Editing List of Dune characters (section)

== Introduced in ''Dune'' (1965) ==

=== Paul Atreides ===
{{main|Paul Atreides}}
In ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'', Paul is the son and heir of Duke [[#Leto I Atreides|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 (fictional drug)|melange]], the most important and valuable substance in the universe. Paul has been trained by his father and several Atreides attendants in fighting and the art of war, and by his mother in some of her [[Bene Gesserit]] disciplines. Paul also possesses burgeoning [[prescient]] abilities, which are further unlocked by the inescapable exposure to melange on Arrakis. House Atreides is soon betrayed and scattered, with Leto killed, his forces devastated, and Paul and Jessica forced to flee into the open desert. They are taken in by the native [[Fremen]], a secretive population of fierce fighters who thrive despite the scarcity of water and presence of aggressive, giant [[sandworm (Dune)|sandworms]]. Paul rises to lead the planetwide Fremen forces against the Imperial stranglehold over Arrakis, ultimately seizing control of the planet and deposing [[Padishah Emperor]] [[Shaddam IV]]. In ''[[Dune Messiah]]'', Paul's empire is challenged by the conspiracies of various factions hoping to destroy him, while a jihad in his name rages across the universe. After he is blinded by a devastating weapon known as a [[stone burner]], Paul exiles himself into the desert, per Fremen custom. Paul returns under the guise of "The Preacher" in ''[[Children of Dune]],'' rallying against the Fremen religion and the jihad raging in his name. The Preacher is ultimately assassinated by one of Alia's guards after calling her a blasphemer. 

Paul is portrayed by [[Kyle MacLachlan]] in the 1984 film adaptation ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]'',<ref name="dune maslin"/> and by [[Alec Newman]] in the 2000 miniseries ''[[Frank Herbert's Dune]]''<ref name="NYT Stasio"/> and its 2003 sequel, ''[[Frank Herbert's Children of Dune]]''.<ref name="NYT Wertheimer">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/15/arts/television-review-a-stormy-family-on-a-sandy-planet.html |title=Television Review: A Stormy Family on a Sandy Planet |first=Ron |last=Wertheimer |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 15, 2003 |access-date=January 19, 2015 |archive-date=January 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119194500/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/15/arts/television-review-a-stormy-family-on-a-sandy-planet.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref> The character is played by [[Timothée Chalamet]] in the 2021 film ''[[Dune (2021 film)|Dune]]''<ref name="ew dune 2021">{{Cite magazine |last=Greenblatt |first=Leah |date=September 3, 2021 |title=''Dune'' review: Denis Villeneuve's Starry Sci-fi Epic Is Breathtaking, and a Little Bit Maddening |url=https://ew.com/movies/movie-reviews/dune-movie-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904100739/https://ew.com/movies/movie-reviews/dune-movie-review/ |archive-date=September 4, 2021 |access-date=September 25, 2021 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> and its sequel, ''[[Dune: Part Two]]'' (2024).<ref name="rt dune two">{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/dune-part-2-cast-characters-actors/|title=''Dune: Part Two'' Cast: Full List of Actors and Characters in Sequel|website=[[Radio Times]]|first=Lewis|last=Knight|date=July 13, 2023|access-date=August 3, 2023|archive-date=August 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803231511/https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/dune-part-2-cast-characters-actors/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Lady Jessica ===
{{main|Lady Jessica}}
In ''Dune'', Lady Jessica is the [[concubine]] of Duke Leto and the mother of his son Paul and daughter [[Alia Atreides|Alia]]. Jessica is one of the Bene Gesserit, a secretive, [[matriarchy|matriarchal]] order who achieve superhuman abilities through physical and mental conditioning and the use of the drug melange. Instructed by the Bene Gesserit to first conceive a daughter with Leto to further the order's centuries-long [[breeding program (Dune)|breeding program]], she disobeyed out of love for Leto, and gave him a son. This seemingly minor misstep puts the Atreides bloodline on a collision course with events that will ultimately change the fate of the universe. Pregnant with Alia, Jessica flees into the desert with Paul as House Atreides is all but destroyed by the forces of the wicked Baron [[Vladimir Harkonnen]]. Finding refuge with the native Fremen, she and Paul take advantage of the legends planted there by Bene Gesserit religious engineering, casting themselves as the prophesied [[messiah]] and his mother. Jessica undergoes the Fremen version of the Bene Gesserit [[spice agony]] ritual, becoming a [[Reverend Mother (Dune)|Reverend Mother]] and unlocking [[Other Memory]], the personas and memories of all her female ancestors. But doing so while pregnant subjects the unborn Alia to an onslaught of heightened awareness for which her fragile consciousness is not prepared. Jessica returns to Arrakis in ''Children of Dune'' and recognizes that Alia, who serves as regent for Paul and Chani's twin children, [[Leto II Atreides|Leto II]] and [[#Ghanima Atreides|Ghanima]], has succumbed to the dangers of her unique birth and become possessed. Jessica escapes an assassination attempt by Alia, and trains [[#Farad'n|Farad'n]], the grandson of Shaddam IV, in the Bene Gesserit way.

Lady Jessica is portrayed by [[Francesca Annis]] in the 1984 film.<ref name="dune maslin"/> [[Saskia Reeves]] plays the role in the 2000 miniseries,<ref name="NYT Stasio"/> and is succeeded by [[Alice Krige]] in its 2003 sequel.<ref name="NYT Wertheimer"/> [[Rebecca Ferguson]] portrays Jessica in the 2021 film<ref name="ew dune 2021"/> and its 2024 sequel.<ref name="rt dune two"/>

=== Leto I Atreides ===
{{Infobox character
| name         = Leto I Atreides
| series       = [[Dune (franchise)|Dune]]
| first        = ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'' (1965)
| last         = <!-- Character is actively used -->
| creator      = [[Frank Herbert]]
| portrayer    = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jürgen Prochnow]] ([[Dune (1984 film)|1984 film]])
* [[William Hurt]] ([[Frank Herbert's Dune|2000 series]])
* [[Oscar Isaac]] ([[Dune (2021 film)|2021 film]])
}}
| title             = Duke and planetary governor of [[Caladan]] and [[Arrakis]]
| family            = [[House Atreides]]
| significant_other = [[Lady Jessica]] ([[concubine]])
| children          = {{Plainlist|
* [[Paul Atreides]] (son)
* [[Alia Atreides]] (daughter)
* [[Leto II Atreides]] (grandson)
* [[#Ghanima Atreides|Ghanima Atreides]] (granddaughter)
}}
| lbl21        = Prequel relatives
| data21       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Kailea Vernius]] (concubine)
* Victor Atreides (son)
* [[Paulus Atreides]] (father)
* [[Helena Richese]] (mother)
}}
}}

Duke Leto Atreides is the planetary governor of the [[ocean planet]] [[Caladan]] who takes over the lucrative spice mining operations on the desert planet Arrakis at the behest of the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV. Knowing it is some kind of trap but unable to refuse the assignment, Leto proactively seeks an alliance with the native Fremen, people tempered by the planet's harsh conditions who Leto realizes are an underestimated and untapped resource. He is accompanied to Arrakis by his Bene Gesserit concubine Lady Jessica, with whom he is in love but has not married to allow for the possibility of a politically advantageous marriage, and his son and heir, Paul. Threatened by Leto's growing influence among the [[Landsraad]] assembly of noble families, Shaddam has aligned himself with Leto's enemy, the Baron Harkonnen. The Harkonnens, secretly bolstered by Shaddam's fierce [[Sardaukar]] warriors and aided by Leto's own personal physician, the [[Suk doctor]] [[#Wellington Yueh|Wellington Yueh]], launch an attack that devastates the Atreides forces. Leto is taken prisoner by the Baron, and dies attempting to kill him.
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The character has been described as "regal and doomed",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/dune-review-remarkable-sci-fi-remake-gets-everything-right-from-the-cast-to-the-sandworms/|title=''Dune'' Review: Remarkable New Film Gets Everything Right, From the Cast to the Sandworms|first=Soren|last=Andersen|date=October 14, 2021|website=[[The Seattle Times]]|access-date=July 30, 2023|archive-date=May 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530152139/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/dune-review-remarkable-sci-fi-remake-gets-everything-right-from-the-cast-to-the-sandworms/|url-status=live}}</ref> and "warmly protective but all-too-vulnerable".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |date=September 3, 2021 |title=''Dune'' Review: Spectacular and Engrossing{{nbsp}}... Until It Isn't |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/dune-review-spectacular-and-engrossing-until-it-isnt-1235051928/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919232604/https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/dune-review-spectacular-and-engrossing-until-it-isnt-1235051928/ |archive-date=September 19, 2021 |access-date=September 24, 2021 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

Leto is portrayed by [[Jürgen Prochnow]] in the 1984 film.<ref name="dune maslin"/> Ben Sherlock of ''[[Screen Rant]]'' called Prochnow "mesmerizing" in the role, with "a commanding screen presence" that "brought slightly more grit" than subsequent portrayals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/dune-1984-2021-best-performances/|title=''Dune'' 1984 Vs 2021: Who Played Each Role Best?|date=April 12, 2022|first=Ben|last=Sherlock|website=[[Screen Rant]]|access-date=July 30, 2023|archive-date=July 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730052430/https://screenrant.com/dune-1984-2021-best-performances/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[William Hurt]] plays Leto in the 2000 miniseries.<ref name="NYT Stasio"/> Hurt was the first actor to be cast in the 2000 adaptation. A fan of the novel, he told ''[[The New York Times]]'', "I was a science fiction junkie ... [Director [[John Harrison (director)|John Harrison]]] captured Herbert's prophetic reflection of our own age, where nation-states are competing with the new global economy and its corporate elements."<ref name="NYT Stasio"/> Emmet Asher-Perrin of ''[[Tor.com]]'' wrote that Hurt "brings a certain reserved calm that works for the character."<ref name="tor 2000">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tor.com/2017/05/09/syfys-dune-miniseries-is-the-most-okay-adaptation-of-the-book-to-date/|title=Syfy's ''Dune'' Miniseries Is the Most Okay Adaptation of the Book to Date|first=Emmet|last=Asher-Perrin|date=May 9, 2017|website=[[Tor.com]]|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-date=February 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223074241/https://www.tor.com/2017/05/09/syfys-dune-miniseries-is-the-most-okay-adaptation-of-the-book-to-date/|url-status=live}}</ref> Leto is portrayed by [[Oscar Isaac]] in the 2021 film.<ref name="ew dune 2021"/> Chaim Gartenberg of ''[[The Verge]]'' wrote, "Isaac exudes a sense of righteous honor, and it’s easy to see both why his men would follow him to a forsaken desert world and why he falls so thoroughly into the political traps."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/22737214/dune-review-hbo-max-denis-villeneuve-timothee-chalamet-sandworm|title=''Dune'' Puts an Epic Franchise Ahead of Its Epic Story|first=Chaim|last=Gartenberg|date=October 21, 2021|website=[[The Verge]]|access-date=July 30, 2023|archive-date=July 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729091226/https://www.theverge.com/22737214/dune-review-hbo-max-denis-villeneuve-timothee-chalamet-sandworm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2020, [[Funko]] produced a Duke Leto figure as part of their POP! Television line. It is a {{convert|4.5|in|cm|adj=on}} vinyl figure in the Japanese [[chibi (style)|chibi]] style, depicting Leto in armor and styled after the 2021 [[Denis Villeneuve]] film.<ref name="cod toys">{{Cite web|url=https://duneinfo.com/collectors-of-dune/toys|title=Toys|website=Collectors of Dune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603235709/https://duneinfo.com/collectors-of-dune/toys|archive-date=June 3, 2023|access-date=August 1, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

