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<div>'''Tessia Vernius''' was a [[Bene Gesserit]] Sister. She married [[Rhombur Vernius]] and was the mother of [[Bronso Vernius]], who was later to become better known as Bronso of Ix.<br />
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[[Catagory:Bene Gesserit]]</div>Dunenewthttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Gilbertus_Albans&diff=10292Gilbertus Albans2010-03-11T19:08:18Z<p>Dunenewt: Created page with ''''Gilbertus Albans''' was a character in the Legends of Dune trilogy. Trained by Erasmus, he became the original Mentat. Category:Characters [[Category:Mentats…'</p>
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<div>'''Gilbertus Albans''' was a character in the [[Legends of Dune]] trilogy. Trained by [[Erasmus]], he became the original [[Mentat]].<br />
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[[Category:Butlerian Jihad]]</div>Dunenewthttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Khrone&diff=10291Khrone2010-03-11T18:52:04Z<p>Dunenewt: </p>
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<div>'''Khrone''' is the leader of the [[Face Dancers]] during the events of the [[Dune 7]] books.<br />
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<div>'''Khrone''' is the leader of the [[Face Dancers]] during the events of the [[Dune 7]] books.<br />
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<div>'''Khrone''' is the leader of the [[Facedancers]] during the events of the [[Dune 7]] books.</div>Dunenewthttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Vorian_Atreides&diff=10288Vorian Atreides2010-03-11T18:45:50Z<p>Dunenewt: Created page with ''''Vorian Atreides''' is one of the main characters in the Legends of Dune trilogy. Category:Characters Category:Butlerian Jihad Category:House Atreides'</p>
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<div>'''Vorian Atreides''' is one of the main characters in the [[Legends of Dune]] trilogy. <br />
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[[Category:House Atreides]]</div>Dunenewthttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Farad%27n&diff=10287Farad'n2010-03-11T18:44:10Z<p>Dunenewt: Redirected page to Farad'n Corrino</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Farad'n Corrino]]</div>Dunenewthttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Hwi_Noree&diff=10286Hwi Noree2010-03-11T18:40:55Z<p>Dunenewt: Created page with ''''Hwi Noree''' is an Ixian woman who Leto Atreides II falls in love with. Category:Characters'</p>
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<div>'''Hwi Noree''' is an [[Ix|Ixian]] woman who [[Leto Atreides II]] falls in love with.<br />
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Sandworm]]</div>Dunenewthttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Great_Spice_War&diff=10284Great Spice War2010-03-11T18:38:08Z<p>Dunenewt: Created page with 'The '''Great Spice War''' was a series of actions taken by the Imperial House Corrino against people who were hoarding spice.'</p>
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<div>The '''Great Spice War''' was a series of actions taken by the Imperial [[House Corrino]] against people who were hoarding spice.</div>Dunenewthttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Fafnir&diff=10283Fafnir2010-03-11T18:28:39Z<p>Dunenewt: Created page with ''''Fafnir''' was a Crown Prince in House Corrino. He was the son of Elrood Corrino IX and the older brother of Shaddam Corrino IV. It is revealed in the [[Prelude t…'</p>
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<div>'''Fafnir''' was a Crown Prince in [[House Corrino]]. He was the son of [[Elrood Corrino IX]] and the older brother of [[Shaddam Corrino IV]]. It is revealed in the [[Prelude to Dune]] trilogy, that Shaddam, with the help of [[Hasimir Fenring]] killed Fafnir.<br />
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Elrood Corrino IX]]</div>Dunenewthttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=CHOAM&diff=10281CHOAM2010-03-11T18:24:25Z<p>Dunenewt: </p>
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<div>'''CHOAM''' ''(Combine Honnete Ober Advancer Mercantiles)'' is one leg of government of the time. This company sells anything & everything, from pundi rice to exotic spice melange. The Emperor & Great Houses control this corporation, having the most important position being in possession of directorships. This brings great wealth to the houses.<br />
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''Melange is the financial crux of CHOAM activities. Without this spice, Bene Gesserit Reverend Mothers could not perform feats of observation and human control, Guild Navigators could not see safe pathways across space, and billions of Imperial citizens would die of addictive withdrawal. Any simpleton knows that such dependence upon a single commodity leads to abuse. We are all at risk.''<br />
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It is noted that [[House Atreides]] gains a formal directorship in CHOAM through the marriage of Duke [[Paulus Atreides]] with Lady [[Helena Richese]].<br />
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Alman 10 Medvedev 5 Vico 3 Beskid 1<br />
[[Atreides]] 10 Penchi 5 Yasu 3 Chelly 1<br />
[[Corrino]] 10 Togramah 5 Abefor 2 Demavend 1<br />
Kemic 10 Ludvonsa 4½ Bendau 2 Dupleix 1<br />
Wallach 10 Burgerich 4 Chinognia 2 Est 1<br />
Malmusetz 9 Chlemnik 4 Costino 2 Fidbolgs 1<br />
Wikkheiset 9 Genissai 4 Daryai 2 Iasi 1<br />
Kyzyl 8 Guilford 4 Destrym 2 Igal 1<br />
Opheiion 8 Hirado 4 Fenring 2 Isonzo 1<br />
Qaii 8 Isfahan 4 Halleck 2 Jerodme 1<br />
Tiiopa'it 8 Khumali 4 Hemming 2 Lassoki 1<br />
Delambre 7 Masjed 4 Ichihara 2 Latzko 1<br />
Ezharian 7 Samarama 4 Istaivan 2 Lexander 1<br />
Hajns 7 Bromeli 3 Lidoping 2 Lompok 1<br />
Moritilai 7 Cephalus 3 Menemtahe 2 Lonsle 1<br />
[[Ordos]] 7 Edomdred 3 Mustami 2 Melui 1<br />
Clanriearde 6 Elioz 3 Ngara 2 Meyerwal 1<br />
Forbino 6 Emar 3 Parakrama-hu 2 Nicolpri 1<br />
[[Ginaz]] 6 Estilon 3 Raicnur 2 Niembach 1<br />
Hybla 6 Chulian 3 Sulaimani 2 Orzaba 1<br />
Morotai 6 Jungius 3 Surakarta 2 Ossian 1<br />
Pastran 6 Lynwyck 3 Villish 2 Paligo 1<br />
Pinang 6 Molay 3 Xingus 2 Phyfe 1<br />
Thorgod 6 Noabar 3 Zalmunna 2 Polotsvi 1<br />
Tombe 6 Pibeseth 3 Mwami 1½ Reginaud 1<br />
Ttoenne 6 Rejani 3 Amminadab 1 Rhibera 1<br />
Bagrationi 5 Rhylme 3 Andersson 1 Shahrukh 1<br />
Harkoanen 5 Sikcunri 3 at-Tam 1 Shi-Lang 1<br />
Ispartha 5 Spokan.3 Barlevin 1 Yuzovka 1<br />
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<div>'''Iblis Ginjo''' is one of the main characters in the [[Legends of Dune]] trilogy.<br />
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<div>'''Serena Butler''' is one of the main characters in the [[Legends of Dune]] trilogy.<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Dunenewthttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Xavier_Harkonnen&diff=10278Xavier Harkonnen2010-03-11T18:21:08Z<p>Dunenewt: Created page with ''''Xavier Harkonnen''' is one of the main characters in the Legends of Dune trilogy. Category:Butlerian Jihad Category:House Harkonnen Category:Characters'</p>
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<div>'''Xavier Harkonnen''' is one of the main characters in the [[Legends of Dune]] trilogy.<br />
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Ghanima Atreides]]</div>Dunenewthttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Erasmus&diff=10276Erasmus2010-03-11T18:18:20Z<p>Dunenewt: Created page with ''''Erasmus''' is a thinking machine, and a character in the Legends of Dune trilogy, often featuring with Omnius. He causes the death of Serena Butler, who he is hol…'</p>
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<div>'''Erasmus''' is a thinking machine, and a character in the [[Legends of Dune]] trilogy, often featuring with [[Omnius]]. He causes the death of [[Serena Butler]], who he is holding captive, which causes the [[Butlerian Jihad]].<br />
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[[Category:Butlerian Jihad]]</div>Dunenewthttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Omnius&diff=10275Omnius2010-03-11T18:16:28Z<p>Dunenewt: Created page with ''''Omnius''' is a thinking machine, and the main protagonist in the Legends of Dune trilogy, along with Erasmus. Category:Thinking Machines Category:Characters […'</p>
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<div>'''Omnius''' is a thinking machine, and the main protagonist in the [[Legends of Dune]] trilogy, along with [[Erasmus]].<br />
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<div>'''Fish Speakers''' are an all lesbian army.<br />
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Jessica Atreides]]</div>Dunenewthttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Category:Classic_Dune_novels&diff=10271Category:Classic Dune novels2010-03-11T18:10:25Z<p>Dunenewt: Created page with 'Category:Books'</p>
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'''''Chapterhouse Dune''''' is the sixth and last ''Dune'' novel written by [[Frank Herbert]].<br />
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'''''Heretics of Dune''''' is the fifth [[Dune novels|''Dune'' novel]] written by [[Frank Herbert]]. It was published in 1984.<br />
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1,500 years have passed since [[Leto II Atreides|Leto's]] reign ended; humanity is firmly on the [[Golden Path]]. By crushing the aspirations of humans for 3,500 years, Leto caused the Scattering, an explosion of humanity into the rest of the universe upon his death. Now, some of those who went out into the universe are coming back, bent on conquest. Only the [[Bene Gesserit]] perceive the Golden Path, and are faced with a choice: keep to their traditional role of hidden manipulators, quietly easing tensions and guiding human progress, while struggling for their own survival; or embrace the Golden Path and push humanity onward into a new future where humans are free from the threat of extinction.<br />
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Much has changed in the millennium and a half since the death of the God Emperor. True to his prophecies, sandworms have reappeared on [[Arrakis]] (now called '''Rakis''') and created Dune anew, renewing the flow of spice to the galaxy. The Empire, meanwhile, has fallen into chaos and confusion; with Leto's death, a hugely complex economic system built on spice collapsed, and with it much of civilization. The famine caused by this resulted in millions upon millions leaving known space in a great [[The Scattering|Scattering]]. <br />
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The planets of the old empire have now recovered, and a new civilization has risen. There is no longer one dominant power, but three - the [[Ixians]] (the builders of [[No-ship|no-ships]] capable of piloting between the stars and invisible to outside detection), the [[Bene Tleilax]] (who have learned to manufacture spice in their [[Axolotl tank|axlotl tanks]]), and the [[Bene Gesserit]] (subtle political manipulators). Lesser powers are the [[Spacing Guild]] and the [[Fish Speakers|Fish Speaker council]]. <br />
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However, circumstances are about to change, as new forces begin to make their presence felt in old worlds. People from the Scattering are returning with their own peculiar powers, secrets, and agendas. The most powerful of these forces are the [[Honored Matres]], who are a kind of twisted Bene Gesserit, an order of women who take power via bodies bred and trained for two purposes: combat and the sexual control of men.<br />
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Things are brought to the boil by something new arising on [[Arrakis|Rakis]]. Another of the God Emperor's prophecies has come to pass. A girl called [[Sheeana]] has been discovered who can control the giant worms of Rakis. The priesthood on Rakis has accepted her as holy, and the Bene Gesserit watch her development with serious interest.<br />
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The Bene Gesserit have long been waiting for this to occur. They have been buying [[Duncan Idaho]] [[ghola|gholas]] generation after generation from the Tleilaxu, in anticipation of the promised sandrider. The Sisterhood intends to use an Idaho ghola to gain control of this sandrider, and thus regain control of the religious forces of mankind. Unlike the multiple Idahos that the God Emperor used in his service, the Bene Gesserit have subtly been altering the gholas to bring their physical reflexes up to modern standards. <br />
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Upon the discovery of the sandrider, [[Taraza]] (the Mother Superior and leader of the Bene Gesserit) brings [[Miles Teg]] reluctantly out of retirement and details him to guard the new Idaho. Teg is the [[Mentat]] son of a Bene Gesserit [[Reverend Mother]] (RM), bred to serve the Sisterhood as the commanding [[Bashar]] of all their forces. Guarding Idaho is no minor task: The previous eleven gholas have all been assassinated by the Tleilaxu, the ghola providors, upon reaching adulthood. Taraza also meets with Reverend Mother [[Darwi Odrade]] and details her to take command of the Bene Gesserit keep on Rakis. Odrade is considered something of a loose cannon in the Bene Gesserit: other Sisters are suspicious of Odrade's limited [[prescience]] (inherited through her [[Atreides]] genes), an ability that manifests itself in subtle detections of threats to the Sisterhood. Further, Odrade does not obey normal Bene Gesserit prohibitions about showing emotion and the rejection of love as a "suspect" redundant human characteristic. Despite this, she is supremely talented and most suited to Taraza's needs. <br />
