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{{Houseinfo
'''Status:''' [[House]] Major
 
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|name=House Atreides
 
 
|status=[[House]] Major
'''Symbol:''' [[Griffin]]
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|symbol=[[Griffin]]
 
'''Army:''' Regular Great House
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|army=Regular Great House
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|uniform=Blue
 
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|colors=Red
'''Uniform:''' Blue
 
 
|homeworld=[[Giedi Prime]], later [[Arrakis]]
 
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|rulingtitle=[[Baron]]
'''House Colours:''' Blue
 
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'''Planets:''' [[Giedi Prime]], [[Arrakis]]
 
 
'''Ruling Title:''' [[Baron]]
 
 
   
 
'''House Harkonnen''' was an ambitious Great [[House]] whose ancestral home was an industrial wasteland with a low photosynthetic potential, called [[Giedi Prime]]. '''House Harkonnen''' was most famous for its facist tactics, and for the long-running feud they had with [[House Atreides]]. In addition, unlike other [[House]]s, House Harkonnen knew only malevolence, hatred and brutality. It was ruled by a Siridar Baron.
 
'''House Harkonnen''' was an ambitious Great [[House]] whose ancestral home was an industrial wasteland with a low photosynthetic potential, called [[Giedi Prime]]. '''House Harkonnen''' was most famous for its facist tactics, and for the long-running feud they had with [[House Atreides]]. In addition, unlike other [[House]]s, House Harkonnen knew only malevolence, hatred and brutality. It was ruled by a Siridar Baron.

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House Harkonnen was an ambitious Great House whose ancestral home was an industrial wasteland with a low photosynthetic potential, called Giedi Prime. House Harkonnen was most famous for its facist tactics, and for the long-running feud they had with House Atreides. In addition, unlike other Houses, House Harkonnen knew only malevolence, hatred and brutality. It was ruled by a Siridar Baron.

Origins

House Harkonnen originated from Abulurd Harkonnen, the grandson of the disgraced Xavier Harkonnen, a former Primero during the Butlerian Jihad. The long-running feud originated as well after Abulurd refused an order from Vorian Atreides to kill the millions of humans enslaved by the thinking machines, when Abulurd's unwarranted shame exposed by Vorian himself at the Battle of Corrin, the Jihad's last battle.

As a result, Abulurd, was called a coward and a traitor because of his actions to save the innocent people. He was exiled from the League Worlds, to the frosty planet of Lankiveil by his own brother, Faykan Corrino. ==References and notes==


The Harkonnen name was believed to originate in what was western Russia on ancient Earth, and the region of Earth called Suomi, also Finland.

Emergence

After many centuries as a House Minor, House Harkonnen's influence gradually rose within the Landsraad, thanks largely to enterpreneurial activities in the whale fur market, which were primarily the efforts of Baron Dmitri Harkonnen and his son Baron Vladimir Harkonnen. ==References and notes==


House Harkonnen had built its power on a simple foundation of fear and terror, two tactics that make the Baron Harkonnen's underlings that much more dangerous: risk death on the battlefield or suffer a slow, excruciating death in the Baron's chambers as he watched with relish. With an order based on treachery, soldiers rose through the ranks through deceit, trickery and, if necessary, assassination.

Demise

However, despite House Harkonnen's relative power prior to the end of the Corrino Empire, Vladimir Harkonnen desired the ultimate achievement to form the Harkonnen Empire. Thus, he secretly plotted against both House Atreides and House Corrino, hoping to destroy the former and overpower the latter through force and marriage.

But Vladimir Harkonnen's plans were unravelled by the rise of Paul Atreides on Arrakis. After Vladimir's death at the hands of Paul's younger sister, Alia Atreides, on Arrakis in 10,193 AG, the title of Baron passed very briefly to his nephew, Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, before being killed by Paul Atreides during kanly.

After the ascent of House Atreides, the remaining members of House Harkonnen, who consisted of distant relatives of Vladimir Harkonnen, saw their power and resources gradually disappear. House Harkonnen eventually ceased to be prior to the death of the God Emperor Leto Atreides II. However, the Harkonnen bloodline continued to exist through Bene Gesserit breeding programs for more than 1500 years thereafter.

Harkonnen Family Tree

          Ulf Harkonnen  =  Katarina Harkonnen                Butler family
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       Piers Harkonnen      Xavier Harkonnen  =  Octa Butler               Serena Butler
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                              -----------------------------------
                             |                |                  |
                Roella Harkonnen      Omilia Harkonnen     Wandra Harkonnen  =  Quentin Vigar
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                                                    ---------------------------------
                                                   |            |                    |
                               Faykan Butler (Corrino)       Rikov Butler     Abulurd Harkonnen the Elder
                                           :                                         :
                                           :                                         :
                                       House Corrino                                   :
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                                                                                     :
                                                         Vikoria Harkonnen  =  Dmitri Harkonnen  =  Daphne Harkonnen
                                                                            |                    |
                    House Atreides                                            |                    |
                            :        Gaius Helen Mohiam  =  Vladimir Harkonnen            ----------------
                            :                            |                               |                |
                            :                            |         Emmi Rabban  =  Abulurd Harkonnen     Marotin Harkonnen    
                         Leto Atreides I  =  Jessica Atreides                   |
                                          |                                     |
                                          |                               ------------------------
                                    ----------------                     |                        |
                                   |                |              Glossu Rabban       Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen
                               Paul Atreides    Alia Atreides  
 

Known Barons

Behind the Scenes

  • The origin and actions of House Harkonnen prior to House Atreides' migration to Arrakis are barely discussed by Frank Herbert. Many of the earlier plots and events are filled out by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson in their prequel novels.
  • Frank Herbert said in later interviews that he modeled the fictional Harkonnens after the Nazi Party.
  • The official seal of House Harkonnen bears the image of a gryphon within Herbert's continuity. This was altered to a ram for Westwood Studios's video game adaptations.