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Ten thousand years of empire, written down.

153 letters, reports and records from the game itself: the Great Houses and the Landsraad, the war for Arrakis, the places you will fight over, and how not to die in the desert.

Folio I · KU

The Known Universe

30 documents · 12 files

KU-01

The Landsraad

  1. WritingKU-01.01The Balance of Powers – Princess IrulanTo appreciate the complex tapestry of the Imperium, one must understand its people. One must know of the Great Houses that stand sway over the Known…
  2. WritingKU-01.02The Ceremony of the Snoopers – Princess IrulanIn the salons of the Great Houses, the first guest to arrive is rarely a lord or lady, but a machine. Poison snoopers, those delicate and ever…
  3. WritingKU-01.03On Conflict Resolution in the Imperium – Princess IrulanThe Articles of Kanly define the sanctioned methods for adjudicated vendettas among the Regis and Na-Familia. The Articles support three different…
  4. WritingKU-01.04Melange, Politics and Power – Princess IrulanWhile the vast panoply of Great Houses and their attendant populaces are dispersed throughout the Known Universe, there are two places in the…
KU-02

The War of Assassins

  1. RecordKU-02.01Duke Leto reflecting on the Battle of ArrakeenWhat would have happened had Jessica not read through Dr. Yueh's lies? The Beast might have been sitting at this very desk, my dried body rotting…
  2. LetterKU-02.02A letter from Hasimir Fenring to Lady Margot FenringIt has been eight years. The war is going well. The Atreides and Harkonnen are now well into their deepest reserves; they scrounge for material,…
  3. LetterKU-02.03Message from Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen to his brotherAriste is here, on Arrakis. As suspected, she couldn't possibly keep away from those dusty boring ruins and her beloved papa. Instead, she's…
KU-05

The Great Schools

  1. WritingKU-05.01Docent Glax Othn — Introduction to Intergalactic AffairsThink you know about the Great Schools, do you? About the Bene Gesserit, Mentats, the Suk School, and the Ginaz Academy... But did you know we have…
  2. RecordKU-05.02Duncan Idaho on the Swordmaster SchoolHeh, lemme tell you about the Ginaz school... If you go in there thinking it’s gonna be anything like a Great House War Gym, forget it. When you…
  3. ExcerptKU-05.03Draft for a cancelled lecture by Dr. Yueh on the Suk Medical SchoolTo understand the significance of the Imperial Suk College, one must first recognize the horrors of the Omnius Scourge and the Rossak Epidemic of 88…
  4. RecordKU-05.04Piter De Vries on the Mentat SchoolYou wish to know about the great Mentat School? I would first know from you what is so great about it. That we were forced to contort our bodies and…
KU-07

The Bene Gesserit

  1. JournalKU-07.01From the Journal of Ariste AtreidesOnce again, Mother has rejected my entreatment to learn Truthsaying. She insists that it is a discipline that must be earned, not given. However, I…
  2. LetterKU-07.02A Letter to an angry daughterYou must understand, Ariste, that while we do attempt to influence genetic evolution, we only do it to achieve true and lasting human supremacy.…
  3. WritingKU-07.03Bene Gesserit Archive Entry 7712.44 — Private Historical Commentary by R.M. G.H. MohiamThe birth occurred without incident. Construction delays nearly risked our timeline, but the new birthing chamber was completed in time. The space…
  4. ReportKU-07.04A secret distrans report from Margot FenringKwisatz Mother, The fires of war burn low, but the embers remain hot. It would take a small thing for the conflagration to reignite. Feyd Rautha…
KU-10

The Butlerian Jihad

  1. ReportKU-10.01Shadows of the Machine: Reflections on the Pre-Jihad Era - Docent Isolde Merin, Senior Lecturer, Department of Technological Anthropology, Wallach Consortium InstituteConsider the years before the Jihad, when humanity walked willingly in the shadow of its own creations. Entire cities lived under the invisible…
  2. LetterKU-10.02Letter from Guil Venard, Mentat of House TaligariEmpires are born in blood and ash. In times long gone, it was said that they would last only as long as there were slain men to count each passing…
KU-11

The Rise of House Atreides

  1. JournalKU-11.01Diary of Ashra Kaif, attaché to the Landsraad CouncilI remember it clearly; I was in my office on Kaitain when we learned about the surprise invasion of Ix by the Bene Tleilax. I could scarcely believe…
  2. ReportKU-11.02Intercepted anonymous report to the SisterhoodDuke Leto Atreides hasn't always enjoyed such popularity as he has after retaking Ix from the Bene Tleilax. House Harkonnen's enmity toward the…
  3. LetterKU-11.03Blood-stained note found on an unnamed corpse in the O'odhamTo hell with the Atreides. It doesn’t matter whether this house or that house wins. Dukes, Barons, Emperors. It doesn’t matter who rules, the rest of…

