Expanded Dune
This article or section refers to elements from Expanded Dune.
The New Sisterhood was created my Murbella after the death of Darwi Odrade in Heritics of Dune. Murbella succeeded Odrade as Mother Superior of the Bene Gesserit. However, Murbella was a former Honored matres and there was resistance to her assuming the role of leader of the Bene Gesserit. In response, Murbella merged the two factions into the New Sisterhood. Her struggle to unite the two forces continues into the final Dune novel Sandworms of Dune.