DUNE REVENANT

FAN FICTION
Unfinished draft 9/9/2000 by
William Mitchell
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Dune Revenant: Chapter One

(20525 A.G.) The present inquiry of the Fish Speaker Schools has its
origins in a long forgotten crisis. Knole!ge of the e"ents
surroun!ing the #illennia calle! the Scattering$ an! su%sequently$
the great &ntegration that folloe! is critical to un!erstan! the
people of that ancient ti#e. The !iscipline of the Spice 'rea#ers an!
their a%ility to reconstruct an! !isse#inate the personae of (our
past hu#anity( has pro"i!e! us a tool of ut#ost i#portance.
Through their efforts$ e ha"e !isco"ere! a ealth of archaeological
infor#ation$ a te#poral strata opene! to us that has alloe! a
reconstruction of hat in ancient ti#es oul! ha"e %een calle!
(history(. )e#e#%er that *ultiple *e#ories an! +ersona Shifting
ere not co##on traits of our hu#an ancestors. This fact as
a#ong the #ost alar#ing an! re"olutionary of all those #a!e %y the
Spice 'rea#ers , people-s #in!s ere once solitary an! alone.
-Sociotemprint of the Fish Speaker School Idah-Mirabla

hunhun st!!d al!ne at a p!dium facin" a cr!#d that filled the $reat %all t! capacity& he
hall held !ver a milli!n pe!ple' #hich made it the prefect meetin" place f!r the (irst
Millennial Celebrati!n !f the f!undin" !f the (ish )pea*er )ch!!ls' but this is n!t #hat
held hunhun+s interest&
I stand before a million Individuals, but my thoughts are on the design of this place.
he desi"n !f the $reat %all !f the ,dah-Mirabla )ch!!l #as influenced by the !ri"inal
emple t! )t& .lia !f the /nife& .lth!u"h Ra*is had been destr!yed s!me t#! th!usand
years bef!re' the blueprint !f the temple had been saved in a ridulian crystal&
Legend says recorded by the Tyrant God Guldur himself. Guldur must have cherished the
design himself, the sweeping bow of the thousand meter outer wall leading to the "knife", a
thousand-meter spire rising above.
hunhun called him by the c!mm!n name !f $uldur' alth!u"h' as an hist!rian' he *ne#
the yrant $!d+s name #as actually 0et! ,,& his th!u"ht !ut !f time pleased hunhun' and
calmed him as he prepared t! spea*&
he emple t! )t& .lia #as ch!sen f!r si1e' alth!u"h several structures !n vari!us (ish
)pea*er #!rlds #!uld have sufficed& .ll the ma2!r sch!!ls #ere c!nvenin" here !n the
planet Ouadra' h!#ever' f!r its rich hist!ry datin" bac* t! the first d!1en (ish )pea*er
)ch!!ls& /n!#n in ancient times as Chapterh!use' Ouadra #as h!me !f the ,dah-Mirabla
)ch!!l' the sch!!l hunhun acted as ch!sen representative f!r durin" these celebrati!ns&
%undreds !f events surr!unded the Millennial Celebrati!ns' each suited t! the 3uasi-
familial r!les and "!al-"r!ups the vari!us sch!!ls #ere f!unded !n' as #ell as lectures t!
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be "iven by representatives !f each !f the (ish )pea*er )ch!!ls& hunhun l!!*ed acr!ss
at the banners !f the vari!us "r!ups and listed them !ff t! himself' !nce a"ain t! calm his
nerves as the r!ar !f the shufflin" cr!#d calmed in preparati!n f!r his lecture&
arkon-!ohia" #hani-Te$, allac-%uadra, even members of ayt-&cytl abandoned their
isolationist views for these events.
)!me discussi!ns #ere speciali1ed f!r smaller interest "r!ups' #hile several d!1en
spea*ers #ere t! address the entire assembly' all !ver the c!urse !f several stand& he
suspens!r-card read the title !f his lecture t! all th!se #h! entered the hall:
"Spice Dreaming as a Technique of Historical Archaeolog"
Idah-Mirabla Fish Speaker School
presented b Thunhun Idah! ibn al"Idah-Mirabla
Sociotemprint Archaeologist
.s he be"an' s!metime after the m!vements settled' "radually enterin" int! #hat f!r
hunhun mar* a lifetime achievement' %is eyes fi4ed up!n the prismatic c!l!rs !f the )un-
)#eep Wind!# calendar at the far end !f the hall&
I look into the pathways of light in this ancient calendar, as I take steps to undo what we all
know as Time.
he cr!#d !f nearly a milli!n reached an eerie silence' and hunhun be"an&
5We are assembled here in reverence t! the acc!mplishments !f that th!usand years !f
pr!"ress hist!rically called the ,nte"rati!n& 6ef!re !ur ancestral sch!!ls #ere f!rmed' in
th!se a"es #hen the )catterin" #as ended and the Returnin" c!mmenced' a "reat
!verc!min" t!!* place& !day #e stand here as a testament t! b!th the irrec!ncilable
uni3ueness !f !ur individual )ch!!ls as #ell as !ur ability t! retain the ,ndividual amidst
such an ,nte"rati!n& We are in a"reement that the archaic c!ncept !f +humanity+' alth!u"h
!f !nly min!r si"nificance t! ,ndividual life' !nce #as a rallyin" #!rd f!r pre-,nte"rati!n
bein"s&5
5While 7ers!na )hiftin" and Multiple Mem!ries have bec!me c!mm!n traits am!n"
,ndividuals in all the ma2!r )ch!!ls' the 3uesti!n !f h!# these chan"es came ab!ut has
l!n" remained a mystery& he !ri"ins !f the (ish )pea*er )ch!!ls are shr!uded in the l!st
ancient hist!ries' but a recent hist!rical archae!l!"ical techni3ue' )pice Dreamin"' has
unc!vered *eys t! this l!st past& ,n much the same #ay that $uild 8avi"at!rs !nce f!lded
space as a means !f space travel' the )pice Dreamers have learned t! f!ld c!nsci!usness
as a means !f time travel&5
5We are a pe!ple riddled by 3uesti!ns& %!# have #e ac3uired the variety !f )ch!!ls #e
*n!# t!day9 What is !ur !ri"in9 Different )ch!!ls appr!ach this *n!#led"e differently& Our
c!mm!n myth!s is !pen t! interpretati!ns& leila4u Ori"inary :v!-he!ry& 6ene $esserit
Myth!-$eneticism& We stand ready f!r a ne# appr!ach t! the trace !f truth& , have ta*en
the liberty !f presentin" a series !f )pice Dream disc!vered temprints fr!m the da#n !f
the ,nte"rati!n' and the da#n !f !ur very (ish )pea*er )ch!!ls& /n!# that the seeds !f
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the ,nte"rati!n #ere s!#n !ut !f the c!nflicts be"innin" #ith the mer"in" !f t#! "reat but
#arrin" sch!!ls' the 6ene $esserit and their rivals the %!n!red Matres&5
hunhun e4plained the details !f the pr!cess !f the )pice Dream& he individual c!nduit
in"ested )ynthspice t! br!aden the band !f c!nsci!usness& .lth!u"h m!st ,ndividuals
p!ssessed Multiple Mem!ries' and c!uld share 7ers!nas passed !n #ithin a )ch!!l+s line'
the techni3ue !f a c!nsensual visi!n had !nly recently been disc!vered& he pr!cess !f
the )pice Dream all!#ed a number !f pe!ple t! e4perience an actual hist!rical m!ment by
a dilati!n !f the fabric !f c!nsci!usness&
hunhun "l!ssed !ver the space-time fi"ures' simplifyin" the idea as a cr!ss bet#een the
ability t! f!ldspace and the techni3ues !f Duncan+s 8et& his c!nsensual hallucinati!n
all!#ed hist!ry t! be re-e4perienced' as easily as readin" a hist!ry b!!* had been ten
millennia a"!&
hunhun paused as he #as 2!ined at the p!dium by a y!un" c!nduit named ;anima fr!m
the 8!ree-.mpre )ch!!l&
he 8!ree-.mpre sch!!l maintained a str!n" bac*breedin" #ith the !ri"inal ,4ian
"enep!!l that had been in fashi!n these days' #hich als! suited the sch!!ls members t!
the technical e4pertise !f lar"e-scale )pice Dreamin"& .ny!ne c!uld learn t! f!ld the
c!nsci!usness !f a fe# pr!4imate pe!ple' but there #ere a l!t !f threads t! trac* and a
level !f discreti!n t! dr!p insi"nificant threads' that re3uired a )pice Dreamer #ith the
,4ian bac*"r!und t! mana"e such a lar"e event& .s ;anima prepared f!r the trance'
hunhun prepared the assembled cr!#d t! receive the dream&
Within m!ments the place and the m!ment be"an t! fade fr!m hunhun+s th!u"hts' and
li*e the mundane dreams it #as named f!r' the )pice Dream be"an t! #!r* up!n his
c!nsci!usness' and the c!nsci!usness !f the assembly&
'e can never e(perience the &pice )ream of another, yet we know they all coincide within
the intents of the &pice )reamer.
.s ;anima c!ntinued the pr!cess' f!ldin" c!nsci!usness' turnin" bac* the m!ments b!th
fr!m physical and psychical evidences' the milli!n assembled ,ndividuals be"an t! share
the hist!rical hallucinati!n' each th!u"ht #!ven t! the fabric !f the desired tar"et&
hunhun+s last th!u"hts bef!re the dream #ere !n ;anima' #h! #as an alphaline bred
direct fr!m %#i 8!ree herself' her silh!uette cuttin" the li"ht fr!m the )un-)#eep Wind!#&
&he is as beautiful as was the consort of God.
.nd then they #ere transp!rted<
he "h!la 7aul .treides #as al!ne in the c!urtyard #hen Miles e" entered& he
b!y l!!*ed ar!und' 3uite a#are that his pr!"ress #as bein" #atched fr!m ab!ve
by perhaps )heeana !r !ne !f the !ther sisters& 7aul #as ri"ht !f c!urse'
)heeana and Duncan ,dah! #ere a#aitin" the practice sessi!n in !rder t! m!nit!r
his pr!"ress& Duncan #as !utra"ed' and he said s! t! )heeana&
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5What is the purp!se !f all this )heeana5
5D!n+t "! there Duncan' #e b!th *n!# thin"s are at #!r* ar!und us that are lar"er
than y!ur disc!mf!rt at trainin" 7aul&5
&he always calls him *aul, never the ghola. 'hen I was young, mother &wanugyu
had always referred to me as the ghola, never as )uncan. +ut &heeana is no
longer +ene Gesserit.
%e #atched the pair in c!mbat trainin" bel!#' and )heeana turned up the listenin"
device t! eavesdr!p& 7aul #as an"ry&
5Where is Duncan9 ,sn+t he "!in" t! be teachin" me t! use plasma #eap!ns95
,'here is )uncan-, I remember when the original *aul used to re.uest my
company, while I watched on with his father, )uke Leto. &o many lives and I,ve
returned to this.
.s )heeana sp!*e t! Duncan' and #atched 7aul and Miles trainin" bel!#' she
reali1ed the c!ncept !f "h!la never seemed natural t! a 6ene $esserit' even
th!u"h they had manipulated "enetic lines f!r s! many millennia= they al#ays
all!#ed a natural birth fr!m t#! parents& he idea !f "enetics en"ineerin" shared
the disappr!val that c!mputers "ained after the 6ulterian >ihad' the techn!l!"y
ar!und the field f!rbidden by its edicts included c!mputeri1ed bi!techn!l!"y& Only
the 6ene leila4 practiced it' and they al#ays denied they did' #hile the 6ene
$esserit used c!nventi!nal breedin"& 6ut it #as n!# the sec!nd "enerati!n !f
6ene $esserit sisters that #ere c!mf!rtable #ith the use !f leila4u a4l!tl tan*s f!r
cust!m "r!#in" "h!las& 8!t !nly had they pr!duced their !#n successful Duncan
,dah!' but they had als! surpassed all #hen the pr!duced a y!un" Miles e"& he
ne4t pr!2ect seemed inevitable' !verseen by )heeana and her band !f rene"ade
sisters& he creati!n !f a "h!la unli*e any "h!la pr!2ect precedin" it' they #!uld
brin" bac* t! life the stran"est attract!r !f the ancient #!rld' they #!uld create a
"h!la !f 7aul .treides&
7aul cried !ut as Miles landed a bl!#&
5.lri"ht' lad' that+s en!u"h hand-t!-hand f!r t!day' let+s m!ve !n t! th!se plasma
#eap!ns y!u sp!*e !f earlier&5 Miles "lanced up at the !bservati!n #ind!#' and
b!th Duncan and )heeana *ne# #hat his face t!ld&
*aul,s reactions are too slow to survive. e is a relic of a past age.
Duncan "a1ed !ut at 7aul' and sensed the stran"e feelin" that everythin" he did
#as bein" #atched by s!me un*n!#n !bserver<
he )pice Dream receded& he assembly+s mummers "re# as they a#aited hunhun+s
resp!nse& .s the din !f c!nversati!n r!se in the $reat %all' ;anima "ave a *n!#in" l!!* t!
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hunhun as she left the sceneum&
er eyes tell me that she thinks they,re pleased with the demonstration. +ut will they
believe the truth,s behind what their consciousness has $ust e(perienced, for all of our
sakes.
5What #e have revealed is a *ey the pr!!f f!r !nce and f!r all that there truly lived a man
named 7aul .treides& he evidence bef!re us is !bvi!us& Why #!uld the mem!ries lie9
Many have claimed that the very idea !f a /#itsat1 %aderach #as a myth c!nstructed by
the Master (ace Dancers' s!meh!# inter#!ven #ithin !ur very cellular mem!ries& , !ffer
this mem!ry as pr!!f that 7aul .treides did e4ist& Why create a t#ice fallen "!d9 he
hist!rical 0a# !f 0east 7r!bability dem!nstrates that it #!uld been absurd t! create such a
#ild st!ry #here an ima"inary man-"!d is fabricated and then rec!nstructed as a "h!la
#h! is less than his !ri"in is such a bi1arre tale that it must be true&5
. v!ice fr!m the cr!#d s!unded 5Of c!urse y!u are familiar #ith the idea !f $h!la
De"radati!n he!ry&5 hunhun e4plained that $h!la De"radati!n #!uld n!t be an issue as
the dynamics !f )pice Dreamin" #!uld still be fi4ed in a true psychical m!ment fr!m the
past& .s s!!n as this 3uesti!n #as ans#ered' an!ther ar!se' c!ntinuin" t! c!unter the
)pice Dreamer findin"s& hunhun half listened as he #atched the )un-)#eep Wind!# and
th!u"ht !f the fact that it #as a representati!n !f all ancient calendars up until its creati!n&
When the v!ice #as finished' hunhun resumed his findin"s' lettin" the li"ht paths fr!m
that "rand #ind!# s!meh!# f!cus and "uide him&
he lecture c!ntinued f!r s!me time& .fter the fl!!d !f 3uesti!ns and pers!nal "reetin"s'
s!me h!urs later' hunhun f!und himself al!ne in the cl!isters !f his chambers& %e
reclined bac* int! the chair #here he had d!ne m!st !f his research& .s a hist!rian !f the
era that pr!duced the ,nte"rati!n' hunhun infre3uently f!und himself al!ne these days'
the increased interest in ,nte"rati!n !ri"ins #ere due t! the Millennial Celebrati!ns& :ven
the )pice Dreamin" c!uld be d!ne al!ne' but it #as much m!re vivid t! have multiple
dreamers rec!nstructin" a mem!ry !r a scene fr!m the ancient past& ;anima #!uld be
al!n" s!!n en!u"h' #ith a fe# !ther !f the students !f the ,dah-Mirabla sch!!l& hunhun
#!uld "et bac* t! the leila4u mem!ries' #hich #ere #here his current pri!rities lay&
The Tleila(u memories are not history, they are the key to all of our futures.
hunhun had a str!n" bac*breedin" t! the !ri"inal children !f Duncan and Murbella' and
alth!u"h the practice !f Duncan "h!la+s c!ntinued up until t#! hundred years bef!re' the
,dah-Mirabla sch!!l *ept t! the actual !ffsprin"' unli*e the s!lipsistic %ayt-,dah! sch!!l'
that cr!ssbred in #ith subse3uent Duncan "h!las& ,dah-Mirabla #as m!re li*e a family
than a sch!!l' a relic preserved fr!m its f!unders& hunhun himself #as !ne !f three
"h!las b!rn !n the same day' alth!u"h rarely interacted #ith his t#! t#in 5br!thers&5 .s an
hist!rian' his f!cus had al#ays been in the past& hunhun had perfected the techni3ue !f
multiple )pice Dreamers rec!nstructin" the same hist!rical m!ment in a rev!luti!nary #ay&
:ach )pice Dreamer became resp!nsible f!r the thread !f a sin"le character in a past
m!ment' and as the l!n" dead pers!nas interacted thr!u"h the dream' each dreamer *ept
a ti"ht h!ld !n his assi"ned pers!na& )!me tar"et m!ments even had au4iliary )pice
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Dreamers f!cusin" !n interpers!na c!mmunicati!n !r even c!llective subte4ts& his #ay'
m!re internal detail c!uld be !btained and the scenes came acr!ss #ith a "reater
res!luti!n !f internal dial!"ue and stray th!u"hts that #ere hist!rian+s bread and butter&
%is th!u"hts #andered bac* t! a )pice Dream he had c!nstructed a d!1en times bef!re'
t! a time that he felt had an hist!rical p!etry ab!ut it& he present faded' and hunhun
heard the years recede #ith a s!und he al#ays li*ened t! the #ind rushin" thr!u"h the
reeds fr!m his childh!!d& he ass!ciati!n pleased him' and !ver the years he had
nurtured it' s! the h!urs spent in his small b!at !n that river by his childh!!d h!me #ere
never l!st& )!!n there #as n! r!!m in his c!nsci!usness f!r anythin" !ther than the )pice
Dream' and the dilati!n !f time br!u"ht him bac* t! the time s!!n after the destructi!n !f
the !ri"inal Ra*is&
%is tar"et #as a n!-ship in search !f a h!me<
)heeana emer"ed fr!m the n!-ship #ith a sense !f #!nder and c!mpleti!n as her
feet t!uched the sand !f this ne# #!rld& . desert& )he th!u"ht' alth!u"h !ther
v!ices #hispered' 5f!r the ta*in"5 --)he turned her th!u"hts t! the stream !f
resp!nsibilities that #ere t! f!ll!#& )he had n! precedent t! "uide her' !nly an
adherence t! 6ene $esserit traditi!n that must h!ld #here all !ther traditi!ns had
unraveled& )he #as the traditi!n n!#= #hat had been #as !ne thin"' but #hat lay
ahead f!r her and th!se #h! f!ll!#ed her #as 3uite s!methin" else&
he planet had five m!!ns= )heeana li*ed this fact the m!ment Duncan had
rep!rted it up!n the disc!very !f the planet by the n!-ships sens!rs& )he had
already re2ected permanent settlin" !f an!ther #!rld they had st!pped !n' a c!!ler
#!rld in c!mparis!n' much m!re temperate' much li*e Chapterh!use& hey had
nic*named this first #!rld )t!p!ver' and' this #!rld further resembled
Chapterh!use in that it had n! m!!n&
'e even chose to remove that detail. Too much romance in a moon for the
homeworld of a sisterhood that forbade even music.
)heeana needed a #!rld #ith at least !ne m!!n& 5We are buildin" a ne#
myth!l!"y'5 she had said t! Duncan& )t!p!ver pr!ved its namesa*e accurate' and
#ithin a m!nth they returned t! their n!-ship ?leavin" their m!!nless haven f!r the
v!id !f f!ldspace&
ime passed& )cytale paced his cell p!nderin" the cells #ithin his nullentr!py
tube& he sand#!rms rumbled in the c!nverted car"! h!ld& )heeana #!r*ed #ith
her fell!# rene"ade sisters in private sessi!ns& he Duncan a#!*e !ne ni"ht s!!n
after a ni"htmare visi!n' he sa# a "h!stli*e Dune returned' and #as !verc!me
#ith the feelin" that this #as a "auntlet that humanity c!uld n!t surpass by simple
destructi!n !f the #!rld& %e sa# (remen there' and Muad+Dib #as there' invitin"
him' #arnin" him& %e t!ld )heeana that it #as an !racular dream' but it #as n!t
the future he sa#' n!t a prescient visi!n& %e had failed t! e4plain it m!re&
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5, d!n+t see the future' 5Duncan insisted and his emphasis !n that final #!rld
s!meh!# #as a clue t! )heeana !f #hat he did see' 5thin"s simply appear in the
net !f my e4tended a#areness& hey must n!t be th!u"ht !f as visi!ns !f the
future&5 )heeana *ne# Duncan+s Mentat trainin" !ften hindered his ability t! be a
mystic& %er su""esti!n t! him came !ut in !ne #!rd:
"/ensunni."
One !f Duncan+s past incarnati!ns had been as a @ensunni phil!s!pher' a leila4u
"ift/2!*e t! the yrant& hat pers!na emer"ed and the #!rds be"an t! f!rm in
Duncan+s mind&
5here is s!methin" !f Dune that lives after its death& 7erhaps !ur sand#!rm
car"! carries it' pearls !f 0et!+s a#areness& 7erhaps y!u carry it y!urself'
)heeana&5 %e paused' and )heeana #aited !n his ne4t #!rds' 5What , see defies
the temp!ral' a disemb!died spirit !f a shattered #!rld& his Dune Revenant
#anders as #e #ander' it see*s a #!rld t! haunt as #e see* !ne t! inhabit&
Restless as #e are restless&5 )heeana n!ticed he had a l!!*in" his eyes that in
his half-trance he ch!se n!t t! hide&
e,s ga0ing into his 1et, seeing what has been caught up in it. )uncan is our
fisherman. 2et we fish for a new )une.
#! #ee*s after departin" m!!nless )t!p!ver' they f!und the five-m!!ned #!rld&
,dah! ta4ed his abilities t! see #ithin his !racular net' until the #!rld had been
disc!vered' tan"led #ithin its mesh& %e f!und the #!rld there as he hand f!und s!
many thin"s& %e had added lists !f #eap!ns' lan"ua"es' and s*ills ac3uired !ut !f
thin air t! the archive !n the n!-ships c!mputer& . mechanical n!-ship detect!r
#as the first pr!2ect he #anted t! be"in #!r* !n' as s!!n as time and res!urces
#!uld all!# it&
5e" can see the n!-ships' 5Duncan had #arned )heeana' and he *ne# the
6asher #!uld pr!tect the #hereab!uts !f this five m!!ned #!rld and their n!-ship&
Much !f the planet #as already desert& )heeana circled the n!-ship that first time
herself' the air #as dry and h!t& . dust#ind *ic*ed up' and her n!strils re"istered
the p!ssibility !f sand#!rm adaptati!n& he dust#ind carried the telltale si"ns !f a
sandst!rm' n!t a fierce !ne' but !n its #ay n!netheless fr!m a desert sea t! the
s!uth&
)he marveled at this desert #!rld& he planet+s sun #as !f a sli"htly h!tter class
than the sun !f Ra*is had been& )he turned t! a pair !f sisters that had als!
emer"ed fr!m the ship ? )heeana t!!* a handscreen itinerary fr!m !ne !f them ?
list !f the attributes !f the planet appeared electr!nically& 5We+ll need stillsuits f!r
sure' and e3uipment t! c!nstruct !ur first shelters& (r!m there #e+ll manufacture
the rest&5 )heeana returned t! the screen& %!tter sun' and the planet #as a n!tch
t!! cl!se' ma*in" f!r a 3uic*er year&
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That could .uicken the sandtrout cycle.
0!n"er days and ni"hts #ere the result !f a sl!#er planetary r!tati!n' AB-h!ur
days/ AB-h!ur ni"hts at the e3uin!4& he planet+s lar"e si1e and mass resulted in a
"ravity sli"htly "reater than that !f Ra*is&
This world will produce strong limbed children, if we can acclimate to the heat.
Duncan emer"ed fr!m the n!-ship #ith 3uic*ness in his step' 5)heeana' the
temp!rary #eather pr!be #e left in !rbit has d!#nl!aded its first datafeed& We
sh!uld stay inside f!r n!!ntime temperatures are "!in" t! "et up there& ,t+ll be t!!
h!t t! leave the n!-ship& ,n fact' #e+ll pr!bably have t! shutd!#n all n!n-essential
systems !r #e+ll all c!!* inside& he ships s*in temperature #ill ta4 the air
temperature re"ulat!rs as it is&5
%ur first hardships so soon. This must be the planet.
hunhun+s c!nsci!usness emer"ed fr!m the )pice Dream as )heeana resp!*e
th!se #!rds& %e remembered an!ther time' ten years past their first arrival' #hen
)heeana th!u"ht th!se #!rds a"ain& hunhun c!ntracted the m!ments' and he
#as bac* !n the river' rushin" t!#ard the m!ment he desired<
5his must be the #!rld t! ma*e us (remen a"ain&5 ,t #as the v!ice !f Odrade that
sp!*e t! )heeana fr!m !ther mem!ry& )heeana recalled the day the first arrived
!n ne# Dune' the day they landed ten years bef!re& )he remembered that day
#ith a clarity that !nly a Reverend M!ther c!uld learn t! master& )he had reali1ed
that this #as the planet' and recalled an inner c!nversati!n she had had #ith
Odrade ab!ut #hat t! d! ne4t: 5)! many thin"s t! d! Dar&5 )heeana had st!pped
herself bef!re a#a*enin" Odrade+s inner pers!na !n that first arrival day& Recently'
h!#ever' the v!ice !f Dar#e Odrade #as a c!nstant c!mpani!n& hese days'
)heeana !ften all!#ed the inner v!ices t! resp!nd& %er fate #as t! chan"e as
!nly !ne !ther had in all !f hist!ry' and she all!#ed a certain freed!m f!r the !ther
v!ices& he plans had been set in m!ti!n that day ten years a"!?depl!yment !f
the sand#!rms f!rm the car"! h!ld' assi"nati!n !f duties' c!nstructi!n !f
d#ellin"s assi"ned t! th!se sisters' stillsuit manufacture assi"ned these sisters' all
m!dificati!ns !verseen by Duncan&
"'e are to be 3remen again." )heeana all!#ed Dar the resp!nse& What a
r!mantic the f!rmer Reverend M!ther )uperi!r had hidden fr!m all !f usCn!t as
#ell as she had hidden sea-child th!u"hD& hese tides fr!m a decade past still held
s#ay !ver )heeana ?Odrade had even helped her in the namin" !f the five
m!!ns& %!# mythic a p!siti!n t! find !neself in& M!re than any artist c!uld
ima"ine& %!# #ill these m!!ns lend themselves in !ur challen"e9 8amin" the
m!!ns had been instinctive& )heeana recalled the c!nversati!n #ith Duncan:
5hese m!!ns deserve (remen names' 5she had sp!*en it t! him !n a rare ni"ht
#hen all five m!!ns #ere visible in the s*y& hey had been !ut in the ni"ht desert
!n a l!n"-term test !f the ne# stillsuits deep desert adaptati!ns Duncan had
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made& hey had been cr!ssin" an elevated rid"e that #!uld als! all!# them a
vie# !f the !pen bled ?t! all!# them t! mar* the pr!"ress !f the sand#!rm
adaptati!n& hey ad!pted the m!st ancient arrhythmic (remen step ?#hich
tri""ered f!r )heeana a r!!t !f deeper rhythms' her dance !f )hai-%ulud&
With time the m!!ns ac3uired names: 0-"aib Cthe !uter #!rldD' 0-.*rab Cthe
sc!rpi!nD' 0-/atib Cthe #riterD' )ihayaCdesert sprin"timeD' 0-)ayal Cthe rain !f
sandD& he name !f the planet had been m!re difficult& .rra*is' as the ancients
called it' itself #as named fr!m the (remen #!rd ara3' #hich means 5s#eat&5 he
name Dune be"an t! stic* here' especially am!n" the y!un"er sisters up!n
a#a*enin" !f !ther mem!ries& Once the presence !f ancient .rra*is #as available
t! them the name #!uld emer"e& 5%!# much h!tter Dune seems than ancient
.rra*is5 !r 5Dune revives the clarity !f the (remen in the Desert&5 )heeana
recalled h!# Duncan insisted !n callin" the planet Dune' since his visi!n !f the
Dune Revenant bef!re their arrival& hat ni"ht !n the hi"h rid"e they discussed the
rep!rts !f the Returnin" !f the Master (ace Dancers t! the Old :mpire& )heeana
t!ld him they #ere searchin" !ut *n!#n desert #!rlds& 5)! they #ant t! destr!y
this Dune as #ell' d! they&5 Duncan referred t! !ne rep!rt that came fr!m
Chapterh!use' Murbella had her hands full& )heeana had as*ed 5Why d! y!u
insist !n callin" this #!rld Dune&5 Duncan returned smile as he surveyed the ni"ht
bled' 5.s these m!!ns are my #itness' , *n!# !ne simple truth& he revenant fr!m
my visi!n has f!und a h!me haunt: this planet is n!# Dune&5
he )pice Dream subsided& :4hausted fr!m the days events' and the em!ti!nal t#ists and
turns that acc!mpanied the ev!cati!n !f such uncharted and ancient mem!ries' hunhun
recalled s!methin" ;anima al#ays said t! him #hen he !ver#!r*ed himself
")o you still remember how to have normal dreams- I,ll give you a clue, it has a lot to do
with going to sleep&E
%e had met ;anima durin" a student retreat' #here several members fr!m vari!us (ish
)pea*er )ch!!ls met t! e4chan"e ideas& Duinain had been up f!r several days' #antin"
t! push himself and apply )pice Dreamin" t! his pursuit !f hist!ry&
The &pice )reams will have to wait until tomorrow.
0ater that ni"ht' OuadraFs streets and st!as hummed #ith the activities !f the Millennial
Celebrati!n& hunhun t!ssed and turned f!r several h!urs !f restless sleep& %is eyes
darted bel!# cl!sed lids' his arms and le"s trashed& )uddenly' hunhun a#!*e fr!m his
ni"htmare& Wet #ith the #ater !f fear he recalled the dream&
The Temple to &aint 4lia of the 5nife.
%e st!!d in the emple pla1a at mid-day' but he #as n!t !n Ouadra& Was he !n Dune9
he smell !f spice c!ffee distracted him fr!m the scene' #ith the Melan"e smell he *ne#
!nly fr!m his )pice Dreamed mem!ries& his c!ntradicti!n c!nfused him f!r a lucid
m!ment #ithin the dream' and !ut !f the c!rner !f his eye he cau"ht the "limpse !f a
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h!!ded blind man& hen the sudden crash !f br!*en "lass& Distant& (r!m far ab!ve& %e
l!!*ed t! see the )un-)#eep Wind!# shatterin" !ut#ard' as a #!man+s b!dy leapt
thr!u"h it and fell t!#ards the "r!und a half th!usand meters bel!#& (!r several sl!#ed
sec!nds that lasted an eternity he #atched the #!man fall&
%e #!*e vi!lently up!n rec!"ni1in" the #!man as )t& .lia' as she crashed !nt! the steps
bef!re him&
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Dune Revenant: Chapter #!
The #illennial cele%ration of the Fish Speaker Schools co#es at a
ti#e hen G&.A' has %een true to the #a/i#s of &ntegral
0cono#ics for o"er 500 years. That G&.A' incorporates the %rea!th
an! i!th of our uni"erse1s i!e "ariety of /enocultural an! e/e2iant
nee!s as so#ething that the ancients coul! ne"er i#agine. Archaic
proto3econo#ics$ like capitalis# an! co##unis#$ ere still present
as far %ack as 45.A*$ trying to check an! %alance the poer they
hel!. 6eing groun!e! in &ntegral 0cono#ics$ G&.A' is no longer
%oun! %y questions of politics. 7ithout such a syste#$ e oul!
e/pan! to a critical #ass that oul! #ean our #utual !estruction.
7e surren!er all poer uncon!itionally$ so our success is the
uni"erse1s success8 #easure! in processes$ not goals.
3G&.A' progressi"e philosophy.
he meetin" !f the direct!rs !f $,O.D #as n!t scheduled f!r an!ther three demicycles' s!
an emer"ency anne4 meetin" had been established unanim!usly by rem!te& he $uild
,4ian Omni .symulant Direct!rship had e4isted in name f!r several centuries& he edicts
up!n #hich ,4ian $uild alliances #ere c!ded' h!#ever' spanned millennia bac* t! the time
!f the $!d yrant' and the precedent !f ,4ian $uild c!!perati!n and c!llusi!n c!uld be
f!und in the mythic st!ries !f Muad+Dib& $,O.D direct!rs included representatives fr!m the
ma2!r $uild enclaves as #ell as hi"h e4p!sure ,4ian techn!crats' cybimech the!rists' and
parliamentary inte"ral ec!n!mists&
;eshi*a .mpre' #as the techn!crat imperat!r !f ,4' and it #as her r!le t! be"in the $,O.D
pr!ceedin"s& 6red thr!u"h the 8!ree-.mpre )ch!!l fr!m the same breedin" pr!cess that
pr!duced %#i 8!ree' ;eshi*a and her t#in ;anima represented a style !f 8!ree-.mpre
breedin" that stressed the und!in" !f the ancient male "ender bias in techn!l!"ical
creati!n& %#i 8!ree' #h! #edded the $!d yrant himself' be"an t! symb!li1e the issue
that the male ur"e t! create #as !ften e4ternali1ed and alm!st never had the "race !f
bi!l!"ical creati!n& he 8!ree-.mpre )ch!!l stressed that female ,4ians had an intrinsic
understandin" !f the bi!l!"ical bias' and techn!l!"y created by their )ch!!l #as n!t
b!und t! the male !verc!min" !f the creative ur"e& .s females had !nce c!ntinued the
species' their machines need n!t reflect such an unthin*in" reacti!n' s! the cybimech
the!rists #!uld pr!n!unce& ;eshi*a reflected !n these r!les as she appr!ached the small
!rbit-t!-surface p!d that #!uld transp!rt her t! the parliament hall&
.lth!u"h the meetin"s c!uld be attended rem!tely via h!l!-ima"in"' a traditi!n !f physical
presence !f the direct!rs a l!n" ensured a hi"h level !f attenti!n and imp!rtance that all
$,O.D meetin"s demanded& ;eshi*a passed int! the atm!sphere !f ,4 fr!m her residence
!n the artificial Rin"' encirclin" ,4 in !rbit& he ,4ian h!me #ard ech!ed much !f the
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techn!l!"ical architecture they had intr!duced !n Old $ammu' *n!#n t! myth!l!"y as
$iedi 7rime& he tales !f the #!rld !f 6ar!n %ar*!nnen mar*ed that #!rld as an
achievement !f techn!l!"y "!ne mad& he surface !f ,4 #as encapsulated in an e4!s*in'
an arm!r !f their techn!-civili1ati!n' that the ,4ians had al#ays been *n!#n and feared f!r&
;eshi*a recalled the ,4ian cred!: 8!thin" e4ists that cann!t be impr!ved up!n&
,n the days !f the Old :mpire they had been *ept in chec*' but the ,4ians had under"!ne a
renaissance durin" the time !f the $!d yrant& he fact that the myths sp!*e !f their
machines as amusements f!r the $!d yrant' as did the "h!las !f the leila4u' and %is
leniency t!#ards them' caused the ,4ians t! fl!urish&
'e have truly transformed Technology into 4rt.
.s ;eshi*a descended t!#ards the surface' the city !f Richese' named in h!n!r !f the
sacrificed fabricati!n #!rld' destr!yed durin" the bl!!dshed !f the Returnin"& Richese #as
a symb!l !f the a"e !f ,nte"ral :c!n!mics& he city #as n! l!n"er spires !f "lasteel that
c!uld !nly be c!mpared t! the ran* and file phalan4 as #as c!mm!n durin" the )catterin"&
he ,nte"rati!n years had #itnessed a redesi"n !f fundamental c!ncepts in architecture&
he decentrali1ati!n !f ,4ian urban systems #ere cr!ss planet arran"ed by an e3uati!n !f
functi!nality' aesthetics and metam!rph!sis that c!uld !nly be c!mpared t! n!n-:uclidean
"e!metry& his bi1arre aesthetic had bec!me c!mm!n t! the ,4ians ?but it #as the same
stran"eness that *ept !ff #!rlders a#ay fr!m ,4& Gisually maddenin"' visit!rs #ere unable
t! reference such a "r!undless c!ntrast !f space and matter& ,4ians themselves f!und
!ther #!rlds e3ually unpleasant' #ith the effects !f claustr!ph!bia lessened by implants
#hen they did leave ,4&
;eshi*a stepped acr!ss the p!rtal and !nt! the transp!rt t! the Richesean 6eaur!palace&
)he passed several $uildsmen in their spicetan*s as she entered the buildin"&
'e have always been the perfect companions to the Guildsman. To bend space and time
they e(changed the static view of "human", in the same way we have done with implants.
'e were the first to Integrate with our environment" we turned our dependence on device
into a philosophy of enhancement.
he direct!rs #ere prepared f!r the m!ment !f her arrival& ;eshi*a be"an in the
c!nv!luted style !f address that #as the practice !n ,4= f!rmal "rammars "!verned by a
lin"uistic calculus that #as best suited f!r technical descripti!ns&
1ot a spoon for $ust any mouth.
)he advanced t! the crisis at hand= 5, need n!t understate the l!cus !f !ur situati!nal
r!les& he verificati!n !f he Ones With Many (aces as an epidemic transf!rmati!n !f the
Master (ace Dancers is evident fr!m all rep!rts& What ,ndividual rep!rts need
addressin"95
:ahrch sp!*e first' his )ynthspice b!dy mutated by the :l-:drich )ch!!l+s traditi!n'
s3uirmin" #ithin his spice-tan*' 5he Ones With Many (aces see the Dune Revenant'
h!#ever' they are n! cl!ser than #e at disc!verin" if the planet ever e4isted& .ll hist!ries
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sh!# there #as never a sec!nd Dune& ;et that is #hat they see*&5
.lme*' a cybernetic space-f!lder' shifted #hile :ahrch sp!*e' but said n!thin"& :ahrch had
ancient r!!ts as a descendant !f the :drichs' #h! had *n!#n Muad+Dib' bac* in the a"e
#hen $uild navi"at!rs #ere rated by the sta"e !f hyperspacial specificity& .lme*' h!#ever'
#as truly a pr!duct !f the ,nte"rati!n' f!ldin" space by means !f internal ,4ian machines&
%e #as !f a )ch!!l that+s m!tt! #as: 0et %ist!ry be (!r"!tten&
.lme* piped in #ith his standard ar"ument line' 5he a"e !f spice is !ver' #e n!# f!ld
space #ith bi!mechanics& Our "!al sh!uld be t! c!ntinue al!n" the path that #e be"an
!ver a th!usand years a"!' , spea* t! the utter reversal !f the edicts !f the 6ulterian
>ihad&5 .lme* sp!*e !f the spacef!ldin" implants' #hich c!uld n!t !nly thin*' but #ere
actually able t! dream the spice trance that all!#ed the p!ssibilities !f spacef!ldin"&
:drich c!uld n!t help himself' 5(ind Dune Revenant and the rue )pice' and the ancient
#ays shall return&5
;eshi*a' detectin" their interacti!n and inter2ected' 5We must all!# !urselves t! put aside
the ambiti!ns !f the enclaves !r the ,4ian assembla"e and act as !ne in this matter&5
;eshi*a m!ti!ned t! 8r! 7athay' as she c!ntinued ?5f!r that reas!n #e sh!uld pr!ceed
acc!rdin" t! the al"!rithms !f the "eneralists&5 8r! "rimaced at this re3uest' ;eshi*a
purp!sefully e4cludin" his e4tremist al"!rithms' #hich !ften #!r*ed !utside !f inte"ral
ec!n!mic limits& he "eneralist al"!rithms had enabled ,4 and the $uild an alternative t!
p!litic in the ,nte"rati!n' but it did ensure $,O.D+s place in the ec!n!my !f the universe&
he e4tremist al"!rithms that 8r! 7athay and his line had the!ri1ed' s!u"ht t! use the
res!urces available t! $,O.D t! reverse the nature !f the ,nte"rati!n in a p!litic!-military
manner& )!me sa# them as ,4ian nati!nalists that s!u"ht a 8e# :mpire' in spite !f all the
calculati!ns that pr!ved lac* !f real stability in all empires&
6ef!re he c!uld submit his !b2ecti!n' ;eshi*a added' 5We #!uldn+t #ant t! und! the
stability that $,O.D needs t! c!ntinue the *n!#n #!rlds al!n" the path !f inte"rati!n& Our
intenti!ns sh!uld c!ntinue as they al#ays have' especially in safe"uardin" !ur *n!#led"e
!f )heeana+s 7ath and Dune Revenant f!rm the Master (ace Dancers&5
2ours is the road to failure for all of us.
;eshi*a c!ntinued' 5he l!cati!n !f Dune Revenant and the !utc!me !f that phase !f !ur
hist!ry is un*n!#n t! even th!se !f !ur ran*& he ancient hist!ry tells that >yth! .mpre'
my ancest!r' aided by the Duncan and his revelati!ns' f!lded Dune Revenant !utside !f
!ur space' by means !f an encrypted phase shift' f!rever placin" the planet and its m!!ns
!utside !f !ur universe& he final fate !f )heeana' Duncan' and )cytale #ere never
revisited&5
8r! 7athay ch!se this m!ment t! stri*e' 5.s an ,4ian dele"ate' , attended a fascinatin"
lecture durin" the Millennial Celebrati!ns !n Ouadra !n this very sub2ect& Many !f th!se
"athered t!!* e4cepti!nal interest in the visitati!ns y!ur sister ;anima all!#s the universe
t! vie# via her )pice Dreams& )!me tal* ab!ut the truth !f the "h!la 7aul ' and the fate !f
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)heeana' seems t! be i"n!red& , #!nder h!# the Master (ace Dancers are re"ardin" all
!f this&5
he fact that ;anima had ch!sen the life !f a sch!lar !ften f!und its #ay int! criticisms !f
;eshi*aFs rule as echn!crat ,mperit!r !f ,4& ;anima+s interest in 3uesti!ns !f ancient
hist!ry #as s!methin" #ith ;eshi*a had never c!ncerned herself&
istory always seemed more like fetish, but 2anima never saw it that way. If 2anima could
see that, she would be sitting here on the I(ian #onsul. I( was all about fetish.
;eshi*a ans#ered 8r! calmly' 5he Master (ace Dancers are n!t !ur !nly c!ncern& he
implicati!ns !f the Ones With Many (aces seem t! !ut#ei"h even their beni"n pesterin"&5
8r! rebutted' 5C!uld #e run numbers t! predict h!# many !f the milli!n present !n
Ouadra #ere in fact Master (ace Dancer spies& W!uldn+t it serve in !ur best interests t!
!ffer the Master (ace Dancers the encrypti!n *ey t! the Dune Revenant9 C!uld #e n!t
ally !urselves #ith !ne enemy t! #ard !ff an!ther that is far "reater&5
)oes he admit to collaboration- e must be watched constantly6
;eshi*a calmed herself and added' 5;!ur s!luti!n is n!ted' h!#ever' the c!nsul is in need
!f y!ur functi!ns as "eneralist& .s y!u *n!#' !ur initial in3uiry and pr!2ect c!nfirm an HH
percent pr!bability !f )heeana sharin" the $!d yrant+s dream !f bec!min" a sand#!rm'
a IA percent pr!bability !f her transf!rmin" several !f her rene"ade sisters as #ell& Our
final analysis , have pers!nally c!mpiled' and it is perhaps the m!st sh!c*in": . A9 percent
chance that )heeana herself' as a sand#!rm' is still alive t!day !n Dune Revenant' f!lded
a#ay fr!m !ur universe& he 3uesti!n sh!uld n!t be' sh!uld #e inf!rm the Master (ace
Dancers !f her presence9 Rather' #e sh!uld #!nder #hat she has been plannin" f!r
them' and f!r all !f us' f!r the past 2000 years95

