ty At this point a suitable, that is to say fabulous, genealogy was constructed for him If he was Fremen bom, why 4i4 the Atreides retainers gather around Paid? There are several ways that Paul's Atreides support may be accounted for Obviously, he was the only likely candidate for their support on Arrakis the royal family itself having been exterminated If one understands "Which art?-t d f 12It has been suggested that Leto I kept a Fremen concubine, and that Paul was his natural son by this woman Tins 13 an intriguing suggestion and one which if ttue would justify Paul s claim of Atreides kinship Unfortunately no evidence exists to suggest that Leto Atreides was on Airabs before 10190-when Paul was already a young man -e d 13> Insultingly' ts a better word -j b l4Much has been made of his noble features If his actual facia! features were in any way remarkable it must be attributed 10 genetic chance No child of half off world parentage would have been allowed to live It is just possible that has mother was herself an oft worlder formally adopted into the sietch sometime during her own childhood Such a situation is rare but not unheard of-ed anything of the completeness and depth of the enmity existing between Houses Harkonnen and Atreides,15 and then reflects on the fact that at the beginning oi the Fremen revolt the Atreides retainers were fighting as though to prove fealty to the Harkonnens he must conclude that the leaderless Atreides were in complete disarray, their spirit crushed They must have seen Paul not only as a rallying point but also as something of a savior" The Atreides surely would have realized that by switching allegiance to the Fremen they stood a better chance of defeating the Harkonnens than they would have had standing alone, and in any case they would hold the balance of power17 Too with the arrival of Imperial Sardaukar to fight with the Harkonnens on Arrakis the Atreides must have seen their hoped for val ue to the Sindar Baron evaporate Their choice at thdt point would seem to have been to ally themselves with the Fremen or be annihilated Finally, it is assumed that the gift of Paul s fourteen-year old sister Alia to the Atreides leader, the reputed ghola Duncan Idaho, had something to do with the insurance of Atreides recognition of Paul s legitimacy as well l8 What was Paul s role m the Second Jihad7 The Second Jihad was earned out in the name of Paul Atreides and with his voiced approval Now Paul's military and political genius has already been pointed out and one of the lebsons history has to offer