Folio II · WA

The War for Arrakis

61 documents · 29 files

WA-01

House Harkonnen

  1. ExcerptWA-01.01From a Harkonnen Recruitment PamphletWere you meant for more? Do you seek opportunity abroad? Rejoice! Your fortune and your future await you on Arrakis! Join the Harkonnen cause,…
  2. ExcerptWA-01.02Public Broadcast on Giedi PrimeLoyal citizens and abiders of law, hearken. The operatic epic, The Battle of Corrin is hereby banned. This clumsy work of propaganda was commissioned…
  3. LetterWA-01.03From the Personal Notes of Piter de VriesA vice well-handled is something my Baron celebrates. From top to bottom, this attitude permeates the culture of our entire power structure — the…
WA-02

Duke Leto Atreides

  1. LetterWA-02.01Letter from Duke Leto Atreides to Military TribunalTo all concerned, I will not rehash the particulars of the misconduct of Lieutenant Tighe Skorda. These have already been thoroughly and expertly…
  2. ReportWA-02.02After Action Report: On the Wages of Conscience (Recorded by Thufir Hawat)Between Atreides honor and Harkonnen ambition lies a narrow ledge, and Duke Leto walks it barefoot. He would win through justice, believing mercy a…
  3. JournalWA-02.03From the Journal of Ariste AtreidesThe universe knows Leto Atreides as a duke, an even-handed and compassionate ruler, one who enjoys such popularity among the Houses of the Landsraad…
WA-06

Glossu Rabban Harkonnen

  1. RecordWA-06.01Teleprompter ScriptAttend, all you faithful of House Harkonnen! You truly are lucky, for tonight’s gladiatorial games are blessed by the presence of a special guest. So…
  2. ExcerptWA-06.02"The Instrument and the Lesson" From the reflections of Piter de VriesGlossu Rabban is not a strategist—he’s a result. Pain obeys him, and through pain he achieves what subtler men plan for months. He does not think; he…
  3. RecordWA-06.03Overheard Conversation at a Harko Village TavernNo-no! That’s precisely the reason I need another spiced beer. Give it! You don’t know what it’s like! Working at that place. Isn’t of the prestige…
WA-07

Maas Kharet

  1. JournalWA-07.01From the Journal of Ariste AtreidesFather chided me for being reckless, but I took all due precautions. I posed as a cult recruit, and I crept away while the rest of the Maas Kharet…
  2. ReportWA-07.02Recording of a Maas Kharet Sermon by an Undercover Agent of Piter de VriesEver the praises to the Tyrant Worm. Yah! Ever the praises and abundance to Shai-Hulud. May your fluids honor Him. Yah, Shai-Hulud! Yah! May the…
  3. ExcerptWA-07.03From the Secret Writings of NahlaI have become the Sayaadina of the Maas Kharet. This is the way it must be. I shaped their beliefs. Originally, I shaped them through Albion Moushav.…
WA-09

Zantara

  1. RecordWA-09.01Fragment recovered from a crashed Ornithopter - potentially planted misinformationIf the drunk ramblings of that CHOAM mercenary can be believed, Bator Dakker has been reassigned to peacekeeping in the Hagga Basin. I’ve been…
  2. RecordWA-09.02Text from a wanted poster for ZantaraInformation leading to the death or capture of ZANTARA, aka “The Lion” will be rewarded with the sum of ONE MILLION SOLARIS. ZANTARA is THE LAST OF…
  3. LetterWA-09.03A letter from Lady Tessia Vernius intercepted by [redacted 25. 64. 92. 140. 145. 159. 160]Bronso, my beloved son, Rumor places you on Arrakis, alive and well. The Sisterhood has kept this information from me as best that they can, but I…
WA-11

The Fremen

  1. RecordWA-11.01Overheard in a Tradepost in the Hagga Basin“The Fremen? Yeah good riddance to ‘em.” “You ever meet one? You know…before the Sardaukar” “Yeah, they all ‘ad those uncanny eyes, starin’ into me…
  2. BookWA-11.02Excerpt from “The Zensunni Schism: A History” by Princess IrulanThe exile of the Zensunni is an event buried in history. The schism between the warlike teachings of Maometh Saari and the Catholic philosophical…
  3. RecordWA-11.03Submitted to the Sisterhood for consideration by Ariste AtreidesThe events of the Sardaukar pogrom of 10195 are well documented by other sources, so I will spare you the rehash. Instead, I share my speculations on…
WA-12

