Piter De Vries
Piter De Vries is a male literary character who features in Dune.
Contents |
Biography
Piter DeVries was a twisted Mentat advisor to the Harkonnen, Baron Vladimir, 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.
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.
Notes
- Piter De Vries was created by Frank Herbert where he featured in the setting of the Dune universe.
In other media
Television
Films
Video games
Appearances
- Dune:
External Links
This article is a stub. You can help Multiversal Omnipedia by expanding it.
