Articles by William

An Ornithopter is an aircraft in the ‘Dune’ series that flies by the action of wing flapping.

The Butlerian Jihad is a war fought between humans and the Thinking Machines.

A Crysknife is a knife whose blade comes from the tooth of a dead Sandworm.

The Fremen are a group of humans living on the desert planet Arrakis, home to the Sandworms who produce Melange.

Melange is a narcotic with psychedelic properties that enhance mental capabilities and youth.

A Mentat is a human with advanced mental power capable of intense logical thinking and analysis.

The Honored Matres are an aggressive matriarchal order that arose after the death of the God-emperor, Leto II, and are obsessed with power and dominance.

The Kwisatz Haderach is a male Bene Gesserit capable of unlocking the genetic memory of both his female and male ancestry.

A Ghola is an artificially created being that gets replicated from the dead cells of its human body.

CHOAM stands for Combine Honnete Ober Advancer Mercantiles. It is an organization responsible for Melange distribution across the universe.