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The novel begins on Gammu (previously known as [[Giedi Prime]], former homeworld of [[House Harkonnen]]) where the Bene Gesserit are bringing up a new Duncan Idaho ghola. RM [[Lucilla]], a young Bene Gesserit [[Imprinter]], has been sent by Taraza to teach this ghola and bind his loyalty to the Sisterhood. Lucilla's task is made difficult by internal divisions within the Bene Gesserit. The Sisterhood is fiercely divided on the issue of the Duncan Idaho gholas: a strong minority faction believes that they are dangerous to the Bene Gesserit, and owing to the Byzantine nature of Sisterhood politics, they have placed one of the factional leaders, RM Schwangyu, in charge of the ghola project. Lucilla has the additional agenda of repairing any damage created by Schwangyu, who has been subtly encouraging its failure, and even protecting Idaho from Schwangyu if it should prove necessary. <br />
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Ghola-Idaho has already been tarnished by Schwangyu by the time Lucilla arrives on Gammu. He nurses hate for the Bene Gesserit, hoping only to escape their control of his life. He is extremely precocious and has already divined the fact that he is a ghola. <br />
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The action shifts to a Bene Tleilax meeting in council. The Bene Tleilax are secretly an intensely religious organization who have long nursed dreams of hegemony of human space, dominating others under the weight of their religion. They are currently discussing the so-called [[Atreides Manifesto]], an anonymous document that attacks all religions in known space, except for the Tleilaxu's. They decide to treat the Manifesto as a gift from God and spread it far and wide. The council also reveals the existence of a new breed of Face Dancer. While previous Face Dancers could only mimic the physical attributes of a desired human, the new Dancers are able to absorb the memories of another human, and use those memories to shape themselves in a perfect image of the original. Several of these new Dancers have infiltrated the highest ranks of Ixian, Guild, and Fish Speaker leadership. Additionally, the council is expecting the return of Face Dancers sent out in the Scattering hundreds of years prior. There is some mistrust of these Dancers, however, and many Tleilaxu Masters doubt that these Dancers could have maintained their purity after being exposed to the Lost Ones for so long.<br />
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After this meeting, the Tleilaxu Master [[Waff]] goes to secretly meet with the Honored Matres. The Honored Matres intend to 'mark' him and take over the Bene Tleilax, but they underestimate the little Master, and with the aid of a Face Dancer from the Scattering (disguised as an Honored Matre) Waff takes over the ship and kills the Honored Matres aboard. The Face Dancer reports that the Honored Matres have similar skills to the Bene Gesserit, without [[Other Memory]], but greater sexual and fighting skills. Waff fears that the Honored Matres and Reverend Mothers might make common cause. <br />
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On Gammu, Duncan Idaho blossoms under the training of Lucilla and Teg. Schwangyu has used all her wiles to seduce Lucilla to her side but is coming to realize that she has much underestimated Lucilla. <br />
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Meanwhile, the sandrider [[Sheeana]] has been growing up among the priesthood. As a child, Sheeana's home, a village in the desert of Rakis, was destroyed by a rampaging sandworm. At the wane of the attack, Sheeana suicidally confronted the sandworm, which ceased its movements and came to rest in front of the girl. Climbing aboard the great worm as the [[Fremen]] once did, she is carried to Keen (formerly [[Arrakeen]]), where she is found by two priests. She calls the sandworms "[[Shaitan]]", not the priest-approved "[[Shai-Hulud]]", which was yet another prophecy of the God Emperor. It can be noted that Shaitan, in Islamic, means "God's Adversary", and is the [[Etymon]] of the word Satan.<br />
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Her adolescence has been strange to say the least. The priesthood believe her to be holy and obey every order she gives them, though they haven't precisely decided what her role should be, and what she will become. Surprisingly she has not been too spoiled by this experience, and because there have been no constraints on her curiosity, her mind has flowed freely and well. The Bene Gesserit have also attached their own spy to her entourage, and ensure her education proceeds in the right way. <br />
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The priesthood is in turmoil on Rakis. Sheeana is approaching adulthood, and her actions and commands are putting the priesthood under increasing pressure. She persists in calling the worms Shaitan, and has banned the priesthood from certain punishments, which the priesthood have had to replace with alternative ones. All this has made Sheeana widely popular among the people, and her religious mantle has spread off world as the Bene Gesserit expected. The priesthood are split into two factions led by [[Tuek]] (the High Priest) and [[Stiros]] (leader of the conservatives). <br />
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Above Gammu, Mother Superior Taraza is willingly captured and held hostage by the Honored Matres aboard an Ixian no-ship. The Honored Matres insist Taraza invite Miles Teg to the ship, hoping to gain control of the ghola project. In an impressive display of his [[Mentat]] powers, Teg manages to turn tables on the Matres, and rescues the Mother Superior and her party as the Mother Superior had planned. Odrade is in Taraza's party, and she and Teg talk on Taraza's orders; it turns out that Odrade is one of Miles Teg's many daughters, and that it is she who wrote the Atreides Manifesto. <br />
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An attack is made on Sheeana on Rakis, which is only prevented by the intervention of the Bene Gesserit, who take unofficial control of the Priesthood and Rakis (and thus the teaching and guarding of Sheeana). Odrade, personally selected by Taraza, is now leader of the Rakis station, and she takes Sheeana under her wing, training her to be Bene Gesserit. <br />
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At about the same time an attempt is made on the life of Duncan Idaho, but Teg is able to defeat it. Realizing he can no longer protect his charge at the Bene Gesserit keep, Teg flees with Duncan and Lucilla into the countryside. With secret knowledge from his aide-de-camp Patrin, who was born on Gammu, Teg locates a forgotten Harkonnen [[No-ship|no-globe]] which Patrin located as a boy. Patrin decoys the attackers, sacrificing his life so that his Bashar might live.<br />
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Taraza arranges a meeting with Waff, going into the meeting full of supposition. The Bene Gesserit have re-evaluated their records and have finally asked themselves the right questions. They have come to recognise that all they know about the Bene Tleilax is what the Tleilaxu have wanted them to know. They suspect that the Tleilaxu have been using gholas among their leaders but aren't even sure of that. Taraza gambles and blackmails Waff with the knowledge that the Bene Tleilax have killed Honored Matres, a knowledge she only has fully confirmed when she sees Waff's reaction. Waff is forced to tell her what he knows about the Honored Matres, and when pressed on the issue of Duncan Idaho admits that the Bene Tleilax have included their own agenda within him. As the meeting draws to a close, she manages by accident to divine that Waff is a secret Zensunni, which finally gives the Bene Gesserit a lever to understand their ancient competitor, and she arranges to meet Waff again on Rakis. <br />
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In the Harkonnen no-globe, Teg proceeds to awaken Idaho's original memories. Teg is facially the spitting image of Duke [[Leto Atreides]], ([[Paul Atreides|Paul Muad'dib]]'s father) and uses this semblance (and a variety of relentless physical and mental attacks) to awaken Duncan to his pre-death memories. He does so before Lucilla can imprint Duncan and thus tie him to the Sisterhood. Lucilla naturally is not gratified with this, and is unable to use her wiles to imprint Duncan afterward, because the now-awoken Idaho is aware of her agenda. Duncan even tells her that if she tries it, he will attempt to kill her. Stalemate! <br />
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Waff meets Odrade on Rakis. In a meeting with Tuek and Odrade, he panics and tries to assassinate them both; while he succeeds in killing the unsuspecting Tuek, Odrade is too clever for him, and not only dodges his attack but shatters both his arms in a counterattack. Odrade turns the tables on Waff, using knowledge Taraza gained from her meeting with Waff to partially convince him that the Sisterhood shares the religious beliefs of the Bene Tleilax. Waff and Odrade install a new Face Dancer as a replacement Tuek, as the alternatives would be too inconvenient.<br />
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In the meantime Taraza, via Teg's finest pupil [[Burzmali]], has been searching for Teg and his party, having little success. But finally, in a flash of inspiration, Burzmali realizes where Teg must be, and establishes contact with him and arranges to bring his party to safety. During the extraction operation, however, Teg and his companions are ambushed. Teg sacrifices himself to capture while Lucilla and Duncan escape with Burzmali.<br />
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Odrade decides it would be a good idea to put Waff under pressure and so she arranges a sandworm ride into the desert with Sheeana. The worm, influenced by the God Emperor's "pearl of consciousness" trapped within it, takes the passenger to the former [[Sietch Tabr]], where Odrade finds a secret Spice hoard and a message sent down through time from the God Emperor. This message challenges the Bene Gesserit to abandon their secret ways and openly protect Leto's Golden Path. Leto particularly maligns the Sisterhood's lack of "noble purpose," an attack that strikes Odrade deeply.<br />
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Odrade takes it upon herself to offer full alliance with the Bene Tleilax, in the face of the onslaught of forces out of the Scattering. The cement for this alliance is Waff's belief that the Sisterhood shares his Tleilax religion, which sees Leto as a Prophet from God. Part of the alliance promises Bene Gesserit breeding Sisters for the Tleilaxu to work into their ghola breeding programs; as compensation, the Sisterhood will receive a working axlotl tank for their own purposes. This agreement causes consternation among the Bene Gesserit. Some call for Odrade to be assassinated. Taraza worries over this and then decides to go to Arrakis to decide whether to follow Odrade's course, or to kill her.<br />
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On Gammu, Teg is interrogated, indeed tortured, but under the pressure of the experience discovers a new ability in his Atreides heritage: he is able to speed up his physical and mental reactions to lightning speeds, and so is able to escape his bonds and kill everyone imprisoning him. After this speedup, however, Teg requires massive amounts of food to replenish his lost energy. At the same time, Duncan Idaho, who is attempting to get off of Gammu undetected in the guise of a Tleilaxu Master, is ambushed and taken hostage.<br />
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Meanwhile on Arrakis, Taraza has come for her inspection. She is worried that Odrade may need to be killed, but on arrival realizes that Odrade has seen her real plan and is merely following it in her own creative way. Taraza seeks the destruction of Dune, because she believes the God Emperor still binds humankind on a particular course through the sandworms of Rakis; Taraza wishes to free humanity to follow its own possibilities. With the destruction of Rakis, the Bene Gesserit would be totally dependent on the Tleilaxu for the Spice they utterly need, so alliance with the Tleilaxu would ensure their supply. Taraza evaluates Sheeana and is impressed with what she sees, and this raises the possibility of the Bene Gesserit following a secondary plan of seeding other planets with worms transported by the sandrider. In an interview with Taraza, Waff discovers he cannot control his Tuek Face Dancer - its copying is so perfect it has forgotten it is actually a Face Dancer. Taraza uses the moment to confirm her alliance with the Bene Tleilax. <br />
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By this time Lucilla and Burzmali arrive at a Bene Gesserit safe house to discover it has been taken over by Honored Matres. Luckily, the young Honored Matre, [[Murbella]], stationed at the safe house is fooled by Lucilla's stolen Honored Matres robe, and accepts her as an observer. Murbella proceeds to seduce the captured Duncan Idaho. However, as she starts the seduction procedure, hidden Tleilaxu conditioning kicks into action and Duncan responds with an equal technique, one that overwhelms Murbella in sexual pleasure, draining her energy. Overwhelmed with a desire to feel such euphoria again, Murbella finds herself unable to kill Duncan, though she recognizes the danger he poses to the Matres. Taking advantage of Murbella's post-coital exhaustion, Lucilla knocks her unconscious. <br />