The Kynes

  1. LetterWA-12.01Letter from Derek Chinara to his advisor at the Imperial Academy of Planetary EcologySupervisor Haert, I am writing to request access to the further works of Planetary Ecologist Pardot Kynes. His work on planetary transformation…
  2. LetterWA-12.02Derek Chinara’s Notes on Liet-KynesInformation I have received from interviews about Liet-Kynes before I was exiled from Arrakeen by Cyprian Io. - Fact – Liet-Kynes was the child of…
  3. LetterWA-12.03Discovered among the notes of Liet-KynesMy father’s single-minded drive might make him a good prophet for the Fremen, but it makes him a lousy father. Lecture after lecture. “We can stop…
WA-13

Ariste Atreides

  1. JournalWA-13.01From the Journal of Lady JessicaAriste, my child, my pride, my own, was born on a razor’s edge, and I held the blade. Leto desired a son. The Sisterhood commanded me to use my…
  2. RecordWA-13.02Gossip Between Atreides ServantsUnderstand, we all love our Ariste, ever since she was a precocious young thing stealing books, far ahead of her age, from her parents’ private…
  3. JournalWA-13.03From the Journal of Ariste AtreidesI’m torn. Off balance. Just when I feel myself coming into my own, competing forces and institutions crowd around to dictate my life. The Bene…
WA-25

The Sardaukar

  1. LetterWA-25.01A note from ZantaraBeware the searchlights at night, off-worlder. While the badlands whisper of Sardaukar, the campfire tales are only half true. The gunships are…
  2. ReportWA-25.02A Report from Count Fenring to the EmperorSire, The Sardaukar training complex at Arsunt nears completion. Construction has taken twice as long as projected, but the unique and esoteric…
  3. RecordWA-25.03Lamentatio Ultima, Stanza 413You believe this place exists to punish you. You are wrong. Punishment implies judgment. It implies that someone, somewhere, has weighed your life…
WA-26

Bandits

  1. WritingWA-26.01A Young Lord's Guide to Arrakis — Chapter XXIV: Know Your Enemy: ScavengersIt must be said that of all the unsavory characters a young noble might encounter on the frontier, the low-born scavenger presents the least threat,…
  2. WritingWA-26.02A Young Lord's Guide to Arrakis — Chapter XXIV: Know Your Enemy: The KirabIf scavengers occupy the lowest rung of the regional bandit hierarchy, the Kirab must be seen as the next most dangerous faction in the local…
  3. WritingWA-26.03A Young Lord's Guide to Arrakis — Chapter XXIV: Know Your Enemy: SlaversThe debate over the legitimacy of slavers as targets has practical considerations on both sides. While it's generally deemed bad form to assassinate…
  4. WritingWA-26.04A Young Lord's Guide to Arrakis — Chapter XXIV: Know Your Enemy: DesertersBeyond the House Troopers actively engaged in the ongoing War of Assassins between House Atreides and House Harkonnen, deserters from that war are…
WA-27

House Atreides

  1. ExcerptWA-27.01From an Atreides Recruitment PamphletWe are House Atreides. There is no call we do not answer. There is no faith that we betray. We were tasked to bring peace to Arrakis. House Atreides…
  2. JournalWA-27.02From the Journal of Lieutenant Anton TolliverI lost another agent today. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. When I answered the call, I held the naive dream of a grand, stand-up fight alongside…
  3. LetterWA-27.03A Letter from Duke Leto to Lady JessicaMy love, Once you have explored a fear, it becomes less terrifying. Part of courage comes from extending our knowledge. I am afraid, and so I must…
WA-28

The Sleeper

  1. ReportWA-28.01Partial transcript from interrogation of captive from Sietch Tabr--Transcript begins-- Prisoner - “Paradise comes! The burning eyes of Lisan-al-gaib! His gaze will scour our enemies.” Interrogator – “Increase…
  2. LetterWA-28.02Letter from the Fremen Naib Stilgar to Zantara the Lion“Lion. The migration is complete. The People are safe, for as long as the Guild continues to accept our tithes, and the Sardaukar gaze is turned to…
  3. LetterWA-28.03Fenring’s Notes — The SleeperThey call him Naïm al-Hadir among the Fremen. An offworld operative sent to locate them—so the surface story goes. In practice, he embedded, adapted,…
  4. ReportWA-28.04Recovered from a private shigawire recording found Beneath Old CarthagThere are no revelations here. Just ghosts and fragments. (whisper) I am the sum of forty fears. Forty fears and unshed tears. I had forgotten about…
WA-29

