Piter De Vries
Piter De Vries is a male literary character who features in Dune.
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Biography
Piter DeVries was a twisted Mentat advisor to the Harkonnen, Baron Vladimir,
De Vries discovers the Harkonnen heritage of Lady Jessica and her newborn son Paul, and attempts to kidnap and ransom the infant. The plot is thwarted and the secret preserved—the Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam kills the Mentat and arranges for his corpse to be shipped home to Giedi Prime. An enraged Baron is left with no choice but to order a duplicate from the Bene Tleila
A devious, cunning individual, de Vries was responsible for discovering how to break the Imperial Conditioning of a Suk doctor. He discovered that if he held a loved one of the Suk doctors to ransom, he could control their behaviour any way he wished. He forced the betrayal of House Atreides by Dr. Wellington Yueh. De Vries had kidnapped Yueh's wife, murdered her, and convinced Yueh that she was still alive. De Vries had promised that he would return his wife to him if he were to do the Harkonnens' bidding. The breaking of Yueh's Imperial Conditioning led to the death of Duke Leto Atreides.
Piter De Vries planned the assault on Arrakis and House Atreides (and despite this, the Baron took all the credit). The plan ended up being a success, but Piter did not live long enough to see this. Shortly after the fall of Arrakeen, he died when he got a faceful of poison gas, courtesy of Atreides, Duke Leto. De Vries was killed by Duke Leto when he mistakenly perceived de Vries to be the Baron Harkonnen. In a drugged state, Leto bit down on a poison gas tooth imbedded in his head by Yueh just before Leto was captured during the invasion of Arrakis. The Baron narrowly escaped, but de Vries was killed. In this way, Yueh managed to exact vengeance on the man that killed his wife.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Piter De Vries was noted for being a slender, short man with an effeminate face.
He demonstrated a great loyalty to Harkonnen that he continued to serve the Baron with great enthusiasm even though his Mentat abilities and great intelligence confirmed his suspicions that his master plans to eventually kill him.
Powers and abilities
De Vries was a Mentat that were humans specially trained to perform mental functions rivalling computer and came into dominance after the Butlerian Jihad. In Piter's case though, he was a Twisted Mentat that turned him into an amoral sadist with these being creations of the Bene Tleilaxu.
He was attached to House Harkonnen where his seniority allowed him to command many of its assets as he served as advisor to the family's head.
Notes
- Piter De Vries was created by Frank Herbert where he featured in the setting of the Dune universe.
In other media
Television
Films
- In Dune, Piter De Vries appeared in the setting of the 1984 live-action film adaptation where he was portrayed by actor Brad Dourif.
Video games
Appearances
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