Vladimir Harkonnen (Dune)

"I will take Arrakis back for myself! He who controls the Spice controls the universe and what Piter did not tell you is we have control of someone who is very close, very close, to Duke Leto! This person, this traitor, will be worth more to us than ten legions of Sardaukar!"



Summary
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (10110 AG - 10193 AG) was the penultimate ruler of House Harkonnen, and the chief architect in the demise of Duke Leto Atreides of House Atreides during the latter part of the reign of Shaddam IV.

He was born the son of a Harkonnen Baron in 10110 AG, and showed an interest in power from an early age, and was trained to become the heir to House Harkonnen.

At the age of 18 he proved himself a prodigy.

Under his rule he led House Harkonnen to increasing greatly in power and influence through various twisted methods. Which made House Harkonnen become infamous across the galaxy for its brutality. During his rule he took the Mentat Piter de Vries as one of his main servants.

Some time into his rule he decided to choose Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen as the rightful heir to House Harkonnen, deeming Glossu Rabban Harkonnen as too dumb to be able to rule.

He twisted the words in an agreement he made with Wellignton Yueh, in order to force him into betraying Duke Leto Atreides, and ultimately bringing forth the events needed to bring about the death of the Duke.

In 10,193 AG he was killed during the defeat of House Harkonnen and Sardaukar forces at the hands of the Fremen on Arrakis, poisoned by a Gom Jabber used by Alia Atreides.

Personality
He is a greedy and manipulative individual, and had great cunning in his manipulation of the Houses and the people in order to increase the power of House Harkonnen and try to bring about the end of House Atreides.

He displays sadistic pedophilic tendencies, and has no qualms using widespread torture, murder and slavery to maintain power. He also holds no qualms in using rape in order to get revenge for perceived wrongdoings, as he did agianst Gaius Helen Mohiam.

He is not an honest man, however he keeps to contracts and agreements, but not completely. He works to find loopholes and twist the words in contracts and agreements in order to benefit himself and disadvantage the other side.

Powers and Stats
Name: Vladimir Harkonnen

Age: 83 upon his death

Gender: Male

Classification: Baron of House Harkonnen

Powers and Abilities: Limited Gravity Manipulation (He has devices which decrease the force of gravity on his body, allowing him to move around despite his extreme obesity)

Intellect
While he lacks any form of supernatural ability, he is very clever and faced great success as the head of House Harkonnen, bringing it to greater prominance through various methods, such as blackmail, subterfuge and treachery.

He also shows great insight into knowing people, and knowing who would be useful in his plans.

He is able to easily make out loopholes in agreements in order to take advantage of them.