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I'm currently in the process of re-reading the dune chronicles for the 20-somethingth time, and as I go I'll be adding to this list of people, places and terms.

Be warned, this is a long task, and I don't expect this page to even approach completeness for some time to come. that being said, dive in.

Arrakis

The planet Arrakis, known as Dune is the third planet of the Canopus system. The only known source of Melange, and the home of the Fremen.

Arrakis is covered almost entirely by desert, though it is believed to have once been a fertile planet, which underwent dramatic climate change due to the arrival of the sandworm at some point prior to its discovery by humans.

Atreides, House

Atreides, Leto (10,140 - 10,191)

The Duke of House atreides, distaff cousin of Emperor Shaddam IV. Commonly known as "The Red Duke", Leto was popular in the Landstraad. Unmarried, Leto had a son, Paul Atreides, by his Bene-Gesserit concubine the Lady Jessica, and a Daughter Alia (who was not born until after his death).

Atreides, Paul (10,176 - )

Son of Duke Leto Atreides and the Lady Jessica, Paul escaped the fall of House Atreides on Arrakis in 10,191 by fleeing to the Fremen tribes, where he was hailed as the Mahdi and given the fremen names of Usul and Muad'dib. Paul later led the Fremen in a revolt, in which he wrested control of Arrakis (and through its monopoly on Melange, the empire) from House Harkonnen and House Corrino.

Paul was married in name only to the Princess Irulan, but had two children, Leto and Ghanima by his Fremen concubine, Chani (Their firstborn son, also called Leto, was killed by the Imperial Sardaukar).

Caladan

The third planet of Delta Pavonis, homeworld for 26 generations of House Atreides. Major exports include Pundi Rice.

Chani

A Fremen, Daughter of Liet Kynes. Chani became concubine and lifelong companion of Paul Atreides, even after his political marriage to the Princess Irulan.

Corrin, Battle of

Corrino, Elrood IX

Corrino, Farad'n

Corrino, House

Corrino, Irulan

Corrino, Shaddam IV

Corrino, Wensicia

Dune

Fremen

The native people of Arrakis, living outside imperial rule. The fremen are in origin Zensunni wanderers, who, after escaping slavery and persecution on a number of planets, including Salusa Secundus and Bela Tegeuse, made their home on Arrakis.

The harsh conditions on arrakis led to a number of adaptations by the fremen to conserve water, ranging from their Stillsuits to their elongated large intestines, and ultra-fast coagulation. The amount of Spice in their diet results in fremen eyes acquiring the blue-in-blue colouration common to all spice addicts, known to the fremen as the "eyes of Ibad".

Geidi Prime

Only Planet of Ophiuchi B, homeworld of House Harkonnen. Later (post Tyrant) known as Gammu.

Guild, The

Name commonly given to the Spacing Guild.

Harkonnen, House

A Great House, rulers of Geidi Prime. Noted for their cruelty, the rulers of House Harkonnen were involved in a long running feud with House Atreides, dating back to the Battle of Corrin.

Granted Quasi-Fief over Arrakis, House Harkonnen oversaw spice production there until their replacement by House Atreides in 10,191. This was, however, part of a plot in which House Harkonnen, with aid from the Imperial Sardaukar and the traitor, Wellington Yueh, took back Arrakis and killed Duke Leto Atreides.

Kynes, Liet

Imperial Planetologist, son of Pardot Kynes and father of Chani. Liet was born to Pardot's fremen wife, and continued his father's work in organising the Fremen to effect climate change on Arrakis.

Liet assisted the escape of Paul Atreides and his mother Jessica, after learning that they shared his dream for a green arrakis. He was left to die in the desert by the Harkonnens.

Kynes, Pardot

Imperial Planetologist assigned to Arrakis, Pardot was accepted among the Fremen following his rescue of three fremen youths from Harkonnen soldiers.

Kynes' research led him to the conclusion that Arrakis could be changed into a fertile world thorugh a careful process of selective planting and ecological manipulation, a task which the Fremen accepted with religious fervour.

Kynes' work was continued by his fremen son, Liet.

Sandtrout

Also known as the "Little Makers", sandtrout seal off all moisture in a planet's soil, creating a desert environment suitable for the next stage in their life cycle, the Sandworm.

Fremen children often hunt sandtrout using small amounts of water, in order to extract a sugary liquid from them.

Through his spice-saturated state, Leto II was able to form a sybiotic relationship with the sandtrout, beginning his 3,000 year metamorphosis.

Sandworm

Only found on Arrakis, Sandworms can measure over 400 metres, and are composed of a number of "ring segments". Almost invincible to conventional weaponry, sandworms are extremely vulnerable to water. Drowning Sandworms produce the "Water of Life"

Sandworms are attracted to rhythmic vibrations in the desert, and present a great threat to spice mining, as well as to those lost in the desert.

Melange is produced as a by-product of the Sandworm's reprodcutive cycle, as are the Sandtrout.

The Fremen worship sandworms as a deity "Shai-Hulud". They developed a technique of walking arhythmically to avoid work attacks, and also rode the worms, using Maker Hooks to open their ring segments, keeping the worm from submerging into the sand.

Sardaukar

The military force of House Corrino. Secretly recruited from the imperial prison planet Salusa Secundus and renowned for their ferocious combat ability, the Sardaukar went almost entirely undefeated until their confrontation with the Fremen during the Arrakis crisis. Before then, the threat of Sardaukar involvement was usually sufficient to pacify enemies of the Emperor.