nes Rather, the causes for war changed Once the spice was no kmger necessary for navigation, the Guild soon declined to its present minor status Bat with the manufacture of Navigation Machines, and especially after the development of the artificial spice, the wars came to be focused on questions of religion Since the worship of Leto H as a god had been ingrained into his population for more than thirty centuries, it is hardly surprising that his religion came to form the focal point of the struggles, though transformed to some degree Leto was no longer seen as a god, but as another messiah such as his father had been There also occurred some blending of elements from other earlier faiths with the worship of the Atreides and their Fremen But m spite of these attempts to adapt to the creeds of others, many remained utterly unwilling to continue recognition of the sanctify of Leto H, Paul Muad'Dib, or any of the rites and theology associated with mem Only the unusually even balance, obvious to all, between the powers of these two groups, those purporting to maintain loyalty to the old, "true ' faith, and those insisting on a break with the past * 'imposed gods,' prevented a war which might finally have extinguished humanity The regions immediately around Ratas were left to the 'traditionalists,' while those who insisted upon founding even their religious life anew left the company of their fellows With the aid of the Ixian Machines and the formulas for the artificial spice they struck out into the galaxy, entering upon The Scattering The reactions of the majority to the discoveries on Rakis have raised once again the old accusations made by those of the Scattering What will become of us who remained be hind is yet to be seen FM STILGAR BEN flFRAWI (10141-10228) Most generally described as Stiigar the Fremen or Stiigar the Naib, but in hss vouth as a wall m Urnbu Sietch, known b> his birth name of Tuan It was not until 10153, when he be came a sandnder and accompanied a group of other youths on a raid dgamst a Harkonnen village that he acquired the name by which he would be best known (His troop name used only by his comrades at Umbu Sietch is thought to have been Sahkan-the Fremen name for a type of desert hawk-but \enfica tion of this point is difficult to obtain The evidence found thus far consists of a reference made by a man from that sietch who accompanied Stiigar on jihad ) Stiigar left Umbu in 10157 when Pardot Kynes asked that a work force accompany him to one of the newer palmanes to assist m planting poverty grass along the dune faces The young Fremen demonstrated an ability to lead groups of workers and Kynes delegated as much work to him as he could handle So impressed was Kynes by this new worker that he took him back to Sietch Tabr with him as an assistant when he returned in 10158 Stiigar fit easily into the social structure of his new sietch, being challenged only once by a young hothead who saw his closeness to