A
• Arakkis – Official Name of the Planet Dune
• Arakkis City –Socio Economic and Political center of the Planet Arakkis.
• Atreides, Alia – Sister to Paul. Considered an abomination, when she was born with full knowledge.
• Atreides, Amasso – Older twin of Dax and a Major in the Atreides Military.
• Atreides, Arista – Ruler of the Known Universe and mother to the twins Dax and Amasso.
• Atreides, Dax – Heir to the throne and genetic reincarnation of Paul Atreides/Paul Maud'Dib
• Atreides, Jessica – Mother of Paul, her production of a Son and not a Daughter as ordered by the Bene Gesserit was the catalyst to the eventual fall of House Corrino and the emergence of the Golden Path.
• Atreides, Leto II – Son of Paul and visionary for the Second Golden Path.
• Atreides, Paul – Also known as Paul Maud'Dib. The original Kwisatz Haderach
• Alexi – Consort of Dax Atreides
• AVU – Audio Visual Unit (aka Television)
B
• Bene Gesserit – An exclusively female order, which monitors power: pure, corrupt, absolute. Once the power manifests it is monitored. They also maintain the archives of authority and the bloodlines of important Royal Houses. They search for the Kwisatz Haderach.
• Bible – See Orange Catholic Bible.
• Buddislamics – See Zenshite and Zensuni.
• Bulter – The name the jihad took when it overthrew the thinking machines.
C
• Caladan – Ancestral Home Planet of House Atreides.
• CCAVU – Closed Circuit Audio Visual Units.
• Chanson, Doctor – Scientist in charge of the growth and training regime of the Shadukar Clone Army.
• Chapter House – The Headquarters of the Bene Gesserit.
• Corrino, Prince Rammen - Direct descendant of the Emperor Shaddam IV, via Ghola Technology. He carries the family's burning desire to regain the throne.
D
• Dune – Desert Planet and only source of the Spice Melange. Also see Arakkis.
E
• Earth – The Ancestral Home Planet of all Humanity.
F
• Fremen – Native people of Dune.
• Feydykin – The Military Force of the Fremen.
G
• Giedi Prime - Home Planet of House Harkonnen.
• Ghola – A resurrected individual using the dead flesh of the person.
• God Emperor – See Atreides, Leto II
• Golden Path - the path laid out by Leto Atreides II to ensure the continued existence of the human race.
• Gom Jabbar – Combination needle and thimble dipped in a fast acting lethal poison.
• Great House – Reference to the Royal Families.
• Great Maker – See Shi'ulhud.
• Great Mother – Phrase of the Bene Gesserit for their guiding force.
• Guild Navigator – Pilot of the space faring ships. They fold space and exist in a mélange saturated environment. Very few have seen the deformed Navigator.
H
• Harkonnen, Baron Vlad – Direct descendant and namesake of the original Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.
• Heighliner – The vehicles used by the Spacing Guild to transport people and goods through out the universe.
• Honoured Matres – An exclusively female order, and splinter group of the Bene Gesserit.
• Hour of Lud – Sunset. The time when Fremen are called to prayers. As such the time varies with the movement of the Sun.
• Hunter seeker – Remotely operated poison dart, programmed to kill a specific target.
I
• Idaho, Duncan – Latest in an endless line of Gholas. Swordmaster, Commander in Chief of the Atreides Military, husband to Arista Atreides and father of the twins.
• Irlan, Princess – Wife of Paul Atreides
• ISAF - Interplanetary Security Assistance Force
• Ix – Planet Ix created forbidden technologies and was eventually shunned by the Landsraad.
J
• JAG – Judge Advocate General. The authority of Justice in the Military.
• J'Tu – Chairman of the Board of Terran Growth Inc. See Terran Growth Inc.
K
• Kaitian – Second Home Planet of House Corinno.
• KERES - Kaitian Environmental Resources Evaluation System. KERES is to improve environmental analysis and planning by integrating natural and cultural resource information from multiple contributors and by making it available and useful to a wide variety of users.
