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Ghanima tells Farad’n that Leto will rule for thousands of years and that all will be wiped out before being built back up.

All of the sietch leaders pay tribute to their new God and king Leto. Leto tells Farad’n that he oversees the breeding program and that Farad’n and Ghanima will mate first. Farad’n agrees to give up the Sardaukar

Leto and the Preacher meet and Leto wants him to preach once more in Arrakeen. Gurney is to stay back in safety

Ghanima and Farad’n ceremony comes and the Preacher arrives and preaches that Alia is blasphemy. Farad’n, Jessica and co want to see the Preacher from Alias apartment. Leto and Ghanima arrive and her memories return. Alia is shown to be truly possessed and Alia kills herself jumping the balcony

Leto, The Preacher, and Halleck arrive at Shuloch. Leto tells the people of the sietch that they will serve as his home. Halleck realizes that the Preacher is Paul and Paul says he is no more. Leto warns Halleck his test is coming

Buer arrives for Parley and Alia wants Ghanima married in return. Ghanima is put to sleep and taken

Halleck arrives and is accepted into the smuggler, Tueck’s old sietch.

Alia receives word from Buer Agarves that Idaho and Javid are dead. She orders Buer to find and kills Stilgar. Alia mourns Idaho.

Months have passed and Stilgar, Ghanima and co are in an abandoned djedida in Tanzarouft. The ‘Desert Demon’ has been destroying qanats. Harah tells Ghanima Buer is being brought to them to parley

Leto meets Paul and his aid. His aid attempts to kill them but Leto kills him. Leto reveals hes accepted the Golden Path which Paul refused by becoming worm and warns of the Typhoon struggle and that Muad’Dib will be destroyed

Idaho is hostage with Stilgar at Tabr and trying to convince him to free him and kills Javid. Idaho repeatedly insults Stilgar which causes him to be killed. Stilgar and co are going to flee

Sabiha is trying to feed Leto at Shuloch but he refuses and goes to the qanat. He attracts sandtrout to wrap around him and form a membrane where he becomes one with the sandtrouts. He is able to leap and tunnel and escapes to set out to rid all of the qanats

Alia is receiving reports of many qanats being hit and is upset and confused with Namri and Halleck

Leto survives the storm and rides another work towards Shuloch where he finds spice machine and a spotter Muriz. Leto reveals himself and convinces them to take him to Shuloch. Shuloch is a very oppressive place and Sabiha is taken there as punishment for letting Leto escape.

Namri tells Halleck that Leto is safe and then Namri says that this whole plan was devised by Alia and attacks him but Halleck kills him

Duncan returns to Arrakis and tells Alia that Jessica is training Farad’n. Alia sends Duncan away to sketch Tabr and secretly wants him dead. Duncan realizes he’ll never see her again.

Leto goes southward against what the future tells him will happen and rides a worm directly into a huge storm

Farad’n completes his Bene Geserit training with Jessica

Leto is able to resist possession and take control of his memories. He tells Namris niece, Sabiha, that she will be his lover and that he will undo the ecological changes that would kill Shai-Halud. He also says he will kill someone.

Irulan tries to talk Ghanima out of killing Farad’n and Farad’n accepts but delays ceremony.

Leto tricks Sabiha and escapes the sietch.

Alia wants Ghanima to marry Farad’n but she is angry at this proposition. She agrees but says she’ll kill him.

Lego is channeling is time bending abilities and continues to talk with Gurney and Namri

Farad’n is able to control his mind to change his hands with Jessica’s teaching