150. Kenric IV (c) (rival) 4260-4269
151. Kenric V (s) 4269-4293
152. Kenman II (s) 4293-4344
153. Alman VIII (gh) 4344-4354
154. Wallach IV (gs of Wallach) 4354-4355
153. Alman VIII (restored) 4355-4359
155. Count Isfahan (Regent) 4359
153. Alman VIII (3rd reign) 4359-4362
156. Vasili Medvedev (Regent) 4362-4366
153. Alman VIII (4th reign) 4366
154. Wallach IV (2nd reign) 4366-4367
as Avelard VII: 4367-4375
153. Alman VIII (5th reign) 4375-4381
157. Harilan, Duke of Iasi (Regent) 4375-4381
FIRST REPUBLIC 4381-4552
HOUSE OF EZHAR CORRINO
158. Ezhar V (usurper and pretender with no proven connection to the royal line, although he claimed descent from Ezhar IV) 4404-4411
HOUSE OF MENEMTAHE CORRINO
159. Menemtahe VII (pretender with no known connection to the royal line, although he claimed descent from Saluso VII) 4481-4482
HOUSE OF COSTIN CORRINO
160. Costin IX (pretender) 4506
HOUSE OF ATREUS CORRINO
161. Atreus (claimed descent from Estil I) 4552-4641
162. Mikael II The Depraved (s)
(abdicated and retired to a monastery) 4641-4670
SECOND REPUBLIC 4670-4813
HOUSE OF DARYAI CORRINO
163. Daryai Ezhar VI (pretender: claimed descent from Ezhar V) 4722-4731
164. Elim (s) 4731
HOUSE OF ATREUS CORRINO
162. Mikael II (restored from cryogenic suspension) 4813-4888
165. Mikael III (s) 4888-4892
166. Mikael IV (b) 4892-4897
167. Mikael V (b) 4897-4899
168. Mikael VI (b) 4899-4913
162. Mikael II (3rd reign) 4913-4915
AGE OF PRETENDERS
169. Avelard VIII Sulaiman (2 weeks) 4915
170. Corrin XII (impostor) (2 days) 4915
171. Sidir XVI (Lord Protector) 4915-4916
172. Alver I Reginaud (4 hours) 4916
173. Audrii VI (origins unknown)
(3 months) 4916-4917
174. Liard (5 weeks) 4917
175. Turenne (10 days) 4917
176. Phyfe (Duke Protector) 4917-4919
177. Layard Menemtahe VIII 4919-4921
178. Biron Rhibera (1 day) 4921
179. Julian (6 weeks) 4921
THIRD REPUBLIC 4921-4935
SECOND HOUSE OF CORRIN CORRINO
180. Corrin XIII (descendant of Saluso VIII) 4935-5017
181. Henoor V (s) 5017-5062
182. Corrin XIV (s) 5062-5207
183. Juanvarai I (c) 5207-5225
184. Ezhar VII (s) 5225-5307
185. Destrym (relation unknown) 5307-5321
THIRD PROTECTORATE
186. Kelal Djordjevich 5321-5420
187. Theron I Papshvili 5420-5474
188. Ashot Gregorian 5474-5511
189. Koniets Karamtsev 5511-5582
190. Harisy Ableman 5582-5615
191. Koroi Muratomi 5615-5618
192. Lamia Westring 5618-5660
193. Teimuraz Bagration 5660-5670
HOUSE OF BAGRAT CORRINO
193. Teimuraz I (as Emperor) 5670-5722
194. Josifa (wife; descendant of Josif II) 5670-5698
195. Bagrat I (s) 5722-5738
196. Teimuraz II (b) 5738-5756
197. Bagrat II (s) 5756-5794
198. Bagrat III (s) 5794-5801
HOUSE OF SHADDAM CORRINO
199. Shaddam III (descendant of Alman VIII) 5801-5859
200. Forbin I (s) 5859-5919
201. Corrin XV (s) 5919-5944
202. Qabus (b) 5944-5980
203. Estil IV (c) 5980-5999
204. Irulon IV (s) 5999-6062
205. Estil V (s) 6062-6072
206. Alia VI (d) 6072-6205
HOUSE OF ESTIL CORRINO
207. Estil VI (gs) 6205-6231
208. Irulon V (s) 6231-6236
209. Estil VII (b) 6236-6249
210. Corrin XVI (b) 6249-6262
211. Herold (b) 6262-6285
212. Letoor (b) 6285-6300
213. Kenrod I (s) 6300-6301
214. Estival I (u) 6301-6303
215. Jesrum (b) 6303-6316
216. Kenrod II (s) 6316-6349
217. Jesrod (s) 6349-6391
218. Jestin (s) 6391-6424
219. Malcom Sidir XVII (2nd c) 6424-6458
220. Faradh I (c) 6458-6509
221. Gamis Kenrod II (s) 6509-6615
222. Jesric (s) 6615-6663
223. Corrin XVII (s) 6663-6691