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The Honored Matres finally attack Arrakis. Taraza is killed with the first attack, cut down by [[lasgun]]s. Odrade has time to merge minds with her, becoming temporary leader of the Bene Gesserit, before escaping with Sheeana into the desert on a worm. <br />
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Eluding capture for a while Teg finally goes to a supposed safe house, only to discover that it has been taken over by the Honored Matres. Meeting them in person Teg is disgusted by their corruption and complete lack of human decency. The Honored Matres have assessed Teg's value to their order and decide to 'mark' him, binding him to their designs. Teg, aware of his new abilities, waits for the chosen Honored Matre to come to collect him, and then unleashes himself upon the complex.<br />
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Teg must seek his own allies in order to escape Gammu. He finds a groups of ex-soldiers who have formed a resistance group to the Honored Matres. He brings them together and attacks a no-ship, and captures it. He locates Duncan and Lucilla, and with the captured Honored Matre, takes them to Rakis. <br />
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Teg arrives at this time and with his new vision finds Odrade and Sheeana and their giant worm. He loads them all up in his no-ship, finally leading his troops out on a last suicidal defence of Rakis, designed to attract the rage of the Honored Matres. Fulfilling Taraza's designs, the Honored Matres attack Rakis in full force, decimating the planet and the sandworms. With this attack, the Matres hoped only to destroy Teg, whose abilities they had witnessed through his escape from their Gammu complex. The giant worms are destroyed bar the one the Bene Gesserit escape with. They drown the worm in a mixture of spice and water killing the worm and turning it into sandtrout which will turn Chapterhouse into another Dune. Taraza's camp is proved right: the God Emperor did wish to be freed from his existence, and he did not prevent them from destroying Dune. As we leave the book Odrade is the precarious temporary leader of the Bene Gesserit, by virtue of being at the right place at the right time having inherited Taraza's memories.</div>Dunenewthttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=God_Emperor_of_Dune&diff=10268God Emperor of Dune2010-03-11T18:09:10Z<p>Dunenewt: </p>
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'''''God Emperor of Dune''''' is the fourth ''Dune'' novel written by [[Frank Herbert]].<br />
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==Plot introduction==<br />
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Thirty-five hundred years have passed since [[Paul Atreides]] had become the messiah of the [[Fremen]] and the Emperor of the known universe at the end of the novel Dune. His son, [[Leto Atreides II]], sees the path that his father Muad'Dib had also seen, a future that secures the continuation of human life throughout the universe. That future, however, requires an aberrant act of selflessness: becoming a hybrid of man and [[sandworm]]. At the end of Children of Dune, Leto II accepts this mantle of godhead from the Fremen and transforms himself into a monster of the desert, a sandworm, that will dominate the ecology of the planet [[Arrakis]] (known as Dune) for millennia. This is an act his father had been unwilling to do. Leto essentially accepts the terrible price of saving humanity which his father had rejected. God Emperor of Dune chronicles Leto's attempts to consummate the [[Golden Path]], which delivers the volition of humanity by scattering it beyond the perceived safety of the Imperium's known universe, and also by destroying the possibility of the Imperium's control by any single entity, including himself.<br />
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The seemingly immortal God Emperor Leto II has ruled his Empire for more than 3,500 years, his lifespan lengthened due to his decision in [[Children of Dune]] to merge his human body with [[sandtrout]], the haploid phase of the giant sandworms of Arrakis. His continued evolution has slowly transformed him, altering his human form into what he calls a "pre-worm." His body has come to resemble a small version of the ancient sandworms of Arrakis — ribbed, elongated, and covered in scaly sandtrout; his face remains, as do his hands and arms, but his legs and feet have atrophied to be of no use whatsoever. He moves from place to place on a large cart of [[Ix|Ixian]] manufacture that shields him from harming moisture and bodies of water, and it is later revealed that his brain has gradually diffused into the rest of his body, becoming a series of nodes throughout his whole form. The sandtrout skin makes him virtually impervious to harm, even allowing him to survive [[lasgun]] fire.<br />
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During his long reign, Leto has enforced a state of peace throughout his multigalactic empire, both through tight control of his enormous (but limited) hoard of the [[spice melange]] and the military might of his [[Fish Speaker]] army. The old [[Imperium]] is basically non-existent; the [[Landsraad]] has ceased to exist, and only a few remnants of the Great Houses survive. The [[Bene Gesserit]] and [[Spacing Guild]] have endured, although both have been forced to adapt to Leto's absolute control over melange and his powerful prescience, and [[CHOAM]] has been reduced to a shadow of its former self. His reign is considered by many to be depraved and despotic, but he is confident that his actions will ensure the survival of the human race.<br />
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Leto battles an incessant struggle with boredom and loneliness that overwhelms him because of his everlasting life, close-to-absolute prescience and loss of humanity which renders him incapable of physical intimacy (and to a lesser extent, the awkwardness of his transformed body); few people realize the burden that he carries as he deems subjects useful as long as they serve a purpose to the "Golden Path" (the end justifying the means). He maintains a small and reclusive system of government, and as God, he chooses not to share the inner workings and purpose of his decisions or any sympathy for his cause, as he knows that humanity wouldn't be able to grasp the concept.<br />
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Leto has employed a series of [[ghola|gholas]] grown from the cells of ]]Duncan Idaho]], the faithful [[Swordmaster]] of [[House Atreides]]. Duncan functions both as the captain of Leto's guard, and as a familiar face to calm Leto in his moments of distress. They remind Leto of his family, and he feels that he owes Duncan for his service and devotion to House Atreides. Over the centuries, a significant number of the gholas have attempted to assassinate Leto through various means after struggling with the conflict between their intense loyalty to House Atreides, and the moral disgust triggered by the repression and stagnation Leto has forced upon the Empire. These feelings, compounded with the uneasy doubt caused by being millennia out of their own time, drives some of the Duncan Idaho gholas insane.<br />
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Leto's "Golden Path," as he calls it, is a millennia-spanning attempt to produce a human who is invisible to a watcher gifted with prescience. This breeding plan, begun with the marriage of Leto's twin sister [[Ghanima]] to [[Farad'n Corrino]], has resulted in Leto's majordomo [[Moneo Atreides]] and his daughter [[Siona]]. Moneo has served Leto faithfully for the majority of his life, having been a rebel until he was shown the Golden Path in a test by Leto. Siona is the leader of a group of rebels seeking to overthrow the God Emperor, and locate his hidden hoard of melange. Unbeknownst to Siona, [[Nayla]] — her close friend and de facto bodyguard — worships Leto, and is under orders to protect and obey Siona in all things while reporting on her rebellious activities. Although Leto knows the important purpose of Siona, as long as she doesn't serve the "Golden Path" she would be expendable, and he would have to take measures for the breeding paths that he would have to take to replace her.<br />
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During a raid on his Citadel, Siona and her friends steal, among other things, a series of excerpts from Leto's private journal. Unknown to them, Leto is aware of their activities and allows them to continue. In perusing some of the items and documents stolen from the Citadel, Siona learns that Leto remains capable of love, and plots to use this as a weapon against him. At the same time, the new Ixian ambassador, [[Hwi Noree]], is sent to the court of the God Emperor. Immediately entranced by her beauty, grace, and purity, Leto begins to be tortured by the knowledge that he and Hwi are separated by his continued transformation. For her part, Hwi desires nothing more than to serve the God Emperor, and she quickly becomes a confidante, finally expressing her love of Leto. The latest incarnation of Duncan is also captivated by Hwi's beauty, but is rebuffed by Leto, who warns that Hwi is his alone.<br />
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Because of his intense feelings for Hwi and the fact that she had never appeared in his prescient visions, Leto realizes that she is a trap, trained and sent by the Ixians to weaken him. However, he is unable to send her away, and she gladly accepts his offer to remain. It is revealed that Hwi had been grown inside an Ixian no-room — a device that shields its occupants from prescient view — from cells of a former Ixian ambassador, Malky, who had been a cynical and roguish friend of the God Emperor.<br />
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Through discussions with Moneo and Leto, Duncan learns about Leto's transformation, the Fish Speakers, and the oppressive measures Leto takes to maintain his absolute control over the Empire. He begins to grow more agitated and restless, though he continues in his duties, defending the God Emperor from an attack by [[Tleilaxu]] [[Face Dancers]]]. Duncan struggles with feelings of inadequacy, and the confusion and disorientation that result from existing in a time alien to him. Duncan meets Siona, and though the two of them are coldly formal to one another, they eventually unite to kill Leto and end his tyrannical rule over mankind.<br />
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Leto and Hwi decide to marry, and lead a wedding procession from Leto's Little Citadel to Tuono Village, where Duncan and Siona have been sent. While crossing the Idaho River, Siona orders Nayla to cut the supports of the bridge with a lasgun, spilling Moneo, Hwi, Leto, and a number of courtiers into the jagged rocks in the canyon below. Nayla obeys, despite her fanaticism toward the God Emperor, believing that the instructions are a test of her loyalty. Leto survives the fall, but is immersed in water, and his body begins to dissolve, just as did the sandworms of ancient Dune. In a final conversation with Siona and Duncan, Leto reveals that Siona is the embodiment of the Golden Path, a human completely shielded from prescient view. He explains that humanity is now free from the domination of oracles, free to scatter throughout the universe, never again to face complete domination. After revealing the location of his secret spice hoard, Leto dies, leaving Duncan and Siona to face the task of managing the empire.<br />
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The major themes explored in God Emperor of Dune are the cyclical patterns of human society. Using his ancestral memories, Leto II can recall the tyrannical fashions from Babylon through the Jesuits on ancient Earth, and thus builds an empire existing as a complete nexus encompassing all these methods. The empire differs from the historical tyrants, in that it is deliberately designed to end in destruction, with the hope that humanity will never succumb to such patterns again. Leto II personally explores the emergent effects of civilization, noting that most hierarchical structures are remnants of evolutionary urges toward safety. Thus, by forming a perfectly safe and stable empire, Leto II delivers a message to be felt throughout history.<br />
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Stylistically, the novel is permeated by quotations from, and speeches by its main character, Leto, to a degree unseen in any of the other Dune novels. In part, this stylistic shift is an artifact of how Herbert wrote it: the first draft was written almost entirely in the First-person narrative voice, only being revised in later drafts to insert more third-person narration of events.<br />
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'''''Children of Dune''''' is a science fiction novel by [[Frank Herbert]], third in a series of six novels set in the [[Dune universe]]. It was originally serialized in ''Analog Science Fact and Fiction'' in 1976, and was the last ''Dune'' novel to be serialized before book publication. The novels [[Dune Messiah]] and Children of Dune were adapted in 2003 into a well-received mini-series entitled [[Children of Dune (miniseries)|Children of Dune]] by the Sci-Fi Channel.<br />