Leto is also a primary character in the prequel trilogies ''[[Prelude to Dune]]'' and ''[[The Caladan Trilogy]]'' by [[Brian Herbert]] and [[Kevin J. Anderson]]. In ''Prelude to Dune'', young Leto's mother, [[Helena Richese|Helena]], arranges for his father, expert [[bullfighting|bullfighter]] Duke [[Paulus Atreides]], to be killed by a drugged [[Salusan bull]] so she can rule Caladan as Leto's regent. He exiles his mother to a distant convent to avoid the scandal of a public execution, and as duke takes [[Kailea Vernius]] of the industrial planet [[Ix (Dune)|Ix]] as his concubine. They have a son, Victor, but grow apart, and Kailea's resentment and insecurities build. Threatened by Leto's attraction to the Bene Gesserit acolyte Jessica, Kailea attempts to kill him, but in the ensuing accident her brother [[Rhombur Vernius|Rhombur]] is critically injured and Victor is killed. Kailea commits suicide, and Leto takes Jessica as his concubine. Though instructed by the Bene Gesserit to bear the mourning Leto a daughter, Jessica intentionally conceives the son he desires, Paul. Leto surrounds himself with loyal and capable individuals, and comes to be known as an effective politician, a fair and just statesman, and a capable leader of his small military. The new Padishah Emperor, Shaddam IV, both admires Leto and dislikes him as a political rival. Leto's military victory over the [[Tleilaxu]] forces occupying Ix, and his role in the subsequent political censure of Shaddam, ensure Leto a vengeful enemy in the emperor.
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=== Vladimir Harkonnen ===
{{main|Vladimir Harkonnen}}
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is the ruthless and cunning head of House Harkonnen, centuries-old enemies of House Atreides. The Baron's intent to exterminate the Atreides line seems close to fruition as Duke Leto is lured to Arrakis on the pretense of taking over the lucrative spice mining operation there, previously controlled by the Harkonnens. The Baron has coerced Leto's own physician, the trusted Suk doctor Wellington Yueh, to be his agent in the Atreides household. Yueh disables the protective shields around the Atreides palace and the Harkonnen forces (secretly supplemented by the seemingly unstoppable Imperial Sardaukar warriors) attack. Yueh gives a captive Leto the means to assassinate the Baron, who survives the attempt as Leto dies. Escaping into the desert and later presumed dead, Leto's son Paul reveals to his mother, Lady Jessica, that the Baron is her father. The Baron's succession plan is to install his charismatic yet deadly younger nephew, [[Feyd-Rautha]], as ruler of Arrakis after a period of tyrannical misrule by his brutish elder nephew, [[#Rabban|Glossu Rabban]], making Feyd appear to be the savior of the people. A crisis on Arrakis begins when the mysterious [[Muad'Dib]] emerges as a leader of the native Fremen tribes, uniting them against Harkonnen rule. Eventually, a series of Fremen victories against Rabban threaten to disrupt the trade of the spice, attracting the attention of Shaddam IV himself. The emperor arrives on Arrakis with several legions of his Sardaukar, and he and the Baron are shocked to discover that the Fremen warlord Muad'Dib is actually Paul Atreides. The Fremen, previously underestimated by the Harkonnens, overcome the Imperial and Harkonnen forces thanks to Paul's military strategy, their own ferocity and their ability to use sandstorms and the giant sandworms of Arrakis to their advantage. Paul's sister Alia, four years old but born a fully aware Fremen Reverend Mother, reveals to the Baron that he is her grandfather before she kills him with a poisoned needle called a [[gom jabbar]].

In ''Children of Dune'', Alia succumbs to the dangers of her unique birth and is possessed by the persona of the deceased Baron Harkonnen. As he promises his assistance in quelling the multitude of other ancestral voices assailing her, Alia gradually relinquishes control of herself to the Baron, and descends into depravity and a lust for power sure to destroy the Atreides empire from within. Eventually realizing that the Baron's consciousness has surpassed her abilities to contain him, Alia commits suicide, killing the Baron in the process.

Baron Harkonnen is portrayed by [[Kenneth McMillan (actor)|Kenneth McMillan]] in the 1984 film,<ref name="dune maslin"/> and by [[Ian McNeice]] in the 2000 miniseries<ref name="NYT Stasio"/> and its 2003 sequel.<ref name="NYT Wertheimer"/> [[Stellan Skarsgård]] portrays the character in the 2021 film<ref name="ew dune 2021"/> and its 2024 sequel.<ref name="rt dune two"/>

=== Chani ===
{{main|Chani (character)}}
Chani is the daughter of [[#Liet-Kynes|Liet-Kynes]], the Imperial Planetologist on Arrakis, and his Fremen wife Faroula. In ''Dune'', Paul Atreides sees Chani in his prescient dreams before his family moves from Caladan to Arrakis. Later, Paul and his mother Jessica flee the Harkonnen attack that kills his father and devastates the Atreides forces, and are reluctantly taken in by a tribe of the planet's native desert people, the Fremen. Chani, a fierce warrior, is assigned to protect and guide Paul in the Fremen ways. They soon become lovers, and Paul, now known as Muad'Dib, rises as a military and religious leader among the Fremen. Their rebellion against the Harkonnens intensifies, and Paul and Chani's infant son is murdered in a Sardaukar raid. The Fremen overcome the Imperial and Harkonnen forces thanks to Paul's military strategy, their own ferocity and their ability to use sandstorms and the giant sandworms of Arrakis to their advantage. With his absolute control over Arrakis and the spice, Paul deposes Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV, marrying his daughter [[Princess Irulan]] to secure the throne. He vows that Chani will always be his only love, and mother of his children.

Twelve years later in ''Dune Messiah'', Paul and Chani remain childless. Irulan, Bene Gesserit-trained and doing their bidding, has been secretly feeding Chani contraceptives to prevent her from conceiving an Imperial heir. The Sisterhood are desperate to regain control of Paul's bloodline for their breeding program, and are fearful of the effect Chani's "wild" genes may have on their offspring. But when Chani begins an ancient Fremen fertility diet high in melange, Irulan loses her ability to interfere, and Chani becomes pregnant. Chani ultimately discovers not only Irulan's role in her infertility but the fact that the contraceptives have caused permanent damage and will jeopardize her pregnancy. Chani seeks to kill Irulan, but Paul forbids it. He is secretly somewhat grateful to Irulan, as he has seen through his prescience that childbirth will bring Chani's death, and so Irulan has unwittingly extended Chani's life. Chani dies after giving birth to Paul's twin children, Leto II and Ghanima. Having proven their ability to do so, the [[Bene Tleilax|Tleilaxu]] offer to resurrect Chani as a [[ghola]] in exchange for control of the empire, but Paul refuses. Through his oracular sight, Paul has seen that Chani's death during childbirth is far less painful and cruel than her possible future fates had she survived.

Chani is portrayed by actress [[Sean Young]] in the 1984 film,<ref name="dune maslin"/> and by [[Barbora Kodetová]] in the 2000 miniseries<ref name="NYT Stasio"/> and its 2003 sequel.<ref name="NYT Wertheimer"/> [[Zendaya]] portrays the character in the 2021 film<ref name="ew dune 2021"/> and its 2024 sequel.<ref name="rt dune two"/>

=== Stilgar ===
{{Infobox character
| name        = Stilgar
| series      = [[Dune (franchise)|Dune]]
| creator     = [[Frank Herbert]]
| image       =
| caption     =
| title       = Naib of [[Sietch Tabr]]
| spouse      = {{ubl|Tharthar|[[Harah]]}}
| affiliation = {{ubl|[[Fremen]]|[[House Atreides]]}}
| portrayer   = {{Plainlist|
* [[Everett McGill]] ([[Dune (1984 film)|1984 film]])
* [[Uwe Ochsenknecht]] ([[Frank Herbert's Dune|2000 series]])
* [[Steven Berkoff]] ([[Frank Herbert's Children of Dune|2003 sequel]])
* [[Javier Bardem]] ([[Dune (2021 film)|2021 film]] / [[Dune: Part Two|2024 sequel]])
}}
| first       = ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'' (1965)
}}

Stilgar is the Fremen leader, or naib, of [[Sietch Tabr]]. In ''Dune'', Duke Leto Atreides sends his swordmaster, [[Duncan Idaho]], to build a relationship with the mysterious native Fremen of Arrakis, people tempered by the planet's harsh conditions who Leto realizes are an underestimated and untapped resource. Leto allows Duncan, impressed with the Fremen and their ways, a dual loyalty to both the Atreides and Stilgar. When Leto's son Paul and his Bene Gesserit mother, Lady Jessica, flee a Harkonnen attack, they find refuge with Stilgar's tribe of Fremen. Paul, believed to be their prophesied messiah, comes to be known as Muad'Dib and rises as a military and religious leader among the Fremen. 
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Previously underestimated by the Harkonnens, the Fremen overcome the Imperial and Harkonnen forces that control Arrakis thanks to Paul's military strategy, their own ferocity and their ability to use sandstorms and the giant sandworms to their advantage. In ''Dune Messiah'', Stilgar is a staunch supporter and protector of Paul, and one of his inner circle of advisors. In ''Children of Dune'', Stilgar is fiercely loyal to Paul's young heirs Leto II and Ghanima, and is conflicted as the regent, Paul's sister Alia, descends into madness. Duncan manipulates Stilgar into killing him, knowing it will force Stilgar to join the rebellion against Alia. Later, with Leto presumed dead, Stilgar helps Ghanima and Princess Irulan escape Alia's tyranny.