Count Hasimir Fenring

  1. LetterWA-29.01Irulan Corrino: Unpublished Notes — Annotation 46671.03 (L’Institut de Kaitain Archives)Describing my relationship with Count Hassimir Fenring is a challenge. He has always been a constant presence in my life, almost like a close and…
  2. LetterWA-29.02A secret communique from Piter De Vries to Baron Vladimir HarkonnenLord Baron, We must prepare for the worst. The Engineering Corps has not yet submitted its final report, but it seems inevitable that the Windsack…

Folio III · LAN

Landmarks

35 documents · 15 files

LAN-04

Arrakis

  1. LandmarkLAN-04.01ArrakisArrakis is one of the landmarks of the Dunipedia. Reaching it in game unlocks this entry. The game files 2 records under it: A Patron of the Anvil…
  2. RecordLAN-04.02A Patron of the Anvil After Several Spiced BeersNo, no… that’s what I’m saying. The importance of a thing is not completely… hmm… completely inherent in the thing itself. There’s a dormant…
  3. LetterLAN-04.03From the Personal Notes of Piter de VriesOnce the true value of spice was realized, many interested parties wanted to find a way to have it without relying completely on one little planet.…
LAN-07

Vermillius Gap

  1. LandmarkLAN-07.01Vermillius GapVermillius Gap is one of the landmarks of the Dunipedia. Reaching it in game unlocks this entry. The game files 2 records under it: Overheard…
  2. RecordLAN-07.02Overheard Conversation Between Members of the KirabLaugh at me again, and I’ll deflate your lungs. The Kirab should unite. I’m dead serious! We could own the Vermillius Gap. See this handful of sand?…
  3. JournalLAN-07.03From the Journal of Ariste AtreidesAnd now I come to the sad state of Mirzabah. Amidst the rugged chimneys and pillars of the red desert stands a vast pillar of rock, carved by the…
LAN-09

Jabal Eifrit

  1. LandmarkLAN-09.01Jabal EifritJabal Eifrit is one of the landmarks of the Dunipedia. Reaching it in game unlocks this entry. The game files 2 records under it: Excerpt from the…
  2. ReportLAN-09.02Excerpt from the Report of Sabine HalilI’m not sure about this place, cousins. You know me. You know I’m not some addled pyon with enough empty space in my head to house ghosts and…
  3. JournalLAN-09.03From the Journal of Ariste AtreidesAnd now we come to the Hand of Khidr, at least mentally. I have not visited the site in person. The slavers of House Halil have profaned the area by…
LAN-10

Shield Wall

  1. LandmarkLAN-10.01Shield WallShield Wall is one of the landmarks of the Dunipedia. Reaching it in game unlocks this entry. The game files 2 records under it: From the Notes of…
  2. LetterLAN-10.02From the Notes of Thufir HawatThe Shield Wall has been breached in an atomic explosion. This is significant. This uplifted region of solid stone protects northern Arrakis from…
  3. LetterLAN-10.03Excerpt from a Letter to Lady Jessica from the SisterhoodNature is a sculptor of stone and myth. She works in the medium of minerals and dreams. Consider the Stone Sentinel, the towering formation which…
LAN-11

O’odham

  1. LandmarkLAN-11.01O’odhamO’odham is one of the landmarks of the Dunipedia. Reaching it in game unlocks this entry. The game files 2 records under it: From the Field Notes of…
  2. LetterLAN-11.02From the Field Notes of Derek ChinaraIt cannot be overstated that the lushness, diversity, and density of plant life (by Arrakis standards) of the O’odham is unmatched on the planet. A…
  3. ReportLAN-11.03Report to Piter de Vries from an Undercover AgentMaster, please get me out of here. The chanting. The rituals. They are all mad, and I am starting to believe in their madness. A worm is dead. This…

Folio IV · MFD

Manual Of The Friendly Desert

27 documents · 7 files

MFD-02

Spice

  1. RecordMFD-02.01Conversation With a Smuggler: Spice as CurrencySee, what you don’t understand is the importance of my work. You think the Harkonnens extract enough spice to satiate the rest of the universe? You…
  2. LetterMFD-02.02The Gift of Spice Blows — Bandit NotesWe had another spice blow today. It is like Arrakis decided to make up for its otherwise less than comfortable conditions, by giving us exactly what…
  3. RecordMFD-02.03A conversation with a former slaverThey all laughed like idiots. About the dark chants coming from the leaking deathstill, and the purple sky, and then the worm that was my friend and…
MFD-03

