For those who are familiar with fantasy series, “prophecies” always have controversial aspects. Written in codes, they are often misinterpreted (after all, we need the story and the surprise). Therefore, when the series has “Prophecy” in the title, we REALLY need to look into it and at least try to decipher it, don’t you agree?

In the Dune universe, there is more than one prophecy. There is the one that the Bene Gesserit “implanted”, there is the real one and there is the one that the sisters fear.

Manipulation under the code of “prophecy”

The Dune: Prophecy series reveals how the Bene Gesserit brotherhood was created and yes, the prophecy that appears in the films and involves Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) was, in fact, ‘created’ by Valya Harkonnen (Emily Watson) as her revenge and a way to put her family back where she thought they belonged: in command of the Universe.

Is this a simplistic summary? Of course. The prophecy of Paul liberating Arrakis was implanted by the Bene Gesserit when they “predicted” his arrival and planted the legend so that, when it became reality, it would seem like a ‘prophecy’. Paul takes advantage of the opportunity to, in turn, have HIS own revenge (guess who? Yes, him, an Atreides, wanting to kill the Harkonnens). After being identified as the “chosen one”, Paul grows up.

The irony that cannot be escaped is that although the Bene Gesserit rose when the AI ​​and the thinking machines were defeated, faith replaced dependence, so in practice, little changed. The sisterhood now has Power, just as Valya planned.

The Bene Gesserit’s fear of Tiran-Arafel

We have not yet seen in Dune: Prophecy how the prophecy of the messiah will be announced, but for now the Bene Gesserit live in panic over what their Mother Superior “warned” them about before she died: the arrival of Tiran-Arafel, the “tyrannical force” they will have to face.

The prophecy says: “The key to the reckoning is one born twice. Once in the blood, once in spice. A revenant full of skulls. A weapon born of war, on a very short path.”

Everything points to Tiran-Arafel being Desmond Clark (Travis Fimmel), although most believe that it is actually about Paul and Chani’s son, Leto II. This is because he will be an unyielding leader and eventually described as “the Tyrant”, merging with a sandworm to become the God Emperor of Dune, and ruling for over 3,000 years. However, there are 10,000 years until he is born. The math suggests that Tiran-Arafel should not be Leto, but Desmond himself.

Another possibility is that Tiran-Arafel could be one of the robots that were thought to have been destroyed during the Butlerian Jihad, but who is acting behind the scenes. Considering that even the Bene Gesserits use a machine to identify the genetic combination to design an ideal leader, more people claim one thing on the surface and do another behind their backs.

More than the announced Sisterhood of Dune as a basis, the Dune: Prophecy series also has elements from the other books that together describe the times of the great schools. They are Mentats of Dune and Navigators of Dune. In them, there is the revelation that the Mentat school houses a copy of the thinking machine Erasmus, precisely the robot that killed Serena Butler’s son (and that caused the split between Atreides and Harkonnen). If so, Tiran-Arafel could be a machine or a cyborg Titan seeking revenge. Desmond Hart could use his hatred for the machines as a shield, but be part of them all the same.

Which theory do you consider more plausible? The “real” truth will only be revealed in the last episode. But let’s try to find out more first!

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