Hassik Corrino III

Hassik Corrino III was a Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe. During his reign, the Imperium's capitol, and House Corrino homeworld of Salusa Secundus was laid to waste by an atomic catastrophe by a renegade family, House Tantor. He managed relocated the Imperial Golden Lion Throne to Kaitain and turned Salusa Secundus into an exiled prison planet.

The Imperial Observatory had been built by Hassik III. A builder of many grand edifices, "Hassik III had wanted to show that even after the near obliteration of the Imperial House Corrino, the Imperium and its business would continue at a more exalted level than ever before." The Golden Lion Throne itself, had been carved from a single piece of a pale blue-green Hagal quartz, the largest such gem ever found. The Hassik III Center for the Performing Arts was built by him, or named after him.

In order to rebuild this governmental infrastructure, Hassik III had taxed his subjects nearly into bankruptcy.

Hassik was the first person to be entombed in the Imperial Necropolis, the large catacombs beneath the Imperial Opal Palace in Corrinth City, the capital city of Kaitain.

Quotes
The following excerpts of Hassik III's writings are referenced via epigraphs in the Prelude to Dune novels:


 * How easily grief becomes anger, and revenge gains arguments. — The Lament for Salusa Secundus (Dune: House Harkonnen)


 * It is difficult to make power lovable — this is the dilemma of all governments. — The Private Kaitain Journals (Dune: House Corrino)

Appearances

 * Dune: House Atreides
 * Dune: House Corrino