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[[Paul Atreides]] had two children, [[Leto II Atreides|Leto]] and [[Ghanima Atreides|Ghanima]]. At the end of ''[[Dune Messiah]]'', Paul walked into the desert, a blind man, leaving the children in the care of the [[Fremen]] while their aunt [[Alia Atreides|Alia]] rules the universe as regent. Awoken in the womb by the spice, the children are the heirs to Paul's [[Prescience|prescient]] vision of the fate of the universe, a role that Alia desperately craves. [[House Corrino]], the previous imperial house, schemes to return to the throne, while the [[Bene Gesserit]] make common cause with the [[Bene Tleilaxu]] and [[Spacing Guild]] to gain control of [[melange|the spice]] and the children of Paul Atreides.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
It is nine years since the Emperor Paul Muad'dib walked into the desert blind. The ecological transformation of [[Arrakis|Dune]] continues apace and some of the [[Fremen]] are even doing without stillsuits in the less arid climate. Fremen have started to move out of the Sietches and into the villages and cities. Millions of Fremen now, thanks to the Jihad, have experience of life off planet or out of the desert opening their minds to new possibilities, yet also causing them to forget the old ways. It is a time of great social change and economic growth on the new capital planet of the Imperium, as more and more pilgrims arrive each day to experience the planet of Muad'dib and Alia. The book opens with a meeting of the [[High Council|high council]] of the Imperial house. Those present - [[Alia Atreides|Alia]], [[Duncan Idaho]], [[Irulan Corrino|Irulan]] (who since the death of Paul, has taken the role of caregiver to the Atreides children) and [[Stilgar]] - lament the fact that they have lost the initiative in the political arena. Paul Atreides had been powerless to control the Jihad and had left only the shadow of his religious mantle. Now Alia and her council are even less capable of controlling it. They are finding themselves tightening their grip on politics and ritual, yet only losing more control.<br />
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The two young children of Paul, [[Leto II Atreides|Leto]] and [[Ghanima Atreides|Ghanima]], are not normal nine year old children. Like Alia, they were forced into consciousness before birth and remember the lives and memories of all their ancestors. The children are very troubled because they have come to the conclusion that Alia has become possessed by one of her ancestors (become an 'Abomination'), and fear that a similar fate awaits them. They also realized that the quickening transformation of Dune will kill all the sandtrout and bring to an end the [[Sandworm|Giant Worms]], and inevitably to the spice, a fact that only they and Alia know. <br />
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Leto has an additional fear as well: he has started to have dreams which he is coming to believe are prophetic, like his father had when he was a similar age. He fears being locked into an early prescient vision as he suspects happened to his father before him. He also has the added pressure that Alia is pushing him to enter into the spice trance, in order to unlock the door to prophetic visions, because she feels the need for such visions, in order to rule the empire, yet struggles to achieve them at all for herself. <br />
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Things have reached a heightened note of tension because [[Jessica Atreides]] is coming to Arrakis to visit her grandchildren from her self-imposed retreat on [[Caladan]]. Alia fears this utterly because she has indeed become possessed by the Baron [[Vladimir Harkonnen]], and is sure that her mother will notice, despite her erroneous belief that no-one has yet recognised the change in her. The Baron is leading her far away from the Atreides way of doing things, she has even taken a lover behind Duncan's back, a priest called [[Javid]]. <br />
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Out in the desert, a new religious figure has arisen among the Fremen, who preaches against the injustices of the religious government and the changes among the Fremen. He is called 'The Preacher', and some even believe he is actually Paul Atreides. <br />
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Meanwhile on [[Salusa Secundus]] the [[House Corrino|Corrino]]s are plotting again for power. [[Wensicia Corrino|Wensicia]], younger sister of Irulan, rules in the name of her son, [[Farad'n Corrino|Farad'n]]. She has plans of Empire for her son, and has hatched a plot to assassinate the twins. <br />
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Jessica arrives on the planet already wary. She has been approached by the Bene Gesserit, and forced to recognise that she has been ignoring important duties. She makes her peace with the sisterhood, and is apparently welcomed back. With the warnings of the Sisterhood, she arrives back on Arrakis fearing that Alia and her grandchildren have fallen into abomination. At the landing field she meets Alia, and recognises straight away that for Alia, at least, this is true. Alia is actually relieved by this - the time of concealment is over. <br />
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A situation develops where everyone but Stilgar and Duncan Idaho have plans for the twins, but what no-one realizes is that the twins are pawns of no-one, and have plans of their own. <br />
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Jessica arranges a meeting with Ghanima. She sees no signs of abomination on either of the twins, but Leto shows signs of concealing something so she excludes him from the meeting. Jessica and Ghanima meet truly as grandmother and granddaughter, and do not hide the love between them, straight away finding a common cause. Jessica learns the twins are aware Alia has fallen into abomination, and their speculation that undergoing the spice trance was Alia's fatal mistake. She quickly confirms that Ghanima is not possessed but still worries about Leto. Ghanima calms her fears on that score, but Ghanima admits she worries for him. <br />
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Jessica next talks to Leto. Their meeting is far more confrontational. Leto controls the path of the conversation. Firstly he reveals to her his understanding of how she had been manipulated by the Bene Gesserit into coming to Arrakis through the conditioning of her training. Leto orders her to let herself be kidnapped. <br />
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Leto talks to Stilgar and shakes up his universe. First he shakes up Stilgar's presumptions about him, Leto, by pointing out his memories and experiences go back far further than Stilgar, and that he is most suited to be Emperor. He lets Stilgar know that he is starting to have dreams of prophecy. He tells Stilgar that in one future, he is killed at the spot they are talking. He orders Stilgar to flee with Ghanima into the desert if that happens. He also undermines Stilgar's support for Alia, pointing out the flaws in her thinking, the destructive place it will take the Empire and the Fremen, and the fact she is no longer his friend. He makes Stilgar realize that change is coming and that traditional thinking was not the absolute guide Stilgar had thought it was. <br />
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At Jessica's first reception with Alia, an assassination attempt is made on Jessica's life by minions of Alia/The Baron. Only with the help of old fedaykin companions of Paul is Jessica able to escape into the desert. A rebellion breaks out among the Fremen inspired by this latest injustice, a rebellion made all the more dangerous and legitimate because the mother of Muad'dib supports it and so counterweighs Alia's own religious mantle. Jessica presses for Alia to be tested for possession. <br />
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At this time the twins choose to go out into the desert during the night. They do this even though they are aware that an attack will be made on their lives, prewarned by a vision of Leto's. The twins are attacked by two Laza Tigers, but they manage to kill the tigers, despite an injury to Ghanima. They then institute their own plan; Ghanima uses a hypnotic technique to convince herself that her brother was killed by the tigers, and goes back to Sietch Tabr grief stricken. Ironically, as a beneficial side effect of this hypnotic technique she finds that it gives immunity from the voices within. <br />
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Meanwhile Farad'n has been told about the assassination attempt on Leto and Ghanima. He is shocked, not so much at the attempt, but at the clumsiness of it. But now he realizes the stakes involved. <br />
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Duncan meanwhile is aware that Alia is cuckolding him with Javid, which he naturally enough finds heartbreaking, but he is utterly distraught with the realization that Alia is suffering from possession. He comes to realize that Alia is possessed when she suggests to him to get rid of Jessica. He realizes that on top of the fact that it is not the sort of behaviour an Atreides indulges in, that if she was in contact with her mother within her mind she would not even consider this, so obviously she is prevented from this. He concludes that she is possessed. Alia implies to Duncan she would like her mother to disappear. Duncan offers to make it happen, and Alia 'reluctantly' agrees. <br />
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Duncan does make Jessica disappear but not as Alia expects. Duncan 'kidnaps' Jessica and takes her to Salusa Secundus, where she is to meet an interesting pupil. Jessica, unsure of Duncan's motives, asks who he serves. He says the Preacher. She asks if it is her son. He answers 'I wish I knew.' <br />
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Duncan and Jessica arrive on Salusa. Farad'n informs Jessica with some compassion that her grandson has been killed, though her granddaughter survived. The Bene Gesserit have formally protested to CHOAM concerning the Corrino assassination attempt. Farad'n uses the situation to force his formal confirmation of power from his mother in front of witnesses. Jessica and Farad'n make a bargain. Jessica will announce that she has come to Salusa of her own free will. Farad'n will send his mother off into exile. Jessica will train Farad'n in the ways of the Bene Gesserit. The Bene Gesserit promise Farad'n the throne with Ghanima as his mate. Duncan attempts to commit suicide when he hears that Alia has offered herself as wife to Farad'n, an offer Farad'n was not foolish enough to accept. <br />
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Alia dresses as a commoner and goes to witness a speech by the Preacher in order to determine whether or not he is in fact Paul, her brother. Partway through the speech, the Preacher directs himself at Alia, seeing through her disguise, and eventually whispers in her ear that she is his sister. Alia is momentarily paralyzed by the revelation while the crowd disperses. <br />
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Duncan and Jessica talk. Duncan Idaho formally withdraws from Atreides service. He insults Jessica and advises Farad'n that he should send Jessica back to the Bene Gesserit. <br />
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Meanwhile Leto went off seeking his father. <br />
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Leto knew that in past centuries there was once a renegade tribe of Fremen called the Iduali or "Water Insects" who lived at a place called Jacurutu, also Fondak. Also he discovered there was a village, or sietch, close to the site of old Jacurutu called Shuloch, which was inhabited by the same Iduali tribe. The Iduali in the remote past had killed other Fremen to take their water. In retaliation for this, the other Fremen of Dune massacred the Iduali and declared their sietch taboo, but the surviving Iduali still secretly lived there. Jacurutu/Fondak/Shuloch was in most people's minds just a legend, and it was thus an ideal hiding place.<br />
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Leto went to Jacurutu to seek asylum. <br />
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Leto finds Jacurutu, but as he tries to infiltrate the camp he is captured. When he wakes up, he discovers that he has been captured by [[Gurney Halleck]] and a certain Namri. They tell him he has come to school. He is forcibly injected with Spice Essence, and so undergoes the Spice Trance. Gurney thinks it is on Jessica's instructions but it is really Alia's. <br />
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Leto goes through the transformatory experience. Leto experiences fascinating and overwhelming oracular visions of possible futures. He nearly loses his mind, but in the end he manages to get through it. In all these futures but one, humanity goes extinct. This future is the one he has deemed the Golden Path.<br />
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In his vision of the Golden Path, he sees the way out of his dilemma. He does this by seeking allies within the ancestors for the future, principally an old ruler from the distant past named Harum. These allies within join with him in order to make the Golden Path happen. After his experience he is tested by Namri, and survives the first test. Before they can test him again, he escapes into the desert. When they discover Leto gone, Namri and Gurney argue. Namri tells Gurney that he has been serving Alia, not Jessica as he thought, and attacks him. This was a serious mistake: Gurney kills him easily and silently escapes from Jacurutu. <br />
