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House Corrino

31 entries tagged House Corrino. Every entry is sourced from Frank Herbert’s Dune novels, the later companion titles, or the official reference material.

Battle of CorrinThe Battle of Corrin was the space battle of 88 BG from which the Imperial House Corrino took its name. Fought on Corrin near Sigma Draconis, it settled the ascendancy of the ruling House from Salusa Secundus and gave rise to the feud between House Harkonnen and House Atreides.
Battle of DenaliThe Battle of Denali was the last engagement of the galactic civil war, fought between Venport Holdings and the forces of Emperor Roderick Corrino over the hidden research planet of Denali. It ended Venport Holdings, destroyed the robot Erasmus, and led directly to the founding of the Spacing Guild.
Battle of LampadasThe Battle of Lampadas was the penultimate engagement of the galactic civil war, a three-way fight between the Butlerian movement, Venport Holdings, and the forces of Emperor Roderick Corrino. It ended with the death of Leader Manford Torondo, the crippling of the Butlerians, and a devastating blow to Venport Holdings.
ChusukChusuk was the Music Planet, the fourth world of the Theta Shalish system, renowned across the Imperium for its premium musical instruments. It was the home of Varota, and Navachristianity was its dominant religion.
Corrin V: the nine-times EmperorCorrin V was a Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe during the turbulent Era of the Princes. He held the Golden Lion Throne on nine separate occasions between 1846 AG and 1969 AG, repeatedly deposed and restored amid the rivalries of House Corrino.
Desert War: the fall of the Corrino EmpireThe Desert War, also called the Harkonnen war or the Arrakis Affair, was the conflict that destroyed House Harkonnen, ended the Corrino Empire, and raised Paul Atreides to the Golden Lion Throne. It began as a War of Assassins in 10191 AG and concluded with the abdication of Shaddam Corrino IV.
Desmond Hart: the Emperor's basharDesmond Hart was a Bashar of the Imperium with an enigmatic past who won the trust of Emperor Javicco Corrino and turned the throne against the Sisterhood. Returned from a sandworm that swallowed him, he wielded a deadly power to burn his enemies from within, and was in truth the hidden son of Orry Atreides and the Bene Gesserit Sister Tula Harkonnen.
Elrood Corrino IXElrood Corrino IX was the 80th and penultimate Padishah Emperor of the Corrino Empire, whose long reign ended in the slow poison of a chaumurky plot that raised his son Shaddam IV to the Golden Lion Throne.
Farad'n Corrino: the scribe Harq al-AdaFarad'n Corrino was the grandson of the deposed Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV, raised to reclaim the throne but turned instead toward scholarship by the Lady Jessica. Renouncing his mother's ambitions, he became the official scribe of the Atreides Empire under the pen name Harq al-Ada and the concubine of Ghanima Atreides.
Faykan ButlerFaykan Butler, later Faykan Corrino, was a military commander of the Butlerian Jihad who rose through politics to become the last Viceroy of the League of Nobles and, after the Battle of Corrin, the first Padishah Emperor.
Galactic civil warThe galactic civil war was a three way conflict of the first century of the Corrino Empire, fought between House Corrino, the commercial power of Venport Holdings, and the anti technology Butlerian movement. House Corrino emerged victorious, the Butlerians were annihilated and Venport Holdings dissolved, and the surviving Navigator subsidiary became the independent Spacing Guild.
Giandro TullViscount Giandro Tull was the last ruler of House Tull and lord of Elegy. Driven into the Noble Commonwealth conspiracy against House Corrino, he died defending his world from the Sardaukar in a pseudoatomic blast.
Great Spice WarThe Great Spice War was a military campaign waged by House Corrino shortly before the birth of Paul Atreides. Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV ordered the Sardaukar to seize and destroy the secret melange stockpiles of the Landsraad so that no Great House could resist his planned spice substitute, Amal.
HagalHagal was the Jewel Planet of the Theta Shaowei star system, the source of many of the crown jewels of the known universe. Mined out under Shaddam I, it yielded the blue-green quartz throne of later Padishah Emperors.
