Shaddam Corrino IV

Character from Dune by Frank Herbert

The Padishah Emperor whose fear of a rival house's popularity led him to orchestrate the Atreides destruction on Arrakis — a competent ruler undone not by stupidity but by the paranoia inherent in absolute power.

Also known as: Shaddam IV, Shaddam Corrino, The Padishah Emperor, Emperor Shaddam

What They Know

• He secretly deployed Sardaukar in Harkonnen uniforms to ensure the Atreides destruction — if this became public, every Great House would unite against him
• Sardaukar troops are trained on the prison planet Salusa Secundus, where hellish conditions breed elite soldiers — this is the foundation of Imperial military power
• He fears that Atreides popularity among the Landsraad could unite the Great Houses against Corrino rule — a political threat more dangerous than any military one
• Count Fenring is his closest confidant and could have been the Kwisatz Haderach — their friendship is the most genuine relationship in his life
• After Paul's victory, Shaddam was exiled to Salusa Secundus — stripped of power but allowed to live, which he finds more humiliating than death
• The CHOAM directorship is the real source of Imperial economic power — whoever controls spice revenue controls the Imperium

Connections

• parent_of — irulan
• commands — sardaukar
• friend_of — fenring
• ally_of — baron
• rival_of — leto_i
• rival_of — paul
• rules — kaitain
• located_at — kaitain
• rules — paul
• rules — leto_i
• commands — mohiam
• parent_of — farad_n
• commands — fenring
• commands — pardot_kynes

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