224. Malcor Kenrod IV (s) 6691-6708
225. Jefri Saluso IX (b) 6708-6732
226. Wenlian (b) 6732-6812
HOUSE OF FORBIN CORRINO
227. Forbin II (s) 6812-6826
FOURTH REPUBLIC 6826-6828
HOUSE OF FORBIN CORRINO
227. Forbin II (restored) 6828-6835
228. Wensic IV (s) 6835-6855
227. Forbin II (3rd reign) 6855-6865
229. Jasmine (wife of Wensic IV) 6865-6866
230. Thibaut or Theobald I (2nd husband) 6865-6874
231. Corrin XVIII Thibaut II (s) 6874-6892
232. Harmon III (s of Forbin II) 6892-6898
233. Thibaut III (s of Thibaut I) 6898
234. Hugo Corrin XIX (b) 6898-6913
235. Corbin I (s of Harmon III) 6913-6966
236. Harmon IV (s) 6966
237. Faradh II (b) 6966-6987
238. Corbin II (s) 6987-7045
239. Faradh III (s) 7045-7071
240. Thibaut IV (c) 7071-7115
241. Lemuli Forbin III (c) 7115-7118
242. Thibaut V (s) 7118-7164
243. Faradh IV (s) 7164-7165
244. Mandoval Corbin III (usurper) 7165-7188
245. Faradh IV (restored) 7188-7190
246. Faradh V (s) 7190
HOUSE OF IRULON CORRINO
247. Irulon VI (descendant of Iruon V) 7190-7255
248. Rugo III (s) 7255-7318
249. Maria III (wife) 7318-7332
250. Thomas Faradh VI (gs of Irulon) 7332-7401
251. Kenrod V (c) 7401-7415
252. Henli VI (ggs of Irulon VI) 7415-7426
HOUSE OF HAJUS CORRINO [THE PADISHAHS]
253. Fredhrick I al-Hajus (descendant of Sidir XIV) 7426-7456
254. Fredhrick II (s) and Alia VII 7456-7519
255. Sidir XVIII (s) 7519-7537
256. Avelard IX (b) 7537-7551
257. Avelard X (s) 7551-7603
258. Kalus II (h-b) 7603-7628
259. Fredhrick III (b) 7628-7637
260. Avelard XI (s) 7637-7651
261. Elrood VII (s) 7651-7700
262. Alman IX (n) 7700-7711
263. Istaivan II (c) 7711-7746
264. Avelard XII (s) 7746-7775
265. Fredhrick IV Istaivan III (s) 7775-7782
266. Avelard XIII (b) 7782-7798
267. Fredhrick V (s) 7798-7849
268. Fredhrick VI (s) 7849-7893
269. Fredhrick VII (s) 7893-7840
270. Audrii VII (2nd c) 7940-7992
271. Audrii VIII (s) 7992-7993
272. Hajus I (s) 7993-7997
273. Fredhrick VIII (b) 7997-7998
274. Audrii IX (b) (4 months) 7998
273. Fredhrick VIII (restored) 7998-8003
275. Fredhrick IX (s) 8003-8008
HOUSE OF TIIOPA'IL CORRINO
276. Tiiopa'il Roonaladh I (husband of Wensicia, daughter of Audrii VIII) 8008-8035
277. Estival II (s) 8035-8068
278. Wensic V (b) 8068-8071
279. Alver II (b) 8071-8088
280. Theron II (b) 8088-8107
281. Roonaladh II (s) 8107-8140
282. Anders II (b) 8140-8144
283. Lannes (b) 8144-8145
> 284. Wensicia (wife of Anders II) 8145-8147
285. Hemming Sidir XIX (s of Theron II) 8147-8153
286. Irulan I (d) 8153-8194
287. Wensic VI (s of Anders II) 8194-8216
288. Chalic I (b) 8216-8225
289. Wensic VII (s) 8225-8277
290. Chalic II (b) 8277-8292
291. Cimon (c) 8292-8293
292. Estival III (b of Chalic II) 8293-8300
293. Irulan II (d) 8300-8344
294. Geoffroi I Theron III (c) 8344-8349
295. Hainal I (s) 8349-8363
296. Estival IV (s) 8363-8414
297. Estival V (n) 8414-8455
298. Hainal II (s) 8455-8465
299. Estival VI (b) 8465-8498
300. Geoffroi II (b) 8499-8499
301. Welman Irulon VII (2nd c) 8499-8506
300. Geoffroi II (restored) 8506-8511
302. Irulon VIII (s of Irulon VII) 8511-8539
303. Kenrod VI (c) 8539-8561
304. Wensic VIII (c) 8561-8588
305. Estival VII (s) 8588-8590
306. Wensic X (s) 8590
307. Hainal III (u) 8590-8609
308. Chalic III (b) 8609-8611
309. Alver III (s of Estival VII) 8611-8637
310. Hainal IV (s) 8637-8659
311. Alman X (c) 8659-8666
312. Karladh (c) 8666-8672
313. Roonaladh III (s) 8672-8708