Novelist [[Brian Herbert]], Frank Herbert's son and biographer, wrote, "One time I asked my father if he identified with any of the characters in his stories, and to my surprise he said it was Stilgar, the rugged leader of the Fremen{{nbsp}}... Mulling this over, I realized Stilgar was the equivalent of a Native American chief in ''Dune''—a person who represented and defended time-honored ways that did not harm the ecology of the planet."<ref name="dune afterword">{{cite book |last=Herbert |first=Frank |author-link=Frank Herbert |title=Dune |chapter=Afterword by Brian Herbert |year=1965 |edition=[[Amazon Kindle]] |publisher=[[Penguin Group]] |pages=875–877}}</ref>

Stilgar is portrayed by [[Everett McGill]] in the 1984 film.<ref name="dune maslin"/> [[Uwe Ochsenknecht]] plays the role in the 2000 miniseries,<ref name="NYT Stasio"/> and is succeeded by [[Steven Berkoff]] in its 2003 sequel.<ref name="NYT Wertheimer"/> Asher-Perrin called Ochsenknecht "a wonderfully gruff Stilgar",<ref name="tor 2000"/> but later wrote, "Steven Berkoff is an incredible character actor, but there is nothing about him that even remotely invokes the old Fremen leader. Instead, he reads at the beginning like the Atreides family butler before moving onto Old British Wardog Supreme."<ref name="tor 2003">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tor.com/2017/09/19/syfys-children-of-dune-miniseries-delivers-on-emotion-when-philosophy-falls-flat/|title=SyFy's ''Children of Dune'' Miniseries Delivers on Emotion When Philosophy Falls Flat|first=Emmet|last=Asher-Perrin|date=September 19, 2017|website=[[Tor.com]]|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306170041/https://www.tor.com/2017/09/19/syfys-children-of-dune-miniseries-delivers-on-emotion-when-philosophy-falls-flat/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Javier Bardem]] portrays Stilgar in the 2021 film<ref name="ew dune 2021"/> and its 2024 sequel.<ref name="rt dune two"/>

In 1984, toy company [[LJN]] released a line of ''Dune'' action figures, styled after [[David Lynch]]'s film, which included a figure of Stilgar.<ref name="cod toys"/><ref name="nb toys">{{Cite web|url=https://nerdbastards.com/2014/01/12/toys-we-miss-dune/|title=Toys We Miss: The Long Forgotten Figures From Frank Herbert's ''Dune''|first=James|last=Daniels|website=Nerd Bastards|date=January 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129175036/https://nerdbastards.com/2014/01/12/toys-we-miss-dune/|archive-date=January 29, 2014|access-date=August 1, 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[McFarlane Toys]] released a 7" articulating action figure of Stilgar in 2020, styled after the 2021 Denis Villeneuve film.<ref name="cod toys"/> In 2022, Super7 released a 3.75" articulating Stilgar action figure as part of its ''Dune'' ReAction line, also styled after the Lynch film.<ref name="cod toys"/>

Stilgar's early life is explored in the ''Prelude to Dune'' prequel trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, and he is resurrected as a [[ghola]] in the Brian Herbert/Anderson conclusion to the original series, ''[[Sandworms of Dune]]''. The character also appears in the prequel novels ''[[Paul of Dune]]'' and ''[[The Winds of Dune]]''.
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=== Duncan Idaho ===
{{main|Duncan Idaho}}
Duncan Idaho is the Swordmaster of House Atreides, and one of Paul's teachers. In ''Dune'', Leto sends Duncan to build a relationship with the mysterious native Fremen of Arrakis, people tempered by the planet's harsh conditions who Leto realizes are an underestimated and untapped resource. Leto allows Duncan, impressed with the Fremen and their ways, a dual loyalty to both the Atreides and Stilgar, but he is later killed helping Paul and Jessica escape from the Harkonnens. Duncan is revived by the [[Bene Tleilax]] as the [[ghola]] [[Mentat]] Hayt in ''Dune Messiah'', and works with Paul's sister Alia to unravel the conspiracy against the Atreides. The Tleilaxu have secretly programmed Hayt to seduce Alia, weaken Paul psychologically and then kill him. The trauma of the attempt restores his memories of being Duncan. He is married to Alia in ''Children of Dune'', but she has succumbed to the dangers of her unique birth and become possessed by the persona of the deceased Baron Harkonnen. As Alia becomes more power-hungry and attempts to assassinate her mother Jessica, Duncan spirits Jessica and Paul's children Leto II and Ghanima away. He manipulates Fremen naib Stilgar, a loyal Atreides advisor, into killing him, knowing that the act will force Stilgar to join the rebellion against Alia or be executed by her out of political necessity.

Thirty-five hundred years later in ''[[God Emperor of Dune]]'', a series of Duncan gholas provided by the Tleilaxu have served the seemingly immortal God Emperor Leto II Atreides one after the other. Most of these have been killed by Leto himself, as the serial Duncans, pledged to the Atreides in a time when justice reigned, tend to rebel against the hallmark tyranny and oppression of Leto's rule. The newest Duncan is as disillusioned as his predecessors, and after falling in love with the Ixian ambassador [[#Hwi Noree|Hwi Noree]] (who is engaged to Leto), he joins Atreides descendant [[#Siona Atreides|Siona]] in her plot to assassinate Leto. He allows them to succeed, and as he dies, Leto reveals that his millennia-long plan for humanity's ultimate survival—called the [[Golden Path (Dune)|Golden Path]]—has come to fruition. Siona and her descendants will be invisible to prescient sight, and the end of his millennia of oppression will spark a mass diaspora of humankind which will come to be known as [[The Scattering (Dune)|The Scattering]].

Fifteen hundred years later, the Bene Gesserit become the consumers of Duncan gholas in ''[[Heretics of Dune]]'' and ''[[Chapterhouse Dune]]''. The Sisterhood suspect that the Tleilaxu have implanted the gholas with some secret purpose, and when latest Duncan regains his memories, he agrees. The [[Honored Matres]], a violent matriarchal order with the ability to enslave men using their unique sexual talents, have arrived from the farthest reaches of the universe, wreaking havoc and destruction, and obliterating Tleilaxu worlds. An attempt by the Honored Matre [[#Murbella|Murbella]] to sexually imprint Duncan triggers the hidden Tleilaxu purpose: to conquer the Honored Matres by using a better version of their own sexual techniques. All the memories of the previous Duncans are unlocked in the current one as he and Murbella imprint each other. Addicted to each other, they are confined to a [[no-ship]] on the Bene Gesserit homeworld, [[Chapterhouse (Dune)|Chapterhouse]]. There, Duncan trains other men to enslave Honored Matres, until he and Sheeana escape in the untraceable ship.

Duncan is portrayed by [[Richard Jordan]] in the 1984 film.<ref name="dune maslin"/> [[James Watson (actor)|James Watson]] plays the role in the 2000 miniseries,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/jason-momoa-dune-reboot-cast-villeneuve/|title=Jason Momoa in Talks for Denis Villeneuve's ''Dune'' Movie Reboot|date=February 14, 2019|first=Sandy|last=Schaefer|website=[[Screen Rant]]|access-date=February 22, 2019|archive-date=February 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215155929/https://screenrant.com/jason-momoa-dune-reboot-cast-villeneuve/|url-status=live}}</ref> and is succeeded by [[Edward Atterton]] in its 2003 sequel.<ref name="fries">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2003/tv/reviews/children-of-dune-1200542893/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821193344/https://variety.com/2003/tv/reviews/children-of-dune-1200542893/ |title=Review: ''Children of Dune'' |first=Laura |last=Fries |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=March 11, 2003 |access-date=August 21, 2015 |archive-date=August 21, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Jason Momoa]] portrays Duncan in the 2021 film.<ref name="ew dune 2021"/>

=== Wellington Yueh ===
{{Infobox character
| name        = Dr. Wellington Yueh
| series      = [[Dune (franchise)|Dune]]
| creator     = [[Frank Herbert]]
| image       =
| caption     =
| occupation  = [[Suk School|Suk doctor]]
| spouse      = [[Wanna Marcus]]
| affiliation = [[Suk School]] <br> [[House Atreides]]
| portrayer   = {{Plainlist|
* [[Dean Stockwell]] ([[Dune (1984 film)|1984 film]])
* Robert Russell ([[Frank Herbert's Dune|2000 series]])
* [[Chang Chen]] ([[Dune (2021 film)|2021 film]])
}}
| first       = ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'' (1965)
}}

Dr. Wellington Yueh is a [[Suk doctor]] and the trusted personal physician of Duke Leto Atreides. In ''Dune'', Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is intent on the destruction of House Atreides, who have been lured to Arrakis on the pretense of taking over the valuable spice mining operation there. Though Suk Imperial Conditioning supposedly makes the subject incapable of inflicting harm, the Baron has taken Yueh's Bene Gesserit wife [[#Wanna|Wanna]] prisoner, threatening her with interminable torture unless Yueh complies with his demands. Aware of Yueh's conditioning and believing Wanna was killed by the Harkonnens, Leto's Mentat Thufir Hawat and concubine Lady Jessica are assured that the doctor is not a Harkonnen spy.
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 | caption2 = Robert Russell portrays Yueh in the 2000 miniseries.

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Yueh disables the protective shields around the Atreides palace on Arrakis, and the Harkonnen forces (secretly supplemented by the seemingly unstoppable Imperial Sardaukar warriors) attack. Yueh takes Leto prisoner, but desiring to slay the Baron in defiance of his conditioning, Yueh provides the captive Leto with a fake tooth filled with poisonous gas as a means to kill the Baron, though Leto would die as well. Upon delivering Leto, Yueh confirms his belief that Wanna is already dead, moments before the Baron's twisted Mentat [[Piter De Vries]] kills him. The Baron escapes the poison, which only kills Leto and De Vries. Leto's son Paul flees into the desert with Jessica, aided by survival kits left for them by a compassionate Yueh.