• Kombuli – Greek prayer beads
• Kwisatz Haderach – The super being who can see the past, present and future. Thought to be only possible for a male to achieve.
L
• Landsraad – The collection of the Royal Great Houses, which make up the Known Universe.
• Lud – Short for Shi'hulud.
M
• Maker – See Shi'hulud
• Mehda'in, Xavier – Mentat of the Prince Rammen Corrino.
• Melange – The addictive spice that the Empire has become dependant on for a myriad of functions.
• Mentat – Human analyzers. Trained to replace thinking machines.
• Maud'Dib – See Atreides, Paul
• Mick'N – Nabib of Mick'N Sietch, friend and advisor to the Atreides Family.
• Mother Superior Sasha – Supreme Leader of the Bene Gesserit.
N
• Nabib – Leader of a Fremen Village.
O
• Onithopter – See 'Thopter
• Orange Catholic Bible – The Guide for the Zenchristian. Its main irretraceable doctrine is that no thinking machine shall ever be constructed.
Q
• QED - Quod Erat Demonstrandum (proof is demonstrated)
• Quod Erat Demonstrandum – See QED
R
• Rakis - Also see Arakkis.
• Reverend Mother Dwanna – Commando sent to investigate rumours of Worm Sign on Selusa Secundas.
• Reverend Mother Farrah – Mentat and the Sister in charge of the revised breeding program to produce a female Kwisatz Haderach.
• Reverend Mother Kardon – Resident Ambassador to the Planet Selusa Secundas and the Family Corinno.
• Reverend Mother Mo'Hadin - Resident Ambassador to the Royal Court of the Empress Arista Atreides.
• Reverend Mother Shakira – Truth Sayer and tester of Dax Atreides
• Reverend Mother Sasha – Mother Superior: Head of the Bene Gesserit.
• Reverend Mother Zelron – Disaster Manager and placed in charge of the Exodus of the Bene Gesserit from Caladan.
S
• Selusa Secondus – Present and former Home Planet of House Corinno.
• Shadukar – The Military of the House Corrino and disbanded by House Atredies. They are being cloned to serve House Corrino once again.
• Shi'hulud – Native giant worm of Arakkis.
• Sietch - Fremen Village.
• Spacing Guild – Powerful association responsible for space travel by folding space.
• Suk – Caste of Medical Doctor. Imprinted with a diamond tattoo they are taken to be safe to administer to the members of the Great Houses.
T
• Terran Growth Inc. (TGI) – Cloning Company set up to rival the production of Gholas. Hired by House Corrino to mass-produce Shadukar.
• 'Thopter – Air-transport with the ability to hover. Usual carrying capacity is for four persons.
• Thumper - Device used by desert dwellers to call the worms. They are drawn to the rhythmic sounds it makes.
• Tleilaxu – A secret society. Not much is known except that they are religious fanatic fundamentalists.
• Truth Sayer – A person with the ability to tell the truth from a lie.
• Tyrant – See Atreides, Leto II
U
• UCMJ - Uniform Code of Military Justice, the code, which is used to administer Justice in the Military.
V
• Valcyn – A hermit Fremen. He has the unique ability to be in a position to observe pivotal events.
• Vitres, Piter – Mentant to the Baron Harkonen and a Ghola.
• Voice – A vocal tool used to compel people to comply with an order.
W
• Wallach IX – The Home World of the Bene Gesserit
• Weirding Way – Battle technique, favored and developed by House Atreides.
• Worm – See Shi'hulud
Z
• Zenchristian – The largest of the Universe's great religions – Christianity. Followers use the Orange Catholic Bible
• Zenshite – One sect of the second largest of the Universe's great religions - Islam. The name Islam comes from the word for peace.
• Zensunni – The other sect of Islam. The roots of the present Zenislam religion may trace its roots back to the Hebrew Bible, which evolved into the Qu'Ran. Neither sect uses the Orange Catholic Bible.
