List of Dune planets
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Below is a list of fictional planets named in the novels of the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. In the Appendix of Dune, Herbert notes that there are over 13,300 worlds under Landsraad influence immediately after the Butlerian Jihad.[1]
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[edit] III Delta Kaising
One of two planets on which shigawire is grown (the other being Salusa Secundus).[2]
[edit] Al Dhanab
An "artificial world," location of a Bene Gesserit creche (for training those who might eventually serve on Rakis) and "one of the[ir] original Sisterhood safe planets." A "planet of constant testing," it was considered "an equivalent of Salusa Secundus" and in some ways "worse than Dune." The environment was characterized by "high cliffs and dry gorges, hot winds and frigid winds, little moisture and too much." At some point the Sisterhood considered converting the whole planet into a no-chamber, but abandoned the plan due to the prohibitive energy requirements.[3]
[edit] Arrakis
Arrakis, (derived from the Arabic name ar-rāqiṣ, "the dancer", originally a star-name for Mu Draconis) later Rakis (known colloquially throughout as "Dune"), is a desert planet home to the Fremen (Zensunni wanderers) and later, the Imperial Capital under Paul "Muad'Dib" Atreides' Empire. Arrakis is the third planet orbiting the star Canopus, and it in turn is orbited by two moons, one of which has the image of the desert kangaroo-rat, Muad'Dib, on it; the other possesses the image of a human fist. [4]
[edit] Bela Tegeuse
The "fifth planet of Kuentsing: third stopping place of the Zensunni (Fremen) forced migration."[5] [6]
[edit] Buzzell
A cold planet, covered mostly by ocean with "hardscrabble islands, none bigger than a large no-ship" [7], Buzzell is known for its soostones, valuable iridescent gems produced by the abraded carapaces of monoped sea creatures called Cholisters, much in the manner of pearls. Used as a "punishment planet" by the Bene Gesserit.[7]
[edit] Caladan
Caladan, later Dan, is the "third planet of Delta Pavonis"[8] and the ancestral fiefdom of House Atreides. The Atreides have lived on Caladan for twenty-six generations in the ancient Castle Caladan, and it was the home of Paul Atreides for fifteen years until the Atreides took up residence on Arrakis.[4] The farming of pundi rice, supplemented by fishing and wine making, is the primary economic activity of Caladan.[9]
[edit] Chapterhouse
The green planet colonized and then made into a new Dune by the Bene Gesserit during the events of Chapterhouse Dune. The Sisterhood terraforms the surface of the planet into a desert in order to breed and begin a new life-cycle of sandworms, producers of the geriatric spice melange. Hiding from the dreaded Honored Matres, the Bene Gesserit keep the location of Chapterhouse secret and shield the planet behind a wall of no-ships, spaceships invisible to the naked eye and hidden from the power of prescience.[7]
[edit] Chusuk
The "fourth planet of Theta Shalish; the so-called 'Music Planet' noted for the quality of its musical instruments." [10] The Appendix of Dune mentions the "the Navachristianity of Chusuk." [11]
[edit] Corrin
In Dune it is noted that the Atreides-Harkonnen feud had begun millennia before when "an Atreides had a Harkonnen banished for cowardice after the Battle of Corrin." [4]
The prequel trilogy Legends of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson explores the events of the Butlerian Jihad, which culminated with the Battle of Corrin. During that time; Corrin was the most important of the Synchronized Worlds, being the homeworld of thinking machine leader Omnius Prime. Mankind's final victory over the thinking machines took place on Corrin in the year 88 B.G.; to commemorate this triumph, Viceroy Faykan Butler took the name of Corrino, founding the House Corrino that would rule humanity for over 10,000 years. [12]
[edit] Ecaz
"Fourth planet of Alpha Centauri B; the sculptors' paradise, so called because it is the home of fogwood, the plant growth capable of being shaped in situ solely by the power of human thought." [13] Ecaz is also home to a variety of plant growths from which numerous drugs are extracted, including the Elacca drug,[14] Sapho juice,[15] Semuta[16] and Verite,[17] and is the source of hufuf vine strands used to weave krimskell fiber and rope. [18]
[edit] Gamont
The "third planet of Niushe; noted for its hedonistic culture and exotic sexual practices." [19]
[edit] Gansireed
A planet with a village named London, pondered upon by Leto Atreides II in Children of Dune. [20]
[edit] Giedi Prime
Giedi Prime, later Gammu, is a planet of Ophiuchi B (36) and the homeworld of the vicious House Harkonnen, sworn enemies of House Atreides. A bleak and dark planet, it is heavily industrialized and its people are very oppressed. It was later renamed Gammu by Gurney Halleck.
