One cannot talk about Paul without mentioning the Preacher, for they are one in the same.One cannot talk about Paul without mentioning the Preacher, for they are one in the same. The Preacher appeared shortly after Paul’s walk into the desert, preaching against Alia, the "religion" of Muad'Dib and the Empire.

House Atreides
"Honorable, Noble, most beloved of the Great Houses"

House Atreides began as House Atreus in Homer's story the Illiad. After Earth became filled with technology humans became ignorant and lofty of their environment. As such a small group of 20 men and woman seized power by taking over the Machines, thus controlling every resource on the entire planet.

Leto ("The Just") Atreides

Patron and Duke of House Atreides. Known for his Solomon like wisdom and a military which rivals that of the Imperial Sardaukar.He is the father of Paul Muad'Dib Atreides, and is responsible for much of his wisdom, and early compassion. His bound concubine is Lady Jessica, who he loves more then anything in the universe, save his son Paul.Before the events of Dune, Leto ascended to become Duke, after his father, Paulus, died in a freak bullfighting accident.

"Arrakis, Dune, wasteland of the empire, and the most valuable planet in the universe, because it is here and only here, where spice is found. The spice, without it there is no commerce in the empire, there is no civilization. Arrakis, Dune, home of the spice, greatest treasure in the universe. And he who controls it, controls our destiny." - Irulan

"History is written on the sands of Arrakis, where rebellion and civil war continue to breed. Fed by Alia's brutal tyranny and repression, as she sinks deeper into the Abomination of her own Ghost. Unable to recognize the forces conspiring against her. Unaware of the whirlwind, sweeping towards her across the desert" -Ghanima

All right, it's night three, the finale of Dune! And what better way to begin an episode then with lots of stuff blowing up? The episode starts off with a handful of Fremen infiltrating a Harkonnen warehouse/hanger. While the soldiers are loading thopters with pure spice, the Fremen are lurking around, planting explosives all over the hanger.

Stilgar is one of the greatest Fremen to ever live.Stilgar is one of the greatest Fremen to ever live. He's was one of Paul's champions in the fight against the Harkonnen for Arrakis, and an early general in Muad'Dib's jihad. Later he became Paul's majordomo and godfather to children.

Emperor Shaddam Corrino the 4th, the 82nd Padishah Emperor, ruler of the known human universe, and a total putz.Emperor Shaddam Corrino the 4th, the 82nd Padishah Emperor, ruler of the known human universe, and a total putz. The Corrino family ruled the imperium for 11,000 years, but his ineptitude changed all that.

The Ixians

The Ixians are the technological powerhouse of the Imperium. If its technical, scientific, futuristic or in anyway cool, it was designed and built by the Ixians. They've created everything form hunter-killers through the Spacing Guild's Heighliners. Ix is named for being the ninth planet about its star, in the old Roman numeral system. 

The Fremen are the desert nomads of Dune.The Fremen are the desert nomads of Dune. They're known for their glowing blue eyes, xenophobia and total aptitude for fighting skills.

If you were to see some Fremen in a pub, you'd know that you are in the wrong pub. It'd be a gang members only establishment, and trespassers will be removed by force and/or death. The first and last thing you'd see before having your ass throw out of a window is the house beer, a black-as-oblivion Scottish heavy that all the patrons would be drinking. 

The spacing guild control all space travel. Everything from launching satellites to transporting people and goods across galaxies is covered under their massive monopoly. The guild is operated by humans mutated by the spice mélange. The mutations vary from almost pure human to giant fish like beings called steersman.

If you were to see members of the spacing guild in a bar, they'd be the wonky bohemians. They would be drinking absinthe. We here at SadGeezer have often made up crazy drinks and professions of various cultures and peoples in a pub, but I am completely certain that a steersman would be enjoying the green fairy!

Jessica is the mother Paul Muad'Dib and Alia Atreides as well as the bound concubine (quasi-wife) to the Duke Leto Atreides.Jessica is the mother Paul Muad'Dib and Alia Atreides as well as the bound concubine (quasi-wife) to the Duke Leto Atreides.

Jessica is totally devoted to her love Duke Leto and to House Atreides as a whole.Jessica is the love-child of Baron Harkonnen and Reverend Mother Mohium. Love-child is something of an exaggeration as she was the result of the Baron raping the Reverend Mother. But in all fairness to the Goodyear blimp, it was her to set out to rape him, again!

