house corrino

House Corrino is a ruling family in the fictional Dune universe of Frank Herbert. In the story line, they held the reins of the known universe since the Butlerian Jihad, until the defeat of Shaddam Corrino IV by Muad'dib (Paul Atreides) and the Fremen (a time period of some 10,000 years). House Corrino's ancestral planet was Salusa Secundus, the seat of imperial power since the Butlerian Jihad. Due to an unfortunate atomic explosion, House Corrino and the Golden Lion Throne moved to Kaitain. The offending house is unknown, erased from history. Following their exile to Salusa Secundus, the Corrinos gradually recovered strength. Farad'n Corrino, grandson of Shaddam IV and last hope for a new Corrino Emperor, made a bid for the throne (spurred on by his mother Princess Wensicia). The proposed return to glory for House Corrino did not succeed. The remaining Atreides were Leto II and his sister Ghanima. Leto II had been rendered sterile by the sandworm binding process, so to continue the line, Leto II reached an agreement with Farad'n: Leto II would marry Ghanima and although he would never rule, Farad'n would sire all future heirs to the throne, so all emperors after that point would be half-Atreides, half-Corrino. Following the death of Leto II 3,500 years later, the Empire of a Million Worlds collapsed in The Scattering. There were no more Corrino Emperors, or Atreides emperors for that matter. 1,500 years after the Scattering, the legendary commander of the armies of the Bene Gesserit was Miles Teg, a descendant of the Ghanima/Farad'n union.

House Corrino

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