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House Corrino

40 entries tagged House Corrino, 40 of them long reads. The rest of the wiki points here most often at Sardaukar: the Emperor's prison-world troops and Salusa Secundus: the prison that bred terror.

Corrinth City: the capital of Kaitain and the seat of the Corrino EmpireCorrinth City was the chief city of Kaitain and the administrative centre of the Corrino Imperium. Hassik Corrino III taxed his subjects almost to bankruptcy to build it, and Fremen troops of the Jihad sacked it after the ascension of House Atreides.
Tyekanik: the Sardaukar Bashar who took up the Fremen religionBashar Tyekanik commanded Sardaukar for House Corrino after Paul-Muad'Dib deposed Shaddam IV, and ran Wensicia Corrino's failed plot to kill the Atreides twins. Ordered to study the Fremen warrior faith, he found it suited a soldier, and he submitted to Leto II when Farad'n gave the Sardaukar away.
Constantine Corrino: the Emperor's illegitimate sonLord Constantine Corrino was the illegitimate son of Emperor Javicco Corrino and the Bene Gesserit Sister Francesca. Torn between his father's approval and his own pleasures, he betrayed the swordmaster Keiran Atreides to win a place at court and was named commander of the Imperial fleet, a rise the Sisterhood had quietly engineered.
Emperor's Blade: the Corrino dagger that shadowed Muad'DibThe Emperor's Blade was a jewel hilted dagger handed down from Emperor to Emperor of House Corrino. Given to Duke Leto Atreides and returned, offered to Feyd Rautha for his death duel with Paul Atreides, and driven into Muad'Dib by Count Fenring, it ended its known history enshrined on Caladan, where the blood preserved on its edge yielded the clone Paolo.
Memnon Thorvald: rebel Earl of IpyrMemnon Thorvald was the Earl of House Thorvald and ruler of the green world Ipyr, brother of an Emperor's consort and a voice of defiance in the Landsraad. He led the first and primary rebellion of noble Houses against Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, a war that ended with his allies stranded in deep space and his homeworld sterilized.
Natalya Arat Corrino: Empress of the Known UniverseNatalya Arat Corrino was Empress of the Known Universe through her marriage to Emperor Javicco Corrino, a union she brokered herself and one that bound thousands of worlds to the Imperial throne. When her husband's authority faltered she claimed power in her own right, allying with the soldier Desmond Hart against the Sisterhood.
Saudir I: the Great, fourth Emperor of the Known UniverseSaudir I ruled the Corrino Imperium from 12 BG to 70 AG and gave the empire the shape it would keep for ten thousand years. He negotiated the Spacing Guild into the imperial order, created CHOAM at the Financial Synod of Aerarium IV, and settled the accord that isolated Ix. He was remembered as Saudir the Great and Saudir Akbar.
Sidir VI: the five-times Emperor of the Era of the PrincesSidir VI, also recorded as Saudir VI, was a Padishah Emperor of House Corrino who held the Golden Lion Throne on five separate occasions between 1848 AG and 1965 AG. His repeated depositions and restorations were engineered by House Atreides to keep any single Corrino dynast from consolidating power.
Tagir Mohandis: the bold troubadour of KadeshTagir Mohandis was a Kadeshian troubadour descended from ancient merchant engineers. Robbed of everything in Arrakeen while on Hajj, he played before the Regent Alia Atreides and deliberately offended her with his verses, was hidden by the rebels of the suks, and moved on to the court of Farad'n Corrino on Salusa Secundus.
Ynez Corrino: princess and heir to the Golden Lion ThronePrincess Ynez Corrino was the daughter of Emperor Javicco Corrino and heir to the Golden Lion Throne. Betrothed to a child of House Richese to secure resources for her family, she planned to train with the Sisterhood as a Truthsayer before deaths at court set her against her father and drove her into exile on Arrakis.
Battle of CorrinThe Battle of Corrin was the space battle of 88 BG from which the Imperial House Corrino took its name. Fought 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 is the fight for Arrakis told in Frank Herbert's Dune. It destroyed House Harkonnen, ended the Corrino Empire, and put Paul Atreides on the Golden Lion Throne.
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, the second planet of Theta Shaowei. Mined out in the time of Shaddam I, it left behind the blue-green Hagal quartz of the Padishah Emperor's throne.
Hasimir FenringCount Hasimir Fenring was a deadly assassin and political operator, 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 Corrino: ten thousand years enthronedThe imperial House ruled from Kaitain and held Salusa Secundus as its fief. Paul Atreides forced Shaddam IV to give up the Golden Lion Throne.
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.
Landsraad: the council of the Great HousesThe High Council of the Great Houses, overseen by the Padishah Emperor. It gave them a forum for trade, alliance and the formal feud of kanly.
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 Secundus: the prison that bred terrorHouse Corrino's first homeworld became the empire's penal planet once the court moved to Kaitain. Its cruelty was said to breed the Sardaukar.
Sardaukar: the Emperor's prison-world troopsRaised on the penal planet Salusa Secundus and feared across the Known Universe. The Fremen beat them on Arrakis and put Paul Atreides on the 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.