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For the adaptation equivalents, see Korba/1984 film and Korba/2000 miniseries
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Korba [d. 10210 AG] was a Fremen follower of Paul "Muad'Dib" Atreides, the supposed Mahdi. Beginning his rise to power as one of the original Fedaykin who Paul trained in the Weirding Way during the Desert War, he served as a commander in the Battle of Arrakeen in 10193 AG which allowed Paul to usurp Shaddam Corrino IV and become the Padishah Emperor and led to the Fremen waging a twelve-year galactic jihad in his name.
After the Battle of Arrakeen, Korba was given the title of Panegyrist, becoming an important member of Paul's Qizarate and rose to the additional title of Priest by the year 10208 AG. It was at this point that Korba turned against his Mahdi, becoming embroiled in a conspiracy to martyr the Emperor, a conspiracy whose leading instigators also included Princess Irulan Corrino, Paul's wife in name only, Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, Spacing Guild Steersman Edric, and Scytale, a Face Dancer. Korba was killed by Stilgar after his complicity in the conspiracy was discovered.
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- Korba was named Otmo in early drafts. [6]
- In the 2000 Dune miniseries, Korba is mentioned but does not directly appear.
- In the TV miniseries adaption of Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, Korba was portrayed by the Czech actor Karel Dobrý, who had also portrayed Liet-Kynes in the original Frank Herbert's Dune miniseries. The motivation of Korba is altered in the miniseries, so instead of a desire to martyr him, so his religious power would increase drastically, Korba is a rebel hating the Atreides Empire. He is also seen to be a friend of the child Javid.
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- ↑ Dune Messiah - Chapter 19: The scene became intelligible only when she recognized the prisoner they'd brought: Korba, the Panegyrist.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dune Messiah - Chapter 5: Sensing his thoughts on her, Alia smiled at Paul. His expression softened. How could anyone react to Korba with other than cynical humor? he asked himself. What is more ridiculous than a Death Commando transformed into a priest?
- ↑ Dune Messiah - Chapter 19: " . . . that you did conspire with traitors to accomplish the destruction of our Lord and Emperor; that you did meet in vile secrecy with diverse enemies of the realm; that you... " Korba kept shaking his head with a look of pained anger.
- ↑ Dune Messiah - Chapter 24: "What orders?" "She commanded the execution of the traitors." "Oh." Idaho suppressed a feeling of vertigo as he looked up at the promontory. "Which traitors?" "The Guildsman, the Reverend Mother Mohiam, Korba . . . a few others." "You slew a Reverend Mother?" "I did. Muad'dib left word that it should not be done." He shrugged. "But I disobeyed him, as Alia knew I would."
- ↑ Dune Messiah - Chapter 5: Korba's cheeks went almost the color of his orange robe. He glared at Alia, an angry gnome, bald and fuming.
- ↑ The Road to Dune, UNPUBLISHED SCENES AND CHAPTERS, New Chapter: THE HUMAN DISTRANS