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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 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]
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.
Set 10,000 years before the birth of Paul Atreides and his rise as the prophesied messiah known as Lisan-al-Gaib, HBO's new Dune: Prophecy series chronicles the early evolution of the Bene ...
Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune: Part Two’ continues the epic journey of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) as he rises to power on the desert planet Arrakis. Find out how to stream the film from home.
Edward Davis is Harrow Harkonnen, who is trying to transform his house back into a powerful entity. The Harkonnens eventually become the archenemies of House Atreides in the "Dune" movies. Evgeny ...
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 ...
The series explores the beginning of the enigmatic Bene Gesserit sect the manipulates the forces of power in the world of Dune and created the prophesy that led to Paul Atreides's rise 10,000 ...