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Appendix IV: The Almanak en-Ashraf (Selected Excerpts of the Noble Houses)
LadyAliawasbornonArrakisabouteightmonthsafterDukeLeto’sdeath.Prenatalexposuretoanawareness-spectrumnarcoticisthereasongenerallygivenforBeneGesseritreferencestoheras“AccursedOne.”SheisknowninpopularhistoryasSt.AliaorSt.Alia-of-the-Knife.(Foradetailedhistory,seeSt.Alia,HuntressofaBillionWorldsbyPanderOulson.)
VLADIMIRHARKONNEN(10,110—10,193)
CommonlyreferredtoasBaronHarkonnen,histitleisofficiallySiridar(planetarygovernor)Baron.VladimirHarkonnenisthedirect-linemaledescendantoftheBasharAbulurdHarkonnenwhowasbanishedforcowardiceaftertheBattleofCorrin.ThereturnofHouseHarkonnentopowergenerallyisascribedtoadroitmanipulationofthewhalefurmarketandlaterconsolidationwithmelangewealthfromArrakis.TheSiridar-BarondiedonArrakisduringtheRevolt.Titlepassedbrieflytothena-Baron,Feyd-RauthaHarkonnen.
COUNTHASIMIRFENRING(10,133—10,225)
AdistaffcousinofHouseCorrino,hewasachildhoodcompanionofShaddamIV.(ThefrequentlydiscreditedPirateHistoryofCorrinorelatedthecuriousstorythatFenringwasresponsibleforthechaumurkywhichdisposedofElroodIX.)AllaccountsagreethatFenringwastheclosestfriendShaddamIV
possessed.TheImperialchorescarriedoutbyCountFenringincludedthatofImperialAgentonArrakisduringtheHarkonnenregimethereandlaterSiridar-
AbsentiaofCaladan.HejoinedShaddamIVinretirementonSalusaSecundus.
COUNTGLOSSURABBAN(10,132-10,193)
GlossuRabban,CountofLankiveil,wastheeldestnephewofVladimirHarkonnen