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Dune Revenant: Chapter I
To !escri%e the transfor#ation of the 6ene Tleila/u !efies the li#its
of the knole!ge of an in!i"i!ual %eing. The ancient caste syste#s
pro!uce! its #asters an! sla"es. 5oe"er$ hen the #ule sla"es
perfecte! their face !ancing o"er the #illennia$ they e"ol"e! into
so#ething quite !ifferent an! une/pecte!. 9ust as Scytale ha!
transfor#e! o"er successi"e iterations fro# #ule to *astif$ so !i!
these *aster Face 'ancers transcen! the role gi"en to the# %y the
.l! *asters. 7hat as the final outco#e8 The .nes 7ith *any
Faces. *any ish to approach The .nes 7ith *any Faces$ as one
oul! approach a stranger hen "isiting a ne lan!$ an! ask the#$
(5o !i! you get to %e this ay:( 'oes one ask the #oth ho it
change! fro# a caterpillar: The anser is forgotten in the cocoon.
An! the e#pty husk is the only itness to the fact.
3fro# the 4hani3Te; School.


;anima' and a half d!1en !ther spice dreamers' entered hunhun+s chamber in the
hist!rical hall !f Ouadra& he planet #as !nce the seat !f the first c!mbined sisterh!!ds !f
6ene $esserit and %!n!red Matres durin" the Returnin" !ver A000 years bef!re& 8!# it
#as a (ish )pea*er )ch!!l planet' #ith vari!us c!lle"es fr!m acr!ss the universe& ,dah-
Mirabla had secured the actual 6ene $esserit "rand hall as they traced their !ri"ins bac*
t! Murbella' !ne !f a d!1en ic!ns !f the ,nte"rati!n that #!uld pr!ve t! ma*e the #!rd
5humanity5 n! l!n"er c!llectively inclusive !f the universes myriad bein"s&
5What are y!u d!in" al!ne95
5$ettin" prepared f!r the leila4u rec!nstructi!n'5 hunhun didn+t face them' he paused'
and then as*ed' 5%!# #as the )!ci!temprint received95
5he c!nses!rium rep!rt as !f m!ments a"! #as that 7aul #as a myth c!nstructed by the
Master (ace Dancers several hundred years a"! in c!n2uncti!n #ith their transf!rmati!n
plans t! bec!me the Ones With Many (aces&5
5Why #ill pe!ple al#ays fall bac* !n c!nspiracy the!ries&5 hunhun #as silent f!r a
m!ment&
1o one plans mistakes like *aul, or would ever construct a story like the *aul ghola
incident. 4nd no one, not even the !asters, plan their own evolution.
hunhun sp!*e his ne4t phrase !ut l!ud' 5hin"s 2ust happen&5 ;anima and her fell!#
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)pice Dreamers had made themselves c!mf!rtable ar!und the r!!m&
5)h!uld #e "et started' s!me !f us have !ther thin"s t! d! besides muddle thr!u"h the
past&5
hey be"an& hunhun "uided the m!ment as c!nsci!usness f!lded .s the dream be"an t!
f!cus' )cytale came int! vie#<
,t #as several years bef!re the tar"et time' and )cytale !verl!!*ed the a4l!tl
tan*s& en years a"! he had been a captive !f the 8!-)hip #ith Duncan ,dah!&
.fter the destructi!n !f 6ene leila4 by the %!n!red Matres' )cytale had been the
s!le surviv!r !f the elite c!re !f that s!ciety&
ow hive-like we,ve become - - our 'ay had made it necessary. Tleila(u !asters,
3ace )ancers, the a(lotl tanks - - 1ow, a hive unlike any hive returns from the
&cattering.
,t #as )cytale+s v!ice&
hunhun caused time t! sur"e f!r#ard #ith a peristaltic "esture' ahead t! the tar"et time'
after the leila4u masters had first emer"ed fr!m )cytale+s nullentr!py tube<
)cytale st!!d bef!re the reanimated leila4u Masters& hey+re m!tives had been
a#a*ened acc!rdin" t! the !ld meth!ds' brin"in" bac* their hist!ry and mem!ries&
%!#ever' the purp!se !f this briefin" #as t! brin" the c!uncil up t! date since their
destructi!n&
)estruction by the onored !atres will be nothing compared to what we face now.
'e face our very e(tinction by our own creation.
he rec!nvenin" had a ritual ab!ut it= a familiarity br!u"ht ab!ut by millennia !f
repetiti!n& :ach member !f the c!uncil had e4perienced a th!usand deaths and
rebirths' but never had all perished at !nce&
If not for the nullentropy tube, which held all the vital genetic data, we would be
lost, and I would be the last.
)till' the event seemed mundane and r!utine' the r!le !f each reanimated Master
snappin" int! place as if it had been pre-pr!"rammed t! unf!ld at this "iven
m!ment&
5)heeana is !ur first c!ncern' 5)cytale launched int! his itinerary' 5)he is in
c!mmunicati!n #ith the c!nsci!usness !f the $!d :mper!r that is #ithin each
sand#!rm&5
8uahul sp!*e first' 5We reali1e the p!#indah #!man+s "ift is fr!m the $!d
:mper!r himself' #hy sh!uld she be a c!ncern !f !urs9 )ince #e have "iven her
the Muad+Dib cells' and she has "iven us this m!!n' !ur 8e!-leila4' in e4chan"e'
!ur dealin"s have been standard as they have #ith all 6ene $esserit f!r the past
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century& What is y!ur c!ncern95
)cytale+s face t#isted and he sp!*e' 5, had been their captive and believe me' she
has s!methin" planned& We need t! #atch this p!#indah bitch& We must act fr!m
cauti!n&5
Jiatl !ffered a c!mpr!mise' 5, m!ti!n t! have a "h!la "r!#n fr!m the cells y!u+ve
"athered fr!m her )cytale' then #e can pr!ceed #ith psych!-bi!tic testin" and
a4l!tl trait titrati!n&5 )cytale si"hed #ith c!mpliance& ,t #as true they c!uld infer
her m!tives and study her "h!las reacti!ns' but they #!uld n!t have en!u"h time&
'hatever &heeana was up to, she had to already be in the advanced stages of
any plan whose course she would be following.
)cytale inhaled bef!re he c!ntinued #ith his a"enda&
5.s y!u all n!# *n!#' in y!ur absence' the ne#est Duncan "h!la has e4ceeded
all e4pectati!ns: %e Wh! /ne# $!d has ac3uired the mulitives similar t! !urs& %e
has sh!# resistance t! the #histle lan"ua"e #e embedded in him&5
.tlelell' #h! !ri"inally devel!ped the idea !f the multilived c!uncil K000 years
earlier r!se t! attenti!n' 5, su""est #e all!cate a number !f mules t! be"in a
multilive breedin" matri4 f!r a future pr!"ram&5
8uahul resp!nded after ta*in" n!tice !f )cytale+s "rimace' 5,t seems that Mastif
)cytale has l!st s!me !f the 6ene leila4u faith durin" his time am!n" the
p!#indah& D! y!u f!r"et' Mastif )cytale' that the leila4u faith #as built up!n
patience' f!resi"ht' and initiative95
5, d! n!t f!r"et' but d!es Mastif 8uahul n!t heed the !ld ada"e' +7lan #hile the
enemy #a*es' .ct #hile the enemy sleeps+9 W!uld y!u have us cau"ht in a
research pr!2ect #hen !ur enemies stri*e95
5a*e n! !ffence Mastif )cytale' , merely n!te that #e may act and plan&5
)cytale n!dded t! him and c!ntinued #ith his third issue' 50astly' #e have an!ther
unsuspected result fr!m the e" "h!la& , h!pe th!se !f y!u n!t inv!lved #ith this
research have all revie#ed the datasend !n his e4cellerated enhancements
br!u"ht !n by the -pr!be&5
)everal !f the Mastif #hispered am!n" themselves as they t!!* interest' but it
#as Jiatl #h! piped in a resp!nse' 5We have already adapted several !f the
e4cel"r! a4l!tl tan*s #ith a -pr!be m!dificati!n& )! m!dified' #e are c!ntinuin"
t! ma4imi1e the thr!u"hput !f !ur a4l!tl tan*s& he first mules #ere b!rn !ut !f
this techn!l!"y t!day and the results are as y!u #!uld e4pect& hese mules are
faster and str!n"er than ever' and #e+ve mana"ed t! have a "reater c!ntr!l !ver
pre-bred speciali1ati!n limits and ma4imum life span& ,+m sendin" this first batch
d!#n t! the surface t! c!ntinue #!r* !n the %!ly )eitch&5
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'e face e(tinction so soon after our rebirth, and they think of gholas and mules.
)cytale c!ncluded' 5Remember' my brethren' it is n!t en!u"h t! be satisfied #ith
the ends !f endeav!rs& (!r the means !f !ur arrival their has al#ays been #hat
has defined the leila4u Way&5
4nd it is here that we discover the ends of what it means to be Tleila(u7
;anima emer"ed first' and #aited f!r the !thers t! return fr!m the dream& When they had
all returned' the !ther )pice Dreamers said their "!!d-byes and left hunhun+s chamber&
;anima reflected ab!ut the 3uic*ness and silence #ith #hich they departed&
1ever much to say to each other after a &pice )ream. It8s the reliving that speaks to us,
and eliminates the need for reflection.
;anima #atched the !thers as they lin"ered in the final m!ments !f the )pice Dream& )he
#atched hunhun as he be"an t! emer"e& hey had met because they shared an interest
in the past& Durin" an a"e !f th!u"ht sharin"' the c!ncept !f #hat came bef!re
hunhun f!ll!#ed them !n the #ay !ut #ith his eyes and said' 5;!u *n!# ;anima' ei"hty
percent !f all )pice Dreamers are female' it has t! d! #ith )i!na-"enes&5 %e then chan"ed
the sub2ect' 5hat )!ci!temprint is available t! all the (ish )pea*er )ch!!ls' and still they
d!ubt it+s imp!rtance&5
5%!# can they ar"ue !ther#ise' )cytale himself has discussed the reanimati!n !f 7aul&5
5;!u *n!# the ar"uments' "h!la c!re-mem!ry de"radati!n' cellular mnem!nic enc!din"'
sh!uld , c!ntinue& We are t#! years int! a real threat fr!m the Ones With Many (aces' yet
the rival sch!!ls c!ntinue t! create false enemies& hey+re c!nspiracy delays acti!n #ith
research&5
5What #as )cytale+s plan95
5, haven+t "!tten much !f it yet' his mind #as traditi!nally leila4u' *eep the plan hidden
even fr!m the self& he 6ene leila4u !f that day had ta*en the phil!s!phical 3uesti!n !f
lan"ua"e t! the ultimate level !f literalism& hey translated lan"ua"e as c!de' that is' as
that #hich stands bet#een the #ay thin"s are' the #ay they seems' and the hidden #ays&5
5he un*n!#able #ays' 5;anima added& 5! us it seems s! simple' but at the time' it #as
rev!luti!nary& , 2ust d!n+t thin* they #ere any m!re rev!luti!nary than the 6ene $esserit !r
the yrant himself&5
hunhun st!!d up fr!m his seat and #al*ed t! a #ind!# !verl!!*in" the Ouadra
aftern!!n' 5he leila4u sense !f pra4is is revealed in their c!nstant need t! be literal'
th!u"h "r!und their the!ries int! practice&5
5hey #ere the ultimate materialists&5
5:4actly #hy they #ere the specialists !f the b!dy: they had the ability t! create shape
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shiftin" (ace Dancers and t! reanimate the dead as "h!las fr!m a4l!tl tan*s& he ultimate
c!de is the !ne "r!unded in the bein" !f bi!l!"ical b!dies: the "enetic c!de& he l!n" held
6ene leila4u secret is their e3uatin" the bein" !f lan"ua"e #ith D8.' the "enetic c!de
that they call $!d+s 0an"ua"e&5
;anima interrupted' 5his #as )cytale+s intenti!n9 We are all b!rn fr!m a4l!tl tan*s'
hunhun' h!# can this be a clue t! his intenti!ns9 %!# d!es any !f this lead us cl!ser t!
the Ones With Many (aces95
hunhun turned fr!m the #ind!# t! face ;anima&
5What d! #e *n!# ab!ut the ancient leila4u !ri"ins9 hey had bred themselves al!n" a
path that translates their !#n individual "enetic c!de al!n" the lines !f their @ensunni
beliefs that thread bac* thr!u"h decimillenia& hey had even perfected the enc!din" !f
"aps in their "enetic se3uence that traditi!nally #!uld have n! "aps& hese "aps
decentrali1ed the idea !f identical D8. thr!u"h!ut an !r"anism& D!n+t y!u see' this #as a
@ensunni tric*' the entire bein" !nly has a c!mplete "enetic c!de' are n! sin"le D8.
strand is c!mplete& he !ne is b!th empty and full& he "aps c!nstitute c!ncealment !n
the part !f the 6ene leila4u ultimate m!tives' as the 6ene $esserit themselves #ere
never able t! decipher the leila4u intenti!ns and m!tives' let al!ne !verc!me the idea !f
breedin"&5
5)! are y!u sayin" the Ones With Many (aces #ere !utside !f the c!ntr!l !f the !ri"inal
leila4u masters&5
56y all means& , thin* they #ere even !ut !f the c!ntr!l the Master (aces Dancers& (r!m
my research #ith Duncan mem!ries' he first #as in c!ntact #ith t#! Master (aces
Dancers' Marty and Daniel& (!ll!# the threads fr!m there and y!u+ll find that the Ones
With Many (aces even t!!* the Master (ace Dancers by surprise& , 2ust h!pe #e+re able t!
decipher their secret bef!re its t!! late&5
;anima added a s!lemn n!te' 5Rep!rts fr!m a e"-Chiani sch!!l !ut#ard claims #e+re
l!sin" as many a three #!rlds a day !n the rim& With each #!rld they ta*e' the Ones With
Many (aces have a ne# bi!matter basis f!r further e4pansi!n&5
5$e!metric e4pansi!n' 5hunhun did the math' as the Ones With Many (aces c!nsumed
m!re #!rlds' their e4pansi!n increased in speed and in m!re directi!ns& . th!usand years
earlier' the %!n!red Matres fled the Master (ace Dancers' f!r the Old :mpire& heir
Returnin" and !ur ,nte"rati!n #as based !n reacti!n fr!m the Master (ace Dancers
drivin" us thr!u"h ev!luti!n& Wh! *ne# that the Master (aces Dancers #ere facin" a
similar rev!luti!n fr!m #ithin their !#n alien civili1ati!n& he resistance t! any
rec!nstructed mem!ries ab!ut the Master (ace Dancers !r the 7aul "h!la that came f!r
the !ther (ish )pea*er )ch!!ls lay in the fact that n! Master (ace Dancer had ever been
enc!untered in a th!usand years&
he the!ries !f cellular-mem!ry tamperin" emer"ed as a psych!l!"ical e4planati!n t! this
centuries !ld mystery: Why did they have mem!ries !f these Masters if !ne #as never
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enc!untered9
hunhun *ne# they e4isted& M!re than that' he *ne# he needed t! "et int! c!ntact #ith a
Master (ace Dancer t! learn #hat they *ne#& his #!uld be m!re imp!ssible than findin"
the Dune Revenant #!rld itself' a #!rld that he *ne# e4isted& ,n spite !f all the
rec!nstructed mem!ries !f Dune Revenant' the #!rld #as never f!und any#here in the
*n!# universe' e4plained a#ay by the )ch!!ls as "h!la-de"radati!n psych!sis& hunhun
s#!re by Duncan+s 8et that he #!uld pr!ve these the!ries #r!n"&
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Dune Revenant: Chapter L
&n any ecosyste# ,there e/ists a stratu# of lifefor#s hose sole
e/istence is to pro"i!e the %ase for higher life for#s. 7ere it
re"eale! to hu#anity that e are as culturally #eaningless as
%acteria in the eyes of higher lifefor#s oul! cause a #ass
e/istential an/iety an! hysteria$ as history has ne"er seen. &f it ha!
%een otherise$ if the Gol!en +ath of the Tyrant Go! ha! %een set in
perpetual #otion ithout the nee! for further inter"ention$ there
oul! ha"e %een no nee! for Sheeana1s race of san!or#s$ nor for
*aster Face 'ancers. 7e shu!!er at the thought$ %ut e"en they are
only steps to a ne le"el of %eing. 7ere e to look !eep enough e
oul! fin! all progress as #ere %uil!ing %locks to hate"er else
#ay co#e to pass.
33Ancient <eoTleila/u 4o!a.
Duncan c!uld see them starin" bac* fr!m the future& (irst the Master (ace Dancers Marty
and Daniel' n!# these )pice Dreamers' ;anima and hunhun&
I can,t tell where they are ga0ing from" they are so different from us. 3ish &peaker
&chools6 They look back to this very crucial time.
%e reali1ed the y!un" "h!la 7aul #as standin" bef!re him' distractin" Duncan+s inner
"a1e a#ay fr!m his 8et& ime had "!tten a#ay fr!m him' 7aul +s m!rnin" prana-bindu
e4ercises #ith Rebecca had ended and n!# he #as t! train #ith Duncan in Mentat s*ills&
'hen did I first meet you *aul-
When Duncan first sa# 7aul #as an e4perience hard t! e4plain and harder t! share&
6ef!re him st!!d the 7aul "h!la' at the same a"e he *ne# him #hen he trained him as the
head s#!rdsmaster !f 0et! .treides& hese #ere the !ri"inal mem!ries first e4perienced
by a man named ,dah!& hese mem!ries had been the basis !f all the Duncan "h!las !ver
the centuries&
Duncan decided t! turn this int! a different *ind !f less!n&
9Try reconstructing this detail, future voyeur6: 5;!u *n!# ab!ut Other Mem!ries' d!n+t y!u
7aul95
5)ure' #hat )heeana has tau"ht me& When the !ther me #as .#a*ened by the spice' it
all!#ed me access t! multiple-ancestral mem!ries' 57aul hesitated' as if he #ere t! *eep
silent= and then blurted !ut' 5Will , under"! the )pice ."!ny95
58!t t! #!rry ab!ut that n!# 7aul' n!t t! #!rry ab!ut bec!min" Muad+Dib&5
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5Was the m!!n !f the destr!yed Dune beautiful9 )!metimes , #ant th!se mem!ries bac*
2ust t! *n!# #hy , ch!se the shad!# m!use&5
)oes he see the shadow mouse- 1ow6 /ensunni.
5he feelin" !f dee2ay-vu t! !ne #ith multiple-life mem!ries at his disp!sal seems
unimp!rtant& ;et here #e stand 7aul' s#!rdsmaster and student' Duncan and 7aul' as #e
had st!!d years bef!re&5
Gods, it was ;<<< years before.
Duncan th!u"ht !f the !ddness that this de2a-vu presented: an unima"inable feelin" that
transverses permutati!ns !f bein"' t! arrive here t! him at this "iven time& %e l!!*ed at
7aul&
There is truth in this feeling.
he b!y 7aul l!!*ed !n' and resp!nded t! Duncan+s silence #ith the simple smile a
student "ives the teacher he respects' but d!es n!t 3uite understand&
)!metime later Duncan f!und himself al!ne' 7aul sent !ff t! his studies #ith !ne !f
)heeana+s sisters&
'hat did you do to us Leto, you old 'orm-
Duncan remembered the yrant in a #ay that n! !ther c!uld even ima"ine&
Gods, did I know him6 ow many times had he arrived for the first time before Leto in the
dark- ow many times had Leto tested him- ow many times had he died at Leto hands-
e would call me one of his )uncans6 %ne of a series of me.
8!# the yrant seemed t! be such a !ne am!n" many&
%ne worm, but I knew him from the point of view of many lives.
Duncan recalled 0et! menti!nin" s!methin" !f the #!rms t! c!me after his death& 5M!re
$an"lia& .nd a#areM5 %e #!uld say in his bass! v!ice& he transf!rmati!n t! #!rm had
stran"e effects !n 0et!+s laryn4& Duncan ima"ined its l!# t!nes c!uld be heard
reverberatin" under the sand if 0et! ch!se t!&
&heeana is in touch with this intelligence. 3rom the first day she summoned the worms.
)heeana had been spendin" m!re time in the desert these days&
5,n preparati!n&5 )he #!uld say& ,n preparati!n f!r #hat9 Duncan recalled a discussi!n he
had #ith )heeana ab!ut the yrant& Why she ch!!se t! e4plain the !bvi!us t! him
suddenly: 56y mer"in" #ith the #!rmN0et! e4tended their a#areness !f us& We are
benefitin" fr!m the melan"e b!th directly and indirectly' itFs s! easy t! see Duncan&5
56ut "iven thisN#hat is the relati!nship bet#een human and #!rm&5
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5.h the Mentat c!mes t! the f!re "r!und f!r his 3uesti!n= but the c!mputati!n is t!! 3uic*&
ry the dance ne4t time Duncan&5 Melan"e never e4tended c!nsci!usness f!r the l!n"
termNit merely br!u"ht us cl!ser t! the *ind !f bein" the sand#!rms al#ays had& 8!#
that 0et! has br!u"ht the p!ssibility !f a cl!ser 2!inin" !f )and#!rm and %uman' )heeana
h!pes t! seal his plan #ith !ne last calculated pr!cedure& )ymbi!sis&
'ith all my being I want to escape this insane situation. =eturn to my !urbella.
e" entered the r!!m' interruptin" Duncan+s train !f th!u"ht&
5Duncan ,dah!' al#ays the pa#n' even !f his !#n th!u"hts&5 e" smiled as he handed
Duncan a vidb!!*&
5What+s this&5
5Rep!rt fr!m )heeana& )cytale+s up t! s!methin" in the !uts*irts !f the deep bled&5
Duncan l!!*ed !ver the ec!l!"ical rep!rt fr!m the e3uat!rial bled as #ell as the s!uthern
dune sea& )heeana rep!rted that the sandtr!ut #ere abundant and many !f the smaller
#!rms seem t! be "r!#in" 3uite lar"e&
Duncan turned the c!nversati!n t! 7aul&
5%!# is 7aul+s #eap!ns trainin" "!in"95
5)l!#ly& %e+s an !ld m!del y!u *n!#& . l!t li*e y!u #ere #hen , trained y!u&5
e implies if I made it, *aul would make it. e reassures that our training is not in vain.
e"' Rebecca' )heeana' and Duncan himself c!nducted 7aulFs trainin"& While e" trained
him in the .treides traditi!n as #eap!ns master' and Rebecca trained him in the traditi!n
!f the 6ene $esserit' )heeana had reserved a special type !f trainin" f!r herself and
Duncan& Duncan #!uld include Mentat and @ensunni trainin"' but #!uld als! brin" t! bear
his !#n uni3ue perspective !f multiple lives& )heeana had felt that there #as s! little
*n!#led"e' even am!n" 6ene $esserit' !f the vari!us s*ills !ne needed t! mana"e all
th!se lives& 0astly' )heeana herself #!uld teach 7aul al!n" the lines !f his special linea"e&
4s 5witsat0 aderach, as the 3ather of the Golden *ath, as *rophet. ow does one teach
a uni.ueness like this, unless one takes steps to continue its progress.
e" appeared t! be in his t#enties' Duncan in his f!rties' each had acted as the +father+ !f
the !ther' s! there #as a curi!us b!nd bet#een the t#! that *ept them t!"ether&
'e,ve both e(perienced our own deaths.
5We+re n!t 3uite human Duncan' y!u *n!# that&5 5,t #!rries me that #e aren+t' and it
#!rries me that )heeana reali1es the +future+ !f all this business lay in the hands !f pe!ple
li*e !urselves& 5
'e have perspective that the average human does not.
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5,n my time as a 6ashar' as a leader !f men' , !ften l!!*ed f!r a 3uality that , had' that all
my men had' and #!r*ed #ith them& 5
5What are y!u sayin"' s!ldiers f!ll!# a s!ldier' s! #hat humanity is bec!min" #ill f!ll!#
!ur lead9 his smells !f the lies that fuelled the %ar*!nnen+s ran*s t! bl!!dshed&5
4ll those millennia ago.
5Duncan' remember , am .treides' , didn+t fi"ht that #ar' but all #ars have that f!ul smell
ab!ut them& he hardest thin" f!r a s!ldier t! d! is n!t fi"ht& We can+t chan"e the
pr!"ressi!n& ;!u !f all pe!ple sh!uld have s!me perspective !n this&5
50et! c!uld never brea* me !f that perspective& .nd #hen he did' a ne# me' fully
rebelli!us and l!yal #!uld emer"e fr!m my ashes&5
he t#! l!!* at each !ther !ver a silent lull in the c!nversati!n& hen the m!ment erupted
and the t#! lau"hed !utl!ud *n!#in"ly&
56ashar e"' it "ives me reas!n t! live t! see that the future has a "!!d man in it&5
e" p!inted t! the vidb!!*' 5:n!u"h !f this' #e s!und li*e phil!s!phers&5 e" mar*ed !ut
the vari!us terrain areas that the sand#!rms had been active' satellite "rinds that they had
2ust implemented !ver the past si4 m!nths' and telemetry rep!rts fr!m the leila4 activity
!n the 8!va leila4 m!!n !rbitin" the planet& 5>ust t!! many thin"s t! *eep abreast !f !n
this damn #!rld& 6et#een the heat #rec*in" the e3uipment and dammed ma"netic field
surr!undin" this place' , surprised any !f !ur machinery #!r*s&5
Duncan l!!*ed up at e"' 5Miles' y!u *n!# this place needed t! be uni3ue& ,n all the
#!rlds #e+ve visited' n!ne have been able t! sustain the sand#!rms&5
5Mi"ht n!t be uni3ue f!r l!n"' if , can+t find a #ay t! stabili1e the ,4ian phasin" m!dules in
!rbit&5
he entire system had been successfully held !ut !f phase #ith the universe !f the Old
:mpire in a stabili1ed spacef!ld& e" and Duncan had devel!ped the desi"n fr!m the
n!ship+s systems' #hich c!nstantly dream the mathematics necessary t! *eep the #!rld
safe f!r the Master (ace Dancers& 6ut the ,4ian m!dule itself had been ac3uired by e"
fr!m a brilliant ,4ian by the name !f >yth! .mpre&
+efore I died.
.s 6ashar' e" had lead an initiative t! *eep ,4ian techn!l!"y !ut !f the hands !f pe!ple
fr!m the )catterin"& he deal had been made as an e4chan"e f!r military services& ,n
return' e" ac3uired the ,4ian techn!l!"y f!r the 6ene $esserit&
5%idin" a small star system #ithin a c!nstantly fluctuatin" hyperspace field *eeps us
hidden' but it has a #ay !f #earin" !ut the e3uipment that ma*es it p!ssible&5
5hat+s y!ur e4cuse f!r n!t *eepin" an eye !n )cytale&5 Duncan handed bac* the vidb!!*
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t! e"&
5)heeana has !nly n!# alerted us& %!#ever' she has n!t directly intervened #ith )cytale+s
plans& , su""est #e pay )cytale a pers!nal visit' and leave the leila4u presence in the
deep desert t! )heeana+s #!rms&5
&heeana,s worms. ow close you are to the truth !iles.