Yueh is portrayed by [[Dean Stockwell]] in the 1984 film,<ref name="dune maslin"/> and by Robert Russell in the 2000 miniseries.<ref name="TVG Dune">{{cite web |url=http://movies.tvguide.com/dune/cast/135847 |title=''Dune'': Cast & Details |year=2000 |work=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=December 9, 2013 |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213095513/http://movies.tvguide.com/dune/cast/135847 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Chang Chen]] plays the character in the 2021 film.<ref name="gizmodo">{{Cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/a-guide-to-dune-s-gargantuan-cast-of-characters-1842923126|title=A Guide to ''Dune''{{'s}} Gargantuan Cast of Characters|first=Beth|last=Elderkin|website=[[Gizmodo]]|date=April 23, 2020|access-date=November 10, 2021|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110043046/https://gizmodo.com/a-guide-to-dune-s-gargantuan-cast-of-characters-1842923126|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/chang-chen-cast-legendarys-dune-movie-1195239 |title=Chang Chen Joining Denis Villeneuve's ''Dune'' |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |first=Aaron |last=Couch |date=March 17, 2019 |access-date=March 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319123430/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/chang-chen-cast-legendarys-dune-movie-1195239|archive-date=March 19, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

The character also appears in the ''Prelude to Dune'' prequel trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, and is resurrected as a ghola in ''[[Hunters of Dune]]'' and ''Sandworms of Dune'', the Brian Herbert/Anderson sequels which conclude the original series. In ''Prelude to Dune'', a younger Baron Harkonnen consults with Yueh seeking a cure for the debilitating disease which is slowly but surely rendering him obese. Yueh is aware of no cure, but correctly suggests that the disease's source may be the Bene Gesserit. The early years of Yueh as the physician to House Atreides are also explored in the novels. In ''Hunters of Dune'', set 5,000 years after ''Dune'', Yueh is resurrected as a ghola to aid in the coming final battle with mankind's "great enemy." In ''Sandworms of Dune'', the finale of the original series, the young Yueh ghola is wracked by feelings of intense guilt over the actions of the "original" Yueh. Though he does not yet possess those memories, he fears that he will repeat those mistakes. A ghola's memories are restored by subjecting the ghola to an intense personal trauma, specific to each individual, so Yueh's great fear of having his memories restored becomes the trigger used by the Bene Gesserit to unlock them. Later, Yueh kills the gestating ghola of Leto, having been tricked into believing that it was De Vries, and ultimately also kills the ghola of the Baron Harkonnen. Eleven years later, Yueh lives on the original Atreides homeworld Caladan, helping the Jessica ghola restore it to its former glory.
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=== Mohiam ===
{{main|Gaius Helen Mohiam}}
Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam is Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV's [[Truthsayer]], and Lady Jessica's former teacher. In ''Dune'', Mohiam subjects 15-year-old Paul Atreides to a life or death test of his humanity: he is inflicted with excruciating pain, but must exert control over his survival instinct and withstand it, or be killed instantly with a poisoned needle. Paul passes the test, having sustained more pain than anyone before him. Mohiam, though still furious at Jessica for disobeying the Sisterhood's command that she bear a daughter for their breeding scheme, is intrigued by the potential she sees in Paul and his nascent prescient abilities. Years later on Arrakis, Mohiam is shaken by her encounter with Paul's four-year-old sister Alia, who by misadventure had been born a fully aware Reverend Mother. Mohiam is further alarmed by the ritual battle-to-the-death between Paul and the Harkonnen heir, Feyd-Rautha, which could prove catastrophic for the Bene Gesserit breeding program no matter the outcome. Paul is victorious in the duel, and in seizing control of Arrakis, the only source of the all-important spice melange, gains insurmountable power over all civilization. Seeing the inevitability of the situation Paul has orchestrated, Mohiam compels Shaddam to give in to Paul's demands and relinquish the Imperial throne to him.

Twelve years later in ''Dune Messiah'', Mohiam joins a conspiracy to topple the rule of Paul Atreides that includes the Tleilaxu [[Face Dancer]] [[#Scytale|Scytale]], the [[Spacing Guild]] Navigator [[Edric (Dune)|Edric]], and even Paul's embittered consort Princess Irulan, Shaddam's daughter. Paul has sworn that only his Fremen concubine, Chani, will bear his children. Knowing that the Bene Gesserit are desperate to regain control of his bloodline for their breeding program, and are fearful of the effect Chani's "wild" genes may have on their offspring, Paul makes Mohiam an offer. In exchange for Chani's guaranteed safety, and the Sisterhood's acceptance of his decision to father no heirs with Irulan, Paul offers something of the utmost value: his [[sperm]]. This is a complicated proposition for Mohiam, because [[artificial insemination]] is forbidden in the wake of the anti-technology [[Butlerian Jihad]], and the idea of it is as horrific to the Sisterhood as the loss of the precious Atreides genes. The conspiracy ultimately fails, and Paul kills Scytale. Edric and Mohiam are executed on orders from Paul's sister Alia, despite Paul's previous instructions to spare Mohiam's life.

Mohiam is portrayed by [[Siân Phillips]] in the 1984 film,<ref name="dune maslin"/> and by [[Zuzana Geislerová]] in the 2000 miniseries<ref name="TVG Dune"/><ref name="dark horizons">{{cite web |url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/reviews/247/frank-herbert-s-dune |title=Review: ''Frank Herbert's Dune'' |first=Garth |last=Franklin |year=2000 |website=[[Dark Horizons]] |access-date=February 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216063326/http://www.darkhorizons.com/reviews/247/frank-herbert-s-dune|archive-date=December 16, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and its 2003 sequel.<ref name="TVG CoD">{{cite web |url=http://movies.tvguide.com/children-of-dune/cast/137173 |title=''Children of Dune'': Cast & Details |year=2003 |website=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=December 9, 2013 |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213095356/http://movies.tvguide.com/children-of-dune/cast/137173 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The character is played by [[Charlotte Rampling]] in the 2021 film<ref name="ew dune 2021"/> and its 2024 sequel.<ref name="rt dune two"/>

=== Rabban ===
{{Infobox character
| name        = Glossu Rabban
| series      = [[Dune (franchise)|Dune]]
| creator     = [[Frank Herbert]]
| image       =
| caption     =
| relatives   = {{Plainlist|
* [[Abulurd Harkonnen|Abulurd Harkonnen II]] (father)
* Emmi Rabban (mother)
* [[Feyd-Rautha]] (brother)
* [[Vladimir Harkonnen|Baron Vladimir Harkonnen]] (uncle)
}}
| family      = [[House Harkonnen]]
| portrayer   = {{Plainlist|
* [[Paul L. Smith]] ([[Dune (1984 film)|1984 film]])
* {{Interlanguage link|László I. Kish|de|3=László I. Kish}} ([[Frank Herbert's Dune|2000 series]])
* [[Dave Bautista]] ([[Dune (2021 film)|2021 film]] / [[Dune: Part Two|2024 sequel]])
}}
| first       = ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'' (1965)
| last        = ''[[Dune: House Corrino]]'' (2001)
}}

Glossu "Beast" Rabban Harkonnen is the violent and brutish older nephew of Baron Harkonnen. He is as cruel and sadistic as his uncle, but lacks the Baron's intelligence. The Baron tasks Rabban to rule the planet Arrakis for a time in the most brutal way possible, so that when his favored nephew [[Feyd-Rautha]] takes over, Feyd will be welcomed as a hero by the populace.
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After the Baron seizes the planet back from Atreides control, Rabban tells his uncle that the Harkonnens have woefully underestimated both the numbers and threat of the Fremen population there. Known as "the Beast Rabban" on Arrakis for his aggression and cruelty, his Fremen nickname is "''Mudir Nahya''", which translates as "Demon Ruler" or "[[King Cobra]]". Rabban is killed by the Fremen and the people of [[Arrakeen]] when Paul "Muad'Dib" Atreides retakes Arrakis using Fremen forces.

Travis Johnson of Flicks.com.au describes Rabban as "the Baron's murderous and notably less Machiavellian nephew".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flicks.com.au/features/why-denis-villenueves-upcoming-version-of-dune-has-us-crazy-excited/|title=Why Denis Villenueve's upcoming version of ''Dune'' has us crazy excited|website=Flicks.com.au|first=Travis|last=Johnson|date=February 13, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021045645/https://www.flicks.com.au/features/why-denis-villenueves-upcoming-version-of-dune-has-us-crazy-excited/|url-status=live}}</ref> Noting that the characters in ''Dune'' fit mythological archetypes, novelist Brian Herbert, Frank Herbert's son and biographer, writes that "Beast Rabban Harkonnen, though evil and aggressive, is essentially a fool."<ref name="dune afterword"/>

Rabban is portrayed by [[Paul L. Smith]] in the 1984 film,<ref name="dune maslin"/> and by {{Interlanguage link|László I. Kish|de|3=László I. Kish}} in the [[Frank Herbert's Dune|2000 ''Dune'' miniseries]].<ref name="TVG Dune"/> The character is played by [[Dave Bautista]] in the 2021 film<ref name="ew dune 2021"/> and its 2024 sequel.<ref name="rt dune two"/>

Rabban also appears in the ''Prelude to Dune'' prequel trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. In the series, he kills Duncan Idaho's parents and Gurney Halleck's sister, and earns his nickname "Beast" when he strangles his own father.
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=== Feyd-Rautha ===
{{main|Feyd-Rautha}}
Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen is the charismatic yet deadly younger nephew and heir of Baron Harkonnen. In ''Dune'', the Baron favors Feyd over his older brother Glossu Rabban because of Feyd's intelligence and his dedication to the Harkonnen culture of carefully planned and subtly executed sadism and cruelty, as opposed to Rabban's outright brutality. The Baron's succession plan is to install Feyd as ruler of Arrakis after a period of tyrannical misrule by Rabban, making Feyd appear to be the savior of the people. 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 decision to defy the Sisterhood and to produce an Atreides son, Paul, threw the Bene Gesserit's plans into turmoil and established an irreconcilable tension between Feyd and Paul as the scions of their bitterly opposed noble houses. The risk of one or both of these young men being killed, destroying thousands of years of genetic engineering, is so great that the Bene Gesserit send an envoy, [[Margot Fenring]], to seduce Feyd and conceive a child, salvaging his genetic material. Margot also uses an imprinting technique to condition Feyd to be vulnerable to Bene Gesserit control in the future. It is also later noted that Feyd's encounter with Lady Fenring produced a daughter. Feyd's ambition and impatience to inherit the Baron's title and power spur him to attempt his uncle's assassination. The attempt fails, prompting the Baron to reveal to his nephew the lofty plans he has for him, possibly to even have him ascend the throne as Emperor. The Baron explains that the elevation of House Harkonnen means more to him than power in his own lifetime, so if Feyd promises to forego any further assassination attempts, he will voluntarily step down and let his nephew succeed him—after his plot against the Emperor has succeeded. Feyd agrees, but as punishment for the failed assassination attempt, the Baron forces Feyd to single-handedly slaughter all the female slaves who serve as his lovers so that Feyd will learn the price of failure. As Paul seizes control of the all-important planet Arrakis and makes his final bid to usurp the Padishah Emperor's power, he is challenged by Feyd, the current Harkonnen leader after the deaths of the Baron and Rabban. Though famed for his prowess in single combat, Feyd intends to guarantee victory by breaking the formal rules of [[kanly]] (which govern this type of challenge) and using a hidden poison spur in his fighting outfit. He nearly succeeds in killing Paul in the ritualized fight, as Paul struggles with whether to try the paralysis word-sound given to him by his mother, and owe the Bene Gesserit his victory, or to risk his life against Feyd in a "fair" fight.  Paul manages to defeat Feyd without the command, killing him, and goes on to accede to the Imperial throne.

