Kralizec
the Typhoon Struggle
Kralizec, also called the Typhoon Struggle, was the long foretold battle at the end of the universe. The God Emperor Leto Atreides II used the term for the chaotic age of Famine and Scattering that followed his death, and it later named the final war against the Thinking Machines.
Kralizec, also called the Typhoon Struggle, was the long foretold battle at the end of the universe. The God Emperor Leto Atreides II used the term to denominate the chaotic period that followed his death, the Famine Times and the Scattering, and in later ages it came to name the final war against the reborn Thinking Machine Empire.
The Typhoon Struggle#
Kralizec was understood as the battle at the end of the universe, a struggle so vast that it carried the name of a typhoon. The God Emperor Leto Atreides II used the term to describe the age he had deliberately brought about. Through his long tyranny he had pent up the energies of humanity so that, on his death, the species would burst outward across the cosmos in the Scattering, scattered beyond any single point of failure. The Famine Times and that great dispersal were, in his reckoning, the Typhoon Struggle the prophecies had foretold.
The Day of Kralizec#
In the age that came after the return of the Honored Matres, Kralizec took on a second meaning as the final reckoning with the reborn Thinking Machine Empire of Omnius and Erasmus. The plots of the end of the age were laid in preparation for it, including the search for an Ultimate Kwisatz Haderach believed to be the fulcrum that would tilt the battle in favor of whoever possessed him. The Day of Kralizec itself was the great battle in which ragged human fleets met the machine fleet above the planets of Chapterhouse and Junction, while on the machine homeworld of Synchrony the last confrontation of human, machine, and Face Dancer played itself out.
Frequently asked questions
- What was Kralizec?
- Kralizec, also called the Typhoon Struggle, was the long foretold battle at the end of the universe. The God Emperor Leto Atreides II used the term to denominate the chaotic period that came after his death, the Famine Times and the Scattering.
- Who gave Kralizec its name?
- The God Emperor Leto Atreides II used the term Kralizec to describe the upheaval he had set in motion. By his death he had so shaped events that humanity scattered across the universe in the Famine Times, a dispersal he counted as the Typhoon Struggle foretold.
- How was Kralizec understood in later ages?
- In the age that followed the return of the Honored Matres, Kralizec came to name the final confrontation with the reborn Thinking Machine Empire. The Day of Kralizec was the great battle in which human fleets met the machine fleet above Chapterhouse and Junction while the end of the age played out on Synchrony.
Sources
- WikiKralizec — Dune Wiki entry
- WikiEnhanced Face Dancer — Dune Wiki entry
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