HOUSE OF HAJUS ELROOD CORRINO
314. Hainal III (descendant of Elrood VII) 8708-8715
315. Avelard XIV (s) 8715-8732
316. Avelard XV (s) 8732-8751
317. Ezhar VII (b) 8751-8754
318. Audrii X (b) 8754-8762
319. Audrii XI (s) 8762-8774
320. Avelard XVI (b) 8774-8788
321. Fredhrick XI (c) 8788-8805
322. Fredhrick XII (s) 8805-8835
323. Juanvarai II (c) 8835-8911
324. Fredhrick XIII (n) 8911-8923
325. Corrin XX (s) 8923-8974
326. Fredhrick XIV (b) 8974-8976
327. Fredhrick XV (s) 8976-8998
328. Josif IV (2nd C) 8998-9071
329. Ezhar VIII (s) 9071-9090
330. Fredhrick XVI (s) 9090-9127
331. Fredhrick XVII (n) 9127-9147
332. Avelard XVII (b) (Regent) 9127-9149
as Emperor: 9149-9151
333. Josif V (b) 9151-9171
334. Corrin XXI (b) 9171
335. Avelard XVIII (s) 9171-9174
336. Ezhar IX (c) 9174-9235
337. Corrin XXII (s) 9235-9294
338. Ezhar X (s) 9294-9301
339. Henoor VI (b) 9301-9328
340. Ezhar XI (s) 9328-9381
341. Ezhar XII (s) 9381-9424
342. Sheset IX (n) 9424-9441
343. Henoor VII (s) 9441-9471
344. Ezhar XIII (s) 9471-9492
345. Josif VI (b) 9493-9499
346. Avelard XIX (s) 9499-9530
347. Audrii XII (c) 9530-9547
348. Henoor VIII (s) 9547-9572
349. Ezhar XIV (s) 9572-9613
350. Kalus III (b) 9613-9615
351. Josif VII (c) 9615-9658
352. Sidir XX (s) 9658-9670
353. Josif VIII (b) 9670-9688
354. Ezhar XV (s) 9688-9731
355. Sheset X (n) 9731-9732
356. Breeman Corrin XXIII (c) 9732-9754
357. Ezhar XVI (s) 9754-9760
358. Audrii XIII (s) 9760-9803
359. Hajus II Corrin XXIV (2nd c) 9803-9828
360. Audrii XIV (s of Audrii XIII) 9828-9851
361. Audrii XV (s) 9851-9924
362. Henoor IX (s) 9924-9935
363. Fredhrick XVIII (b) 9935-9960
364. Rauvard Kalus IV (c) 9960-10002
365. Akbar II Avelard XX (3rd c) 10002-10031
366. Hajus III (s) 10031-10079
367. Fredhrick XIX (s) 10079-10120
368. Corrin XXV (s) 10120-10122
369. Elroox IX (b) 10122-10156
370. Shaddam IV (s) 10156-10196
371. Irulan III (d) (Regent) 10196
HOUSE OF ATREIDES CORRINO
372. Paul I Muad'Dib (husband) 10196-10208
373. Alia VIII (sister) (Regent) 10209-10218
374. Leto II (son of Paul I) 10209-13724
R.R.
F
FACE DANCERS
Face dancers were specialized entertainer-spies from the planet Tleilax, the most famous of whom in Atreidean times was Scytale, would-be assassin of Paul Muad'Dib. Face dancers possessed bodily adaptations and practiced intensive training to allow them to duplicate the personalities, voices, physical forms and movements of others. They were regarded by the masses of the empire with a mixture of awe, admiration, and revulsion in their cover professions of dancers and mimics, although the powerful knew how effective a force for espionage the face dancers represented. They were therefore a major arm in the enforcement of Tleilaxu foreign-policy.
HISTORY OF THE FACE DANCERS. Tleilax, the sole planet of Thalim, largely escaped the ravages of the Butlerian Jihad and consequently its advanced technology remained intact while that of most other planets was reduced to more primitive levels. Tleilax's leaders knew that the planet's industrial base was preserved solely due to its usefulness to the power centers of the Imperium. Ever cautious of provoking a resurgence of the mania disguised as religion that had sparked the Jihad, the Tleilaxu exercised great secrecy in their operations. At the same time, they endeavored to make themselves indispensable to the Padishah emperors by providing them with items of forbidden technology.
