History Literature / DuneMessiah

* HotConsort: Paul ends up marrying Princess Irulan for political reasons, but keeps his true love Chani as royal concubine. This is a source of tension and the reason for Irulan’s scheming as she loves Paul as well and is being pressured by the Sisterhood to bare his child.

* ActionGirl:
** Chani.
** Alia

* AmazonBrigade:
** Bene Gesserit
** Alia's female guards are also explicitly referred to as amazons.

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Paul and Chani]]

* BadassArmy: The Fremen
* BadassFamily: Atreides

* BigBad: The Guild/Bene Gesserit/Tleilaxu conspiracy
* BlackAndGrayMorality: Paul's jihad sure counts.

* BrotherSisterTeam: Paul and Alia
* BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage: Paul and Irulan
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Paul feels their weight

* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler: Chani]]

* TheEmperor: Paul

* GenderBender[=/=]{{Hermaphrodite}}: Face Dancers are described as "Jadacha hermaphrodites" (a term with an unknown meaning) and "mules" due to their sterility. They are able to change appearance and gender at will, and perform the role of either gender, but cannot reproduce.

* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Whoooooooooo boy...
* IntrinsicVow: Gholas

* ManchurianAgent[=/=]TriggerPhrase: Tleilaxu are capable of delivering gholas custom-programmed to act out any desired behavior on the appropriate trigger. This is used with Duncan-Hayt to trigger him to kill Paul.

* MonochromaticEyes[=/=]TechnicolorEyes: A result of high-level Spice addiction, when enough ingestion saturates the blood stream and stains the eyes. Described in the books as "blue-on-blue".

* NoWomansLand: Farok tells Scytale that Fremen sacrificed virgins to Shai-Hulud (a practice Farok wants to see return) before Liet-Kynes abolished the practice.

* PraetorianGuard: The Fedaykin

* AProtagonistShallLeadThem: Paul

* ScryVsScry: Bonus points for the foresight itself being a trap; seeing a future locks it in among all the possible futures, so it's avoidable ''unless'' you know it's coming.

** An important point of the early novels is that those that see the future can't see each other, or those directly involved with them. Much of the second novel involves a conspiracy that is kept from Paul by a Guild Navigator's own scrying. It is implied that this is why [[spoiler: Paul could not see his future son in his visions, as he is an oracle like his father]]

* UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn: Leto II and Ghanima.

* UnwantedFalseFaith: Paul’s ‘godhead’ and the Qizarite.

* VillainBall / ContractualGenreBlindness: Done deliberately by the Tleilaxu. They ''mean'' to leave exploitable loopholes in their schemes, because they believe that perfection can only come from God, and therefore a person attempting perfection would be blaspheming, so therefore they deliberately include flaws in everything they create, just to make sure.
* VoluntaryShapeShifting: Face Dancers
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Alia

* TheEmpire:

* NoWomansLand: Farok tells Scytale that Fremen sacrificed virgins to Shai-Hulud (a practive Farok wants to see return) before Liet-Kynes abolished the practice.

* {{Badass}}: Easier to name who isn't

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The Fremen, deliberately contrasted with the Sardaukar who are more of a PraetorianGuard. Both in turn start out BadAss but end up succumbing to arrogance and pleasure, allowing them to be overcome by a superior force -- Fremen for the Sardukaur, and, well, ''Leto II'' for the Fremen.

* VillainBall / ContractualGenreBlindness: Done deliberately by the Tleilaxu. They ''mean'' to leave exploitable loopholes in their schemes; seeing whether or not their victim can spot it is what makes things fun for them.
** It's not that it makes it fun for the Tleilaxu, it's stated that perfection can only come from God, and therefore a person attempting perfection would be blaspheming, so therefore they deliberately include flaws in everything they create, just to make sure.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: Paul's jihad sure counts

* MadLibThrillerTitle: ''Dune...'' or ''...of Dune'' – ''Dune Messiah’’

* TwoPartTrilogy: Dune was originally conceived as one large masterwork, with the two sequels of ''Dune Messiah'' and ''Children of Dune'' entwined into the story. Considering the original is 412 pages, the second 222, and the third 592, they were obviously split. This creates an interesting case of the first book being easily stand-alone, while the two sequels are more closely connected but can still in a way also be stand-alone. just kinda hard to say where TwoPartTrilogy begins and TrilogyCreep ends, or even what was intended to be a simple, ''honest'' trilogy.

** An important point of the early novels is that those that see the future can't see each other, or those directly involved with them. Much of the second novel involves a conspiracy that is kept from Paul by a Guild Navigator's own scrying.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Leto II uses this on Stilgar to make him realize the true depths of decadence the Fremen have fallen to as a result of achieving their vision of Paradise. The narrative illustrates this beautifully by treating readers to Stilgar's internal monologue while musing on the reasons Leto chose to phrase it like that.
-->Leto: "Stilgar, have you noticed how very beautiful the young women are this year?"

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Leto II uses this on Stilgar at one point in order to drive home to him the true depths of decadence the Fremen have fallen to as a result of achieving their vision of Paradise. The narrative illustrates this beautifully by treating readers to Stilgar's internal monologue while musing on the reasons Leto chose to phrase it like that.

** '''Leto: "Stilgar, have you noticed how very beautiful the young women are this year?"'''

''Dune Messiah'' is a science-fiction story by Frank Herbert published in 1969. It is the sequel to the popular ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' and the second of the six original [[Franchise/{{Dune}} Dune Chronicles]] by Creator/Frank Herbert.

''Dune Messiah'' is a science-fiction story by Frank Herbert published in 1969. It is the sequel to the popular ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' and the second of the six original [[Franchise/{{Dune}} Dune Chronicles]] by Frank Herbert.

