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Name:Muad'deb (Paul Atreides)
Age:30
Countryune(Fremen)
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Type of government:Tribal (well, He calls himself a Duke)
Population: 10,000
Workers:3,000
Scientists:5,000
Soldiers:2,000
Soldier types: Grunts
Resources: 10,000
Events:
Projects:
Buildings:1 Government center, 5,000 houses
Vehicles: Simple carts
Tech: Simple carts, Surplus WW1 rifles, Simple houses,
Country BioI warn you, this powns Hyper's bio anyday, this story is long!)the Atreides line derives from the Greek House of Atreus.
The House of Atreus begins with Tantalus. Legend has it that Tantalus initially held the favor of the gods but decided to cook his own son Pelops and feed him to the gods as a test of their omniscience. The story is as follows: Most of the gods, as they sat down to dinner with Tantalus, immediately understood what had happened, because they knew the nature of the meat they were served, were appalled and did not partake. Nevertheless, Demeter, who was distracted due to the abduction by Hades of her daughter Persephone, obliviously ate Pelops' shoulder. The gods threw Tantalus into the underworld, where he spends eternity standing up to his chin in a pool of water, which drains whenever he attempts to slake his thirst. Above him is low-hanging fruit that lift just out of reach when he tries to grab it. Thus is derived the word "tantalize". The gods brought Pelops back to life, replacing the bone in his shoulder with a bit of ivory, thus marking the family forever afterwards. Pelops married Hippodamia, after winning a chariot race against her father by arranging for the sabotage of his would-be-father-in-law's chariot - resulting in his death. The versions of the story differ here - the sabotage was arranged by a servant of the king, Myrtilus, who was killed by Pelops for one of the following reasons: 1) because he had been promised the right to take Hippodamia's virginity, which Pelops retracted, or 2) because he attempted to **** her, or 3) because Pelops did not wish to share the credit for the victory. As Myrtilus died, he cursed Pelops and his line, further adding to the house's curse.Pelops and Hippodamia had two sons, Atreus and Thyestes, who (depending on myth version) murdered Chrysippus, their stepbrother. Because of the murder, Hippodamia, Atreus, and Thyestes were banished to Mycenae, where Hippodamia is said to have hanged herself. Atreus vowed to sacrifice his best lamb to Artemis. Upon searching his flock, however, Atreus discovered a golden lamb which he gave to his wife, Aerope, to hide from the goddess. She gave it to her lover, Thyestes (also Atreus' brother), who then convinced Atreus to agree that whoever had the lamb should be king. Thyestes produced the lamb and claimed the throne. Atreus retook the throne using advice he received from Hermes. Thyestes agreed to give the kingdom back when the sun moved backwards in the sky, a feat that Zeus accomplished. Atreus retook the throne and banished Thyestes.
Atreus then learned of Thyestes' and Aerope's adultery and plotted revenge. He killed Thyestes' sons and cooked them, save their hands and feet. He tricked Thyestes into eating the flesh of his own sons and then taunted him with their hands and feet. Thyestes was forced into exile for eating the flesh of a human. Thyestes responded by asking an oracle what to do, who advised him to have a son by his daughter, Pelopia, who would then kill Atreus. However, when Aegisthus was first born, he was abandoned by his mother who was ashamed of her incestuous act. A shepherd found the infant Aegisthus and gave him to Atreus, who raised him as his own son. Only as he entered adulthood did Thyestes reveal the truth to Aegisthus, that he was both father and grandfather to the boy. Aegisthus then killed Atreus, although not before Atreus had two sons, Agamemnon and Menelaus. Agamemnon married Clytemnestra, and Menelaus married Helen, her sister (known later as Helen of Troy). Helen was taken away from Menelaus by Paris of Troy during a visit. Menelaus then called on the chieftains to help him take back Helen.
