nsicia, Josifa and Rugt-and no sons before her death in 10176 The emperor spent far less time mourning her passing than in mourning that of his line by permitting him onl) female children, the Bene Gessent had wrested control of his House from him The man who mamed the Princess chosen to receive her father's throne would be the next Comno emperor The emperor spent increasingly more time and energy in intrigue, much of it skirting the dictates of the Great Convention In 10182, he was supposed (though the charge was never proven sufficiently to allow the Landsraad to act against him) to have interfered in a War of Assassins between House Harkonnen and House Kahfi, preventing the assassination of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen Three years later, an Imperial sumon kidnapped the twin daughters of one of the Houses Minor of Yorba, delivering them to Shaddam as a gift The unfortunate young women were eventually freed, owing to their success in sneaking a message to a visiting diplomat from their homework! in 10189, the Emperor's protest of ignorance of their true identities was not widely countenanced particularly in private, but the unimportant position of the House involved again saved Shaddam from any disastrous consequences in 10191, Shaddam embarked on his most serious departure from the role permitted him by the Great Convention he sent Imperial Sardaukar to fight in Harkoanea livery against the forces of House Atreides This act, which must have seemed an ideal opportunity to expand his own power, was also the frustrated emperor's undoing Instead of providing mm with an easy profit from a discreet partner (the Harkoanens, even as they provid ed Shaddam with the huge amounts of melange he demanded in payment for his aid, would not dare to admit the reason for that payment) and a rumor-based surge in respect from me Landsraad, the Arrakis gambit ulti mately cost Shaddam his throne, his eldest daughter, and his much cherished comforts Not even the patient and determined effort* of Count Fearing, whose billions of solans in spice bribes helped maintain order and allay suspicion in the months following the defeat of House Atreides, could save Shaddam when Paul Atreides and his Fremen pitted themselves against him and his Sardaukar Bitter and defeated, Shaddam IV went into involuntary exile on Salusa Secundus in 10196, dccompdmed by his three remaining daughters, Count and Lady Fennng, and the majority of his courtiers from Kaitam Until his death in 10202, he exhibited such an aversion for the name of Paul Atreides that even his letters from Pnncess Irulan were screened on arrival by Count Fennng and all references to the new Emperor carefully deleted C W Further references ATREIDES LETO ATREIDES paui MAUD DIB FENRINO COUNT HASIMFR HARKONNEN BAR Irulan Atrades-Comno Count Fennng A Profile Temp Series 343 and In My Father s House tr Rebeth Vreeb (Kailam Unthrin UP) CORRINO, WENSICIA (10170-10227) The third daughter of th