House Harkonnen
House Harkonnen is a Great House of the Landsraad, ruled by a Siridar-Baron from the industrial world of Giedi Prime, and an old enemy of House Atreides.
For centuries House Harkonnen was a House Minor, and shrewd handling of the whale fur market is what lifted it into the first rank of the Landsraad. Its capital is the heavily industrialised world of Giedi Prime and its ruler holds the title of Siridar-Baron. Harkonnen government runs on fear, in the household as much as in the armies and the worlds it holds, and an officer climbs by treachery and, where treachery is not enough, by assassination. The House won the siridar fief of Arrakis in 10111 AG and grew rich there, paying the Emperor's spice tithe while spending as little as it could on wages and infrastructure and persecuting the Fremen who live on the planet.
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