Ziarenko Javid
Alia's Master of Appointments
Ziarenko Javid was a Fremen of Sietch Jacurutu who became a priest and Master of Appointments to the Regent Alia Atreides. He became Alia's lover and was killed by Duncan Idaho in Sietch Tabr as the Fremen turned against the Regency.
Ziarenko Javid was a Fremen follower of the Padishah Emperor Paul "Muad'Dib" Atreides who became a priest of the Qizarate. In the last years of the regency he served as Master of Appointments to the Regent Alia Atreides and became her lover, a relationship that drew the fury of her husband, the Mentat ghola Duncan Idaho, and ended in his death. (Children of Dune)
Origins in Sietch Jacurutu#
Javid was born in Sietch Jacurutu as the son of its Naib, Namri. Jacurutu was the hidden sietch of the Iduali, the water-stealing Fremen whom the other tribes believed they had wiped out. Javid left it behind to become a priest, and in time he rose to become the Regent Alia Atreides' Master of Appointments. His long isolation at Jacurutu left its mark on his speech, which carried an unusual accent full of outdated pronunciations. He had surly features, shadowed eyes and round cheeks, and was conspicuously well fed. (Children of Dune)
Priest and lover of the Regent#
As a priest of the Qizarate, Javid served the Regency as Master of Appointments. In the last years of the regency the ego-memory spectre of the deceased Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, which contended for control of Alia from within, urged the Regent to take Javid as a lover. Soon after their relationship began, the Swordmaster and Mentat ghola Duncan Idaho, Alia's husband, deduced the affair, and it angered him severely. (Children of Dune)
Death in Sietch Tabr#
As the Fremen turned against the Regency, Duncan killed Javid publicly in Sietch Tabr, both as revenge for the affair and as a calculated act meant to force the hand of the Tabr Naib Stilgar. The killing achieved its purpose. Javid's death provoked Stilgar to abandon his position of neutrality between Alia and the rebel Fremen, and he killed Duncan in turn, casting his lot against the Regency. (Children of Dune)
Frequently asked questions
- Who was Ziarenko Javid?
- Ziarenko Javid was a Fremen priest of the Qizarate, the religious order built around Paul Atreides. In the last years of the regency he served as Master of Appointments to the Regent Alia Atreides.
- Where did Ziarenko Javid come from?
- Javid was born in Sietch Jacurutu as the son of its Naib, Namri, the sietch of the Iduali water stealers. He left Jacurutu behind to become a priest, and his long isolation at Jacurutu left his speech with an unusual accent full of outdated pronunciations.
- How did Ziarenko Javid become Alia Atreides' lover?
- In the last years of the regency, the ego-memory spectre of the deceased Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, which contended for control of Alia from within, urged her to take Javid as a lover. The relationship angered her husband, the Mentat ghola Duncan Idaho, who deduced the affair soon after it began.
- How did Ziarenko Javid die?
- As the Fremen turned against the Regency, Duncan Idaho killed Javid publicly in Sietch Tabr, both as revenge for the affair and as a calculated act meant to force the hand of the Tabr Naib Stilgar.
- What were the consequences of Ziarenko Javid's death?
- Javid's death provoked Stilgar to abandon his position of neutrality between Alia and the rebel Fremen. Stilgar killed Duncan Idaho in turn, casting his lot against the Regency.
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Sources
- BookChildren of Dune, Frank Herbert, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1976
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