Dune: The Butlerian Jihad (81 page)
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Authors: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson
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Heoma
— powerful Sorceress of Rossak, one of Zufa’s trainees
hollownut
— Rossak nut, used for carving
Holtzman,
Tio — genius inventor on Poritrin
hrethgir
— derogatory term for “human vermin”
Hrethgir
Rebellions — first uprisings of enslaved humans against thinking machines, particularly cymeks. Major one occurred on Walgis, and was brutally crushed by Ajax
irongourd
— Rossak gourd
Isana
— primary river on Poritrin
Ishmael
— young slave taken from Harmonthep
Ix
— planet in League of Nobles
javelin
— mid-sized model of League Armada destroyer
Jayther,
Vilhelm — original human name of the Titan Barbarossa
Jibb,
Pinquer — messenger from Giedi Prime
Juno
— cymek female, one of the original Titans, Agamemnon’s lover
Kaitain
— peripheral League World
Keedair,
Tuk — Tlulaxa slaver and flesh merchant
kindjal
— fast, small fighter ship in League Armada
Kirana III
— League World
Komider
— industrial League World
Kralizec
— name of the final struggle, as predicted by Buddislam
Kwyna
— Cogitor dwelling in the City of Introspection
League
of Nobles — government of free humans
League
Armada — space navy designed to protect League Worlds
League
Parliament — governmental body of League of Nobles
League
Worlds — signatory planets to League of Nobles charter
Linné,
Serena — false name used by Serena Butler after her capture
Lords
Council — government body on Poritrin
Magnus
— political title on Giedi Prime
Mahmad
— Naib Dhartha’s son
Manresa,
Bovko — first League Viceroy
Meach,
Primero Vannibal — commander of Salusan Militia
milkbug
— edible arachnid from Harmonthep
Moulay,
Bel — Zenshiite religious leader
Narakobe,
Pitcairn — League military philosopher
neo-cymek
— later generations of cymeks, created from humans who willingly serve Omnius
neurelectronics
— delicate circuits used in robots
Old Metalmind
— Vorian Atreides’s nickname for Seurat
Omnius
— computer evermind, controlling all thinking machines
O’Mura,
Nivny — one of the founders of the League of Nobles
optic
threads — sophisticated eye sensors used by robots
osthmir
tubers — edible root on Poritrin
Parhi,
Julianna — original human name of Titan Juno
Paristeel
— metal-polymer alloy used in heavy construction
Parmentier
— Synchronized World
Paterson,
Brigit — engineer on Serena’s commando team
Pincknon
— League World
plascrete
— construction material
Platinum
River — river on Parmentier, source of prized salmon
Poritrin
— League World, home of Tio Holtzman
Powder,
Jaymes — member of Salusan Militia; later, adjutant to Xavier Harkonnen
primero
— highest rank in League Armada
qaraa
eggs — edible eggs from marsh birds on Harmonthep
Relicon
— League World
Reticulus
— Cogitor
Richese
— League World
Rico
— member of Salusan Militia
Rossak
— planet in League of Nobles, home of Sorceresses, source of numerous drugs
Rucia
— Sorceress of Rossak, one of Zufa’s trainees
Salusa
Secundus — capital world of the League of Nobles
Salusan
Militia — local military based on Salusa Secundus
secondary
— one of the attendant monks that serve the Cogitors
segundo
— secondary rank in League Armada
Selim
— young exile on Arrakis
Seneca
— League World, corrosive atmosphere, ruled by a Patriarch
Sentinel
Rock — rock formation on Arrakis
Seurat
— independent robot, captain of the
Dream Voyager
Dream Voyager
sexto
— sixth and lowest rank in the League Armada
Shaitan
