A figure treated with curious ambi guity m the mythos of the Holy Church and m the legends of the Oral History, R M Tertius Eileen Anteac has become an historical actuality through material discovered in the Rakis Hoard and through subsequent information released from the Bene Gessent Archives R M Anteac has been known m the legends variously as ' the witch" who m some way contributed to the death of both the God Emperor and his Lady Hwi Noree and as the martyr who gave her life in an attempt to follow the God Emperor's orders From recent information we now see a woman trained as a Bene Gessent Truthsaver, who found herself caught between conflicting commitments, both of which were ultimately crucial to her Sisterhood She stands in the Compendium Matres as a martyr for the Sisterhood and is recorded there as being not only a Truthsayer but also a member of the Sisterhood's General Council, a Mater Fe-hcissima for the final ten years of her life In this same record, there is an indication she had also received some menial training, officially illegal dunng Leto ll's Impenum Bene Gessent records list Paquita as Anteac's birthplace Though there were no official Bene Gessent headquarters on that planet during the later part of Leto's empire, some of the professors at the University were Bene Gessents of Hidden Rank, and apparently one of their "unofficial" duties was to watch for girls who showed signs of having special abilities such as strong analyti cal skills or empathetic sensitivity Eileen came to the attention of a Sister dunng a not in the square facing the University entrance gates A group of children and adults were stoning three little girts calling mem "witch's spawn" and accusing them of placing spells on the townspeople By the time the Sister had called reinforcements and had scattered the crowd, only one of the girls still lived- Eileen Eileen was cared for at the University, and when she was strong enough, she was sent to the Chapter House on Wallach IX for training All her life Anteac earned a scar on her forehead as a reminder of the day she was almost killed for being a "witch " Aca denuc records show that Anteac was a bnl hant analyst, and her training soon special ized in data collection, synthesization, and analysis She was given parallel work however, m Truthsayer apprenticeship, her empathetic skills being abnormally high She became one of the youngest women to be initiated as a Reverend Mother and was apprenticed to the legendary R M Manus Luanna Gattalane, the woman who challenged Leto II and regained a small measure of the me lange deposit hidden by the Bene Gessent on Bela Tegeuse dunng the Comno era From RM Cattalane Anteac learned the diplomatic skills for which she was to becomfi famous By the time she was fifty, Anteac had be- come one of the most important members of the annual delegation to Arrakis, working closely under her superior, R M Syaksa The Bene Gessent Annals also note that Anteac's philosophy showed a strong sense of the absurd and that she had the sometimes inconvenient habit of expressing her perceptions openly Some Reverend Mothers, members of an ultraconservative sect within the Sisterhood, attempted to censure what they labeled her "unconventional and disconcerting sense of humor, ' but were unsuccessful Anteac was also known as a defender of the younger Sisters when they attempted reforms within the organization The political support which elected her to the General Council seems to have come from the liberal and radical factions The records show Anteac as being an intelligent woman fully capable of making independent decisions taking the responsibility for them, and giving her life m support of their execution Further references Bene Gessent Annual Chapter House Reports Bene Gessem Compendium Moires BeneGesserit Ordmes Matres Leto Atreides II Journals IT Hadi Benotto Rafas Ref Cat ARAMSHAM, OTTO.