Feyd is portrayed by [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] in the 1984 film,<ref name="dune maslin"/> and by [[Matt Keeslar]] in the 2000 miniseries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/dune-2-austin-butler-denis-villeneuve-director-response/|title=''Dune 2''{{'s}} Feyd Actor Talks Working with Denis Villeneuve on Sci-Fi Sequel|date=June 17, 2022|first=Adam|last=Bentz|website=[[Screen Rant]]|access-date=June 20, 2022|archive-date=June 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620175459/https://screenrant.com/dune-2-austin-butler-denis-villeneuve-director-response/|url-status=live}}</ref> The character does not appear in the 2021 film, but is played by [[Austin Butler]] in its 2024 sequel.<ref name="rt dune two"/>

=== Princess Irulan ===
{{main|Princess Irulan}}
Princess Irulan is the eldest daughter of Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV and the Bene Gesserit [[#Anirul|Anirul]]. The character serves as a ''[[de facto]]'' narrator in ''Dune'', with excerpts of Irulan's later writings used as [[epigraph (literature)|epigraphs]] before each chapter of the novel. In forms such as diary entries, historical commentary, biography, quotations and philosophy, these writings set tone and provide exposition, context and other details intended to enhance understanding of Herbert's complex fictional universe and themes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-10-21/dune-movie-book-changes-explained-denis-villeneuve|title=Why ''Dune'' made these 5 key changes from Frank Herbert's book|first=Josh|last=Rottenberg|date=October 22, 2021|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=October 30, 2021|archive-date=October 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022021200/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-10-21/dune-movie-book-changes-explained-denis-villeneuve|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://torforgeblog.com/2014/02/03/quotes-from-the-end-of-the-world/ |title=Quotes from the End of the World |last=Edison |first=David |website=[[Tor.com]] |date=February 3, 2014 |access-date=June 29, 2014 |archive-date=July 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708041344/http://torforgeblog.com/2014/02/03/quotes-from-the-end-of-the-world/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In ''Dune'', a widespread rebellion of the native Fremen on Arrakis creates a disruption in the production of the all-important spice melange, bringing Shaddam and his court, including Irulan, to the planet to impose order. Paul Atreides leads the Fremen in an overwhelming victory over the combined Harkonnen and Imperial Sardaukar forces and seizes control of Arrakis, the only known source of the spice. Paul demands that Shaddam relinquish the Imperial throne to him or he will destroy all spice production and plunge the universe into chaos. Shaddam bristles at Paul's suggestion that he marry Irulan, but she immediately recognizes the inevitability of the situation Paul has orchestrated, and tells Shaddam, "Here's a man fit to be your son." Once Paul defeats the treacherous Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in single combat, and [[Count Fenring]] refuses the Emperor's order to kill Paul, Shaddam capitulates.

Twelve years later in ''Dune Messiah'', Irulan is Paul's consort and trusted advisor, but he has sworn that only his beloved concubine Chani will bear his children. Paul and Chani remain childless, however, because a resentful Irulan, Bene Gesserit-trained and doing their bidding, has been secretly feeding Chani contraceptives to prevent her from conceiving an Imperial heir. The Sisterhood are desperate to regain control of Paul's bloodline for their breeding program, and are fearful of the effect Chani's "wild" genes may have on their offspring. But when Chani begins an ancient Fremen fertility diet high in melange, Irulan loses her ability to interfere, and Chani becomes pregnant. Chani ultimately discovers not only Irulan's role in her infertility but the fact that the contraceptives have caused permanent damage and will jeopardize her pregnancy. Chani seeks to kill Irulan, but Paul forbids it. He is secretly somewhat grateful to Irulan, as he has seen through his prescience that childbirth will bring Chani's death, and so Irulan has unwittingly extended Chani's life. Chani dies giving birth to the twins Leto II and Ghanima, and a newly blinded Paul follows Fremen custom and wanders alone into the desert to die. Realizing her love for Paul, Irulan breaks ties with the Bene Gesserit and dedicates herself to his children.

Nine years later in ''Children of Dune'', Irulan's sister [[#Princess Wensicia|Wensicia]] plots to assassinate Leto and Ghanima to reclaim power for [[House Corrino]] through her son, [[#Farad'n|Farad'n]]. Irulan also serves as chief advisor to Paul's sister Alia, who reigns as Holy Regent for the twins. Irulan attempts to serve as a guide and confidante to Ghanima, but is often flustered by the adult consciousness the twins possess as a result of being [[pre-born]] and having access to Other Memory. Ghanima cares for Irulan, but Alia never trusts the princess, due to Irulan's Corrino heritage and Alia's own increasing paranoia. Irulan flees into the desert with Ghanima and Stilgar during the Fremen rebellion against Alia's tyranny. Though the other rebels are massacred, Irulan and Stilgar are imprisoned upon their capture, and presumably freed when Leto deposes Alia.

Irulan is portrayed by [[Virginia Madsen]] in the 1984 film,<ref name="dune maslin"/> and by [[Julie Cox]] in the 2000 miniseries<ref name="NYT Stasio"/> and its 2003 sequel.<ref name="NYT Wertheimer"/> The character does not appear in the 2021 film, but is played by [[Florence Pugh]] in its 2024 sequel.<ref name="rt dune two"/>

=== Shaddam IV ===
{{Infobox character
| name        = Shaddam IV Corrino
| series      = [[Dune (franchise)|Dune]]
| first       = ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'' (1965)
| last        = 
| creator     = [[Frank Herbert]]
| portrayer   = {{Plainlist|
* [[José Ferrer]] ([[Dune (1984 film)|1984 film]])
* [[Giancarlo Giannini]] ([[Frank Herbert's Dune|2000 series]])
* [[Christopher Walken]] ([[Dune: Part Two|2024 film]])
}}
| title       = [[Padishah Emperor]]
| family      = [[House Corrino]]
| spouse      = [[Anirul]]
| children    = {{Plainlist|
* [[Princess Irulan|Irulan]]
* Chalice
* [[Wensicia]]
* Josifa
* Rugi
}}
| relatives   = {{Plainlist|
* [[Elrood IX Corrino]] (father)
* [[Habla Corrino|Habla]] (mother)
* [[Farad'n]] (grandson)
* [[Fafnir Corrino]] (brother)
* [[Tyros Reffa]] (half brother)
}}
}}

Shaddam IV of House Corrino is the Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe, whose power is secured by his armies of fierce [[Sardaukar]] warriors and control of the desert planet Arrakis, the only source of the all-important spice melange. In ''Dune'', Shaddam has granted Duke Leto Atreides control of the lucrative spice mining operations on Arrakis, previously managed by House Harkonnen, longtime enemies of the Atreides. Leto is aware that this assignment is some kind of trap, but is unable to refuse. Shaddam is threatened by Leto's growing influence among the Landsraad assembly of noble families, and uses the centuries-old feud between the Atreides and Harkonnens to disguise his moves against Leto. The forces of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, secretly bolstered by Shaddam's Sardaukar and aided by a traitor in Leto's household, launch an attack that devastates the Atreides forces. Leto is killed, and his Bene Gesserit concubine Lady Jessica, and heir Paul, flee into the desert and are presumed dead in a sandstorm.
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 | caption1 = [[José Ferrer]] portrays Shaddam in the 1984 film.

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 | alt2 = Giancarlo Giannini
 | caption2 = [[Giancarlo Giannini]] portrays Shaddam in the 2000 miniseries.

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 | alt3 = Christopher Walken
 | caption3 = [[Christopher Walken]] portrays Shaddam in the 2024 film.
}}
Years later, a rebellion of the native Fremen on Arrakis creates a disruption in the production of the all-important spice melange, bringing Shaddam and his court to the planet to impose order. Paul Atreides is alive, and has risen as a military and religious leader among the Fremen. He leads them in an overwhelming victory over the combined Harkonnen and Imperial forces and seizes control of Arrakis. Paul demands that Shaddam relinquish the Imperial throne to him or he will destroy all spice production and plunge the universe into chaos. Shaddam resists, but is forced to capitulate after Paul defeats Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in single combat, and Count Fenring refuses Shaddam's order to kill Paul. Paul intends to take Shaddam's daughter, Princess Irulan, as his consort, and exile Shaddam.

Shaddam is described as "red-haired" by Irulan via [[epigraph (literature)|epigraph]] in ''Dune'', and noted to be 72 years old yet looking no older than 35. He is the son of [[Elrood IX]] and the 81st member of House Corrino to occupy the Golden Lion Throne. Shaddam has five daughters—the Princesses Irulan, Chalice, Wensicia, Josifa, and Rugi—and no legal sons by his wife Anirul, a Bene Gesserit of Hidden Rank. His closest friend is the assassin Count Fenring, a cousin and childhood companion.

