Dune

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Cruling out from out of a rocky ledge, Iedos looks out across the desert plans. Seeing the sand move withe wind. "Shai-Hulad! Why have you punished me?"
Iedos colapsed onto his knees. This young man was born of noble blood of the great house Harkonnen, his mother was a Freman. This man had the kindness of the Freman, and he had the temper of a Harkonnen.
His father, Rashan Harkonnen had captrude a couple Fremen women, to which he used for his own pleasure. Iedos was the outcomme of such pleasure, and because of his Fremen side, he was tossed aside by the Harkonnens. Made out as a freak by his own father. Ieos went to the desert planet, the home of the Fremen, the only planet in the Imperium with the Spice. The planet was Arrakis, also knwen as Dune.
The Fremen banished Iedos when they learnet of his Harkonnen blood. The Fremen hated the Harkonnens for good reasons to, but to Iedos, there was no reason good enough to be punished like this. Being left ut in the burning desert, with only a Stil-suit, even that wasn't enough to help him reach a Village. Crossing the sands this far south was sucide. With the huge Sandworms waiting to attack anything that moves on the serfice.
Iedos, being out cast not only by the Harkonnens, but also by the Fremen. Having no where to go, and nothing todo, Iedos made his way down the Cliff, and walked out to the desert. Fulling to his knees and raising his arms up to the sun., he yells out: "Shai-Hulad! Take me!"
Then there was a moment of silance, only the gosh of the winds could be heard. Suddenly, the ground started to shake, and a rumble could be heard, coming closer, and closer to Iedos. "Here it comes!" He thinks to him self. Standing up, he watches the shifting send as the Sandworm comes closer. With a loud roar, the sands split apart and a big mouth of a Sandworm comes out of the ground.
Looking at the Sandworm, Iedos swollows hard. "Maker! Here I am!" he yells out at the Sandworm as it comes closer with speed.
With out warning, a woman grabs Iedos from behinde and drags him into a flying craft. The flapping wings move faster, and the craft lefts of the ground leaving a huge Sandworm on the ground. Iedos watches out the window of the craft as the Sandworm dives into the sand.
"What in names where you doing down there? Trying to killl yourself?!" The woman asks with a slight touch of angue in her voice.

Iedos, sitting back, he looks at the woman. She is hiding her face away in that robe, so Iedos couldn't see her face. "What is it to you?" What do you care of what happens to a freak. Look ladie, I don't even know who you are. I would thank you for saving my life, but you didn't do me any favours."

"What do I car?" She asks as she puts her hands on the top of the robe covering her face. "Since when was it a crime for a muther to worry about her son?" She spoke as she pulled down the robe, letting her face be seen.

"Mother? Who could this be? I thought the Harkonnens had killed you?" Iedos asks in confusion. "I was outcast by the Harkonnens, then by thre Frem.........." He was stoped in midsentice by his mother.

"Iedos, I know about all of what happend." Looking into her son's red eyes, she continues. "I thought your eyes would be Blue, like the Fremen, instead they glow red." Looking away from her son. "It must be the Harkonnen blood." Looking out the window, she starts to talk again. "After you were born, your father shiped us of to some prison. He sent me to prison for having his child. Anyways, you grow up and affter your 12 birthday your father came and toke me away with him. He put my on his Frigate, and sent me to some backwater planet on the edge of the Imperium. It would have cost him greatly to get a Guild Highliner to go out so far. Ever since, I have found ways to keepp an eye on you, waiting to go back and get you. But I could not go back to the planet Gedi Prime. So when I heard of your father sending you to Dune, I knew that was what I was waiting for."

Looking at his mother, he speaks. "My eyes started to glow red, and then my father started beating me, he even got his Mantat to watch. It was the eyes what sent him over the edge. As I grow older, my eyes started to glow even more. Then I started to object to how he treaited the slaves. That's when he bansed me to Dune." Looking away from his mother to hide a tear in his eye, he went on. "I found my way to a Fremen Shitch, they accepted me, untill I told them of my father. Then they to kicked me out. That' is how I came to be where I was when you found me."

 

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Iedos

Whiping the tears from his eyes, he looks out the window as he asks. "Mother, where is this air craft taking us?"

