Still, an Atreides daughter is a crucial part of the Bene Gesserit breeding program to eventually produce a super-being they call the Kwisatz Haderach. Jessica's former instructor, the Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, is still furious over Jessica's past insubordination-she had been instructed to bear Leto a daughter but had instead intentionally conceived a son-but Mohiam is somewhat intrigued by the potential she sees in 15-year-old Paul.
Leto has been granted control of the lucrative planetary fief of Arrakis, and is moving his entire household there from his ocean homeworld of Caladan.
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The original series Dune Īs Dune begins, Jessica is the Bene Gesserit concubine to the Duke Leto Atreides, and mother to his young son and heir Paul. Similarly, throughout the Dune series, he described the heroic Bene Gesserit women as "witches". In an endearing tone, he often referred to her as his "white witch", or good witch. He also wrote of "Lady Jessica's latent (prophetic) abilities", and in this he was describing my mother, thinking of all the amazing paranormal feats she had accomplished in her lifetime. Frank Herbert had modeled Lady Jessica Atreides after Beverly Herbert, with her dignified, gentle ways of influence, and even her prescient abilities, which my mother actually possessed. He shared that reality with millions of readers when he wrote a loving, three-page tribute to her at the end of Chapterhouse: Dune, describing their life together. Brian Herbert wrote:īeverly Herbert was the window into Frank Herbert's soul. Novelist Brian Herbert, Frank Herbert's son and biographer, said that the character of Lady Jessica is modeled after his mother and Frank Herbert's wife, Beverly Herbert. and green eyes" as well as an "oval face." This shape is later notable as a marker of Jessica's bloodline. Jessica is described in Dune as having "hair like shaded bronze.
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