User Guide

DUNE 2000 7
THE HOUSE HARKONNEN
HOMEWORLD: The Planet Giedi Prime.
Dark. Industrial. Toxic. Cruel.
LEADER: The Baron Harkonnen, or
Siridar-Baron - Planetary Governor. Like
Giedi Prime, the Baron is dark. Cruel.
Savage. Driven by greed and a kanly, or
vendetta, to use the Ancient Tongue, against
Duke Leto and the entire House Atreides.
MENTAT MASTER OF ASSASSINS:
Hayt DeVries. Hayt is a Ghola, a re-animated corpse, purchased from the flesh-vats
of the Planet Tleilax. Ruthless. Brilliant. Cold. Cruel. Egomaniacal. Like the House.
MILITARY STRENGTHS: Brute force; illegal atomic weaponry, or so it is
rumored; the ruthlessness of the Baron and his Mentat; the degree to which the
Baron’s Troops fear him - and thus, fear disappointing him. (He has been known to
personally drink the blood of those who bear unfortunate news to his chamber.
Indeed, it is said the Harkonnen are forced to wear heart plugs, such that the Baron
can loose their blood with greater ease.)
HOUSE PROFILE: Giedi Prime is a dark, deranged world as are the creatures
of House Harkonnen. The Harkonnen are a cruel people, equally ruthless toward
friend and foe, if necessary. The Harkonnen have a long history of employing
violence and fear to achieve their objectives. In House Harkonnen status is not
bestowed. It is taken. Treachery upon treachery, assassin upon assassin, our spies
cannot keep up with the rapid shifting of military rank in the Harkonnen forces,
excepting, of course, the nearly totalitarian control of the Baron.
Nothing will stop the Baron Harkonnen in his pursuit of Dune. Formerly the sole
stewards of the Spice harvesting operations on Arrakis, the Harkonnen feel
deprived of something which they believe to be rightfully theirs: the Governorship
of Dune. As the Baron has sworn to cut the ducal ring from the hand of Leto, it is
highly unlikely that he would tolerate an Atreides victory over Dune.
HOUSE INSIGNIA:The Ram