mandated The daughter of the union between Shnrlon Wiktor, a Bene Gessent of hidden rank, and Baron Redmond Bagratoni, she was born in 10153 m the House of Voices on Wallach IX while her mother was in seclusion With the exception of her sojourn on Gamont, she was trained from puberty by Gains Helen Mohiam, the celebrated Reverend Mother This special attention was befitting the woman whose genetic promise ordained at an early age that she would be married to Count Hasimir Fennng, thought before his puberty to be a possible Kwisatz Haderach Margin was followed in her training by the future Jessica Atreides It is not known whether the training of the two overlapped or if they ever met on Wallach DC, bat the warning that Margot left for Jessica in the wet planet conservatory in Arrakeen indicates affection and a familiarity with each other's movements Lady Margot left Wallach IX with the hidden rank of Mater Acnor as an emissary espion, and in 10173 she was mamed by arrangement to Count Hasimir Fennng While the initial purpose of mis union was to assist in the awakening of the Kwisatz Haderach, it quickly leconfirmed that the Count was a genetic euauch In fact, as early as 10147, the Reverend Mother Zoe Parthenn, the emperor's Truthsaytir, had reported such suspicions to the Bene Gessent Chapter House At tius point a series of messages between Lady Margot and the Matres Feltcissimae indicated a shirt in objective Initially Margot's fishing IB various genetic pools had been a secondary rofe for her; it now became primary, and her significant charms and skills gave her almost full access to the genetic resources of the Court of Shaddam IV It was essential that Count Fenrmg acquiesce in this endeavor and that full advantage be taken of his longtime friendship with Shaddam IV Groundwork had already been partially pro vided for this control when the Bene Gessent had insisted that Margot be offered as wife only to the Count when the arrangements began in 10172 for her sale Shortly after their marnage, Lady Margot was provided with an opportunity to subjugate the Count He was made the royal envoy to Arrakis, where he supervised the activities of House Harkonnen and the royal planetologist, Pardot Kynes, and insured that the emperor s melange allotment was accurate The boredom of the provincial court of the desert planet allowed Lady Margot to tram the Count in Bene Gessent techniques, philosophies, and propaganda Fascinated by their uses in intngue, he was an apt and willing pupil At this time Margot revealed to the Count that she had been assigned a schedule of seductions including that of the na Baron Feyd Rautha Harkonnen One school of thought contends that Hasimir Fennng was by then so programmed and so bewitched that he readily accepted his wife s ' duties' and willingly gave his significant help However Lady Margot's secret communiques, now revealed for the first time by the opening of the Bene Gessent Library, reveal two controls on the Count s behavior that he may or may not have known about First on their wedding night, Margot fed him a residual poison and administered the antidote there after in his food, thus foiling the poison snoopers Second, dunng his Bene Gessent training, Margot implanted a hypnotic sug gestton activated by the Voice that would paralyze the Count from the neck down Reports indicating any knowledge of these controls by the Count remain either untrans lated or unavailable, and there is no mention of any of these activities in Lady Margot s Arrakis and After or Princess Irulan s Count Fennng A Profile Whatever the reasons for the Count's compliance it was complete and I ady Margot bore three daughters while they were on Arrakis Cynthe Yana and Lianne After the Atreides takeover, Count Fennng returned to the royal court Lady Margot returned to Wallach IX for a time raising FENRING MARGOT FENRING MAftGOT the unanswerable question of who administered the antidote to the Count during her absence Perhaps it was provided by Gaius Helen Mohiam or by one of the members of her Bene Gessent retinue at court Lady Margot supposedly returned to Wallach IX to visit friends, however, records indicate that she conferred with the Sisterhood over the long-planned seduction of Feyd Rautha Harkonnen, rested after her unknown tasks on Rakis and replenished her supply of narcotics and aphrodisiacs In late 10191 she .