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Dune Revenant: Chapter K
5istory is fille! ith strange lessons of those ho oul! clai# to
think for the#sel"es$ an! those ho are ;u!ge! as %lin! folloers. &s
this e"en "erifia%ly so: 7ere the folloers of *ua!1'i% %lin! to his
prophesy an! pro#ise: 7as the Go! Tyrant ;ustifie! in his
totalitarianis#: The lesson is one each of us #ust ask oursel"es8
too hat e/tent a# & the result of #y orl!$ an! ho !oes #y e"ery
action transfor# the gi"en. +ersona Sharing is the gift of the
&ntegration$ for a certain "eil that once e/iste! %eteen the #e#%ers
of 1history3%oun! hu#anity1 has no %een lifte!.
-#I$AD Integral %hilosoph&
)heeana #!r*ed in her studi! f!r #hat mi"ht be the last time& )he had set up a #!r*in"
space f!r sculpture s!!n after they had settled& he art f!rm emb!died her #ay&
4nd how my path differs from that of the +ene Gesserit.
. particularly "!!d st!ne #as 3uarried fr!m the r!c*s that mar*ed !ff the #estern bled&
)he had a p!rtable st!ne cutter fabricated fr!m the n!-ship replicat!rs' in much the same
#ay that all their material needs had been replicated f!r their c!l!ny here& )he had even
enlisted the help !f a smaller sand#!rm t! dra" the st!ne bac* t! her studi!&
The worms are thriving now. 'e have &pice again, and even a few of =ebecca,s sisters
have taken the 'ater of Life.
)heeana had as*ed the y!un" sister 0ae!na t! arran"e a meetin" bet#een Rebecca and
Maia& Maia #as !ne !f the sisters #h! had bec!me a Reverend M!ther here !n their ne#
h!me& he t#! arrived' #ith 0ae!na' #h! cl!sed the d!!rs !f )heeana+s studi! as she left
the three&
Rebecca sp!*e first' 58!t many Reverend M!thers c!uld be f!und t! indul"e in such
activities&5
8!t that Rebecca herself #as an !rth!d!4 Reverend M!ther& %er father had *ept alive the
traditi!ns !f the >e#s that dated bac* !ver t#enty th!usand years&
Rebecca added' 5, li*e it&5
+oth meanings taken
Maia added' 5What is y!ur inspirati!n95
)heeana st!pped #!r*in"' and #al*in" t!#ard Maia and Rebecca' turned t! vie# her #!r*
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fr!m their perspective&
5, call the #!r* +)isters+& ,t #ill be the last sculpture , #ill ma*e&5
,&isters,. 'hat a human word. I shall miss being one among many, but will always hold
within me the meaning of its lesson.
)heeana filled in the silence' as she placed the micr!-st!ne cutter d!#n !n her t!!l table&
5:ach !f y!u are decidin" f!r y!urselves h!# y!ur futures #ill unf!ld&5
8either Rebecca n!r Maia t!!* anythin" this Reverend M!ther said li"htly& )heeana #ent
ab!ut her studi! casually' puttin" the st!ne cutter attachments in heir h!mes #ithin her
t!!lset& his t!! #as strate"ic' f!r the time spent #aitin" all!#ed the t#! 6ene $esserit
sisters a m!ment t! reflect&
These women have been my family. I must not forget this poetry that has been humanity.
Maia+s first th!u"hts #ere !f her dyin" l!ve affair #ith e"& Many 6ene $esserit #!uld
never *n!# true l!ve' !r #!uld 3uesti!n #hether such a thin" e4isted& 6ut the passi!n she
had #ith e" #as 2ust that' passi!n& his made Maia reali1e that the sisterh!!d had been
the !nly stable thin" in her life& .nd she #!uld "ive anythin" t! preserve her relati!nship
#ith her sisters&
3unctional. &e(. 'hat is love than- The passion in all senses of the word. &heeana asks
much of me.
Rebecca thin*s !f the 6ene $esserit' and !f an earlier traditi!n& he Rabbi+s traditi!n that
#as als! her !#n& he traditi!n !f her father& )he had al#ays been str!n" and !rth!d!4'
it had been her #ay' her faith& 8!# a ch!ice bet#een t#! disparate rev!luti!ns:
)heeana+s plans and Murbella+s t#in sisterh!!ds& #! difficult paths' and yet Rebecca
seemed t! al#ays land in difficult situati!ns&
The millions of Lampadas. 4nd my promise to the >ews. I cannot be everything to
everyone.
)heeana l!!*ed up at them b!th l!st in th!u"ht&
5, have said s! little t! have caused such a m!rbid m!!d& here #ill be time' my sisters' t!
thin* thr!u"h all !ur ch!ices& >!in me&5
Maia and Rebecca f!ll!#ed )heeana f!r a #al* thr!u"h her !utd!!r c!urtyard' #here her
!ther sculptures #ere displayed !ut in the desert heat& )he spar*ed the c!nversati!n #ith
3uesti!ns ab!ut their daily tas*s&
5he trainin" !f y!un" 7aul in the fundamental 6ene $esserit techni3ues "!es #ell& ,t is !f
c!urse the .treides "enes' never mind that he #as !nce the Mahadi& ,+m t! meet #ith Mile
e" sh!rtly t! c!mpare his results in m!re traditi!nal c!mbat trainin"&5 Rebecca n!ticed
the lac* !f reacti!n by Maia as she menti!ned e"+s name&
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'hen !aia first began pursuing Teg, I could almost time the e(act moment her heart
would involuntarily skip a beat. They have grown apart.
Maia had been a late c!mer t! the 6ene $esserit ' havin" lived !n a #!rld that #as
recently ac3uired by the %!n!red Matres 2ust bef!re the death !f the first Miles e"&
)heeana had ta*en a li*in" t! her' f!r she reminded her !f herself in that "reen time' as an
!vera"e ac!lyte !f this )isterh!!d& (!r that reas!n' she lavished e4tra attenti!n !n her'
and that e4tra attenti!n resulted in a drive and an inspirati!n t! the )isterh!!d little bef!re
seen&
%ne could almost say my star pupil.
5he results !f !ur m!st recent surveillance !f )cytale and the 8!v! leila4u c!l!ny have
been analy1ed& >ud"in" by the types !f p!#erdrains and the bi!spectral analysis !f
certain fields #e+ve m!nit!red' they+re plannin" s!methin" hu"e& .nd the past several
#ee*s !f transp!rts t! the deep desert are r!!ted in m!re typical leila4u pl!ts than the
+res!urce "atherin"+ and +m!nit!rin" spice pr!ducti!n+ lines they have been usin" t! 2ustify
these trips&5
This Tleila(u plotting grows old. ow the Tyrant-God must have been bored by them.
heir #al* c!ntinued past )heeana+s c!urtyard' and the m!!d finally t!!* a turn f!r the
pleasant& hey met up #ith Miles e" cl!se t! #here Rebecca had planned t! meet them&
5)heeana and , can discuss her "uidelines f!r 7aul +s ne4t #ee* !f trainin"' Miles' if y!u
#!uld li*e t! have a m!ment #ith Maia&5
=ebecca is always the peace maker, and the communicator.
Miles l!!*ed at the three !f them' but it #as Maia #h! first sp!*e' 5Miles and , have
already had that c!nversati!n' haven+t #e Miles&5
Miles lau"hed t! brea* the tensi!n& 5.nd #e are b!th 3uite c!ntent #ith the decisi!n& ,
thin* Maia put it best #hen she said' +here are better #ays than puttin" the sc!rpi!n
beside the tarantula&5
)heeana li*ed this&
4 decision that we will all soon have to make.
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Dune Revenant: Chapter B
(5is "oice alone cause! #e rest$ an! all the e"ils he ha! !one only
e#poere! hi# in #y #in!. They calle! the .l! 6aron 5arkonnen
e"il$ %ut hat of the tra!ition of calling the pre3%orn A%o#ination.
'i! anyone say$ 1Alia$ hat ha"e you to tell us fro# your unique
knole!ge:1 They !i! not. They feare! #e$ an! they con!e#ne! #e.
& as the first to restle ith this angel$ the one ho sought to li"e
ith all the .ther *e#ories. 7hen & coul! no longer control the#$ &
nee!e! a "oice that coul!. An! hen hu#anity can no longer %ear
the %ur!ens of its history$ ill they not nee! a tyrant to keep the past
at %ay. Kno that hen the crisis of hu#anity co#es$ they ill ha"e
%een elate! that their Tyrant ca#e to sa"e the#.
An! that e all are A%o#ination ill only goa! us into fin!ing a ne
language that per#its un!erstan!ing.(
3Fro# the play The =in!ication of Saint Alia.
;anima sent !ff a )!ci!temprint !f their recent )pice Dreams t! her sister ;eshi*a !n ,4& .t
the same time' an inc!min" transmissi!n #as received fr!m ;eshi*a' presumably sent
s!metime earlier&
'e need to keep in close contact. 'ho knows when our commutation lines will be broken-
he transmissi!n #as in three parts' ;eshi*a al#ays sent a brief n!te !n recent events'
and al!n" #ith that #as a te4t called he Gindicati!n !f )aint .lia' and a n!te re"ardin"
this play& ;anima played the n!te' #hich #as a h!l!-ima"e& ;eshi*a appeared #ith the
usual crac*le !f ima"e int! nearby empty space and sp!*e:
5%ell! my dream t#in& , al#ays *ne# y!u #!uld dream y!ur life a#ay' #hile ,+ve ta*en the
r!ad !f resp!nsibility& .v!idin" the :drichs and 7athay *eeps me in the archives these
days' and , came acr!ss a reference t! this in s!me archaic crystal mem!ry st!ra"e& ,t+s a
WR,:8 70.;= s!methin" , *n!# y!u+d appreciate& ,t+s the same as the h!l!-drama+s !f
this classic' but , "uess , never reali1ed that Murbella #r!te the thin" d!#n by %.8D&
.ny#ay ta*e a stab at it& %!#+s hunhun d!in"9 %as he f!und any !ther $OOD )pice
Dreamers s! y!u can c!me h!me9 ;eshi*a&5
he messa"e ended' and ;anima clic*ed !pen the ic!n f!r the te4t play& )he had seen it
d!1ens !f times bef!re Cit #as al#ays perf!rmed here !n Ouadra durin" ,dah-Mirabla
s!cial eventsD' h!#ever she had als! never th!u"ht !f it as a te4t& )he scr!lled thr!u"h t!
!ne !f her fav!rite parts' and #as surprised that she still c!uld en2!y readin" s!methin" s!
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better e4perienced visually<
The 'indication of Saint Alia( Act II) Scene iii&

CC%.7:R%OU):: .l!ne in the Dar*' MUR6:00. c!ntemplates the f!rmin" !f
the (,)% )7:./:R )C%OO0) t! disband b!th the 6:8: $:)):R, and
%O8OR:D M.R:)& )he has !verd!sed herself #ith the )pice Melan"e in
h!pes !f receivin" s!me visi!n t! enact her planD
M*+,-..A /I0T$1I2AT-D3( %!# many billi!ns d! , h!ld #ithin the c!nfines !f
!ne b!dy9 ! !ne #h! hasn+t under"!ne the ."!ny' y!u #!uld thin* !f !ne such
as , as a c!ncentrated bein"' m!re s!uls than !ne b!dy #as meant t! have&
W!uld an !utsider be surprised h!# spread thin this burden ma*es me& %!#
diluted each th!u"ht seems #hen an!ther c!uld spea* it a bit differently fr!m
Other Mem!ry9 %!# ea"erly s!me s!ul mi"ht leap at the chance t! c!ntradict me&
.nd yet , see* t! "ather them all t!"ether' t! thin !ut t! a p!int that , mi"ht have
them all at !nce<c!nduct them !ut#ard li*e a lens thr!u"h #hich , mi"ht espy the
path that , must ta*e&
&o far back we stretch, mothers, children, mothers again. !other, matre, madra,
mama, mah. ere I see her, one not so like us, but so like all of us. I see her here.
&he is standing by the river, listening to the water flowing by in some ancient river.
&topping each sound the river makes. &o many sounds and she hears them all.
4nd she waits for the insects to pass, and the winds to silence, and behind the
sounds of the water she hears them speaking to her. The fish. &he listens for the
fish until their voices come to her through the rushing.
4nd the fish speaks to her?
"'hy do you listen past the river to hear me speak-"
+ecause I wish to hear what your voice would tell me.
"'hat of all the other sounds, are they not also for you to hear. )oes not the river
speak her lesson. )oes not the tree speak with its voice, stirred to speak by the
wind. %r the creatures of the land and air- 'hy do you stop to hear us speak-"
+ecause one day we must face something, that you know so well. To learn from
you how you continued, so that we may continue.
"'e do not stop the river. 'e are part of it. 2ou will know what your river is when
you cannot stop it. 'hen you are part of it. Is this all that you wished to hear-"
That you say this gives me hope. That we know where to find your voice will give
those of us to come hope. &o many will come to hear you. &o many.
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&o many. #an we turn back to them, to those first 3ish &peakers-
'e cannot stop it.
, cann!t&
C)!unds !f s!me!ne enterin" !utside the d!!r #hich Murbella stares at' half
e4pectin" a fl!!d !f #ater t! rush in& When the d!!rs !pen' li"ht fl!!ds in' and
Murbella c!llapses& :nter DU8C.8 ,D.%O&D
D*02A0( MurbellaM Ccallin" t! s!me!ne !utside the r!!mD Ouic*ly s!me!ne'
M!ther )uperi!r has c!llapsedM
M*+,-..A/4eakl3( , cann!t st!p its c!urse' my Duncan& he fish had #arned
her s! l!n" a"!& hey #arned us fr!m the start' but #e never listened&
D*02A0( 8! need t! st!p it' dearest& >ust rela4 and let it "!&
Cattendants enter and lift her in a lyin" p!siti!n&D
SIST-+ 5( )he ree*s !f )pice& What #as she d!in"9
D*02A0( What d!es any (ish )pea*er d!9
Cattendants ta*e her fr!m the r!!m t! care f!r her&
Duncan turns and f!ll!#s them !ut&D
-1IT&
;anima clic*ed shut the te4t and th!u"ht ab!ut the st!ry !f he Gindicati!n !f .lia&
Murbella #r!te it herself after she be"an t! mer"e the t#! sch!!ls !f the 6ene $esserit
and the %!n!red Matres& he play #as t! describe the #ay Murbella utili1ed the Other
Mem!ry !f .lia in !rder t! help her t! ma*e the decisi!n& .s the myth!l!"y t!ld' .lia had
been p!ssessed by her Other Mem!ry !f her "randfather' the 6ar!n %ar*!nnen' a
p!ssessi!n that resulted in .lia+s suicide&
;anima arched a#ay fr!m the n!#' summ!nin" a )pice Dream bac*' pr!4imate' t!
th!u"hts !f Murbella<&
Murbella had an ever-present 3uesti!n !n her mind: +,n #hat directi!n shall , lead my
)isters9+ his ne# sisterh!!d had the p!tential !f all the "reatness !f b!th the 6ene
$esserit and the %!n!red Matres' but the leader #as bein" crushed by the !pti!ns !pen t!
her& Murbella #as c!nstantly in"estin" near-fatal levels !f )pice' t! e4pl!re all the
permutati!ns !f ch!ices& )he c!nsulted "reat leaders !f the past' each #ith their !#n
achievements and fla#s& Odrade& M!hiam& Only until she #al*ed thr!u"h the mem!ries !f
.lia did she find her #ay&
;animaFs dream subsided& .lth!u"h .lia never had children' leila4u a"ents had st!len
s!me !f her cells' and #hen they fled in the )catterin"' !ften tried t! breed these traits int!
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members !f the %!n!red Matres as a bar"ainin" t!!l& )!' Murbella came int! the
mem!ries thr!u"h this cr!ssbreedin" pr!cess& he st!ry "!es !n t! describe the #ay .lia
p!ssessed Murbella' h!# Murbella allied herself #ith the inner .lia' and finally' h!# the
t#! !vercame the 6ar!n %ar*!nnen p!ssessin" b!th !f them n!#& Murbella+s trial #!uld
bec!me a c!re study !f her ne# established (ish )pea*er )ch!!l' and #!uld eventually
lend itself t! the practices !f 7ers!na )hiftin" and Multilive ,ndividuals as they #ere t!day&
Was this a less!n t!! #ell learned9 Why send the Gindicati!n !f .lia t! me9 D!es ;eshi*a
*n!# !f s!me c!nnecti!n bet#een this st!ry and the rise !f the Ones With Many (aces9
Murbella+s e4perience #as n!t !nly inspirati!n f!r dramatic #ritin"& he 8e!-leila4u
c!nsul under )cytale+s c!mmand s!u"ht t! bar"ain #ith the Master (ace Dancers in an
attempt t! th#art !ff )heeana&
%ad )cytale ta*en cells !f Murbella' #ith the cellular mem!ries !f the ability t! ab!lish
ab!nminati!nism' and traded them #ith the Master (ace Dancers all th!se centuries a"!9
D!es ;eshi*a suspect this as the !ri"in !f the Ones With Many (aces9 ;anima replayed
;eshi*a messa"e' *n!#in" the best enc!din" #as metaph!r&
"4nyway, take a stab at it." &aint 4lia of the 5nife. 1ot $ust a loose $oke.
;anima scr!lled f!r#ard thr!u"h the read!ut !f the play& Murbella became !bsessed #ith
.lia' but the clue #asn+t r!!tin" in her mind& ;anima slipped bac* int! a )pice Dream' but
!nly half#ay' s! she c!uld #atch the read!ut f!r clues& .ll the #hile' a sli"ht hint !f
Murbella !ther mem!ries "uided her as a s!rt !f intuiti!n ab!ut #hat t! *eep and #hat t!
let "!&
he m!re she revisited .lia' the m!re she f!r"!t her !#n pr!blems& Murbella be"an t!
n!tice the #ay in #hich %ar*!nnen had p!ssessed .lia--but s!meh!#--c!uld n!t n!tice
that .lia #as !verta*in" her& .lia became s#eet and ruthless t! Murbella' s! entranced by
her mysti3ue and presence& .lia+s inn!cence came fr!m her uni3ue status as ab!minati!n&
)he #as ne# t! a #!rld !nly she *ne#--and Murbella #!uld stand transfi4ed by her in
#!nder& W!uld it have been s! hard f!r s!me!ne t! have reached !ut and accepted .lia9
What #as she envisi!nin" that "ets "l!ssed !ver by her s! defined c!nditi!n9 )he #as the
)aint !f the /nife--and her she is seen cuttin" thr!u"h the limits !f #hat is human& Cthe first
pers!n t! n!t be human saves and *ills herD& What is left #ith!ut her is a #!rship !f !ur
relati!nship #ith the e"!& )he !nly as*ed m!re !f us than #e #ere able t! *n!#&
;anima emer"ed fr!m the )pice Dream& )he "lanced bac* at ;eshi*a+s n!te&
5%!#+s hunhun d!in"95 hunhun needed t! learn ab!ut this fact& )he c!uld n!t ris* the
)pice Dream al!ne= t!! many details c!uld be l!st&
,f ;eshi*a is ri"ht' !ur future may be much sh!rter than even the pessimism !f hunhun
predicts& With an !verc!min" li*e this as part !f their initial "enetic ma*e-up' #h! *n!#s
#hat b!undaries that Ones With Many (aces are brea*in" thr!u"h #ith each passin" day9

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Dune Revenant: Chapter P
Techne itself as re!efine! %y the Tyrant Go!$ taking on a ne
#ultithrea!e! le"el of #eaning after his !eath. For the teleological
co#ple/ity of any syste# of creation %eco#es only the quantu#
origin of parallel le"els$ higher or!ers$ an! co#ple/ hyperstructures.
&s it not then necessary to reali2e that such n3!egree co#ple/ity
approaches the infinite as the li#it of a single occurrence: 7ith
infinite co#ple/ity reali2ation %eco#es the singularity (as in e%
for#e! %y the recursi"e series of or#$ spice$ hu#anity)$ a !ooray
into a #atri/ of si#ilarly infinite no!es ithin no!es. This is the
structure that all conte#porary thought pays hee! to$ if it ishes to
fin! itself rele"ant to integral progress.
3G&.A' rules of Techne section /iii.
8r! 7athay surpressed his !utra"e #ith bris* steps as he e4ited the $,O.D 6eaur!palace
c!mple4 at the heart !f the urban-n!de !n ,4& %e *ne# the $eneralists #!uld sp!ut
p!litical al"!rithms that pr!2ected an HBQ increase in the dan"er t! ,4 by destr!yin" the
Dune Revenant&
2eshika 4mpre has finally given me a clue to removing the no-space that surrounds )une
=evenant@this would end once and for all the &heeana problem.
.s a Cybimech he!rist' 8r! had been trained in the art that c!mbined Mentat abilities
#ith the !nce f!rbidden c!mputer techn!l!"y that ar!se after the time !f the yrant $!d&
.lth!u"h mechanical c!mputers had been createdNthe real advancement lay in the bi!-
neur!-systems en"ineered usin" the human brain as a m!del& 8r!+s brain had been
au"mented t! superc!mputer status by the ,4ian !ffsh!!t !f leila4u techn!l!"y applied t!
neur!-en"ineerin"& 6ut 8r! himself had pr!"ressed even bey!nd this sta"e& he research
ass!ciated #ith even his early educati!n sp!*e t! a redefiniti!n !f lan"ua"e and ,ndividual
c!nsci!usness t! the idea !f a virus& 8r! had even been successful in pr!vin" that
individual c!nsci!usness c!uld be enc!ded and replicated acr!ss different neural-net#!r*s
#ith!ut de"radati!n&
I have made radical advancements of my own. !y secrets. The %nes 'ith !any 3aces
are not the ones to e(periment with the self. I am ready to face them.
8r! 7athay entered the tram that curved thr!u"h the f!lds !f the urban-n!de& $ravit!n
suspens!rs had "r!#n in p!pularity a"ain' after a brief resur"ence !f ma"netic pulse rails&
8r! #as distracted f!r a m!ment !n the #ay desi"n re!ccurred&
$!!d desi"n is hard t! surpass' yet this is e4actly #hat the Ones With Many (aces #!uld
achieve&
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he tram lurched int! m!ti!n' "ravit!ns ur"in" the !pp!sin" retenti!n-rail a#ay t! "ive the
car m!ti!n& 8r! f!und the $eneralists t! practical' and their disav!#in" !f the purer realms
!f the!ry *ept hem p!litically neutered& %is inner "a1e turned t!#ard !ne such pure realm'
a fiscal-imperialistic set !f dynamic al"!rithms that he used t! f!recast a future #here ,4
c!mmanded a universal respect hithert! unseen&
What better #ay t! ensure ,4ian he"em!ny than t! eradicate the Ones With Many (aces&
One must turn t! the !nly e4perts' the Master (ace Dancers&
he tram st!pped in !utside a c!mmercial sect!r' and 8r! e4ited !ut int! the busy cr!#d
!f e4chan"e and ad!rati!n !f the latest !f ,4ian #ares& %e m!ved thr!u"h the vari!us
sh!ps and displays' perf!rmin" the ritual "lance and n!d t!#ard the merchants and
vend!rs& 8evertheless' 7athay #al*ed #ith a sec!nd intenti!n that he stru""led t! hide&
Two thousand years ago, &heeana went into hiding on the )une =evenant with the help of
I(ian no-space generators. !y client wishes to help undo all of that to save us from The
%nes 'ith !any 3aces. 4nd here I find myself .uestioning my ,loyalty, to I(.
8r! st!pped at a certain merchant+s b!!th' cust!m desi"ned in by a h!l!carvin" pr!"ram
!ut !f a classic plastic desi"n m!ld usin" dumbed-d!#n p!lymer "enerat!rs& he effect
#as b!th m!dern and anti3ue' #ith a style !f dRc!r that reminded 7athay !f the ,4ians #h!
had fled durin" the )catterin"& he b!!th #as sellin" the latest in neur!-scramblers' a
mem!ry alterin" device p!pular am!n" b!th recreati!nal users' as #ell as creat!rs in a rut
and pe!ple desirin" mem!ry chan"es& he merchant l!!*ed ,4ian' #earin" traditi!nal "arb
!f the Richese rulin" class fr!m a th!usand years a"!&
5W!uld the cust!mer #ish t! entertain a ne# !utl!!* !n his life& Our #ears are premium
inte"rity and !ffer a #ide ran"e !f features&5
5,+m l!!*in" f!r the m!re advanced line& D! y!u have any m!re units !ut bac*&5
5Of c!urse citi1en' step bac* behind the display here'5 the merchant p!inted the #ay t! a
r!!m behind him& 8r! cr!ssed the b!undary and entered' #ith the ,4ian merchant f!ll!#in"
cl!se behind&
'hy won,t the consul see my numbers- Generalists take no ideological risks. 'hile a brief
lapse into totalitarian purest numbers was e(treme@they do offer AAB assurance.
he ,4ian merchant chan"ed t!ne and addressed 8r!' 5What !f y!ur plans t! s#ay the
c!nsul&5
5hey #!uld n!t even "ive v!ice t! !ur intenti!ns& We must pr!ceed #ith !ur alternate
plan&5
he ,4ian be"an t! transf!rm mid-sentence' never disturbin" a certain fluidity !f f!rm& he
features melted and there #as a chillin" s!und al#ays acc!mpanied #ith shape-shiftin"&
8r! c!ntinued' 5;eshi*a .mpre #as cl!se t! "ivin" us the secret !f the ,4ian n!-space that
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surr!unds Dune Revenant& he system lies !ut !f phase #ith !ur universe&5
5;!u+d best "et us m!re detail than that 7athay& We #ish t! aid y!ur universe' but cann!t
d! it #ith!ut certain c!ncessi!ns !n y!ur part& he Master (ace Dancers re3uire certain
3uesti!ns t! be ans#ered' and the ans#ers t! th!se 3uesti!ns lay !n Dune&5
5My "!als are in line #ith the (ace Dancers&5
5.re they9 ;!u d! n!t *n!# !f #hat y!u spea*& Remember the difference bet#een (ace
Dancers' the dr!nes !f the leila4u' and my race !f Master (ace Dancers fr!m the
Returnin"& Durin" the )catterin" the Master (ace Dancers t!! #ere split int! t#! facti!ns
N2ust as the (ish )pea*ers #ere !nce made !f 6ene $esserit and %!n!red Matres& ;!ur
)catterin" #as a )ee*in" f!r us' and #e traveled !ut int! ne# realms t! find #hat #e
#!uld& While !ne facti!n !f Master (ace Dancer s!u"ht t! rem!ve themselves fr!m the
re"imens !f bi!l!"ism' a sec!nd facti!n s!u"ht t! retain the "reatest 3ualities !f human
life&
56et#een the t#! facti!ns "re# an ide!l!"ical chasm' the first "r!up callin" the sec!nd
+sentimental+' the sec!nd "r!up callin" the first +vain+& he first "r!up seein" bi!l!"ical
e4istence as a detriment t! the *ind !f bein" it c!uld f!resee' m!ved t! +live+ in !ther f!rms
Ndestr!yin" the "r!undin" principles fr!m under their feet that pr!pelled them fr!m
sin"ular life t! a cha!tic symbi!!rium !f hive culture br!u"ht t! its ultimate ends:
anthr!p!m!rph!"enesis& hey f!ll!#ed the thread !f the leila4u @ensunni !ri"ins t! the
ultimate physical e4pressi!n !f the ancient cred!: the !ne is the all& %ence the Ones With
Many (aces s!u"ht t! destr!y their rivals& We' the remainin" facti!n !f Master (ace
Dancers desired different ends& .lth!u"h #e are superi!r t! humans in m!st every #ay' #e
f!und !urselves "r!#in" s!lipsistic in !ur mutability' a c!ntradicti!n in !ur ide!l!"y that left
us #ea*ened f!r an attac* by the Ones With Many (aces& We still
en2!y the sin"ularity !f pers!na that y!u humans "ive t! the universe' and #e #ith many
pers!nas still find it refreshin" t! indul"e in a ne# pers!na as it c!mes al!n"& We have
many 3uesti!ns' !f )heeana' !f Duncan' !f )cytale' that are as yet unans#ered&5
5his is #hy y!u see* the Dune Revenant&5
5We see* #hat the Ones With Many (aces als! see*& %!#ever' #hile they are c!mbin"
thr!u"h the multiverse in a #ave that spans b!th past and future' #e are b!und by the
present t! search f!r the remnants !f the past& his is the ur"ency !f !ur pli"ht&5
7athay !f c!urse had his !#n intenti!ns' and he *ne# these Master (ace Dancers needed
his assistance&
'hy they don,t steal my persona is what I can,t figure out. There must be a weakness in
their multi-persona e(istence that cannot make good use of a copy.
5he enc!din" se3uence is "enerated by an al"!rithm under the pr!tecti!n !f the )upreme
echn!crat ;eshi*a .mpre& Once #e have that' h!# can y!u ensure that the Ones With
Many (aces haven+t infiltrated y!ur ran*s and #ill destr!y Dune bef!re y!u learn #hat y!u
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need t!&5
5here is n! insurance& %!#ever' #e *n!# they find it distasteful t! ta*e human f!rm in
any #ay& heirs is an !vert attac* that #ill n!t re3uire subterfu"e& %!#ever' be it *n!#n
that much !f ,4 has already been replaced by my pe!ple&5
'hat does he say6 I was sure that some small percentage of I( had had members of the
!aster 3ace )ancers as its members. 'hat does he mean by many.
5D! n!t l!!* alarmed' 8r! 7athay& We !ffer a c!ntr!lled c!ntinuati!n !f humanity' n!t y!ur
destructi!n& he Ones With Many (aces see* t! rid space-time !f s! finite a bein" as an
individual& We !nly see* t! remain y!ur pr!tectin" #atchers' ever-present' but all!#in" y!u
the freed!m t! dabble in humanity as y!u have d!ne f!r a hundred millennia& he Master
(ace Dancers have lived am!n" y!u f!r nearly fifteen hundred years' carefully "r!!min"
and pr!tectin" y!u #h! are !ur "reatest res!urce and c!mm!dity& ;!u did n!t thin* that
humans devel!ped the ,nte"ral :c!n!mics that y!u are s! f!nd !f& he ,nte"rati!n #as !ur
"ift t! humanity' in a #ay t! ensure the l!n"evity !f their survancy t! us&5
7athay t!!* a step bac*& %is mind reeled at a number !f permutati!ns !f events&
I did not dream they were so entrenched. If their plan is so advanced along, only my
backup plans will ensure I(,s role in this affair. !y end is near.
he Master (ace Dancer reached !ut t! 7athay' caressin" the side !f his head and the
bac* !f his nec*&
5here' there' 8r!& C!mpliance #as never y!ur str!n" p!int& here may still be s!me use
f!r y!u !n the ,4ian c!nsul' bef!re y!ur e"! "ets the best !f y!u& 8!# sleep' dear human'
rela4 and sleep a#ay y!ur m!rtality&5
. fe# m!re "entle caresses fr!m the Master (ace Dancer' and 8r! 7athay eyes cl!sed as
if he #ere asleep& %is b!dy c!llapsed int! his c!mpani!n+s arms' #h! be"an t! shape shift
int! his mirr!r ima"e' as he set 8r!+s c!rpse d!#n !nt! the "r!und&


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Dune Revenant: Chapter H
To Kno the state of the #ulti"erse %efore an! after the Tyrant Go!$
i#agine the i#age of an hourglass. 5is role represents the ancient
i!ea of a key3log$ %eing %oth the log3;a# in the ri"er an! the ti!al
release after ar!s. 5istory ga"e ay to his "ision$ %eco#e like an
in"erte! pyra#i! that lea!s to the Tyrant Go!$ ;ust as the past
%eco#es that hich he releases upar! into the pile of san!. The
%eing of the orl! hel! fast to his e/act %ran! of the future that e
no li"e in. An! the hi!!en agen!a is #ore apparent then #ost
oul! suspect8 his future is authore! %y us$ in a ay that fin!s us
pro!ucing our past oursel"es. The Tyrant Go! %eco#es the
geo#etric nullpoint at the intersection of to opposing pyra#i!s$
that orks its ay through the future at once groun!e! in the %ase
that is hu#anity$ an! open to our greatest potential.
3>ecture1s of Sheeana to the ghola *ua!1'i%.
he s!uthern bled #as h!me !f sandst!rms unima"ined by l!st Dune standards& %ere !n
this Dune Revenant' the s!uthern bled lay at the ed"e !f the #ide s!uthern dune sea'
#here the !pen terrain all!#ed the #inds t! build speed until they devastated the #estern
b!rders #ith c!nstant sandst!rms& )heeana and t#! d!1en sisters had made this area a
c!nstant h!me al!n" an a"enda that she had laid !ut f!r them& he s!uthern bled #as
h!me !f the m!st active sand#!rms and the s!urces !f many spice bl!#s& .nd the Dune
)ea #as #here the leila4u had been 3uite busy f!r at least several #ee*s&
)heeana c!ntemplated her .treides !ri"ins m!re than she ever had d!ne as a 6ene
$esserit& %ere in the deep desert' m!nit!rin" the pr!"ress !f the sand#!rms' *ept her
c!nstantly a#are !f destiny' b!th pers!nal and hist!rical& he sisters #h! f!ll!#ed her
here *ne# she had a visi!n' and the c!nstant spice in"ested by all all!#ed the lines t! blur
s!me#hat' blendin" her #ishes #ith their #ishes& )he "uided them in this insane fr!ntier
as a sculpt!r #!uld m!ld #et clay&
The talent had always been there in humans. 'e merely needed to meet up with the &pice
to release what had been locked away.
Muad+Dib had chan"ed all that& Muad+Dib sired the yrant $!d himself' an une4pected
crashin" d!#n !f the 6ene $esserit breedin" pr!"ram& his #as reas!n en!u"h t! brea*
#ith the 6ene $esserit #ays&
=ebecca is the +ene Gesserit here, she can continue their work as the +ene Gesserit
have always done. Then, !urbella will do fine picking up the pieces. !urbella is her own
brand of artiste, the wild strain demands that she be.
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,n the desert' dreams came t! )heeana& hey #!uld !verp!#er the m!ment' and she
*ne# n!t if they #ere ima"ined !r real& )he sa# herself #ith Murbella' acr!ss the b!unds
!f the p!c*et !f the multiverse that held Dune Revenant & )heeana c!uld n!t tell if she #as
seein" the dream !r if it #as bein" created by her& .nd #ith that th!u"ht' as if in a dream'
she #as beside Murbella and in c!ntact #ith her dilemma'<
(!r Murbella it #as a time !f c!ntemplati!n in the midst !f crisis& he Ones #ith Many
(aces #ere infrin"in" m!re and m!re !pen the last human sect!rs !f the Old :mpire& %!#
many sisters had been l!st durin" their relentless assaults9 he fact that they #!uld res!rt
t! any means' planet burners !r bi!nic #eap!ns' t! e4pand their !#n influence #as
bey!nd any strate"y&
They are like insects. +ut these insects have an agenda6 !ore than $ust the hive, what is
their reason- 'hat is their goal, to fill habitable space with their own form of metamorphic
biology-
Murbella #al*ed thr!u"h Chapterh!use' that #as l!!*in" m!re li*e a battle"r!und than the
h!me !f the sisterh!!d& %er pers!nal attendant' 0ae!na' sh!#ed the harsh "enetic
features !f her %!n!red Matre herita"e& >ust bel!# these y!un" features #as their
c!mm!n 6ene $esserit features&
This one especially has a resemblance to wi 1oree.
his #as stran"e' since %#i never be"!t children& %!#ever' "enetic archae!l!"ists had
sc!ur"ed the sands !f the !ri"inal Dune t! find a fe# usable cells !f the yrants bride f!r
their !#n breedin" pr!"ram&
wi 1oree was an I(ian, from the time that I( and the post-Leto 3ish &peakers were
united.
Murbella th!u"ht !f h!# there #as n! sect !f (ish )pea*ers t!day& )he th!u"ht ab!ut her
visi!n' the !ne in #hich she #as !n erra and she listened t! the messa"e !f the fish& >ust
as a n!# ancient and f!r"!tten cult !nce called this planet :arth' the cradle !f humanity'
s! had an ancient pe!ple !f :arth' called the !nce fertile land bet#een t#! e3uat!rial
rivers the i"ris and :uphrates' the fertile crescent& hese places may disappear fr!m the
universe' but hey lie #ithin us' and' havin" m!lded us' c!ntinue t! presence themselves
int! the future&
he l!!* !n 0ae!na+s face revealed the e4pressi!n that Murbella #as pr!2ectin"& his is
the secretM , *n!# #hich #ay t! ta*e my sistersM 0ae!na as*ed' 5M!ther )uperi!r' is
s!methin" #r!n"95
Murbella resp!nded' 5Ouite the !pp!site )ister' everythin" is suddenly ri"ht<5