Shaddam is portrayed by [[José Ferrer]] in the 1984 film,<ref name="dune maslin"/> and by [[Giancarlo Giannini]] in the 2000 miniseries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/reviews/frank-herbert-s-dune-1200465134/|title=Review: ''Frank Herbert's Dune''|first1=Carmel|last1=Dagan|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 29, 2000|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-date=November 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103173407/https://variety.com/2000/tv/reviews/frank-herbert-s-dune-1200465134/|url-status=live}}</ref> Giannini also dubbed himself in the Italian version of the miniseries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zona Cinema: Sceneggiati e miniserie TV – ''Dune'' |trans-title=Zona Cinema: Screenplays and Miniseries – ''Dune'' |url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/mini/dune.htm |language=it |date=January 2007 |access-date=June 18, 2019 |website=Il mondo dei doppiatori (The World of Dubbers) |first=Antonio |last=Genna |via=Antoniogenna.net |archive-date=June 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614161208/https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/mini/dune.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The character does not appear in the 2021 film, but is played by [[Christopher Walken]] in its 2024 sequel.<ref name="rt dune two"/>

Shaddam also appears in multiple prequel series by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson: ''Prelude to Dune'', ''Heroes of Dune'' and ''The Caladan Trilogy''. In the ''Prelude to Dune'' trilogy, Shaddam is eager to succeed his father Elrood IX as Padishah Emperor, but despite his advanced age Elrood shows no signs of ill health. Shaddam finally tasks his longtime friend and minion Fenring to administer Elrood with an undetectable, slow-acting poison. Shaddam had previously been complicit in the murder of his elder brother, the [[Fafnir Corrino|Crown Prince Fafnir]], and had secretly administered contraceptives to his own mother, [[Habla Corrino|Habla]], so she could not conceive another son to rival him. Elrood finally dies, and Shaddam secures his throne by paying the Spacing Guild with a supply of the spice and by arranging his own marriage to a Bene Gesserit. This union with the Lady Anirul Sadow-Tonkin results in five daughters, but no sons.
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=== Gurney Halleck ===
{{main|Gurney Halleck}}
Gurney Halleck is the Warmaster of Duke Leto Atreides, trained by "the best fighters in the universe", who has in turn trained Leto's son and heir Paul in [[hand-to-hand combat]]. Gurney, Duncan Idaho and the Mentat [[#Thufir Hawat|Thufir Hawat]] serve Leto as a war council unparalleled in the Imperium. Gurney is also a talented [[troubadour]]. In ''Dune'', Gurney and 73 of his men survive the Harkonnen attack that devastates the Atreides forces, and they fall in with local spice smugglers to survive. Gurney and his team fall for a Fremen trap—a fake hoard of spice—and are almost killed before Paul, now the Fremen leader "Muad'Dib", recognizes him. Gurney nearly kills Jessica, mistakenly believing she betrayed Leto, but later becomes her loyal chief officer. In ''Children of Dune'', Gurney returns to Arrakis with Jessica and coordinates a purging of dissidents with Fremen leader Stilgar. Gurney follows what he believes are Jessica's orders to test Paul's son Leto II to be sure he has not been overcome by his ancestral memories. Learning that the testing was actually ordered by Paul's sister Alia, Gurney escapes, sending a message to Duncan to initiate their plan to force Stilgar to join the rebellion against Alia. Gurney flees to a rebel sietch and joins Leto II and the mysterious Preacher, who is actually a blinded Paul. After Leto II returns to Arrakeen and reclaims the throne from Alia, Gurney is assigned to Sietch Tabr as part of Stilgar's council.

Gurney is portrayed by [[Patrick Stewart]] in the 1984 film,<ref name="dune maslin"/> and by [[P. H. Moriarty]] in the 2000 miniseries<ref name="TVG Dune"/> and its 2003 sequel.<ref name="fries"/> The character is played by [[Josh Brolin]] in the 2021 film<ref name="ew dune 2021"/> and its 2024 sequel.<ref name="rt dune two"/>

=== Count Fenring ===
{{main|Count Hasimir Fenring}}
Count Hasimir Fenring is Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV's closest friend and advisor, and husband to the Bene Gesserit [[Margot Fenring|Lady Margot]]. Prior to the events of ''Dune'', Fenring serves as the Imperial Spice Minister on Arrakis during the Harkonnen regime, and then as Governor of Arrakis during the handover period between House Harkonnen and House Atreides. In ''Dune'', the Harkonnens, secretly aided by the Shaddam's fierce Sardaukar warriors, destroy the Atreides forces and reclaim control of Arrakis. Fenring and Margot visit the Harkonnen homeworld of [[Giedi Prime]], where the Count informs Baron Harkonnen that Shaddam is displeased with the way the invasion of Arrakis was handled, and is frustrated by The Baron's failure to suppress the disruptive native Fremen population. Fenring is also there on the Emperor's behalf to assess the Harkonnen heir, Feyd, which irks the Baron. Margot is also observing Feyd for the Bene Gesserit, who count him as an important part of their breeding program. Fenring is impressed with Feyd, but laments his upbringing among the brutal Harkonnens. Later, Paul Atreides leads the Fremen in an overwhelming victory over the combined Harkonnen and Imperial forces and seizes control of Arrakis. Paul demands that Shaddam relinquish the Imperial throne to him or he will destroy all spice production and plunge the universe into chaos. Shaddam resists, and Fenring, a deadly fighter and rumored assassin, is summoned and ordered to kill Paul. He refuses, aware that Paul represents the success of the Bene Gesserit breeding program of which Fenring himself is a failure. Paul deposes Shaddam, and the Fenrings join the former emperor in exile.

Fenring does not appear in the 1984 film, but is portrayed by [[Miroslav Táborský]] in the 2000 miniseries.<ref name="gizmodo"/>

=== Margot Fenring ===
{{main|Margot Fenring}}
Margot, Lady Fenring, is the Bene Gesserit wife of Count Hasimir Fenring. Though the Count is the close friend and advisor of the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV, Margot's primary loyalty is to the Sisterhood. In ''Dune'', Duke Leto Atreides is lured to the desert planet Arrakis on the pretense of taking over the lucrative spice mining operation there, but the assignment is part of a plot by Shaddam and Baron Vladimir Harkonnen to destroy the Atreides. Margot leaves a coded message for Leto's Bene Gesserit concubine, Lady Jessica, warning her that the Atreides, especially Leto and Jessica's son Paul, are in imminent danger from the Harkonnens, and alerts her to the existence of a traitor in the Atreides household. Paul evades a trap set for him, but a devastating attack by the Harkonnens leaves Leto dead, and forces Paul and Jessica to flee into the desert. Due to the harsh conditions and an oncoming sandstorm, they are soon presumed dead. Margot is sent by the Bene Gesserit to seduce Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen and to "preserve the bloodline" by retrieving his genetic material, through conception, for their breeding program. She later bears Feyd's daughter. Margot also uses an imprinting technique to condition Feyd to be vulnerable to Bene Gesserit control in the future. Paul and Feyd later duel to the death, and Paul is victorious without using Margot's implanted command. Having seized control of the all-important Arrakis, Paul deposes Shaddam, and the Fenrings join the former emperor in exile.

Margot does not appear in the 1984 film, 2000 miniseries or 2021 film, but is portrayed by [[Léa Seydoux]] in the 2024 sequel film.<ref name="Variety">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/dune-part-two-lea-seydoux-lady-margot-1235299805/|title=Léa Seydoux Joins ''Dune Part Two'' as Lady Margot|first1=Adam B.|last1=Vary|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 21, 2022|access-date=August 24, 2022|archive-date=September 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907203601/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/dune-part-two-lea-seydoux-lady-margot-1235299805/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AV">{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/lea-seydoux-dune-2-lady-margot-1849089354|title=Léa Seydoux joins ''Dune: Part Two'' as Lady Margot|date=June 21, 2022|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|first=Gabrielle|last=Sanchez|access-date=August 24, 2022|archive-date=May 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514093302/https://www.avclub.com/lea-seydoux-dune-2-lady-margot-1849089354|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=June 21, 2022 |title=''Dune Part 2'': Léa Seydoux to Play Lady Margot in Upcoming Sequel for Legendary |url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/dune-part-2-lea-seydoux-to-play-lady-margot-in-upcoming-sequel-for-legendary-1235048753/ |access-date=June 21, 2022 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |language=en-US |archive-date=June 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621172417/https://deadline.com/2022/06/dune-part-2-lea-seydoux-to-play-lady-margot-in-upcoming-sequel-for-legendary-1235048753/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Thufir Hawat ===
{{Infobox character
| name        = Thufir Hawat
| series      = [[Dune (franchise)|Dune]]
| creator     = [[Frank Herbert]]
| image       =
| caption     =
| occupation  = {{ubl|[[Mentat]]|Master of Assassins}}
| affiliation = {{ubl|[[House Atreides]]|[[House Harkonnen]]}}
| portrayer   = {{Plainlist|
* [[Freddie Jones]] ([[Dune (1984 film)|1984 film]])
* {{ill|Jan Vlasák|cs|Jan_Vlasák (herec)}} ([[Frank Herbert's Dune|2000 miniseries]])
* [[Stephen McKinley Henderson]] ([[Dune (2021 film)|2021 film]])
}}
| first       = ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'' (1965)
| last        = ''[[Paul of Dune]]'' (2008)
}}

Thufir Hawat is a [[Mentat]], an individual conditioned to mimic the cognitive and analytical ability of computers, who serves as Master of Assassins and primary military strategist for Duke Leto Atreides. In ''Dune'', the Atreides are lured to Arrakis on the pretense of taking over the lucrative spice mining operation there, but soon fall prey to a catastrophic attack by their longtime enemies the Harkonnens, whose forces are secretly bolstered by the fierce Sardaukar warriors of the emperor, Shaddam IV. Thufir is captured, and the calculating Baron Vladimir Harkonnen takes him as a replacement for his own twisted Mentat Piter De Vries, who was killed in the aftermath of the attack. The Baron hopes to channel Thufir's desire for revenge away from House Harkonnen, and keeps his abilities in check by feeding him false data, specifically, permitting him to believe that Leto's concubine Lady Jessica had been the traitor responsible for the Atreides' destruction. Thufir is also secretly administered a [[residual poison]] which requires regular doses of an antidote to prevent death.
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 | alt2 = Jan Vlasák
 | caption2 = {{ill|Jan Vlasák|cs|Jan_Vlasák (herec)}} portrays Thufir Hawat in the 2000 miniseries.

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 | caption3 = [[Stephen McKinley Henderson]] portrays Thufir Hawat in the 2021 film.
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In spite of these obstacles, Thufir attempts to bring down the Harkonnens from within. He gains the trust of the Baron's nephew and heir Feyd-Rautha by assisting him with a plot to discredit the Harkonnen slavemaster and replace him with someone loyal to Feyd. Thufir encourages the ambitions of Feyd against the Baron, which leads him to attempt to assassinate his uncle. The Baron, warned by Thufir, eludes the attempt and punishes Feyd for his failure. Later, Thufir is coerced to assassinate Leto's son, Paul Atreides. Paul suspects this, but out of gratitude for Thufir's exceptional loyalty, Paul gives him the opportunity to take anything Thufir wishes of him, even his life. Hawat chooses death from the poison rather than to betray Paul.

