Heretics of Dune – Entry #4

The pain needed to be inflicted to reawaken a ghola’s memories disturbs Teg.  He asks himself if what he has been instructed to do is truly “good” for Duncan.  The no-chamber certainly accelerated the process.  The painful memories of Duncan’s first childhood are touched upon after Duncan regains his memories and sees the Harkonnen world around him.

With Duncan’s pre-ghola memory as guide his own modern knowledge of the planet, Teg had tried to bring the map up to date.

     “Forest Guard Station” became “Bene Gesserit Keep”.

     “Part of it was a hunting lodge,” Duncan said.  “They hunted human game raised and conditioned specifically for that purpose.”

     Towns vanished under Teg’s updating.  Some cities remained but received new labels.  “Ysai”, the nearest metropolis, had been marked “Barony” on the original map.

     Duncan’s eyes went hard in memory.  “That’s where they tortured me.”

(Heretics of Dune, p. 285-286)

The story of Duncan’s torture as a child at the hands of Beast Rabban is told in the prequel book House Atreides.