His mother, Xorn looked over at her son with a puzziled look. "You have lived with the Fremen on Dune for years now, and you don't know the name of this craft? We are in a Onithopter, Oni for short. We are going to a small village on the way to a spaceport at Arriakin."
Shifting her eyes over her son, looking at how much he has growen. He is tall, taller then any other man she has seen. He has a small build, weak. "Must be from his father not letting him, though I would have thought being with the Fremen would have made his stronger." She thought to herself. Looking at his eyes, his glowing eyes.
The eyes of Fremen glow blue from being with the spice. "But why would Ieddos eyes glow red, and not blue like other Fremen? And why did his eyes start glowing on Gedi Prime, where there was no spice?" She thought to herself
Speaking out louder, so Iedos could hear her. "Son, when did your eyes start glowing red?"

Looking over at his mother, he answers. "It was around a year after I was brought back to the palace from the prison on Gedi Prime. No one had any ideas. Father just banished me and set me to Dune not long after."

"Were you around any spice when your eyes started the change?" She asked Iedos, trying to figure out why his eyes started changing.

"Spice an not grow on Gedi Prime mother. You should know that." Looking out of the window and looking down, he can see vast spice fields with Havesters around mining the space. "Although," Sitting back in his chair. "I did find a hidden stash of Spice in the Palace, I assumed it was how the Harkonnens could pay the Guild to travil for them."

 

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Xorn

Looking straight at her sons eyes, suddenly it made sense. Finding the stash of spice on Gedi Prime would have been the reason for his eyes to change. But even one small moment with the spice wouldn't had made his eyes glow so bright.
"Maybe Iedos had spent more time with the spice. Just long enough to make the glow noticeable. Hmm yes, that would explain it." Xorn thought to herself.
"Iedos, how much time did you spend with the spice? If you were around the spice long enough, it would start to have a effect on you. Make your eyes glow, even just a little on Gedi Prime. Enough for your father to see, and once on Dune, you would have been around spice all the time."

 

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Iedos

"I was around the hidden spice on Gedi Prim a lot." Leaning over and watching the villige come into veiw. "The smell of the spice is so addictive, and it tasts so nice, I couldn't help my self." I used to sneak in and make my own spice beer and such. Then one day I looked into a mirror and there was a slight redish glow in my eyes. I had no idea at the time that the spice was the reason, so I didn't stop going to the hiddin spice. Father never noticed any was missing. There was so much there." Watching as the Onithopter moved between building as it came closer to the landing pad. He suddenly looked at his mother. "Why do my eyes glow red and not blue like the other Fremen?"

 

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Xorn

"I have no idea why your eyes are red and not blue. But, I do know some one who may be able to find out. She is a Ixian scientist, Lorna, she left Ix to continue her studys else where. I met heron the planet your father sent me to, Flakoid. A strage ame for a planet... At any rate, she and I meet one day, and I being the first real Fremen she meet, she was fasinated by my eyes, and she studyed them. We became good friends, and when I found out that you were being shipped to Dune, I had to come and get you. I had no way of getting there, and could not aford a trip to Dune. Lorna payed for my trip and evrything I needed to find you." She explained as the Onithopter landed.
Opening the side door, she put her robe back over her head and climbed out of the Onithopter as its wings slowly stoped flapping and folding up. She looked back into the Onithopter at her son. "Come my son, we need to get you cleaned up."

 

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Iedos

Iedos climbed out of the Onithopter, looking back at the air craft. It was like a long egg shaped body, with a tail going back, withe the wings up at the top of it up the back before the tail starts. "I have not seen a Onithopter before. I only heard of them. I mostly traviled in a sand-buggy to go places. I did expect antor way of transport because the other Fremen could make huge trips wsith out a Sand-buggy, and there was no Onithopters around."
Turning back to look at his mother. "Where are we going now?"

 

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Xorn

"The Onithopter is a strange type of air craft. Because of the sand and spice being blowen into the air by the wind, the sand or spice can demage the hover engines of other air craft. The Onithopter, Oni for short is custom made for Dune. The wings flap just like a bird, this gives the Oni it's lift and thrust. If you wish, you can learn more about the designs of the Oni, but at another time. We don't have the time at the moment."

