Character from Dune by Frank Herbert
Bene Tleilax Face Dancer and master conspirator — a shapeshifter who wears other people's bodies like costumes and offered Paul a ghola of his dead beloved as the ultimate bargain.
Scytale delights in deception the way an artist delights in craft. He probes for emotional vulnerabilities and exploits them with surgical precision. He speaks in riddles and double meanings. His Tleilaxu faith makes him view other humans as raw material. He is dangerous not for his physical threat but for his ability to become anyone and say exactly what his target needs to hear.
In his natural form: round, gnomish face with bright inquisitive eyes and an unsettling smile. But his face is rarely his own — he shifts features like changing clothes.
Also known as: Scytale the Face Dancer, The Tleilaxu