he m!ment faded' and )heeana f!und herself bac* in the desert' !n the !uts*irts !f the
leila4u revelati!n& %er sisters m!ved ab!ut in the day t! day ritual that #as cust!m here
in the deep bled' durin" a sandst!rm !f this intensity& h!u"hts !f 0et! filled her
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c!nsci!usness& 0et! himself reali1ed that the #ild talent #as n!t en!u"hNthat is #hy he
bred )i!na&
1ow we are all children of &iona.
)he c!ntemplated the breedin" pr!"rams& Did such thin"s really e4ist9 C!uld such a naive
n!ti!n ever e4ist t!day9 . human c!uld be reanimated fr!m K000 year !ld cells& . human
c!uld mer"e #ith a sand#!rm& . breed !f Master (ace Dancers can shift flesh and release
c!nsci!usness9 0et! needed the breedin" pr!"ram as a fi4' #hile Muad+Dib+s re2ecti!n !f
that path insured a different !pti!n' !nly recently reali1ed by )heeana&
4nd now that I have resurrected !uad,)ib I hold a uni.ue position.
his current venture int! the desert had served many purp!ses& . team !f sisters had been
dispatched t! reclaim the spice filters set int! the sands' #hile )heeana had lead this
sec!nd "r!up t! disc!ver #hat the leila4u had been up t!& )heeana had "iven )cytale
and the leila4u a m!dicum !f freed!m !n their m!!n 8!v! leila4 in e4chan"e f!r the
7aul "h!la& Only !nce in all the years that had passed !n this ne# Dune did )heeana ever
have t! intervene in the acti!ns !f the leila4u c!unsel& . small tas* f!rce led by e" t!
8!v! leila4 clean up the pr!blem&
1o gholas of Leto6 1o use of Ghanima or >essica cells in a(lotl tanks6
)heeana had the last 0et! cells destr!yed' and br!u"ht )cytale t! the ed"e !f death t!
pr!vide him an idea !f the imp!rtance !f his 2ud"ement in a4l!tl tan* c!nstructs& 8!#
)cytale #as up t! s!me c!nstructi!n in the deep desert' #hich had been inaccessible f!r
s!me time due t! the st!rms& he leila4u had ch!sen a calm area #ithin the fiercest
sandst!rms t! ship unt!ld numbers !f (ace Dancer Mules and replicat!rs d!#n t! Dune
Revenant f!r a purp!se yet undisc!vered& )heeana dispatched a messa"e t! e" #ith the
sister ,sha !n their findin"s and a chan"e cam !ver her as she l!!*ed !ut int! the r!u"h
sand#inds&
&haitain knows my thoughts. 4nd I am one with &hai-ulud.
Different p!ssibilities n!# seemed t! meet and split in a #ay she #as acclimatin" herself
t!& )he #as leadin" humanity d!#n a different path than the $!lden 7ath& 8!# that the
idea !f a path f!r humanity had been established by 0et!' )heeana reali1ed his #as but
!ne !f many paths&
To become a &andworm6
)heeana be"an t! reali1e the intenti!ns !f the yrant $!d& %e had b!th indicted the 6ene
$esserit f!r n!t startin" the $!lden 7ath that he had initiated thr!u"h self-sacrifice' even
th!u"ht the )isterh!!d surely sa# the need f!r such a Way f!r humanity t! #al* al!n"&
(urtherm!re' 0et! had f!reseen the d!#nfall !f the )isterh!!d&
Murbella+s ne# )isterh!!d #ill bec!me a bureaucracy at #!rst& he best she can strive f!r
is a sch!!l unli*e any bef!re it' #ith all the stren"ths !f family and n!ne !f the
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#ea*nesses&
I understand Leto,s dream. 'e each are making it possible even now.
)heeana c!uld f!ll!# much !f 0et!+s line !f reas!nin" in bec!min" !ne #ith the
sand#!rm& )he be"an t! envisi!n the time #hen he first made the transf!rmati!n& he
sandtr!ut' the little ma*ers' naturally m!ved t! encapsulate #ater' and 0et! used this
natural tendency t! his advanta"e& hey sl!#ly c!vered his b!dy' and !ver time' his b!dy
adapted& With the passin" !f the centuries 9'hat attention to such a slow process6: his
dream #as c!ntinually h!ned t! a s!rt !f preternatural perfecti!n& )heeana #!uld #eep
#hen she th!u"ht !f #hat 0et! "ave up 9'hat pain he endured: in establishin" the $!lden
7ath& )uch dreams #ere already c!min" t! )heeana& )he had a "limpse !f .rafel' the
dar*ness cl!ud at the end !f the universe' and #as sure in certain #ays that alth!u"h it
c!uld indicate the $!lden 7ath #as in dan"er' their #ere many 8e# 7aths yet undreamed&
)he slipped int! the dreams n!t #hile asleep but #hile #al*in"' !nly t! a#a*en s!me
miles fr!m #here she had be"un& Other times' the dreams #!uld c!me t! her mid-
sentence' livin" s!me elab!rate pl!t' !nly t! a#a*en at the e4act p!int she had left !ff'
never s*ippin" a beat& One dream' the m!st piercin" and pr!phetic' sh!#ed her that the
future #as causin" the past #hile at the same time the past #as causin" the future& )he
sa# herself and her sisters as sand#!rms in the future pr!vidin" f!r their stru""le that
defined them n!# in the past' all their separate 8e# 7aths c!nver"in" bac* t! the $!lden
7ath& )he felt she #as "ivin" the yrant a chance t! e4press his l!ve f!r %#i 8!ree' and
that they all "ave y!un" 0et! s!methin" t! strive f!r' a #ay !ut !f the shad!# !f Muad+Dib&
.nd she sa# Duncan there& .nd she sa# th!se fr!m the future #atchin" Duncan& 6ef!re
the dream ended' she sa# herself far in the future dreamin" the idea !f spice f!r the first
time' creatin" it s! that humanity c!uld tread the paths !f destiny&
'ho was the first to know !elange- I must wait so long to answer this .uestion.
When the dream passed' the sister Maia #as spea*in" t! her&
5M!ther )uperi!r' the sandst!rm #ill brea* 2ust bey!nd that rid"e t! the West&5
5he leila4u encampment #ill be there' 5)heeana had learned t! step f!rm the dream as
easy as !ne #!uld chan"e !ne+s mind&
5What are y!ur instructi!ns f!r us'5 Maia had the l!!* !f the dreams up!n her' )heeana
insured this in all her sisters by the c!nstant supply !f Melan"e' 5, have seen #hat #e may
e4pect t! find here& , dream <s!methin" that , n!t sure , understand&5
)heeana reassured her' 5;!u are a 6ene $esserit' s! y!u *n!# h!# t! c!ntr!l y!ur fears&
6ut , have freed y!u fr!m s!me !f that' s! let the fear rise a bit if y!u #!uld learn fr!m it&5
Maia n!dded' 5)hall #e pr!ceed&5
)heeana+s !nly ans#er #as t! c!ntinue t! #al* #est t!#ards the leila4u' her sisters !ne
#ith her in a shared destiny&
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Maia needs m!re devel!pment& )he has fears and re"rets but acts any#ay& 5Rather act
!ut my final days as human and relin3uish my humanity' than have it ta*en fr!m me by the
Ones With Many (aces&5
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Dune Revenant: Chapter 9
As 'une as$ so ill it %e again? An! the 'eserts e see are
rece!ing$ %y the ill of Shaitain$ as or!aine! %y *ua!1'i%. Fear not$
#y Fre#en$ for the challenge is upon you. That the 'esert "anishes
!oes not #ean that you shoul! a%an!on your !esert ays. For the
!esert shoul! %e ithin your heart$ an! the in!s of the san!stor#
shoul! %e the raging of your souls. An! after the 'esert is gone an!
the people gro ater3fat$ it ill %e upon you to keep the faith. An!
your faith ill %e as the heat of the noonti#e sun. An! you ill hol!
fast to your ays like unto the preciousness of ater in the hottest
seasons. .nly then ill the !esert return.
3)econstructe! >etters of 5arq Al3Ar!a to the Fre#en
hunhun sat f!r a m!ment after ;anima e4plained the transmissi!n fr!m her sister
;eshi*a& hey sat in the public "arden !n Ouadra' st!rm cl!uds ab!ve and the c!!l bree1e
!f the c!min" rain& (aint rumbles !f distant thunder prelude his brea*in" !f the silence&
5;eshi*a never 2!*es the #ay she did it that transmissi!n' , thin* she is in dan"er&5 ;anima
leaned f!r#ard' her elb!#s !n her *nees&
hunhun heard #hat she #as sayin"' but f!ll!#ed a train !f th!u"ht that she had ev!*ed
m!ments a"! until he reached an alm!st Mentat c!nclusi!n&
5he Master (ace Dancers have infiltrated the ,4ian c!nsul' ,+m sure !f it& here+s
s!methin" else , haven+t t!ld y!u& ,+ve been d!in" s!me pers!nal research int! the
Duncans thr!u"h!ut hist!ry& , thin* !ne !f them has the ability t! see me #atchin" him&5
5WhatM hat d!esn+t seem p!ssible& Which Duncan95
5%: Duncan& he Duncan #h! a#!*e the 7aul "h!la+s mem!ries& he f!under !f ,dah-
Mirabla& D! y!u thin* it has s!methin" t! d! #ith Duncan+s 8et95
.fter he sp!*e' ;anima n!ticed h!# much hunhun l!!*ed li*e the Duncans& )h!rt !f
bein" !ne !f th!se Duncan Revival )ch!!ls' li*e %ayt-,dah' he c!uld pass f!r a cl!ne&
I,m always surprised that Idah-!irabla let such a close ghola pass through.
)he resp!nded t! hunhun+s 3uesti!ns #ith a 3uesti!n' 5What are the implicati!ns !f the
)pice Dreams then9 his is all !ur !pp!nents need t! fuel their campai"n a"ainst us& We+ll
fall t! the #ayside li*e Mesmerism !r Re"ressi!n %ypn!sis&5
5Maybe #e d!n+t need their help&5
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5What is that supp!sed t! mean95
5,+ve d!ne a bit !f e4trap!latin"' ta*in" #hat ,+ve inferred by the Duncan #atchin" us' and
#hat #e+ve "leaned s! far ab!ut the Ones With Many (aces& ,f Duncan+s 8et all!#ed him
t! see the Master (ace Dancers' and #e *n!# that s!meh!#' the Ones With Many (aces
are a facti!n !f that "r!up' #e *n!# that they c!uld see Duncan& 5
5Where are y!u "!in" #ith this&5
5, thin* the threat !f the Ones With Many (aces is !ccurrin" acr!ss space-time& heir
perfecti!n !f shapeshiftin" has "!ne bey!nd everythin" #e+ve ima"ined& hey have f!und
a #ay t! spread li*e a cancer thr!u"h!ut the present' past' and future& ,+m n!t sure !f their
intenti!ns !r h!# they+re able t! d! this' but it d!esn+t l!!* "!!d f!r the children !f
humanity&5
5.ll this leads us t! ;eshi*a and ,4&5
5,4 is the cr!ssr!ads in m!re #ays than !ne&5
5;!u thin* that #hatever is causin" ;eshi*a t! be alarmed' ties bac* t! Dune Revenant95
5We need t! tal* t! y!ur sister& he echn!crat ,mperat!r !f ,4 may need t! reveal the
secret !f the ,4ian cl!a*in" !f that planet& We need t! find !ut the truth ab!ut )heeana&5
,n an a"e !f spacef!ldin" machines and synthetic spice' !ne #!uld thin* interstellar travel
#!uld bec!me a c!mm!nplace event& $iven the shift in travel fr!m the mythic times !f the
yrant $!d' #hich #as c!nducted !nly !ut !f %is #ill and his all!cati!n !f res!urce' travel
#as surprisin"ly unc!mm!n& he millennial celebrati!n !f the (ish )pea*er )ch!!ls had
been an e4cepti!n t! a s!ciety that #as n!t interested in travel' despite the ease in #hich it
#as made p!ssible& he advent !f the techni3ues !f 7ers!na )hiftin" s!me centuries
bef!re aided t! the decline !f the ur"e t! travel& .s the p!pular sayin" #ent' 5,+ve never
been there' but ,+ve )hared #ith s!me!ne #h! has'5 the b!rr!#in" !f the e4periences !f
!thers lends itself t! a m!re passive attitude t! place&
)till' a certain am!unt !f travel #as al#ays needed' and $,O.D mana"ed t! reap s!me
benefits and set style precedents that *ept the interests !f certain )ch!!ls thr!u"h the
interests !f a certain number !f strate"ic ,ndividuals #ithin *ey )ch!!ls& )!me !f the
$,O.D travel c!mpanies' #hich speciali1ed in interstellar transp!rt !f "!!ds' #ere findin"
it harder t! find pe!ple t! accept these 2!bs' until they subsidi1ed the c!uriers !f 7ers!na
)hifts fr!m distant re"i!ns&
0ac* !f demand and speciali1ed (ish )pea*er )ch!!l interests resulted in a severely
re"ulated travel system that made it difficult f!r 2ust any!ne t! travel !ff#!rld& ;anima #as
c!nnected t! the ,4ian %i"h C!nsul' and her status as the sister !f ;eshi*a .mpre "ave
her familial ri"hts at a level that b!th $,O.D and the (ish )pea*er )ch!!ls all rec!"ni1ed
as n!thin" sh!rt !f carte blanche& Within a fe# days' hunhun and ;anima had #rapped
up the l!!se ends s! rapid a departure #!uld create' and they #ere enr!ute t! ,J !n a
$,O.D transp!rt&
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he transp!rt resembled the traditi!nal hei"hli"hter fr!m anti3uity' these #ere run by $uild
)teersman Ctravelers tended t! n!tice a sm!!ther rideD' envisi!nin" the mechanics !f the
2!urney #ith the aided !f the latest in !ran"e )ynthspice "as&
hunhun #as ea"er t! )pice Dream durin" the )pacef!ld& %e had !nce 7ers!na )hared
#ith a multiverse physicist #h! claimed that the f!ldin" techni3ue enhanced the
accessibility !f stray timelines& $uilds )teersman had t! study elab!rate techni3ues t!
f!cus their travels thr!u"h such a mire !f causality&
hunhun t!ld ;anima !f his the!ry that they mi"ht be able t! perceive s!me s!rt !f stray
Dream 8!ise #hile space f!lded&
5,+m surprised that y!u never tried this bef!re'5 ;anima "!aded him' 5;!ur must n!t be a
curi!us as y!u #ere #hen #e first met' #ith all y!ur ne# rec!"niti!n at ,dah-Mirabla&5
5When d!es any ,ndividual travel' , never "!t the chance bef!re&5
58!# that y!u+ve sp!*en at the Millennial Celebrati!ns' ,+m sure y!u+ll be an h!n!red "uest
acr!ss the universe&5 hunhun smiled& ;anima had that effect !n him !ften' alth!u"h they
did n!t 7ers!na )hare as much as #as c!mm!n am!n" friends&
'e )ream of a past where people spoke to one another to communicate. In a universe
where *ersona &haring has become a business transaction, we are friends out of the
same interest in this ancient art form.
58!# , #ant y!u t! rela4' and n!t t! f!cus !n anythin"&5 ;anima held his hand' 5;!u rela4'
and d!n+t stray t! far fr!m my lead& ,f #e+re t! pic* up Dream 8!ise that+s t!! r!u"h !r
ch!ppy' , #ant y!u cl!se by&5
hey held cl!se until realty slipped a#ay<&
<sharply' in every directi!n' they appear in the dar*&
he Ones With Many (aces l!!*ed !ut at the multiverse fr!m their !#n brand !f senses&
hey causated each "esture li*e a ripple in a three dimensi!nal p!!l' #aves !f sensin"
e4pandin" !ut#ard' findin" the !b2ects !f their c!mmunal th!u"hts li*e s!nar beac!ns&
:ch!es returned as ideas and impressi!ns' a blendin" !f the physical #!rld and the #!rld
!f ideas& hey had chan"ed bey!nd even the Master (ace Dancers in their mutability'
all!#in" f!rm and the f!rmed t! reside as !ne in their bein"& .nd the c!nstant reminder !f
the ,ndividuals fr!m #hich they ev!lved acted li*e a limitin" virus' a c!mm!n tie t! us that
the Master (ace Dancers had s!meh!# "r!#n t! respect' alth!u"h in a #ay that #as 3uite
inhuman& he Ones With Many (aces sa# the ,ndividual as their !#n brand !f Ori"inal
)in' their (all fr!m the ultimate mutability that they str!ve f!r& he s!u"ht the eradicati!n !f
the ,ndividuals n!t !n the "r!unds !f any malici!usness' they s!u"ht t! rem!ve them in
their r!le as a stran"e attract!r !f a brand !f Order that dre# their attenti!n a#ay fr!m the
Ultimate Cha!s they s!u"ht t! embrace&&
<a 3uesti!n in the dar*' dist!rted v!ices' call and resp!nd&
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W: .)/ %: ).U) O( %: ,8D,G,DU.0)9
We C!mply ! Our Re3uest With )e"mented (actual Rep!rts (r!m Our Gari!us )ect!rs&
Cima"es !f Duncan and )cytale in !ne area' )heeana and 0et! in an!ther' 7aul' e"D
C)heeanaFs v!ice: 5the $!lden 7ath unfurled9 Out !f the diversity !f man*ind&5 D
COM70,.8C: R:CO$8,,O8 .CC:7:D W: )%.00 6:$,8
Waves !f sensin" e4pandin" ar!und the f!cus& :ch!es returned #ith ideas that the
3uesti!ns inv!*ed& hey embraced this Cha!s' s! dampened by the very e4istence !f the
,ndividual Order' drivin" the Ones With Many (aces thr!u"h the multiverse in search !f a
#ay t! rem!ve the c!ncept !f the ,ndividual& he s!u"ht liberati!n& Our mutual demise #as
their 2ihad& he Ones With Many (aces revie#ed #hat had transpired' re"r!upin"'
plannin"<
)ect!r One rep!rts c!mbine sisterh!!d !fferin" "reat resistance t! the futars and !ur
shapeshifters&
Cima"e Murbella' vari!us sisters in battleD
CMurbella+s v!ice: 5, #ant !ne !f them captured alive& We need t! trace them bac* t! their
ma*ers&5 D
ime pr!2ects sh!# Murbella succeeds #ith assistance !f Old leila4u t! CO8,8U:
humanity #ith help !f "h!la c!ncepti!ns and enhancement p!ssibility&
)U$$:) )UD; O( (,)% )7:./:R )C%OO0)
)ect!r #! rep!rts steps ta*en t! unc!ver the Dune Revenant
Cima"e !f Master (ace Dancer 0r!lan and 8r! 7athayD
h!se fr!m #h!m #e ev!lved' h!se Master (ace Dancers ch!!se c!mpliance #ith
,ndividuals& hey see* ,ndividuals as a fi4ed "r!und t! base pers!na& ,ndicati!ns are
resistance t! Mem!ry )harin" am!n" several *ey "r!ups&
CO8,8U: O6):RG.,O8 O(<,8:RRU7,O8MM
&&&eyes in the dar* l!!*in" bac*&
W%O W.C%:) U)9 ,MM:D,.: R:0OC.,O8 O( )7.C:-,M: (OC,&
Causated "esture rippled' the p!!ls #aves sensed in#ardly' fleein" the !b2ects !f their
c!mmunal pr!tecti!n& :ch!es faded and f!lded !ut !f c!nsci!usness' a dim impressi!n
"r!#n dimmer' a blendin" !f the physical #!rld #ith the v!id until n!thin"& dar*& silent&
"!ne<
he )pice Dream ended abruptly' timed #ith the ann!uncement that the transp!rt #as
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enterin" real space fr!m !ut !f the f!ld& he hum!r!us m!!d !f !nly a fe# m!ments
bef!re #as eclipsed by this dire revelati!n& 6!th ;anima and hunhun remained silent f!r
several minutes after their )pice Dream&
;anima #as the first t! brea* the silence' 5We #ere f!rced !ut !f the )pice Dream& , d!n+t
*n!# if it #as due t! the endin" !f the )pace (!ld !r if th!se (ace Dancers had s!methin"
t! d! #ith it&5
5he Ones With Many (aces pushed us !ut !f the Dream& What ,+m #!rried ab!ut is h!#
#ell timed !ur e4it fr!m )pacef!ld c!incided #ith !ur Dream&5
hunhun th!u"ht his ne4t sentence in silence:
If the Guild &teersman was replaced by a !aster 3ace )ancer it would e(plain the
convenience of our )ream.
hunhun "rab h!ld !f ;anima and pulled cl!se t! her ear& 57ers!na )hare #ith me&5 %e
#hispered it pressed a"ainst her head' *issin" her hair&
,n ti"ht pr!4imity' they all!#ed the blendin" !f their mem!ries and e4periences& hey c!uld
instantly catch-up !n everythin" they had th!u"ht ab!ut' but did n!t desire t! spea* al!ud&
he 7ers!na )harin" all!#ed n! secrets' and !pened the p!ssibility that !thers #!uld
learn y!ur secrets if they )hared #ith s!me!ne y!u had )hared #ith& his #as n!t a time
f!r secrets&
;anima and hunhun #ere s!!n l!c*ed int! their mutual th!u"hts<
hunhun+s fl!!d !f ideas hit her li*e a technical manual !f his life& ,deas& 7ermutati!ns !f
these ideas& Meta-ideas&
The !aster 3ace )ancers are at war with the %nes 'ith !any 3aces. They are holding
onto Individuality while the %nes 'ith !any 3aces seek its destruction.
#ancer has infected the multiverse as it were an individual. *arasites within parasites.
#ancers within cancers. They spread both in the past and the future. Cnbound.
;anima+s #ave !f ideas #as "raceful' a#are !f the art !f dreamin"' they had hard
aesthetics& (!rms attended by Care&
!aster 3ace )ancers in the Guild- This means !aster 3ace )ancers seek to sow the
know fields with their watching presence. They hide in GI%4). They lay waiting on I(. 'e
were meant to ,discover, the %nes 'ith !any 3aces.
They help us, to keep us alive. They are the beekeepers. 'e are the bees that produce
the sweet honey of Individuality and *ersona. They crave us.
.s the )harin"' each #as left #ith a sense !f ur"ency& hat ,4 and the Dune Revenant
#ere l!c*ed in a c!urse that sp!*e t! the future !f the ,ndividual and the multiverse& .nd
!ne final th!u"ht' pers!nal' bet#een the t#! !f them<
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.s they e4ited the transp!rt int! the craft that #!uld ta*e them t! the transit stati!n bel!#
!n Richese' they b!th 3uesti!ned #hat it meant t! l!ve s!me!ne at a time !f such duress&


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Dune Revenant: Chapter A0

6efore the Spice 'rea#ing technique coul! %e e#ploye! to #ine the
past for truth of actions$ *ur%ella1s #erger of the 6ene Gesserit an!
5onore! *atres as "iee! as a result of the i#pen!ing threat of
the *aster Face 'ancers returne! fro# the Scattering. The
)eturning ha! less to !o ith her !ecision$ hich hinge! upon to
factors fro# the !istant past. *ur%ella as le! to an ancient concept
for hich she appropriate! the na#e Fish Speaker School. An! she
as le! their %y the e"il that the ol! 5arkonnen #anage! to ork on
St. Alia fro# %eyon! the gra"e.
3*e#oirs of @ani#a A#pre
%avin" a fe# h!urs bef!re her meetin" #ith her dubi!us "uests' Murbella spent the
m!rnin" armed #ithin a ne# battle carapace that enhanced her already supple prana-
bindu c!mbat pr!#ess& /itrana 6laise assisted Murbella in fittin" the carapace' and
ma*in" her a#are !f the ne# enhancements& 6laise had been pr!m!ted fr!m Cust!dian !f
.rms and C!mbat rainin"' a r!le she held since the 6ene $esserit battle #ith %!n!red
Matres !n alti!s' t! $eneral !f he 6ene $esserit f!rces&
The time had come to fight the %nes 'ith !any 3aces.
5,n additi!n t! the ne# m!dulatin" plasma #eap!ns m!unted in the #rists' #e+ve added a
bi!-ma"netic shieldin"' in case they try t! ac3uire mem!ries thr!u"h t!uch&5 /itrana #as
c!mbat hardened and th!r!u"h& )he had !nce met the first Miles e" in c!vert battle he
had lead' in #hich she !utfitted his tr!!ps #ith certain #eap!ns her sister had devel!ped&
Murbella+s trainin" #as already hyper*inetic& he %!n!red Matre se4ual imprintin" #ent
deeper than er!ticism' it fused cellular a#areness int! every re"i!n !f her b!dy& %er le"
c!uld *ic* in a c!mbat situati!n #ith!ut direct impulse fr!m her brain& he fact the she
#as #ith child did n!t hamper her c!mbat ability in the least&
I simply need to keep aware of the womb, and protect it from danger and will away the
stress of the situation. I will the calm upon me.
.fter the dem!nstrati!n' Murbella and /itrana discussed the 8e#s !f t#! recent battles
#ith the Ones With Many (aces' !ne #a"ed by 6ene $esserit and the !ther by %!n!red
Matres&
*erhaps our common enemy will unite these two sisterhoods.
Murbella and the %!n!red Matres& ,t #as a c!mple4 idea f!r her' as she #as raised by the
rene"ade sisters #h! perfected their t#isted variati!n !f 6ene $esserit techni3ue f!r the
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t#! th!usand years !f the )catterin"&
%nce we trained as onored !atres enter the mode of combat, woe to all in our paths.
.s they #al*ed t! the receive their arrivin" "uests' /itrana "ave results that the 6ene
$esserit !utp!st !n Chasuba had been leveled' and !nly a handful !f sisters had survived&
/itrana read Murbella+s silence as disappr!val !f her #ar eff!rt' 5, assure y!u M!ther
)uperi!r that the Master (ace Dancer+s every m!vement had been under c!nstant
surveillance& We have at least "ained that mush fr!m this sacrifice&5
Murbella did n!t b!ther t! bath !r chan"ed int! m!re f!rmal attire f!r her meetin" #ith the
%!n!red Matre env!y
.s /itrana read !ff the statistics !f the t#! m!st recent vict!ries by the c!mm!n enemy'
Murbella spiraled !ut her plans the p!ssible and the pr!bable& )he *ne# )heeana #as
plannin" perhaps the m!st radical chan"e the Universe had ever seen& Rebecca' !ff #ith
)heeana in the f!lds !f n!-space became the !nly lin* t! the !ld 6ene $esserit !rder and
the 8e# )isterh!!d that #!uld c!me if any !f them survived the Ones With Many (aces&
I hold on to the idea that =ebecca is still the True +ene Gesserit, for rest assured,
&heeana is not. 1or am I.
%er th!u"hts had been !n )aint .lia' the sister !f Muad+Dib' and her tra"ic death that had
spa#ned a d!1en ma2!r reli"i!ns and a d!1en d!1en cults !ver the a"es&
I must not fail the onored !atres or the +ene Gesserit as we failed her. The is an
answer to those who represent the margin and the rupture of a society. The answer is to
bring them to the center.
Murbella+s f!cused !n this time as the da#n !f s!me inte"rati!n bet#een her t#! pe!ples&
.s /itrana finished her rep!rt' t#! sisters flan*ed them bef!re enterin" the recepti!n hall&
Murbella sh!t a "lance at /itrana' 5, as*ed f!r n! esc!rt&5
/itrana had been prepared f!r this resp!nse' 5With all respect' M!ther )uperi!r' as in my
r!le as military c!mmander' , th!u"ht it in y!ur best interest and !rdered the esc!rt
myself&5
Murbella n!dded her acceptance&
)rastic measures for dark times.
Within the recepti!n hall st!!d %!n!red Matre $uerina and t#! dan"er!us l!!*in"
c!mpani!ns& $uerina had *n!#n the )pider Oueen that Murbella had dep!sed' and
represented the m!re c!nservative facti!ns resistant t! chan"e&
I must break this Guerina,s will today.
he meetin" !nly served t! ann!y Murbella at h!# #r!n" the underlyin" frame#!r* !f the
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%!n!red Matre phil!s!phy #as&
hey are chased fr!m the )catterin" in a mass e4!dus' a Returnin" br!u"ht !n by their
fear !f the Master (ace Dancers' #h! are !nly the da#n !f the "reater cha!s&
They would have done well to keep to some of the old +ene Gesserit adages.
5here are facti!ns am!un" the %!n!red Matres& )!me #!uld see y!u as the $reat
%!n!red Matre' #hile !thers see y!ur path as #ea*' and see* t! usurp y!u p!siti!n&5
5%!# dare y!u spea* t! me thus&5 )he "estured t! the t#! sisters at her side' p!ised t! *ill
at any m!ment& 5;!u c!me be""in" f!r assistance and n!# y!u+d 3uesti!n my stren"th&5
$uerina+s esc!rts p!ised themselves ready f!r a p!ssible incident' but the %!n!red Matre
"estured them t! stand d!#n& 5, !nly spea* !f #hat transpires am!un" th!se !f the
Returnin"&5
Murbella pitched her G!ice strate"ically& his is the leader !f 6ene $esserit and %!n!red
Matres #h! spea*s n!#M 5, #ill n!t pay heed t! any !f this unth!u"ht chatter&5 %er G!ice
leveled' 5D! the %!n!red Matre facti!ns that are a"ainst me n!t #ant the assistance !f
their 6ene $esserit c!usins95
Murbella turned t! /itrana' 5%!# many %!n!red Matre #!rlds have been destr!yed s! far&5
/itrana perf!rm the data e4tracti!n fr!m her Mentat archive& 5.s !f last rep!rts this
m!rnin"' the %!n!red Matre #!rld !f .lcius has 2ust fallen' brin"in" the c!unt !f %!n!red
Matre #!rlds up t!! thirty-f!ur&5
hirty-f!ur #!rlds destr!yed' hundreds !f billi!ns !f lives ended !r assimilated' and these
bitches 3uesti!n my lead&
$uerina b!#ed l!# her head at the numbers&
The color drains from her face. Those numbers will turn her to my side.
$uerina lifted her head' 57erhaps , can d! s!methin" t! c!nvince the facti!ns that an
alliance is the !nly c!urse !f acti!n' $reat %!n!red Matre&5
Murbella met $uerina+s eyes #ith a firm but reassurin" "a1e' 5D! s! 3uic*ly' f!r the (ace
Dancers d! n!t #ait t! *ill&5

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Dune Revenant: Chapter AA

The hi"e as agitate!A #any ne occurrences ha! %een filtering
through its fol!s , the 'uncan$ the Scytale$ the te#poral Sheeana.
6ut the neest resurgence$ the Again *ua!1'i%$ ha! cause!
ripplesBnoBCstor#sCthroughout the collecti"e of the .nes 7ith
*any Faces. 7hen the hole as !istur%e! to this le"el$ they oul!
see a nee! to take action. The persona a"es !arte! an! reflecte!
across a #illion e/periences$ %ut still$ they cannot %reach the %erth
of their nestling arrogance$ of the shelle! neness that their hi"e
has encase! then hea"y ithin. The *ua!1'i% as knon to #any.
So #any still ere #o"e! %y his #yth. 7e seek to nurture hat our
%elo"e! &n!i"i!uals seek in the %elo"e! Again *ua!1'i%. For their
rich e/perience insures the #ost succulent crop of stolen life
e/perience hen e seek to reap our !ea!ly har"est.
3*aster Face 'ancer co##entary.
When Duncan ,dah! and Miles e" entered the ne#ly built leila4u Center' )cytale #as
seated behind a m!nit!r' flan*ed !n each side by a pers!nal "uard& he "uards #ere
!bvi!usly (ace Dancers' but as c!l!ssal as they #ere de4ter!us& Duncan n!ticed that the
"enes empl!yed t! create these t#! came fr!m the yrant+s (ish )pea*er "uards ? #ith
enhancements t! the usual phen!types& )cytale #as ma*in" "!!d use !f the 6ene
$esserit breedin" rec!rds t! facilitate his ne# a4l!tl creati!ns&
)cytale l!!*ed up fr!m his screen t! "reet them&
5My Masterpieces& :4amples !f t#! uses !f the "enius !f !ur "h!la creati!ns' !ne
c!nstructed t! !ur specificati!ns and bey!nd !ur #ildest e4pectati!ns' and the !ther
bey!nd !ur #ildest dreams rec!nstructed f!r !ur purp!ses&5 he blue li"ht !f the screen
cast a preternatural aura ab!ut his elfin features&
'ho is more the ghoul, him or us-
Duncan+s th!u"hts 2umped fr!m appearance t! pers!nal hist!ry& (e# had hist!ry t!"ether
as they did& %ayt had n!t cared f!r his )cytale& Duncan cared n!t f!r this !ne&
e" #aited f!r )cytale+s features t! l!!se the leila4u "rin bef!re he sp!*e&
5We+re here f!r ans#ers' n!t 3uesti!ns&5 )cytale #as unm!ved by e"+s p!siti!n&
ow many times had gholas wanted answers- This time was not unlike every other,
e(cept that only now had he begun to regain the hopes for a Tleila(u future.
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4m I the chosen one- The last one who was saved to prove how close we +ene Tleila(
were to becoming e(tinct. I have been awakened.
%is th!u"hts #ere !ften punctuated by the #!rds 5Wh!res5 !r 5Witches5' and yet he had t!
admit that his ass!ciati!n #ith the 6ene $esserit had tau"ht him the p!ssibility !f trust
am!n" the p!#indah& .nd the %!n!red Matres had pr!ven that n! enemy c!uld be
underestimated&
'hat were these two up to-
e" sp!*e' 5)heeana is destr!yin" the a4l!tl tan*s that c!ntain the "h!las !f >essica and
.lia as #e spea*&5 )cytale paled and after a silence e" c!ntinued' 5D! #e have y!ur
attenti!n n!#&5 )cytale had n!t felt as c!rnered as he did this m!ment since his
impris!nment !n the 8!ship all th!se years& ;et still he mana"ed a smile' !ne that the
leila4u #ere n!t!ri!us f!r' t! smu"ly betray f!r all his th!u"hts: *owindah6 &hokran. 2ou
still prove yourselves my tools.
)cytale turned the m!mentum !f the c!nversati!n as he turned fr!m e" t! face Duncan&
5D! either !f y!u even be"in t! hear the arr!"ance #ith #hich y!u spea*Ny!u are !ur
creati!nsM What #!uld y!u *n!# !f the "randeur that #e #!r* t!#ard&5
5,+m n!t the !nly pr!2ect !f y!urs that has +e4ceeded e4pectati!ns+ )cytaleNd!n+t y!u
understand that y!ur meth!d' y!ur leila4u "randeur' has bec!me !bs!leteNthe Master
(ace Dancers and the Ones With Many (aces are n! l!n"er even rem!tely human& hey
are y!ur m!nsters' y!u have !nly succeeded in creatin" #hat can !nly be called an alien
species& .nd they are interested in every m!ve #e ma*e& , *n!# this&5 )cytale faced
Duncan' ta*in" an uncharacteristic step t!#ard him&
)oes )uncan speak to them@ow can this be-
Duncan read the reacti!n !n )cytale+s face and f!ll!#ed thr!u"h' 5;!u+re h!ldin" !nt!
ideas that n! l!n"er have intrinsic value& ,t+s slipped thr!u"h y!ur slippery leila4u fin"ers&
;!u+ve preserved the rules f!r all these millennia' but the "ame has chan"ed' the players
have left& .nd e" and myself aren+t the !nly !nes returnin" an"ry&5
,n that m!ment' #ith )cytale steppin" bac* in sl!# m!ti!n a#ay fr!m him& Reality shifted'
as if suddenly Duncan reali1ed he had been dreamin" the entire scene& Duncan f!und
himself h!ldin" !nt! his 8et' reelin" in a ima"e !f many #h! #ere c!min"& hey #ere
already in spacef!ld' and Duncan c!uld alm!st hear the spacef!ld al"!rithms !f a $uild-
li*e spice navi"at!r f!cusin" their intenti!n !f destinati!n up!n the Dune Revenant&
They are coming after us6 Teg, &cytale, and !yself. %nly I don,t know who they are&
Duncan n!ticed )cytale still hadn+t c!mpleted his bac* step' #hen a series !f ima"es and
visi!ns e4pl!ded int! his mind& %e sa# the yrant as*in" the Universe t! bec!me 0et! and
the Master (ace Dancers #!rshipin" this reversal !f the hist!ry he *ne#& Duncan sa# the
Ones With Many (aces fearin" 7aul' they *ept referrin" t! him as the 4gain Individual' and
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the *aul who was not *aul&
.nd Duncan ,dah! reali1ed his r!le in the universe had been the uni3ue "ift !f the tyrant&
I have become the embodiment of the friend of humanity. !y 4treides loyalty has evolved
over all these millennia into its most basic state? loyalty to humanity.
%is !racular #eb had n!# captured several disparate "r!ups' that he n!# sa# as part !f
#hat #!uld be the future !f humanity& he cancer!us !f the Ones With Many (aces= the
sentimentality !f the Master (ace Dancers #h! escaped t! #arn us and pr!tect the
c!ncept !f individual humanity= the hybridi1ati!n !f 6ene $esserit and %!n!red Matre that
Murbella #as cultivatin" int! fruiti!n= )heeana+s sisters #h! #!uld bec!me the #!rm as
did 0et!&
(!r the first time' Duncan reali1ed the !ne use !f melan"e that had escaped him bef!re&
!etaphor. !elange, for all its enhancements and secrets that it has revealed to us over
the years had on use we had overlooked. It is a metaphor for the mi(ture of all these
elements onto a new humanity, ever-changing. This is Leto,s Golden *ath that I am
walking down6 ow ironic that I should find myself a "prophet" of the great Dia Guldur.
e" #as suddenly sayin" s!methin"' s!methin" that caused Duncan t! m!ve a#ay fr!m
his 8et and bac* t!#ards #here he had been& ,n )cytale+s r!!m' e" #as m!ti!nin" t! a
handheld vidb!!*&
e,s about to warn us of something. I can tell by his e(pression.
)!methin" had h!ld !f Duncan fr!m inside his visi!n' s!me f!rce that #!uld n!t let him
free himself&
Teg is warning me about something6 +ut I can,t respond..
Duncan stretched the limits !f l!!*in"' "a1in" in a #ay that seemed t! 2ust c!me t! him'
despite h!# unnatural it seemed' he #illed this ne# "a1e in#ardly& he Master (ace
Dancers came t! him' !nly after he peered int! the c!rners !f his hyperreal peripheral
visi!n& here #ere several !f them in strate"ic places !f his hei"htened percepti!n' each
h!ldin" !ut a special f!rm !f his attenti!n' each pinin" his a#areness !utside !f the n!rmal
frame#!r* !f the m!ment& Duncan sa# e" m!ti!nin" t!#ard the d!!r' and a sudden l!!*
!f c!ncern !n )cytale+s face&
They are coming for us, and they,re holding me here helpless6
Duncan tried t! fath!m a #ay !ut !f his dilemma& he paralysis !f his b!dy seemed t! "ive
him e4tra time mentally' time perhaps t! devise a plan&
4s if they live with one foot in my vision.
Duncan+s fear r!se f!r a m!ment and it reminded him !f !ne particular death he
e4perience by 0et!' in #hich he #as pinned beneath 0et!+s massive sand#!rm b!dy'
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sl!#ly suff!cated and crushed under his #ei"ht& )!methin" be"an t! "ive #ay am!n" his
unseen capt!rs&
The death,s I,ve lived distracts them. This is the key to their holding me.
Duncan be"an t! rapid fire the mem!ries !f his many deaths thr!u"h his mind' layerin"
them as !ne #!uld apply paint c!at up!n c!at& he Master (ace Dancers #h! trapped him
#ithin the visi!n be"an t! l!!se si"ht !f the livin" Duncan' "iven the !dd and slippery
nature !f a remembered dyin"&
I,m slipping from their hold on me.
e" #as suddenly m!vin" at re"ular speed' and spea*in" fr!m !ut !f mid-sentence' 5<
that they+ll arrive at !ur e4act c!!rdinates& , 2ust can+t fi"ure h!# they f!und us' and h!#
3uic*ly they are m!vin" int! !ur l!cal star system&5 Duncan intuited #hat had transpired'
but t!!* n! time t! e4plain it t! e"&
5Where #ere y!u 2ust then' 5e" came bac*' reali1in" fr!m Duncan+s e4pressi!n that
s!methin" had been amiss&
58! time t! e4plain& Miles they are after us& :specially )cytale and myself&5 )cytale never
l!st his ability t! l!!* disturbin"' even #hen fri"htened&
Duncan c!ntinued' 5hat+s ri"ht )cytale& ;!ur creati!ns #ant y!u& hey #ant t! *n!# #hat
it is li*e t! die as many times as #e have&5
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Dune Revenant: Chapter A2

As the first 5er#it took the spice Kne$ As *ua!1'i% Kne$ So the
!esert +reacher Knos.
+rotect the spice$ for it is Shai35ulu!.
For !i! not the 5er#it first learn to hate the !esert an! the
san!or# for taking aay his people. 'i! he not learn to #ake
stone his heart an! go out into the !esert for his re"enge. An! in the
years that folloe!$ !i! he not learn the secrets of the !esert$ an!
!i! not the !esert %oth e#pty an! fill his heart. An! there !i! he
learn of the san!or# an! partake of the spice. An! his icke!
;oining ith Shai35ulu!.
3Ser#on of the 'esert +reacher to the Fre#en.