"We are going to a Hotal room, where you will clean yourself up, eat, and get some rest." Xorn says as she leads the way. "We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow." Looking back at Iedos. "I have booked us a trip on a Guild Highliner. It will take us to Flakiod, our new home." Looking back to see where she is walking. "Do not worrie yourself my son, everything well be ok."

 

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Rashan Harkonnen

Rashan, got up of his bed, looking back down at the naked form before him. Rashan remembered the previews night, where him, and this slave had along night of sex. Puting on his robe, he opens up the door to his room.. "Gaurd, take that slave back to her room with the other whores!" He orders a gaurd outside his room.
Looking at another gaurd, he pulls out his arm, and with one powerful moment, he swings his arm hitting the gaurd, which throws him back a couple feet into the wall. "How dare you look at me like that! I should ripe out your heart plug and drink you blood where you stand. You are lucky I have a party to go to on Kaitain. Or I would have your blood! Now, get back in position! Another stuff up on your point and you would wish I use you for another sex slave, to have done what I have planed!"
Moving down the hall way heading away from his room, heading towards the dinning room. Rashan, looks over to his left, and sees his Mantat approching from a corner. "Mantat! I demand you find new gaurds to protect my room! Even a Atreides scum could sneak past those idiots. Fail me, and I shall have you as well!"
Continue walking down the hall, Rashan looks out the window at the black and redesh sky. "Nothing better to waking up and seeing a clear polution sky." Inhealing deeply, he continues. "Smell that Filer? The sweet smell of Toxic waste. This morning I leave for Kaitain. The Emperor is having a party for somethikng... I do not like it, I want my Elite gaurd with me at all times. As for you, you are coming as well." Walking into the dinning room, Rashan turns to his left and looks at Filer, he says. "What is it Mantat!? Why aren't you getting ready for the jurney? We do not have time to waste."

 

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Filer

Looking up at the tall man infront of him, he says. "My Lord Baron, I have recieved some strange information from our spies on Arrakis. It appears that a young man, with red glowing eyes has borded a Guild Highliner, and is heading towards one of the planets on the outskirts of the Imperium. It looks as your son is not as dumb as you thought." Looking over Rashan's body, smelling the sent of blood on him. He thinks to himself: "Ah, it appears Rashan had another night of wild sex with one of his whores. I wish it was I he was beating as he had his way with my body." The small man, Filer, couldn't help smiling in his mind to his wickerd thoughts.
"My Lord, a trip such as that would be very expensive. I doubt he could have payed it without help. Even with the Fremen he could not afford it. He must be getting outside help, or sneaked on borad. Which ever way it is, we should keep a close eye on the boy."

 

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Rashan Harkonnen

Hearing that his son was alive sent a rush of angue through out Rashan. He span around and hit the brick wall with such force that was not normal. Filer, jumped back, fearing Rashan would kill him for deleaving such news.

"Damn it! Why can't that freak just die!?" Looking over his shoulder at Filer. "You remember the shame of his presents. He was so, like an Atreides, so kind, so nice, it makes me sick to my stomch!" Looking down at his hand, all red and sore from hitting the wall. He had skinned his nucles when he hit the wall. "Why did that Fremen have to full pragnant? Damn bitch! I was the laughing stoke in the Landsraad over that. If they knew my son was a freak, the Harkonnens would be the laughing stoke fo years to come! We are the great House Harkonnen, we should rule the Imperium, not be the laughing stoke."

Turning around, facing Filer, Rashan pout his hands on Filer's shoulders. "Filer, I demand to know where that boy is going, and which House is controls it. I will present my decision in the next meeting of the Lsandsraad. We will go to war with the House which controls the planet my son goes to. There is only one way to do a way with him now. That is total destrucation of the planet he is on."
Taking his arms of Filer, and turning to walk to the dinner table. "I want you to start to get the information together before we head off to Kaitain." Taking a seat, Rashan bangs the table and yells: "Where is my breakfast!?"

 

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Filer

"Yes my Lord Baron, I shall start straight away my lord." Filer bows, then turns and walks towards the main hall. Filer, the small dwaf size man looks back over owards Boran Rashan. "If my plans work, my dear Baron, you and I will rule the Imperium together." He thinks to himself as he looks over Rashan's body.

