repeated every ten years until the God Emperor s Fall when it was officially discontinued Even after the Fall and the chaos it precipitated, however a version of Siaynoq-now involving the adoration of the God Emperor's spirit, as opposed to his person-was celebrated among some remnants of the dispersed Fish Speakers The new ritual was especially popular among retired Fish Speakers who had been stationed on Arrakis, and was believed to have been invented by a former member of Leto's Citadel Guard Without the God Emperor himself as a focal point for worship, Siaynoq could not long endure It had become an empty gesture (sometimes a dangerous one, if the practitioners were on a world especially hostile to fish Speakers) and had completely disappeared within a generation after the Fall C W Further references FISH SPEAKERS ONN ZENSUNNI MIGRATIONS S Gwalles ed The Idaho Papers (Yorba Rose) Youzheen Pursewarden History of the Fish Speakers (Centralra Johun UP) SIETCH, AGTHORnY STRUCTURE. The tnbe itself was the ultimate source of authority among the Fremen Anv authority figure was thus subsumed under the authority of the group The naib served and spoke for the tribe but did not directly command its members Command was unnecessary, any force was internally directed No police were needed to guarantee compliance Deviance from normative standards was rare and was handled by the family unit The mother of a shamed family would have her child put to death if he or she were possessed or mad All Fremen knew their duty and it was not 460 the function of the naib to define what was meant by "duty" Authority for the Fremen denoted respect and, most important, the power of a personal message The best example of this is reflected in the devotion of the Fremen to Pardot Kynes He was the earliest leader of all the Fremen yet revealed to us in the ndulian crystals He was the first to unify the tribes with an overarching vision Pardot Kynes did not and could not force his vision onto the people nor did he use an authoritarian position to impose his message Himself an outsider, Kynes was able to convey his message to the Fremen based on his respect for them and their way of life His projection of long-term moderate ecological change on the planet they called Dune would enable the Fremen to observe the essentials of their social order Although he persuaded them of the benefit of his messa