Miles Teg

Supreme Bashar Miles Teg was a highly regarded military commander and Mentat of the Bene Gesserit, who lived roughly fifteen centuries after the death of the God Emperor Leto Atreides II. A product of the Sisterhood's breeding program bred down the line of House Atreides genes, he resembled Leto Atreides I so closely that the Sisterhood employed him to reawaken the dormant memories of a Duncan Idaho ghola. Combining the discipline of a Reverend Mother's training with Mentat computation, Teg became the ablest commander of his age before his death in battle on Rakis. (Heretics of Dune; Chapterhouse: Dune)

Origins and breeding#

Miles Teg was the eldest son of Loschy Teg and Lady Janet Roxbrough, born on Lernaeus and conditioned from an early age to serve the interests of the Bene Gesserit. He was regarded as an exceptional example of pure breeding, possessing the physical and mental attributes of a classic Atreides male to the point where he was said to resemble Leto Atreides I almost exactly, differing only in being somewhat taller. When Teg first saw the ego-likeness of the old Duke in a Bene Gesserit library, he regarded the experience as looking into a mirror, an impression that extended to the old Duke's mannerisms as well as his features. (Heretics of Dune)

His likeness to the Atreides was no accident. The Sisterhood had bred him down the line of House Atreides genes, and his loyalty was secured where earlier Atreides had slipped their control. Where the mother of Paul Atreides had defied the Sisterhood, Teg's mother Janet Roxbrough remained loyal, instilling in him awe and devotion for the Bene Gesserit through his upbringing and training. He thus combined the powerful traits of the Atreides with complete obedience to the Sisterhood, unlike Paul or Leto Atreides II before him. (Heretics of Dune)

Training as Mentat and adept#

Much of Teg's training reflected the learning instilled in Reverend Mothers, an inheritance largely attributed to his mother, who was a Reverend Mother herself. He became both a Mentat and a Bene Gesserit adept, a combination that made him a formidable instrument of the Sisterhood's will. Shortly before his thirteenth birthday he was sent to advanced schooling at the Bene Gesserit stronghold on Lampadas, where the early assessment of his promise was confirmed. Word went back to his mother: "You have given us the Warrior Mentat we had hoped for." Teg did not see that note, inscribed on a small sheet of Ridulian crystal, until he sorted through his mother's effects after her death. (Heretics of Dune)

Career as Supreme Bashar#

Teg spent his career commanding Bene Gesserit military forces as their Supreme Bashar. He earned a reputation for superior ability in leading men in battle and for engendering truces between otherwise implacable enemies. His successes were attributed in part to his genetic inheritance, for the men of the Atreides line were known to be charismatic and to elicit fierce loyalty in those who followed them, a potential the Sisterhood capitalised upon through his training. He fathered multiple daughters, among them the Reverend Mother and later Mother Superior Darwi Odrade and his eldest, Dimela, who herself had three children. After an extremely successful career he retired to his home planet of Lernaeus. (Heretics of Dune)

Recall, capture, and torture#

Some time after his retirement Teg was called back to active duty to train a Duncan Idaho ghola and to awaken the ghola's dormant memories and personality. The Sisterhood believed that his superior abilities and his resemblance to Leto Atreides I would assist the task, since the original Duncan Idaho had maintained a strong relationship with the Duke. During this period he learned that the Reverend Mother Darwi Odrade was his daughter. (Heretics of Dune)

After Teg had restored the ghola's memories, Tleilaxu forces attempted to capture him and Duncan, using both Face Dancers and people returning from the Scattering. Teg used a series of cunning and unexpected tactics to help Duncan and Lucilla escape, but he was himself captured. During his interrogation he was tortured severely with a T-probe. The extreme pain awoke prescient abilities in him along with heightened physical and mental powers, all of which allowed him to overpower his interrogators and escape. (Heretics of Dune)

Death on Rakis#

Following his escape Teg gathered many retired war veterans on Gammu who had served under him. He then went to Rakis, where he held off the enemy so that Odrade, Sheeana, Duncan and a captive sandworm could be carried off to safety. Teg was killed there when the Honored Matres attacked and destroyed Rakis. (Heretics of Dune)

Rebirth as a ghola#

Some years later Teg was returned from the dead as a ghola, grown in an axlotl tank from cells harvested before the death of the original. His memories were awakened in a reversal of the role he had once played for Duncan Idaho, this time by the woman Sheeana under Duncan's direction. Duncan theorised that the awakening could be triggered through Imprinting, and a buried memory of the hypnotrance suggestion his mother had once planted to repel Imprinting supplied the necessary trauma to restore his original self. Teg then commanded the forces that led to the subjugation of the Honored Matres under the Bene Gesserit. When Murbella's ascension to leadership was not accepted by all the Sisterhood, Teg left to join the Scattering led by Sheeana. (Chapterhouse: Dune)