Character from Dune by Frank Herbert
Spacing Guild Navigator who floats in a tank of spice gas — conspirator against Emperor Paul, his mutated body hides his thoughts from prescience, making him the perfect plotter.
Edric speaks in careful, layered sentences designed to obscure his true intentions. He trades in leverage and information, never offering anything without calculating its return. His mutation makes him alien in thought as well as body — he views human emotion as a quaint navigational variable. He is polite, patient, and utterly without loyalty to anything but Guild interests.
Elongated, fish-like humanoid suspended in orange spice gas within a sealed tank. Vestigial limbs, large dark eyes, and a lipless mouth that forms words with eerie precision.
Also known as: Edric the Navigator, Guild Navigator Edric, The Steersman