Staffan Sentzke

Staffan Sentzke is an Insurrectionist of Swedish ancestry, operating as one of the largest arms dealers on Venezia during and after the Human-Covenant War.

Biography
Staffan was a factory worker, living in Alstad with his wife Lena and daughter Naomi. He and his wife were proud of their brilliant daughter and hoped that a small colony world like Sansar would have enough to offer her when she grew up. On September 10, 2517, just five days from Naomi's birthday, she was abducted by ONI and replaced by a flash clone. Staffan and his wife became frantic when she did not arrive home after school. As councilman Jakob and the community searched throughout Alstad, Staffan headed to New Stockholm hoping to find her at the expensive toy store located there. Having no luck finding her, Staffan returned home. The following day, his wife received a call notifying her that Naomi had been found five kilometers from New Stockholm. Staffan was relieved to have Naomi back but quickly noticed her abnormal behavior. He gave Naomi her birthday gift early and later planned to craft a doll house for her. As months passed, Staffan saw no improvement in Naomi's behavior and insisted that the clone was not his real daughter. Shortly afterward the flash clone died, and after being told their daughter had fallen victim to genetic disorders, Staffan's wife sterilized herself to avoid having any more children and eventually committed suicide. After this, Staffan began insisting that his daughter's abduction was a government conspiracy.

He later found other families who had lost children the same way. One parent named Andrew Remo, befriended Sentzke and the two went on to become anti-UNSC colonial rebels. Staffan eventually left Sansar before it was glassed by the Covenant and went to Venezia, where he met a woman named Laura, married her and had a son and a daughter. They lived in the heterogeneous city of New Tyne, a sanctuary for human and non-human dissenters and criminals.

By 2553, he was still active in the Insurrection movement on Venezia. During Kilo-Five's investigation of Insurrectionist activity on the planet, he was spotted in the company of a Skirmisher pirate named Sav Fel. Sentzke later visited Fel at his home, located just five kilometers outside New Tyne. There they discussed the transaction of Pious Inquisitor. As payment, Fel demanded particle beam rifles, dropships, and plasma pistols. Sentzke stated that he would first need to see the ship and test its ventral beam. Fel told him the ship was in another system and that he planned to show him something extra when he saw the ship. Sentzke then returned home to inform his son Edvin that Fel had indeed acquired a battlecruiser. Sentzke was determined to use the warship to attack Earth in order to finally learn the truth he so wanted to know.

Personality
Although regarded as a terrorist, he is a hard working, loving and caring family man. He enjoys spoiling his granddaughter Kerstin, building her a dolls' house in his workshop during his spare time.

Trivia
Staffan may have been diagnosed with Capgras delusion when he noticed his daughter's flash clone.

List of appearances

 * Halo: Glasslands
 * Halo: The Thursday War
 * Halo: Mortal Dictata