The prince's household spies ferreted out the plot before it could be implemented, and young Shaddam read die report-which included a full description of the weapon of choice-to his father, Elrood IX, before fee full Imperial Court. In the glare of such publicity, Elrood exercised the only option available to him: be arranged for the torture, confession, and execution of one of the more peripheral family members, on whom the entire affair was blamed. That the revealed plot ted to the widespread adoption of the hunter-seeker is certain. More open to question is the theory that, despite the scapegoat's execution, responsibility for the blocked assassination was traced back to Elrood himself, and was the motive behind the chau murky which disposed of him less than a year biter. The hunter-seeker's popular usage lasted throughout the reign of Shaddam IV, but ended less than a decade later with the invention of the Reversant. This alarm/counter-weapon detected the compressed suspcnsor field at any level of power, it then amplified and fed the field directly back into the control console. The resulting explosion was violent enough to eliminate all but a few traces of the person operating the console; and, as every House that could remotely be considered for assassination made haste to equip itself with the new device, the hunter-seeker quickly tell trom tavor, remaining only as an interesting footnote in the history of a violent age. ' C.W. Further references: ASSASSINS' HANDBOOK, Mira Lady Cotrino, Raj Amalkin, Master of Death (from the private library of House Corrino; avail as Work-in-Progress, Arrakis Studies Temp Ser 481, Library Confraternity) IDAHO, N1NCAN. The original Duncan Idaho (10158-10191), known as Duncan-the-Krst or Duncan Prime, considered one of the finest fighters in history. He was a swordmaster of the Ginaz, a warrior of superior abilities. Duncan Prime was one of three major aides to the original Duke Leto Atreides, along with Gumey Halleck and Thufir Hawat, when House Atreides ruled Caladan and later Arrakis. Born the son or undistinguished lower-class parents. Duncan spent most of his early years on Caladan His aptitudes and intelligence were discovered during one of the Atreides' regular assessments of the population, and he was apprenticed to House Ginaz.