MEMORY OF THE IMPERIUM / WIKI
Everything
is connected.
A word, a life, ten thousand years of history.
Explore the Dune universe by following the sources.
Aba
A long, loose garment worn by Fremen women, usually black.
Abomination
The Bene Gesserit term of dread for pre-born individuals possessed by ancestral personalities.
Abulurd Butler
Xavier Harkonnen’s grandson and Vorian’s young assistant.
Abulurd Harkonnen and Lankiveil
The ocean world of the Baron’s half-brother.
The threshold left open
Frank Herbert's sixth book does not settle every question. Its final scene opens onto a new unknown.
Adab
A compelling memory experience that arises spontaneously and seizes a person's attention.
Ajidamal and artificial spice
An experimental substance intended to replace natural melange.
Axlotl tank
The biological system the Tleilaxu use to produce gholas and, later, melange.
Alia Atreides
Jessica’s daughter, opened to Other Memory before birth.
Alma Mavis Taraza
The strategist leading the Sisterhood in Heretics of Dune.
Golden Path
The extremely long-term program Leto II follows to prevent humanity's extinction.
Golden Path
Leto II's goal is not to build a permanent empire, but to ensure that humanity can never again submit entirely to a single will.
The legend of Ampoliros
An interstellar ghost-ship tale.
Amtal
The rule of revealing a thing's true nature and limits by testing it.
Hunter-seeker
A small, remotely controlled assassination device.
Arrakeen
One of Arrakis's principal administrative centers.
Arrakis
The desert planet known as Dune; the center of natural melange production in the first novel.
Arrakis is a system
Dune's desert is not a backdrop. Ecology determines the foundations of production and power.
The transformation of Arrakis: the encyclopedia’s account
Placing Pardot Kynes’s assignment in a historical framework.
Living among the ancestors
Other Memory is not limited to knowledge about the past. Past personalities can continue to exist within a person's inner world.
Atreides
The Great House to which Paul and Leto belong.
Spice
The common name for melange, associated with longevity, heightened awareness, and, in some people, prescience.
The political anatomy of spice
Ruling Arrakis means more than owning a desert. It means approaching the key to transportation, longevity, and political bargaining.
Fish Speakers
Leto II's predominantly female military and religious organization.