too risky a course to follow, and Malky was kept in hiding, protected by the cover of the no-room The Inquisitors had no wish for Leto to discover the true nature of his intended bnde The Inquisitors were not alone in making plans for the young Ixian After they were wed, Leto intended to mate Noree with his majordomo, Moneo, as he had earlier mated his sister/wife Ghamma with Harq al Ada Her brief affair with Leto's current Duncan Idaho caused him-for reasons not confided even to his Journals-to scuttle the plan However, he later mentioned it to Moneo while dismissing it as being "too late ' Noree passed serenely through these machi nations, accepting Leto's commands and asking no questions Of her own plans it is known only that she intended to marry the God Emperor and to serve him faithfully It was a course doomed to failure En route to their wedding at Tuono Village, Leto's Royal Cart was attacked resulting in the Fall Hwi Noree was one of the attack's first victims, during its earliest moments, she slipped from the cart and plummeted into the river below Given what is known of her character, one of the results of her death would have distressed Noree Duncan Idaho, outraged at her having been killed, seized the lasgun of Nayla, who had earned out the attack, and destroyed her with it The second result would undoubtedly have pleased her Leto, deprived of his sandtrout skin, survived briefly after he reached the riverbank As he exchanged his last words with Idaho and Siona, he said that his association with Noree had strengthened him, an accolade the Ixian woman would have treasured CW 396 Further references. ATKHPES, LKTO a IDAHO DUNCAN MALKY ERLIN NYCALLJSTE NAYLA. (13689-13734) Referred to by the Church of the Divided God as "Nayla the Betrayer," this Fish Speaker long occupied the Judas position in the histories of the Lord Leto With the discovery of the Rakis Hoard-most particularly with the translation of certain volumes of Leto's Journals -A becomes obvious that Nayla's true role in tile downfall of her God differed vastly from that popularly supposed She was bom on Grumman to a Fish Speaker officer, Calliste of th