Leto II Atreides
Leto II Atreides is a male literary character who features in Dune.
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Biography
Leto II Atreides and his twin sister Ghanima were born as the children of Emperor Paul Atreides and his love Chani. The children were born in the Fremen stronghold of Sietch Tabr on Arrakis on the final day of their blinded father's rule. Their mother died shortly afterward, succumbing to the dangerous amounts of spice needed to counteract the contraceptives put in her food by Paul Atreides' legal wife, Princess Irulan Corrino. Paul's prescience had anticipated the birth of his daughter, but Leto's subsequent arrival was unexpected. Their spice saturation not only caused a rapid gestation but full pre-born awareness like their aunt before them. Following their mother's death and the apparent demise of their father after his exile into the deep desert, Leto and his sister became the legal responsibility of Paul's Regent sibling, Saint Alia of the Knife. Though they were granted a fine upbringing — mostly by their great-uncle Stilgar at Sietch Tabr — little attention was bestowed upon them by their pre-born aunt, who was possessed by Abomination and enthralled by her own power and the fervent mysticism around her family name.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Independently, Leto and Ghanima both solve the problem of the pre-born. Leto constructs his own personality out of an executive committee of his ancestors; with all the important ones possessing him, none can possess him individually.
Powers and abilities
Because of the melange ingested by their mother, which causes unusual effects for the Atreides bloodline, the twins were 'pre-born', meaning that as fetuses they had been awakened to consciousness and to their genetic memories; they had been born as fully matured human beings in the bodies of infants. Leto was not prescient to the degree that his father Paul had been, but he senses the test his father had faced — to embrace a prescient vision of the universe is to set the universe on that path, a terrible responsibility that comes with terrible power.
After millennia of prana-bindu experience, not only did his mastery of the Voice know no equal, Leto was also capable of perfect vocal mimicry - typically when channeling ancestors such as his parents and paternal grandparents - much to the discomfort of everyone around him.
Notes
- Leto II Atreides was created by Frank Herbert where he featured in the setting of the Dune universe.
In other media
Television
Appearances
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