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Alia and Duncan meet up again. Alia is shocked to learn her mother is not dead and is indeed training Farad'n. She is not aware that this was deliberate 'treachery' on Duncan's part, instead she thinks it is his innocence, that led him to take her literally. However, Alia/The Baron decides to arrange an accident for Duncan, seeing him as too dangerous. Duncan, as a mentat, sees through her clumsy plot, pretends to agree with her plans, and then escapes in a thopter. <br />
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Leto's escape is not a complete one. He discovers that Namri had cut the heel pumps in his stillsuit and he has lost half his water. So he goes to Shuloch on his own terms. He meets a party of the men of Jucurutu/Shuloch, and through subterfuge gets Muriz, the leader, to offer him hospitality rights. <br />
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Leto discovers at Shuloch that these Fremen are trapping Giant Worms for sale and transfer off world. This presents him with the opportunity to make his vision real. Leto sacrifices his humanity and, for the sake of the survival of the human race, chooses to accept the body of a sandworm. He delves into a pool of sandtrout, which form a living skin around him. He then explores the desert with his new, near-invulnerable body with which he runs through the desert at tremendous speed and possesses the strength of many men. Leto is no longer fully human, and his powers have become superhuman. <br />
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Leto travels through the desert until he comes across the Preacher. He puts himself across the path of the worm which the Preacher and his guide are travelling on. Despite the guide's urging, the giant worm refuses to ride over Leto, recognising the sandtrout on Leto's body. Leto greets his father. It is a terrible moment for Paul Atreides, facing a son who had the bravery to do what he would not. <br />
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Stilgar has been maintaining his neutrality between Alia and the rebels. But Duncan Idaho deliberately provokes Stilgar into a rage by killing Javid, and then insulting Stilgar. The maddened Stilgar kills him. Stilgar immediately recognizes Idaho's plan. By killing him, Stilgar has no choice but to become a rebel to escape the vengeance which Alia would be forced to display for the public murder of her husband. By his actions, Idaho forced Stilgar to flee, taking Ghanima away from Alia's reach.<br />
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Alia hears of Duncan's death. She does the expected Fremen thing and orders her forces to find Stilgar and kill him. After doing this, and much to the internal Baron's surprise she grieves for Duncan, and for a moment returns to being just Alia. <br />
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While conflict continues between the rebels and the loyalists and as Stilgar flees from hiding place to hiding place, Leto spends his time moving through the desert wrecking the ecological transformation of Arrakis by destroying the reservoirs (Qanats) that were being used to feed it. He is seen as a desert demon. Leto makes his base at Jacurutu. He kills all who oppose him, and Jacurutu accepts his orders with religious awe: he wears the skin of Shai-Hulud. <br />
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After long conflict, Alia manages to recapture Ghanima through treachery. She offers Ghanima as bride to Farad'n. Ghanima agrees to this wedding, but only so she can get close enough to Farad'n, who, she believes, had her brother assassinated, to kill him. Farad'n arrives on Dune for the ceremony. <br />
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Leto makes his move. He goes to Arakeen as The Preacher's guide. Paul as the Preacher makes a virulent speech against Alia, which provokes a priest to kill him in front of the eyes of Alia, Farad'n and Jessica. At this point Leto arrives with Ghanima, to everyone's shock. He says the keywords to awaken Ghanima's secret memories. She asks him if the plan worked, and he says "well enough." Alia orders the guards to seize him, but he throws them aside, and they are too scared to enter the room. Leto advances on Alia, and offers his help to fight the inner lives within. This causes Alia to break down, she fragments totally, and different voices in different languages pour out of her, until finally the Old Baron takes control. He is confronted by Leto and Jessica, and they urge Alia to fight him. She does so by hurling herself out of the window to her death. <br />
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Leto makes himself emperor. He uses his new near-invulnerable body to establish himself as undisputed Emperor, scaring all the Fremen naibs into submission. He ingests poisons, lifts heavy weights, and survives wounds from blades in order to prove this power. In the end all the naibs come to Arakeen to surrender leadership to him. <br />
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Leto reveals the [[Golden Path]] to Farad'n. Farad'n, whom Leto renames Harq al-Ada, accepts a post at Leto's empire, gives Leto his legions of [[Sardaukar]], and agrees to marry Ghanima in secret. <br />
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Leto Atreides's position as God Emperor of the galaxy is secure. With his armies, prescience, and ancestral memories he cannot be defeated, and with an iron hand rules the human race for millennia, forcing it down his Golden Path.<br />
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'''''Dune Messiah''''' is a science fiction novel by [[Frank Herbert]], the second in a series of six novels. It was originally serialized in Galaxy magazine in 1969. The American and British editions have different prologues summarizing events in the previous novel. The novels Dune Messiah and [[Children of Dune]] were adapted by the Sci-Fi Channel in 2003 into a well-received mini-series entitled [[Children of Dune (miniseries)|Children of Dune]].<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Twelve years after the events described in ''[[Dune]]'', [[Paul Atreides]] rules as Emperor of the Known Universe, following a galactic [[jihad]] he unleashed by accepting the role of Messiah to the [[Fremen]]. While Paul is the most powerful Emperor ever, he is ironically powerless to stop the lethal religious excesses of the juggernaut he has created. <br />
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Although sixty billion people have perished, Paul's [[prescience|prescient]] visions indicate that this is far from the worst possible outcome for humanity. Motivated by this knowledge, Paul hopes to set humanity on a course that will not inevitably lead to stagnation and destruction, while at the same time acting as ruler of the Empire and focal point of the Fremen religion.<br />
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The situation is further complicated by the conspiracy of powerful interests who hope to reverse the events that brought [[House Atreides]] to the throne, including the remnants of the displaced [[House Corrino]], the [[Bene Gesserit]] who have lost control of their [[Kwisatz Haderach]], the [[Spacing Guild]], now utterly beholden to Paul, and the [[Bene Tleilax]]. The Atreides dynasty is unstable because Paul has not produced an heir. [[Chani]], his lover, is secretly being given contraceptives by the Princess [[Irulan Corrino|Irulan]], and while Paul is aware of this, he has foreseen that the birth of his heir will bring Chani's death, and he does not want to lose her. Chani then conceives after switching to a [[melange|spice]]-only diet.<br />
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The conspirators, including a Bene Gesserit [[Gaius Helen Mohiam]], [[Edric]] a spacing guild navigator, [[Scytale]] a Tleilaxu [[face dancer]], and [[Princess Irulan]], give Paul a gift he cannot resist, a [[ghola]] of [[Duncan Idaho]], his childhood teacher and friend, now called "[[Hayt]]." The conspirators hope the presence of Hayt will undermine Paul's ability to rule by forcing Paul to question himself and his empire he has created. Furthermore, Paul's acceptance of the gift weakens Paul's support among the Fremen who see the Tleilaxu and their tools as unclean.<br />
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Further complicating the situation is the physical maturity of Paul's powerful sister, [[Alia Atreides|Alia]], who finds herself irresistibly attracted to Hayt/Duncan. Alia and Hayt investigate the appearance of a female corpse near the city; Hayt realizes that the fact that no-one has been reported missing implies a Tleilaxu plot in which the woman has been replaced by a [[face dancer]]. Hayt also takes this opportunity to steal a kiss from Alia. She is outraged, but Hayt just laughs, saying he took nothing more than she offered, a fact she admits to herself privately. <br />
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Paul Muad'dib demands to see Mohiam, who fears she will be killed, but instead discovers Paul wants to bargain with her: Paul offers to produce a child by artificial insemination in return for the survival of Chani and her child. Mohiam, desperate to regain the Atreides genes for the Bene Gesserit breeding programme, would have to violate the [[Butlerian Jihad|Butlerian]] taboos against the use of machines. Furthermore, she realizes no child born in this way would be a candidate for the Imperial throne, and that the Bene Gesserit could never admit the existence of such a child without risking their position in the Empire. She decides that she must consult with the Mother School of the Bene Gesserit on Wallach IX.<br />
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Six weeks later Chani is seen by a medic, and discovers her pregnancy has become complicated because of the contraceptives introduced to her system. Realizing that only Irulan could be the perpetrator, Chani wishes to kill her but is prevented by Paul. She questions whether it is sensible for Paul to continue to spar with Hayt, and Paul replies that the Tleilaxu have made better than they could know and that it may be possible to restore Hayt's memories as Duncan Idaho. <br />
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The daughter of Otheym, one of Paul's death commandos, asks Paul to visit her father in secret, and while Paul realizes she has been replaced by a face dancer, his prescient visions show that <br />
revealing this will lead to futures he wishes to avoid. Paul is forced to admit the face dancer asks to be taken into Paul's household, and visits Otheym.<br />
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Otheym reveals evidence of a conspiracy against Muad'dib among the Fremen, some of whom are distrustful of following the Atreides, and gives Paul his Tleilaxu servant Bijaz, who like a recording machine can remember faces, names, and details. Paul accepts reluctantly, seeing the strands of a Tleilaxu plot. As Paul's soldiers attack the conspirators, the Tleilaxu set off a [[stone burner]], an atomic weapon that destroys the house and blinds Paul. Paul is able to continue in leadership by fixing his actions precisely in line with what his previous oracular visions showed him; by moving through his life in lockstep with his previous visions, he can see even the slightest details of the world around him. The disadvantage of this is his inability to change any part of his destiny so long as he wishes to appear sighted.<br />
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The unraveling of the conspiracy reveals that [[Korba]], high priest of Paul's church, is among Paul's enemies, and while Korba tries to deny this, persuading the Fremen [[Naib]]s of his innocence, Paul arrives to confront him directly and Korba is put into [[Stilgar]]'s custody.<br />
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Hayt interrogates [[Bijaz]] but Bijaz uses planted conditioning words to control the ghola, and programs Hayt to offer Paul a bargain when Chani dies: Bijaz offers Chani's return as a ghola, and the hope that Duncan Idaho might be reawakened, in return for Paul sacrificing the throne and going into exile. Hayt comes across Alia, who has overdosed herself with spice in the hope of enhancing her prophetic visions. Her peril provokes fierce emotional response from Duncan and Alia realizes that Duncan loves her; he admits the truth. <br />
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News is brought that Chani has died giving birth to two healthy children, [[Leto II Atreides| Leto]] and [[Ghanima Atreides| Ghanima]], pre-born (fully conscious with Kwisatz Haderach-like access to ancestral memories due to Chani's encounter with the spice essence while pregnant with the twins) like their aunt Alia. News of the birth is delivered to Paul and his reaction to it triggers the hidden compulsions in Hayt's mind, and he attempts to kill Paul. Reacting against its own programming, Hayt's body remembers itself, and a new consciousness arises that is a mix of Duncan Idaho and Hayt unconditioned by the Tleilaxu programming. Paul is unsurprised by this, having foreseen it. <br />
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As Paul nears a crucial decision point in time, causing his prophetic visions to fail and rendering him totally blind, he is thrust into a deadly standoff. Scytale, disguised as Otheym's daughter, holds a knife to the necks of Paul's children. He offers to revive Chani as a ghola in return for Paul's abdication. Paul receives a prescient vision from the perspective of his newborn son, and is able to throw a dagger and kill Scytale. <br />
