Dune: Prophecy
WARNING : SPOILERS ahead for Dune : Prophecy sequence 4 .
Valya Harkonnen has a mysterious programme for her family house and the High Council at Landsraad inDune : Prophecyepisode 4 " Twice endure " as she operate diligently to prevent The Reckoning . Dune : Prophecyis a six - part series based on the 2012 novelSisterhood of Dune , which was written by originalDuneauthor Frank Herbert ’s son , Brian , and Kevin J. Anderson . The story demand place more than10,000 years before the raise of Paul Atreidies , which is chronicle inDenis Villenueve’sDune(2020 ) andDune : Part Two(2024).Dune : Prophecyreveals theorigins of the powerful tincture sisterhood known as the Bene Gesseritand how they manipulated the fate of humankind .
Dune : Prophecyepisode 1 " The Hidden Hand"introduced Emily Watson ’s Valya Harkonnen , a fierce and measured leader , and her biological sister , Tula Harkonnen . Dune : Prophecyepisode 2 revealswhat happened to Lila and her grandmother , Reverend Mother Dorotea , after Tula and Valya Harkoennen encouraged her to prematurely suffer a life - threatening ritual sleep together as The Agony . InDune : Prophecyepisode 3 , Tula takes Lila ’s biography into her own hands aftershe apparently died during The Agony ritualand seek to resurrect her through the purpose of prohibited engineering . Episode 4 bring out thatLila was resurrected through the Thinking Machine , Anirul , as Tula operates behind Valya ’s back .
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Why Valya Wants To Be House Harkonnen’s Truthsayer
Valya is politically powerless without any high-ranking ears to whisper into
At the end ofDune : Prophecyepisode 3 , Valya makes a surprise visit to her alienated uncle Evengy , and her mightiness - hungry nephew , Harrow . Before Valya enter their plate for the first metre in what is surely years , Valya tells her promising acolyte Theo that " sacrifice must be made . " It ’s been well establish thatValya has strong feelings about her Harkonnen family name , drive by a violent desire for redemptionwhile also carry the corporate shame that was brought onto House Harkonnen by Vorian Atredies .
Valya was respected and welcome on the regal home planet of Salusa Secundus before the arrival of Desmond Hart . After Valya break that she can not vote down Desmond Hart herself , she is pressure to pivot to plan B , which land her back to Evengy and Harrow . Although Valya is the Mother Reverend Superior of the Sisterhood inDune : Prophecy , she is unforced to make herself House Harkonnen ’s exclusive Truthsayer , the first of its sort , as a bargaining chip to guarantee Harrow ’s rise to power as a extremity of the High Council . Valya is politically powerless without any ear to whisper into , which is why she direct to empower Harrow and House Harkonnen by being their Truthsayer .
How Valya Used The Sisterhood To Manipulate Harrow Harkonnen
Valya used Harrow to get Desmond Hart to reveal that he “executed” Pruwet Richese
Valya senses the desperate need for regard and self-assurance within Harrow ’s characterand contrive to use it against him so as to plant her own rank in a Great House other than the Corrino ’s . Because of the bureau she wields within the Sisterhood , which demands a nigh - unreasoning faith in Valya ’s orderliness and visual sense for the Imperium , Valya is able to use other Truthsayers across the Sisterhood to raise suspicion about Pruwet Richese ’s death . The Truthsayers successfully win over the heads of several other noble houses that Pruwet Richese ’s death was not an fortuity done by a malfunction of his illicit Thinking Machine toy seen in installment 1 .
Based on Valya ’s swift manipulation that brought representatives of other noble houses to House Hartkonnen ’s threshold , she successfully inspiredHarrow to publicly raise mistrust against the Emperor and Pruwet Richese ’s last . As seen inDune : Prophecyepisode 4 , Harrow talk before the High Council at Landsraad and utilize his newfound platform to register a " grievance in violation of Kanly " against House Corrino . Valya was able to bring several representatives of unlike house together in their misgiving of the Emperor and Pruwet Richese ’s expiry , which led to Desmond Hart revealing that he " carry out " the young Richese prince .
What Was Valya’s Plan During The Emperor’s High Council Meeting?
Valya wanted to expose Desmond Hart but walked away with his blood instead
Harrow Harkonnen spoke out against the Emperor and formally register a grievance against him , exactly as Vlaya had planned , stomach behind her nephew eerily as he called for an official inquiry . In the same breath , Valya takes out a switchblade and conceals it in her handas the Emperor conceive of a reply to Harrow ’s request . Shockingly , Princess Ynez Corrino speaks out against her own royal parent and endorse Harrow ’s suspicions , which comes as a total surprisal even to Valya the Truthsayer .
Realizing that the place hollo for a drastic response , Desmond Hart makes a public display of his – and the Emperor ’s – might by cauterize several Reb and baronial leaders animated . Valya had designate for Desmond Hart to disclose himself through Harrow ’s eager score inquirybut had not expected Hart to make such a public presentation , which ended up backfiring on her and Harrow inDune : Prophecyepisode 4 . Valya did , at least , walk aside with a sample of Desmond ’s stock , which she plans to go into into her inherited breeding exponent to determine where he come from .
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Set in the creation of Frank Herbert ’s Dune series , Dune : Prophecy , a sci - fi epic , follow the political and spiritual struggle on the desert major planet of Arrakis . As sect vie for restraint of the prized spicery melange , a prophesy hero emerges , challenging the balance of power and the fate of the beetleweed .
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