Paul Atreides

==Summary==
Paul Atreides was born on Caladan as a son of the Duke. When he was fifteen his family inherited the desert planet Arrakis from the Harkonnens and gained full control over spice harvesting, the most important element in the universe. As a plot from the Harkonnens, they end up killing his father in order to retake the planet, and forced Paul and his mother into exile. Unbeknownst to him, he was part of hundreds of years of genetic breeding which culminated with him, the Kwisatz Haderach, he who could be at many places at once. Able to see the future and building an army of Fremen as their Messiah, Lisan al-Gaib, he leads a jihad and overthrows the Harkonnens, taking the Lion Throne for himself and becoming Emperor of the known universe. Years later, he loses his eyes and the overbearing weight of prophecy and future vision is too much to bear, so he walks off into the desert leaving Paul Muad'Dib behind. He resurfaces almost a decade later as a wondering Preacher, serving speeches against the corruption of the Imperium. He confronts his son, Leto II, in an attempt to dissuade him from taking the same path he took, but ultimately fails, and he dies while leading a riot against his, Harkonnen possessed, sister Alia.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: 
Name: Paul Atreides, Muad'dib, Usul, Lisan al-Gaib, The Umma Regent, Supreme Dreamer, Abu Dhur, Father of the Indefinite Roads of Time, The Preacher
Origin: Dune
Gender: Male
Age: 15-18 (Dune), 30 (Dune Messiah), 39 (Children of Dune)
Classification: Human, Mentat, Kwisatz Haderach, Duke, Mahdi, Emperor
Powers and Abilities: Enhanced Senses (Could hear Hawat sneaking up on him and managed to disern it was him just by the noise.Dune, Chapter 4 And through his Mentat and Kwisatz Haderach senses. Discerned the various workings of the Fremen by smell aloneDune, Chapter 36), Weapon Mastery, Martial Arts (Trained by Gurney Halleck and Duncan IdahoDune, Chapter 33 who are the best fighters in the Atreides army.Children of Dune, Chapter 25Children of Dune, Chapter 39 Duncan and Gurney trained a fighting force that was even better than the Sardaukar,Dune, Chapter 39 who are considered the greatest soldiers in the Imperium.Terminology of the Imperium With Duncan slaying 19 of them.Children of Dune, Chapter 32 Defeated Jamis, one of the Fremen that were able to kill over a hundred men composed of Sardaukar while only losing two.Dune, Chapter 24 And there wasn't a single Fremen who could defeat him.Dune, Chapter 44 Threw a knife and hit a one milimetre spot at the exact speed to penetrate a shield. And fought a combat robot at level 10, when the greatest fighters in the Imperium didn't go past 7Dune, Chapter 3), Pressure Points (While handcuffed, with his toe, he was able to strike a soldier's right ventricle of his heart, killing him instantlyDune, Chapter 19), Social Influencing (Managed to gain the trust of Kynes to the point where he could give his life for himDune, Chapter 25), Vehicular Mastery (Expertly flew a thopter through a sandstorm, which are capable of shredding metal at 7-8 km/h speeds. And can ride the giant sandwormsDune, Chapter 42), Precognition (Even before fully manifesting into the Kwisatz Haderach, Paul was having prophetic dreams of the future.Dune, Chapter 1 And once he awakened his Kwisatz Haderach powers he could see infinite timelines using higher order dimensions), Memory Manipulation (His Kwisatz Haderach powers allow him to access the memory of his female and male ancestery and even inquire them for adviceDune, Chapter 6), Information Analysis (Through his Mentat and Kwisatz Haderach awareness, prana-bindu training and due to him being a Truthsayer), Mind Control, Body Control (Can control other's actions and influence their minds with the Voice. And capable of controling all his nerves and muscles with special prana-bindu training), Forcefield Creation (Carries a shield beltDune, Chapter 12) and Poison Manipulation (The Crysknife is poisoned at the tip of the blade)
Resistance to: Pain Manipulation (He was able to pass the gom jabbar, a test which works on the nervous system to cause unbelievable pain), Poison Manipulation (The consumption of spice provides a natural immunity to most of the poisons of the Assassins' Handbook.Dune, Chapter 14 The Atreides are naturally resistant to poisonsChildren of Dune, Chapter 21) and Precognition (Even the finest Navigatiors that could quest ahead through time couldn't find him.Dune, Chapter 45 Because of their nature of accessing higher order dimensions, another proto-Kwisatz Haderach can prevent the view of the futureDune, Chapter 48Appendix II: The Religion of Dune)
Attack Potency: Athlete level (Trained as a soldier from a young age)
Speed: Athletic Human
Lifting Strength: Athletic Human
Striking Strength: Athlete level
Durability: Athlete level physically, At least Wall level with a Shield belt
Stamina: Athletic
Range: Standard Melee Range physically and with the Crysknife
Standard Equipment: 
*Crysknife: Made from the teeth of Shai-Hulud about 20cm long. It has to be kept near the user otherwise it will disintegrate.Dune, Chapter 17 It also posses a deadly poison at the tip of the blade.
