HOUSE PROFILE : Geidi Prime is a dark, deranged world - as are the creatures of House Harkonnen. The Harkonnen are a cruel people, equally ruthless toward friend and foe, if necessary. The Harkonnens have a long history of employing violence and fear to achieve their objectives. In House Harkonnen, status is not bestowed. It is taken. Treachery upon treachery, assassin upon assassin - our spies cannot keep up with the rapid shifting of military rank in the Harkonnen forces. Excepting, of course, the nearly totalitarian control of the baron.

Nothing will stop the Baron Harkonnen in his pursuit of Dune. Formerly the sole stewards of the Spice harvesting operations on Arrakis, the Harkonnen feel deprived of something which they believe to be rightfully theirs - the Governorship of Dune. As the Baron has sworn to cut the ducal ring from the hand of Leto - it is highly unlikely that he would tolerate an Atreides victory over Dune.

HOUSE INSIGNIA: The Ram.