• Arakkis – Official Name of the Planet Dune
• Arakkis City –Socio Economic and Political center of the Planet Arakkis.
• Atreides, Alia – Sister to Paul. Considered an abomination, when she was born with full knowledge.
• Atreides, Amasso – Older twin of Dax and a Major in the Atreides Military.
• Atreides, Arista – Ruler of the Known Universe and mother to the twins Dax and Amasso.
• Atreides, Dax – Heir to the throne and genetic reincarnation of Paul Atreides/Paul Maud'Dib
• Atreides, Jessica – Mother of Paul, her production of a Son and not a Daughter as ordered by the Bene Gesserit was the catalyst to the eventual fall of House Corrino and the emergence of the Golden Path.
• Atreides, Leto II – Son of Paul and visionary for the Second Golden Path.
• Atreides, Paul – Also known as Paul Maud'Dib. The original Kwisatz Haderach
• Alexi – Consort of Dax Atreides
• AVU – Audio Visual Unit (aka Television)
B
• Bene Gesserit – An exclusively female order, which monitors power: pure, corrupt, absolute. Once the power manifests it is monitored. They also maintain the archives of authority and the bloodlines of important Royal Houses. They search for the Kwisatz Haderach.
• Bible – See Orange Catholic Bible.
• Buddislamics – See Zenshite and Zensuni.
• Bulter – The name the jihad took when it overthrew the thinking machines.
C
• Caladan – Ancestral Home Planet of House Atreides.
• CCAVU – Closed Circuit Audio Visual Units.
• Chanson, Doctor – Scientist in charge of the growth and training regime of the Shadukar Clone Army.
• Chapter House – The Headquarters of the Bene Gesserit.
• Corrino, Prince Rammen - Direct descendant of the Emperor Shaddam IV, via Ghola Technology. He carries the family's burning desire to regain the throne.
D
• Dune – Desert Planet and only source of the Spice Melange. Also see Arakkis.
E
• Earth – The Ancestral Home Planet of all Humanity.
F
• Fremen – Native people of Dune.
• Feydykin – The Military Force of the Fremen.
G
• Giedi Prime - Home Planet of House Harkonnen.
• Ghola – A resurrected individual using the dead flesh of the person.
• God Emperor – See Atreides, Leto II
• Golden Path - the path laid out by Leto Atreides II to ensure the continued existence of the human race.
• Gom Jabbar – Combination needle and thimble dipped in a fast acting lethal poison.
• Great House – Reference to the Royal Families.
• Great Maker – See Shi'ulhud.
• Great Mother – Phrase of the Bene Gesserit for their guiding force.
• Guild Navigator – Pilot of the space faring ships. They fold space and exist in a mélange saturated environment. Very few have seen the deformed Navigator.
H
• Harkonnen, Baron Vlad – Direct descendant and namesake of the original Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.
• Heighliner – The vehicles used by the Spacing Guild to transport people and goods through out the universe.
• Honoured Matres – An exclusively female order, and splinter group of the Bene Gesserit.
• Hour of Lud – Sunset. The time when Fremen are called to prayers. As such the time varies with the movement of the Sun.
• Hunter seeker – Remotely operated poison dart, programmed to kill a specific target.
I
• Idaho, Duncan – Latest in an endless line of Gholas. Swordmaster, Commander in Chief of the Atreides Military, husband to Arista Atreides and father of the twins.
• Irlan, Princess – Wife of Paul Atreides
• ISAF - Interplanetary Security Assistance Force
• Ix – Planet Ix created forbidden technologies and was eventually shunned by the Landsraad.
J
• JAG – Judge Advocate General. The authority of Justice in the Military.
• J'Tu – Chairman of the Board of Terran Growth Inc. See Terran Growth Inc.
K
• Kaitian – Second Home Planet of House Corinno.
• KERES - Kaitian Environmental Resources Evaluation System. KERES is to improve environmental analysis and planning by integrating natural and cultural resource information from multiple contributors and by making it available and useful to a wide variety of users.
