Murbella's forces conquer Tleilax, and Hellica is killed. The Honored Matres lack the control that the Bene Gesserit have over their internal chemistry, making them vulnerable to disease in ways the Bene Gesserit are not. Logno chief advisor to Dama assassinates Dama with poison and assumes control of the Honored Matres. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. They had managed to liberate a number of the axlotl tanks, and their next task had been to rehabilitate the brain-dead women. This is a thrilling novel, pitting the Bene Gesserit against a new enemy, the Honored Matres. At the Battle of Junction, the Honored Matre stronghold, both Odrade and Great Honored Matre Logno perish, giving Murbella, a former Honored Matre assimilated into the Bene Gesserit, the chance to ascend to both positions, carrying out the rest of Odrade's plan by unifying the orders. The first sequel to the original Dune series finds the Bene Gesserit unified with the Honored Matres into a New Sisterhood. With the fall of Tleilax, the unbalanced and vindictive breed of Honored Matres is crushed. Murbella also discovers the true nature of the unknown Enemy: they are the resurrected thinking machines, thought destroyed millennia before at the end of the Butlerian Jihad but amassing a force to finally exterminate humanity. For this reason they are often described as "whores", especially by their enemies, the Bene Gesserit. Suits worn by the Matres are bright in color. In Chapterhouse Dune, the Great Honored Matre on Junction is Dama; she is referred to as "Spider Queen" by the Bene Gesserit leader Darwi Odrade. The sequels are based on Frank Herbert's notes for his planned seventh novel in the series. They are described as an aggressive cult obsessed with power, violence, and sexual domination. We had already started work on House Atreides After we already had our general outline written and the proposal sent to publishers, then we found the outlines and notes. Logno chief advisor to Dama assassinates Dama with poison and assumes control of the Honored Matres.
