Chapter 11
Posted: 01 Mar 2008 12:21
Your Lord knows very well what is in your heart. Your soul suffices this day as
a reckoner against you. I need no witnesses. You do not listen to your soul, but
listen instead to your anger and your rage.
-Lord Leto to a Penitent,
From the Oral History
This chapter is an assessment of the state of the Empire by the Bene Gesserit in year 2116 of Leto's reign.
Leto has burned nine historians on pyres made of their own works because they lied about history. Leto told their colleagues that he preys on drama, not to stand proudly on their lies and not to speak of this. His reference to himself as a predator alerts the BG.
Sister Chenoeh has the priviledge of conversing with Leto durring one of his peregrinations. He tells her he wants his words recorded at Chapterhouse. He says most humans are not strong enough to seek spiritual freedom within and he will restore the outward view. He warns the BG of trying to breed for a specific genetic goal. They achieved Paul and got the unexpected, himself, and he has achieved Siona.
Fish Speakers: Leto has increased their non-military role and improved local appreciation of their presence, attempts to form an alliance with them have failed.
Priesthood: Slowly taking over the religious character of the Fish Speakers.
Breeding Program: It appears random. Leto refuses to involve the BG in his breeding program. His Fish Speakers weed out unwanted BG births.
Economics: The BG have had to reduce their use of spice and have increased charges for their services. They have made a killing with CHOAM star jewels. Their Giedi Prime spice hoard has been written off.
Great Houses: They continue to dissapear into the background.
Family Life: Continually grows similar from planet to planet, families are well fed but life is increasingly static. They suspect Leto is usinging his control of spice as hydrolic despotism. They fear he's trying to increase the dependance on melange and may even introduce diseases which only spice will cure.
Guild: Transportation around the empire, with the exception of Ix, has adopted the style of Arrakis: On foot, by air or Guild Transport. They think this is to accelerate the static lifestyle. The Guild has entered into a joint project with the Ixians to produce a navigation machine.
The God Emperor: He's grown a little. They suspect his aversion to water. He still orders things from Ix. He's ordered a new Duncan Idaho ghola. They believe he's using computers. They hope to blackmail Leto with evidence of this to regain control of their breeding program. They do not deny his prescience.
Ix: They've sent Hwi Noree, Malky's niece to Arrakis as the new ambassador. Both are believed to have been specifically bred for this.
The Museum Fremen: They are the primary source of information about the goings on of Arrakis and an increasin payments to them must be budgeted for. They continue to mimic the Fremen ways but are a relic of what they once were.
The Tleilaxu: They offered to produce a totally female society without the need of males for the BG. The offer was refused.
a reckoner against you. I need no witnesses. You do not listen to your soul, but
listen instead to your anger and your rage.
-Lord Leto to a Penitent,
From the Oral History
This chapter is an assessment of the state of the Empire by the Bene Gesserit in year 2116 of Leto's reign.
Leto has burned nine historians on pyres made of their own works because they lied about history. Leto told their colleagues that he preys on drama, not to stand proudly on their lies and not to speak of this. His reference to himself as a predator alerts the BG.
Sister Chenoeh has the priviledge of conversing with Leto durring one of his peregrinations. He tells her he wants his words recorded at Chapterhouse. He says most humans are not strong enough to seek spiritual freedom within and he will restore the outward view. He warns the BG of trying to breed for a specific genetic goal. They achieved Paul and got the unexpected, himself, and he has achieved Siona.
Fish Speakers: Leto has increased their non-military role and improved local appreciation of their presence, attempts to form an alliance with them have failed.
Priesthood: Slowly taking over the religious character of the Fish Speakers.
Breeding Program: It appears random. Leto refuses to involve the BG in his breeding program. His Fish Speakers weed out unwanted BG births.
Economics: The BG have had to reduce their use of spice and have increased charges for their services. They have made a killing with CHOAM star jewels. Their Giedi Prime spice hoard has been written off.
Great Houses: They continue to dissapear into the background.
Family Life: Continually grows similar from planet to planet, families are well fed but life is increasingly static. They suspect Leto is usinging his control of spice as hydrolic despotism. They fear he's trying to increase the dependance on melange and may even introduce diseases which only spice will cure.
Guild: Transportation around the empire, with the exception of Ix, has adopted the style of Arrakis: On foot, by air or Guild Transport. They think this is to accelerate the static lifestyle. The Guild has entered into a joint project with the Ixians to produce a navigation machine.
The God Emperor: He's grown a little. They suspect his aversion to water. He still orders things from Ix. He's ordered a new Duncan Idaho ghola. They believe he's using computers. They hope to blackmail Leto with evidence of this to regain control of their breeding program. They do not deny his prescience.
Ix: They've sent Hwi Noree, Malky's niece to Arrakis as the new ambassador. Both are believed to have been specifically bred for this.
The Museum Fremen: They are the primary source of information about the goings on of Arrakis and an increasin payments to them must be budgeted for. They continue to mimic the Fremen ways but are a relic of what they once were.
The Tleilaxu: They offered to produce a totally female society without the need of males for the BG. The offer was refused.