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Dune follows Paul, the scion of House Atreides, as his family is thrown into the dangerous political intrigues centered on the desert planet Arrakis, only known source of the oracular spice melange, the most important and valuable substance in the universe. The series spans 5,000 years, focusing on Paul and then his various descendants.
House Atreides: House Harkonnen: House Corrino: Baron Vladimir Harkonnen: Tanidia Nerus [n 1]: Anirul: Shaddam IV: Leto I Atreides: Lady Jessica [n 2]: Count Dalak Kenola: Princess Wensicia
Images of characters from the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert, as presented in television, film and print media. Media in category " Dune (franchise) character images" The following 26 files are in this category, out of 26 total.
The Dune saga is set thousands of years in humanity's future.Faster-than-light travel has been developed, and humans have colonized a vast number of worlds. However, a great reaction against computers has resulted in a ban on any "thinking machine", with the creation or possession of such punishable by immediate death.
The Bene Gesserit (/ ˈ b ɛ n iː ˈ dʒ ɛ s ər ɪ t /) [1] are a group in Frank Herbert's fictional Dune universe.A powerful social, religious, and political force, the Bene Gesserit is described as an exclusive sisterhood whose members train their bodies and minds through years of physical and mental conditioning to obtain superhuman powers and abilities that seem magical to outsiders. [2]
As a child actress, Alicia Witt portrayed Alia in the 1984 film Dune. Alia Atreides (/ ə ˈ l iː ə ə ˈ t r eɪ ɪ d iː z /) [1] [2] is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. She was introduced in the first novel of the series, 1965's Dune, and was originally killed in Herbert's first version of the manuscript ...
Margot, Lady Fenring is a fictional character from the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. She is featured in Herbert's Dune (1965), and is a major character in the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy (1999–2001) and the 2008 novel Paul of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. She later appears in the Caladan Trilogy (2020–2022).
Chani is portrayed by actress Sean Young in the David Lynch film Dune (1984), [8] Barbora Kodetová plays Chani in the John Harrison miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) and its sequel Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003). [9] [10] Emmet Asher-Perrin of Tor.com wrote that "Kodetová is divine as Chani in both her sensitivity and fierceness ...