Prad Vidal was the Duke of Elacca, a sub-continent on the Ecazi Homeworld, and a vassal to Archduke Armand Ecaz. He was responsible for the murders of the Ecazi heiress, Ilesa Ecaz and the Swordmaster Rivvy Dinari during the wedding ceremony of Ilesa and Duke Leto Atreides I on the planet Caladan.
History
Duke Vidal was the leader of House Ecaz, an ally of the Harkonnens and an avowed enemy to the "Old Duke" Paulus Atreides[1]. The ruler of planet Ecaz however is the Archduke Armand, who is also an ally of House Atreides. The Archduke even tried to arrange a marriage between his eldest daughter Sanya Ecaz and Duke Leto.
Duke Vidal participated in the attempt made by Viscount Hundro Moritani, the great enemy of House Ecaz, to assassinate the Archduke and his daughter, as well as some members of the Atreides' household, during the wedding of Ilesa and Duke Leto Atreides, on Castle Caladan. Duke Vidal cleverly disguised hexagonal blades on the sides of potted plants at the ceremony. As the Wedding March began to play, the sharply bladed discs began circling through the air, trying to strike their intended Ecazian targets, and Swordmasters Rivvy Dinari and Whitmore Bludd defended the Archduke and his daughter, respectively.
However, one circling disc sliced Ilesa's cartoid artery, due to Bludd's failure, and she bled to death, while her father lose and arm and barely survived due to the sacriface o Dinari, who protected his master with his own body. Moments after the tragedy, a message of Viscount Hundro Moritani rang on the hall, starting the War of Assassins of 10,187 AG.
Immediately after the assassination attempt, which caused the death of the last Ecazi heiress, another attempt to kill the Archduke took place on a tower of Castle Caladan, where the old Ecazi ruler was resting after having lost an arm. The assassins were defeated by Duncan Idaho, while other assassins sent to kill
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- ↑ Dune: House Atreides