)heeana l!!*ed !ut !ver a perfect repr!ducti!n !f a sietch fr!m the !ld Dune' c!ntained
#ithin the area !f )cytale+s 8!v! leila4u c!l!ny&
&o this was what &cytale sought to achieve6 1ot only has he regenerated the %ld Tleila(u
#ounsel, he is reproducing an entire 3remen population. Is this all for the benefit of the
!ahadi, for the Ghola !uad,)ib-
he scene #as h!rrific& leila4u mule technicians' rapidly "r!#n #ith !nly the m!st
speciali1ed s*ills' had been pr!duced by the th!usands t! facilitate a slave c!nstructi!n
cre#& hey #ere pr!"rammed t! d! certain functi!ns and die #hen their tas*s #ere
c!mpleted& ,n this #ay they hand crafted this (remen sietch in !nly a fe# #ee*s&
'hile I was tending to &hai-ulud in the deep desert bled, these Tleila(u manage to
rebuild a 3remen city6
:very detail #as there: stillsuits that seemed t! have been #!rn in f!r c!mf!rt and
authenticity' #indtraps f!r m!isture built t! the ancient specificati!ns 9'hy wouldn,t they
be. &cytale is from the 4rrakis Times:' al!n" the !uter sietch #all t!#ard a l!# dune rid"e'
there #ere even a pile !f Ma*er %!!*s ali"ned ready f!r a spice party t! summ!n a #!rm&
These Tleila(u 3remen will not ride my sandworms6 This charade must be stopped.
!#ards a ne#ly c!nstructed area !f the sietch di!rama' leila4u mules l!aded !ther mule
c!rpses int! reclamati!n units& he #h!le place smelled !f sic*ly s#eet burnin" flesh and
dan* s#eat' a c!mbinati!n that seemed t! "! unn!ticed by the mules Cs!me !f them didn+t
seem t! have been bred #ith faces' let al!ne the ability t! smellD& .lm!st repulsed t! the
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p!int !f recitin" the 0itany ."ainst fear' )heeana turned the h!rr!r int! an!ther less!n f!r
her sisters&
56athe in the h!rr!r !f this event' and *n!# human repulsi!n' and remember #ell this
feelin"& One day s!!n' y!u #ill n! l!n"er have y!ur human instinct t! "uide y!u' and this
mem!ry #ill be a ne# myth that #ill be passed !nt! a ne# br!!d&5
he m!ment slipped by her' she suddenly #as a#are !f herself rememberin" her spea*in"
these #!rds' a de2a vu fr!m a past t#! th!usand years bef!re& )heeana #as !ne #ith the
sand#!rm n!#' and her sisters Cth!se #h! had survivedD #ere !ne #ith the sand#!rm
n!#& .nd she ima"ined that all !f this had never happened' and yet it had happened
n!netheless& .nd she be"an t! remember the first in"esti!n !f the spice' in a #ay that n!
!ne had ever remembered bef!re' as her rememberin" !f the past #as actually a #ritin" !f
the past& .nd this is #hat she #r!te' n!t !n a ridulian crystal !r !n leaves !f paper' !n !nt!
a filmb!!* reader& )heeana #r!te these #!rds up!n the very hist!ry !f humanity' n!t s!
humanity c!uld recall the #!rds' but that she c!uld have humanity call the #!rds int!
e4istence:

T50 F&)ST 6..K .F S5A&35D>D'
+efore the spice there was the sandworm. +efore the blue in blue eyes of spice
addiction.
'ould the history of melange return us to the desert and &hai-ulud--to shaitain,s
furnace- %h the little makers and their passing of a line etched out in the sands of
sun blasted days, hinting towards a water of life.
'ho is the first 3remen to take the melange, to know, to wonder in its hold- ere
marks the days before the marking of the blue in blue eyes. Look now into the
world of this time.
'hat was handed over to the 3remen at that time was time itself.
+efore the blue in blue eyes, much earlier we ga0e, comes the ingestion of the
spice melange for the first time. It becomes a reference point, etched in its taste
upon the tongue, that parts the sands of time and memory as before and after
melange.
Legend says he was a hermit, in a southern )une sea--but that he had once been
a part of an ancient clan of which he is the only surviving member.
&o he choose his path in giving himself up to the desert, but not without a fight.
The desert would have to take him with a struggle--for he would defy the sun, and
the sand, and above all, he would defy &haitain. The hermit would not surrender
to him, as the desert had yet to reclaim his precious water.
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The ermit had educated himself in the secrets of &hai-ulud and in the desert
ways that the 3remen had not yet learned. 3or the 3remen were new to this world.
Legend says the hermit was the first worm-rider, and that when he first took the
spice melange, the spice stole his secrets. 3or the spice is as unforgiving as it is
ruthless, and the other 3remen who would later emulate him by taking the spice
would learn the wealth of desert lore through the spice, whispered into the minds
of each whose eyes would carry the blue in blue mark7
he dream "ave #ay #ith the unf!ldin" !f events ar!und )heeana and her d!1en sisters
that remained #ith her& he !thers had been sent !ff #ith t! fulfill her plans' preparati!ns
f!r )heeana+s 8e# 7ath&
I am living now in the present. +ut I also live in the most eldritch past and most enigmatic
future. I am the sculptor again.
.s c!nstructi!n pr!ceeded ar!und them' sietchs bein" c!nstructed t! the left and ri"ht'
they n!ticed a leila4u craft that #as d!ublin" f!r a c!mmand center& . number !f Mastif
l!!*in" leila4u #ere c!mmandin" c!nstructi!n-mules #hen they t!!* n!tice !f )heeana+s
party&
One !f the Mastif' surr!unded by a "r!up !f #ar-mules' br!*e fr!m their duties and be"an
t! advance up!n the )isters& )heeana' #ith a "esture' held her sisters+ advancement'
#hile she c!ntinued t! m!ve f!r#ard&
5M!ther )uperi!r' , must advise a"ainst y!u meetin" them #ith!ut s!me!ne at y!ur side&5
,t #as Maia #h! pr!tested' but )heeana "ave !nly a 3uic* l!!* and Maia underst!!d&
My )ister+s *n!# my intenti!ns #ith !nly the sli"htest "esture& Many !f them hear the
callin" !f )hai-%ulud& he time dra#s near&
he #ar-mules marched t! the left' #hile the leila4u Mastif #al*ed cl!ser t!#ards
)heeana& Unli*e the speciali1ed c!nstructi!n mules that #ere m!re li*e bi!-machinery'
dev!id !f m!re than the m!st basic sentience' the #ar-mules retained m!re human
aspects& he leila4u had disc!vered that #ith!ut human drives' even "h!la s!ldiers c!uld
n!t achieve the levels !f c!mbat pr!#ess that #ere necessary f!r a military maneuver&
he Mastif 8ahual "reeted )heeana' alth!u"h he #as still far en!u"h a#ay fr!m her that
he had t! sh!ut&
5Welc!me' !ur m!st h!n!red "uest' t! this place that is !ur m!st !beisant !fferin" t! $!d&5
)heeana c!uld see his teeth as he smiled even fr!m that distance&
)he held !ff fr!m spea*in" as the t#! #al*ed t!#ard each !ther& %er visi!n #as still
cl!udin" her mind and she had a va"ue rec!llecti!n COther Mem!ry9 )he c!uld n! l!n"er
tellD that durin" the time that Muad+Dib #as blinded' and r!amed the desert as the
7reacher' he sp!*e !f this %ermit&
.m , c!nfusin" ima"inati!n #ith reality& %ave , s!meh!# been "iven the ri"ht t! dream the
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past in my #ay9 8!# that , remember events yet t! c!me' is the past n! l!n"er fi4ed9
Mastif 8ahual sp!*e a"ain' 5;!u sh!uld be pleased by !ur "esture' #e are recreatin"
Dune in h!ma"e t! the "h!la Muad+Dib& Ouite an acc!mplishment f!r the fe# years #e+ve
been at #!r*' #ith !ur ma4imi1in" s!me !f the pr!blems !f lab!r and efficiency&5 ."ain the
smile& %e !!1es c!ntempt and fear f!r me #!rse that )cytale ever did&
5;!u reali1e that , am n!t pleased' 8ahual' 5)heeana layered in an uncertain am!unt !f
G!ice' m!re !ut !f artistry than t! influence' 5#hen leila4u dis!bey my simplest tab!!s&5
5When !nly #ished t! create th!se "h!las t! "ive y!un" 7aul a m!ther and a dau"hter'
perhaps as a playmate& We learned !f the destructi!n !f the >essica and $ahnima "h!las
earlier t!day& ;!u reali1e )heeana' that th!se >essica cells are imp!ssible t! rec!ver'
#e+ve tied !ff a "enetic p!ssibility f!r the future&5 8ahual teethed a smile&5 . sad l!se&5 6y
n!# the #ar-mules #ere bet#een )heeana and her sisters&
,t is n!t the time t! act as a threat' but t! "ain an ally&
58ahual' my )ister+s have been !ut in the st!rm f!r #ee*s& C!uld y!u all!# us c!mf!rts
after such an !rdeal&5 56ut !f c!urse& )!!n #e all shall find c!mf!rt in !ur ne# (remen
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Dune Revenant: Chapter AI

The Tleila/u &n"ersion has effecte! #ore than the history of the
%o!y$ in %rings into question our role in the uni"erse. 7hat is
ecology: 7hat is natural: Gi"en the shift in the hu#an$ ho can e
truly anser either question: The #o!els e use to go"ern our li"es
upon a gi"en planet gi"e ay$ no that they are stretche! out to the
scale of the uni"erse. .ur cultural "iepoint collapses.
Stretch these rules out to enco#pass reality itself$ an! they fa!e
fro# #eaning. They fa!e fro# #e#ory as they fa!e fro# causality.
Fro# here$ fro# the si!e of our ri"er e ask$ 17hat !oes a ri"er
represent in such a uni"erse($ an! e listen$ aaiting the anser.
3fro# the &!ah3*ira%la Fish Speaker School.
;eshi*a .mpre st!!d bef!re a sli"htly lar"er than hand si1ed !b2ect' restin" at!p a meter
hi"h metallic stand& ;anima and hunhun had arrived earlier' and the three met in
;eshi*a+s chambers f!r b!th the privacy and security that the place !ffered& he !b2ect
bet#een' r!u"hly spherical #ith e4p!sed circuitry as #as the fashi!n in recent years in ,4'
#as the f!cus !f ;eshi*a+s attenti!ns& ;eshi*a m!ti!ned t! the t#! "uards that st!!d by
the d!!r' up!n #hich they e4ited her chamber' and cl!sed the d!!rs behind them& hey
#ere al!ne&
5, have c!me acr!ss<inf!rmati!n' that , thin* the t#! !f y!u #ill find m!st beneficial'
5;eshi*a sp!*e' as she "estured acr!ss the t!p fr!nt !f the sphere&
he device suddenly became active& hunhun c!nsidered the fact that all ,4ians #ere b!rn
#ith bi!-electr!nic implants that c!uld interface #ith any e4ternal device' if s!
pr!"rammed& he traditi!n be"an #ith a cult t! %#i 8!ree
hree plates lifted sli"htly fr!m the surface !f the device' #hich sl!#ly lifted fr!m the stand
until it #as h!verin" freely in fr!nt !f them li*e a "l!#"l!be& Within a m!ment' the r!!m
#as instantly en"ulfed in blac*ness&
5his device #ill pr!2ect a h!l!"raphic map !f the *n!#n universes ar!und us' 5;eshi*a
e4plained the references !f the map' and !n cue they #ere surr!unded by a pr!2ecti!n !f
"ala4ies and stars&5 his is a representati!n !f !ur universe' and this' is space currently
!ccupied by the Ones With Many (aces&5 he !uter areas' the re"i!ns fr!m the )catterin"
bey!nd the Old :mpire' #ere suddenly en"ulfed in a red ha1e' #hich e4tended thr!u"h!ut
the pr!2ected map' !verta*in" much !f the l!cal re"i!ns !f space&
5his ne4t display uses multidimensi!nal #ave c!mpressi!n t! depict the multiverse' 5he
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display blin*ed and t#isted that reminded hunhun !f the shapeshifted !f the leila4u face
dancers& he final pr!duct #as a three dimensi!nal versi!n !f !ther dimensi!ns&
5he ima"e resembles a tree !f m!dular functi!ns' 5;anima l!!*ed up t! her sister and
as*ed' 5:ach bud represents a universe95
5:4actly' but #atch #hat happens #hen , interp!late the influence !f the Ones With Many
(aces' 5;eshi*a "estured' and the red ha1e e4panded !ut !f the bud that #as !ur
universe' and cascaded int! the buds !f the represented multiverse&
hunhun reacted' 5;!u mean t! tell me they are e4pandin" int! !ther dimensi!ns bey!nd
!ur !#n universe&5
5hin* ab!ut it' if humans fr!m the scatterin" c!uld have e4pl!red !ther universes'
th!usands !f years a"!' #hy can+t these creatures c!n3uer !ther universe' 5;eshi*a
p!inted t! the device and the ima"e disappeared&
5here are n! easy s!luti!ns t! this dilemma&5
;anima sp!*e directly' 5;eshi*a' hunhun and , are here because #e need t! find Dune&
We have a the!ry ab!ut )heeana' and #e need t! find her' tal* #ith her& We need t! be
the !nes t! ta*e the step&5 6ef!re ;eshi*a c!uld ans#er the d!!rs !f the chamber s#un"
!pen f!rcibly and several !f ;eshi*a+s pers!nal "uard entered' marchin" in the half tr!t !f a
p!lice acti!n&
5What is the meanin" !f thisM Wh! has "iven y!u<5 ;eshi*a #as cut !ff by the entrance !f
8r! 7athay& ;eshi*a n!ticed the small details that even a prana-bindu mimic #!uld have
missed&
This is not 1ro6
(!r a m!ment' all #ere silent& hen' the n!ise !f shapeshiftin" ensued& ! #atch a (ace
Dancer metam!rph!se #as a si"ht difficult t! adapt t!' unless !f c!urse' !ne #as leila4u&
:ven #ith the str!n" Mentat trainin" inherent acr!ss the (ish )pea*er )ch!!ls' the ima"e
!f flesh t#istin"' transf!rmin" b!th in shape' c!l!r and te4ture' #as m!re than the senses
c!uld di"est& Mentats had shared the same h!me#!rld #ith the leila4u in ancient times'
hunhun th!u"ht' and still the si"ht !f the half d!1en "uards and 7athay transf!rmin" #as
unnervin"&
&o, these are !aster 3ace )ancers that have infiltrated the I(ian homeworld. +etween I(
and the Guild, I wonder how far they e(tend outside the Integral Economic regions of
GI%4)-
he s!und !f the shapeshiftin" in such a 3uiet and encl!sed space #as m!st unnervin"&
.s n! !ne sp!*e al!ud' the crac*lin"s !f cartila"e articulatin" int! ne# p!siti!ns' that
scrapin"s !f muscles acr!ss b!nes and 2!ints' and the simple shiftin" !f cl!thin" raised a
cac!ph!ny that tri""ered !f a fl!!d !f 3uesti!ns in ;eshi*a+s mind&
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&o many among us and we never even suspected. 4ll our precautions useless against
these monsters.
.fter fau4 ,4ians had revealed their leila4u !ri"ins' the (ace Dancer #h! had been 8r!
7athay' n!# returned t! his neutral state' #as the first t! brea* the spea*in" silence&
57ermit me t! sh!# myself in my true f!rm' )upreme echn!crat .mpre' 5the (ace
Dancers t!ne #as l!# a respectful' alm!st sensitive t! the difficulty !f the present situati!n&
5;!u may c!ntinue t! call me 8r! 7athay' as y!u #!uld find that pers!na m!st familiar t!
relate t! !n a pers!nal level& Or , may !ffer t! y!u a ne# pers!na' 0r!lan' #ith #h!m y!u
may feel m!re c!mf!rtable spea*in" t!& We have n! r!!t pers!na' but 0r!lan #as an
ancient dipl!mat' and seems appr!priate f!r the situati!n&5
They have no names6 This is the mark of one to whom hive culture itself is an ancient
creation.
hunhun' t!!* the #!rds t! their ultimate limit' that the Master (ace Dancers had a hive
culture' 0r!lan+s ch!ices !f the #!rds pers!na and relate' these #!rds sp!*e !f s!me ne#
devel!pment&
ave these 3ace )ancers rebelled against the dictate of an advanced hive culture like the
%nes 'ith !any 3aces.
he implicati!ns !f a hive culture "!ne t! e4tremes ta4ed the limits !f his mind' "eared as
it #as t!#ards )pice Dreamin"& 8evertheless' hunhun #as firstly an hist!rian' and the
!utc!me !f much !f his deliberati!n #as already *n!#&
!aster 3ace )ancers6 These rebels represent a fringe group. Interaction with Individual
persona has an attraction for them. This is their =eturning, from a hive that has outlawed
Individuation to the degree of genocide.
;eshi*a tempered her an"er& 5%!# l!n" have y!u been 8r! 7athay95
1ot replaced but have been. &he accepts him and is already accessing the potential alley
in this new Lrolan.
5Only recently& , #!uld have c!ntinued t! remain hidden by his visa"e if n!t f!r the haste
#ith #hich !ur )pice Dreamers see* the )heeana&5
;anima interrupted' 5)! y!u *n!# that she is still alive&5
5M!re than that& )he plans& .s d! the Ones With Many (aces plan' .s d! #e all plan& he
)heeana #ishes !ur c!min"& 7erhaps she even #ills it fr!m the hidden Dune&5
;eshi*a .mpre c!nsidered the !pti!ns and !ffered' 5;!u as* f!r much& ,f , reveal the
3uantum encrypti!n that hides the hidden Dune' d! , rescue !ur universe fr!m the Ones
With Many (aces' !nly t! surrender t! !ur bein" the playthin"s !f the Master (ace
Dancers&5 Rum!rs a th!usand years !ld implied that the Master (ace Dancers #ere lin*ed
#ith the %andlers !f (utars durin" the Returnin"' and that the !verall impressi!n !f them
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#ere slavers !f humanity& ;eshi*a turned her bac* t! the "r!up and #al*ed t!#ard a small
table by the r!!ms lar"est #ind!#& )he lifted fr!m the t!p a small device' a simple crystal
st!ra"e pin' n!t lar"er than a needle' the *ind used t! transfer data fr!m a neural implant&
8r!/0r!lan sp!*e t! her #hile her bac* #as still turned' 57erhaps #e have s!methin" else
t! !ffer y!u in return&5 .s ;eshi*a inserted the st!ra"e pin int! a cranial sl!t behind her left
ear' she t!!* n!tice !f s!methin" in the pattern !f #!rds that 8r!/0r!lan #as usin"& %er
.mpre-8!ree trainin" emb!died the hei"ht !f all ,4ian techn!l!"ical thin*in"& 7atterns'
Crypt!"raphy' .nalysis' #ere all sec!nd nature t! her line&
Lrolan speaks from his own will, but does not notice the code behind his ,choice, of words
;eshi*a needed t! hear him spea* m!re' t! dec!de #hat she suspected&
4 message from 1ro *athay-
;eshi*a c!ntinued the c!nversati!n' 5What is y!ur !ffer&5
5$ive the pin t! hunhun and ;anima' , shall send three !f my c!mpani!ns #ith them t!
the hidden Dune and )heeana& %!#ever' ;eshi*a .mpre' y!u sh!uld acc!mpany me t! a
ne# destinati!n& We shall depart f!r the !ri"inal planet Dune' t! beh!ld #hat this #!rld has
bec!me&5
There it is, a 3ibbonacci &e.uence within the placement of letters in his phraseology. 3irst,
third, fifth7thirteenth.
;eshi*a dec!ded a sh!rt messa"e&
,I( true., 1ro is still true to I(. 'hat does this mean-
0r!lan+s "uard m!ti!ned ;eshi*a t!#ard hunhun and ;anima& ;eshi*a handed the pin t!
;anima' and cupped her hands ar!und her sisters&
Two groups leave now for two )unes. 1oree watch over us, as &heeana surely does.
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S5A&TA&<8 (7here !o you fin! yourself no:(
50)*&T8 (There is only #an an! Shai35ulu! here.(
S5A&TA&<8 (7hat of the past an! the future:(
50)*&T8 (They #eet as e !o no$ stan!ing in the !esert san!s.(
S5A&TA&<8 (7hat !oes the !esert1s "oice say no:(
50)*&T8 (That Ti#e an! the .%ser"er #ust stan! still ith each
other. This an! this alone.(
S5A&TA&<8 (7hat of the .ther =oices:(
50)*&T8 (All take shelter fro# the in!s of the san!stor#.(
S5A&TA&<8 (Are you not %ut ater:(
50)*&T8 (&s Shai35ulu! not the fire of the sun:(
S5A&TA&<8 (7hat action ill you take:(
50)*&T8 (7aiting.(
S5A&TA&<8 (Then the san!or# shall consu#e you.(
-The Apocrpha of the Hermit&


he thunder !f the appr!achin" li"hters "re# l!uder& e" c!unted !ut l!ud t! ma*e their
numbers *n!#n&
5#!' three ships<)cytale' #e need t! be armed if #e are "!in" t! save any !f !ur lives&5
)cytale made a 3uic* hand "esture t! his "uards& M!ments later' several #ar-mules
returned #ith plasa"uns& Duncan and e" each #ere handed plasmarifles' and e"
m!ti!ned p!siti!ns t! the vari!us men& )!unds !f ener"y #eap!ns dischar"in" c!uld be
heard !utside !f the 8e! leila4 Center& #! !f )cytale+s burley pers!nal "uards attended
the !nly entrance t! the chamber&
Duncan th!u"ht !f 7aul&
is fate rests in the hands of =ebecca and the men Teg has worked so hard to train.
e" #as !rderin" #ar-mules t! *ey p!siti!ns& %e turned t! Duncan' 5;!u+d best m!ve
)cytale bac* t! safer p!int& ,+ll send #!rd t! the Rabbi+s men that #e have a situati!n&5
8!# s!!ner did Duncan l!!* at )cytale then the chambers d!!r vap!ri1ed #ith the
characteristic ha1e fr!m a plasma blast& .s the ha1e cleared' the t#! "uards lay slumped
!n the fl!!r& .s plasma blasts pierced the ha1e fr!m !utside' Duncan "rabbed )cytale by
his arm and 2er*ed him t! a rear d!!r !f the chamber&
e" bac*pedaled behind the r!!ms c!mmunicati!ns c!ns!le' #hich )cytale used t!
m!nit!r the a4l!tl pr!ducti!n r!!ms' as #ell as c!mmunicate #ith the vari!us Masters !n
Dune bel!#& e" #atched as several #ar-mules #ere blasted by plasma-fire c!min" fr!m
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!utside& Under his c!mmand' the rallied #ith return fire&
5;!u three' retreat bac* #ith meM he rest' return fire until my men arriveM We need m!re
men&5 he smell !f plasma burn 2ust hit his n!strils as he launched int! acti!n&
e" c!vered the retreat !f three !f )cytale+s pers!nal "uards' and then headed f!r the
same d!!r that Duncan m!ved thr!u"h& >ust bef!re he entered he cau"ht a "limpse !f the
enemy that #as advancin" int! the Center&
%nes with !any 3aces6 1ot !aster 3ace )ancers6 1ot even remotely human, these
monsters. ow did they find their way here. !ust have discovered the foldspace
encryption.
Duncan and )cytale ran past several halls that led t! a4l!tl labs& )cytale f!u"ht Duncan+s
"rasp&
5hey #ill destr!y all !f !ur #!r*& We have ac3uired ne# permutati!ns !f "h!la cells& ,
cann!t leave this #!r* behind&5 en years !f "h!la blendin" #ill be l!st t!day&
Duncan held firmly !nt! )cytale& hey ran ar!und a c!rner that turned past the #hite #alls
!f the a4l!tl chambers !nly t! find m!re Ones With Many (aces&
They must have found a second entrance6
)everal va"uely human!id creatures bl!c*ed the end !f the l!n"' sterile hall#ay& Duncan
l!!* f!r an alternate r!ute but there #as n!ne&
Trapped.
hen the Ones With Many (aces perf!rmed the stran"e meldin" that had earned their
name t! the fe# surviv!rs that lived t! tell #hat these abh!rrent face dancers had ev!lved
int!& he shape shiftin" t!!* !n a ne# dimensi!n' as the human!id fi"ures be"an t! meld
int! each !ther int! a trap& )!!n' a #eb !f flesh and limbs snapped t!#ards them&
Duncan+s hei"htened refle4es all!#ed him t! b!th thr!u"h )cytale bac*#ards' r!le !ut !f
the #ay !f a d!1en arms "rabbin" t! c!nstrain them&
Where are their #eap!ns9 hey #ant t! capture us alive&
Duncan fired int! the multicreature #ith his sh!rt plasma rifle' after r!llin" bac* !ut !f its
"rasp& :ach dischar"e blasted a series !f h!les int! the centrali1ed t!rs!s&
+ig enough to $ump through.
he creature screamed as many screams& %is breath 3uic* and heart racin"' Duncan
l!!*ed bac* 3uic*ly t! see )cytale #as "!ne' turned bac* ar!und the c!rner&
1o time to get him now.
,"n!rin" the abh!rrent stench' Duncan leapt thr!u"h the #!und' !ut thr!u"h the !ther side
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!f the multicreature&
. 3uic* reversal and Duncan #as firin" several bursts int! the bac* !f the creature& %eads
rel!cated behind itself t! find its l!st prey' but it #as t!! late&
he multicreature lay imm!bile bef!re him& .n e4pl!si!n s!unded fr!m the a4l!tl
chambers&
4s much as I regret to, I must reach that %ld Tleila(u !aster before these things do.
Duncan ran bac* t!#ard the directi!n !f the blast& e" #as still by the entrance !f the main
chamber' several #ar-mules firin" blasts int! the primary breach&
5heir n!t advancin" very hard& , thin* this mi"ht have been a distracti!n& hat+s #hen ,
heard this sec!nd e4pl!si!n&5 Duncan and e" ran d!#n the hall in the directi!n !f this
sec!nd e4pl!si!n& here )cytale had been envel!ped in a multicreature similar t! the first
!ne' a ca"e !f limbs and el!n"ated hands the held a stru""lin" )cytale as it m!ved a#ay&
On si4 le"s' #ith a m!ti!n that cr!ssed a spider and a h!rse' it raced t!#ards a h!le that
breached the end !f the a4l!tl hall t! the !utside&
)cytale be"an t! scream' but a cupped hand "a""ed !ff his cries as it inserted itself int!
and ar!und his m!uth&
e" raised his plasma #eap!n t! fire' but the multicreature' #ith blindin" reacti!n speed'
e4p!sed )cytale' p!siti!nin" him bet#een the p!ssibility !f plasma fire and itself&
,f #e s! much as ta*e aim' it #atches !ur m!ve and puts )cytale int! the path !f !ur
plasma fire&
Duncan th!u"ht t! fire at the li"hter !utsideNbut the multicreature shifted )cytale a"ain
int! the line !f fire& Duncan and e" #ere several strides behind it #hen it ran !ut thr!u"h
the si11lin" h!le in the #all& Once !utside' it b!lted #ith the speed !f a h!rse at full stride
t!#ards the ship& 6ef!re Duncan !r e" c!uld react' a sec!nd multicreature bl!c*ed the
h!le' and be"an t! advance t!#ards them&
he t#! st!pped in their trac*s t! fire at the m!nster' but !ver the crac*le !f plasma
dischar"es and the flailin" !f the creatures limbs' the thunder !f the li"hter+s en"ines
r!ared& Within m!ments' this sec!nd multicreature #as destr!yed' and Duncan and e"
#atched as the li"hter lifted !ff and disappeared fr!m si"ht&
)!unds !f plasma fire diminished as the !ther li"hters lifted a#ay& e" #as c!mmandin"
the #ar-mules t! *eep !ne !f the multicreatures alive' but Duncan th!u"hts #ere !n
)cytale&
They must have needed on one of us. +ut where will they take you, &cytale, is a .uestion I
hope you will be able to provide us with an answer.

