Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen
The cunning nephew and intended heir of the Baron.
Baron Harkonnen groomed his nephew Feyd-Rautha from a young age to succeed the brutal Rabban as ruler of Arrakis. The plan was to present him as a merciful savior once Rabban's tyranny had exhausted the planet's population. Feyd-Rautha was cunning, ambitious, and every bit as ruthless as his uncle in his own way. As the Baron's chosen heir, he was set on a collision course with Paul Atreides once Paul returned to reclaim his father's fief. Their rivalry ended in a formal knife duel before the assembled Great Houses, staged as part of Paul's negotiations for the Golden Lion Throne. Feyd-Rautha tried to cheat his way to victory with a hidden poisoned needle. Paul's prescient awareness let him sense and counter the trick. He killed Feyd-Rautha and ended House Harkonnen's line of legitimate succession in a single stroke.
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