Chapter 02
Posted: 12 Feb 2008 20:58
There exists no separation between gods and men: one blends softly casual into
the other.
-Proverbs of Muad'dib
This is a meeting of conspirators agains Muad'dib. They include Reverend Mother Mohiam, Princess Irulan (potentially), Guild Navigator Edric and Scytale, a Tleilaxu Face Dancer. We learn that Edric has the power to shield their conspiracy from Muad'dib's prescience and the other members consider him a fool, only usefull in this capacity. They are trying to convince Irulan to make a genuine commitment to their conspiracy else Paul may discover her involvment through prescience. It is revealed that Irulan has been secretly giving Chani a contrceptive because she wants to be the mother of the heirs to the empire. The Guild has salvaged the corpse of Duncan Idaho and the Bene Tleilax have regrown his flesh in their axlotl tanks. They call him Hayt now and plan to use him against Paul as a psychic poison. They also hope that Hayt will be able to charm Alia. Hayt has also been trained as a mentat. Scytale reveals that the Tleilaxu once created their own KH who killed himself rather than become his opposite and this is what they hope to do to defeat Muad'dib. They also hope to learn the secret of the spice cycle and break the Atreides monopoly.
the other.
-Proverbs of Muad'dib
This is a meeting of conspirators agains Muad'dib. They include Reverend Mother Mohiam, Princess Irulan (potentially), Guild Navigator Edric and Scytale, a Tleilaxu Face Dancer. We learn that Edric has the power to shield their conspiracy from Muad'dib's prescience and the other members consider him a fool, only usefull in this capacity. They are trying to convince Irulan to make a genuine commitment to their conspiracy else Paul may discover her involvment through prescience. It is revealed that Irulan has been secretly giving Chani a contrceptive because she wants to be the mother of the heirs to the empire. The Guild has salvaged the corpse of Duncan Idaho and the Bene Tleilax have regrown his flesh in their axlotl tanks. They call him Hayt now and plan to use him against Paul as a psychic poison. They also hope that Hayt will be able to charm Alia. Hayt has also been trained as a mentat. Scytale reveals that the Tleilaxu once created their own KH who killed himself rather than become his opposite and this is what they hope to do to defeat Muad'dib. They also hope to learn the secret of the spice cycle and break the Atreides monopoly.