days until his laughter became real. Vaneé agreed to become Lord Vader's attendant at the castle and told him his name.

### Criakan`s invasion

After taking his position as attendant for Lord Vader at Fortress Vader, Vaneé was captured by a horde of Mustafarians who had invaded the fortress in hopes of destroying it and its master. Vaneé began to say mercy but was interrupted by the Mustafarian leader who grabbed him by his robe and mocked his pleas of mercy. However with a dark smile, Vaneé informed the Mustafarian that he was not speaking to him as Darth Vader appeared behind the Mustafarians with his lightsaber drawn and proceeded to kill the invading Mustafarians.

### Ssl`s invasion

Vaneé stood on the lower level of an audience chamber within Fortress Vader near Imperial advisor Rersey as his master stood on the upper level looking out the room's window with two Imperial Royal Guards standing below. Rersey was demanding an explanation from Vader which angered Vaneé due to the advisor's lack of respect towards his master. Vaneé reminded Rersey that he was a guest in his master's residence and would act accordingly which Rersey rebuffed. Vader halted the pair's squabbling as he felt a disturbance in the force moments before a chilling scream echoed in the chamber, startling all but Vader. Vaneé along with Rersey followed Vader and the two guards as they went to investigate the source of the scream. Rersey remarked how the fortress was supposed to be secured to which Vaneé quietly suggested that Rersey secure his own mouth. When Rersey asked what he had said, Vaneé drearily replied he had said nothing right before loud heavy booming sound echoed through the corridor. Arriving at the fortress' entrance, Rersey demanded to know what was going on to which Vaneé answered that the castle was under attack as a horde of plagued infested Mustafarians and a lava flea broke through the doors. Vaneé looked on in shock as his master and the guards engaged the rampaging horde which included an infected Lava Trooper. After Vader had bitten by the infected trooper, Vaneé cried out in horror to Rersey that they had to escape only to look on in horror, clenching to Rersey as the horde and Vader slowly advanced on them until he was halted by Mother Sssl of Clan Rrrt.

As Rersey confronted Sssl, Vaneé cautiously advise him to be careful as she controlled the infected. After the advisor snidely asked Sssl what secrets she was protecting, Vaneé pointed out to Rersey that Sssl would not be telling them what secrets she was protecting. Vaneé and Rersey recoiled in fear as Sssl commanded Vader to kill the both of them as Vaneé cried out in fear. Rersey then shoved Vaneé to the floor between him and Vader as he told the Dark Lord he needed to resist Ssl's power over him. As Vader advanced towards them, Vaneé cowered in fear on the floor until the Dark Lord revealed he was not under Sssl's power by levitating her off the ground.

Getting up off the ground, Vaneé revealed to Sssl that it had all been a trap to lure her into attacking the castle. As Sssl struggled in Vader's grip, Vaneé gleefully told her that she was no match for his master's ingenuity and power. Vaneé watched as Vader willed Sssl to order her horde to drag her into the lava and followed his master and Rersey outside as they watched Sssl and her infected horde burn in the lava. Once the ordeal was over with Vaneé congratulated his master, stating how all Mustafarians would tremble at the very mention of his name. Vader informed Vaneé that it was of no importance before telling Advisor Rersey that his shuttle was waiting for him to take him back to the Emperor. Vaneé looked on Rersey with an expression of exasperation as the traumatized advisor continually recounted the sight of Mother Sssl being dragged into the lava.

### Arrival of Orson Krennic

Vaneé was present on the landing pad of the castle when Director Orson Krennic disembarked his shuttle after arriving on Mustafar in 0 BBY. Without a word, Vaneé led Krennic into the castle and took him deep into the facility until they had arrived in a rotunda that looked out onto Mustafar's landscape. He motioned for the Director to wait, which irritated Krennic, before he proceeded to leave via a door on the other side of the chamber. Vaneé made his way to Vader's private rejuvenation chamber and entered, passing through the chamber's two sets of security doors. Approaching the bacta tank centered in the middle of the chamber, Vaneé knelt with his head bowed. As he stated that Krennic had arrived at the castle, Vaneé looked up directly to the tank to see Vader's form emerge from within the bacta. Vaneé bowed his head as the tank started to drain. Moments later, Vaneé returned to the rotunda and made his way past Krennic without speaking anything to him which was hardly noticed at all by Krennic. He then disappeared into the corridor. After Vader's meeting with Krennic had come to an end, Vaneé met Krennic as the man stumbled out from the rotunda. Silently tipping his head, he motioned for the Director to follow him as he led Krennic back down the same path they had taken before. After a few moments as they walked, Vaneé spoke for the first time, telling Krennic that he was one of the few individuals who had had the honor of seeing Vader in his sanctum. Upon reaching the door of the landing pad, Vaneé advised that the Director tell nobody about what he saw.

