My Name is Paul Atreides. As the son of Duke Leto Atreides and the Lady Jessica, I am the heir of House Atreides, a nuclear-armed aristocratic family that rules the planet Caladan. My mother is a Bene Gesserit and an important key in the Bene Gesserit breeding program. According to the breeding program, she was to produce a daughter, who would marry Feyd-Rautha, a nephew of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen. However, my mother falls in love with Leto and grants him me, a son.
Although I am a boy, I received a Bene Gesserit training, giving me among other things, great control over my metabolism, heightened senses and knowledge of martial arts. I am also trained in weapon use by Gurney Halleck and Duncan Idaho, and received training as a Mentat from Thufir Hawat.
As I was fifteen years old, my family was pressed to leave Caladan and govern the desert planet Arrakis (known as Dune). We suspected it was a trap, but accept nevertheless because it could bring power to us. On Dune, our family is betrayed by their Suk doctor, Wellington Yueh. He disables the House defensive shields, allowing the Imperial Sardaukar troops, dressed in Harkonnen uniforms, to capture Duke Leto and Thufir Hawat and to kill most of our. Duncan Idaho sacrifices himself while attempting to hold off the Sardaukar. Upon meeting Baron Harkonnen and his twisted Mentat Piter De Vries, Leto uses a poisonous gas capsule hidden inside a false tooth in an attempt to kill Harkonnen. He succeeds in killing De Vries — and himself — but not the Baron. The tooth was given to him by Yueh, who planned revenge against Harkonnen for killing his wife. Thufir Hawat is used by the Baron as his new Mentat. Me and my mother Jessica escape, with some help from Dr. Yueh, into the desert.
We flew to the Fremen, who see in me the Lisan al-Gaib, the Mahdi, a prophet who will ensure a green, lush Dune, taking shelter in Sietch Tabr led by their Naib, Stilgar. Me and my mother start training Fremen in weapon use and martial arts, creating an army. Me and Chani, daughter of Liet Kynes, take each other as mates. I also reunites with Gurney Halleck, who sought refuge with smugglers after the Harkonnen attack. While in the desert, I undergoes the process of spice agony via the consumption of the Water of Life. I survives, although barely, and the ordeal gives me knowledge of my male and female ancestors; this proves
I am the Kwisatz Haderach!
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