Her reward, as well as the outcome of the attack, differed greatly from what Nayla had expected The God Emperor and his entourage plunged into the river, ail but he dying immediately. His sandtrout skin gone. Leto crawled onto the shore. Nayla climbed down to him, pushing Duncan Idaho aside, to reassure herself that he lived. Before her master could answer, Nayla felt her lasgim being seized from its holster, and whirled in time to see the ghola aim at her head and pull the trigger. In seconds, the gun'^charge was exhausted and only a few smoking bits were left of the God Emperor's most faithful servant. Ironically, the ghola had not killed her for her action against Leto-the seeming treachery that would lead to her being despised for thousands of years-but for her killing of Hwi Noree, the God Emperor's bride. That undeserved onus, in light of the new-found facts, can now be ended. Nayla Nycalliste was no Judas, but a loyal soldier caught up in plots beyond her understanding; she was more obedient to her God than many whose names and memories have been treated with honor. C.W. Further references: ATREIDES, LETO D; ATREIDES, SIONA IBN RJAD AL-SEYEFA; Leto Atreides II, Journals, Rakis Ref. Cat. 1-A170. OFFICIAL HISTORY, THE. An authorized annual Imperial report, published 8954-10201 in Irstendal on Kaitain and 10202-13724 in Arrakeen on Arrakis; its official title was The Imperial Annual Sourcebook and Statistical Record. The annual volumes known informally as the Official History are among the most comprehensive, authoritative, yet often ume-liable sources of information on the Atreides dynasty. The Official History, like many institutions in the long reign of Leto II, was an inheritance from his predecessors, adapted to his own purposes. Originally, the annual compilers intended to report as much reliable information about the preceding year in the Imperium as could be conveniently presented in a single volume. But the Official History did not reach this form immediately. The Conino emperors understood that no government can survive without accurate and timely news, and they gathered data regularly. Each year, the so-called "Planetary Reports" came to Kaitain from all quarters of the realm. These reports were themselves condensations: because of the sheer weight of material if the records were in full form, the Planetary Reports were summaries pared down to their essentials. From 3540 on, the Imperial Department of Records trained bureaucrats (modeling the instruction openly on the initial steps of mental training) in the preparation of summaries When the Planetary Reports reached Kaitain, they were again abstracted for presentation to fee emperor, who studied or ignored them as his whim, taste, or mood prompted.