Dune Study Guide

Dune

Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune is a science-fiction novel set more than 20,000 years in the future. Humans have settled on many other planets and each planet is united under an empire. The family of Paul Atreides is given control of Arrakis, a planet known for melange, an incredibly valuable substance needed for space travel. Paul eventually joins a group of Fremen and begins a war to bring down the empire, even though he knows that the war will eventually spread and destroy the entire universe.

Dune Characters

Table of Contents

House Atreides

  • Paul Atreides, the Duke's son, and main character of the novel.
  • Duke Leto Atreides, head of House Atreides
  • Lady Jessica, Bene Gesserit and concubine of the Duke, mother of Paul and Alia
  • Alia Atreides, Paul's younger sister
  • Thufir Hawat, Mentat and Master of Assassins to House Atreides
  • Gurney Halleck, staunchly loyal troubadour warrior of the Atreides
  • Duncan Idaho, Swordmaster for House Atreides, graduate of the Ginaz School
  • Wellington Yueh, Suk doctor for the Atreides, who is secretly working for House Harkonnen

House Harkonnen

  • Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, head of House Harkonnen
  • Piter De Vries, twisted Mentat
  • Feyd-Rautha, nephew and heir-presumptive of the Baron
  • Glossu "Beast" Rabban, also called Rabban Harkonnen, older nephew of the Baron
  • Iakin Nefud, Captain of the Guard

House Corrino

  • Shaddam IV, Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe (the Imperium)
  • Princess Irulan, Shaddam's eldest daughter and heir, also a historian
  • Count Hasimir Fenring, genetic eunuch and the Emperor's closest friend, advisor, and "errand boy"

Bene Gesserit

  • Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, Bene Gesserit schemer, the Emperor's Truthsayer
  • Lady Margot Fenring, Bene Gesserit wife of Count Fenring

Fremen

  • The Fremen, "native" inhabitants of Arrakis
  • Stilgar, Fremen Naib (chieftain) of Sietch Tabr
  • Chani, Paul's Fremen concubine
  • Liet-Kynes, the Imperial Planetologist on Arrakis and father of Chani, as well as a revered figure among the Fremen

Smugglers

  • Esmar Tuek, a powerful smuggler and the father of Staban Tuek.
  • Staban Tuek, the son of Esmar Tuek. A powerful smuggler who befriends and takes in Gurney Halleck and his surviving men after the attack on the Atreides.

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