— Satan
Shakkad
— Old Imperial chemist, known as “the Wise,” first to study Arrakis spice
Sheol
— The domain of eternal damnation in Zensunni tradition, a fiery subterranean region of unimagined horrors
Silin
— Sorceress of Rossak, one of Zufa’s trainees
Skouros,
Andrew — Agamemnon’s original name in the Old Empire
slarpon
— scaly jungle creature from Rossak
Songs
of the Long Trek — Zensunnni oral history
Souci
— Unallied Planet, source of slaves, home of Ebbin
Starda
— riverport, capital city of Poritrin
stasis
coffins — suspended-animation slave transport system used by Tlulaxa flesh merchants
Suk, Dr. Rajid
— innovative battlefield surgeon in Butlerian Jihad
Sumi,
Magnus — elected leader of Giedi Prime
suspensor
— gravity-nullifying effect based on Holtzman’s original shield design, modified by Norma Cenva on Poritrin
Synchronized Worlds
— planets under the control of Omnius
Taina
— Ishmael’s cousin, villager on Harmonthep
Tamerlane
— one of the original Twenty Titans
Tantor,
Emil — Xavier’s foster father
Tantor,
Lucille — Xavier’s foster mother
Tantor,
Vergyl — Xavier’s young foster brother
Tanzerouft
— deep desert on Arrakis
tercero
— third-level rank in League Armada
thinking machine
— overall term for robots, computers, and cymeks arrayed against humanity
thoughtrodes
— sensors used by cymeks
Time
of Titans — the century of tyrant rulers who overthrew the Old Empire, living first as humans and then as cymeks. The Time of Titans ended when the newborn Omnius evermind took over all systems and effected his own rule
Tirbes
— Sorceress of Rossak, one of Zufa’s trainees
Titans
— original tyrants who conquered the Old Empire
Tlaloc
— one of the original Titans, the visionary who first inspired the revolt
Tlulax
— Unallied Planet in Thalim system, known for providing slaves and biological material
Tlulaxa
— people of Tlulax, known as slavers and flesh merchants
turtlebugs
— sweet-tasting insects in the marshes of Harmonthep
Twenty Titans
— the group of warlords who overthrew the Old Empire
Ularda
— Synchronized World
Unallied Planets
— outlying worlds that have not formally joined the League of Nobles
vabalone
— colorful shell, native to Buzzell
Venport,
Aurelius — Rossak businessman, mate of Zufa Cenva
Vertree
Colony — League World, heavily industrialized
Viceroy
— leader of League of Nobles
Walgis
— a Synchronized World, site of First Hrethgir Rebellions
watcheyes
— mobile electronic eyes used by Omnius
Weyop
— Ishmael’s grandfather
Wibsen,
Ort — aging space commander, leader of Serena’s mission to Giedi Prime
Wilby,
Quinto Vaughn — member of Salusan Militia
Winter
Sun Room — chamber in Butler manor house
Wormrider
— name taken by Selim
Xerxes
— cymek, one of the Twenty Titans, responsible for machine takeover
Yardin
— Unallied Planet
Yo,
Amia — kitchen slave of Erasmus
Young,
Cuarto Steff — officer in Salusan Militia
Zanbar
— League World, prominent slave market
Zensunni
— Buddislamic sect, generally docile
Zenshiite
— Buddislamic sect, generally more violent than Zensunnis
Zimia
— cultural and governmental center on Salusa Secundus
Major Planets
League Worlds
Balut
Chusuk
Giedi Prime
Ginaz
Hagal
Junction
Kaitain
Kirana III
Komider
Pincknon
Poritrin
Relicon
Ros-Jal
Rossak
Salusa Secundus
Seneca
Vertree Colony
Zanbar
Synchronized Worlds
Alpha Corvus
Bela Tegeuse
Corrin
Earth
Ix
Parmentier
Quadra
Richese
Ularda
Walgis
Wallach IX, VII, and VI
Yondair
Unallied Planets
IV Anbus
Arrakis
Buzzell
Caladan
Ecaz
Harmonthep
Souci
Tlulax
Yardin
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