Leto Atreides II

Leto Atreides II is a major character in the Dune series of science fiction novels.

## Fanon Wiki ideas so far

* Leto Atreides II vs. Emperor of Mankind

### Possible Opponents

* Darth Vader (Star Wars)
* God Emperor Doom (Marvel Comics)
* Ares (DC Comics)
* Globglogabgalab (Strawinsky and the Mysterious House)

## History

Leto II was born on Arrakis to then-Padishah Emperor Paul Atreides and his Fremen concubine Chani Kynes, the daughter of the great Liet Kynes, just after his twin sister Ghanima Atreides. He and his sister were preborn due to Chani's consumption of the spice melange in large amounts before her death. He was named after the Duke Leto Atreides I, his paternal grandfather, and Leto Atreides II the Elder, his older brother, who was murdered in infancy.

Seeing that their aunt, the Regent of the Atreides Empire, had been possessed by the ego-memory of her grandfather Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, Leto II and Ghanima planned to prevent her from destroying the Atreides and preventing the Golden Path, the salvation of humanity which Leto worked to bring about for most of his life. This period also saw them evade an assassination attempt by House Corrino which resulted in the banishment of Wensicia Corrino by her son Farad'n, who became Ghanima's lover. Following Alia's suicide as well as the murder of his father Paul, Leto took the title of God-Emperor and ruled over humanity with an iron fist for 3,500 years, guiding it away from extinction.

## Fatal Fiction Info

### Background

* Species: Human/Sandworm hybrid
* Height: 22ft post-metamorphosis
* Weight: Unknown
* Age: 3,500 years old at death
* Born: 10210 AG
* Alias: God-Emperor, Divided God, Golden Ruler, Tyrant, Guldur, Great God Dur, Worm, Worm God, Old Worm, Prophet, Desert Demon, Ari, Lion of the Atreides, Batigh
* Title: Padishah Emperor
* Son of Paul Atreides and Chani Kynes
* Twin brother of Ghanima Atreides
* Third and last ruler of the Atreides Empire

### Powers and Abilities

* Superhuman physical capabilities
* Prescience
* Telepathy
* Longevity
* Immortality
* Superhuman memory
* Mastery of arts and sciences
* Supreme political power

### Feats

* Lifted a frigade's landing fin
* Can knock aside fully-grown combat troopers
* Comparable to sandworms, which can swallow buildings whole and nothing short of a nuclear bomb can kill, as each segment can regenerate the entire worm if allowed to persist
* Prescience is superior to that that of his father Paul
* Strong enough to destroy qanats
* Rode sandworms without maker hooks
* Can swim through sands at extreme speeds
* Sprinted for hours over dune tops
* His body could withstand the force of breaking down and tossing plasteel palace doors
* Escaped from Fremen outlaws
* Became a hybrid of human and giant sandworm
* Declared himself Emperor and asserted control over the Fremen
* Married Ghanima to consolidate power
* Ruled the universe as a tyrant for 3,500 years before his assassination
* Disbanded the Landsraad to all but a few Great Houses
* Replaced the Fremen as the Imperial army by the Fish Speakers
* Rendered the human population into a state of trans-galactic stagnation
* Terraformed Arrakis into a lush forested biosphere with the exception of "The Sareer", a single section of desert retained by Leto for his Citadel
* Fostered his twin sister's bloodline
* Posthumously succeeded in bringing the Golden Path to fruition
* Lived on as pearls of his awareness remaining in the sandworms he spawned after his death

### Weaknesses

* Extremely vulnerable to water
* Can fall under the influence of "the Worm" when sufficiently disturbed
* Face is susceptible to injury
* Reliance on prescience leaves him vulnerable to unforeseen events and sudden changes in circumstances
* Dependent on spice melange
* Arrogant and dismissive, which has caused him to be complacent in his rule
* Still retains his humanity and personal attachments to his family, which can hinder his ability to make difficult decisions and take necessary actions to protect his empire
* Believes himself to be the most despicable thing creation ever threw into the universe