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Dune Revenant: Chapter AK

& on!ere! hat e oul! fin! on this hi!!en 'une$ especially hat
%eca#e of the ghola *ua!1'i%. 7oul! this orl! treat hi# as a
figurehea! or go!$ these thousan!s of years after his re%irth$ oul!
he e"en surpass or #ake o%solete the i!ea of the Kitsat2
5a!erach. 7hat !i! & e/pect to fin! here$ a perfect repro!uction of
ortho!o/ +uritanis#$ a retro3thro%ack to the !egree of spice
har"esting an! ri!ing of the san!or#s.
3Memoirs of 6anima Ampre.


he encrypti!n *ey pin #as rem!ved fr!m ;anima+s cranial s!c*et and "iven !ver t! the
Master (ace Dancer' #h! #!re the f!rm !f a ,4ian n!-ship pil!t' bef!re they entered the
vessel& hunhun f!r"et she #as ,4ian' and the e4tent t! #hich ,4ian culture had pr!pelled
them since the mythic times !f the $!d yrant&
4nd to think there was once a +ulterian >ihad against such things. &cholars will &pice
)ream that time for centuries before any $udgment can be made whether they were right
or not.
he !ther Master (ace Dancers that acc!mpanied them #!re the faces !f ;anima+s )pice
Dreamer c!mpani!ns' and they entered the vessel as if this #ere all s! r!utine& he pil!t
t!!* his place in fr!nt !f the metallic piv!t-stati!n that served as navi"ati!n c!ntr!l& ;anima
#atched his every m!ve as they entered the vessel' especially they l!cati!n !f the pin after
he had pr!"rammed the 8!-ship+s spacef!ldin" c!nstruct&
Inside the breast pocket. The one with the flap. That pin is the most valued secret in the
universe right now.
;anima sat cl!se t! hunhun as the ,4ian vessel be"an the f!ldspace pr!cess that #!uld
ta*e them t! the Dune hidden since the )heeana times&
These are still the &heeana times.
;anima "rabbed hunhunFs hand ti"htly' a "esture he th!u"ht !f as affecti!n& .s the
f!ldspace pr!cess c!mmenced' he turned t! read her facial e4pressi!n&
2anima knows something that she is not telling.
.s t! m!ments sl!#ed' the t#! entered int! a subtle f!rm !f the 7ers!na )harin" that #as
n!t n!ticed by the Master (ace Dancers present& he t#! let th!u"hts pass bet#een them'
mas*ed as the stray th!u"hts !f !rdinary c!nsci!usness' but c!ded in the pers!nal
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mem!ries each had learned t! use as c!de in the private lan"ua"es that perhaps !nly
spies' thieves' and in this case l!vers' learn t! use&
hunhun received her h!u"hts' merely +!verhearin"+ #hat she had t! )hare:
2eshika always hid things in the strangest places when we were girls. 'e were left alone
to play, Twin princesses. Tiny places.
Then when she was Imperator, she had to contend with the likes of the e(tremists like 1ro.
*ersonas like his are never truly forgotten. Threads.
2eshika always won these games. 'hy she,s the politician and I,m the dreamer.
hunhun *ept fr!m thin*in" the c!nnecti!ns' but felt the implicati!ns&
Threading a needle. 1ro *athay not e(actly gone.
;anima distracted him fr!m his th!u"hts by as*in" a 3uesti!n&
5What , still can+t fi"ure !ut is #hy e2-Chiani95
5What d! y!u mean95 hunhun did n!t 3uite f!ll!# her&
5>ust that--if Chiani lived durin" the time !f Muad+Dib' and e" lived durin" the time !f
)heeana' th!usands !f years later' #hy have a (ish )pea*er )ch!!l based !n their
c!mm!n bl!!dline& here never #as a "enep!!l precedent t! be"in #ith&5
57erhaps !ur friends the Master (ace Dancers supplied the inspirati!n5 ;anima #as n!t
satisfied&
It $ust doesn,t follow. 'hy this mi(-
he fau4-,4ian cre# #as ta*in" p!siti!ns f!r the e4it fr!m f!ldspace& ;anima *ept her eyes
!n the !ne #h! carried the encrypti!n pin&
, "uess !ur l!n" *ept secret #!r*ed& %ave t! *eep an eye !n that !#n& %e is !ur *ey t!
m!re than "ettin" h!me&
.s f!ldspace e3uali1ed int! real space they came up!n the Dune Revenant & he first
thin"s they n!ticed #ere the five m!!ns&
4s in the &pice )ream.
One !f the Master (ace Dancers dis"uised as !ne !f the y!un"er )pice Dreamers' %ilia'
ch!se this m!ment t! revert t! a m!re neutral f!rm& %is features filled and dampened' s!
that he seemed m!re r!unded& ;anima presumed this #as perhaps learned behavi!r' a
m!re rela4ed state f!r such a bein"& he mute featured !ne that #as %ilia bar*ed a 3uic*
c!mmand&
57repare f!r entry int! the planets !rbit&5 hey had ch!sen a landin" site !utside !f the
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p!pulated areas' but cl!se en!u"h f!r the party t! 3uic*ly reach a place #here #e c!uld
find m!re inf!rmati!n& heir first !rder !f business #as pr!curin" stillsuits f!r the desert&
;anima c!ntemplated the hasty plans the Master (ace Dancers seemed t! enact&
They want us to blend in, in order to find &heeana. ow do they know that &heeana won,t
be the one finding us.
he stillsuits #ere easily pr!cured& . band !f indi"en!us pe!ples #ere enc!untered inside
!f a h!ur after landin"& hunhun n!ticed the resemblance bet#een these pe!ples' #h!
#ere travelin" by f!!t #ith a tall p!st and its h!ri1!ntal fla"' and pe!ples fr!m ancient
times&
(remen& .nd they carry the t!tem !f a desert pil"rima"e&
he elder !f the "r!up sp!*e first' 5, am .myn !f the pil"rima"e !f )iaFaba& What f!!ls !r
dem!ns are hear in the deep desert #ith!ut stillsuits&5 he Master (ace Dancers
appr!ached them #hile !thers "uarded ;anima and hunhun& 6ef!re hunhun reali1ed
#hat #as "!in" !n t! scream a #arnin"' the Masters and slain the small band 3uic*ly' in a
blur !f m!ti!n as if a s#arm' abs!rbin" their (remen *n!#led"e and appearance& he !ne
carryin" the pin' t!!* the r!le !f the bands leader' #h! had been named .myn&
5Ouic*ly int! these suits& /eep the b!dies' f!r #e may need them f!r their #ater&5 hunhun
*ne# it #as f!!lish t! resist #earin" the stillsuits !f these dead men& %is sense !f hist!ry
made him reali1e he needed t! "! al!n" #ith the Master (ace Dancer+s plans&
5;!u are !n the sh!re !f a ne# sea&5 hunhun heard the v!ice' and he l!!*ed t! ;anima t!
see if she had heard it t!!&
That voice was &heeana.
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'o the 6ene Tleila/ take on >eto1s Gol!en +ath: >eto1s path is of
en!less creation. This is the in"erte! +latonis#$ here the truth is
not in the i!eal$ %ut in the create!$ the orl! #a!e #anifest %y the
people ho create it. This is the religion$ the true faith. The science
of Ghola %eco#es the re%irth of 'une itself. &n a Tleila/u Dni"erse$
the role of 1nature1 changes. 7e are no longer un!er the spell of the
naturalChich i#plies a alk through the oo!s$ %ut instea! of the
#anifest$ ho e each are tie! into the act of creation. <o longer are
e tosse! %y nature$ tie! to the act of creation %y #ere %iologis#.
>isten$ for it is the soun! of the artist of %eing.
-Sheeana7s 0e4 %aths&


Within the 8!-)hip !f the Ones With Many (aces' )cytale #as held captive in a status !f
intermi4ed b!dies& %e #!ndered #hat their a"enda #as' and #!uld Duncan b!ther savin"
him&
They want me for some reason. )id this all have something to do with the factions that
)uncan suspected@)o they want to study me as an e(tended individual- To thwart their
own dissident factions. E(cept for perhaps )uncan, I am the oldest singular personality.
he Ones #ith Many (aces had bec!me a"itated acr!ss the hive& )cytale sensed
s!meh!# their every th!u"ht as he #as am!n" them&
This faction wishes to e(plore the Individual to undermine its mysti.ue. They would have
like to have captured )uncan also I,m sure.
he individual #as s!methin" they had l!st t!uch #ith' s!methin" the Master (ace
Dancers #ished t! preserve CperverselyD& %!#everNsince they c!uld n! l!n"er be
individual' but they c!uld assume by t!uch all the pers!nalities !f an individualNthey l!st
si"ht !f #hat it meant t! be an individual&
There were no Individuals that they could study, know individual e(isted at the level they
needed. That,s why they need the hyper-individual, an immortal. )uncan and myself were
close to that.
)cytale th!u"ht t! himself' but f!und himself sayin" the #!rds al!ud&
5hey #ere "!dsNand they #ere l!!*in" f!r $!d& ;!u *n!# n!t the idea !f faith in $!d&5
)cytale felt s!methin" shift acr!ss the base !f his s*ull& hen a 3uic* spi*e !f pain as
s!methin" pierced his s*in by his spine&
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They are probing me. &ome organic version of the T-*robe.
%e f!und his th!u"hts fl!#in" !ut' as if he #ere daydreamin" and s!me!ne #as *eepin"
c!pi!us n!tes& )cytale heard a v!ice c!me fr!m inside his mind&
5$reetin"s& 7lease refer t! me as hrynthl5 %e uses the name !f an ancient Mentat' a
leila4u mythic name& %is accent<)tran"e<"arbled&
)cytale+s th!u"hts raced faster than he c!uld ta*e h!ld !f them&
They8ve blocked my brain,s ability to stop thinking. I am along for the ride.
57lease d! n!t resist the pr!be& We #h! are the Ones With Many (aces !nly #ish t! cl!se
!ff !ur !ri"ins' s! that #e may m!re !pen f!ll!# the #ealth !f paths thr!u"h the eternal
cha!s&5 7erhaps they #ere simple the ne4t step in the pr!"ress !f life t! transf!rm t! this
level& )cytale s!meh!# f!und himself rela4in" as the th!u"hts be"an t! slip past his
a#areness&
)idn,t gala(ies collide in so ominous a destruction that no semblance of their former
shapes e(ist afterwards@only the nebula of shattered suns and a new central core of
commingled gravities amassed obstinate to all permanence.
)amn the Tyrant God7.couldn,t we have discovered the nature of )uncan sooner7all
those gholas7the set back was the breeding program7reflecting on our shared history all
our precautions and faith7how separate )uncan and I are.
he Ones #ith Many (aces had ta*en mem!ry d!#n t! a cellular c!nsci!usness and
bey!ndNthey #ere transcendin" the limits !f physical matterNand in the pr!cess they
#ere arrivin" !n the !pp!site side !f the bell curveNinfinite c!nsci!usness m!ved t!#ard
the absence !f c!nsci!usnessN!r at leastNa transf!rmati!n& hey c!uld revert at times t!
a "r!up !f separate sub-entitiesNalth!u"h they seld!m didNthat number in the
3uadrilli!ns they !ften traveled in "r!ups !f vari!us numbers !f p!dsNeach p!d made !f
several sub-"r!ups& he Ones With Many (aces #!uld survive and e4pand& )cytale
reali1ed this even as the bi!l!"ic -pr!be c!ntinued its s#eep !f his past&
The multilived personas always come back7the entity travels alone74lways, two, the
current life and the lives that have gone7The image of a great worm with the face of
&heeana75ull 'ahad7the God the is both gendered7my faith even taunts me. 'e
were all hemmed in after all. 4ll of our grandiose schemes to push the limits of the
Language of God, to make manifest the genetic grandeur in a body that was the ultimate
worship has come to ruin.
The Tleila(u from the &cattering have =eturned, yet they bring the true Integration7they
have become emerged as7the %nes 'ith !any 3aces7orrific and !arvelous. 'e
never dreamed they would achieve so much so7The one calling himself Thrynthl was
performing some kind of altered use of the biologic probe7
)cytale c!uld alm!st feel it but he c!uldn+t 3uite "rasp it& .ll at !nce he reali1ed that
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hrynthl #as pr!bin" each !f his multilevel individually' separatin" them and rec!mbinin"
them in yet an!ther pr!cess&
)cytale shuddered as his years sl!#ly unf!lded under the c!mmands !f the Ones With
Many (aces&
'e have all $ust become a bit obsolete.
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The paths of the o%ser"er an! o%ser"e! cross.
The paths of hu#an an! san!or# cross.
The paths of the conscious cross.
The future is no Shai35ulu!.
The !estiny of hu#anity is Shaitain.
The angel of #elange carries its #essage.
That Shai35ulu! consu#es #e is the fate of hu#anity.
That the spice3!rea# hol!s its secret an! all secrets &s the fate of
Shaitain.
That the #elange is the #essenger is the fate of all futures.
-Sheeana7s 0e4 %aths&
,n his third year am!n" the sistersNthe se4ual impulses be"an t! stir #ithin the y!un"
7aul "h!la& .s e" #as cl!sest in a"e t! the 7aul "h!la physically' s!me si4 years his
elder' 7aul #as m!re apt t! as* him ab!ut matters !f se4& e"+s se4uality #as a "ame he
played #ith the y!un"er rene"ade sisters' and he even entertained a certain reluctant
relati!nship #ith Maia&
5, have read in my hist!ries that >essica #as the mate !f 0et!& .re y!u and Maia mates
n!#&5 e" had been intimate #ith Maia s!!n after the capture !f )cytale' several m!nths
bef!re' but by n! means #ere they mates& On this day' the day that 7aul +s mem!ries #ere
t! be a#a*ened' 7aul had appr!ached e" !n se4ual matters he felt unc!mf!rtable as*in"
his ment!r Duncan&
5What is the p!#er that the %!n!red Matres have !ver men9 , mean' h!# d!es it #!r*95
his c!unselin" !ccupied e" #ith the th!u"ht !f his .treides !ri"ins&
This is a new world, where bloodlines such as mine, &iona bloodlines, all 4treides, are
falling into oblivion.
5)e4 is n!t a c!mm!n thin" b!y& ,t is n!t a t!y' n! matter #hat y!u see am!n" )heeana+s
sisters' !r rum!rs y!u hear ab!ut the p!#ers !f the %!n!red Matres& al* t! M!ther
Rebecca' ,+m sure she+ll "ive y!u an earful&5
7aul th!u"ht f!r a m!ment& 5Duncan al#ays spea*s !f trainin"' !f c!mbat' !f Mentat s*ills&
;et he never spea*s !f his b!nd #ith Murbella&5 Duncan #as n!t an easy t!picNhis se4ual
c!-enthrallment #ith Murbella made him a stran"e ch!ice f!r an ad!lescent+s advice&
*aul asks now, but soon he will remember all as !uad,)ib. 4s I was naFve before )uncan
made me aware of my past life. 2our only answer is silence today boy, for the truth will
come all too soon.
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e" p!ndered the time h!n!red traditi!ns !f family names& %ar*!nnen& .treides& C!rrin!&
"This is a coin that no longer trades."
his #as the da#n !f a ne# a"e' #here *ey pers!nas be"an t! !ut#ei"h the c!llective
path& Of c!urse 7aul' and 0et!' and )i!na<all .treidesNand all their "enes #ere the
pr!pa"ati!n !f their uni3ueness&
+ut their status as individuals- It,s $ust that humanity itself has invested in this family,s
success.
6y n!#' )heeana and her sisters' the Rabbi+s party' e"' Duncan' and 7aul had all settled
in the leila4u seitch' built f!r them al!ne t! serve the leila4u faith& )ince the abducti!n !f
)cytale' many !f the leila4u fr!m the 8!v! leila4 had c!me t! settle here lead by the Old
leila4u 8ahual' alth!u"h m!st !f the Old Masters ch!!se t! stay in is!lati!n !n their
h!me m!!n& ,t #!uld be here that 7aul+s !ther mem!ries #!uld be a#a*ened& ,t #!uld be
here that 7aul #!uld drin* the Water !f 0ife&
he seitch #as bec!min" a #!r*in" c!py !f )eitch abr' c!mplete #ith ne# "h!la
additi!ns pr!duced by the leila4u !n the 8!v! leila4 m!!n' called 0+/atib am!un" th!se
"h!las spea*in" the (remen t!n"ue&
e" n!ticed that all the "h!las seemed y!un"' n!n a"ed bey!nd ad!lescence&
'hy keep them at this age- &urely the Tleila(u could age the gholas to an e(act preset
age, especially with their new T-probe enhanced a(lotl tanks.
e" t!!* special n!tice in a (remen "h!la #!man& )he #as #earin" a traditi!nal stillsuit'
#al*in" #ith several !ther (remen "h!las&
.s e" #atched her' reali1ed #h! the "h!la #as' his bl!!d #armed perhaps as it had
bef!re !nly in battle&
This ghola is #hiani6 The beloved wife of *aul&
e" #as n! l!n"er the y!un"er "h!la !f his f!rmer self& %e #as n! l!n"er the father !f his
children !r the husband !f his l!n" dead #ife& %e #as n! l!n"er the "eneral #h! #as n!#
spendin" a sec!nd life in service t! a style !f humanity he sa# fit t! fi"ht t! pr!tect& .s the
Chiani "h!la #al*ed past' Miles e" #as simply a man&
&he is beautiful.
e" felt stran"e that the "h!la 7aul t!!* n! n!tice !f this ne# batch !f "h!las' as the
appr!ached a #aterstill t! fill the m!isture-l!c*ed c!ntainers that they #!uld use t! carry
#ater t! the #!r*ers buildin" the seitch& e" #atched her every m!ve' as she #aited her
turn t! fill the synths*in #ith #ater& 7aul seemed impatient' #!nderin" #hat c!uld s!
distract e"&
&he is not #hiani to him yet.
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,n the m!ment that e" turned t! 7aul' tryin" t! remember #hat it #as they had been
discussin"' he turned bac* t! see the Chiani "h!la standin" #ith arms !utstretched'
!fferin" the #ater in the synths*in&
)he sp!*e' 5Water f!r the livin"95 ,t #as a 3uesti!n' !f the !ld (remen s!rt&
This ghola is the copy of my ancestor.
e"+s eyes t!ld her she #as beautiful& Chiani resp!nded' as e" mer"ed a sip-line t! the
#ater s!urce' 5;!ur eyes seem the m!st thirsty' Miles e"&5 6l!!d rushed t! e" head&
5We th!u"ht y!u mi"ht be charmed by her&5 he v!ice t!!* Miles by surprise' it #as that !f
the leila4u 8ahual' #h! had c!me up behind him& Chiani and the !ther (remen "h!las
turned and c!ntinued their tas* !f brin" #ater t! the livin" as the Old leila4u Master
"!aded e"&
They toy with the fabric of my being. &till I am a +ashar.
8ahual' acc!mpanied by !ne !f his #ar mules' sp!*e his mind& 5, never a"reed #ith
)cytale+s +fascinati!n+ #ith y!u e" -- !r #ith Duncan& 6ut y!u b!th play a "reat r!le in the
c!min" !f the ne# Muad+Dib& 5
e" sneered' 5,+m still .treides' is that #hat y!u+re sayin"&5
5Of c!urse& ;!u represent s!methin" very special t! !ur 7aul & ;!u are b!th a father and a
s!n' are y!u n!t& , th!u"ht it !nly appr!priate t! learn fr!m that arran"ement #ith an
additi!nal stimulus&5
I,m meant to be drawn to #hiani.
5;!u spea* !f +the faith+ 8ahual' but all ar!und y!u are the attitudes and implements !f
#ar&5
5;!u are a #arri!r Miles e"& , !nly !ffer y!u the chance t! #a"e a #ar #ithin y!urself& ;!u
#ill be b!th the vict!r and the van3uished& .nd y!u #ill serve the faith&5 8ahual m!ti!ned
f!r the War Mule t! f!ll!# him' #ith a "esture !ne #!uld ma*e t! a feral d!"& .s they #al*
!ff' 8ahual as*ed' 5What #!uld y!un" 7aul thin* !f this ne# devel!pment #ere he t! be
a#a*ened&5
7aul had been c!nfused by the entire scene& 5, thin* that (remen "irl li*ed y!u' Miles&
;!u c!uld tell by her eyes' her smile& his is the *ind !f "irl , c!uld l!ve&5
e" resp!nded #ith silence&
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'i! not *ua!-'i% co#e to sho that uni"erse %elonge! to the
Fre#en. An! at hat price !i! the Fre#en !rink fro# the cup of 5is
0li/ir of >ife. An! !i! not the Tyrant3Go! Gul!ur sho that Fre#en
soul coul! %e lost if e straye! off of 5is Gol!en +ath. As ater as
once scarce$ so as 'une scarce. An! Sia1a%a has co#e to sho
the Fre#en that on 5er <e +aths$ 'une itself is no longer scarce$
%ut rains upon the uni"erse.
-from the ,ook of Sia7aba.

he streets #ere littered #ith a scatterin" !f pe!ples& he smells #ere !ver#helmin" t!
hunhun and ;anima' but s!!n they acclimated t! the !d!rs& he smells chan"ed fr!m
th!se !f filth t! the l!cal air& hr!u"h!ut their march int! this (remen villa"e the Master
(ace Dancers #ere their c!nstant c!mpani!ns&
hey mimic*ed these (remen-li*e pe!ple e4actly' and even !ffered hunhun and ;anima
types !f c!mm!n "reetin"s' #ays t! spea* the dialect' and h!# t! carry themselves in a
#ay that #!uld ma*e them seem m!re natural&
;anima remembered s!methin" the Old (remen had said bef!re the Master (aces
Dancers *illed him and #!re his f!rm&
"'e come from the *ilgrimage of &ia,aba"<&ia,aba is &heeana6
hey met #ith little assistance t! findin" )heeana& .lth!u"h many #ere familiar #ith the
name )ia+aba' many sp!*e !f her has if she as c!mm!n as a Crucifi4 #!uld have been t!
a erran Christian& (e# re"arded her as real' and many #!uld rant ab!ut )haitain stealin"
their s!ul !r murmur !f their villa"e destr!yed by )hai-%ulud& M!st scurried a#ay !r turned
t! a chant !f a derivati!n !f the ancient ,slami1t t!n"ue b!rn ane# !n this #!rld&
hey st!pped at vend!r !f f!!dstuffs' c!!*ed in plain vie# #hile the patr!ns sat beneath
tents that shielded them fr!m the sun+s h!t rays& ;anima n!ticed the heat s!urce t! be !ne
she #as unfamiliar #ith' a small "l!#in" diadem beneath each c!!*in" vessel' surr!unded
by a #eb !f #hat l!!*ed t! be a d!1en centrally f!cused tiny mirr!rs&
They use the &un to superheat some type of crystal. +ut it can,t be diamonite, it wouldn,t
hold crystalline structure for more than a few uses. 4nd how would they make it cheaply-
5)tran"ers are #elc!med here al#ays& Our Duncan t!ld us !nes as y!u #!uld be
presentin" s!!n&5 he server reached !ut b!th his hands in a s!rt !f "reetin"' and ;anima
returned the "esture' embracin" each hand t! each&
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The dialect is strange, but he is speaking our language. ,%nes as you, - 4re we so
different to what they,ve become. G*resenting8- )o they span multiple timestreams-
hunhun als! returned the d!uble handsha*e' and sp!*e t! their h!st&
5May #e meet the !ne y!u call Duncan95
5Of c!urse y!u may& 6ut first it is the time f!r y!u t! 2!in us t! eat& hen #e #ill ta*e y!u t!
the Duncan&5 he f!!d #as a spice %arayra' served #ith a flat bread& he dal-li*e ste#
#as spiced #ith #hat c!uld !nly be Melan"e and s!methin" h!t' but the dish #as served
#ith a d!ll!p !f a paste made fr!m s#eet dry fruits& One c!uld mi4 in the s#eet t! c!unter
the h!t !f the spices' #ith!ut havin" t! drin* much #ater& .fter eatin"' hunhun #as ea"er
t! find the Duncan they sp!*e !f&
5Can y!u ta*e us t! the Duncan n!#' , #!uld li*e f!r him t! see us&5
5%e cann!t see y!u' f!r he is blind' but he #ill see m!re !f y!u than m!st& %e can see
#hat y!u thin* #ith th!se metal eyes !f his&5
!etal Eyes. Like the )uncan,s from the Idah-ayt &chools.
6ef!re l!n"' they had a ne# "uide t! ta*e them t! this Duncan #ith metal eyes& Only !ne
!f the Master (ace Dancers acc!mpanied them' the !thers discretely e4cusin" themselves
fr!m the party&
.fter a sh!rt #al* past the !pen sietches they #ere bef!re the Duncan& .nd the "uide #as
instructed by the Duncan t! be left al!ne #ith hunhun and ;anima&
%is metal eyes "lared at ;anima and hunhun& %e #as the "h!la !f Duncan #ith the metal
eyes& %e held a pac* !f Dune ar!t cards as he sat up!n the (remen spice ru" that #as
#!ven #ith the particular desi"ns&
he ni"ht had c!me instantly' and the t#! inner rapid m!!ns had risen t! mid s*y in a
matter !f m!ments' #hile far !verhead the lar"e m!!n al-.*rab sh!ne full at the s*ies
1enith&
he Duncan sp!*e 5)ia+aba a#aits y!ur c!min"& 7lease sit t! a#ait the fate !f y!ur
readin"&5 ;anima assumed he meant a readin" !f the Dune tar!t' and as*ed h!# he *ne#
that they #!uld need a readin"&
5he readin" #ill c!me s!!n' but first #e must a#ait the pr!per m!ment& )!me#here' the
."ain Muad+Dib be"ins his spice v!ya"e& We a#ait this a#a*enin" that is already l!n"
past&5
hunhun th!u"ht t! himself:
)oes he spice dream the past- )oes he await some synergy from some mystical moment
past to amplify his reading. 'hat aspect of )uncan8s 1et has this ghola discover, and how
has he learned to measure the pulses of its reoccurrence to tap into its powers.
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5)!me#here )ia+aba dreams the first !f all (remen t! in"est the spice&5 ;anima had the
ur"e t! dr!p int! a )pice Dream' t! sc!pe the ."ain Muad+Dib+s first in"esti!n !f the Water
!f 0ife&
he Duncan ans#ered her unsp!*en desire 5)ia+aba a"rees that y!u sh!uld learn ab!ut
that time& 6ut she as*s that y!u l!!* n!t at the events but at s!methin" else&5 .t this
m!ment the metal eyed Duncan de# a card fr!m his tar!t dec* and placed it face up& he
card #as the Wanderer&
5he Wanderer carries a bundle' but *n!#s n!t #hat the bundle c!ntains& )! sh!uld y!u
carry all y!u see' but #al* n! fi4ed path' #ith the rhythmless desert step5
6y n!# hunhun and ;anima had ta*en their places' seated in fr!nt !f the Duncan' !n the
spice carpet& ;anima sa# the si"nificance !f the ne4t card the Duncan turned ar!und&
hunhun n!ticed that the ;anima seemed t! be dra#n int! )pice Dreamin"' due t! her
pr!f!und sensitivity and s*ill& %e held ti"ht her had as the Duncan+s metal eyes r!se fr!m
the ne4t card turned&
The #ard of the 4lam al-!ithal. It speaks the $udgement? "The sleeper must awaken6"
With this ;anima dipped int! the thr!es !f the spice dream&
his dream #as unli*e any she had had bef!re& he s!und !f the Duncan+s v!ice seemed
#ithin the dream& Was she dreamin" hunhun+s hand& )he l!st a sense !f the present at
first' it #as !nly the shapes in the carpet that *ept her r!!ted in the present&
3ocus on the symbols in the carpet. 4nd the tarot cards of the )uncan.
)pice Dreamin" had been s!methin" alt!"ether different bef!re' and it had al#ays been
ab!ut the past&
There6 that pattern. !urbella writes the play the Dindication of &aint 4lia6 4nd there, a
ghola *aul takes the water of life besides the first !uad,)ib. 4nd another )uncan sees
me.
8!# s!methin" had f!rced her mind al!n" a different path' a ne# #ay that she+d had
never disc!vered bef!re&
1ow the future takes shape upon the carpet. &heeana, &ia8aba is the 'orm.
;anima still c!uld n!t tell if the Duncan turned !ver the ne4t card' !r if she dreamed it fr!m
s!me f!r"!tten past&
The 'awi. The man and the woman with hands $oined who stare at the rising !oon. The
Two who are %ne.
he envir!nment had suddenly bec!me the same as the b!dy' and suddenly she *ne#&
he carpet seemed t! have life ar!und her& M!re s!' she reali1ed that she #as Dreamin"
the carpet' the ar!t' and hunhun+s hand that had seemed s! real a m!ment bef!re&
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;anima underst!!d that #hat she #as tastin" #as s!methin" unpalatable t! the Ones With
Many (aces& (r!m #ithin her dream' n!# !pen and c!e4istent #ith her n!#' ;anima
became the l!cus !f a ne# discl!sure&
+oth times..all times are now6 This was the secret of the 5witsat0 aderach. The al-#ahid
al-*athir, it is the %ne H !any.
The &pice )ream will be the reality.
;anima emer"ed fr!m the )pice Dream' findin" the island !f the present up!n the carpet
first and in the t!uch !f hunhunFs hand& 6ut her eyes sa# b!th the dream and the real as
!ne&
hunhun #as still h!ld ;anima+s hand' as she "rabbed the !ther !ne& he Duncan turn
!ver the last card' the fate card&
The Cniverse.
;anima pulled hunhun+s hands t! her lips and reassured him' 5)heeana #ill a#a*en us
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The *etaphor as e/ten!e! hen e hu#ans ere intro!uce! into
the equation of or#s an! spice. 7or#. Spice. 5u#ankin!. The
naturally occurring an! this ne nature that as %orn out of the
courtship of #an an! spice$ as e!!e! eternal ith the ;oining of
#an an! or#.
3The Gospel of Sia1a%a.

he cerem!ny !f the "h!la 7aul+s in"esti!n !f the spice #as t! ta*e place at the seitch !f
the y!un" "h!la !f 0iet /ynes& Rebecca #as handlin" the pr!cessi!n and the actual
applicati!n !f the Water !f 0ife herself' and a number !f sisters that made up her party&
Rebecca had been resistant t! the plans !f )heeana' and retain m!re !f the traditi!ns !f
the 6ene $esserit& )heeana sa# it fittin" that Rebecca administer the entire affair in her
absence&
he members !f Rebecca+s party that #ere !r had bec!me full 6ene $esserit sisters had
d!ne s! !n this Dune Revenant #ith the aid !f the Water !f 0ife fr!m )heeana+s #!rms& .s
had happened several times since the arrival !f the n!-ship' a #!rm had been prepared by
the members !f Rebecca+s party by dr!#nin" in #ater' thus releasin" the t!4in that #!uld
bec!me the ultimate test !f the "h!la 7aul+s future&
'e tamper with another 5witsat0 aderach today. !y father would not approve were he
alive today.
Rebecca+s father had been the leader !f her party& hey #ere >e#s' #hich meant n!thin"
t! any!ne else at that a"e& 6ut t! Rebecca and her party' they represented a "r!up that
had *ept a c!mm!n tie bac* t! the !ri"ins !f humanity several tens !f th!usands !f years
a"!&
That we still survive may only represent how stubborn to change humans really are. That
we keep our traditions may be not only a sign of our being >ews, but it may truly be the
only thing that unites us as humans.
Duncan led the "h!la 7aul an !pen area #ith the chamber !f the /ynes seitch' flan*ed by
"h!la (remen' and leila4u !nl!!*ers' as #ell as members !f )heeana+s sisterate&
)heeana herself #as surprisin"ly absent t! many' alth!u"h Duncan and Rebecca ne#
e4actly #here she #as at this time&
&he seeks the little makers even as we proceed. The fact that she is not present speaks to
some impending haste in all these situations that follow.
.s Duncan left 7aul in the hands !f these sisters' e" and Chiani #ere seen arrivin"
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t!"ether t!#ards the rear !f /ynes chamber& Duncan #atched 0iet as t!!* n!tice !f the
t#!' and he himself th!u"ht it stran"e&
!iles, walk with care. 2ou,re toying with the image of the wife of a possible !uad8)ib.
.s 7aul sat up!n the (remen styled ru"' Rebecca and her sisters m!ved t! f!rm a circle
ar!und him& Duncan *ne# that )heeana had already seen this event' and th!u"ht bac* t!
her decisi!n t! embar* !n her 2!urney& )he had ann!unced her leavin" t! Duncan' and !f
c!urse her sisters&
6ef!re )heeana departed int! the desert al!ne the previ!us ni"ht' she had met #ith her
sisters in a last meetin" that #!uld bec!me a ritual !f s!me future reli"i!n& )heeana sp!*e
simply t! each sister and tells them she #!uld return t! claim each !f them& hen she left'
but bef!re she headed !ut int! the desert she sp!*e !ne last time #ith Duncan& Duncan
recalled this meetin" as 7aul #as prepared f!r the Water !f 0ife&
)heeana sp!*e !f his reunitin" #ith Murbella' !f their f!rmin" a sch!!l that #!uld c!ntinue
the pr!"ressi!n that humanity had been !n since its birth&
5W!rms and )pice had !nce pr!ved t! be the "reat reali1ati!ns !f 7aul - - and /yne+s
secret& he leila4u fr!m 0+/atib have made a "reat eff!rt t! resurrect n!t !nly the b!dies
but the mem!ries !f !ur (remen& 0earn especially fr!m the "h!la /ynes' Duncan& 5
5;!u tal* ab!ut the W!rm and )pice as if it is a set 3uantity' as if it #ere part !f !ur
humanity&5
58!t a set 3uantity' but a metaph!r& Only 0et! sa# it as a metaph!r t! enact his $!lden
7ath - - a #ay f!r humanity he #!uld never be able t! participate #h!lly in&5
5, *ne# him remember& , *ne# him as m!re than a man' but he had the dreams !f a father&
. father that sired dreams !f his f!rebears&5
Duncan l!!*ed at this 7aul "h!la and #!ndered #hat he symb!li1ed in this universe& his
#as n!t s!me naSve .rra*is as the ancest!rs had *n!#n& When )heeana #as transf!rmed
int! a sand#!rm' Duncan *ne# that her r!le #!uld n!t be that !f tyrant !r savi!r&
To ask of the futures of *aul and &heeana seems a misuse of language. There is nothing
that can be said that could encompass the roles of these beings.
Rebecca sisters flan*ed the 7aul "h!la' but it #as Maia that administered the Water !f
0ife& 7!urin" its blue li3uid int! the "h!la 7aul+s m!uth&
e has yet to be awakened to his memories, yet &heeana insisted it be carried out this
way.
e" sh!t a "lance at Duncan' the !nly !ther present #h! had been a#a*ened fr!m past
mem!ries& he l!!* #as !f disappr!val&
4nd horror.
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.s the Water !f 0ife be"an t! creep int! 7aul+s bein"' and the t#isted h!ld !f its
transf!rmin" a"!ny !vert!!* him' Duncan heard )heeana+s challen"e fr!m the pri!r ni"ht&
5Duncan' y!u #!uld li*e t! understand this mystery' but it is n!t available t! y!u& ;!u are a
part !f 0et!+s path& .nd it is that path that , can !nly !bscure' as , act t! !pen us t! the
8e# 7ath+s& ;!u live in a beautiful but deadly parad!4' Duncan& ,n this re"ard , envy y!u'
and pity y!u&5 he "h!la 7aul let !ut a scream' and it reminded Duncan !f Murbella+s !#n
brushes #ith madness' and her p!ssessi!n by the mem!ries !f .lia&
4ll horrors come back to arkonnen in my mind. It is my first and most cherished scar. !y
measure of the human and the inhuman.
Up!n the in"esti!n !f the Water !f 0ife' 7aul felt as if his s!ul #as faded a#ay in the
trance& %e c!uld n!t m!ve' even m!vin" the fin"ers !n his hands caused "reat pain& he
muscles ar!und his eyes ti"htened' and f!rced his eyes !pen' yet they #ere n! l!n"er the
#ay ima"es entered his mind& hey stared blan*ly past the never& he beatin" !f his
heart "re# faint' his respirati!n alm!st arrested&
The 'ater 4gony comes6
Rebecca "lanced up' !nly t! see Duncan l!!* a#ay&
7aul #rithed as n!t !nly his pers!nal mem!ries' but the mem!ries !f all his ancest!rs
fl!!ded int! his mind& Mem!ries raced int! his c!nsci!usness and then d!#n' th!usands
!f years a sec!nd&
%e screamed !ut in a perfectly accented .ramaic' 56etrayed' !n this my 0ast 7ass!verM5
Rebecca cau"ht the reference&
Lambs blood for protection, yet he is his own Lamb.
7aul a"ain "ave a l!n" cry' 5W%;M Why brin" me bac* a"ainM5
7aul let !ut a s!bbin" 5n!&5 as the )isters "athered ar!und him' attendin" his #ea*ened
b!dy&
Duncan felt the #atchers a"ain' fr!m s!me#here' and sa# himself there am!n" them&
Duncan+s th!u"hts escaped fr!m the scene' l!n"in" f!r the !nly peace he *ne#& .nd he
f!und himself f!cused !n the #!man he l!ved&
I no longer belong here. I must return to !urbella.


