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Paul Atreides (/ ə ˈ t r eɪ ɪ d iː z /; [2] later known as Paul Muad'Dib, and later still as The Preacher) is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert.He is a main character in the first two novels in the series, Dune (1965) and Dune Messiah (1969), and returns in Children of Dune (1976).
In Dune, Paul is the teenage son and heir of Duke Leto Atreides and Lady Jessica, whose family is thrown into the dangerous political intrigues centered on the inhospitable desert planet Arrakis, only known source of the oracular spice melange, the most important and valuable substance in the universe.
Arrakis (/ ə ˈ r ɑː k ɪ s /) [1] —informally known as Dune and later called Rakis—is a fictional desert planet featured in the Dune series of novels by Frank Herbert.Herbert's first novel in the series, 1965's Dune, is considered one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time, [2] and it is sometimes cited as the best-selling science fiction novel in history.
Shalom Brune-Franklin plays Mikaela, a Fremen woman from Arrakis who lives on the Emperor's planet. She works in a spice den on Salusa Secundus. "Dune: Prophecy" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO ...
Fast forward 3,500 years after Children of Dune, and Arrakis is a whole new world—no longer a desert planet, it is lush and full of life. Leto Atreides, Paul's son, is still alive; he is ...
The fact that the Atreides-Harkonnen feud has persisted from the time of Dune: Prophecy to Dune suggests that the rivalry is essential to Herbert's universe. Yet the origins of the rift go largely ...
In Dune, Duke Leto Atreides, his Bene Gesserit concubine Lady Jessica, and their son Paul arrive on Arrakis to take control of melange mining operations there. The mysterious Fremen housekeeper at the palace of Arrakeen is known as the Shadout Mapes, and when Paul saves her life from a deadly hunter-seeker intended to kill him, Mapes warns of a traitor in the Atreides household.
As Dune begins, the 81st Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV sends Sardaukar to join the forces of the Baron Harkonnen in their attack on the stronghold of Duke Leto Atreides on the desert planet Arrakis. The Atreides forces are crushed and the Duke killed, but Leto's concubine, Lady Jessica, and son, Paul, escape and find refuge with the native Fremen ...