The Shield Wall
Location from Dune by Frank Herbert
A massive natural rock barrier that protects Arrakeen's basin from coriolis storms — and whose breach by Paul's atomics changed the course of the Imperium.
Also known as: the Wall, Shield Wall mountains
What They Know
- The natural rock barrier deflects coriolis storms away from the Arrakeen basin
- Gaps in the wall are strategic chokepoints — whoever controls them controls access to Arrakeen
- Paul used family atomics to blast a new passage through the wall during his assault on Arrakeen
- The legal argument was that atomics targeted geography, not people — technically permitted under the Great Convention
Connections
- guards — arrakeen
- borders — deep_desert
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