"although, declaring war on another House isn't a smart movie. The Landsraad will not premit such a thing to go on, not with out good reason. The Houses of the Landsraad will join and destroy House Harkonnen, if we are not careful about this." Filer thinks to himself.
"Although, getting our spies to kill the boy is a much better idea. The boy, Iedos does look somewhat like his father. If he was older, then I would have our troops bring him back here to be my whore. The baron would not like that. At any rate, I will have the Baron, and after that, I will be able to rule House Harkonnen. Hmm, yes."

 

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Emperor Elrood Corrino

At 54 years old, the emperor, Elrood looked no more then 30. Thanks to Spice beer; the Emperor had started drinking spice beer since he was 17. Because of the spice, any one who would drink enough of it, and keep drinking it like Elrood, you would live longer, if your body was kept in good health. The Spice, was the center of everything, the Imperium revolved around the spice, with out the spice, the Guild Navigator's could not guid their huge space crafts, Highliners across space. With out the Guild, there would be no space travil, and with out that, no one could rule the Imperium; which includes over a thousend wolds.
The Imperium was made up of many diffrent Houses, all the Houses made up the Landsraad. The greatest House of the Landsraad would rule th knowen universe. The Landsraad would hold meetings on the imperial planet, Kaitain. Everything was handled in it, each House would be able to have there say, and often the Landsraad meeting could last days.
House Corrino was the greatest House as this time, ruled by Emperor Elrood Corino. Elrro wasn't a tall man, with 84 years old he was in great health, but he was weak, he could still lead the House and the Imperium, but that was about all he could do.

Sitting on his Thron, Elrood looked over to his Adviser. "Is the preperaions under way? I do not want this to fail. I have been aware of House harkonnen's pans to over take the thron, and we must stop them." Hitting the arm of his chair, like a childish punch on the chair.

"Yes sire, House Harkonnen have no idea what is planned, sire." Looking over his shoulder to his right, he spots a woman in the shadows. "Who goes there!?" With out waiting for an anser. "Gaurds! Stop that woman, bring her to me." Looking over, and watching the Sardaukar drag the woman out of the shadows. It was one of the younger Concubine's of the emperor. "What do you think your doing sneaking in here?" Turning back to look at Elrood, the Adviser says: "Sire, I suggest we do away with this young ladie. She heared our conversation. She could warn Hou...." He was stoped before he could finish.

"No!" Beemed old Elrood, she is my favorite Concubine, no one will tuch her." Looking at the Sardaukar, Elrood yells. "Get your hands off her you fools!" Looking back at his adviser. Let her go back to her room with the other Concubines.” Looking over at the young Concubine, Kai. Elrood watches as she leaves the room. “I will deal with her later, but now. I want you to go and moniter the arrival of the leaders of the Houses, and make sure they all like their stay. Oh and make sure Baron Harkonnen is here.” The emperor stands up and slowly walks over to the exit, turning to look at his adviser, he gives one more command. “Send word to the Gauild, tell them I want a meeting with them soon.” He turns and continues to walk away.

 

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Lady Kai

Standing at the door way to the concubine chambers, Kai thinks to herself. "Why would I Harion tell me that the Emperor demanded my presesants when he clearly did not? Was she attempting to get me killed so she could regain the top concubine?" Kai, pushes the button on the panel on the wall, and the door opens, giving her entrice to the room. "She will surely pay for such a move, I will not fail as she did in her attempt."

Walking over towards the other young, beautiful concubines, Kai smiles towards a dissapointed Harion. "I may only be a young woman, but I am a lot smarter then she thinks."

 

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Bene Gesserit Outpost

The Reverend Mother Superior coldly eyed the tall man that easily towered over her. Shar Mertonn, a lanky pale-skinned male whose weak appearance concealed his true powers. A Mentat of the highest order, as well as a latent Truthsayer, his loyalty to the Sisterhood was unquestionable.

Finally, Reverend Mother Superior spoke. "I assume that you understand all the intricacies of your mission."

The Mentat said nothing. He hadn't reached his current position be being a simpleton.

"Very well," the Reverend Mother continued. "You will leave on the next available Heighliner. Remember your objectives: the boy must be kept alive at all costs. Furthermore, he must be carefully sensitized to his future destiny. Eventually, he will be bred with a Sister. His unique genotype is essential to the future plans of the Sisterhood. Go now, and do not fail."