### Meeting Lina Graf`s rebel crew

Vaneé, who protected Fortress Vader from prying eyes, was in an upper floor control room informing Vader via comlink that spy droids had detected rebel forces within the castle when Gee-Three and Skritt came upon him. Fearful when he saw Gee-Three aiming at him, Vaneé quickly alerted his master that the rebels had found him. After Gee-Three demanded to know what the Empire was doing on Mustafar, Vaneé merely chuckled and replied he would like to see him try to shoot him just before the droid was lifted off the floor. Vaneé laughed after Gee-Three asked he was lifting him and responded that it was his master's doing. With a sadistic smile, Vaneé watched as Gee-Three was ripped apart and fell to the floor in pieces.

Moments later, Vaneé, wielding an ax, confronted rebel Commander Lina Graf and Skritt in one of the castle's corridors after the pair had been surrounded by the castle's security droids. He asked Graf if she was sure ghosts did not exist as he ominously claimed that the lost souls of his master's victims roam the castle's hallways included that of their comrade, the thief. After Graf identified the supposed thief as their colleague Thom Hudd, Vaneé revealed that Hudd had paid the price for trying to take something that was not his and he had not been the first to meet that fate. Vaneé then told Graf and Skritt the story of the first Mustafarian raid on the fortress and how the forces where eventually slaughtered by his master. Even after Vaneé told the rebels such would be their fate, Graf replied that he did not frighten them as she pulled her blaster on him, stating she had faced real monsters. Vaneé informed Graf that she would know fear as he introduced her to his master, Darth Vader who had appeared behind her. Vaneé smiled as he watched Vader deflect Graf's blaster shot and hurled the bisected torso of her droid Crater at her. The Sith Lord approached Vaneé and voiced his disappointed in his attendant by chiding his fear of the rebels. Cowering, Vaneé replied how the rebels had tried to steal Vader's treasures after breaking into the castle. Vaneé watched as his master used the Force to lift Graf but was suddenly shoved by Crater, knocking him against Vader, allowing the rebels a chance to escape. A short time later, Vaneé informed Vader that the castle was under attack by an AT-ST which Skritt had commandeered. Vaneé leered before Lieutenant Hudd, who was restrained by shackles upright. Holding an ax, the servant expressed his glee that Hudd had regained conscious and remarked on his stamina to resist pain unlike previous prisoners. Asking Hudd if he knew why he was restrained, Vaneé stated how he was looking forward to what was in store for the captured rebel. Vaneé went on to explain that he knew how others thought of him but that he did not care; he lived to serve his master and he had his stories. Pressing a button on a nearby control panel, Vaneé projected five distorted holograms of frightening figures including one of his master and stated that he knew stories that were true nightmares. With dark glee, the servant asked Hudd if he would like to hear one of his stories and proceeded to tell him the tale of the horned devil on the planet of Lotho Minor. As he finished his tale, Vaneé commented on the nature of greed as he deactivated the hologram and concluded how it never ended well before pointing an accusing figure at the restrained Lieutenant Hudd, who knew this as he tried to steal from his master. With sadistic joy, Vaneé watched as Hudd continued to be shocked within the torture web. Turning the device off, Vaneé thanked the captured rebel for being able to inform his master that the torture web was still operational before subjecting Hudd to another round of electric torture. Vaneé's habit of telling nightmarish stories made Hudd recall a story told to him by Commander Cremp. Hearing Hudd speak quietly to himself after recalling the tale, Vaneé asked him if he had anything to say. Receiving no answer, Vaneé activated the torture web but heard no reaction from the captured rebel. Turing, Vaneé was shocked to see Hudd had escaped from his shackles. Vaneé then took after Hudd, promising the lieutenant that he could not hide from him and would experience new levels of pain.