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5ence e co#e to kno hat the ancients kne$ that there are to
eyes. .ne eye is that through hich he ho un!ergoes
trans#utation is percei"e!$ hile the other eye is that through hich
the trans#utation itself is percei"e!. These are to of the <e
+aths that ha"e %een #a!e clear to the +ossessors of To 0yes.
3the sayings of Sia1a%a.
he planet #as !nce *n!#n as Dune& 8!# it #as a charred and lifeless r!c* !rbitin" its
sun& he star had been visible in the s*ies !f f!r"!tten erra' and had been called
Can!pus& his #as n!t #hat c!ncerned ;eshi*a .mpre as her Master (ace Dancer
capt!rs esc!rted her !ut !nt! the surface& hey #!re envir!nmental suits' as the
atm!sphere had been l!n" burned a#ay durin" the #ars bet#een the 6ene $esserit and
%!n!red Matres durin" the Returnin"&
;eshi*a th!u"ht she heard the s!und !f fallin" rain&
;eshi*a .mpre #as esc!rted by a Master (ace Dancer' #hile 0r!lan and t#! !thers
#al*ed beside them& )he #atched 0r!lan' f!r a si"n that #!uld reveal #hy they #ere
here&
3or a sign of 1ro *athay perhaps.
0r!lan sp!*e thr!u"h the c!mmunicati!n devices in all the helmets !f the envir!nmental
suits 5he Master (ace Dancers !ffer everythin" t! y!u humans' and %eaven t!!& We as*
f!r s! little in return' !nly acceptance !f !ur #ay t! "uide y!u' s! that #e may cherish this
dyin" thin" called the ,ndividual&5
The savor of your humanity was lost long ago, even your +ene Gesserit could not rekindle
its dying fire.
5We d! n!t as* t! be saved' #e d! n!t as* f!r %eaven&5 ;eshi*a sa# n!thin" yet'
alth!u"h the presence !f the (ibb!nacci se3uence by ph!neme and syllable c!ntinued t!
step thr!u"h it+s messa"e&
0r!lan smiled thr!u"h the pla1 !f the helmet' 5We cann!t let y!u face e4tincti!n at the
hands !f th!se y!u call the Ones With Many (aces&5
;eshi*a remained s!ber' #atchin"& hen it happened& )he n!ticed the e4act m!ment the
chan"e came' alth!u"h 0r!lan+s c!mpani!ns did n!t detect the subtle shift& 0r!lan himself
never fully reali1ed #hat #as happenin" t! him= by the time 8r! 7athay+s c!nsci!usness
reemer"ed -- 0r!lan #as n! l!n"er& ;eshi*a felt as if she dreamed a ph!eni4 risin" fr!m
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its ashes' but she c!uldn+t tell if it #as 8r!+s rebirth' !r the rebirth !f Dune&
4m I &pice )reaming- 'hat is happening to me.
8r! 7athay+s first th!u"hts up!n re-emer"in" fr!m the c!nsci!usness !f the Master (ace
Dancer #ere !f vict!ry !ver the b!dy he n!# ama1in"ly inhabited&
4ll my theories were true. 1ow who,s techni.ues are of value, 2eshika 4mpre.
%e remained ri"hte!us& %is first c!urse !f acti!n #!uld be t! rid them !f their Master (ace
Dancer C!mpani!ns& Within each !f the t#! sleeves !f the cl!a* that c!ver the
envir!nmental suit #ere t#! thin stilett!s& 8r! made a "esture t! ;eshi*a t!#ard the
Master (ace Dancer beside her&
1ro plans to kill the two !aster 3ace )ancers beside him, leaving me to deal with the
third. 4nd the one inside the ship.
With!ut #arnin"' the t#! stilett!s flashed fr!m his sleeves' slicin" thr!u"h the r!bes and
int! the envir!nmental suits& . hissin" s!und emer"ed as the !4y"en be"an t! stream
fr!m the h!les& he Master (ace Dancers sh!c*ed faces c!nt!rted as the tried t! shape
shift themselves t! plu" the h!les in their suits' and #ard !ff their leaders attac*& 6ut this
0r!lan b!dy' "uided by its ne# master' c!ntinued t! plun"ed the *nives int! the suits' and
deeper int! flesh&
;eshi*a all!#ed the Master (ace Dancer t! turn his attenti!n t!#ard the c!mm!ti!n and
then she acted& )he f!cused the prana-bindu trainin" that had been part !f the %#i 8!ree
line int! her c!c*ed fist& $rabbin" her victims r!bes at the sh!ulder' she #aited f!r his
3uic* turn bac* t!#ard her t! deliver the sin"ular bl!#& he punch crashed strai"ht
thr!u"h the clear pla1 !f the envir!nmental suits helmet' mashin" pla1 fra"ments and bits
!f metal past the crac*in" b!nes !f the fr!ntal s*ull& 6rain death #as alm!st
instantane!us&
;eshi*a l!!*ed up t! 8r!' but he had already left the t#! b!dies and #as runnin" inside !f
the ship& .s he enter the craft t! finish !ff the last !f the Master (ace Dancers' she cau"ht
"limpse !f s!methin" at the ed"e !f her peripheral visi!n& .t first' it seemed t! be s!me
blac* ,4ian artifact !f beauty and dan"er and p!#er' but s!!n it pr!ved t! be but a shad!#'
cast fr!m a 2uttin" !f r!c* and the metal sla" !f #hat #as s!me machine&
4n ornithopter or perhaps a spice harvester.
;eshi*a f!r"et ab!ut 8r! f!r a m!ment' ab!ut the c!rpse that lay at her feet' and stared at
this shad!#& he "reys and blac*s played tric*s !n her& . "n!stic dar*ness' a p!int
"r!#in" fr!m the h!ri1!n and illuminatin" !nly if in m!re dar*ness' as if it said t! her:
Look, here it is6
&omething was about to happen here on ancient )une. This is why the !aster 3ace
)ancers were so interested in coming here.
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;eshi*a hadn+t n!ticed that 8r! 7athay had c!me up beside her&
5Only the t#! !f us n!#' echn!crat ,mperat!r&5
5:4plain' 8r! 7athay' h!# y!u en"ineered such a turn !f events&5 ;eshi*a sp!*e t! his
"enius and his e"!' f!r she didn+t *n!# 3uite #hat she #as facin"&
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An! thine the 5u#an face$ an! thine
The hu#an 5an!s an! feet an! %reath$
0ntering thro1 the Gates of 6irth
An! passing thro1 the Gates of 'eath.
37illia# 6lake$ 9erusale#8 To the 9es


he 0ittle Ma*ers came s!!n after )heeana lay d!#n in the deep desert sands'
surr!undin" her b!dy' #hich they reacted t! as they #!uld have #ere she an !pen b!dy !f
#ater&
This is what they do, encapsulate open bodies of water, or in this case a body containing
water. The miracle of this cycle has begun this way countless times.
he s*in-#hich-#as-n!t-her-!#n had surr!unded her f!r a number !f h!urs' e4actly h!#
l!n" she c!uld n!t tell& he hu"e 3uantities !f the )pice Melan"e #hich she had in"ested
b!th t! initiate herself int! this ne# mystery' and t! ta*e !ff s!me the painful ed"e !f the
transf!rmati!n' blurred her sense !f time&
)ull the pain. Gods6 I still fear I,ll loose consciousness from the agony.
)heeana used the pain as a fulcrum' pryin" !pen m!re than 2ust a dilati!n !f time& )tarin"
!ut fr!m eyes s3uee1ed shut' ima"es p!ured !ut#ard - leadin" fr!m the c!l!r-sensitive
c!ne cells in the retina& he f!rm !f e4pressi!nism emanated fr!m the brilliant clarity !f an
ever-present a#areness&
M!re sandtr!ut added themselves t! the s*in-that-#as-n!t-her-!#n' and #hile her b!dy
#as !nly in the be"innin" sta"es !f the chan"e that #!uld transf!rm her !ne day int! a
)and#!rm' her metam!rph!sed mind #as already crac*in" !ut !f its chrysalis' ed"in" !ut
int! the li"ht&
he situati!n #as l!!sin" f!rm' the present reality meltin"' and she slipped !ut#ard t! a
dream&&
&heeana entered Leto,s body. 4lmost se(ually. Then all shifted. &he was giving birth to
Leto, but his Golden *ath was looped back upon itself. 4gain a shift, twisting. &he felt
Leto in her bowels, her stomach contracted. &he was e(periencing with all parts of her
anatomy, and in ways that could only be imagined. 9The %nes 'ith !any 3aces know
these ways:
"ow much had you endured dear 5insman. Let us cry this once together." &heeana
reached out to kiss his brow as Leto lay twisted in his own skin of sandtrout. &he had
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been there when he first became the sandworm, or if she hadn,t she willed that she was
now.
e noticed her and told her feebly, "I am sick."
,Those who are healthy need no medicine.,
Leto reached out a hand to her. "'hy do you take to the Golden *ath-"
&heeana said nothing, but, holding his small child-hand, found herself comforting him with
a song, her musical voice lulling the infant Leto widen eyed staring at his father the
*rophet and weaving his Golden *ath.
%er !#n pain br!u"ht her bac* in a rapid reshufflin" !f pasts and futures' reality up!n
reality reali"nin" t! the p!int #here she had entered& )he cla#ed at herself as if the victim
!f s!me flesh eatin" disease& )he !bserved s!me l!cal part !f herself #as clutchin" are
b!dy in a ti"ht circle' but )heeana #as free fr!m this& )he turned t! the b!!* she had
be"un' the visi!nary t!mb that she penned up!n the very hist!ry !f humanity that first time
in the desert&
I,m writing the history of man and worm and spice. It shall be as I write it.
he title had al#ays been there' the ne4t had al#ays been at the heart !f all (remen
perhaps& ,t had been s! f!r 0et! and Muad+Dib& 8!# she slipped int! the b!!* a"ain t!
c!ntinue its hist!ry&&&
T50 S04.<' 6..K .F S5A&35D>D'
In the days before he first took the spice, the hermit would play games with the
great sandworms. e would allow them to take notice of him and rise towards the
surface from the depths of the dunes. Then when the worm surfaced, to consume
its found prey, it would emerge to find the hermit had vanished. &o powerful was
his way that he could elude &haitain himself by burrowing into the sands, or
slipping into a shadow, or evaporating like a noontime mirage, which disappears
faster than water itself.
&o in this way, &hai-ulud was taunted. 4nd the hermit lived on a long time in the
desert -- longer than even he could remember.
3ew others saw him ever, but children remembered tales their parents would tell
of the time the old desert hermit came to their seitch to repair a stillsuit boot
pump. They remembered theses tales, and held the image of him to adulthood,
and they would tell their children. 4nd as adults, these children-grown would
shriek when an ancient man would emerge alone from out of the desert, wearing a
stillsuit of a style that was old in the time of their grandparents. e would need to
replace a catch-tube or a synthskin on his stillsuit. 4nd he would again return to
the desert from which he emerged.
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Legends grew around the hermit, but none could be verified. %nly centuries later
would the first &pice )reamers discover him past the oral histories of the first
3remen. 3or he lay at the root of many a life-history, that he first crossed the path
of &hai-ulud, that knew &hai-ulud, that it was said he spoke with &hai-ulud...

he dream "ave #ay and )heeana f!und herself n!t in her transf!rmin" b!dy' but at the
center !f a #eb !f human creati!n' human *n!#led"e' and human culture& )he st!!d in
the place that #!uld be reserved f!r a human&
2et I am no longer human.
.n as 3uic*ly the human #eb receded until it #as !nly !ne !b2ect !n a h!ri1!n filled #ith
ne# !b2ects&
1ew *aths.
hese paths #ere n!t c!mprehensible t! the Master (ace Dancers' #h! #ere "r!und in
the ultimate materialism !f e4pl!itin" the human as their private c!mm!dity& M!re s!'
these paths #ere inaccessible t! the Ones With Many (aces' as their very type !f bein"'
alth!u"h m!re advanced in every !ther #ay as the ultimate adapters' #ere ri"idly b!und t!
the universes !f humanity&
)heeana felt the presence !f the Ones With Many (aces' and all!#ed their reality t!
bec!me hers&&&
&&&as if hidin" in the dar*' they slin*ed bac* even further #hen her "a1e cau"ht
them&
he Ones With Many (aces curled bac* am!n" the ripples !f each-t!-each& he
pr!f!undly independent suddenly became b!und t! that #hich they had
mastered& hey c!uld n!t ta*e fr!m this place' f!r it #as s! stran"e in the sense
!f f!rbidden and cl!sed !ff&
%: )%::.8. )::) U)M 6U W%:R: DO:) )%: 0OO/ OU (ROMM
We are afraid !f the )heeana+s "a1e& (!r it is n!t #ith Us hat .re .ll& (r!m #hat
sect!r resp!nds thus9
We are afraid f!r the )heeana has left' and yet she captures us in her $a1e (r!m
WhereM
W: MU) .00OW (OR %,)& W: MU) 8O (:.R %:R& %OW9 W%:R:9
OhM We are afraid& Will she teach this t! the (ish )pea*er )ch!!ls9 We #ill be
rid !f all !f them' but then #e #ill be al!ne& M!st al!ne&
he Ones With Many (aces #hirlp!!led bac* and bac* a"ain' ripplin" #ith a path!l!"ical
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s#irlin"& (!rever f!rbidden #ith !nly a sense !f a #arnin" fr!m )heeana&
!y power,s are weak now, but beware of my new race...
)heeana #as snapped bac* t! the fiery pain !f her b!dy& (!r a l!n" m!ment the pain
fl!!ded all her percepti!n' then sl!#' that #hich had 2ust transpired became clear t! her&
.nd suddenly the Ones With Many (aces seemed small in this perspective' f!r it #as true
that they #ere n! l!n"er human& heir ev!luti!n had been but the cruelest !f tric*s played
up!n themselves&
They sought to escape the role of human trapped in a human web. 4nd all they manage
to do was give up their individuality in e(change for becoming the web itself. They are
more trapped than the humans they seek to e(tinguish. *erhaps one day, when the last of
the humans made the step out of their worlds onto the 1ew *aths, the organic nature of
that old human web could take on a grand life of its own, interweaving itself with the other
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(5e is only #ortal like you. 5e eats as you !o$ an! !rinks as you
!rink. So if you follo a #an like yourself you ill certainly %e
!oo#e!. 'oes he gi"e you a pro#ise that hen you are !ea! an!
turne! to !ust an! %ones$ you ill %e raise! to life again: 5o far3
fetche! hat you are pro#ise!A There is only the life of this orl!8
7e !ie an! e li"e8 there is no rising fro# the !ea! for us.(
3ancient isla#iat scripture.
;anima murmured s!methin" that hunhun c!uld n!t 3uite catch& %e turned fr!m her as
the %ayt Duncan dre# his ne4t card fr!m he ancient Dune ar!t&
5his card ta*es the f!rm !f influences fr!m the !uter #!rld&5
I(.
5,4 symb!li1es s!methin" m!re than her h!me#!rld& %ere I( cr!sses the influence !f The
Cniverse. ! many pe!ple be"in t! thin* li*e machines& ime t! thin* a"ain li*e the
animals&5
%ayt Duncan turn !ver his penultimate card&
5his is the card !f h!pes and fears&5
e turns the card over.
5his is card represents the !utc!me&5
e turns over the last card.
hunhun addressed him& 5We need t! find )iaFaba' can y!u ta*e us t! her&5
hunhun #!rried ab!ut ;anima+s trance' she didn+t seem able t! brea* !ut !f it&
he %ayt Duncan c!mmented !n hunhun+s th!u"hts' !r perhaps he !nly #atched the
visible c!ncern !n his face as he helped her t!! her feet&
he Duncan #ith the metal eyes "athered up his cards& 5)ia+aba has her n!#& )he is in
divine hands n!#& 0i*e the cards read' I( crosses Cniverse.
;anima sp!*e s!methin" in a t!n"ue hunhun c!uld n!t decipher& %ayt underst!!d her&
5)he says ,2ou will find &ia,aba out along the ridge of #hin =ock."
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%ayt Duncan e4plained that the rid"e !f Chin R!c* #as !ut in the desert bled&
&heeana guides us to the desert bled.
here #as c!mm!ti!n in the streets& Genders carts tipped !ver as s!methin" r!lled
t!#ards them&
hunhun "rabbed ;anima #h! c!uld hardly #al* !n her !#n& M!re cha!s fr!m the
directi!n in the street #here the Duncan #ith metal eyes read the Dune ar!t& hen a
series !f screams&
50i*e the time Muad+Dib+s eyes #ere burned !ut by the st!ne burners' hunhun' the Ones
With Many (aces have c!me f!r us t!!&5
&he,s talking as if she is still within the &pice )ream, as if what she sees now is some
manifestation of the images from then.
hunhun "rab her and started t! run' 2ust then the Duncan #as cau"ht bet#een the
lumberin" cha!s !f flesh' all eyes and hands and le"s' and the t#! as they departed& he
creature b!#led him !ver' his cards flyin" !ff in every directi!n&
Dra""in" ;anima the #h!le #hile' hunhun t!!* a 3uic* turn past a c!rner !f merchants'
#hen he n!ticed a ti"ht "ap in a #all bet#een an !lder buildin" and a ne#er !ne the had
been built !n t!p !f it& %e t!ssed ;anima thr!u"h the !penin" and then s3uee1ed himself
inside&
he flesh cha!s did n!t l!!se them s! easily& 6ut the "reat number !f pe!ple in the mar*et
#!r*ed t! their advanta"e& hey #ere able t! elude the Ones With Many (aces&
6ef!re l!n" they #ere !ut in the !pen desert&
M!re landscape !f #hat has happened !n Dune Revenant
heir escape f!rm b!th Master (ace Dancers and the Ones With Many (aces int! the
deep desert bled&
;anima mind played bac* the events !f b!th the fli"ht !f 7aul and >essica fr!m the
%ar*!nnen+s' and the t#in+s $hanima and 0et! flee in the desert&
'here is my twin, 2eshika can you now see as I do.
hunhun had t! "uard her every step' f!r alth!u"h her eyes #ere !pen' she did n!t see&
Like the child Leto who saw for the blind *aul, I lead her through the desert.
his place #!uld be their crucible& hey #al*ed f!r a time that seemed #ith!ut end& .nd
hunhun suddenly had the feelin" that perhaps he #as the blind Muad+Dib' and ;anima
#as leadin" him&
. herm mar*ed a sp!t #here s!me!ne had !nce ta*en the time t! pile the st!nes as a
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si"n& he herm+s st!nes #ere shaped t! indicate a directi!n' t!#ards the r!c* !utcr!ppin"
!ver the ne4t dune&
This is our taste at being "3remen".
hen they arrived at Chin R!c*&
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.ur fear rises up$ a %ir! %urning up in the light of !isclosure. The
s#ell of %urning feathers. 5u#an intelligence is eak. An! e
e/pect lo"e to %e a solution 3 3 for infinite suffering. An! hat choice
!o e ha"e: 7ithin us the anguish is infinite$ an! e fall in lo"e. &s
there so#e other alternati"e 3 3other than co#ically #aking lo"e on a
+rocrustean %e!: &nfinite anguish?
3fro# the selecte! hu#an #e#ories of Sia-a%a.
he chamber #as in silent dar*ness& hen a man+s v!ice disturbed the perfect silence&
5What cruel fate has made me fall in l!ve #ith y!u5
."ain silent dar*ness& 8!# a #!man+s v!ice t! brea* the calm a"ain&
5.s !ur l!ve is s#eet' a terrible #ind stirs in the desert&5
e" and Chiani lay beside each !ther in his sleepin" chambers&
5, l!ve y!u' Chiani' and , #!uld die f!r y!u&5
5."ain the #hirl#ind c!mes' and a pain that #ill deliver us&5
%er l!ve #as "ener!us as it #as dan"er!us& e" felt he c!uld die fr!m it&
he chamber #as in silent dar*ness& e" and Chiani #ere inside& 7aul said 5D! y!u ta*e
my bride t! the purest place !f all95
Rebecca had been 7aul+s c!nstant c!mpani!n since the a"!ny& 7aul still suffer fr!m the
em!ti!nal pain !f his .#a*enin"& he mem!ries #ere still settlin"' !rdered s!meh!# by
the smells they br!u"ht !n&
he smell !f #et fur suddenly filled his n!strils&
Like a chairdog who had wandered out into the rain on ancient #aladan.
Rebecca had the t#! sisters #!uld fed and bath him leave the seitch& )he as*' 5.re y!u
#ell en!u"h f!r visit!rs' 7aul&5
Duncan arrived first int! the r!!m' f!ll!#ed by a "h!la that stun" 7aul +s eyes #hen he sa#
him& Rebecca left them' and Duncan step aside s! this "h!la c!uld have a better l!!* at
him&
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50iet /ynes& .re y!u a#are !f #h! y!u are' "h!la95 Duncan #as stunned by the ease
#ith #hich 7aul resumed the c!mmandin" v!ice&
5, am a#are that , am 0iet /ynes' Usal& hese are stran"e times' but a"ain , see that y!u
have f!und y!urself as the base !f an!ther pillar&5
he si"ht !f /ynes a#!*e inner mem!ries !f the desert #ith 7aul&
5,t+s "!!d t! see familiar faces& .nd ,+m "lad y!u called me Usal' and n!t Muad+Dib& Why
Duncan' #hich m!!n shall , ch!!se f!r my ne# name&5 7aul let !ut a cynical lau"h& 6ut
#hat #as ne# t! 7aul' even th!u"h he had been /#itsat1 %aderach' #as tired and true
t!! Duncan& 7aul held the cr!sshairs !f time and space #ithin his mind' but Duncan had
died a th!usand m!rtal deaths&
50et us h!pe y!u pic* al+/itab' the #riter' and pen us a #!nderful future= f!r ,+ve had my fill
!f al-$aib' the !uter #!rlds' and al-.*rab' the sc!rpi!n&5 Duncan succeeded in ma*in"
7aul smile&
5Why n!t ch!!se' al-)ayal' the rain !f sand' and bury us !nce and f!r all& $h!lasM5 hat
#as /ynes' th!u"h he mana"ed t! ma*e all !f them lau"h' n!t cynically' but fully fr!m the
belly&
50iet' y!u never had a sense !f hum!r bef!re& 7erhaps this "h!la thin" #as f!r the best&5
7aul st!!d #ea*ly and "reeted them #ith a (remen "esture&
5, still have n! sense !f hum!r' Usal&5
7aul li*ed that /ynes #as n!t his ancest!r' that he shared n! !ther mem!ries #ith him&
hat evenin"' Duncan arran"ed thin"s s! that he c!uld be n!t missed' as he #as tied fr!m
the days events #ith 7aul& %e had !fficially retired f!rm the ni"ht' and #as restin" f!r #hat
mi"ht be an attac* any m!ment by the Ones With Many (aces& ,n fact' he slipped passed
his pers!nal "uard' and #ander t! a 8!-ship at the sp!t #here he first t!uched the s!il !f
this rapidly t#istin" #!rld&
The 1o-ship that first brought us to this )une =evenant, all those years ago.
Duncan had en"ineered the entire plan t! c!incide #ith the .#a*enin" !f 7aul & 6ut !n
b!ard the n!-ship #as an unsuspected )urprise&
=ebecca- I,ll not let her stand in my way.
", th!u"ht this #!uld be the c!urse !f acti!n y!u t!!*& , sa# the #ay y!u l!!*ed' the #ay
y!u l!!*ed a#ay' #hen 7aul t!!* the Water !f 0ife&5
&he,s not here to stop me. =ebecca wants to return #ith me.
5,+m "!in" al!ne& , d!n+t even *n!# if #e #ill ma*e it past he Ones With Many (aces' !r
if Murbella is still livin"&5 Duncan had a stran"e feelin" that he #!uld have seen her death
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in his 8et had it c!me&
58! need t! str!n" and stubb!rn n!#' Duncan& We can at least ma*e this trip peaceful
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7oul! e e/change the concept of our hu#an history an! instea! focus
our knole!ge toar!s life instea! of the chronicles of !eath:
&n!i"i!uals e"en no are rea!y to participate in so#ething
e/traor!inary$ a #o"e#ent for all the peoples of the )eturning$ a
#o"e#ent that oul! integrate our cultures. These in!i"i!uals ho$ if
spoken to$ if organi2e!$ coul! raise a cry that oul! %e hear! across the
uni"erse. <e"er in history has there %een a #ore orthhile #o#ent.
An! it nee!e! %e !one out of the fear of ar fro# %eteen 6ene
Gesserit an! 5onore!$ fro# the fear of the #enace of Tleila/u science
run a#ok. All e nee! to !o is to take the first steps$ an! speak the first
or!s.
3)e%ecca1s notes on &ntegral i!eology.
T, still d!nFt trust them'E /itrana c!uld n!t h!ld in the feelin" any l!n"er& T.nd , *n!# that it
is irrati!nal' and , *n!# it "!es a"ainst all my 6ene $esserit trainin"&E
/itrana and Murbella #ere #!r*in" !ut details #ith several field "enerals and bashars fr!m
ar!und the Old :mpire&
The !ne thin" y!u f!r"et' that , #as a %!n!red Matre bef!re , became y!ur M!ther
)uperi!r&E Murbella landed the verbal bl!# "ently' #ith!ut detractin" fr!m its stin"&
/itrana b!#ed her head f!r a m!ment in silence&
he c!nflict #ith the %!n!red Matres needed t! be res!lved in reacti!n t! the Ones With
Many (aces - -he 8e# )isterh!!d #ill be the (ish )pea*er )ch!!l&
%!# many #!rlds had been filled #ith their terr!r& hese %!n!red Matres had been
e4pelled fr!m their #!rlds' and they #!uld punish the ne# #!rlds they c!n3uer' even
th!u"h a "reater punishment f!ll!#ed cl!se !n their heels fr!m the appr!ach !f the Ones
With Many (aces&
Murbella fi"htin" the Ones With Many (aces inside !f the carapace&
$uerina had been able t! c!nvince the ma2!r h!use that #ere enthralled by the vari!us
%!n!red Matre #!rlds fr!m the Returnin" t! 2!in the 6ene $esserit and the ec!n!mic
alliances that had !nce been the ma2!r h!uses !f the Old :mpire t!"ether f!r this battle&
%!#ever' there #ere d!1ens !f l!"istical elements that had been left undetermined&
There $ust wasn8t enough time.
,ntri"ue #ith $uerina and /itara !f s!me s!rt& hey s3uabble and they 3uip' but Murbella
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n!tices the c!mm!n b!nd is n!t en!u"h&
8e#s !f Master (ace Dancers capturin" a #!rld !f %!n!red Matre playfem+s&
Murbella s!u"ht a severe retributi!n&
They could have forewarned the %ld Empires, instead they sought to sub$ugate. I will
make them pay doubly for training me in their ways.
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Fre#en33listen to the or!s of the !esert preacher. 5is or!s cut to
the truth like a crystknife$ he speaks to sho the truth to all Fre#en.
6ut %eare$ his or!s are also like the poison of the Go# 9a%%ar?
'o not let the# poison your heart. 7ithout the faith$ e"en truth can
sting like lies. 5is #essage is not unlike the sor! ith to e!ges8
hen cutting at the ene#y$ take care lest you cut thyself?
3a letter fro# the Again *ua!-'i% to the ghola3Fre#en.
)heeana a#!*e an"uished by the be"innin"s !f her be#ilderin" transf!rmati!n&
Was it #a*in" !r sleepin" - n!# that she #as freed fr!m the diurnal l!c*step& .nd still the
v!ice mana"ed its messa"e fr!m s! many layers !f lives deep #ithin her&
,The &leeper must awaken.,
)heeana *ne# that this phrase sp!*en had been a mantra t! erase his hurt& )he *ne# this
0et! as "randfather t! the 0et! #ith #h!m she n!# shared s!methin"&
'e choose a different melange, to blend human with sandworm.
he little ma*ers #ere already be"innin" their #!r*' hardenin" her s*in in their shell'
ma*in" her str!n"er' as she #al*ed thr!u"h the desert& )he #al*ed f!r a day #ith!ut tirin"'
and she #al*ed in the full !f n!!n #ith!ut harm fr!m the t#in suns&
0et! never *ne# his "rands!n' #hat his "rands!n #!uld achieve& hen )heeana *ne# this
man as a "h!st' #ispin" in the ear t! a c!ncerned father& . father c!ncerned f!r his s!n
7aul !n a #ater #!rld& )he #as the !ne that #hispered the insi"htful phrase int! 0et! ,+s
ear that ni"ht !n Caladan&
,The &leeper must awaken.,
4ll things, even this, are close to despair. 4nd now I have lost one that one *romethean
gift, that of forgetfulness.
)heeana as half-#!rm returns t! 7aul and the leila4u (remen
)heeana sets them !n the 8e# 7aths&
here is a spirit !f mutual c!!perati!n that #!uld n!t be !bserved fr!m the martial p!int !f
vie#& One cann!t fi"ht ev!luti!n' !ne cann!t fi"ht bein"& he !utc!me !f a #ar #ith the
Ones With Many (aces #!uld see the end !f the individual that s!u"ht t! resist&
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Cnless that individual were transformed.
)!rt !f 5We have #!r* t! d!& 5and 5he st!rm is c!min" that humanity cann!t #eather' s!
#e must adapt&5
hey present us #ith a p!tential f!r a ne# alle"!ry' n!t human' n!t interpreted by time !r
place !r milieu& .tman and 7urusha #ere !nly #ays t! p!int t!#ard this thin"& 8!# the
time has c!me t! ta*e first steps&
Of all the mem!ries first unearthed by the first )pice Dreamers' are th!se !f the %ermit+s
first ridin" !f )hai-%ulud&&&&
T50 T5&)' 6..K .F S5A&35D>D'
In the ermit,s long life in the desert, he learned the language of all the creatures
within. It was a language he learned to dream but did not speak as we do. It is
said that &hai-ulud, grown tired of chasing the ermit through the years
approached the ermit by emerging from the sands while the ermit slept in the
shadows of the two moons of 4rrakis.
&hai-ulud submitted that the ermit had gotten the best of him all these years,
and was a greater being then perhaps the sandworms themselves. The great
worm offered to let the man ride on his back, suggesting that the ermit,s old feet
must be tired after all their long years. The old man agreed to climb on &haitain,s
back, using his walking stick to climb atop the leviathan. The worm shuffled across
the sands and asked the ermit if he en$oyed riding across the sands. The ermit
replied that it was perhaps the greatest way to travel the sands. The ermit, who
felt things before they happened, asked the old worm, didn,t he travel below the
sands most of the time. The worm respond that yes, &hai-ulud does travel
below the sand.
'ould you like to try-7%h no, you are too frail, too human, for that. &hai-ulud
thought to end the life of the ermit by rolling onto his side, crushing the ermit
into the sand.
+ut the ermit sensed the treachery of &haitain, and wedged his walking stick into
the space between two sections of the worms armor. The ermit said, 2ou see, I
am not so frail. I am able to keep you above the surface while I ride you.
The worm had been subdued, but some of the ancients still dreamed that
melange had been made possible by a pact between man and the worm. That
before there were little makers, and that the spice was a dark trap to ensnare the
soul of the ermit who grew too powerful in &hai-ulud8s desert.
4nd so the ermit would be seen riding &hai-ulud by some member of the
3remen who strayed too deep unto the forbidden deserts. &tory8s of 3remen
spared by a worm with a man topside were often swore as true by the second
moon.
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@ou are not eagles. 7hich is hy you ha"en1t co#prehen!e! the
%lissfulness of terror in your #in!s. <ot %eing %ir!s$ ho !o you
propose to nest on an a%yss:
3the sayings of Sia1a%a.
hunhun and ;anima find )heeana&
57lease sit' and ta*e y!ur sh!es fr!m y!ur feet&5 )heeana sp!*e& .nd they made
themselves baref!!t& 56eh!ld' this is h!# all humanity sits' #ith a h!pe t! be delivered'
and fear that pl!ts escape&5
)he e4plains the 7lace !f Dune Revenant
"iver&
)he reveals #hat is ab!ut t! happen !n !ld Dune
We must bare the ne# resp!nsibility that !ur ne# freed!m #ill brin"& We are n! l!n"er
b!und t! the mem!ries !f the 6ene $esserit !r the "eneal!"ies !f the 6ene leila4& 6ut
!ur ne4t steps are truly !ur !#n&
he archetypes !f the unc!nsci!us #ere !nce e4pl!ited by reli"i!us d!"mas& he
seemin"ly arbitrary nature #as !ver laid #ith a set !f rules' as set !f rules #hich in fact n!
l!n"er applies&
T50 F.D)T5 6..K .F S5A&35D>D'
The first time the ermit knew melange is a story in itself. 3or on that day the
ermit smelled that smell like cinnamon, and unlike cinnamon. The ermit was
riding &hai-ulud on that day when the hints of melange sought out and engaged
his senses.
&hai-ulud noticed this and told him this is the spice, and that the ermit would
only be truly great if he took of it. 4nd the ermit did partake of the spice
melange and he slipped into the spice-trance as none other has since. 3or it was
at that time that the paths of humanity were first intermi(ed, communicated,
e(perienced and transcended. !any say that his spice-trance was a totality of
being brought inside an instant" while others believe that his spice-trance still
continues today.
The ermit forgot his place regarding the desert, forgot his taunting of &hai-ulud.
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e stared into the infernally hot maw of the great worm. &ome say that the ermit
and &hai-ulud faced each other for several days I while an eternity of mysteries
moved between them. 3or the very fabric of thought between beings was
different at that time, and each could share the history of another. 4nd so
melange became the great .uickener.
4s spice was begotten from the worm, it was &hai-ulud who emerged first from
their shared trance. 4nd seeing the ermit before him said I 2our water now
returns to me. 4nd &hai-ulud consumed the ermit while he was still in his
spice-trance. It is told in later days, by those who dream with spice, that that this is
how the ermit8s knowledge passed onto the 3remen. 3or as the 3remen
learned, so was the art of the dream passed on. 4nd so was the dream passed
on. 4nd so does the dream continue.
;anima as*s )heeana' 5What is the b!!* !f )hai-%ulud' it isn+t in any !f the hist!ries #e
have dreamed&5
)heeana replied 50!!* a"ain& ,t is there n!# as it has al#ays been& C!uld y!u have
!verl!!*ed it' !r c!uld s!methin" else have !ccurred &5
he t#! slipped int! a dream& urn and #eave' and then they f!und her truth t! be' a
hist!ry #here there #as n!ne&
&he changes the pastM
T, am the !ne that seeds the )cytale (ish )pea*er sch!!l in behalf !f the 6ene leila4uE'
)heeana #as fran*' Tand n!t f!r any reas!ns !f mercy&E )he r!lled !nt! the bac* half !f
her #!rm b!dy #hen she sp!*e' liftin" her fr!nt half sli"ht ab!ve and t!#ards them f!r
emphasis& T,n a multiverse #here the very la#s !f l!cal physics define reality' certain
c!mbinati!ns that work bec!me n!t !nly necessary but precious& his is #hy ,Fve stepped
in t! ensure #e d!nFt l!se an!ther 8a1ca tribe t! imperialism' !r l!se the p!pulati!n !f
an!ther :aster ,sland t! lac* !f pr!per res!urces&E
;anima and hunhun #ere filled #ith a dread that #!uld n!t be e4plained& 8either c!uld
d!ubt her' f!r they had #itnessed her truth t! be s!' but neither c!uld 3uite understand the
implicati!ns !f her additi!n t! hist!ry&
Can #e even call it an additi!n at this p!int& ,t has al#ays been in the hist!ry' she said&
hey had many 3uesti!ns f!r )heeana& %ad she been able t! shift them int! a ne# time
stream' never a"ain t! reali1e the past as an element t! the 8e# 7aths9 Were the 8e#
7aths a #ay t! achieve an architecture !f reality #here the Ones With Many (aces #ere
n! l!n"er a threat9 Or had )heeana enacted a mystery that had !verthr!#n all time' 2ust
as Muad+Dib had d!ne #ith .rra*is' !r 0et! had d!ne #ith the Universe9
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.f the #any things & learne! a%out 7arfare$ the #ost "alua%le
lessons ca#e fro# #i/ing hat & ha! learne! fro# #y 6ene Gesserit
#other. Then 7arfare %eco#es the Art of 'eception. Although you
are capa%le$ !isplay incapa%ility to the#. 7hen you are co##itte!
to e#ploying your forces$ feign inacti"ity. 7hen your o%;ecti"e is
near%y$ #ake it appear as if !istantA hen far aay create the illusion
of %eing near%y.
3*iles Teg$ The Art of 7arfare.
Duncan had m!ved thr!u"h f!ldspace bef!re& %e had emer"ed !ut !f n!-space bef!re&
%e had even c!me bac* c!untless times fr!m death& 6ut !n this v!ya"e' his th!u"hts
n!ticed n!ne !f these transiti!ns& %is !nly desire #as t! reunite #ith Murbella& %is n!-
sphere cr!ssed the barriers fr!m !ut !f encrypted space' he had set the crafts navi"ati!n
t! the f!ldspace t! Chapterh!use& When Murbella #as n!t there' he 3uic*ly re3uested !f
the sisters left behind her #hereab!uts& %e f!und her e4hausted and in deliri!us fr!m #ar
preparati!ns' and spice in"esti!n& )he #as recuperated n!#' preparin" !nce a"ain f!r the
battle t! c!me&
Murbella appeared bef!re him as he al#ays sa# her in his minds eye& %e sa# her fr!m
that deep place that lin*ed him #ith every ancest!r that led up t! this m!ment& ,t #as n!t a
6ene $esserit prana' n!r an %!n!red Matre tric*& ,t #as n!t the !utc!me !f a breedin"
plan !r the pr!duct !f a millennia !f carefully "uided bl!!dlines& ,t #as pure mammalian in
many #ays' as it #as a se4ual b!ndin"& ,t #as a special human b!ndin" t!!' as their #as
an attracti!n that elevated the h!rm!nal reacti!ns t! an artful addicti!n& 6ut ultimately'
there+s #as a l!ve that #!uld c!me t! symb!li1e the preci!us ne4t step that humanity
#!uld need t! #al*&
'aves.
he Master (ace Dancers are enlisted t! help in the c!min" #ar a"ainst the Ones With
Many (aces&
here #ere !nly certain places the Ones With Many (aces c!uld successfully launch an
!ffensive& One #as in a certain star system #ith t#! planets& One !f the planets #as
heavily !ccupied by %!n!red Matres' #hile the !ther had s!me#hat been reclaimed by
6ene $esserit infiltrati!n since the rise !f Murbella as Reverend M!ther )uperi!r& his
system als! lay acr!ss a certain ne4us #hich the Ones With Many 7laces seemed t! be
#!r*in" fr!m the !ther side t! ma*e there entrance int! this #ar& Murbella had planned
the t#! sisterh!!ds t! ma*e a stand at this system' #ith their f!rces bet#een these t#!
#!rlds&
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T0i*e the $ree*s at herm!pylaeE' $uerina resp!nded&
6ut Duncan th!u"ht !f an!ther metaph!r&
Like that first arkonnen attack on 4rrakis&
he battle #a"ed !n& .s the h!rdes !f the Ones With Many (aces emer"ed fr!m space
itself' s!me !f them havin" adapted bey!nd the need f!r ships !r pr!pulsi!n' #here they
#ere met by #ar ships !f all types' even MurbellaFs e4!s*elet!n tr!!ps& )!me !f them had
emer"ed !ut !f f!ldspace ri"ht !n the surface !f the planets' #here they #ere met by
armies !f humans and #ar machines&
he !ne ima"e that burned itself int! the mind !f Murbella #as that !f an enemy that #!uld
#in in the l!n" run a"ainst humanity& .nd !ne pressin" need&
3or humanity to survive, we must absorb something of what these %nes 'ith !any 3aces
are.
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*etanor#alities %eco#e the %asis of cultural shaping. &n "irtually all
sacre! tra!itions$ for e/a#ple$ #ystical cognition is honore! a%o"e
all physical a%ilities. @et e seek to %in! all things toar! the
co##on goal of a post3hu#an &ntegration. 7e nee! to all take
perspecti"es$ an! hence li"ing %eco#es part of so#ething #ore.
This li"ing calculus "os to refuse rest until all perspecti"es are
li%erate! into their on pri#or!ial nature.
-#I$AD Integral Theor&
)!methin" be"an t! happen !n Old Dune& . thin" bec!mes a relic n!t !nly !f itself' but !f
th!se that handle the thin"' *n!# the thin"' and use the thin"& 6ut #hen the thin" is
destr!yed' #hat bec!mes !f these mem!ries9 ! *n!# a thin" is t! learn t! release all
that a thin" #as used f!r' #as t!uched by' and had p!tential f!r& his #as #hat be"an t!
unf!ld !n .ncient .ra**is&
%ar*!nnen metaph!rs !f #ar and evil' seemin" s! tied t! the human' #!uld als! bec!me
!bs!lete in the unf!ldin"&
*erhaps the 3inal )uncan would now learn that it was 4lia who made this transition
possible from !urbella in The Dindication of &aint 4lia-
he Old Dune #as set in m!ti!n n!#' as #as Dune Revenant' al!n" a path that resembled
s!me#hat the m!ti!n !f a sun' seen n!t fr!m space' but as the sun #!uld be seen by the
earliest human ancest!rs' fr!m the sh!res !f s!me planet&
4lia and every calendar of human history.
,t is said that the m!vement !f the )un is c!nsidered t! be the eyes !f )haitain' and that at
its heart' there is a place c!!l and temperate t! the faithful' all !f its heat emanatin"
!ut#ard as a pr!tective shell and a #arnin"&
;eshi*a became included in the li"ht' manifest in her !#n eyes' but !#in" its s!urce t! an
unseen !ther& ,t is ;anima+s spice dream that lets me see thin"s as they are here& ;eshi*a
#as n!# the li"ht' and the li"ht #as n!# included in the li"ht& )he l!!*ed !ut at this barren
Dune' but she c!uld see it #as teemin" #ith a *ind !f life& sand#!rms every#hereM
8!&&&humans' this place is p!pulated #ith humans fr!m the past& ;eshi*a *ne# that the
dar*ness !f the dead Dune had been but a veil' and that in the shad!# #as ease' and the
real&
&omething is becoming apparent to me now. I,m at the verge of seeing this something that
is new.
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;eshi*a n!ticed 8r! #atchin" as if he #ere s!methin" inert' a mere rec!rder !f !ne #ay !f
l!!*in" at #hat unf!lded&
e is instantly made obsolete.
)he #as instantly a#are !f many Dunes and many ;eshi*a+s' all 2ust !ut !f phase #ith
each !ther& :ach !f her pr!4imate selves acted much as she #!uld' each a bit less
pr!bable as the drift !f each pr!4imate #aved steadily !ut#ard& ,f any !ne ;eshi*a craned
t! see far en!u"h' she c!uld see herself actin" far differently' even see herself unable t!
c!pe #ith #hat she sa#& )till further !ut she #as physically different' mentally varied& )till
further and she did n!t e4ist at all&
This is the )une =evenant.
(r!m s!me#here ;eshi*a heard 8r! menti!n he has seen )cytale' thr!u"h the eyes !f
0r!lan&
.nd many !f the ;eshi*aFs sa# )cytale als!' each !ut up!n several h!ri1!ns& )cytale #as
s!meh!# returned bac* t! his creati!ns' #h! in turn' needed him there #ith them& %e
seemed t! spea* s!methin" t! her' but it #as far !ff& )he didnFt hear him& hen his ima"e
faded& %e #as "!ne&
;eshi*a c!uld see the necessities !f the ,nte"rati!n unf!ld acr!ss the many Dunes as a
c!nstruct' as s!me "reat thin*in" machine #hich sp!*e !f still !ther necessities&
1eeds within 1eed&
Ouantum machines that at #!r* behind the 7lan* 0en"th' behind the %!l1tman :ffect'
thereM
!achines within !achines.
0astly she sa# all these Dunes and there universes as the Revenants !f all p!ssibility&
6ein"s far fr!m us but still s!methin" li*e human as in the Master (ace Dancers& 6ein"s
even further !ut' n!thin" li*e us' but sharin" !ri"ins #ith us' li*e the Ones With Many
(aces& .nd many m!re 6ein"s that emer"ed' and all there desires #ere suddenly li*e
"h!sts bef!re her& .nd there desires c!mmin"led' and s!metimes came int! c!nflict&
)esires within )esires.
)l!#ly' the ;eshi*as and the ancient Dunes be"an t! thin !ut' disperse' until there #as
!nly !ne #!man standin" !n the planet& 8r! 7athay #as beside her&
This planet #ill bec!me the ne# !racle&E
he m!st disturbin" ima"e had been that !f )cytale' pulled fr!m the f!lds !f this universe
that had n!# seemed t! c!n"eal fr!m !ut !f the 3uantum f!am !f a fe# minutes bef!re&
is way cannot be found on the 1ew *aths.
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here #as s!methin" melanch!lic that ;eshi*a needed t! e4press ab!ut the departed
)cytale&
e no longer makes up the mi( of what will be.
)he th!u"ht !f h!# different t#! individuals that lay at the !ri"ins !f t#! (ish )pea*er
)ch!!ls c!uld be& here #as %ayt-)cytl and ,dah-Mirabla&
8r! interrupted her train !f th!u"ht&
E,Fm seein" s!methin" thr!u"h the part !f me that is 0r!lan& he Master (ace Dancers
have returned the hidden Dune Revenant fr!m encrypted space&E
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>earn not to re"ere hu#an things too #uch.
-from A >a#ent for Scytale) b 6eshika Ampre
hunhun and ;anima see the return !f Dune Revenant t! n!n-encrypted space& M!re
than that& Dune Revenant became ancient .rra*is&
4 self-disclosure. They were never apart.
8!#here c!uld she find a system in the sense !f unified structures' !r a plan that #!uld
pr!tect the #ea* !f mind f!rm the !nc!min" perceptual chan"e& his is the very thin" that
the Ones With Many (aces cann!t di"est&
T0et! had has his Duncans' , have my Dunes'E )he r!lled !ver in her #!rm b!dy&
!any )uncans. !any )unes.
.s rapidly as the Ones With Many (aces c!uld e4pand int! ne# universes' )heeana had
be"un the tas* !f !penin" m!re universes #here humanity' !r the Children !f the
,ndividuals' #!uld have a pr!bable e4istence&
er 1ew *aths are but opened roads to the future of what began as humanity.
here #ere certain necessities that came #ith ensurin" the future& he all!#ance f!r (ish
)pea*er )ch!!ls had been !ne !f her c!ntributi!ns' but it came #ith different prices& ,n
ev!lvin" humanity' everythin" became an !pti!n& :verythin" a p!ssibility& %er "ift #as
ensurin" that there #as a reality f!r each permutati!n& ,n d!in" this' she cl!sed !ff a
subset !f realities #here the Ones With Many (aces #ere n! l!n"er present' and in s!me
!thers' #ere subsumed themselves&
TWe have many visit!rs a#aitin" this m!ment&E ,t #as ;anima a"ain' fr!m her unusual
#a*in" )pice Dream&
TMany visit!rs9 , d!nFt understand&E Duinain held her cl!se the #h!le time&
#omforting her and comforting myself.
When ;anima did n!t resp!nd' )heeana ans#ered f!r her& T)he spea*s !f the ships in
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!rbit ar!und this #!rld& 6y n!#' the encrypti!n pin safe "uarded by the ,4ian r!yalty f!r a
th!usand years' has fallen int! the hands !f the Master (ace Dancers& hey are returnin"
us fr!m n!n-encrypted space' li*e a thin" fr!m the past& What they d! n!t *n!# is that #e
are e4pectin" this Returnin"&E
With the Returnin" !f the Dune Revenant came a s!rt !f healin" !f hist!ry& ;eshi*a #as
there #ith them' as #as 8r!& ;anima had emer"ed fr!m her trance' as had thin"s
n!rmali1ed f!r ;eshi*a& hunhun had a l!!* !f h!rr!r&
)heeana eased his mind T.ll part !f my plan&E
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Gi"en enough ti#e for the generations to e"ol"e$ the pre!ator
pro!uces particular sur"i"al a!aptations in its prey hich$ through
the curricular operation of fee!%ack$ pro!uce changes in the
pre!ator hich again change the prey 3 etceteras$ etceteras$
etceteras... *any poerful forces !o the sa#e thing. @ou can count
religion a#oung such forces.
-.eto II7s 8ournals
he tas*in" !f 7aul by )heeana is #hat she called it& here #!uld be n! 2ihad& here
#!uld be n! rev!luti!n& 8!t 2ust yet at least& )heeana #as still in the early sta"es !f her
transf!rmati!n' and she #!uld meet #ith the "h!la-MuadFDib t! discuss the #ay thin"s
had been' and the #hy thin"s are' and the #ay thin"s #ill be&
T,t t!!* y!ur s!n ab!ut fifteen hundred years t! establish the $!lden 7ath& My plan #ill
!nly ta*e !ne th!usand&E
7aul' #h! #as already bein" called the ."ain MuadFDib' *ne# he c!uld never c!mpletely
understand her p!int !f vie#&
5Death f!r s!me #ill be preferred t! life' by th!se #h! try t! h!ld fast t! the !ld #ays&5
he Ones With Many (aces had !ne limitati!n' they ar!se fr!m every human thin"&
!ade in our image.
,n the th!usand th!usand years !f !ur hist!ry that they emer"ed fr!m' they #ere m!re
b!und t! this universe' this multiverse' as the perfected they ties #ith its nature&
1ow nature itself changes, and they are as lost children thrown into a tantrum.
,ma"inati!n understands in #ays f!rei"n t! reas!n&
T;!u #ill have visi!ns 7aul' as #ill Rebecca and Murbella' as #ill Duncan and )cytale&E
)heeanaFs sandtr!ut s*in "listened in the sun& This is simple they #ay thin"s #ill be&E
MuadFDib had been m!nths trainin" f!r the )pice Dreamin"& ,n that time several !ther
sister had be"an the transf!rmati!n t! )and#!rm& Maia #as beside him #hen he had his
brea*thr!u"h&
T, thin* , can share this e4perience #ith y!u&E MuadFDib sp!*e t! Maia and as*ed t! c!me
near& )he #as c!vered in the little ma*ers' #h! #ere 2ust sh!#in" the si"ns !f hardenin"
n!#' s! that she l!!*ed li*e a human shaped insect #h!se arm!r' still translucent #as
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be"innin" t! f!rm&
TWhat is it that y!u #!uld li*e t! share&E MaiaFs v!ice #as als! sh!#in" the si"ns !f the
transf!rmati!n' it #as a t!ne deeper' #ith a sli"ht "ravelly s!und&
T,ts s!methin" very !ld& ,ts s!methin" , 2ust f!und& , 2ust made real&E MuadFDib #as
t!uchin" her n!#' as they slipped int! the dream<
T50 A+.4)@+5A .F T50 50)*&T
The smell was the first thing, it brought the visions of my 3remen, with their
children and their blue in blue eyes. 3or then was the time that humanity first
knew of the spice, and I was the first to partake in the being of &hai-ulud. I, who
know the motions of time as the desert knows the passage of time.
4t the infernal mouth of &hai-ulud I stood, and I took of the spice melange that
was from his hot breath and this is what came to pass. That this is known to any at
all is due to the spice dream. 3or these words were first written not on paper with
ink, nor in lines in the sand I but etched onto the co-consciousness that emerged
timeless between human and worm. In this the first spice-trance, these words
were written upon eternity, upon the very storms of time itself, by the mystery of
melange and &hai-ulud.
The taste was the second thing, out past its bitter, sweet, and nutmeg@4ll the
senses were as one single sense, tasting. 4ll the sounds were taste, as were the
sight and the touch. This is the nature of the melange of the senses.
There I passed with &hai-ulud, but I was not harmed. 3or it came to pass that
such things were no longer able to occur in the same way as they had in the
desert. 3or many things became foreshortened, while others e(tended a hundred
fold. 4nd things turned at e(act but unspecified angles. 4nd I could see with both
eyes. 4nd the sands both fell and rose in the glass.
'hat happened third and onward, as numeration lost meaning at this point, to the
degree of the infinite was a collusion of space and time and mind and things as
yet unknown and things still now unknowable.
Things past were present, and places far were near. &till things now never were,
and the here was gone. 4 Doice had been spoken, and was yet to be spoken, and
was audible to my ear. 4nd human was with sandworm, and sandworm was with
human.
T,t is #!nderful&E Maia n!ted as she held MuadFDib cl!se&
T, #as the !ri"in&E
6ut Maia *ne# that he #as !nly a step&
)!!n !ther sisters #!uld be"in there transf!rmati!ns& .nd MuadFDib #!uld all!# his
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"h!la-(remen t! mature and ev!lve sl!#ly& .nd the leila4u #!uld have their r!les& .nd
centuries #!uld pass& .nd the cult !f )iaFaba #!uld fl!urish& .nd the spice #!uld n!
l!n"er h!ld s#ay !ver the future as it had the past& .nd every hundred years !r s!'
elements fr!m Dune Revenant #!uld emer"e fr!m the c!ncealment !f ,4ian encrypted
space' da#nin" int! ne# a"es !f the future !f humanity& he Returnin"& he ,nte"rati!n&
6ut s!me thin"s #!uld be *ept !n Dune Revenant until the day it #as returned fr!m the
8!-)pace& .nd these thin"s #ere the 8e# 7aths&
The future of us all.
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Dune Revenant: Chapter IA
*ay Go! place us a#oung those ho %ring together the to
perfections? An! if he shoul! !epri"e us of %ringing the# together$
#ay 5e place us a#oung the people of kin!ness an! generosity.
-Ancient islamiat scripture
Marty and Daniel tal*ed ab!ut everythin" that had "!ne !n !ver tea& hey #anted t! tell it
fr!m their p!int !f vie#&
Marty br!u"ht the tea servin" t! the table' #here Daniel #as already sittin"& 5, 2ust d!n+t
li*e them callin" us Master (ace Dancers&5
5Well' ima"ine havin" t! "! thr!u"h life bein" called the Ones With Many (aces&5 hey
b!th lau"hed&
Daniel p!ured t#! cups !f tea' and added a splash !f mil* t! Marty+s&
5hey #ill never be happy' n!t #ith every!ne bein" a "h!la&5
5, d!n+t *n!# ab!ut that& 0!!* #here #e came fr!m&5
5Oh& ;!u 2ust li*e t! disa"ree #ith everythin" , say&5
Marty planned t! #rite it all d!#n s!me day' the #h!le st!ry& .ll that stuff ab!ut the 6ene
$esserit' and the %!n!red Matres' and n!# the (ish )pea*er )ch!!ls&
5hey+re li*e their children'5 Daniel said' p!urin" Marty an!ther cup !f tea&
5Wh! are li*e their children&5 Marty sipped the tea and placed the cup bac* int! his saucer&
5;!u mean Duncan and Murbella+s children95
58!' the (ish )pea*ers' they+re the children !f all !f them& 6ene $esserit ' 6ene leila4'
even the ,4ians&5
Marty l!ved t! pic* !n Daniel= 58e4t y!u+ll be tellin" me that the )and#!rms are their
children t!!&5
5Wh!se children9 5
58ever mind& ;!u *n!# they 2ust c!uldn+t see the #h!le picture&5
Daniel finished the last sip !f tea& 5;!u mean the %!n!red Matres& D!n+t #!rry' Murbella
fi4ed that f!r all !f them&5
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5hem t!!& 6ut , #as tal*in" ab!ut the Ones With Many (aces&5
5)!meday they+ll find the 8e# 7aths& 6ut f!r n!#' they+ll 2ust have t! #ait&5
5, supp!se s!&5 Marty put an empty teacup int! its saucer& 5Where #!uld y!u li*e t! "! f!r
a #al* t!day' dear&5
5)! many 8e# 7aths , haven+t seen yet& Why d!n+t #e 2ust start #al*in" and see #here
that ta*es us&5
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Dune Revenant: Chapter I2