Prior to sailing off to war against Troy, Agamemnon had angered the goddess Artemis because he had killed a sacred deer in a sacred grove, and had then boasted that he was a better hunter than she was. When the time came, Artemis stilled the winds so that Agamemnon's fleet could not sail. A prophet named Calchas told him that in order to appease Artemis, Agamemnon would have to sacrifice the most precious thing that had come to his possession in the year he killed the sacred deer. This was his first-born daughter, Iphigenia. He sent word home for her to come (in some versions of the story on the pretense that she was to be married to Achilles). Iphigenia accepted her father's choice and was honored to be a part of the war. Clytemnestra tried to stop Iphigenia but was sent away. After doing the deed, Agamemnon's fleet was able to get under way. Artemis, however, had instantly switched Iphigenia, as she lay upon the altar, with another deer without anyone noticing, and had taken her to distant Colchis, there to be her priestess.
While he was fighting the Trojans, his wife Clytemnestra, infuriated by the murder of her daughter, began an affair with Aegisthus. When Agamemnon returned home he brought with him a new concubine, the doomed prophetess Cassandra. When Agamemnon returned, Clytemnestra lured him into their room and hacked him to death with an axe.
Agamemnon's only son, Orestes, was quite young when his mother killed his father. He was sent into exile. In some versions he was sent away by Clytemnestra to avoid having him present during the murder of Agamemnon; in others Electra herself rescued the infant Orestes and sent him away to protect him from their mother. In both versions he was the legitimate heir apparent and as such a potential danger to his usurper uncle.
Goaded by his sister Electra, Orestes swore revenge. He knew it was his duty to avenge his father's death, but saw also that in doing so he would have to kill his mother. He was torn between avenging his father and sparing his mother. 'It was a son's duty to kill his father's murderers, a duty that came before all others. But a son who killed his mother was abhorrent to gods and to men. When he prayed to Apollo, the god advised him to kill his mother. Orestes realized that he must work out the curse on his house, exact vengeance and pay with his own ruin. After Orestes murdered Clytemnestra, he wandered the land with guilt in his heart. After many years, with Apollo by his side, he pleaded to Athena. No descendant of Atreus had ever done so noble an act and 'neither he nor any descendant of his would ever again be driven into evil by the irresistible power of the past.' Thus Orestes ended the curse of the House of Atreus. House Atreus -Wikipedia
The line of House Atreides begins sometime in the 9th Century, with the exact details lost to the world as all recorded history of the family was lost to the Library of Alexandria. The only information that remains is that the family was banished to the deep depths of the Sahara Desert. Far from home, it seems the family curse was not as lifted as the story told, as they nearly died in this waterless land. But a stroke of luck! The family discovers a Nomadic Tribe of men with glowing blue eyes, known as Fremen! They took them in, taught them there ways, and in time, became one people! We fast-forward to pre-WWI, where the family has grown vast, but remain undected by society at large deep within the Sahara. Sometime around 1908, An expedition into the deep Sahara has ended in disaster, with no food or water left, the team is desperate. The team, discovered by the Fremen, are rescued and taught the ways of the Fremen, as it was with the House Atriedes. This amazing discovery was soon public, and the tribe was now a part of Africa's Culture. The history of The Fremen and House Atriedes was passed down from generation to generation, and was passed on through the ages, down to Paul Atriedes, the current leader of his people. It was discovered that this tribe of Fremen spoke a combination of Ancient Greek and Ancient Eygptian, a very strange combination for a tribe in the Sahara Desert. The tribe had not been completely lost to history, as wanderers of the Desert have known about this tribe for centuries. Trade and commerce have long been a part of the Fremen way, but their way of living and their enviroment prevented them from ever traversing beyond the desert, and so here they have remained for all time. Now, they are prized as a desert people who can survive in the harshest conditions, making them a very useful asset in WWII. They were a warrior race with a knack for desert ambush, being able to hide in plain sight and strike quickly, then disappear as quickly as they had come. The ways of the rifle were not difficult to master, as they are quick to learn and just as quick in a fight. The only problem is they are traditionalist, they will not change their ways, although they will employ modern tactics. Paul Atreides as been trying fot the last 15 years to reform his people to the new ways, but with little success, and so, The story of Dune truly begins...
Country Perkbe fair, half of it is from Wikipedia, and this is based on the story of Dune)
This good? btw, does it ever occur to anyone how similar all these games look? Just wondering...