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Revision as of 18:38, 25 October 2008
Hassik Corrino III was the fifth Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe when the former Corrino homeworld of Salusa Secundus was laid to waste by an atomic catastrophe. He secretly relocated the Imperial Golden Lion Throne to Kaitain and turned Salusa Secundus into a exiled prison planet.
In the Dune: House Atreides novel, the Imperial Crown Prince Shaddam Corrino IV noted that 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, first mentioned in Dune, had been carved from a single piece of a pale blue-green Hagal quartz — "the largest such gem ever found, dating back to the days of the fifth Padishah Emperor Hassik Corrino III."
According to the Dune: House Corrino novel, 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.
In the middle of the Dune: House Corrino novel, Lady Jessica Atreides, the Bene Gesserit concubine of the famous Duke Leto Atreides I went to the Hassik III Center for the Performing Arts (with the recently crowned Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV, the Lady Anirul Corrino, and their daughters, Irulan Corrino I, Wensicia Corrino II, and Chalice Corrino) to see the play My Father's Shadow while she was on Kaitain serving as a personal lady-in-waiting for the Corrino family.
It was noted that "Hassik Corrino III himself had taxed his subjects nearly into bankruptcy in order to rebuild a governmental infrastructure."
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)
| Preceded by Unknown, eventually Faykan Corrino |
Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe Unknown, after 0 AG |
Succeeded by Unknown, eventually Ishaq Corrino XV |