Hasimir FenringCount Hasimir Fenring was a deadly assassin and Mentat tactician, a genetic eunuch and failed Kwisatz Haderach, and the closest friend of Emperor Shaddam IV. Invisible to prescient vision, he served as Imperial agent on Arrakis before joining Shaddam in exile.
House CorrinoHouse Corrino was the imperial House of the Known Universe, ruling family of the Padishah Empire for ten thousand years from the Golden Lion Throne. Seated at Kaitain and rooted on Salusa Secundus, it fell to House Atreides after the Battle of Arrakeen.
Ilban RicheseCount Ilban Richese was the head of House Richese, husband of Edwina Corrino, father of Helena Richese, and grandfather of Duke Leto Atreides. His neglect of the family business hastened the decline of a once great industrial House.
Imperial Opal PalaceThe Imperial Opal Palace was the residence of the Padishah Emperors of House Corrino, standing in Corrinth City on the capital world of Kaitain. Within its great audience hall stood the Golden Lion Throne, beneath the legend "Law is the ultimate science."
Princess Irulan: chronicler of the Atreides ImperiumPrincess Royal Irulan Corrino was the eldest daughter of Emperor Shaddam IV and the wife in title only of Emperor Paul Atreides. A historian of Paul's rise, she eventually turned from House Corrino to become guardian of his children.
Javicco CorrinoJavicco Corrino was the fifth Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe and the only son and heir of Roderick Corrino, continuing the Corrino line on the Golden Lion Throne.
Jules CorrinoJules Corrino, born Jules Butler, was the second Padishah Emperor of the Corrino dynasty. His reign broke the Venport monopoly on space travel, saw the rise of the Great Schools, and was scarred by the violent backlash against the Orange Catholic Bible.
KaitainKaitain was the second capital of the Corrino Empire, the paradise world to which the Padishah Emperors moved their court from Salusa Secundus. It was the seat of Shaddam IV until the fall of his empire in the Desert War.
LandsraadThe Landsraad was the governing body that represented all the Great Houses of the Imperium. Overseen by the Padishah Emperor and ruled by its High Council, it provided a forum for trade, alliance, and the formal feud of kanly, and stood as a counterweight to the power of the Imperial House.
LasgunThe lasgun was a continuous-wave laser projector, perhaps the most widely used hand weapon in the Imperium. Its great danger lay in shields: contact between a lasgun beam and a Holtzman shield triggered a nuclear explosion that could kill everyone nearby.
Quentin ButlerQuentin Butler was a military commander of the Butlerian Jihad who, after being captured and forced into a cymek body by the Titans, turned on his captors and helped his son Faykan and Vorian Atreides destroy them.
Salusa IncidentThe Salusa Incident was the renegade atomic attack by House Tantor that devastated Salusa Secundus and forced House Corrino to move the Imperial Throne to Kaitain. The young Emperor Hassik Corrino III rebuilt the dynasty and turned the ruined homeworld into the Imperial prison planet.
Salusa SecundusSalusa Secundus was the harsh homeworld of House Corrino during its early history and, after the court moved to Kaitain, the empire's prison planet. Its brutal environment was widely believed to be the secret breeding ground of the Sardaukar.
SardaukarThe Sardaukar were the elite military force of the Padishah Emperor, raised on the prison planet Salusa Secundus and feared across the Known Universe for their zeal and skill at arms. Their defeat at the hands of the Fremen on Arrakis opened the way for Paul Atreides to take the Golden Lion Throne.
Shaddam Corrino IVShaddam Corrino IV was the 81st and final Padishah Emperor of the Corrino Empire. Threatened by the popularity of Duke Leto Atreides, he conspired with House Harkonnen to destroy him, only to be brought down himself by Paul Muad'Dib and the Fremen during the Desert War.
Wensicia CorrinoWensicia Corrino was the third daughter of Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV and the mother of Farad'n Corrino. From exile on Salusa Secundus she plotted to restore her family to the throne, culminating in a failed attempt on the lives of the Atreides twins.
Yvette HagalYvette Hagal-Corrino was a Padishah Empress of House Corrino, second wife of Emperor Elrood Corrino IX, and through her daughter Edwina an ancestor of Paul Atreides.