House Harkonnen
House Harkonnen is a family that features in Dune.
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History
House Harkonnen were a family that existed within the Old Empire and were one of the houses of the Landsraad. Their position as a great house was said to be due to them buying their status. Around 10,000 years ago, Bashar Abulurd Harkonnen in an act of cowardice fled the battlefield in the Battle of Corrin. As a result, he came to be banished with this being a move pushed forward by a member of House Atreides. This resulted in an enmity between the House Atreides and House Harkonnen that continued for thousands of years.
The family's rise to power was due to their adroit manipulation of the whale fur market and later consolidation with melange wealth from Arrakis.
The Baron's intent to exterminate the Atreides line seemed close to fruition as Duke Leto Atreides was lured to the desert planet Arrakis on the pretense of taking over the valuable melange operation there. The Harkonnens had an agent in the Atreides household and the secret assistance of the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV; the Baron managed to kill Leto, and the Duke's concubine Lady Jessica and son Paul Atreides were left to die in the open desert. But this Harkonnen treachery sets in motion Paul's rise to power among Arrakis' native Fremen, and positions him as a threat to the Imperial interests there. The Baron later died at the hand of Paul's sister Alia Atreides whilst his nephew Feyd was killed shortly thereafter by Paul himself.
Overview
A millennia-long rivalry exists between the decadent Harkonnens and House Atreides of Caladan.
The Harkonnen homeworld Giedi Prime itself was an industrial wasteland with a low photosynthetic potential, its once-rich natural resources exhausted and the environment fouled with industrial pollution.
Members
- Abulurd Harkonnen : a Bashar who was banished for cowardice after the Battle of Corrin.
- Vladimir Harkonnen :
- Abulurd Rabban :
- Glossu Rabban Harkonnen :
- Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen :
Notes
- House Harkonnen were created by Frank Herbert where they featured in the setting of the Dune universe.
In other media
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Appearances
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