''Dune Messiah'' is a science-fiction story by Frank Herbert published in 1969. It is the sequel to the popular ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' and the second of the six original Dune Chronicles by Frank Herbert.

Dune Messiah is a science-fiction story by Frank Herbert published in 1969. It is the sequel to the popular ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' and the second of the six original Dune Chronicles by Frank Herbert.

The first sequel to ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', ''Dune Messiah'' concludes Paul's story as he comes to realize that prescience is a trap--by seeing into the future, one dooms oneself to [[PrescienceIsPredictable live out that vision]]. In spite of Paul's best efforts to prevent it, the war he began on Arrakis has become an interstellar jihad that has sterilized entire planets and made him one of [[HeroWithBadPublicity history's greatest murderers]].

* BlindSeer: After Paul loses his sight in an assassination attempt he substitutes his precient memory of the future
* BrotherSisterIncest: Paul and Alia have incestuous overtones in ''Dune Messiah''. At one point, Alia engages a sparring robot nude, before Paul stops her from killing herself. It's certainly not helped by the Bene Gesserit's clear intention to find a way of bargaining for Paul and his sister to produce an heir.

* TheChosenOne: Paul's status as this is secured in ''Liturature/{{Dune}}'' and played out to it's comclusion in this installment.

** Dune Messiah brings up a dose of realism when Stilgar informs Muad'Dib of the various difficulties that the Fremen, himself included, have had on other planets, especially water-rich planets. Since the Fremen have adapted to an extremely arid and dessicated environment, it makes sense that they would suffer illness and weakness in water-rich environments.
* DarwinistDesire: the Bene Gesserit actually have Darwinist Desire ''Matchmaking.'' They've been secretly manipulating the marriages of all the members of the noble houses to produce the Kwisatz Haderach, a being capable of omniscience. Paul and Alia however aren't easily manipulated, though their scheme does cause problems for Paul and Chani.

* DeconstructorFleet: For TheChosenOne, the MessianicArchetype, and [[TheHero hero]] tropes in

** In ''Dune Messiah'', the conclusion is hinted at in the second chapter, and by halfway through the novel, the protagonist has a prescient dream in which he foresees the entire rest of the story. The vision guides him even after his eyes get burned out by nuclear radiation. By twenty pages before the climax (a substantial portion of the just 200-page book) it's a definite ForegoneConclusion, except for the PlotTwist in which Paul foresees only the birth of his daughter, and not her far more significant twin brother -- because he's the one who will ultimately take the reins of prophecy from Paul.
* FutureImperfect: ** In ''Dune Messiah'' Paul has to tell people who Hitler and Genghis Khan were, and clearly has an imperfect understanding himself.
GeneticMemory: Bene Gesserit Reverend Mothers (and Wild Mothers such as the Fremen's and Rebecca) get genetic memories of all their female ancestors, the Kwisatz Haderach gets them for ''all'' his ancestors, as do children of these two. [[CloningBlues Gholas]] can gain past life memories this way too, by being manipulated into doing something their original self would never have done. The discovery of Ghola memory resurrection is a central plot point of Messiah.

* KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand: In ''Dune Messiah'' Duncan Idaho comes back to life with the help of the Bene Tleilax who brainwash him to kill Paul-Muad'Dib. Paul knows this, and deliberately gives him a chance near the end of the book to kill him. Idaho snaps out of his brainwashing and lets Paul live.
* LonelyAtTheTop: Paul at the height of his power has no one to truly understands him, his love Chani, dies in childbirth.
* MadLibThrillerTitle: ''Dune...'' or ''...of Dune'' – ‘’Dune Messiah’’

* ActionGirl / ActionMom:

Dune Messiah is a science-fiction story by Frank Herbert published in 1969. It is the sequel to the popular ''Liturature/{{Dune}}'' and the second of the six original Dune Chronicles by Frank Herbert.

The first two sequels to ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', ''Dune Messiah'' concludes Paul's story as he comes to realize that prescience is a trap--by seeing into the future, one dooms oneself to [[PrescienceIsPredictable live out that vision]]. In spite of Paul's best efforts to prevent it, the war he began on Arrakis has become an interstellar jihad that has sterilized entire planets and made him one of [[HeroWithBadPublicity history's greatest murderers]].

* TheChosenOne: Paul's status as this is secured in ''Liturature/{{Dune}}'' and played out to it's comclusion in this installment.

The first two sequels to ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', ''Dune Messiah'' concludes Paul's story as he comes to realize that prescience is a trap--by seeing into the future, one dooms oneself to [[PrescienceIsPredictable live out that vision]]. In spite of Paul's best efforts to prevent it, the war he began on Arrakis has become an interstellar jihad that has sterilized entire planets and made him one of [[HeroWithBadPublicity history's greatest murderers]].

As the remaining powers in the galaxy--the Spacing Guild, the Bene Gesserit sisters who control religion, the Bene Tleilaxu masters of genetic engineering, and the children of the deposed Emperor Shaddam, one of whom has been married to Paul for political reasons--begin to conspire against him, his visions grow darker. As the result of [[NiceJobBreakingItHero their attempt to make Arrakis temperate and verdant]], the sandworms are dying--and with their extinction will come the end of the spice, economic collapse, and the extinction of the human race. In order to try and prevent this from happening, Paul wanders into the desert to die.

The first two sequels to ''Literature/Dune'', ''Dune Messiah'' concludes Paul's story as he comes to realize that prescience is a trap--by seeing into the future, one dooms oneself to [[PrescienceIsPredictable live out that vision]]. In spite of Paul's best efforts to prevent it, the war he began on Arrakis has become an interstellar jihad that has sterilized entire planets and made him one of [[HeroWithBadPublicity history's greatest murderers]].