*Stillsuit: It is a highly specialised suit for survival in the harsh Arrakis desert. It functions as a high efficiency filter and heat-exchange system. The skin-contact layer cools the body with pourus evaporation process. The next two layers include heat exchange filaments and salt precipitators. Motions of the body and some osmotic action provide the pumping force. The reclaimed water circulates to catchpockets from which it's drawn through a tube in the clip at the neck. Urine and feces are processed in the thigh pads. And there is a filter face mask to allow breathing in the open desert.Dune, Chapter 15
*Shield: Creates a protective field produced by a Holtzman generator that repels a blow that's dealt fast, only allowing slow movements to pass for air.
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Proficent in the Atreides battle language.Children of Dune, Chapter 7 Showed keen insight in the spice importance and deduced the Bene Gesserit's true purpose. At the age of fifteen he had already learned science.Dune, Chapter 27 He is also a Mentat, a human computer, much more powerful than the ancient computers. He was taught mnemonics, the focusing of awareness, the muscle control and sharpening of sensitivities, the study of languages and nuances of voices. Due to being the Kwisatz Haderach he is able to access collective memory of both his female and male ancestry and their knowledge. His Kwisatz Haderach awakening raised his knowledge and computation awareness to a higher level than that of even a MentatDune, Chapter 22)
Weaknesses: If the shield is struck with a laser weapon it would create a small nuclear explosion.Dune, Chapter 16 He was blinded during the end of the events of Dune Messiah, although that didn't hinder his performance due to his powers as the Kwizatz Haderach he was able to move and "see" just as before.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Mentat: Paul is a Mentat. Mentats are embodiments of logic, human computers,Children of Dune, Chapter 3Children of Dune, Chapter 19 much more powerful than even the greatest ancient computers.Dune Messiah, Chapter 2 Capable of processing and computing through infinite systems.Dune Messiah, Chapter 22 And projecting multiple patterns into the future. A Mentat can step into a trance where time doesn't exist, only computation. It took him 3 seconds to process a computation involving thousands of informational bits.Dune Messiah, Chapter 9
*Prana-Bindu: The special Bene Gesserit training allows one to control every muscle, every fiber of the body. At 15 he was better than Jessica at mind-bindu nervature. It allowed Jessica to read her body to know that the embryo was a few weeks old. It can be used to slow down the heart beats to reduce oxygen needs. It allowed Jessica to change the molecular properties of substences that enter the body, like transforming the poison to negate its effects.Dune, Chapter 37 Which Paul then mirrored. Paul realigned his metabolism to neutralise a soporofic. His training allowed him to see through a face dancer's disguise.