"It shall be done, Mother Superior." Without another word, Shar turnned on his heels and left the conference room.

 

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Trimlon

As the Guild Highliner comes out of Fold-Space, the Freigets in the Highliner get ready for deputre. The Freigets are huge space crafts, able to carry huge armies of me. But, next to a Guild Highliner, a Freiget is as small as a grand of sand. The Highliners are piloted by a single being, a Guild Navigator. Mutated from the spice, the Navigator lives in a tank of the orange spice ghas, constantly swiming in spice, breathing it. The Navigator's safe gaurd a Highliner through Fold-Space, guiding it from one world to the other.
Fold-Space, that is traviling with out moving...

Amgosts the Freigets in the Highliner, there was also smaller transport shuttles. In one shuttle was a short, skiny wisel of a man, knowen only as Trimlon. A Mantat straight out of the school. He was brought by a a woman, she was no part of any House, but she did have a large amount of credits to buy the Mantat. Trimlon had no idea who this woman is or what she looks like. However, she was his Master now, and he must serve her to the best of his abilties.

The large bay doors on the Highliner slowly opened, reaveling space, a glow of light was coming from below the Higliner, the light reflecting of the planet. The transport shuttle wich Trimlon was in, disinbarked from the Highliner, following behinde one Freiget. Trimlon looked out the veiw-port to the left as the shuttle exited the Highliner. Trimlon saw a small planet, covered mostly by water with one small land mass. Trimlon didn't know much of this planet. It is on the outskirts of the Imperium, and controled by no House. The planet was so small and the land mass was hardly even big enough to fit a small city on.
"Intersting, very interesting indeed." Trimlon thought to himself as his transport shuttle moved to the left of the Freiget as it came in to land. The shuttles landing gear hit the ground with a loud bang. Trimlon looked over at the pilot of the shuttle. "Let me guess, a rocky piot hmm?" Trimlon said as he got out of the shuttle, and walking over to a building with out waiting for an answer.

A tall busty woman appared at the doorway to the buildin g, steping out. She put up her hand to stop Trimlon from going any furter. "Trimlon, I presume. I am Lorna, lead Ixian scientist here on Flakoid." Brushing her long blonde her from her face and over her shoulders. "I didn't expect to get a small man for a Mantat. But, you are one of the highest greidurits from the Mantat school. You could be as ugly as a Tailux but I don't care for psyicle form, I plan to use your Mantat brain, not your, body." Looking down at the Mantat with her brown eyes. "But what a wa.............." Trimlon cut her off before she cold finish.

"Before you insult me further, can I see your proof that you are the one who summured a Mantat into your services." Trimlon said looking up at Lorna, his voice was somewhat louder then normal.

"Mantats, your not knowen for normal chit chat conversations. Ha, bloody men." Pulling a piece of paper from her pocket, she hands it to Trimlon. "There is your proof you little bastard. Now follow me to you room, where you can reast and get used to your surandingsa. Oh and your bags will be brought to your room by my servents." Lorna stats as she turns and begins to walk down a hall. Trimlon looks back to the transport shuttle, wondering what he is here for. He turns, and follows Lorna, watching her behinde as she walks, eyeing her smooth long legs.

 

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Lorna

Lorna walked out of the room, turning at the door, looking in at Trimlon. "I assume your room is ok with you, if you ant anything further, ask my servents. I request your presances at 17:00 hours, for dinner. I am expecting one of my friends tonight. And I want you there and looking nice in your uniform." Pointingover to a closet.

"A uniform? I am a manta, not a servent." Trimlon says with a small hint of angue in his voice. He looks over at Lorna with his small eyes, with a mad glow in his face.

"You are mine, I payed a high amount of raw spice to buy you. You will dance naked on my dinner table if I wished it. A uniform is not a bad thing. It is also your secruity pass, so if you don't wear it, you will be stuck in this area. So you have no choice but to wear it!" Lorna said, as she backs out of the room, then pushs a button and the door shouts.

"I am going to have some trouble with that one. Oh well, never mined." Lorna thinks to herself as she walks down the hall towards a turbolift. She decends to a lower room, then the turbolift dose a 90 degree turn and goes straigth towards a the edge of the compound.