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DUNE REVENANT

(20525 A.G.) The present inquiry of the Fish Speaker Schools
has its origins in a long forgotten crisis. Knowledge of the events
surrounding the millennia called the Scattering, and subsequently,
the great Integration that followed is critical to understand the peo-
ple of that ancient time. The discipline of the Spice Dreamers and
their ability to reconstruct and disseminate the personae of "our
past humanity" has provided us a tool of utmost importance.
Through their efforts, we have discovered a wealth of archaeologi-
cal information, a temporal strata opened to us that has allowed a
reconstruction of what in ancient times would have been called "his-
tory". Remember that Multiple Memories and Persona Shifting were
not common traits of our human ancestors. This fact was among
the most alarming and revolutionary of all those made by the
Spice Dreamers -- peoples' minds were once solitary and alone.
- Sociotemprint of the Fish Speaker School Idah-Mirabla


Duinain stood alone at a podium facing a crowd that filled the
Great Hall to capacity. The hall held over a million people, which
made it the prefect meeting place for the First Millennial Celebration
of the founding of the Fish Speaker Schools, but this is not what held
Duinain's interest.
I stand before a million Individuals, but my thoughts are on
the design of this place
The design of the Great Hall of the Idah-Mirabla School was in-
fluenced by the original Temple to St. Alia of the Knife. Although
Rakis had been destroyed some two thousand years before, the
blueprint of the temple had been saved in a ridulian crystal.
Legend says recorded by the Tyrant God Guldur himself.
Guldur must have cherished the design himself, the sweeping
bow of the thousand meter outer wall leading to the "knife", a
thousand meter spire rising above. Duinain called him by the com-
mon name of Guldur, although, as a historian, he knew the Ty-
rant God's name was actually Leto II. This thought out of time
pleased Duinain, and calmed him as he prepared to speak.
The Temple to St. Alia was chosen for size, although sev-
eral structures on various Fish Speaker worlds would have suf-
ficed. All the major schools were convening here on the planet
Ouadra, however, for its rich history dating back to the first dozen
Fish Speaker Schools. Known in ancient times as Chapterhouse,
Oudara was home of the Idah-Mirabla School, the school Duinain
acted as chosen representative for during these celebrations.
Hundreds of events surrounded the Millennial Celebrations, each
suited to the quasi-familial roles and goal-groups the various schools
were founded on, as well as lectures to be given by representatives
of each of the Fish Speaker Schools. Duinain looked across at the
banners of the various groups and listed them off to himself,
once again to calm his nerves as the roar of the shuffling crowd