Wallach IX
Mother School of the Bene Gesserit
Wallach IX was the ninth planet of the Laoujin system and the seat of the Mother School of the Bene Gesserit. From it the Sisterhood trained its acolytes, convened its councils, and plotted against the House of Atreides.
Wallach IX was the ninth planet of the Laoujin system and home to the Mother School of the Bene Gesserit sisterhood. It was on Wallach IX that the order trained its acolytes, Lady Jessica among them, and from it the Reverend Mothers directed much of the long campaign by which they sought to keep the Atreides bloodline under their control. (Dune)
The Mother School#
Wallach IX was the home of the Mother School of the Bene Gesserit, the institution at which the Sisterhood trained its acolytes in the disciplines that defined the order. Lady Jessica, concubine of Leto Atreides I and mother of Paul Atreides, graduated from the school. Gaius Helen Mohiam held the office of Proctor Superior of the Bene Gesserit school on Wallach IX, and it was in her study there that the young Jessica faced the gom jabbar. (Dune)
The conspiracy against the Atreides#
Twelve years after Paul Atreides's ascension to the Golden Lion Throne, a conspiracy gathered on Wallach IX. Princess Irulan, the Guild Navigator Edric, Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, and the Tleilaxu Face Dancer Scytale met there to plot the destruction of the House of Atreides. Irulan wished to bear the royal heir, Edric wished to break the Atreides monopoly on spice, and Mohiam wished to bring the Atreides bloodline back under Bene Gesserit control. It was at this meeting that Scytale revealed the Bene Tleilax had created a ghola named Hayt, grown as a copy of Duncan Idaho. (Dune Messiah)
After Leto Atreides II was believed killed in the Corrino plot against the Atreides twins, the Bene Gesserit Council on Wallach IX filed a formal protest against House Corrino for his assassination. (Children of Dune)
The God Emperor and the hidden Mentat school#
A Mentat ghola of Duncan Idaho visited Wallach IX during the reign of God Emperor Leto Atreides II, sent to suppress a Mentat school that the Sisterhood had believed it kept hidden there. On the planet Duncan met the Reverend Mother Tertius Eileen Anteac. (God Emperor of Dune)
The Honored Matres#
Centuries after the Fall of the God Emperor, during the onslaught of the Honored Matres, Wallach IX was attacked by forces returning from the Scattering. According to a report received by the Great Honored Matre Dama, the planet was either subjugated or completely destroyed. (Chapterhouse: Dune)
Frequently asked questions
- What is Wallach IX?
- Wallach IX was the ninth planet of the Laoujin system and the home of the Mother School of the Bene Gesserit. From it the Sisterhood trained its acolytes and the Reverend Mothers directed their long campaign to keep the Atreides bloodline under their control.
- Who trained at the Mother School on Wallach IX?
- Wallach IX was where the Bene Gesserit trained its acolytes in the disciplines that defined the order. Lady Jessica, concubine of Leto Atreides I and mother of Paul Atreides, graduated from the school there.
- Who was Gaius Helen Mohiam on Wallach IX?
- Gaius Helen Mohiam was Proctor Superior of the Bene Gesserit school on Wallach IX, and it was there she tested the young Jessica.
- What conspiracy was planned on Wallach IX?
- Twelve years after Paul Atreides took the Golden Lion Throne, Princess Irulan, the Guild Navigator Edric, Gaius Helen Mohiam, and the Tleilaxu Face Dancer Scytale met on Wallach IX to plot the destruction of the House of Atreides. At that meeting Scytale revealed the Bene Tleilax had created a ghola named Hayt, grown as a copy of Duncan Idaho.
- What happened to Wallach IX during the Honored Matres era?
- Centuries after the Fall of the God Emperor, during the onslaught of the Honored Matres, Wallach IX was attacked by forces returning from the Scattering. According to a report received by the Great Honored Matre Dama, the planet was either subjugated or completely destroyed.
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Sources
- BookDune, Frank Herbert, Chilton Books, 1965
- BookDune Messiah, Frank Herbert, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1969
- BookChildren of Dune, Frank Herbert, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1976
- BookGod Emperor of Dune, Frank Herbert, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1981
- BookChapterhouse: Dune, Frank Herbert, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1985
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