Thufir is portrayed by [[Freddie Jones]] in the 1984 film,<ref name="dune maslin"/> and by {{ill|Jan Vlasák|cs|Jan_Vlasák (herec)}} in the 2000 miniseries.<ref name="TVG Dune"/> The character is played by [[Stephen McKinley Henderson]] in the 2021 film<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/dune-movie-stephen-mckinley-henderson-1235035496/|title=''Dune'' Star Stephen McKinley Henderson on Playing a Human Computer and That Parasol|first=Brian|last=Davids|date=October 22, 2021|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=August 3, 2023|archive-date=January 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113161409/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/dune-movie-stephen-mckinley-henderson-1235035496/|url-status=live}}</ref> and he filmed scenes for its 2024 sequel.<ref name="rt dune two"/> However, his scenes were not included in the final cut.

The character also appears in the ''Prelude to Dune'' prequel trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, and is resurrected as a ghola in ''Hunters of Dune'' and ''Sandworms of Dune'', the Brian Herbert/Anderson sequels which conclude the original series.
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=== Alia Atreides ===
{{main|Alia Atreides}}
Alia is the daughter of Duke Leto and Jessica, and Paul's younger sister. Subjected to the Fremen spice agony in the womb, she is born a fully aware Reverend Mother. Among the Bene Gesserit, a child born in this manner, called an [[Abomination (Dune)|Abomination]], is immediately killed because they are susceptible to being overtaken by their ancestral personas. Alia pretends to be a child as she grows up among the Fremen. At four years old, she kills her grandfather, the Baron Harkonnen, as Paul seizes control of Arrakis. As Paul's sister, Alia is worshipped in her own right in ''Dune Messiah''. She and Hayt, who is the swordmaster Duncan Idaho brought back from the dead as a ghola by Tleilaxu means, work together to unravel the conspiracy against the Atreides. Alia is named regent for Paul and Chani's children, Leto II and Ghanima, and Duncan's memories are restored. In ''Children of Dune'', Alia has married Duncan but the danger of Abomination has come to fruition, and Alia is possessed by the persona of the Baron. Her increasing depravity and lust for power under his control drive her to plot Jessica's assassination. Confronted by Leto and overcome by the Baron, Alia has a fleeting moment of self-control and leaps to her death.

Alia is portrayed by [[Alicia Witt]] in the 1984 film,<ref name="dune maslin"/> and by Laura Burton in the 2000 miniseries.<ref name="TVG Dune"/> [[Daniela Amavia]] portrays an adult Alia in the 2003 sequel miniseries.<ref name="NYT Berger"/><ref name="NYT Wertheimer"/> The character does not appear in the 2021 film, which covers the first part of ''Dune'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/feyd-rautha-dune-villain-denis-villeneuve|title=Why ''Dune''{{'s}} Most Iconic Villain Isn't in Denis Villeneuve's Movie|first=Ryan|last=Britt|website=[[Inverse (website)|Inverse]]|date=October 7, 2021|access-date=October 27, 2021|archive-date=June 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601140815/https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/feyd-rautha-dune-villain-denis-villeneuve|url-status=live}}</ref> but is portrayed by  [[Anya Taylor-Joy]] in a [[cameo appearance]] in the 2024 sequel film.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Jackson |first1=Angelique |last2=Yossman |first2=K.J. |date=February 15, 2024 |title=Surprise! Anya Taylor-Joy Confirms ''Dune: Part Two'' Role at London Premiere |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/anya-taylor-joy-dune-2-role-1235912248/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215210232/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/anya-taylor-joy-dune-2-role-1235912248/ |archive-date=February 15, 2024 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=March 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://in.ign.com/dune-part-two/202844/news/dune-2-director-explains-why-an-important-cast-member-wasnt-revealed-till-the-last-minute-and-more|title=''Dune 2'': Director Explains Why an Important Cast Member Wasn't Revealed Till the Last Minute and More|date=February 27, 2024|first=Sanchay|last=Saksena|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=March 1, 2024|archive-date=February 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228202457/https://in.ign.com/dune-part-two/202844/news/dune-2-director-explains-why-an-important-cast-member-wasnt-revealed-till-the-last-minute-and-more|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Shadout Mapes ===
The Shadout Mapes is the mysterious Fremen housekeeper at the palace of Arakeen on Arrakis. In ''Dune'', Duke Leto Atreides, his Bene Gesserit concubine Lady Jessica, and their son Paul arrive as Leto takes over management of the planet's lucrative spice mining operations. The Fremen begin to believe that Paul is their prophesied messiah, who is foretold to be accompanied by his Bene Gesserit mother, and when talking to Mapes, Jessica uses phrases that are part of the legend. Mapes gives Jessica a [[crysknife]], a weapon made from the tooth of a giant sandworm that is considered holy by the Fremen and rarely seen by outsiders. Paul later saves Mapes from a deadly [[hunter-seeker]] intended to kill him, and she warns of a traitor in the Atreides household. Mapes is killed by that same traitor, Suk doctor Wellington Yueh, as the Harkonnens attack.

Mapes is portrayed by [[Linda Hunt]] in the 1984 film,<ref name="dune maslin"/> and by Jaroslava Šiktancová in the 2000 miniseries.<ref name="TVG Dune"/> [[Golda Rosheuvel]] plays the character in the 2021 film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/queen-charlotte-a-bridgerton-story/a43702024/golda-rosheuvel-queen-charlotte-premiere/|title=Golda Rosheuvel Took a Stand in Her Career—and That's When Queen Charlotte Came Along|date=May 5, 2023|first=Valentina|last=Valentini|website=[[Shondaland]]|access-date=August 5, 2023|archive-date=August 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805001450/https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/queen-charlotte-a-bridgerton-story/a43702024/golda-rosheuvel-queen-charlotte-premiere/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Mapes is the main character of the 2022 short story "[[Dune: The Edge of a Crysknife]]" by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, which takes place before the events of the ''Prelude to Dune'' trilogy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58724859-sands-of-dune|title=''Sands of Dune: Novellas from the Worlds of Dune'' by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson|website=[[Goodreads]]|access-date=June 2, 2022|archive-date=June 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602214604/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58724859-sands-of-dune|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/kevin-j-anderson/sands-of-dune.htm|title=''Sands of Dune'' by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson|website=Fantastic Fiction|access-date=June 2, 2022|archive-date=August 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814154924/https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/kevin-j-anderson/sands-of-dune.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Liet-Kynes ===
{{Infobox character
| name        = Liet-Kynes
| series      = [[Dune (franchise)|Dune]]
| creator     = [[Frank Herbert]]
| image       = 
| caption     =
| occupation  = Planetary ecologist
| spouse      = Faroula
| children    = [[Chani (character)|Chani]]
| relatives   = {{Plainlist|
* Pardot Kynes (father)
* Frieth (mother)
* [[Leto II Atreides]] (grandson)
* [[#Ghanima Atreides|Ghanima Atreides]] (granddaughter)
}}
| affiliation = [[Fremen]]
| portrayer   = {{Plainlist|
* [[Max von Sydow]] ([[Dune (1984 film)|1984 film]])
* [[Karel Dobrý]] ([[Frank Herbert's Dune|2000 series]])
* [[Sharon Duncan-Brewster]] ([[Dune (2021 film)|2021 film]])
}}
| first       = ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'' (1965)
}}

Liet-Kynes is the Imperial [[Planetologist]] of the desert planet Arrakis, and the father of Chani by his Fremen wife, Faroula. In ''Dune'', Duke Leto Atreides meets with Kynes soon after arriving on Arrakis to take over the melange harvesting operations there. Escorted by the planet's native Fremen, Kynes is the liaison between them and the Imperials. Kynes takes personal note of Leto's son Paul, who seems to know Fremen ways intuitively, and shows signs of being a prophesied Fremen messiah. The Atreides later hear of a person or deity named "Liet" to whom all the Fremen communities give allegiance.
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It is only after Leto is killed, and Paul and his mother, Lady Jessica, take refuge among the Fremen that Liet and Kynes are revealed to be the same person. He is the son of Pardot Kynes, the first Imperial Planetologist of Arrakis, and a Fremen woman, and is Chani's father. Captured by the Harkonnens and left to die in the desert without a [[stillsuit]] or water, Kynes is killed by a [[spice blow]], an explosive eruption that is part of the melange cycle. In ''[[God Emperor of Dune]]'', Liet-Kynes's wife and Chani's mother is identified as Faroula, "a noted herbalist among the Fremen".

Liet-Kynes is portrayed by [[Max von Sydow]] in the 1984 film,<ref name="dune maslin"/> and by [[Karel Dobrý]] in the 2000 miniseries.<ref name="tor 2003"/> [[Sharon Duncan-Brewster]] plays a gender-swapped version of the character in the 2021 film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/04/behold-dune-an-exclusive-look-at-timothee-chalamet-zendaya-oscar-isaac |title=Behold ''Dune'': An Exclusive Look at Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, and More |first=Anthony |last=Breznican |date=April 14, 2020 |access-date=April 14, 2020 |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |archive-date=April 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414123142/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/04/behold-dune-an-exclusive-look-at-timothee-chalamet-zendaya-oscar-isaac |url-status=live }}</ref>

Liet-Kynes also appears in the ''Prelude to Dune'' prequel trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. That series establishes that his mother is Frieth, the sister of Stilgar. Growing up under Fremen tradition, Liet inherits his father's position as planetologist as well as his secret goal of [[terraforming]] Arrakis into a temperate planet.
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=== Ramallo ===
Reverend Mother Ramallo is a spiritual leader, or [[Sayyadina]], among the Fremen of Sietch Tabr on Arrakis, a "wild" version of a Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother. In ''Dune'', Paul Atreides and his Bene Gesserit mother, Lady Jessica, flee a Harkonnen attack and find refuge among the Fremen. When Ramallo knows she is nearing the end of her life, Jessica undergoes the ritual [[spice agony]] to make her Ramallo's replacement. The Fremen ordeal to become a Reverend Mother involves ingesting the poisonous [[Water of Life (Dune)|Water of Life]], the exhalation of a dying sandworm. Jessica survives and shares minds with Ramallo, acquiring the older woman's life experiences and collective ancestral Other Memory, and then Ramallo dies.

Ramallo is portrayed by Italian actress [[Silvana Mangano]] in the 1984 film.<ref name="dune maslin"/> Drahomíra Fialková plays the character in the 2000 miniseries, with Petra Kulíková as a younger version of Ramallo.<ref name="TVG Dune"/> [[Giusi Merli]] portrays the dying Fremen Reverend mother in the 2024 film ''Dune: Part Two''.

Ramallo also appears in the ''Prelude to Dune'' prequel trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.

