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Leto II Atreides, the God Emperor, has ruled the universe as a tyrant for 3,500 years after becoming a hybrid of human and sandworm.The death of all other sandworms as a result of the terraforming of Arrakis, and his control of the remaining supply of the all-important spice, has allowed him to keep civilization under his complete command.
Leto II Atreides (/ ˈ l eɪ t oʊ ə ˈ t r eɪ ɪ d iː z /) [1] is a fictional character from the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert.Born at the end of Dune Messiah (1969), Leto is a central character in Children of Dune (1976) and is the title character of God Emperor of Dune (1981).
Worm-riding is used as a coming-of-age ritual among the Fremen, and Paul's riding and controlling a giant sandworm cements him as a Fremen leader. [22] Paul also uses worms for troop transport into the city during the Battle of Arrakeen after using atomic weapons to blow a hole in the Shield Wall. After the reign of Leto II, sandworms become un ...
The bitter rival of House Harkonnen, House Atreides is led by Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac). His son and heir, Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet), is the story’s protagonist.
This reckoning can refer to Paul Atreides in the form of the Kwisatz Haderach, or his son Leto II, who transforms into a giant worm and becomes a dictator in Children of Dune and God Emperor of ...
The Atreides are betrayed by one of their own—the family's personal physician, Dr. Yueh (Chang Chen), who believes the Harkonnens are holding his wife captive and endlessly torturing her—and ...
In describing the Golden Path to Farad'n, Leto reveals that he will live for thousands of years due to the sandworm skin and genetics he is encased in. Leto marries Ghanima to consolidate power, but because his sandworm skin destroyed his ability to reproduce, he allows Farad'n to be her true consort so the Atreides line can continue.
Giant slug-man Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (an unrecognizable Stellan Skarsgård) tortured the noble Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac, naked for some reason) in Dune: Part 1.