Javicco Corrino

Constantine Corrino: the Emperor's illegitimate son

Lord 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.

Desmond Hart: the Emperor's bashar

Desmond 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.

Dune: Prophecy Explained: Season 1 Plot Summary and Ending

The full story of HBO's Bene Gesserit series Dune: Prophecy, episode by episode, from Raquella's death to the escape to Arrakis. With the ending explained: who Desmond Hart really is, what Valya saw inside him, and where season one leaves the Sisterhood.

Emeline: the zealot of Wallach IX

Sister Emeline was a zealous acolyte of the Sisterhood on Wallach IX, descended from a long line of martyrs who died at the Battle of Corrin. She brought fervent religion to her Truthsayer training, and when nightmares swept the school she turned to the old texts and revived the tradition of the Butlerian sisters, following Dorotea when the dead Reverend Mother returned in Lila's body.

Evgeny Harkonnen: patriarch of a disgraced House

Evgeny Harkonnen was the uncle of Griffin, Valya and Tula Harkonnen and the aging head of a family living in exile and disgrace. He never forgave Valya for the deaths her ambitions brought upon the House, and his final argument with her ended when she withheld the treatment that kept him breathing.

Francesca: Sister of the Bene Gesserit

Sister Francesca was a strong, intelligent and alluring member of the Bene Gesserit and a great love of Emperor Javicco Corrino. Sent to the Emperor as an instrument of the Sisterhood's breeding design, she bore him a son, Constantine, and her return to the Imperial Opal Palace strained the balance of power in Corrinth City until the last night of the Corrino reign.

Harrow Harkonnen: Baron of a fallen House

Baron Harrow Harkonnen was a rising politician of House Harkonnen who longed to restore his House to its former glory. Drawn into the schemes of his aunt Valya Harkonnen, he petitioned the High Council to investigate Desmond Hart for murder, then bought the Bashar's forgiveness with an informant's bargain.

Kasha Jinjo: Truthsayer to Emperor Javicco Corrino

Reverend Mother Kasha Jinjo served as Truthsayer and confidant to Emperor Javicco Corrino, holding a position of great influence in the Imperium on behalf of the Bene Gesserit. When visions of danger to the princess Ynez drove her to question the Sisterhood's design, she died burning from within on Wallach IX on the same night a boy burned in the Imperial palace.

Keiran Atreides: the Swordmaster who turned against the throne

Keiran Atreides was a Swordmaster of House Atreides who served the Corrino imperial court while secretly working for the rebellion against the throne. His love for the princess Ynez Corrino kept him from carrying out an attack on the imperial family, and his exposure ended in torture, rescue, and flight to Arrakis.

Natalya Arat Corrino: Empress of the Known Universe

Natalya 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.

Theodosia: the shapeshifting Sister

Theodosia was an acolyte of the Sisterhood on Wallach IX, bred as an experiment by Tlulaxan geneticists and born with the ability to transform herself into any other person. Chosen by Valya Harkonnen for her talent, she served the Mother Superior on Salusa Secundus and gave herself up to free Princess Ynez, stabbing Desmond Hart before being taken into suspension.

Ynez Corrino: princess and heir to the Golden Lion Throne

Princess 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.