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=== Farad'n ===
{{Infobox character
| name        = Farad'n
| series      = [[Dune (franchise)|Dune]]
| creator     = [[Frank Herbert]]
| image       =
| caption     =
| alias       = Harq al'Ada
| occupation  = Royal Scribe
| significant_other = [[#Ghanima Atreides|Ghanima Atreides]]
| relatives        = {{Plainlist|
* [[#Princess Wensicia|Wensicia]] (mother)
* Dalak (father)
* [[Shaddam IV]] (grandfather)
* [[#Anirul|Anirul]] (grandmother)
* [[Princess Irulan|Irulan]] (aunt)
* Chalice (aunt)
* Josifa (aunt)
* Rugi (aunt)
}}
| family      = [[House Corrino]]
| portrayer   = Jonathan Brüün ([[Frank Herbert's Children of Dune|2003 series]])
| first       = ''[[Children of Dune]]'' (1976)
| last        = ''[[Paul of Dune]]'' (2008)
}}
Farad'n is the son of Princess Wensicia, and the grandson of Shaddam IV. In ''Children of Dune'', Shaddam is dead and Wensicia plots from exile to restore House Corrino to its former glory by wresting control of the Imperial throne from the usurper, Paul Atreides, for Farad'n. She attempts to assassinate Leto II and Ghanima Atreides, Paul's twin heirs, and though she fails, Leto pretends to be dead to escape the increasingly murderous ambitions of his father's sister Alia. Paul and Alia's mother, Lady Jessica, trains Farad'n in the Bene Gesserit ways as a preamble to an offer to marry Ghanima and share the throne. His part of the deal is to "denounce and banish" Wensicia for Leto's murder, which he does, but Ghanima intends to murder Farad'n on their wedding night as revenge. Leto reappears, now beginning the transformation into a human-[[sandworm (Dune)|sandworm]] [[hybrid (biology)|hybrid]], and ascends the throne himself. Leto, who is now physically incapable of siring children, commands Farad'n to father the future Atreides line as Ghanima's mate. Farad'n is also appointed as the Royal Scribe and renamed "Harq al'Ada" (the "breaker of habit"), and relinquishes his control of the remaining Sardaukar to Leto, effectively surrendering House Corrino's claim to the Imperial throne. Many of the chapter [[epigraph (literature)|epigraphs]] in the novel are from the later writings of Farad'n (as Harq al'Ada) in his role as chronicler of the reign of Leto II.

Farad'n is portrayed by Jonathan Brüün in the 2003 miniseries.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.moriareviews.com/sciencefiction/children-of-dune-2003.htm |title=Review: ''Children of Dune'' (2003) |website=Moria |first=Richard |last=Scheib |date=2003 |access-date=August 6, 2023 |archive-date=August 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806174552/https://www.moriareviews.com/sciencefiction/children-of-dune-2003.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/1576451%7C0/Jonathan-Bruun/#overview |title=Jonathan Brüün Filmography |website=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=August 6, 2023 |archive-date=August 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806181557/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/1576451%7C0/Jonathan-Bruun/#overview |url-status=live }}</ref>