*The Voice: The Voice is a power that permits the control of others by selected tone shadings of the voice. He has perfected the use of the Voice,Children of Dune, Chapter 33 which allows him to control another person's body and can be used to control their thoughts as well. And can even kill someone with a word.Dune, Chapter 43
*Truthsayer: Truthsayer is someone who has the ability to detect falsehoods. Paul sensed the truth in the words of the Reverend Mother. He could read Kynes' true intentions and knew Edric's beliefs towards Ducan.Dune Messiah, Chapter 6
*Kwisatz Haderach: "Shortening of the way", he who can be at many places at once, a genetic solution of a male Ben Gesserit whose organic mental powers would bridge space and time. Allows him to to access the complete memory and knowledge of both his female and male ancestry. His new Kwisatz Haderach awareness allowed him to pick up on clues so small that even his Bene Gesserit mother didn't, computed the plans of the Guild. His Kwisatz Haderach senses recorded minuscule shadings of difference around him, a slight change in moisture, a fractional fall in temperature, the progress of an insect across their stilltent roof, the approach of dawn in the sky through a tent’s transparent end. His new awareness was sorting out the interwoven storm forces, computing on the basis of fractional minutiae. He felt dust fronts, billowings, mixings of turbulence, an occasional vortex. And managed to find the correct vortex to escape the sand storm. Using higher order dimensionsChildren of Dune, Chapter 35 he views the past, future and present all combined in a trinocular vision,Dune, Chapter 32Dune Messiah, Chapter 19Dune Messiah, Chapter 21 he sees infinite timelines and possibilities.Dune Messiah, Chapter 3Children of Dune, Chapter 41Children of Dune, Chapter 52 Even when he was blind he could still use his Kwisatz Haderach vision to see as if had eyes.Dune Messiah, Chapter 18Children of Dune, Chapter 16
==Gallery==
PaulGomJabbar.png|"The Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam sat in a tapestried chair watching mother and son approach."
PaulThopter.png|"Paul thought back to the impotent rage as the strange 'thopter dived out of the night onto them, stooping like a giant hawk above the desert with wind screaming through its wings."
PaulDesert.png|"It was like an ancient naval battle, remembered shellfire, and the sight held them staring. "Pillars of fire," Paul whispered."
PaulThopter2.png|"Paul's hands danced over the controls. Wings snicked in to beetle stubs. G-force pulled at their flesh as the craft came around in a tight bank."
PaulDesert2.png|"Paul took a deep breath, looked up at the moon-frosted escarpment, and quoted from the Kitab al-Ibar: 'Travel by night and rest in black shade through the day.'"
PaulWorm.png|"The worm drew back onto the sand, lay there momentarily, its crystal teeth weaving moonflashes."
PaulDesert3.png|"Paul crawled through the sphincter opening, stood on the sand and stretched the sleep from his muscles. A faint green-pearl luminescence etched the eastern horizon. The tents of his troop were small false dunes around him in the gloom."
PaulWorm2.png|"Paul waited on the sand outside the gigantic maker's line of approach. I must not wait like a smuggler—impatient and jittering, he reminded himself. I must be part of the desert."
PaulMuadDib.png|"In one blurred motion, Stilgar had his crysknife out and pointed over the heads of the throng. "Long live Duke Paul-Muad'Dib!" he shouted. A deafening roar filled the cavern, echoed and re-echoed. They were cheering and chanting: "Ya hya chouhada! Muad'Dib! Muad'Dib! Muad'Dib! Ya hya chouhada!" Jessica translated it to herself: 'Long live the fighters of Muad'Dib!'"
PaulKwisatzHaderach.png|"Accepting the words, Chani was touched by some of the prescience that haunted Paul, and she knew a thing-yet-to-be as though it already had occurred. Otheym would speak of what he had seen and heard. Others would spread the story until it was a fire over the land. Paul-Muad'Dib is not as other men, they would say. There can be no more doubt. He is a man, yet he sees through to the Water of Life in the way of a Reverend Mother. He is indeed the Lisan al-Gaib."
PaulFedaykin.png|"The universe is just there; that’s the only way a Fedaykin can view it and remain the master of his senses. The universe neither threatens nor promises. It holds things beyond our sway: the fall of a meteor, the eruption of a spiceblow, growing old and dying. These are the realities of this universe and they must be faced regardless of how you feel about them. You cannot fend off such realities with words. They will come at you in their own wordless way and then, then you will understand what is meant by ‘life and death’. Understanding this, you will be filled with joy."
PaulDuel.png|"Feyd-Rautha gaped at him, caught in the merest fraction of hesitation. It was enough for Paul to find the weakness of balance in one of his opponent's leg muscles, and their positions were reversed. Feyd-Rautha lay partly underneath with right hip high, unable to turn because of the tiny needle point caught against the floor beneath him."
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