further perception of his unified place in a seemingly chaotic cosmos This new being demands separate study [see entry DUNCAN IDAHO-10208], but despite all his new awareness and powers, he remained the crucible and the catalyst The chemistry of his involvement with the Atreides and his roles as Hayt and husband to Aha continued to reflect the danger and sanctuary that Duncan Idaho always offered to his patron family R S Further references GHOLA DUNCAN IDAHO Princess ImJan Atreides Comno Arrahs Awakening tr Zhaulya Muurazharat AS 15 (Grumman United Worlds) Alia Atreides Commentary to The Ghola Speaks by Duncan IDAHO, 10208 322 IDAHO 10208 Idaho-10219, tr Kcahel, Reeve Shauta (finally Mosaic), Harq al-Ada, TVw flww Catastrophe tr Mugal Reed (Mukan Lothar) "The Poems of Hayt in Poems of Antiquity tr WL Qverby (Caladaa Apex) Harq ai Harta Poem XCVI m life Conyieie Works ed Blaigvor Ewanz (Grumman Tern) IDAHO. DCINCAN-10208. Within the riexus created by the death of Cham, the failure of fiie Bene Tleilax to convert Chain and Paul Atieides into gholas, and the birth of Leto II and Ghanima, the ghola Hayt became the new Duneaa Idaho (10208-10231) Transformed by the crisis initiated by the dwarf Bijaz, this new being was 4he agonized fu sion of the vital memories of Duncan Prime and die Zcasanni and mentat training of Hayt The "new" Duncan Idaho was distinct from both his predecessors and, as the consort to Aha-of-the-Kmfe, as the apparent antagonist of Jessica Atreides, and as the ally of the reborn Paul Atreides ("The Preacher"), he merits separate attention The agony of Duncan Idaho's mamage to Alia was one of the deepest personal tragedies ever to afflict the Atreides' dynasty The union was founded in genuine affection, strong physical attraction, and shared grief for the seemingly dead Paul Atretdes It ended m horror and abomination If Duncan-10208 had not had the sensitivities of a mental and a poet, he might have survived as a cuckolded fool, continuing to believe in the existence of the early joy and comfort that marked the beginning of the mamage However, as Leto II and Ghanima suspected, Duncan could not remain unaware of Aha's adultery, especially after The Preacher announced it in public As it was, the new Duncan was too perceptive to remain ignorant for long. While his loyalty to the Atreides, practically a genetic trait, made him suspend negative judgments about Alia, his Tleilaxu eyes revealed her true nature As The Preacher observed many times, and Farad'n Comno echoed loyalty can be bought only by loyalty, and the Baron-possessed Alia had none even for herself, much less for Duncan Duncan was immediately suspicious of Javid's self-serving interest m Aha While die Harkonnen persona in Alia insisted to her that Duncaa's mentat consciousness would be untroubled by her numerous fleshly indulgences, Duncan was jealous His was a jealousy tempered by mentat awareness, but the pain remained What the Old Baron predicted would be indifference became, in actuality, icy hardness The new Duncan s emotions, gained in large part from Duncan Prime, still found Aha's continual violations of their bond lacerating, and contrary to popular belief, hit* Tleilaxu eveb were not immune to tears Aha maintained her liaison with Duncan because of his mentat capabilities, especially important in light of her flawed access to past lives, and for most of Duncan 10208's life, she was unaware that he could see her pathetic psychic state To Duntan, however, she was dead flesh, a vision so repugnant that he could not look at her without averting his eyes, she was an empty shell, a house of ghosts Yet in spite of his wisdom and vision, Duncan never surrendered his affection for the Alia he once knew, and for a short time he was able to challenge the truth and maintain a "myth Aha" in his consciousness He was thus so stricken when he learned, while prisoner on Salusa Secundus, that Aha had offered herself as Farad n Comno'^ bnde, that Duncan exercised an old mentat drill, controlled his muscles, and severed the artery in his right wrist with his shigawire bonds This unsuccessful suicide attempt drew Lady Jessica s inaccurate contempt She saw it as stemming from Duncan t> innate self-destructiveness and failed to realize that the true motivations were Aha s actions and the unbearable burden that loyalty to his beloved House Atreides bad become Like many, she let her memory of the old Duncan Idaho cloud her vision of the new His hybnd qualities left Jessica uneasy this Duncan was out of keeping with what she thought he should be A portion of this can be excused Just as this Duncan was immune to the Bene Gessent "Voice,' he was also partially hid den from the Sisterhood's perceptions, an advantage thdt would remain secret unUl the advent of Duncan 13724 Farad'n Corrino, writing as Harq al-Ada in The Dune Catastrophe talks of Duncan Idaho IDAHO, 10208 323 IDAHO, 10208 There was a sense of duration about Idaho, a feeling that he could not be worn down He gave the impression of being self-contained, an organized and firmly integrated whole The Tleilaxu tanks had set something more than human into motion.