Editing Dune (novel) (section)

==Characters==

;House Atreides
* [[Paul Atreides]], the Duke's son, and main character of the novel
* Duke [[Leto I Atreides|Leto Atreides]], head of [[House Atreides]]
* [[Lady Jessica]], [[Bene Gesserit]] and [[Concubinage|concubine]] of the Duke, mother of Paul and Alia
* [[Alia Atreides]], Paul's younger sister
* [[Thufir Hawat]], [[Mentat]] and Master of Assassins to House Atreides
* [[Gurney Halleck]], staunchly loyal troubadour warrior of the Atreides
* [[Duncan Idaho]], Swordmaster for House Atreides, graduate of the [[Swordmasters of the Ginaz|Ginaz School]]
* [[Wellington Yueh]], [[Suk School|Suk doctor]] for the Atreides who is secretly working for House Harkonnen
;House Harkonnen
* Baron [[Vladimir Harkonnen]], head of [[House Harkonnen]]
* [[Piter De Vries]], twisted Mentat
* [[Feyd-Rautha]], nephew and heir-presumptive of the Baron
* [[Glossu Rabban|Glossu "Beast" Rabban]], also called Rabban Harkonnen, older nephew of the Baron
* Iakin Nefud, Captain of the Guard

;House Corrino
* [[Shaddam IV]], [[Padishah Emperor]] of the Known Universe (the Imperium)
* [[Princess Irulan]], Shaddam's eldest daughter and heir, also a historian
* [[Count Fenring]], the Emperor's closest friend, advisor, and "errand boy"

;Bene Gesserit
* [[Reverend Mother (Dune)|Reverend Mother]] [[Gaius Helen Mohiam]], Proctor Superior of the Bene Gesserit school and the Emperor's [[Truthsayer]]
* Lady [[Margot Fenring]], Bene Gesserit wife of Count Fenring

;Fremen
* The [[Fremen]], native inhabitants of Arrakis
* [[Stilgar]], Fremen leader of [[Sietch Tabr]]
* [[Chani (character)|Chani]], Paul's Fremen concubine and a Sayyadina (female acolyte) of Sietch Tabr
* Dr. [[Liet-Kynes]], the Imperial Planetologist on Arrakis and father of Chani, as well as a revered figure among the Fremen
* The [[Shadout Mapes]], head housekeeper of imperial residence on Arrakis
* [[Jamis (Dune)|Jamis]], Fremen killed by Paul in ritual duel
* [[Harah]], wife of Jamis and later servant to Paul who helps raise Alia among the Fremen
* [[Reverend Mother Ramallo]], religious leader of Sietch Tabr

;Smugglers
* Esmar Tuek, a powerful smuggler and the father of Staban Tuek
* Staban Tuek, the son of Esmar Tuek and a powerful smuggler who befriends and takes in Gurney Halleck and his surviving men after the attack on the Atreides