French pirate (c. 1630 – c. 1669). Real name: Jean-David Nau.
He was noted for his extreme cruelty and love of torture. He was sent to the Caribbean as a slave, but escaped and became a pirate captain. He bragged that he never let a prisoner live and was infamous for using torture to extract information from his victims.
His cruelty was so notorious that he often found abandoned Spanish villages when he came to raid, and his temper was so hot that he often went into a killing rage if anyone crossed him. It was said that he once cut a prisoner's chest open, pulled out his heart, and devoured it in front of another captive to persuade the man to provide him the information he wanted.
He was so despised that a tribe of Spanish-hating Indians allied with the Spanish to exterminate him and his crew. L'Ollonois was torn limb from limb, and the pieces were tossed into a bonfire.
Research: GURPS Swashbucklers, Third Edition, by Steffan O'Sullivan, (C) 1999 by Steve Jackson Games, p. 73.