Cymek

A cymek was a type of being featuring exclusively and extensively in the 'Legends of Dune' prequel trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. They lived approximately 10,000 years before the establishment of the Spacing Guild.

They consisted of a human brain that was held in a preservation canister filled with electrafluid. In this state, and with frequent upkeep, the brain could live for thousands of years and was able to control interchangeable robotic bodies through thoughtrodes.

Types of cymek

Cymeks could be broadly separated into two categories:

• Titans - the original 20 cymeks who conquered and ruled the Old Empire until the rise of Omnius;
• Neo-Cymeks - all cymeks who came after the establishment of the 20 Titans.

Cymek attitudes

Despite once being human themselves, cymeks considered themselves superior to and the natural overlords of humans, whom they considered weak in both body and mind. Consequently, the cymeks referred to humans in a derogatory manner, by using the term originally coined by the original Titans - hrethgir. This term was later adopted by Omnius and his servants.

Their ability to detatch from their robotic bodies proved both a major strength and a major weakness for the cymeks. Without their bodies they were vulnerable to numerous forms of manipulation. Thus newly created cymeks were often indoctrinated into total subservience to their new masters, either Omnius or the Titans.

List of cymeks

Titans

• Agamemnon
• Ajax
• Alexander
• Barbarossa
• Dante
• Hecate
• Juno
• Xerxes

Others

• Beowolf

See also

• Neo-Cymek
• Titans