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Wesle Atreides was the younger brother of ruling Duke Philippos Atreides of Gallatin.
No longer wishing to live in his shadow, he obtained permission to relocate with his family to Caladan.
In 8711 AG, he commissioned Istaivan Hiibaladan to design Castle Caladan. A lifelong student of Terran history, he wished it patterned after a manor of a feudal lord.