With ax in hand, Vaneé made his way down a corridor where Hudd was hiding behind a curtain. Hearing the man behind the curtain, Vaneé sliced through it, causing Hudd to emerge from hiding. Hudd the threw the curtain at Vaneé as a distraction, giving him time to make a run for it. After pulling the curtain off, Vaneé stood motionless and informed Hudd that he was fooling himself trying to escape and how he would never give up hunting him. Stalking down the hall, Vaneé told Hudd that the lieutenant's suggestions of hobbies made him laugh but that one's nature did not allow them to change. This prompted Vaneé to ask Hudd if he had told him the tale of the assassin who became a bounty hunter as he continued his hunt. As he finished his tale, Vaneé concluded that the dark side always wins in the end just as he came upon Hudd in a control room trying to find a way out of the castle, who accidentally activated two Imperial training droids. Vaneé commanded that the droids stop attacking Hudd, as Vaneé considered it his job to hurt Hudd. While Vaneé brought Hudd back to the torture web, Hudd told Vaneé about the story of the Hutt Crakka. Vaneé expressed boredom upon hearing the story, and said that he wanted to hear Hudd scream. While Hudd pleaded, Vaneé was interrupted by Lina Graf, who was impersonating the inquisitor the Fourth Sister, who claimed that the Emperor wanted Hudd transported to Coruscant.

Vaneé shouted that the Inquisitorius had no authority over Fortress Vader, attacking Graf with his axe. Graf defended herself with her force pike, claiming that the emperor's elite have authority everywhere. Graf easily disarmed Vaneé, referring to him as a mere servant. He responded by suggesting that they were all servants of the Galactic Empire, and told Graf about Rersey's visit years prior. He then knocked Graf into the torture web with his axe, electrocuting her and revealing who she really was. Graf asked how Vaneé knew she was a fake, to which Vaneé responded by pointing out that Graf didn't have a lightsaber. As the two of them dueled, Hudd reactivated Vaneé's distorted holograms, distracting Vaneé long enough for them to escape in a *Sentinel*-class landing craft. Despite not wanting for his master to find out about what happened, Vader was angered by Vaneé's failure and attached him to the torture web.

### Meeting the Knights of Ren

Sometime later, Fortress Vader was infiltrated by Ren and his knights, who were there to steal a device called the Screaming Key for Crimson Dawn. Vaneé confronted the knights and informed them that his master would learn of their visit. When the knights fired upon him, he was protected by a shield, allowing him to sound an alarm which summoned the castle's security. Vaneé then retreated as the knights were chased from the fortress by Vader and his troops. At some point before Darth Vader's death and redemption in 4 ABY, Vaneé again angered Vader, although the servant insisted the incident was not his fault. As punishment, Vader locked him in a pit in the bowels of the castle, where Vaneé remained with only spark-roaches for company and food for some time. Still trapped even after Vader's death, he was finally freed when two young Mustafarians named Tuttel and Giggek arrived at the castle and planned to blow up the fortress. Vaneé, pretending to be a poor old man, convinced Giggek to help him. He expressed surprise upon finding out that Vader had died, and told the Mustafarians about Restin's attempted assassination on Vader.

As the Mustafarian reached down for his hand, Vaneé pulled him down the pit and climbed up to take care of Tuttel. Giggek, however, was still alive and told his friend to run away as far as possible and tell everybody of what they did before detonating the bombs, blowing up the bottom of the castle. Vaneé escaped the explosion, and as he limped from the fire, a voice came to him that sounded like Vader's. Asking who he was, the apparent ghost of Vader told Vaneé that he knew him and was the same voice who was speaking to him at the bottom of the pit. The voice told Vaneé that Vader would come back to life out of the lava river and become more powerful than ever before. In truth, the supposed voice of Vader was merely Vaneé again going mad from the unfiltered lava flumes.

### Revenge

In 5 ABY, Vaneé was preparing a ritual. Before he started, he told Vader that all in the galaxy believe that he was dead, in which Vader replied that the Sith can never be defeated because it was the will of the Dark Side. Vaneé then called upon the Immortal Gods of the Sith to summon vengeance on everyone in and imprinted illusion nightmares on everyone across the galaxy. A dream was planted on the mind of Milo Graf, who had a dream of a bunch of zombified droids. After explaining the dream to Crater, he told him he would never think of him that same way. Crater, who was somehow controlled by Vaneé, stunned Milo, explaining that it indeed was a dream and that he wouldn`t hurt anybody, but will do it if his master commands so. A controlled Crater took a unconscious Milo to Mustafar. Upon arriving on the fiery planet, Crater handed Milo to Vaneé, who said that soon all of the people who wronged him would come and experience real fear. Finally, the people who Vaneé wanted to come finally arrived. As they went through the castle, they encountered Crater, who was still controlled by Vaneé and dressed as Vader, attacked them. They managed to topple his head off, turning him back to normal. He led them down the chamber, in which they found Milo in a Bacta tank. Jaxxon, who followed Lina on the journey, tried to let Milo out of the Bacta tank. They instead got zapped, and Vaneé had Lina strapped to a chair. Asking where she was and what he was doing, Vaneé replied by saying it was her destiny and his master's revenge.

