Vaneé

## Villain Description

### Goals

Spread as much pain, misery, fear, and chaos as much as he could throughout the galaxy through Vader

### Hobbies

Torturing others, killing people, causing fear and chaos

### Type of Villain

Chaotic sadist

Vaneé is a recurring antagonist in the Star Wars saga. He serves as a one-shot antagonist of *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story*, the main antagonist of the non canon Disney plus special *Lego Star Wars: Terrifying Tales* and the main antagonist of the *Vader`s Castle* story arc.

## Biography

### Birth

The origin of Vaneé is entirely unknown, but rumors and legends surrounded his origins. In one legend, the most popular, an unidentified Imperial Inspector was sent to Fortress Vader to inspect why Stormtroopers have been driven mad. Upon arriving at Vader`s bacta chamber, the inspector realized that the lava fumes were unfiltered in the castle, and were responsible for why the troopers have gone mad. The inspector asked Vader to install environmental filters. Vader refused. The inspector realized that these were not just any fumes, but fumes infested with the Dark Side of the Force. The inspector tried to go away but Vader used the Force to trap him. The inspector claimed that Vader can`t scare him, and that he laughs at such notions. The Inspector laughed and laughed for days and days until his mind unraveled. Eventually, the Inspector`s personality died, replaced by a newly created, separate entity personality. This newborn personality started off as a lunatic, and when Vader asked the man of who his name was, the man said his name was Vaneé. Eventually, Vaneé gained sanity and morality and learned to be sophisticated, but was evil and choose to be evil and loved being evil.

### Invasion of the Mustafarians

Not long after serving Vader, Vaneé was present when Criakan, a Mustafarian clan leader, attacked and led a raid on the castle. Vaneé was at the mercy of Criakan`s hands, and pleaded mercy. Thinking Vaneé was talking to him, Criakan said to the evil servant why they should have mercy after Vader slaughtered their kin, in which Vaneé replied that he was not talking to him as Vader came and slaughtered Criakan and the rest of his Mustafarian crew. Sometime later, Emperor Palpatine grew displeased with Vader, and sent Rersey, and Imperial advisor, to mock and antagonize Vader. Vaneé grew upset about Rersey`s disrespect, before a group of undead Mustafarians, an undead lava flea, and a few undead lava troopers came and attacked the castle, Vader got bitten, and so started acting undead. The leader of the undead, a Mustafarian named Ssl, arrived. Ssl vowed to keep the secrets of Mustafar from all aliens outside of the Mustafarians. Ordering by Ssl to kill the two, Vader ignited his lightsaber, before lifting Ssl through the air using the Force. Ssl asked why he isn`t under her control, in which Vader explained that only flesh and blood can be infected by the plague, while his arm is cybernetic. With evil amusement, Vaneé watched as Vader ordered Ssl and the her zombie army to burn themselves in the lava, which caused Rersey to lose his mind, which caused Vaneé to get even happier.

### Arrival of Orson Krennic

In 0 BBY, Imperial Director Death Star designer Orsan Krennic came to the Fortress Vader to discuss about the Death Star with Lord Vader. When Krennic arrived he was silently greeted by Vaneé, who led the Director down the hallways in Vader's castle. When in the rotunda of the castle, Vaneé motioned Krennic to wait and continued moving on in the chamber. Deep in the castle, Vaneé bowed before Vader, who was in a bacta tank. He informed his master that Krennic had arrived. 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. After Vader's discussion with Krennic Vaneé appeared once again to Krennic and led him down the castle back to his shuttle. The old man told Krennic that he was one of the few who was honored to see Vader in his sanctum, and told Krennic to tell nobody of what he saw.

### Meeting rebels and torturing Thom Hudd

Sometime after the Battle of Yavin, a small group of rebels led by Lina Graf crash landed on Mustafar and made their way to Vader's castle. Vaneé, who protected Fortress Vader from prying eyes, was in an upper floor control room informing Vader through a comlink that spy droids had detected rebel forces within the castle. Gee-Three and Skritt, members of the Rebel team that attacked Vader`s Castle, 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. watched as Gee-Three was ripped apart and fell to the floor in pieces. Sometime later, Vaneé confronted Lina Graf and Skritt, and with an axe, 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, the raid led by Criakan, 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 holding an ax, awakened an imprisoned Thom Hudd, and 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 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, in which shortly after the first raid of Fortress Vader a Mustafarian witch named Ssl tried to destroy Vader's castle by using a horde of zombies. 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. However, Vader spared Vaneé and was given a second chance.

### Attack of Ren

Vaneé was present when Ren and the Knights of Ren, came upon the castle to steal the Screaming Key for Crimson Dawn. Vaneé informed his master of the raid and later revealed himself to Ren, stating that his master will learn of their visit. Ren and the Knights tried to shoot Vaneé, but the evil servant was protected in a force shield. Vaneé then alerted Lava troopers, stating that he is safe, but Ren and his crew were not.

### Imprisonment and escape

Eventually, Vaneé angered Vader again, and this time, Vader locked him in a pit. Surprisingly, despite of having no food or water, Vaneé survived, though he got pretty weakened. After the death of Darth Vader, In 4 ABY, two young Mustafarian boys named Tuttel and Giggek planned to blow up Vader's castle. Vaneé noticed them, and plead for help. He was suprised when the two boys told him that Vader was dead, and told them the story of Vader's confrontation with mad Imperial scientist Restin. After explaining the story, Giggek told him to reach out and give him his hand. As Giggek pulled Vaneé up, the Sith servant pulled him down, in which the cloaked figure explained by saying, "Oh, how clumsy of me!" A frightened Tuttel asked who he truly is in which Vaneé replied that he is the one true Acolyte of the Beyond, exclaiming he is the keeper of the obsidian flame and is death to all who profane the name of the Sith. 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. Vaneé was unaware however, that this was but a hallucination.

### Trapped with nightmares

Vaneé was present in Fortress Vader a year later, telling the ghost of his master that everyone thought that he was dead. Vader replied back by saying that the Sith can never be defeated and that it was the will of the Dark Side that kept him alive. Vaneé then conducted a ritual, calling out to the Immortal Gods of the Sith, he shared his mind with Lina Graf and her crew, so that they all could get vivid nightmares. He also unwillingly sent nightmares to Jaxxon T. Tumperakki, a famous smuggler. Vaneé also sent a sensor that controlled Crater, a droid who serves Lina Graf, to capture her younger brother Milo. Crater succeeded, and took an unconscious Milo Graf to Mustafar, and Vaneé explained that soon all of his enemies will arrive and learn the true meaning of 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 can 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. The fate of Vaneé is unknown, but it is possible that he died.

## Appearance

Vaneé appears wrinkled, and deathly pale. Rogue One and Terrifying Tales portray his skin to be fair colored, while all of the Vader's castle comics make his skin pale. It could be just the way the illustrator wanted him to look, or it could be that his skin turns pale whenever the Dark Side is fueling him. Most of the time, as shown in Rogue One, Vaneé has dark green eyes, but whenever the Dark Side is filling him and he is acting evil, they turn red. Vaneé is dressed in a dark cloak similar to the ones worn by Sith Lords, except that inside of his hood it is colored purple.

## Personality

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. 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. In Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales, Vaneé is shown to speak in third person all the time, possibly to tell the audiences that he is mentally ill.

## Trivia

* Vaneé only worships Vader because he sees him as a perfect example to spread fear and evil across the galaxy. The only thing that Vaneé favors more than Vader is fear, chaos, and evil.