ir continuing effect, a still popular Bene Gessent expression comes most readily to mind "Each day, sometimes each hour, brings change " C W Farther references ATREIDES LETO n ATREIDES LADY CHANI ATREIDES L\DY ALIA RAKIS FINDS DISCOVERY DKTTATEL CHENOEH HOLY SISTER QUINTINIUS VIOLfeT NAYLA MULLN JOURNALS A13D BaTtkC Survey Of IXIOR Technology 10900 13500 (Finally Mosaic) TB Jones Past Horizons The Discovery of the Imperial Library on Rakis Arrakis Studies 1 (Grumman United Worlds) Adib 1 Haddad 1 Fell Into the Past Arrakis Studies 17(Grumman United Worlds) ATREIDES, WIHOTAUROS, (10059-10163) Popularly called by his nickname, Duke Mmtor, called in his later years "The Old Duke, ' also Smdar Duke of Caladan, Count Chalcedony, Count Thuestes, and Lord of ATREIDES MINOTAUROS 74 ATREIDES MINOTAUROS Tantalos, 266th Head of the House of Atreides, soil of Duke Minos DC by his concubine (Lady) Katlin Kalun, demi-brother of Duke Paulos XVIII, awarded the Emperor's Cross m 10109, named Count Chalcedony and Heir Presumptive in 10077, named to the special panel convened by the emperor in 10134 to decide the succession of House Khumah Born in the Old Palace on Caladan in the year 10059, one of seven brothers and sisters by different wives and concubines, Mintor was raised by his mother in her own household on the small island of Nagge on the eastern continent of Caladan He rarely saw his father, and had little converse with his brothers and sisters, except for his foil sister, lo, with whom he grew up Gerasimos Herakleidos, gardener at the Nagge manor, was fond of recalling Mmtor's early years during the ducal reign of his son, Leto I, when interviewed by an oral history project of the Atteides School on Caladan, he recalled 'Yes, I remember the lad well It was in '76, or maybe '77, not long before his father died, that he began asking me questions about my greens, what this one did, how I could make them grow higher that kind of stuff I was surprised, really, let me tell you that Here was the Duke's son taking an interest m what a gardener was doing And he was serious, too, all wrapped up in it But it didn't last Couldn't hold his interest, you know, He happened upon my friend, Serapheim Hippodes, working his horse through his paces m the field next to my rows, and he was caught up, you know, by the action I could see it in his eyes-and I knew then that this Duke's son was one of a kind" Moatar qutckly learned all he could about horses, soon becoming an excellent nder He was also entranced by Serapheim's bulls, watching their majesty as they stalked around their domams Serapheim was happy to teach Mintor to ride horses, but was loathe to let the boy near the bulls, he didn't want to be responsible for injury to the Duke's son But Mintor was as persuasive as he was determined to handle the bulls as he had so often watched Serapheim do-with nothing- but a colored cloth and his own agility Eventually, Serapheim relented and introduced young Mintor to the thrills of the bullring, to which Mintor became forever devoted In 10077, Duke Minos died suddenly chok mg on a piece of beef and his eldest son Paulos succeeded Mintor the next eldest son, was heir presumptive but never expected to reach the throne since his brother was young vigorous and likely to have children of his own Therefore, he requested his brother's permission to represent the Duchy as a roving ambassador and to receive imh tary training at various academies throughout the Imperium His request was readily granted He spent the next ten years learning about weapons, shields, self defense politics and bull-fighting One of his companions from that period recalls He was loll, not quite handsome, a bit of a rake I remember that he had a very queer sense of humor he would laugh at things that none of the rest of us thought were funny, and would scarcely crack his lips at a side splitter Still, we all wanted him at our parties-he was a good conversationalist, and all the women loved him It was a great surprise to everyone when he married Louise Louise was Lovisa Rogier, the 25 year old bastard daughter of a duke, she was short and plain, but very bright, with the kind of intelligence that makes even a beautiful woman somehow undesirable to most men Mintor was capti vated by her wit, and abruptly gave up the joys of sampling fillies for a quieter life Before they were married Mintor brought his betrothed home to Caladan and rarely left the planet thereafter Mintor and Lovisa had no children After Lovisa s death m 10135, however Mintor took a concubine-Bekah- who bore Mmtor's onlj.