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With Paul's visions gone, he chooses to walk into the desert in the Fremen tradition, winning the fealty of the Fremen for his children, who will inherit his mantle of Emperor. Paul leaves Alia as [[regent]] for his children.<br />
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At the conclusion of the novel, Duncan examines the irony that Paul and Chani's deaths enabled them to triumph against their enemies. Duncan realizes that Paul escaped deification, walking into the desert as a man, while guaranteeing Fremen support for the Atreides line. Stilgar interrupts Duncan to suggest he should go to a distraught Alia, and Duncan goes to comfort her. Before Idaho goes to comfort Alia, Stilgar reports that he has carried out Alia's orders to execute Gaius Helen Mohiam, Edric, Korba, and "a few others." Because the key players of the conspiracy are now dead, Paul's children are left in a relatively safe situation. With Paul's family secure and his most trusted associates in power, the Empire and House Atreides appear to be in safe hands.<br />
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::''This article is about the novel ''Dune''; for other meanings see '''[[Dune (disambiguation)]]'''.''<br />
'''''Dune''''' is a science fiction novel written by [[Frank Herbert]] and published in 1965. A winner of the Hugo Award and Nebula Award for outstanding science fiction, Dune is popularly considered one of the great science fiction novels of all time, and is frequently cited as the best-selling science fiction novel in history[http://pnnonline.org/article.php?sid=4302]. Dune spawned five sequels written by Herbert, and inspired a [[Dune (movie)|film adaptation]] by [[David Lynch]], a [[Dune (TV miniseries)|mini-series]] made by the Sci Fi Channel (United States), [[:Category:Games|games]], and a series of prequels co-written by [[Brian Herbert]], the author's son, and [[Kevin J. Anderson]].<br />
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''Dune'' is set far in the future amidst a sprawling feudal galactic empire where planetary [[fiefdom]]s are controlled by noble Houses that owe allegiance to the Imperial [[House Corrino]]. The novel tells the story of young [[Paul Atreides]], heir apparent to Duke [[Leto Atreides]] and scion of [[House Atreides]], as he and his family relocate to the planet [[Arrakis]], the universe's only source of the [[spice melange]]. In a story that explores the complex interactions of politics, religion, ecology, technology, and human emotion, the fate of Paul, his family, his new planet and its native inhabitants, as well as the Padishah Emperor, the powerful [[Spacing Guild]], and the secretive female order of the [[Bene Gesserit]], are all drawn together into a confrontation that will change the course of humanity.<br />
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The novel was originally serialised in the magazine ''Analog'' from 1963 to 1965 as two shorter works, ''Dune World'' and ''The Prophet of Dune.'' Herbert's dedicatory remarks were, "to the people whose labors go beyond ideas into the realm of 'real materials'- to the dry-land ecologists, wherever they may be, in whatever time they work, this effort at prediction is dedicated in humility and admiration."<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
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The timeframe of ''Dune'' is between the years 10,191 and 10,193 A.G. The term "A.G." refers to the foundation of the [[Spacing Guild]], the event from which the current calendar of the Imperium is reckoned. For many decades, there was no specific indicator as to what the timeframe was according to the Gregorian calendar system of Earth. An appendix to the 2006 novel ''Hunters of Dune'', however, established that the Guild was founded, and the calendar restarted, circa 13,000 A.D. This would indicate that ''Dune'' takes place close to the beginning of the 231st Century A.D. By then, "[[Earth|Old Earth]]" has not been inhabited for more than ten millennia, and much of its history has been forgotten, while some historical and religious traditions remain. <br />
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The main conflict driving the narrative events of Dune is a political struggle among three noble houses: the Imperial [[House Corrino]], and two of the Great Houses: [[House Atreides|Atreides]] and [[House Harkonnen|Harkonnen]].<br />
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The Corrino Emperor [[Shaddam IV]] has come to see the Atreides as a threat to his throne, due to Duke Leto Atreides' charisma and popularity among the noble houses of the Imperium represented in the [[Landsraad]] assembly; and because the Duke and his talented lieutenants [[Duncan Idaho]], [[Gurney Halleck]] and [[Mentat]]-assassin [[Thufir Hawat]] have successfully trained a fighting force equal in ability to the dreaded Imperial [[Sardaukar]], although considerably smaller in number.<br />
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The Emperor decides that House Atreides must be destroyed, but he cannot risk uniting the various Houses against himself by an overt attack on any single House. Instead, Shaddam uses a centuries-old feud between [[House Atreides]] and [[House Harkonnen]] as cover for his assault, enlisting the brilliant and power-hungry Baron [[Vladimir Harkonnen]] in a chance to eliminate his greatest rivals.<br />
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Supplanting the Harkonnens, the Atreides are granted stewardship of the forbidding desert planet [[Arrakis]], also known as "Dune," the only source of the nearly priceless spice [[Melange|melange]] that increases life expectancy threefold. The Spice is also crucial to the functioning of the powerful [[Spacing Guild]], which maintains a monopoly on interstellar travel, and the [[Bene Gesserit]] Sisterhood, a secretive all-female order of deadly fighters and dangerous intellects, that has been conducting a centuries-long breeding program intended to produce a male human, the [[Kwisatz Haderach]], who will have the abilities of [[prescience]] and access to all his [[ancestral memories]]. Complicating the political intrigue is the fact that both [[Paul Atreides]], the Duke's son, and [[Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen]], the Baron's heir, are essential parts of the Bene Gesserit's breeding program - the Bene Gesserit had planned to marry an Atreides daughter to a Harkonnen son to unite the bloodlines but were prevented in this by [[Lady Jessica]], who defied the Sisterhood and conceived for her Duke a son instead of a daughter.<br />
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The change in control of Arrakis creates another pretext for conflict between the Harkonnens and Atreides and removes Duke Leto from his power base on the home world of [[Caladan]]. While they anticipate a trap, the Atreides are unable to withstand a devastating Harkonnen attack, supported by Imperial Sardaukar dressed as Harkonnen troops and aided by a traitor within House Atreides itself. Duke Leto is assassinated, but Paul and [[Jessica Atreides|Jessica]] escape into the deep desert. With Jessica's Bene Gesserit abilities and Paul's developing skills, they join a band of native [[Fremen]], ferocious fighters who worship and ride the giant [[Sandworm|sandworm]]s that dominate the desert planet. Paul emerges as the [[Kwisatz Haderach]], and Jessica's knowledge of the secret religious myths of the Fremen planted by the Bene Gesserit [[Missionaria Protectiva]] enable Paul to become [[Muad'Dib]], a religious and political leader ([[Mahdi]]) who unites millions of the Fremen together into an unstoppable military force.<br />
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Paul seizes control of Arrakis and the spice, avenging his family in a personal confrontation with [[Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen]] before the Imperial throne, forcing Shaddam to abdicate and making Paul the first Emperor in the dynasty of House Atreides.<br />
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==Setting==<br />
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At the time of the novel, advanced computers have long been forbidden due to an event known as the [[Butlerian Jihad]], and the ensuing commandment of the [[Orange Catholic Bible]]: "Thou shalt not make a machine in the image of Man's mind." In lieu of computer assistance, human skills have been developed to an astonishing degree:<br />
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* ''[[Mentat]]s'' through intensive training learn to enter a heightened mental state in which they can perform complex logical computations. Most of the best Mentats, and all of the popular "twisted Mentats," are trained/grown by the [[Bene Tleilax]], although Paul Atreides is not, having been trained by the Master of Assassins, [[Thufir Hawat]] as well as his own mother the Lady [[Jessica Atreides]]. <br />
* The ''[[Spacing Guild]]'' holds a monopoly on interstellar transport. Its navigators use the spice/drug [[melange]] to gain limited prescient abilities, enabling them to safely "fold space" &mdash; guiding Guild Heighliner ships safely to their destination by using a Holtzman engine, which allows instantaneous travel to anywhere in the galaxy.<br />
* The ''[[Bene Gesserit]]'' is a secretive female society, often referred to as "[[witch|witches]]," with mental and physical powers developed through thousands of generations of controlled gene lines and many years of physical and mental conditioning called prana-bindu training. When a Bene Gesserit acolyte becomes a full [[Reverend Mother]], by undergoing the "[[Spice Agony]]" she gains her "ancestral memories" &mdash; the complete life experience of an infinite line of female ancestors (she cannot recall the memories of her male ancestors, and is terrified by the psychic space within her that the masculine memories inhabit). <br />
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On the fringes of the Galaxy are the geneticist [[Tleilaxu]], who create shape shifters, reincarnated gholas, and Mentats, and [[Planet of Ix|Ix]], a planet whose history is lost in the mists of time and whose society is dominated by technology. The [[CHOAM]] corporation is the major underpinning of the Imperial economy, with shares and directorships determining each House's income and financial leverage.<br />
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The universe's entire power structure, including the financial and military power of the Imperium and the Great Houses, the Guild's control of interstellar travel, and the Bene Gesserit's special powers, are all subject to the availability of melange, a sociopolitical condition known as [[hydraulic despotism]] (dependency on a commodity with one source).<br />
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A prominent feature of the setting is the use and misuse of language and linguistics. (See [[Language and Linguistics in Frank Herbert's Dune]].)<br />
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==Themes==<br />
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The consequences of the actions of superhero|superheroes, and humanity's responses, form an overarching theme in the Dune series. In an interview with Frank Herbert published in ''Omni'' Magazine in July 1980, the author said: <br />
:"Enormous problems arise when human mistakes are made on the grand scale available to a superhero... Heroes are painful, superheroes are a catastrophe. The mistakes of superheroes involve too many of us in disaster." [http://www.dunenovels.com/news/genesis.html] <br />
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:"I had this theory that superheroes were disastrous for humans, that even if you postulated an infallible hero, the things this hero set in motion fell eventually into the hands of fallible mortals. What better way to destroy a civilization, society or a race than to set people into the wild oscillations which follow their turning over their critical judgment and decision-making faculties to a superhero?"<br />
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The emphasis on ecological and religious ideas and the use of many cultural themes made the novel a provocative departure from previous science fiction.<br />
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Political themes in the Dune series include human beings' susceptibility to mass manipulation by political propaganda, religious dogma (e.g., ''[[Missonaria Protectiva|The Missionaria Protectiva]]''), and sexual temptation, and the importance of self-awareness and self-mastery in resisting these types of control, as well as the study of power and control.<br />
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==Historical parallels to ''Dune''==<br />
From a historical perspective, many have noted similarities between the events of ''Dune'', in which a foreign-born son of an old colonial order unites disparate and warring tribes of religious desert nomads to win freedom from a decaying Imperial power, and the Arab Revolt of early 20th century Middle Eastern history, in which the British liaison officer T.E. Lawrence mobilized Arab fighters to break the power of the Ottoman Turks in the Arabian peninsula. While there are many striking parallels, one of the most trivial and bizarre may be that in the film adaptations ''[[Dune_(film)|Dune]]'' (1984) and ''Lawrence of Arabia'' (1962), both characters representing the old Imperial order (Emperor Shaddam IV and the Turkish Bey, respectively), are played by the actor Jose Ferrer. In his interview with ''OMNI'', Herbert explicitly identified [[CHOAM]] with OPEC, equating the spice ''melange'' to oil (it should be noted that OPEC did not become notable as a political power until after the publication of the first novel). Parallels can also be drawn to the European/Asian spice trade of early modern Europe and later eras, in particular between the Spacing Guild and the Dutch East India Company.<br />
