Paul Atreides (later known as Paul Muad'Dib) is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. He is the son of Duke Leto Atreides. Later he becomes the leader of the Fremen, and upon defeating baron Vladimir Harkonnen, he becomes the Emperor.
The Landsraad is a fictional organization in Frank Herbert's Dune universe. It serves as the parliament of the Imperium. The Landsraad represents the unification of all the ruling families, known as Houses, as a counterbalance to the individual power of the Emperor.
The Butlerian Jihad is an event in the back-story of Frank Herbert's fictional Dune universe. Occurring over 10,000 years before the events chronicled in his 1965 novel Dune, this jihad leads to the outlawing of "thinking machines", a collective term for computers and artificial intelligence of any ...
The Sardaukar are a fictional fanatical army from Frank Herbert's Dune universe. They are an elite military force controlled by the Padishah Emperor during the Corrino Empire. The Sardaukar are renowned and feared throughout the Known Universe for their fanatical fighting abilities, and used ...
The sandworm is a fictional form of desert-dwelling creature from the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. Sandworms, enormous creatures with an indefinite lifespan, live under the sand and emerge when attracted by vibrations from the surface. The worm would devour the origin of the vibrations, ...
A mentat is a profession or discipline in Frank Herbert's fictional Dune universe. Mentats are humans trained to mimic computers: human minds developed to staggering heights of cognitive and analytical ability. Mentats serve as the replacement for the computers, or "the thinking machines", which ...
The Bene Gesserit are a key social, religious, and political force in Frank Herbert's science fiction Dune universe. The group is described as an exclusive sisterhood whose members train their bodies and minds through years of physical and mental conditioning to obtain superhuman powers and ...
Imperial House Corrino is a fictional noble family from the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. The Corrinos come to power after humanity's victory against the thinking machines at the Battle of Corrin (from which they take their name) and rule until deposed by Paul Atreides approximately ...
