of Alia, the seduction of Farad n the meta morphosis of Leto Though she w as still vigorous at the time of Paul s and Aha s deaths the following years saw Harah fade quickly Their deaths it seems especially that of Alia preceded by her transformation into true Abomination diminished her That strong maternal dnve that defined the essense of Harah was struck a mortal blow When she died in her sleep at Sietch Tabr the one place m the universe she would have undoubtedly chosen for her end the entire sietch joined by the royal family at Arrakeen mourned her and accorded her a full ntual funeral-as was fitting D K Further references Harah The Memoirs of a Sietch Woman tr Steewan Duunalazan (lopaz Carolus UP) Snlgar ben Fifrawi The Stilgar Chronicle tr Mityau Gwulador AS 5 (Grumman United Worlds) Mirjna al Chima Memoirs Rakis Ref Cal 7 Z101 HARKONNEN FEYD RAUTHA 289 HARKONNEN FEYD RAUTHA HARKONNEN, FEYD-RAOTHA, (10174-10193) Son of Abuluid Rabban (n6 Harkonnen) and the concubine Thora Rabban grandson of the Bashar Gunseng Harkoanen, nephew of Vladimir Harkonnen, Sindar-Baron, younger brother of Glossu Beast' Rabban It is known that Feyd-Rautha was a piece m the genetic pattern created by the Bene Gessent whose intention was to breed him with the daughter of Duke Leto Atreides and his concubine Lady Jessica, and thus create the Kwisatz Haderach Lady Jessica, however, disobeyed the orders of the Bene Gessent and bore a son forever closing off the possibility of that union The whole of this genetic pattern is still unknown However, the discovery of part of a monograph (RRC #6(794a) concerning the Boron Vladimir Harkonnen fouad in the nduhan crystals sheds some small light on the possibilities of Feyd-Rautha's ancestty The Baron Harkonnen chose Feyd-Rautha and his older brother Glossu to become members of his household when a directive of the Bene Gessent indicated that one of them would display the manipulative military genius of the baron's historical idol, Emperor Avelard XVII Avelard kept a number of Gamont-tfamcd concubines in his court, one of whom was a member of the Bene Gessent and bore Avelard; his only daughter, the Lady Kai-Seran, also trained by the Bene Gessent For the next two centimes, every female descendant of die original union between Avelard and his concubine became a member of the Bene Gessent, including two who became Reverend Mothers One daughter, the Lady Theresa du Gate, mamed Emperor Josrf VII Josif was so well trained by his wife in Bene Gessent ways that a popular joke dur ing his reign unkindly referred to mem as our "Reverend Father and Mother ' Together they perfected such a ruthless manipulation of their subjects using Bene Gessent tactics that the wealth produced during their reign has never been equalled The monograph assumes that this union, and that of Avelard and his Bene Gessent concubine, were of major interest to Vladimir Harkonnen m his adoption of his nephews into his household Perhaps the baron concluded that the boys were direct line descendants of Avelard and two centuries of Bene Gessent gene patterning Feyd-Rautha was not only a failed genetic pawn for the Bene Gessent but also a failed political pawn for his uncle, the baron had wished to see Feyd Rauthd on the throne From his earliest days in the baron s household, Feyd-Rautha was trained m the sophistry and intricacies of man-to-man combat, including such unorthodox techniques as killing his training partners But the most significant thing he was taught was to hate House Atreides One of the best documented events of Feyd-Rautha's short life was his seventeenth birthday celebration, when he killed his one-hundredth slave gladiator in the family games The killing of the slave typified Feyd Rautha's disobedience to all rules or guidelines estab hshed for fair play m combat To stoke his own ego, Feyd Rautha conspired m a plan devised by the baron s Mental Thufir Hawat (see entry THUFIR HAWAT) While it was traditional to drug the slave, this tune it was not done Also traditional was the weanng of a white glove on the hand that held the poisoned knife and a black glove on the hand mat did not Feyd-Rautha reversed them Additionally, the slave was conditioned to respond to a word signal which would render him helpless What made the event remarka ble was that, m spite of all the disadvantages the slave nearly killed him it was probably the closest to a fair fight that Feyd Rautha had yet seen It is believed that Feyd Rautha learned more than perverse combat skills in his uncle's house Repeated mentions have been found in standard biographies of Baron Harkonnen that his preferred sexual objects were adoles cent boys, his favorite being his young nephew Feyd Rautha was himself homosexual, with only rare occasions of heterosexual liaisons with slave women There is documentation of a sexual relationship with Margot Lady Fennng but all evidence suggests that it took place under the expert Bene Gessent manipulations of Lady Fennng in a further attempt to produce the Kwisatz Haderach, rather than because Feyd Rautha desired sex ual contact with a member of the opposite sex (see entry LADY MARGOT FENRTNG) HARKONNEN, GUNSENG HARKONNEN, GUNSENG Thanks to the baron's careful teachings Feyd-Rautha hated his cousin and rival, Paul Atreides, more than anything in the universe.