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Another parallel story can be found in Basil Dearden's film ''Khartoum'' (1965), with Charlton Heston as General Gordon. The baroque, stylish and brocaded uniforms are very reminiscent of the Caladan ducal-court uniforms used in the first ''Dune'' movie. The British Empire sends out Gordon to administer Sudan and its capital Khartoum on behalf of Egypt, aware that this is virtually a suicide mission. Like Leto Atreides, General Gordon, a legendary and formidable warrior of the Empire, goes willingly to his demise. The historical basis of this film lies in the story of the Sudanese supposed [[Mahdi]], Muhammad Ahmad, an Islamic messianic figure that rose to power in the late 19th century. Paul Atreides is referred to as Mahdi at one point in the novel and in later novels, particularly [[Dune Messiah]]. The Mahdi's jihadist army prevails over the technologically superior British army in Sudan, just as the inspired Fremen defeat the Harkonnens' forces and imperial troops.<br />
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Another connection exists between the name of house Atreides and the name of the legendary Greek house of [[Atreus]], whose members figure prominently in many Greek tragedies.<br />
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None of these parallels can be pushed too far. In particular, none of them has rebels dethroning the emperor, or any parallel to the Bene Gesserit and its program or to the ecological aspects of the ''Dune'' story.<br />
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==Detailed synopsis==<br />
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The central figure of the book is Paul Atreides, son and [[heir presumptive]] to Duke Leto Atreides, head of the House Atreides, and Leto's [[concubine]], [[Jessica Atreides|Jessica]], a Bene Gesserit. The Bene Gesserit perform many functions in the Empire, as [[Truthsayer|Truthsayers]] (human lie detectors), negotiators, advisors, and teachers, but all these functions serve one deeper purpose: for at least ten thousand years, they have been selectively breeding humans trying to improve humanity. The goal of their breeding program is the [[Kwisatz Haderach]], a human being who will be aware of both female and male ancestral memories, and have the prescient abilities of the Guild's navigators. The Bene Gesserit are close, they believe, to the fruition of their plan, and Paul Atreides is at the heart of it. Jessica, his mother, disobeyed Bene Gesserit orders out of love for Leto Atreides, and gave birth to a boy, Paul. Her express orders had been to produce a girl, whom the Bene Gesserit would have mated with a Harkonnen, and they hoped from this union they would produce the Kwisatz Haderach. Ultimately, the change in plan causes Paul Atreides to exhibit unexpected resources, and possibilities that were unforeseen by the Bene Gesserit plan. <br />
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The Harkonnen attack is more diabolical, more powerful, and comes more quickly than the Atreides expect. The Harkonnens manage to gain a spy in the Atreides inner household, and in doing so achieve something unique in Imperial history: they break the "imperial conditioning" of a Suk doctor, which had been universally believed to make a person incapable of consciously causing physical harm. The Harkonnens bend the Atreides doctor &ndash; [[Wellington Yueh|Yueh]] &ndash; to their will by promising to release his wife from prolonged torture.<br />
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When the Harkonnens attack, Yueh lowers the defensive house shields and uses sedative drugs to disable Leto, Paul, and Jessica, leaving the Atreides leaderless and disorganized under the Harkonnen and Sardaukar military onslaught. The Atreides army is crushed, with only a few remnants managing to escape.<br />
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Paul and Jessica are sent into the desert to die. Because of the use of truthsayers in the Empire, the Baron Harkonnen needs to be able to say truthfully that he was not (directly) responsible for their deaths. However, this plan misfires and Paul and Jessica manage to kill their captors and escape into the desert, leaving the Harkonnens to believe that they died in a huge desert storm called a coriolis storm. <br />
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Meanwhile, Yueh, realizing that it is likely that the Harkonnens have been playing him for a dupe, and that his wife is probably dead already, plants a poison gas capsule, disguised as a tooth, in Leto's mouth, and informs Leto about it. When Yueh hands over Leto, Baron Harkonnen kills Yueh. Leto, still paralyzed, but conscious, attempts to kill the Baron by breaking the gas capsule, but misjudges his moment, and is only successful in killing the Baron's adviser and mentat, Piter de Vries. <br />
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In the deep desert, under the pressure of extreme circumstances and the increased doses of Spice that he has been ingesting simply by living on Arrakis, some of Paul's powers come into fruition, and his ability to see possible futures explodes into awareness. He sees many things, a way out of his situation, and the restoration of the Atreides, if only he can make contact with the Fremen and survive. <br />
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After a dangerous crossing of the desert, Paul and Jessica manage to meet up with a troop of Fremen. Paul and Jessica prove their worth by disarming Fremen in unarmed combat, aided by Bene Gesserit prana-bindu training &ndash; the "weirding way" &ndash; and the Fremen leader [[Stilgar]] gladly accepts them into his troop because he would like to add that skill to the Fremen people. Paul also meets a young woman, [[Chani]], daughter of [[Liet-Kynes]], whom he has long seen in his dreams. During this scuffle, Paul disarms a proud Fremen, Jamis, who takes offence at this "presumptuous" youth, and challenges Paul to a fight to the death. Superficially, this contest between a grown man and an untried fifteen-year-old boy would seem grossly unfair. But Paul had been trained by masters of the sword, and although at first unwilling to kill, he triumphs easily, making his name in the tribe, and also succeeding to the position of head of the household of the dead man. At the same time, Paul and Jessica are introduced to the deadly harshness of the Fremen lifestyle, as the Fremen ritually and literally render Jamis down to his water because it is so precious to them. Stilgar gives Paul the name ''Usul'' &ndash; meaning "the strong base of a pillar" &ndash; as his private name within the troop; Paul gives himself the name "Paul Muad'dib" as his public Fremen name. <br />
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When they return to the troop's hidden cave dwelling, known as a sietch, they discover the Fremen Reverend Mother is near death, and with the fortuitous arrival of Jessica, a Bene Gesserit, they make Jessica their [[Sayaddina]]. Jessica, not realizing the consequences of what the Fremen are about to do, accepts to cement her place in the tribe. Halfway through the process she realizes she has made a mistake, that she is involved in a similar process to how the Bene Gesserit make their own Reverend Mothers who can see genetic memories, and realizes that the baby in her womb, fathered by Leto before his death, will also go through the process. This has truly unfortunate consequences, because it is a Bene Gesserit teaching that any such baby will not have the strength to withstand the memories of its ancestors. In ''Dune Messiah'' it is shown that sooner or later, the consciousness of such a person will be overwhelmed by the personality of an ancestor, creating an "[[Abomination|abomination]]". <br />
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Years pass. Paul Muad'dib learns to be a Fremen, and becomes something of a religious leader among the Fremen. Chani becomes his lover (but not his wife, as will become significant later) and bears him a son, whom he calls Leto. He and his mother train the Fremen of [[Sietch Tabr]], and other Fremen who seek out Paul in his religious guise, in the weirding way, the Bene Gesserit's prana-bindu fighting techniques. Under his leadership his "Fedaykin" experience victory after victory against the Harkonnens, and Paul's prestige and aura among the Fremen grow.<br />
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In order to be truly accepted by the Fremen he must become a [[sandrider]]. The Fremen have a great secret: they have learned to control the giant [[Sandworm|sandworms]] native to [[Arrakis]]. Through the use of "maker hooks", they have learned to climb aboard the worms and take control of their course, enabling them to quickly move around the desert. This has given the Fremen better mobility than any of the series of occupying armies of Arrakis, as air power cannot be projected in the face of common coriolis storms. Obviously riding a giant sandworm is not the safest of tasks, but Paul attempts it and succeeds, becoming a full member of the sietch. <br />
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The same day, a band of smugglers sought melange too deep in the desert, and the Fremen of Sietch Tabr spring a trap. In the middle of the battle Paul recognises his weapons teacher, [[Gurney Halleck]], and calls on him and his men to surrender. Gurney is overjoyed and overwhelmed in equal measure. He surrenders his men, and joins Paul's service. Among Gurney's men, however, are some Imperial spies who attempt to kill Muad'dib. They are unsuccessful, and they are captured by the Fedaykin. Paul gives secret orders for the spies to be allowed to escape, so they reveal that Paul Atreides still lives on Arrakis. Taking advantage of recruiting Gurney Halleck, Paul uses the moment to solve his leadership problem. Since he has become a wormrider many of his followers have expected Muad'dib to challenge Stilgar, his greatest friend among the Fremen, in order to take control of Sietch Tabr. But Paul breaks tradition and in doing so forces Stilgar to do the same, managing to sidestep this issue by proclaiming himself the ruling Duke of Arrakis, and thus taking power without killing his friend. <br />
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They return to Sietch Tabr. Gurney is shocked to discover Jessica is still alive, because he believes she was the one who betrayed the Atreides and that Paul does not know. Gurney is about to kill her when Paul walks in, manages to stop him, and explains that Yueh was the traitor. Gurney is almost broken by his nearly fatal and tragic error, but Jessica forgives him and he is bound even further into Atreides and Jessica's service. <br />
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Paul's power among the Fremen grows, but he is still frustrated. He is not all he could be: he cannot control his journeys into the future, and much of it is still blank to him. So he takes a truly risky step and consumes a tiny amount of a concentrated form of melange called [[spice essence]], and so attempts to perform the male equivalent of the Reverend Mother ceremony. Previously to this no man has survived this experience, and it seems he fails also, because he sinks into a coma. <br />
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Paul neglects to tell anyone what he is doing; many people think he is dead, although others, primarily the Fedaykin, believe he is in a religious trance. His mother, Jessica, does all she can to wake him but fails, so out of desperation she calls Chani from the deep desert to help. Chani, through her more personal knowledge of Paul's dreams and desires, realises what a mad thing Paul has done, and uses spice essence converted by Jessica using her powers as a Reverend Mother to bring him out of his trance. For Paul no time has passed, and he glories in his new memories and powers &mdash; he tells his mother and Chani immediately that the Emperor himself is currently orbiting the planet with many Sardaukar, ready to attack. He has proven the Bene Gesserit wrong: he is the [[Kwisatz Haderach]], appearing one generation ahead of the prediction. He declares that it is now time to destroy the Harkonnens. <br />
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Fremen attacks on the Harkonnens had already managed to almost entirely stop the flow of the spice from Arrakis. This forced the Emperor to act, and he comes to Arrakis with all his Sardaukar, and also levies of all the other noble houses, to annihilate the Fremen if necessary in order to get the spice flowing again. <br />
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By now the Emperor is aware of who Muad'dib is. In advance of his arrival, he sends a large Sardaukar force into the deep desert for information. Attacking a sietch, they manage to kill Paul's son, and capture Alia &ndash; Paul's sister &ndash; but are driven off by Fremen children, old people and women. <br />