Alia Atreides, sister to Paul Muad'Dib Atreides, was Regent to the empire after his death.Alia Atreides, sister to Paul Muad'Dib Atreides, was Regent to the empire after his death. Alia is also know as the Holy Sister and St. Alia of the Knife.

For good reason too, Alia was once cruelest Fremen women the universe had ever known! Alia was born the daughter of Jessica and Duke Leto Atreides. But birth wasn't that simple for her. After Leto's death Jessica was forced to seek refuge with the Fremen in the desert of Arrakis.

Chani is Paul's Muad'Dib Atreides's true love and the mother to his three children.Chani is Paul's Muad'Dib Atreides's true love and the mother to his three children. To say that Chani loves Paul is an understatement. She would give or do anything for him, as a matter of fact it's how she died!Chani was born in the desert of Dune as a Fremen. Her father was the famed planetologist and Fremen prophet Dr. Leit Kynes.

Our story continues in Arrakeen. Despite the fat Baron's victory, he's not happy at all. In fact he's shvitzing out! The Baron is having a nightmare, or rather a prescient vision. He sees Paul Atreides staring him down, with a group of hooded people behind him chanting Muad'Dib. The Baron is not pleased. But luckily for him, his nephew, Feyd interrupts his sleep and tells him the "good news" of the deaths of Paul and Jessica. The Baron is skeptical. Unlike Feyd, Vladimir has seen enough scifi flicks to know that, someone's not dead until you find the bodies, and even then its still uncertain! Feyd is not impressed with his Uncle's paranoia, and insists that Paul and Jessica died in the desert.Not quite.

Originally Gurney Hallackhailed from Geidi Prime, the Harkonnen home world.

Paul Muad'Dib Atreides
 

Paul Maud-Dib Atreides was one of the most extraordinary humans in all of the Dune universe.

Paul Muad'Dib Atreides
 

Duncan “The First” Idaho

The Dictionary Royal 5th Edition defines spice as:"melange (me'lange also ma,lanj) n-s, origin uncertain (thought to derive from the ancient Terran Franzh): a. mixture of spice; b. spice of Arrakis (Dune) with geriatric properties first noted by Yanshuph Ashkoko, royal chemist in reign of Shakkad the Wise; Arrakeen melange, found only in deepest desert sands of Arrakis, linked to prophetic visions of Paul Muad'Dib (Atreides), first Fremen Mahdi; also employed by Spacing Guild Navigators and the Bene Gesserit." 

Fenring was the former ruler of Arrakis, for the Empire, at the time when it was Harkonnen quasi-fief.

Fenring was the former ruler of Arrakis, for the Empire, at the time when it was Harkonnen quasi-fief.. He and his wife created the gardens inside the Palace which eventually are the seeds for all fauna upon Rakis. Count Fenring is Shaddam's best friend since their childhood, and one of his most trusted advisors. Fenring was sent to Arrakis to spy on the Harkonnens for the Emperor, and insure that spice production did not cease.

The origins of the Bene Gesserit are shrouded in mystery. Again believed to originate during the Butlerian Jihad, the Bene Gesserit are an all-female sisterhood devoted to a secret Breeding Program. These ladies also manipulate political and economic situations whenever the need arises. They create missionaries on far away planets, and build a pre-constructed myth in order to serve their sisterhood should their Order ever need to visit (Missionary Protectiva).

House Harkonnen
"Treacherous, Powerful, and one of the more feared Great Houses"

House Harkonnen has always been known as one of the most ruthless Houses in the Landsraad.  Their control of Arrakis gave them unheard of wealth, so much in fact they are among the only faction besides the Emperor himself able to afford the Guilds transport fees for moving armies. 

Barron Vladimir Harkonnen

A stone burner is hands-down the most destructive weapon in the Dune universe, and maybe in all of sci-fi. The stone burner can perform one of two devastating tasks; The first function of the bomb is to release massive amounts of J-rays (a type of radiation that dissolves eye tissue immediately), thus blinding all creatures within a few kilometers. The second objective of the stone burner is to outright destroy the world its detonated on! After the device is activated the device sets off an explosion that is targeted straight up and down.

The Guild heighliner is the lifeblood of imperium commerce.The Guild heighliner is the lifeblood of imperium commerce. These asteroid sized space ships are the how most people and cargo are transported between the various planets, moons and systems of the Empire. The ship is mostly hollow, which allows smaller vessels, from ornithopters up to Frigates and larger attack vessels, to be carried along its trip through foldspace.