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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).
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 ...
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]
Awakened in the womb by the spice, the children are the heirs to Paul's prescient vision of the fate of the universe, a role that Alia desperately craves. House Corrino schemes to return to the throne, while the Bene Gesserit make common cause with the Tleilaxu and Spacing Guild to gain control of the spice and the children of Paul Atreides.
The Tleilaxu themselves step into the foreground in Dune Messiah as their Face Dancer Scytale enters into a conspiracy with the Bene Gesserit, Spacing Guild, and House Corrino to topple the rule of Paul Atreides. To this end, the Tleilaxu resurrect Paul's dead friend Duncan Idaho as the ghola Hayt, trained as a Mentat. Hayt's function is to ...
Paul himself is an eventual villain of sorts, but the whole point of Feyd-Rautha is that at least in this vacuum, Paul is the lesser of two evils. And Butler's demeanor makes that distinction very ...
As Paul's soldiers target the conspirators, an atomic weapon sourced from the Tleilaxu called a stone burner destroys the area. Many soldiers are maimed or killed, but crucially, Paul is blinded by the attack. By tradition, all blind Fremen exile themselves in the desert, but Paul shocks the Fremen by proving he can still see despite his condition.
Like Paul Atreides, Feyd is also the product of a centuries-long breeding program organized by the Bene Gesserit, who planned to breed a Harkonnen son with an Atreides daughter with the expectation that their offspring would have a high probability of being their hoped-for super-being, the Kwisatz Haderach. For this reason, Lady Jessica's ...