Lina demanded to be released, but Vaneé replied not until after the ritual is done, with all of Lina`s crew behind him, trapped. Milo apologized that it was his fault, with Lina replying it was Vaneé`s, that he was controlling Crater and using Milo as bait. Vaneé cackled, saying to his master that they thought he only controlled the droid, while in truth they were all puppets whom he use to draw back to the castle. As Vaneé conducted the ritual, Lina told him that Darth Vader was dead, with Vaneé replying that as they were there when he perished, so they shall be there when he rises again. Vaneé expressed out loud that he could hear his master's voice. He than said to his master that he will release the vapors just as he taught him so. Lava fumes rose out of the pit in front of the crew, Lina said it was just pure madness. Vaneé said to his master that she doubts him, but that she will know his true power as the fumes went up through her. Vaneé than proclaimed that Vader is reborn. Vaneé heard Vader`s voice, saying that he can hear him and that he lives as illusions came upon the minds of the prisoners. Vaneé, in excitement celebrated that Vader has returned. Lina tried to tell him that Vader is not coming back before she breathed the lava fumes. Acting out as Vader, Lina demanded for him to be released. A nervous Vaneé released Lina, and Vaneé asked of what terror they would unleash upon the galaxy. Lina, still acting out as Vader, told him that they would need to take care of the prisoners first.

Lina freed all her companions, and told Vaneé that he has been driven mad over the years, and that his master that has seemingly risen from the dead is nothing more then an illusion. Milo pushed Vaneé onto the chair, trapping him as the rest escaped out of the castle. Left behind, Vaneé said he wants to be released, with the illusion of Vader saying that they will be together for all eternity, with Vaneé crying in horror. Unknown to the servant, his master, having been redeemed to the light side before his death, then appeared as a Force spirit to guide the visitors out of the castle once and for all

## Personality

According to Mustafarian legend, the Imperial Inspector persona before Vaneé came was shown to be prideful, selfish and arrogant, unwilling to listen to ranks lower than him. He also seemed to look down on people as shown he wouldn't listen to the crazy stormtrooper and called him a "brute." He seems to believe everything would go well if he meets a subject of Palpatine, such as Vader, and that he would not dare to hurt him. The Inspector realized his folly after Vader locked him in the chamber room, forcing him to inhale lava fumes. Even in the midst of this he exclaimed that Vader can't scare him because he is a professional imperial officer and that he laughs at such "notions." He laughed, but that made him laugh uncontrollably for days until he became a complete lunatic, He lost his mind, technically a dead person. The old persona and entity was wiped clean, replaced by a newly created separate entity persona, Vaneé. Vaneé was a sentient persona that entirely replaced the Imperial Inspector, and was, in its own rights, an entity created from the Force lingering Lava Fumes themselves and was first made as a lunatic that laughs while saliva came out of his mouth. However the first thing Vaneé heard as it came to life was to serve Vader. If this legend was true, then it came to be that Vaneé started to learn how to be sophisticated, and gained sanity. He is very "loyal" to his master and treated Vader like a god, and is shown not to be concerned if and imperial authority arrives, claiming they have no right to judge in his master's fortress. Vaneé became more evil and crazy than he ever was before, he laughs with a sadistic smile and always seems to enjoy the suffering of other people, as shown when he was torturing Hudd on the torture web. Being mentally ill, Vaneé at first lacked morality, however as he gained sanity, he had clear morality, he says he lives to serve, and that he never really cares about being good. He even fully considers himself evil, as he said to Hudd that the Dark Side always wins in the end, and wishes an "Empire of darkness" with his master. He can at times act like a professional polite man, like the time when Krennic came to visit Vader's castle. Vaneé doesn't even have sympathy for children, given that he pulled the young Mustafarian boy named Giggek down his own prison to die. Even after Vader imprisoned Vaneé for his failure and locked him up in a pit, he was still willing to serve his master given that he, in his eyes, is the embodiment of fear. After escaping his prison after Vader's death, he started to get depressed that Vader died, given that no one else is to terrorize the galaxy, that is before he heard the voice of his master. Ever since he came to Vader's service, the lava fumes greatly affected his brain, which caused him to hallucinate when hearing the seeming voice of his master's "ghost." He eventually came to realize his mind was playing tricks with him and he wanted to be free from his illusions, Vaneé idolizes Vader, but he does not want to get tricked by his own mind. Ultimately, Vaneé cares for himself, he loves fear and evil and wishes to inflict chaos and torture upon the galaxy. In Vaneé`s eyes, Vader is a perfect example of spreading fear. Vaneé doesn`t particularly care about Vader, he only treats him like a god because he found the perfect embodiment of fear in his eyes.