Dune Messiah Character Analysis

Paul Atreides (Muad’Dib)

Paul Atreides is the Emperor, or Muad’Dib, of Arrakis and most of the Dune universe. In Dune Messiah’s prequel, Dune, Paul spearheaded a jihad against an oppressive army. After defeating this army, Paul’s… read analysis of Paul Atreides (Muad’Dib)

Hayt (Duncan Idaho)

Hayt is the revived flesh—or ghola—of Paul Atreides’s former sword master, Duncan Idaho. Hayt is sent to Paul by the Tleilaxu who, in conspiracy with the Guild, revived the ghola in order… read analysis of Hayt (Duncan Idaho)

Chani

Chani is Paul Atreides’s long-term Fremen lover. She experiences many failed attempts to become pregnant due to the contraceptives that Princess Irulan is feeding her on the Guild’s orders. Desperate for Paul to… read analysis of Chani

Alia Atreides

Alia Atreides is Paul’s Atreides’s teenage sister. She is feisty, precocious, and highly sexually awakened for her age. Lady Jessica had been pregnant with Alia when she became a Reverend Mother. As a… read analysis of Alia Atreides

Scytale

Scytale is a Tleilaxu Face Dancer and a member of the Guild conspiracy. To trick Paul Atreides into going to Sietch Tabr to retrieve Bijaz, Scytale disguises himself as Lichna. After Chani dies… read analysis of Scytale

Princess Irulan

Princess Irulan is the daughter of a Bene Gesserit emperor whom Paul Atreides killed in the Jihad. Paul marries Irulan to graft political peace but refuses to father an heir with her. In conspiracy with… read analysis of Princess Irulan

Edric

Edric is the leader of the Guild conspiracy. His prescient powers make him essential to the conspiracy because they prevent Paul Atreides’s prescient powers from accessing their activities. He is often described as repulsive… read analysis of Edric

Bijaz

Bijaz is a Tleilaxu dwarf who speaks in cryptic riddles. Otheym gives Bijaz to Paul Atreides so that Paul can extract from Bijaz the names of his enemies. However, Bijaz ends up implanting Hayt with… read analysis of Bijaz

Gaius Helen Mohiam

Gaius Helen Mohiam is a Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother and one of the leaders of the Guild conspiracy. Having once approved Paul Atreides as the kwisatz haderach, Gaius Helen Mohiam disapproves of the Fremen… read analysis of Gaius Helen Mohiam

Minor Characters

Korba

Korba is the leader of Dune’s group of religious civil servants, the Qizarate. Halfway through Dune Messiah, Korba is caught engaging in the conspiracy against the Paul Atreides and is eventually executed.

Stilgar

Stilgar is a Fremen from Sietch Tabr and a close friend and advisor to Paul Atreides.

Leto

Leto is Paul Atreides and Chani’s son, named after Paul’s father.

Farok

Farok is a veteran of the Jihad. In Dune Messiah, Scytale kills Farok just before he assumes Lichna’s identity.

Otheym

Otheym is a former Fremen warrior and the father of Lichna. In Dune Messiah, he warns Paul Atreides of the conspiracy against the Muad’Dib and gives him Bijaz.

Lichna

Lichna is Otheym’s daughter. Scytale kills her, dumps her body in the desert, and then assumes her appearance to trick Paul Atreides.

Bannerjee

Bannerjee is Paul Atreides’s head security guard.

Lady Jessica

Lady Jessica is a Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother and the mother of Alia and Paul Atreides.

Harah

Harah is Stilgar’s wife.

Dhuri

Dhuri is Otheym’s wife.

Dune Messiah

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Dune Messiah Characters