Feyd-Rautha

""Who is the little one, a pet perhaps? Will she deserve my special attentions?""

- Feyd-Rautha

Feyd-Rautha was a villain of the Dune universe. The nephew of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen and the younger brother of Count Glossu "The Beast" Rabban, Feyd figured prominently in Harkonnen attempts to seize control of the Empire.

After virtually destroying the House of Atreides, Baron Harkonnen decided to have Rabban brutalize the people of Arrakis, with the intent that he would send Feyd to act as a savior, and win popular support for the Harkonnen. During this, young Feyd was strutting around wearing nothing but a metal bird, leading to the Baron becoming aroused. Upon realizing what was happening to him the Baron angrily called for his Doctor.

What the Baron and his nephews did not count on was the survival of Paul Atreides or his mother the Lady Jessica. Taken in by the Freman natives, Paul rose to a position of prominence as he led the Freman in a war against the Harkonnen that brought spice production to a standstill. Feyd came with his uncle to Arrakis, and was captured by the Atreides/Freman force while his uncle died at the hands of Alia Atreides.

Feyd, now the leader of the Harkonnen, challenged Paul to a duel to the death. Despite his attempts to cheat by placing a poison spike in his fighting suit, Paul was able to defeat him and stab him in the throat.