[edit] Ginaz
The home of the famous Ginaz Swordmaster School and the House Ginaz. Ginaz is a tropical, oceanic planet with multiple, small archipelagos that constitute its only surface land on which all the major population centers are situated. In the Old Empire, Ginaz was the only planet to throw off the corrupted robots of the Titans. During the Butlerian Jihad, Ginaz mercenaries were renowned for their skill against Omnius.[12] After the Butlerian Jihad in the Imperium, Ginaz is subject to a tactical strike by House Grumman after sending home some of their students.[21]
[edit] Grumman
Second planet of Niushe, chiefly noted for the feud and subsequent War of Assassins between its ruling House Moritani and the House Ginaz. The great mercenary Jool Noret was raised here during the Butlerian Jihad.
[edit] Hagal
According to the glossary in Dune, Hagal is called "the 'Jewel Planet' (II Theta Shaowei), mined out in the time of Shaddam I"[22]. In Dune it is also noted that the Golden Lion Throne of the Padishah Emperors is "carved from a single piece of Hagal quartz — blue-green translucency shot through with streaks of yellow fire." Yvette Hagal of House Hagal was one of Emperor Elrood IX's wives, and an ancestor of Paul Atreides.
[edit] Harmonthep
"A no longer existing satellite of Delta Pavonis," and "the sixth stop in the Zensunni migration."[23]
[edit] Ix
The ninth planet from the star "Alkaurops" (Rodale), named for the Roman numeral IX due to its position in its solar system. It is renowned for the production of complex machinery which often flouts the proscriptions of the Butlerian Jihad. Ruled at one time by the House Vernius, Ix's primary competitor is Richese, but it has always maintained a healthy lead in technology. Ix was conquered and briefly ruled by the Tleilaxu, who renamed the planet "Xuttuh".
[edit] Junction
Original headquarters of the Spacing Guild. The planet is a vast array of landing fields and repair docks with almost no native population. By the time of Chapterhouse Dune it seems that there are a number of 'Junction' planets, presumably each serving as a nexus of the Guild's transportation network.
[edit] Kaitain
The capital planet of the Imperium and the seat of power of House Corrino. It was chosen as the new capital after Salusa Secundus, the former capital, was made nearly uninhabitable as a result of nuclear warfare.
[edit] Kolhar
Site of the first shipyard to produce space-folding ships (eventually called heighliners) during the Butlerian Jihad.
[edit] Lampadas
A center for Bene Gesserit education which falls to the Honored Matres in Chapterhouse Dune.
[edit] Lankiveil
A planet ruled by House Harkonnen. It is cold and windy, and its seas are choked with pack ice and icebergs. The indigenous people of Lankiveil are practitioners of the ancient Buddhislamic religion. The planet's main economic asset is its monopoly on the whale fur trade.
[edit] Palmas
A planet mentioned in Chapterhouse: Dune. It falls to and is destroyed by the Honored Matres.
[edit] Parmentier
A former Synchronized World, recolonized by the League of Nobles. After Parmentier was ravaged by the Demon Scourge, a catastrophic virus genetically engineered and unleashed by the thinking machines to destroy humanity, Rayna Butler began her personal crusade against the machines. This antitechnology movement became the fanatical Cult of Serena.
[edit] Poritrin
The "third planet of Epsilon Alangue, considered by many Zensunni Wanderers as their planet of origin, although clues in their language and mythology show far more ancient planetary roots"[24]. Once home of the proud Lord Bludds, and of Tio Holtzman. Was severely devastated in several Buddislamic uprisings.
[edit] Richese
The fourth planet of Eridani A, is classified with Ix as supreme in machine culture. Under the rule of the count of House Richese, the planet is noted for technological advances, especially in miniaturization. An artificial moon created for scientific and industrial research, Korona, orbits Richese.
[edit] Rossak
Fifth planet of Alces Minor. One of the stopping places for the Zensunni Wanderers, its jungles are the source of many pharmaceutical riches. The so-called "Rossak Drug", predecessor of the Water of Life, originated there. As the homeworld of the Sorceresses of Rossak, it is the origin of Bene Gesserit history.
[edit] Salusa Secundus
The third planet of the Gamma Waiping system and the homeworld of the Imperial House Corrino. After it was left a barren wasteland due to atomic war after the Butlerian Jihad, it became the Emperor's prison planet and the training ground for his elite Sardaukar troops, the imperial capital now residing in Kaitain. Salusa Secondus is also noted as the second stopping point in the migrations of the Zensunni Wanderers.[25]
[edit] Sikun
A planet in the 70 Ophiuchi A system. Its inhabitants are primarily associated with the Buddislamic faith. Sikun is home to the useful plant akarso.[26]
[edit] Synchrony
In Sandworms of Dune, Synchrony is established as the capital world of the reincarnated thinking machine empire, led by the evermind Omnius and independent robot Erasmus. [27]
[edit] Tleilax
The sole planet of the star Thalim, is the homeworld of the Bene Tleilax. Its capital is Bandalong. Most of the planet is off-limits to outsiders, as the majority of the planet is considered holy by the religious Tleilaxu.