The Tleilaxu devoted themselves to the soft sciences: medicine, biology, genetics, psychology and sociology. This course held fewer risks, required fewer raw materials and resources and was expected to pay greater dividends than the hardware-oriented technology of the planet Ix, The Tleilaxu were the supreme amoralists of their time, approaching every question with total self-interest and cold pragmatism. Their experiences in the Jihad, witnessing the obliteration of scientific partners and colleagues on other planets, generated a global paranoia which their ostracism from the life of the Imperium sustained.
Few of the Tleilaxu artifacts and services have been remembered by history, since their purchasers were loath to advertise where they shopped. Exceptions to this oblivion include the axolotl tanks, used for producing gholas; the department of religious engineering, whose existence was disclosed by Scytale and whose actual activities remain unknown; and, of course, the face dancers, Tleilax's best-known work.
Legends from almost mythical times tell of the shape-shifters, the werewolf, the loup garou. But if we discount these stories as baseless, then the first face dancers were those produced by the Tleilaxu in the sixth millennium. They appeared as entertainers at the court of Corrin XIV in 5122. Apparently these first face dancers were little more than exceptionally skilled mimics with remarkable body control, very crude artifacts compared to their successors. Nevertheless, some students of the period believe that they accomplished their purposes with skill. The historian C. Suf Milar has argued that the face dancers were conspirators or hirelings in the plot to assassinate Corrin XIV. The Landsraad discovered their involvement, but the Great Houses, fearing the complete obliteration of technology as much as Tleilax did, Milar conjectures, kept their findings secret. What warning they sent to the Tleilaxu, if any, is not known.
In the centuries that followed, the face dancers used the role of traveling entertainer to great advantage. The cost of a troupe of dancers was astronomical, and their appearance at state occasions was the mark of the most conspicuous consumption. There can be no doubt that the face dancers were marvelous performers, as a few surviving minifilms show. They were therefore valuable to the Tleilaxu as a rich source of foreign currency. Yet no one supposes that monetary considerations were ever primary in decisions to let the face dancers travel, for the face dancers were the most competent intelligence gathering netw
ork the Imperium ever endured.
ABILITIES OF THE FACE DANCERS. In a matter of minutes, a face dancer could change his height, build, facial features, hair color and apparent length, and even sex. He could become any individual he wished to mimic. A master face dancer needed to see a person for only a minute to produce a rough similarity. Several hours of observation resulted in a likeness which could fool casual acquaintances of the victim. Given an opportunity to study the victim for several days, the dancer's likeness would be undetectable (for short periods of time) even by the closest of associates. The Tleilaxu endowed the face dancers with these abilities by a combination of rigorous training, embryological manipulation, and incredibly delicate surgery. Although the procedures were the most closely guarded of Tleilaxu secrets, the methods were unhidden from the prescience of Paul Muad'Dib and especially of Leto II. It is chiefly from the notes made by the Emperor Leto that this entry has been compiled.
THE MAKING OF A FACE DANCER. The production of a face dancer began with the selection, of breeders for the candidate: the Tleilaxu worked from parents with a heritage of slender build, strength, endurance, fine muscular control, and a height from 1.65 to 1.68 meters. Eggs were joined with sperm in vitro, and the process started with the developing embryo.
Varying Height: In the first five weeks of development, an embryo forms a layer of cells called the mesoderm, and paired repetitious blocks of the mesoderm form structures that are called somites. One may envision a somite diagrammatically as a stack of three blocks with a red one on top, a yellow one below, and a green on the bottom. Now imagine the stack to consist of forty to forty-four of these combinations of three blocks stacked one above the other. Each of the somites in the trunk will differentiate to form structures: the red blocks are the dermatomes, from which the skin and fascias will develop; the yellow blocks are the sclerotomes, from which the skeleton develops; and the green blocks are the rayotomes, from which the skeletal muscles develop. The sclerotome cells move toward the solid rod called the notochord, where they segregate into alternating dense and loose layers. In normal development, the dense layer from one somite joins to the loose layer of the next to produce the beginning vertebrae of the spine. The vertebrae are at first cartilaginous, but by the ninth week of life begin to turn to bone. The ossified vertebrae will be separated by fibrous discs.
At the ninth week, the Tleilaxu technicians intervened chemically to produce an abnormal overdevelopment of the muscles of the back by stimulating myotome growth, and to produce unusually elastic intervertebral discs by a selective retardation of some sclerotomes. The adult face dancer, by stretching the back muscles, could increase his height by a maximum of about 15 cm; by constricting the same muscles, the discs could be squeezed by reduce height by a maximum of about 7 or 8 cm. These changes could be maintained for some hours, though not indefinitely. Even the strongest of dancers needed to relax the back muscles several times a day.
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