s for this chapter house were particularly severe, the resulting destruction being so complete that even aero nautical landform surveys show no trace of the buildings foundations The chapter houses on Ix Paquita and Bela Tegeuse are far less difficult to study since the present academic institutions on these planets are housed in the original chapter house buildings For some unknown reason, when Leto ordered the physical destruction of the other chapter houses he spared these being satisfied to confiscate the property and disband the order on these planets The school on Ix descends from the original Primary Research and Genetic Science Institute estab lished there after the Great Revolt, however, BENE OESSERIT CHAPTER HOUSE 116 BENE GESSERIT GOVERNANCE until the recent studies began, this school had never been connected with the Bene Gessertt Paquita's school, on the other hand, has always been known as a Bene Gessent institution specializing in history and linguistics Anthropoccologists are presently studying the well-preserved chapter house there to learn more about the physical structure of that complex Finally, the Center for the Study of Ecological and Behavioral Sci ences on Bela Tegeuse also retains some of its original Bene Gessent facilities Though this planet's rugged environment and legendary connection with the Zensunm Wanderers have given it a place in our mythology, only recently have the Bene Gesserit actually been identified with its history Mytho historians are now debating the possibility of an early Zensunm encounter with the Sisterhood, before the one theorized in the Mtssionana Protectiva investigations Experts now speculate that the ancient interrelationship of the Bene Gessent and the Piemen Motherhood might be genetic as well as theological Hie chapter house on Gamont apparently specialized in training breeders designated as concubines for the Houses Major and Minor Residency records for the chapter house found m the Archives indicate the Bene Gessent of all ranks frequently returned here for specialized training iti new techniques and for refresher courses Some of the Gamont training programs and manuals were m a sealed section of the Archives* indicating their value to the order The accommodations listed for this chapter house differ from the norm in haviag an extensive series of cottages, a men's residency hall entertainment centers, and health club facilities, indicating that Gamont might also have served as a Rest and Rehabilitation center for the order and that training there was probably more practical than theoretical Information concerning the last two chapter houses is limited The Giedi Prime chap ter house apparently was the center for classified Bene Gessent actmnes, the files holding these records still being kept under heavy security and unavailable to us Historians have traditionally ascribed the violent destruction of Sisterhood facilities and the brutality associated with it to Leto s deep hatred of the Harkonnens Peripheral material found in the Bene Gessent Legislative files however, indicates that the mam training of the Giedi Prime chapter house was espionage On this planet, survey work has located and opened an extensive camouflaged and reinforced underground maze of what appears to be an entire school, living quarters and all Some problems have arisen with local authonties, though, who claim the underground buildings are part of old Harkonnen fortifications and thus are protected from off-world researchers under the Giedi Prime Act for Historical Preservation of National Monuments Litigation has begun but all further research work has been halted Of the final chapter house, supposedly located on Tleilax, very little beyond the records in the Listings is known No school survives there, and the Bene Gessent claims to have no current contacts on the planet Interestingly enough though, Tleilax is one of the few worlds to still have folk myths current among its population about "weirding women,' assassins ' and "twisted mentats, leading linguistic mythologists to believe that the Bene Gessent has been active there at some rime in the planet's history Local tales are told of witches and sorceresses who practice their skills in the villages, and other tales associate the Tleilaxu face dancers with weirding women When contacted about these tales Bene Gessent histonans connect these myths with those seeded by the Missionary Protectiva Furthermore, Bene Gessent Administrators on Wallach IX expressed surprise that such a notion would be considered, stating emphatically that no association between the Sister hood and the Face Dancers has e^er existed J AC Further references B c HISTORY R M Brutus PhylJis Tiamal The Razing cf the Houses tr ZhaivaGan BG Foundation Sludies 8 (Diana Tevis,) R M Casims Ida Treac and Ahna Judehic The Roots of Tomorrow fWailach Soror) BENE GESSERIT GOVERNANCE.