[edit] Tupile
Tupile is the "so-called 'sanctuary planet' (probably several planets) for defeated Houses of the Imperium. Location(s) known only to the Guild and maintained inviolate under the Guild Peace." [28]
[edit] Wallach IX
The ninth planet of Laoujin. It is the site of the Mother School of the Bene Gesserit.
[edit] Zanovar
A recreational world, controlled by House Taligari. Attacked and partially destroyed by Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV's Imperial Sardaukar under the pretense of enforcing a ban on the hoarding of melange.
[edit] Dune gazetteer
In The Stars and Planets of Frank Herbert's Dune: A Gazetteer by Joseph M. Daniels[29], the distance from Earth in light-years (ly) is provided for many planets in the Dune universe, based on the real-life distances of the stars and planetary systems referenced by Frank Herbert when discussing these planets in the glossary of the novel Dune. It should be noted that though Herbert used the names of actual stars and planetary systems in his work, there is no documentation supporting or disputing the assumption that he was, in fact, referring to these real-life stars or systems. The Gazetteer suggests the following:
- Arrakis ~ Third planet orbiting the star Canopus, located at 312 ly from Earth.
- Bela Tegeuse ~ Fifth planet of the star Kuentsing (Kuentsing is Chinese for Alpha Leporis, located at 1284 ly from Earth).
- Caladan ~ Third planet of Delta Pavonis, located at 19.9 ly from Earth.
- Chusuk ~ Fourth planet in the star system Theta Shalish (Shalish is the Hebrew constellation for Aries, Theta Arietis located at 387 ly from Earth).
- Corrin ~ Planet in the star system of Sigma Draconis, located at 18.8 ly from Earth.
- Ecaz ~ Fourth planet of Alpha Centauri B, located at 4.4 ly from Earth.
- Gamont ~ Third planet of Niushe (Chinese name for Psi Draconis, located at 72 ly from Earth).
- Giedi Prime ~ Planet of Ophiuchi B (36), located at 19 ly from Earth.
- Grumman ~ Second planet of Niushe (Chinese name for Psi Draconis, located at 72 ly from Earth).
- Hagal ~ II Theta Shaowei (Shaowei is the Chinese name for the constellation of Leo, II Theta Leonis located at 177 ly from Earth).
- Harmonthep ~ No longer existing satellite of Delta Pavonis, located at 19.9 ly from Earth.
- Ix ~ Ninth planet from Alkalurops, or Rodale (or Eridani A, located at 16.5 ly from Earth).
- Kaitan ~ Arabic name of the star Alpha Piscium, located at 139 ly from Earth.
- Poritrin ~ Third planet of Epsilon Alangue or Epsilon Ophiuchi (Alangue is corruption of Arabic Al Hawna, Ophiuchus, situated at 107.5 ly from Earth).
- Rossak ~ Fifth planet of Alces Minor (Alpha Crater located at 181 ly from Earth).
- Salusa Secundus ~ Third planet of the Gamma Waiping system (Waiping is the Chinese name for a part of the constellation Pisces, Gamma Piscium located at 130.9 ly from Earth).
- Sikun ~ Planet in the 70 Ophiuchi A system (located at 16.6 ly from Earth).
- Tleilax ~ Sole planet of the star Thalim (Arabic name for the star Theta Eridani, located at 135 ly from Earth).
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Herbert, Frank. Dune, Appendix II: The Religion of Dune. "Historians estimate the [anti-ecumenism] riots took eighty million lives. That works out to about six thousand for each world then in the Landsraad League."
- ^ Herbert, Frank. Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Shigawire)
- ^ Herbert, Frank. Heretics of Dune, Chapter House Dune.
- ^ a b c Herbert, Frank. Dune.
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Bela Tegeuse)
- ^ It may be noted that a non-fictional star exists called Betelgeuse.
- ^ a b c Herbert, Frank. Chapterhouse Dune.
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Caladan)
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Pundi rice)
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Chusuk)
- ^ Herbert, Frank. Dune, Appendix II: The Religion of Dune.
- ^ a b Herbert, Brian and Anderson, Kevin J. Legends of Dune.
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Ecaz)
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Elacca drug)
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Sapho juice)
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Semuta)
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Verite)
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Krimskell fiber)
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Gamont)
- ^ Herbert, Frank. Children of Dune. "For a time [ Leto ] amused himself by reviewing Chaucer's route from London to Canterbury ... It gave him a sense of timeless buoyancy to know that few in his universe would recall Chaucer or know any London except the village on Gansireed."
- ^ Herbert, B. and Anderson, K.J. Prelude to Dune.
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Hagal)
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Harmonthep)
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Poritrin)
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Salusa Secundus)
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Akarso)
- ^ Herbert, Brian and Anderson, Kevin J. Sandworms of Dune.
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Tupile)
- ^ The Stars and Planets of Frank Herbert's Dune: A Gazetteer
- Herbert, Frank. Dune, Terminology of the Imperium
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