Solari

This article or section refers to elements from Original Dune

Keiran Atreides holding ten million Solaris - *Dune: Prophecy*

The Solari was the official monetary currency unit of the Imperium. Its purchasing power was set at quatricentennial negotiations between the Guild, the Landsraad, and the Emperor.^[1]

Recorded Prices in Solaris[]

On the Imperial market, Spice Melange went as high as 620,000 solaris per decagram.^[2]

During their rule, House Harkonnen took 10 billion solaris out of Arrakis every 330 standard days.^[3]

House Harkonnen offered a reward of 1 million solaris for a single crysknife.^[4]

Following the Siege of Arrakeen, Count Hasimir Fenring spent over a billion Solari in bribes to silence the Landsraad according to Anirul Corrino in Irulan's Count Fenring: A Profile.^[5]

Behind the Scenes[]

Most references to solaris were made in the original Dune novel. They weren't mentioned at all again until Heretics of Dune, where they are mentioned in passing as still in active use despite taking place five thousand years after the events of the first book. The Spacing Guild is still active in Heretics, however (albeit in diminished form), so apparently they still use the same name for their currency.

Appearances[]

Dune (mentioned only)
Heretics of Dune (mentioned only)

References[]

↑ Dune - Terminology of the Imperium: SOLARI: official monetary unit of the Imperium, its purchasing power set at quatricentennial negotiations between the Guild, the Landsraad, and the Emperor.
↑ Dune - Chapter 8: "I am thinking that the spice brings six hundred and twenty thousand Solaris the decagram on the open market right now. That is wealth to buy many things."
↑ Dune - Chapter 12: "The Harkonnens took ten billion Solaris out of here every three hundred and thirty Standard days."
↑ Dune - Chapter 12: "This is going to take some doing, Sire. The Fremen are a pretty independent bunch." Idaho hesitated, then: "And, Sire, there's one other thing. One of the mercenaries we knocked over was trying to get this blade from our dead Fremen friend. The mercenary says there's a Harkonnen reward of a million Solaris for anyone who'll bring in a single crysknife."
↑ Dune - Chapter 38: The measure of Count Fenring's friendship may be seen first in a positive thing: he allayed the Landsraad's suspicions after the Arrakis Affair. It cost more than a billion solaris in spice bribes, so my mother said, and there were other gifts as well: slave women, royal honors, and tokens of rank.

[1] Dune - Terminology of the Imperium: SOLARI: official monetary unit of the Imperium, its purchasing power set at quatricentennial negotiations between the Guild, the Landsraad, and the Emperor.

[2] Dune - Chapter 8: "I am thinking that the spice brings six hundred and twenty thousand Solaris the decagram on the open market right now. That is wealth to buy many things."

[3] Dune - Chapter 12: "The Harkonnens took ten billion Solaris out of here every three hundred and thirty Standard days."

[4] Dune - Chapter 12: "This is going to take some doing, Sire. The Fremen are a pretty independent bunch." Idaho hesitated, then: "And, Sire, there's one other thing. One of the mercenaries we knocked over was trying to get this blade from our dead Fremen friend. The mercenary says there's a Harkonnen reward of a million Solaris for anyone who'll bring in a single crysknife."

[5] Dune - Chapter 38: The measure of Count Fenring's friendship may be seen first in a positive thing: he allayed the Landsraad's suspicions after the Arrakis Affair. It cost more than a billion solaris in spice bribes, so my mother said, and there were other gifts as well: slave women, royal honors, and tokens of rank.

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