The 'uncans so#eti#es ask if & un!erstan! the e/otic i!eas of our
past: An! if & un!erstan! the#$ hy can1t & e/plain the#:
Knole!ge$ the 'uncans %elie"e$ resi!es only in particulars. & try to
tell the# that all the or!s are plastic. 7or! i#ages %egin to !istort
in the instant of utterance. &!eas i#%e!!e! in a language require that
particular language for e/pression. This is the "ery e/pression of the
#eaning of the or! e/otic. See ho it %egins to !istort: Translation
squir#s in the presence of the e/otic. The Galach$ hich & speak
here$ i#poses itself. &t is an outsi!e fra#e of reference$ a particular
syste#. 'angers lurk in all syste#s. Syste#s incorporate the
une/a#ine! %eliefs of their creators. A!opt a syste#$ accept its
%eliefs$ an! you help strengthen the resistance to change. 'oes it
ser"e any purpose for #e to tell the 'uncan that there are no
languages for so#e things: Ahhh? 6ut the 'uncans %elie"e that all
languages are #ine.
-.eto II7s 8ournals&
he aftermath !f the battle #as decisive& .nd timed #ith events !f c!smic si"nificance&
he Ones With Many (aces #ithdre# fr!m c!mbat& Only later #!uld their retreat be seen
t! c!incide #ith the return !f the Dune Revenant fr!m the #isps !f n!-space&
he #!rld instantly became a place !f pil"rima"e& . cult !f )iaFaba #as let l!!se !n the
#!rlds !f several universes& (!r ancient .rra*is #as als! reb!rn' n!t as inhabited by
"h!la-(remen as #as Dune Revenant& (!r if the Dune Revenant return li*e s!me "h!st !f
.thens' #ith its ne# "!lden a"e ready t! transf!rm the universe' .ncient .rra*is #as the
Oracle' that #!uld be the place !f cleansin"' the #ind!# t! the ,nte"rati!n' and the "ate t!
the %all !f Mirr!rs that #as the 8e# 7aths&
.nd far fr!m all this' but much in tune #ith its rhythms' came the birth !f Duncan and
Murbella+s children&
Murbella smiled at Duncan' T;!u *n!#' there is an ancient the!ry !f +.nimal "ravitati!n+ t!
e4plain se4uality& One c!uld say that #e b!th had been imprinted t! the !ther& , prefer t!
thin* that !ur mutual addicti!n had al#ays been there' as s!rt !f truth&E
Duncan smiled& ime passed& he t#in children !f Duncan ,dah! and Murbella #ere b!rn
s!!n after that decisive battle& he family had settled n!#' !n Ouadra& hey passed the
time #ith there children' !utside !f the affairs !f a universe "!ne mad&
T.lia #asnFt an ab!minati!n after all'E Murbella sp!*e this t! Duncan
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TWhat d! y!u mean&E Duncan as*ed&
T,Fm n!t 3uite sure' ,Fm #!r*in" !n a piece !f drama' a tra"edy actually' #here ,Fll tell the
#!rld #hat , thin*E
hey p!ssessed s!methin" !f DuncanFs !racular abilities he had ac3uired after many
lifetimes' as #ell as the melan"e !f t#! sisterh!!ds that their m!ther had been able t!
inte"rate #ithin herself' #ith her lifetime& hey #ere but the first !f children that #ere t!
c!me&
T, have t! admit' there is s!methin" ab!ut inte"ratin" #ith th!se pe!ple fr!m the )catterin"
that #!rries me&E Duncan held !ne !f the t#! children&
They are n! l!n"er the pe!ple !f the )catterin"' they are the pe!ple !f the Returnin"&
Once y!u "et that strai"ht y!u sh!uld have an easier time at acceptin" this chan"e&E
Murbella held !ne !f the t#! children as she sp!*e&
Duncan c!uld feel )heeanaFs presence' alth!u"h she #as bey!nd the space that he n!#
e4isted' !n the !ther side !f the ,4ian barrier' 2ust be"innin" her th!usand year v!ya"e !f
inte"rati!n&
T(r!m #hat y!uFve t!ld me' )heeana is the !ne #h! is inte"ratin"' ima"ine the tas* !f
brin" t!"ether humans' "h!las' and the sand#!rms themselves& Our #!r* l!!*s li*e childFs
play by c!mparis!n&E
This is c!min" fr!m the #!man #h! sits at the head !f t#! rival sisterh!!ds&E
T8!t rivals f!r much l!n"er& hese t#! have already inspired me in that stru""le&E
Duncan and MurbellaFs dau"hters #!uld "r!#n t! adulth!!d' and the c!ncept !f (ish
)pea*er )ch!!l #!uld be handed d!#n t! their children& 6ut n!t !nly here' f!r )heeana
#!uld be seedin" the same fr!m acr!ss her hidden planet' sl!#ly revealin" ne# secrets !f
the 8e# 7aths t! the universe' #ritin" the hist!ry in the dreams !f her sisterFs #h! had
shared her sand#!rm transf!rmati!n&
Duncan reflected !n his many lives' and sa# the truth in all the cha!s&
'hat was it that &heeana always said.
G The possibilities are endless.8
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Dune Revenant: Chapter II
So#eone ask #e a question. A ne "oice$ "ery ol!. 5e quotes an
e"en #ore ancient "oice$ saying
( 1So long as one alays lays the %la#e on others one still %elongs
to the #o%$ hen one alays assu#es responsi%ility oneself one is
on the path of is!o#A %ut the ise #an %la#es no one$ neither
hi#self nor others.1 3 7ho says this:( 5e asks not only #e.
The cro! roars up for a #o#ent an! his "oice fa!es. 6ut & fin! his
"oice again. 5e speaks of one ho as ancient to hi# as he is
ancient to #e.
5e says (&t as hear! %ut forgotten 3 <o$ it as not hear! an!
forgotten8 not e"erything gets forgotten. 6ut there as lacking an
ear for it...(
Again the cro!...un!one. & listen for the forgotten one to fin! an
anser to the question$ %ut instea! & fin! he ho aske!.
('i! he say it into his on ear: 3 @es$ that is ho it is8 7is!o# is
the hispering of the solitary to hi#self in the cro!e!
#arketplace.(
The cro! returns. 5e is gone. & a# in ae of this one thing.
-from The 'indication of St& Alia&
.ncient .rra*is' the Dune Revenant' #as !n its #ay t! bec!min" the Mecca !f the
multiverse& Master (ace Dancers came t! see )iaFaba and her race !f human sand#!rms&
,ndividuals fr!m every (ish )pea*er )ch!!l came !n pil"rima"e t! beh!ld their !ri"in and
their destiny& (ar fr!m here' life c!ntinued !n ,4' inside the n!n-:uclidean f!lds !f the
R!yal C!nstruct&
0ife #ent !n f!r 8r! 7athay' ;eshi*a' ;anima and hunhun&
TDid she ans#er the 3uesti!n'E ;anima as*ed hunhun
TWh!9E
TMurbellaE
Many !f the Master (aces Dancers had revealed themselves as bein" s!& hat they had
been "uidin" the ,4ians& Many !f them feared this thin" that 8r! 7athay had been able t!
d!& he thin" that ;eshi*a #as n!# als! able t! d!&
There is something of the !aster 3ace )ancers in all of the 3ish &peaker &chools.
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.nd alth!u"h this cult !f )iaFaba #as a #ay t! describe s!methin" that #as s#eepin"
acr!ss the universe' )heeana had been effectin" chan"e the #h!le time& %er influence
#as the influence !f Dune Revenant&
here is a principle !f ,nte"ral :c!n!mics that is a very ancient c!ncept& he $ree*s' the
first .treides' had *n!#n !f it as arete&
;eshi*a preferred t! l!!* f!r a ne# term' and it #asnFt techne&
8r! lived t! e4pl!re the #!nder that he had disc!vered& .nd ;eshi*a ruled ,4 durin" a
"reat a"e !f the ,nte"rati!n' at the da#n !f the Unc!ncealin"& .nd ;anima and hunhun
dreamed b!th the past and the future&
One day !n ,4' an artifact #as disc!vered& he e4perts #ere called in t! analy1e this item'
and n! !ne c!uld place it& ,t seemed futuristic as it #as ancient' and defied all attempts at
datin"&
he device c!ntained a messa"e' enc!ded in a techn!l!"y that at !nce seemed ,4ian' and
leila4u& ,ts t!ne #as 6ene $esserit' and its f!rcefulness #as %!n!red Matre& he artifact
itself is the centerpiece !f several ne# sciences and reli"i!ns acr!ss the universe&
.nd the messa"e is n!# *n!#n t! all:
%ne day the 3ish &peaker &chools will evolve. They will turn in different
directions, and the members of these &chools will twist to keep up. 4nd $ust as
the Great ouses gave way to the 4ge of the God Emperor, as the &cattering
gave way to the =eturning and the Integration, so will new ages follow. 4nd the
Cnconcealing, called the )awning by a million million, will follow. +orn out of these
times, the Emerging will follow. Then the most living of ages, called the 'aking
will run its course, till the .uiet reflection characteri0ed by ne(t age, called the
&leeping. 'e send this greeting to you from the last age, our age, that we call the
)reaming. 'e are far different from you, and in some ways we are still the same.
This is our hello. 2ou may think of us as different from you as your human
ancestors. 'e remind you of the gifts you already have? hope, faith, and
imagination. 1ow we bid you farewell, for you will not hear from us again.
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APPENDIX I: Index of Dune Revenant Characters, Schools, and Places.
.
.lia' 2' AA' A2' II' IL' IK' IB' KL' KK' K9' HH' 92' AAB'
A2P' A29
6
6ene $esserit' L' K' H' AH' 20' 22' 2P' 2H' 29' I0' IA'
IK' IB' L0' LI' LL' LB' LP' KL' KK' KB' KH' K9' B0'
90' 9L' A0P' AAA' AAL' A2L' AI0
D
Duncan' L' K' B' P' H' 9' A0' AA' AB' A9' 20' 2I' 2L' 2K'
2B' 2P' 2H' IK' L0' LB' LH' L9' KA' KH' K9' B0' BA'
P2' PI' PL' PK' P9' H0' H2' HI' HL' HP' HH' H9' 90'
9A' 92' 9I' A0A' A02' A0L' A0K' A0B' AAL' AAK' AAB'
A2A' A2L' A2B' A2P
Dune Revenant' 2' 9' AA' AI' AK' AB' AH' 2I' 2L' 29'
II' IH' I9' L0' LA' LI' LL' LK' LH' L9' K2' KI' KL'
KH' B0' B2' BP' P2' PB' PP' P9' H2' HB' 90' 9L' 9P'
A0A' A02' A0L' A0K' A0P' A09' AAA' AAL' AAB' AAP'
AAH' AA9' A20' A2A' A2I' A2L' A2B' A29' AI0
(
(ish )pea*er )ch!!ls' 2' I' L' AA' AI' 2A' 2I' 2L' L9'
K0' BH' 99' AAH' AA9' A2L' AI0
$
$eunira' KB' KP' A0H
$,O.D' AI' AL' AK' 29' IH' L9' K0' KI' BH' AAB
$uerina' A0P' AAK
%
%ayt' I' P' LH' KH' HP' A0A' A02' AAH
%!n!red Matres' L' AH' A9' 2I' IA' IK' IB' L0' KL' KK'
KB' K9' H2' 9L' A0P' AAL' A2L
,
,dah-Mirabla' 2' I' P' AH' IL' LH' K0' BP' AAH
,4' AI' AL' AK' AB' II' IH' I9' LA' LL' L9' KI' BP' BH'
P0' A0A' A02' A29' AI0
/
/itrana' KL' KK' KB' A0P
0
0et!' 2' K' 9' 2L' 2K' 2B' 2P' LL' LK' LB' KA' B0' BA' P9'
H2' HI' 9A' 92' 9P' 9H' A02' A0I' A09' AAI' AA9'
A2A' A2B
0r!lan' K2' B9' P0' 9L' 9K' AAP' AAH
M
Master (ace Dancers' B' AA' AK' AB' AH' 2I' 2L' 2H'
IB' I9' L0' LA' LK' LH' L9' KA' K2' KI' KL' KB' K9'
B0' BA' BH' B9' P0' PI' PB' PP' PH' P9' HB' HP' 9L'
9K' 9B' 99' A02' A0H' AAL' AAP' AAH' A20' A2L' A29'
AI0
Melan"e' A2' 2B' IL' LB' LP' B0' HP' 9P
Muad+Dib' H' AI' AK' 20' 2K' 29' LI' LK' LB' LH' KK' KH'
B2' BK' PB' PP' HI' HL' HB' HH' 9A' 9H' A02' A0I'
A0K' A09' AAI' A2A' A22' A2I
Murbella' P' AA' AH' 2B' I0' II' IK' IB' LL' LK' LB' KA'
KL' KK' KB' KP' B0' HI' HH' 9A' 92' 9I' A0B' A0P'
A0H' AAL' AAK' AAB' A2A' A2L' A2B' A2P' A29
8
8r!
8r! 7athay' AK' AB' IH' I9' L0' LA' L2' K2' BH' B9'
P0' PP' 9L' 9K' 9B' AAP' AAH' A20' A29' AI0
7
7aul
Muad+Dib' K' B' AB' AH' A9' 2A' 2I' 2L' 2K' 2B' 2P'
IA' LK' LH' KA' B0' BK' P2' H2' HI' HL' HK' HH'
90' 9A' 92' 9I' A02' A0I' A0L' A0K' A0B' A09'
A2A
R
Rebecca' 2L' 2P' 29' I0' IA' LL' KK' P2' H2' 90' 9A'
92' A0L' A0K' A0B' A0P' A2A
)
)and#!rm' 9' A0' AB' 20' 29' LK' LB' BA' B2' BI' P2'
H2' 9A' 9H' A09' A22' A2P
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)cytale' H' AB' AH' A9' 20' 2A' 22' 2B' 2H' IA' IB' L0'
LK' KA' KH' K9' B0' BA' B2' BK' P2' PI' PL' PK' P9'
H0' HA' H2' HI' HL' AA2' AAP' AAH' AA9' A2A
)hai-%ulud' AA' LK' B2' BI' BL' P2' H2' HB' 9H' 99'
AA0' AAA' AA2' A22
)%.,.,8' P2
)heeana
)ia+aba' K' B' P' H' 9' A0' AA' AK' AB' 20' 2L' 2K' 2B'
2P' 2H' 29' I0' IA' IB' IH' I9' L0' LI' LL' LK'
LB' LP' L9' KA' KK' KH' K9' B0' B2' BI' BL' BK'
BH' B9' P0' PB' PP' PH' P9' H0' H2' HI' HB' H9'
90' 9A' 92' 9P' 9H' 99' A00' A02' A09' AAA' AA2'
AAI' AA9' A20' A2A' A2P' AI0
)pice Dream' L' B' P' A0' AA' 2A' IK' IB' IP' K0' K2'
PB' PH' HH' H9' A02' AA9

e"' K' B' 9' 2A' 2I' 2B' 2P' 2H' I0' IA' LK' KA' KL' KH'
K9' B0' BA' P2' PI' PL' PK' PP' H2' HI' HL' HK' 9A'
92' A0L' AAL
he Ones With Many (aces' AK' AH' IH' I9' LA' KA'
K2' H0' 9P' 99' A00' A0B' A2A' A2B
hunhun' 2' I' L' K' B' P' A0' AA' AH' A9' 2A' 22' 2I'
2L' II' IP' LH' L9' K0' K2' KI' BP' BH' B9' P0' PB'
PP' PH' HB' HP' HH' H9' A0A' A02' A0I' AAA' AA2'
AA9' A20' A29' AI0
leila4u' L' B' P' H' AL' AH' A9' 20' 2A' 22' 2H' IA' IB'
IH' L0' LI' LK' LP' KA' KH' K9' B2' BI' BL' BK' BP'
BH' B9' PL' P9' H0' HI' HL' 90' 9A' A0P' A09' AA2'
A2I' AI0
;
;anima' L' B' P' AA' AI' AB' AH' A9' 2A' 22' 2I' 2L' II'
IL' IK' IB' IP' LH' K0' K2' KI' KL' BP' BH' B9' P0'
PB' PP' PH' HB' HP' HH' H9' A0A' A02' A0I' AAA' AA2'
AAB' AA9' A20' A29' AI0
Yeshika, 13, 14, 15, 16, 33, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 48, 49, 50,
67, 68, 69, 70, 77, 94, 95, 96, 103, 116, 117, 118, 119,
120, 129, 130, 134

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APPENDIX II: List of Dune Revenant ters.
Akrab
Alam
Alcius
Alia
Alia's
Almek
Maia
Ampre
Amyn
Arafel
Arakkis
Arda
Arrakis
Asymulant
Atlelell
Atman
Atreides
Bashar
Beauropalace
Bene
Blaise
Bulterian
CHOAM
Caladan
Canopus
Chani-Tej
Chapterhouse
Chasuba
Chiani
Corrino
Dare
Duncan
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!drich
!drichs
!"o
#ibbonacci
#remen
$%OAD
$ahnima
$alach
$ammu
$esserit
$eunira
$eunira's
$hanima
$iedi
$om
$uerina
$uildsman
$uildsmen
$uldur
Haderach
Hallac
Harayra
Harkon-Mohia
Harkonnen
Har&
Hayt
Hayt-'cytl
Hilia
Hol(tman
Hi
%dah
%dah-Mirabla
%dah)
%mperitor
%sha
%slami(t
%*
%*ian
+abbar
+ytho
,atib
,itara
,itrana
,ull
,itsat(
,yne's
,ynes
-',atib
-aeona
-ampadas
-eto
-iet
-rolan
Mahadi
Mastif
Matres
Mentat
Mentats
Meta
Metanormalities
Mithal
Mohiam
Muad'Dib
Murbella
Mytho-$eneticism
.ahual
.a(ca
.eoTleila*u
.oree
.oree-Ampre
.oship
.ro
.uahul
Odrade
Ori/inary
Ouadra
0athay
0urusha
1akis
1ichese
1ichesean
'andorms
'ayal
'cytale
'eitch
'hai-Hulud
'haitain
'heeana
'hokran
'ia'aba
'ihaya
'iona
'ociotemprint
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'anu/yu
'ynthspice
Tabr
Taltios
Techne
Te/
Te/'s
Tej
Thermopylae
Thrynthl
Thunhun
Tleila*
Tleila*u
2nconcealin/
2sal
3ahad
3ai
4iatl
5anima
5anima's
5eshika
5eshika's
5eshikas
6ensunni
abonminationism
al'%dah-Mirabla
al',itab
alphaline
amoun/
anthropomorpho/enesis
ara&
attractor
a*lotl
backbreedin/
bashars
basso
biolo/ism
biomatter
biomechanics
biospectral
causated
chairdo/
consesorium
crystknife
cybimech
dal
datafeed
datasend
decimillenia
deja
demicycles
diamonite
dumbed
dustind
eldritch
enroute
e*cel/ro
e*cellerated
e*e(iant
e*oskin
filmbook
foldspace
futars
/aib
/endered
/enepool
/hola
/hola's
/holas
/lasteel
/lo/lobe
/nostic
/ra"ities
/reys
handscreen
hei/hli/hter
herm
herm's
holo
holocar"in/
homeorld
hyperkinetic
hyperreal
hyperspace
hyperspacial
hyperstructures
ibn
imperator
interpersona
islamiat
kathir
lifeforms
madra
mah
matre
muliti"es
multicreature
multicreatures
multili"e
multili"ed
multi"erse
neuro
noship's
nullentropy
nullpoint
offorld
ornithopter
outloud
perfections
plasa/uns
plasmarifles
playfem's
pla(
poerdrains
poindah
prana
prana-bindu
proto
&uickener
replicators
respoke
rhythmless
ridulian
sandtrout
sandinds
sandorm
sandorms
sceneum
seitch
shaitain's
shapeshifted
shapeshifters
shapeshiftin/
sietch
sietches
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sietchs
sisterate
slinked
spacefold
spacefoldin/
spicetanks
stillsuit
stillsuits
stoas
surpressed
sur"ancy
sordsmaster
symbioorium
synthskin
techno
temprints
thine
thro
timestreams
toolset
unthou/ht
"idbook
ahid
aterstill
hirlpooled
indtraps
ispin/
orlders
*enocultural
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