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After the Emperor himself has landed, Paul launches the final attack. Using the House Atriedes' family atomics (nuclear weapons) that his men managed to retrieve after the Harkonnen attack, he blows a hole in the Shield Wall (a mountain/rock wall) that protects the capital of Dune, Arrakeen, from the surrounding desert and its fierce storms. By using the weapons this way, he narrowly avoids contravening the universal ban against using atomics on people, which would have required the other noble houses to retaliate with "planetary annihilation". The Fremen attack under cover of a huge desert storm, riding sandworms from the desert and through the hole in the Shield Wall. The great static force of the sandstorm then shorts out all of the Sarduakar's defensive shields. The Sardaukar are unable to withstand the full force of the Fremen, caught as they are in total surprise, and the Emperor is forced to surrender. The combined forces of the Landsraad still loom in orbit around the planet, but Paul threatens to destroy the Spice if any of them try to land, and they back off. In the surprise of Muad'dib's attack, Alia manages to escape, and in the process kills Baron Harkonnen. <br />
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Realizing that Muad'dib is not some mad Fremen religious leader changes the situation dramatically for the Emperor. [[Feyd-Rautha]], the Baron's nephew, an acclaimed gladiator, challenges Paul to single combat; claiming rights of ''kanly'' as had been declared by Paul's father Leto. Kanly is a formal feud or vendetta under the rules of the Great Convention carried on according to the strictest limitations. Paul agrees even knowing that it is possible he will die, but after a difficult fight during which Feyd-Rautha attempts treachery in the form of a poisoned knife and needle, Paul eventually triumphs. <br />
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Paul refuses to take any more nonsense. He forces the Emperor from the throne by the simple expedience of taking power from the real rulers of the Empire &ndash; the Spacing Guild &ndash; who control space travel. He again threatens to destroy the spice if they do not ship all the troops home. The Spacing Guild have no choice &ndash; their limited powers of prophecy show Paul is capable of it &ndash; and they send everyone home. The Emperor abdicates and retires to Salusa Secundus. Paul marries (in name only) the Emperor's eldest daughter, [[Irulan]], and assumes control of the Empire. <br />
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Paul promises the Fremen that he will turn Arrakis into a garden planet, and all seems well in the universe of Paul Atreides.<br />
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==List of characters==<br />
The characters are listed by primary allegiances. In some cases these allegiances change or reveal themselves to be different in the course of the novels.<br />
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=== [[House Atreides]] ===<br />
* [[Duke Leto Atreides]], leader of [[House Atreides]]<br />
* [[Jessica Atreides|Lady Jessica]], [[Bene Gesserit]] and concubine of the Duke. Mother of Paul and Alia<br />
* [[Paul Atreides]], the Duke's only son<br />
* [[Alia Atreides]], Paul's younger sister<br />
* [[Thufir Hawat]], [[mentat]] and Master of Assassins to House Atreides<br />
* [[Gurney Halleck]], staunchly loyal troubadour warrior of the Atreides<br />
* [[Duncan Idaho]], Sword Master for House Atreides<br />
* Dr. [[Wellington Yueh]], Suk doctor for the Atreides<br />
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=== [[House Harkonnen]] ===<br />
* [[Barons of House Harkonnen|Baron]] [[Vladimir Harkonnen]], leader of House Harkonnen<br />
* [[Piter De Vries]], twisted [[mentat]]<br />
* [[Feyd-Rautha]], nephew of the Baron<br />
* [[Glossu Rabban|Glossu 'Beast' Rabban]], also called Rabban Harkonnen, older nephew of the Baron<br />
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=== [[House Corrino]] ===<br />
* [[Shaddam IV]], the Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe<br />
* [[Irulan]] the Emperor's eldest daughter and heir. Also an historian.<br />
* Reverend Mother [[Gaius Helen Mohiam]], Bene Gesserit schemer, the Emperor's Truthsayer.<br />
* Count [[Hasimir Fenring]], a [[eunuch]] and the Emperor's closest friend and advisor (not a Corrino per se)<br />
* [[Farad'n]], Shaddam's grandson and potential heir to the throne of House Corrino. A young scholar, and dabbler in various subjects.<br />
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=== [[Fremen]] ===<br />
* [[Stilgar]], Fremen Naib<br />
* [[Chani]], Paul's beloved Fremen concubine<br />
* [[Liet-Kynes]], the "gone native" half-Fremen Imperial Planetologist on [[Arrakis]]<br />
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==Awards==<br />
*Nebula award for best novel in 1965<br />
*Hugo award for best novel 1966. Joint first place with ''...And Call Me Conrad'' by Roger Zelazny<br />
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Written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.<br />
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Approximately 10 years after the events in Dune: [[House Atreides]].<br />
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[[Liet Kynes]] takes up leadership of the [[Fremen]] after his fathers death.<br />
[[Lady Jessica]] enters service of [[House Atreides]].<br />
Dr. [[Wellington Yueh]] enters service of [[House Atreides]].<br />
[[Gurney Halleck]] escapes [[House Harkonnen]] and enters service of [[House Atreides]].<br />
[[Feyd-Rautha]] joins [[House Harkonnen]].<br />
[[Duncan Idaho]] goes through [[swordmaster]] training on [[Ginaz]].<br />
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<div>Second of the Prequels Trilogy.<br />
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Written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.<br />
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Aproximatly 10 years after the events in Dune: [[House Atreides]].<br />
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[[Liet Kynes]] takes up leadership of the [[Fremen]] after his fathers death.<br />
[[Lady Jessica]] enters service of [[House Atreides]].<br />
Dr. [[Wellington Yueh]] enters service of [[House Atreides]].<br />
[[Gurney Halleck]] escapes [[House Harkonnen]] and enters service of [[House Atreides]].<br />
[[Feyd-Rautha]] joins [[House Harkonnen]].<br />
[[Duncan Idaho]] goes through [[swordmaster]] training on [[Ginaz]].<br />
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<div>Second of the Prequils Trilogy.<br />
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Written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.<br />
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Aproximatly 10 years after the events in Dune: [[House Atreides]].<br />
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[[Liet Kynes]] takes up leadership of the [[Fremen]] after his fathers death.<br />
[[Lady Jessica]] enters service of [[House Atreides]].<br />
Dr. [[Wellington Yueh]] enters service of [[House Atreides]].<br />
[[Gurney Halleck]] escapes [[House Harkonnen]] and enters service of [[House Atreides]].<br />
[[Feyd-Rautha]] joins [[House Harkonnen]].<br />
[[Duncan Idaho]] goes through [[swordmaster]] training on [[Ginaz]].<br />
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<div>First of the Preludes Trilogy.<br />
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Written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson this book details events leading up to [[Dune]].<br />
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[[Shaddam IV]] takes the Imperial Throne. <br />
Duke [[Paulus]] is assassinated to be replaced by [[Leto I]]. <br />
Duncan Idaho enters the service of [[House Atreides]]. <br />
Baron [[Harkonnen]] sires a daughter by the [[Bene Gesserit]]. <br />
[[Pardot Kynes]] begins plans for the ecological transformation of [[Arrakis]].<br />
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==Dune: House Atreides==<br />
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==Dune: House Harkonnen==<br />
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'''Hayt''' was the first [[ghola]] of [[Duncan Idaho]] which was produced by the [[Bene Gesserit]] in a plot to kill [[Paul Atreides]]. However, the ghola regains the original Duncan Idaho's memories. He later marries [[Alia Atreides]]. He is later killed by [[Stilgar]].<br />
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<div>'''Hayt''' was the first [[ghola]] of [[Duncan Idaho]] which was produced by the [[Bene Gesserit]] in a plot to kill [[Paul Atreides]]. However, the ghola regains the original Duncan Idaho's memories. He later marries [[Alia Atreides]].</div>Dunenewthttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Kwisatz_Haderach&diff=10254Kwisatz Haderach2010-03-11T17:53:45Z<p>Dunenewt: Created page with 'The 'shortening of the way''. {{stub}} Category:Bene Gesserit'</p>
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'''''Thufir Hawat''''' (Master of Assassins-[[Mentat]]) (???-10,193): The greatest mentat of his age. Thufir was a tough, vigorous old man whose [[Atreides]] roots stood always firm. Young and strong in his young age he was not only sharp with his wit but also with the sword. Time took its toll though and training three generations tested him. A great thinker and dreamer, Thufir was always loyal to the Duke. He went so far as to kill himself for [[Paul Atreides]] his student and rightful ruler to the house.<br />
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Enlisted into the Atreides as their Mentat, Hawat was considered one of the Imperium's greatest Mentat. He was an instructor to Paul Muad'dib and helped clear [[Arrakis]] of [[Harkonnen]] threats during the Atreides arrival. (''[[Thufir Hawat|help improve...]]'')</div>Dunenewthttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Thufir_Hawat&diff=10250Thufir Hawat2010-03-11T15:58:06Z<p>Dunenewt: </p>
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<div>Thufir Hawat (Master of Assassins-[[Mentat]]) (???-10,193): The greatest mentat of his age. Thufir was a tough, vigorous old man whose [[Atreides]] roots stood always firm. Young and strong in his young age he was not only sharp with his wit but also with the sword. Time took its toll though and training three generations tested him. A great thinker and dreamer, Thufir was always loyal to the Duke. He went so far as to kill himself for [[Paul Atreides]] his student and rightful ruler to the house.<br />
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Enlisted into the Atreides as their Mentat, Hawat was considered one of the Imperium's greatest Mentat. He was an instructor to Paul Muad'dib and helped clear [[Arrakis]] of [[Harkonnen]] threats during the Atreides arrival.<br />
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<div>'''Noree Moneo''' is the [[Atreides]] [[Mentat]] in the game ''[[Dune 2000]]''. He is portrayed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rhys-Davies John Rhys-Davies]. Noree Moneo is charismatic, noble and just, and intensely loyal to his Duke.<br />
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==Character Analysis==<br />
Noree Moneo's name is a combination of two names taken from the novel ''[[God Emperor of Dune]]'': [[Hwi Noree]] and [[Moneo]]. Other mentats from Dune 2000 also have such combined names that are based on names from Frank Herbert's novels.<br />
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Unlike other Dune 2000 characters, who generally resemble characters from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lynch David Lynch]'s [[Dune (movie)|Dune]], Noree Moneo bears very little resemblance to [[Thufir Hawat]]. Moneo is portrayed as a more active, more emotional and charismatic person. He plays an important role in establishing contact with the [[Fremen]], which ultimately results in an alliance between the Fremen and House Atreides.<br />
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"''Emperor, we come for you!''" - Noree Moneo in the last mission briefing (NOTE: This is actually a quote from David Lynch's Dune movie).<br />
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<div>'''Hayt De Vries''' is the [[Harkonnen]] mentat in [[Dune 2000]]. He was portrayed by Robert Carin. He is described as being ruthless, brilliant, cold, cruel, and an egomaniac.<br />
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The name comes from a portmanteau of two names given in the Dune books, namely [[Piter De Vries]], and [[Hayt]], the [[Duncan Idaho]] ghola. <br />
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In the Dune 2000 manual, it states that Hayt is a [[ghola]] purchased from the [[Tleilaxu]].<br />
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<div>'''Hayt De Vries''' is the [[Harkonnen]] mentat in [[Dune 2000]]. He was portrayed by Robert Carin. He is described as being ruthless, brilliant, cold, cruel, and an egomaniac.<br />
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The name comes from a portmanteau of two names given in the Dune books, namely [[Piter De Vries]], and [[Hayt]], the [[Duncan Idaho]] ghola. <br />
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<div>'''Radnor''' is the [[Mentat]] for [[House Harkonnen]] in [[Dune II]]. He is described as being unstable, having a lust for power, and an ability to persuade. However, the Dune II manual also states that the extent to which Radnor is trusted is unknown.<br />
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Radnor reached his position by assassinating the last Harkonnen Mentat, '''Marko''', who had been his teacher and guide, which, according to the Dune II manual, makes him a true Harkonnen. In [[Dune 2000]], the Harkonnen Mentat is [[Hayt De Vries]], but there was no mention of what happened to Radnor.<br />
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Radnor is a bald male, who appears to have a hunch.<br />
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