=== Jamis ===
Jamis is a formidable Fremen warrior from Sietch Tabr. In ''Dune'', Paul Atriedes and his Bene Gesserit mother, Lady Jessica, flee a Harkonnen attack and find refuge with the Fremen of Sietch Tabr. Newcomer Paul is immediately challenged by the distrustful Fremen warrior Jamis, and per Fremen custom they engage in a ritual fight to the death. Paul kills Jamis, and is subsequently obliged to take responsibility for his wife Harah and children.

Jamis is portrayed by Judd Omen in the 1984 film, Christopher Lee Brown in the 2000 miniseries, and by [[Babs Olusanmokun]] in the 2021 film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.looper.com/643821/the-minor-line-in-dune-that-means-more-than-you-think/|title=The Minor Line in ''Dune'' That Means More Than You Think|date=October 26, 2021|first=Chris|last=Perez|website=[[Looper (website)|Looper]]|access-date=August 8, 2023|archive-date=August 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810230119/https://www.looper.com/643821/the-minor-line-in-dune-that-means-more-than-you-think/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bjjtribes.com/from-the-bjj-mats-to-the-sands-of-dune-the-journey-of-babs-olusanmokun/|title=From the BJJ mats to the sands of ''Dune'': The Journey of Babs Olusanmokun|date=October 29, 2021|website=BJJ Tribes|access-date=August 8, 2023|archive-date=April 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409221641/https://bjjtribes.com/from-the-bjj-mats-to-the-sands-of-dune-the-journey-of-babs-olusanmokun/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Harah ===
Harah is the Fremen wife of Jamis. Her first husband was Geoff, by whom she had a son, Kaleff. Jamis defeated Geoff in a ritual duel and took Harah as his own wife, and fathered her son Orlop. After Paul kills Jamis in a ritual fight to the death in ''Dune'', Fremen custom demands that Paul inherit his possessions, including Harah and her children. Paul must take her into his household as his wife or his servant, and after a year if he has not married her, she may choose as she wishes. Paul accepts Harah as a servant. She is at first insulted by his reluctance to marry her, but dedicates herself to his service. Harah becomes very close to, and protective of, Paul's young sister Alia, who is born a fully aware Reverend Mother and pretends to be a child as she grows up among the Fremen. In ''Dune Messiah'', Harah is married to Stilgar, and is Chani's closest friend. She is witness to the birth of Paul and Chani's twins, Leto II and Ghanima, and to Chani's subsequent death. In ''Children of Dune'' Harah dedicates herself to the care of the twins. When an adult Alia's tyranny becomes too great and endangers Leto and Ghanima, Harah goes into hiding with Stilgar, Princess Irulan and the children.

Harah is portrayed by Molly Wrynn in the 1984 film.

=== Piter De Vries ===
{{For|those of a similar name|Peter de Vries (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox character
| name        = Piter De Vries
| series      = [[Dune (franchise)|Dune]]
| first       = ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'' (1965)
| creator     = [[Frank Herbert]]
| image       = 
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| occupation  = Twisted [[Mentat]]
| affiliation = [[House Harkonnen]]
| portrayer   = {{Plainlist|
* [[Brad Dourif]] ([[Dune (1984 film)|1984 film]])
* Jan Unger ([[Frank Herbert's Dune|2000 series]])
* [[David Dastmalchian]] ([[Dune (2021 film)|2021 film]])
}}
}}

Piter De Vries is a [[Mentat]], an individual conditioned to mimic the cognitive and analytical ability of computers, who serves the ruthless Baron Vladimir Harkonnen. Piter has the added distinction of having been "twisted" into an [[amorality|amoral]] [[Sadomasochism|sadist]] by the Tleilaxu.<ref name="Nerdist Mentat">{{Cite web|url=https://nerdist.com/article/dune-mentats/|title=Who Are the Mentats in ''Dune''?|first=Rose|last=Bueno|website=[[Nerdist]]|date=July 30, 2019|access-date=July 31, 2019|archive-date=April 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416180541/https://nerdist.com/article/dune-mentats/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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In ''Dune'', Piter is the architect of the plan to destroy House Atreides, longtime enemy of the Harkonnens, while restoring the Baron's stewardship over the planet Arrakis. Though the personal physician of Duke Leto Atreides, Wellington Yueh, has undergone Suk conditioning which renders him incapable of inflicting harm on his patients, Piter subverts it by kidnapping and torturing Yueh's wife. Hoping to free her, Yueh betrays the Atreides, enabling a catastrophic attack by the Harkonnens and delivering Leto to the Baron. Yueh learns that his wife is already dead and is killed by Piter. Yueh, however, has given the captive Leto a false tooth filled with poison gas with which to assassinate the Baron. The Baron evades the assassination but Leto and Piter die. Piter is the creator of [[residual poison]], a toxin which requires regular doses of an antidote to prevent death. The Baron secretly administers it to the captured Atreides Mentat Thufir Hawat as coercion to make him the replacement for Piter.

In the novel, Piter is described as "tall, though slender, and something about him suggested effeminacy". He is addicted to the drug melange possessing the blue eyes of Ibad that comes with prolonged spice consumption, in addition to the ruby red lips characteristic of those who consume [[sapho juice]], an addictive drug which enhances Mentat capabilities.

Piter is portrayed by [[Brad Dourif]] in the 1984 film,<ref name="dune maslin"/> and by Jan Unger in the 2000 miniseries.<ref name="slashfilm">{{Cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/dune-cast-david-dastmalchian/|title=''Dune'' Adds ''The Dark Knight'' and ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'' Actor David Dastmalchian|date=February 20, 2019|website=[[slashfilm|/Film]]|first=Hoai-Tran|last=Bui|access-date=February 22, 2019|archive-date=May 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511114740/https://www.slashfilm.com/dune-cast-david-dastmalchian/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[David Dastmalchian]] plays the character in the 2021 film.<ref name="slashfilm"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/legendary-dune-david-dastmalchian-1202560175/|title=Legendary's ''Dune'' Film Adds ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'' Actor David Dastmalchian|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Amanda|last=N'Duka|date=February 19, 2019|access-date=February 19, 2019|archive-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220063048/https://deadline.com/2019/02/legendary-dune-david-dastmalchian-1202560175/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Piter also appears in the ''Prelude to Dune'' prequel trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. In the series, Piter discovers the Harkonnen heritage of Lady Jessica and her newborn son Paul, and attempts to kidnap and ransom the infant. The plot is thwarted and the secret preserved when Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother Mohiam kills the Mentat and arranges for his corpse to be shipped home to the Harkonnen homeworld, Giedi Prime. An enraged Baron Harkonnen is left with no choice but to order a duplicate from the Bene Tleilax: the Mentat Piter featured in Herbert's original novel ''Dune''.
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=== Other ===
* '''{{visible anchor|Otheym}}''' is one of Paul's loyal [[Fedaykin]] death commandos in ''Dune''. In ''Dune Messiah'', he is ill after fighting in Paul's jihad, but reveals to Paul evidence of a Fremen conspiracy against him. Otheym gives Paul his dwarf Tleilaxu servant [[#Bijaz|Bijaz]], who, like a recording machine, can remember faces, names, and details. Paul accepts reluctantly, seeing the strands of a Tleilaxu plot. Otheym's daughter [[#Lichna|Lichna]] is also killed and replaced by a Tleilaxu Face Dancer as a means to infiltrate Paul's household. Otheym is portrayed by Honorato Magalone in the 1984 film, and by Jakob Schwarz in the 2000 miniseries and its 2003 sequel.
* '''{{visible anchor|Korba}}''' is one of Paul's loyal Fedaykin death commandos in ''Dune''. In ''Dune Messiah'', he has become a fanatic of the religion which has risen around Paul, and the High Priest among its Qizarate leaders. Hoping to increase his own religious power, Korba joins a conspiracy to set off an atomic weapon called a [[stone burner]] to [[martyr]] Paul. The explosion kills hundreds of Fremen and blinds many other, including Paul himself. Korba is tried for his crimes, and executed by Stilgar. Korba is portrayed by [[Karel Dobrý]] in the 2003 miniseries.
* '''{{visible anchor|Esmar Tuek}}''' is a spice smuggler on Arrakis. In ''Dune'', he attends a dinner thrown by Duke Leto Atreides and his Bene Gesserit concubine Lady Jessica at their Arrakeen palace. Esmar is later killed in the Harkonnen attack on Arrakeen that effectively destroys House Atreides. Esmar is portrayed by Pavel Kríz in the 2000 miniseries.
* '''{{visible anchor|Staban Tuek}}''' is a spice smuggler on Arrakis like his father, Esmar Tuek. After the Harkonnen attack on Arrakeen, Staban gives sanctuary to Atreides Warmaster Gurney Halleck and his surviving troops. Gurney and his men join the smugglers, improving their organization and efficiency.
* '''{{visible anchor|Captain Aramsham|Aramsham}}''' is the commander of the Imperial [[Sardaukar]] forces who arrive on Arrakis with Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV to impose order when Fremen attacks disrupt spice production on the planet. The ferocious Sardaukar soldier-fanatics are considered unstoppable, but the Fremen overcome them thanks to Paul's military strategy, their own ferocity and their ability to use sandstorms and the giant sandworms of Arrakis to their advantage. Paul uses the Bene Gesserit compulsion technique called [[The Voice (Dune)|the Voice]] to compel the Aramsham to humiliate himself by surrendering. However, Aramsham's Sardaukar stoicism is so great that he will not even give his name until Paul uses the Voice again. The defeat of the Sardaukar allows Paul to seize control of Arrakis and depose Shaddam.
* '''{{visible anchor|Iakin Nefud}}''' is the Captain of the Guard for House Harkonnen, promoted from a corporal after the death of his predecessor Umman Kudu in Duke Leto Atreides' poison gas attack on Baron Vladimir Harkonnen. Nefud is addicted to the drug [[semuta]]. Nefud is portrayed by [[Jack Nance]] in the 1984 film.<ref name="dune maslin"/>
* '''{{visible anchor|Wanna Marcus|Wanna}}''' is the Bene Gesserit wife of Suk doctor Wellington Yueh, the personal physician of Duke Leto Atreides. Prior to the events transpiring in ''Dune'', she is kidnapped by Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, who uses the threat of her extended torture to subvert Yueh's Suk Imperial Conditioning, which normally prohibits him from doing harm, and coerce him to betray Leto. Yueh submits to the Baron's demands, lowering the Atreides defensive shields and delivering Leto to him, but also gives Leto the means to assassinate the Baron. Yueh discovers, as he suspected, that Wanna has already been killed, and is himself murdered by the Baron's twisted Mentat, Piter De Vries. However, Yueh's loyalty to the Atreides had prompted him to aid Leto's son Paul and concubine Lady Jessica escape from the Harkonnens.