• Kombuli – Greek prayer beads
• Kwisatz Haderach – The super being who can see the past, present and future. Thought to be only possible for a male to achieve.
L
• Landsraad – The collection of the Royal Great Houses, which make up the Known Universe.
• Lud – Short for Shi'hulud.
M
• Maker – See Shi'hulud
• Mehda'in, Xavier – Mentat of the Prince Rammen Corrino.
• Melange – The addictive spice that the Empire has become dependant on for a myriad of functions.
• Mentat – Human analyzers. Trained to replace thinking machines.
• Maud'Dib – See Atreides, Paul
• Mick'N – Nabib of Mick'N Sietch, friend and advisor to the Atreides Family.
• Mother Superior Sasha – Supreme Leader of the Bene Gesserit.
N
• Nabib – Leader of a Fremen Village.
O
• Onithopter – See 'Thopter
• Orange Catholic Bible – The Guide for the Zenchristian. Its main irretraceable doctrine is that no thinking machine shall ever be constructed.
Q
• QED - Quod Erat Demonstrandum (proof is demonstrated)
• Quod Erat Demonstrandum – See QED
R
• Rakis - Also see Arakkis.
• Reverend Mother Dwanna – Commando sent to investigate rumours of Worm Sign on Selusa Secundas.
• Reverend Mother Farrah – Mentat and the Sister in charge of the revised breeding program to produce a female Kwisatz Haderach.
• Reverend Mother Kardon – Resident Ambassador to the Planet Selusa Secundas and the Family Corinno.
• Reverend Mother Mo'Hadin - Resident Ambassador to the Royal Court of the Empress Arista Atreides.
• Reverend Mother Shakira – Truth Sayer and tester of Dax Atreides
• Reverend Mother Sasha – Mother Superior: Head of the Bene Gesserit.
• Reverend Mother Zelron – Disaster Manager and placed in charge of the Exodus of the Bene Gesserit from Caladan.
S
• Selusa Secondus – Present and former Home Planet of House Corinno.
• Shadukar – The Military of the House Corrino and disbanded by House Atredies. They are being cloned to serve House Corrino once again.
• Shi'hulud – Native giant worm of Arakkis.
• Sietch - Fremen Village.
• Spacing Guild – Powerful association responsible for space travel by folding space.
• Suk – Caste of Medical Doctor. Imprinted with a diamond tattoo they are taken to be safe to administer to the members of the Great Houses.
T
• Terran Growth Inc. (TGI) – Cloning Company set up to rival the production of Gholas. Hired by House Corrino to mass-produce Shadukar.
• 'Thopter – Air-transport with the ability to hover. Usual carrying capacity is for four persons.
• Thumper - Device used by desert dwellers to call the worms. They are drawn to the rhythmic sounds it makes.
• Tleilaxu – A secret society. Not much is known except that they are religious fanatic fundamentalists.
• Truth Sayer – A person with the ability to tell the truth from a lie.
• Tyrant – See Atreides, Leto II
U
• UCMJ - Uniform Code of Military Justice, the code, which is used to administer Justice in the Military.
V
• Valcyn – A hermit Fremen. He has the unique ability to be in a position to observe pivotal events.
• Vitres, Piter – Mentant to the Baron Harkonen and a Ghola.
• Voice – A vocal tool used to compel people to comply with an order.
W
• Wallach IX – The Home World of the Bene Gesserit
• Weirding Way – Battle technique, favored and developed by House Atreides.
• Worm – See Shi'hulud
Z
• Zenchristian – The largest of the Universe's great religions – Christianity. Followers use the Orange Catholic Bible
• Zenshite – One sect of the second largest of the Universe's great religions - Islam. The name Islam comes from the word for peace.
• Zensunni – The other sect of Islam. The roots of the present Zenislam religion may trace its roots back to the Hebrew Bible, which evolved into the Qu'Ran. Neither sect uses the Orange Catholic Bible.