Planetology

  1. ExcerptMFD-03.01A lecture by Pardot Kynes to the FremenOur first goal on Arrakis is grassland provinces. We will start with these mutated poverty grasses. When we have moisture locked in grasslands, we'll…
  2. LetterMFD-03.02From the field notes of Derek Chinara1.07.10199 The experiment worked! Dried feces + sand + water = nutrient dense soil. The primrose plants seemed to thrive when planted in this…
  3. ReportMFD-03.03Lecture from the Imperial Academy, given by Ons Habidu, Imperial PlanetologistIn the fanciful past, men foolishly believed that technology could solve all of their problems. They pursued it relentlessly, dreaming of machines…
MFD-05

Dunes

  1. RecordMFD-05.01Confession of a Desert BanditYou’ve got your pebbles and pea gravel and flaked rocks and pea-sand and sand and flour sand. That last is the soft stuff, soft as a child’s dreams,…
  2. ReportMFD-05.02Report from a MerchantThe shipment, I’m afraid, is mostly lost. I barely made it out myself. Bandits gave chase, so we took the convey on a more direct route to Arrakis.…
  3. RecordMFD-05.03Drunken Banter of a DunemanEveryone’s always talking about the worms. Keeping eyes and ears out for the worms. But that’s not the only danger out there. It’s not the only thing…
  4. JournalMFD-05.04From the Journal of Ariste AtreidesOne of the most confounding things about navigating Arrakis is the shifting sands. Storms can change the whole topography, erase or cover entire…
MFD-06

Flora and fauna

  1. JournalMFD-06.01Muad'dib: from the journal of ariste atreidesKangaroo mouse. Muad’dib. An animal admired by the Fremen, seen as a figure on the planet’s second moon, as well as a constellation. A cunning…
  2. RecordMFD-06.02Plants: a rant by a drunken dune manMortimer done called me a feckin’ flower sucker, so I punched him so hard them bones above his eye came down over the socket like an avalanche over a…
  3. LetterMFD-06.03Desert hawk: note found on a picked-clean skeletonSeparated from convoy. Leg shattered and useless. Evening now, thank God. Stopped bleeding. Will try and seal stillsuit. Update later. Dawn. Desert…
  4. LetterMFD-06.04Desert bat: from the personal notes of piter de vriesDesert bats, from the order Chiroptera, descended from species native to Old Terra and remarkably adapted to thrive in the hateful cradle that is…
  5. LetterMFD-06.05Invasive cacti: from the field notes of derek chinaraThe most ancient records and art, Fremen or otherwise, fail to depict the larger species of cacti found on Arrakis. As near as I can conclude, these…
MFD-07

Fremkit

  1. WritingMFD-07.01STILLSUIT — Definition from Imperial Archives, Commentary from Count FenringDefinition: body-enclosing garment invented on Arrakis. Its fabric is a microsandwich performing functions of heat dissipation and filter for bodily…
  2. WritingMFD-07.02STATIC COMPACTOR — Definition from Imperial Archives, Commentary from Count FenringDefinition: a device that uses a static discharge to either repel or attract sand. Used as a digging tool in loose sand surfaces or to gather…
  3. WritingMFD-07.03CRYSKNIFE — Definition from Imperial Archives, Commentary from Count FenringDefinition: the sacred knife of the Fremen on Arrakis. It is manufactured in two forms from teeth taken from dead sandworms. The two forms are…
  4. WritingMFD-07.04THUMPER — Definition from Imperial Archives, Commentary from Count FenringDefinition: short stake with spring-driven clapper at one end. The purpose: to be driven into the sand and set "thumping" to summon shai-hulud.…
  5. WritingMFD-07.05STILLTENT — Definition from Imperial Archives, Commentary from Count FenringDefinition: small, scalable enclosure of micro-sandwich fabric designed to reclaim as potable water the ambient moisture discharged within it by the…
  6. WritingMFD-07.06DEATHSTILL — Definition from Imperial Archives, Commentary from Count FenringDefinition: a receptacle that can receive a corpse and then drains and filters the fluids for water. The waste is sluiced off into a separate…
  7. WritingMFD-07.07SINKCHART — Definition from Imperial Archives, Commentary from Count FenringDefinition: map of the Arrakis surface laid out with reference to the most reliable paracompass routes between places of refuge. (See Paracompass.)…
  8. WritingMFD-07.08PARACOMPASS — Definition from Imperial Archives, Commentary from Count FenringDefinition: any compass that determines direction by local magnetic anomaly; used where relevant charts are available and where a planet's total…

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