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www.roleplayer.me/houseatreides Paul Atreides
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
About me: The Bene Gesserit brought Paul's parents together with the intention of producing an Atreides daughter, who could then mate with a male heir to House Harkonnen to produce the fabled Kwisatz Hadarach, a kind of super-being. However, the plans of the Bene Gesserit sisterhood were thrown into disarray when Jessica, due to her deep love of the Duke Leto, bore a male heir to his House rather than a girl, this heir was Paul.
As the son of Duke Leto Atreides I, Paul grew up with a privileged background on the water-rich planet of Caladan, the ancestral home of House Atreides. Though he lacked companions his own age, he received tutelage from his teachers, men like Thufir Hawat, Duncan Idaho, Gurney Halleck and Doctor Yueh, as well as deep education in Bene Gesserit methods and techniques from his mother. Shortly after his fifteenth birthday in the year 10191 AG, Paul's father revealed to him that his training, through his teachers, had been geared toward turning Paul into a mentat. The theory was that when Paul succeeded his father as Duke of House Atreides, one of the most respected and moral Great Houses of the Imperium, a mentat-duke would truly be a formidable force in the Landsraad. Paul's latent talents also earned him the attention of the Bene Gesserit, who tested him with the Gom Jabbar as they hoped to salvage their breeding program through him.
Paul Atreides accompanied his parents when House Atreides relocated to the desert world of Arrakis to manage mining operations of the Spice Melange. However, when the deception of House Harkonnen and the Emperor Shaddam IV was revealed, he escaped into the desert with his mother and joined the Fremen. Upon proving to the desert people that he was worthy to live among them, he took the name Muad'Dib.
Paul's union with the Fremen, coupled with significant exposure to the Spice Melange, triggered dormant prescient abilities within his bloodline. These abilities, coupled with his leadership skills, military training, and an ancient prophecy of the people of Arrakis, enabled Paul to become the sole leader of the formidable Fremen. He would later drink the Water of Life and survived, expanding his consciousness and bringing his prescience near to perfection. He was the first and last male to drink the Water of Life and survive, showing himself to be the Kwisatz Haderach, although he claimed to be something else, something unexpected. Paul claimed, after converting the Water of Life, that he could not only see the future and the past but also the present, which he called "the now."
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