DUNE Lore - Introduction to the Universe

For decades now, Dune and the universe Frank Herbert created have heavily influenced whole generations of writers and creators of all kinds. This video is a brief introduction into what the setting and books are all about.
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[@benjamin4673]

Suggestions for more videos in Dune universe: all of it.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

That's just depends on my views, unfortunately.

[@LimeObeans]

GrimDark Narrator house harkonnen plz!!

[@pbr-streetgang]

Oh yes, more please sir. Just stop everything and do more, more, more, of Dune! As always, thanks for the vid sir. Two thumbs up. My recommendations are the Mentat training & the navigator transformation.

[@TrailerBoy]

the 1984 movie of david lynch is an all-time classic and i can't wait for the upcoming adaptation of Villeneuve. so far the new cast looks bombastic. i made an head to head comparison with the original cast and the new ones on my channel.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Thanks for the suggestions.

[@TrailerBoy]

@@GrimDarkNarrator thanks grim. i also read an articel where Dennis Villeneuve compares paul atreidis fittingly with michael corleone of the godfather franchise. after the debacle that disney star wars was, i hope that dune fills the gap!

[@eltoxicdog7587]

Feels so good. M'Lord Narrator I was 15 and it was christmas of 08 and I got Sandworms of Dune on audio book. This sparked my love for Dune. Gotta say the women of this series are amazing.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

They definitely are. Sandworms seems like a strange place to begin the series though.

[@eltoxicdog7587]

@@GrimDarkNarrator My parent's were looking to get me a gift that wasn't a video game and probably mistaken it for the Original Dune. Besides I had never heard of Dune before.

[@irondiver2034]

Very happy that you are beginning this series.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Hopefully it'll be more than just a beginning.

[@STSGingie]

Thrilled to see you begin to cover this series! I'm also glad to hear you are changing up how you write and narrate. I hope this series takes off, I'll certainly be coming back for it.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

I hope so too.

[@marcburroughs2969]

I think you did great a job trying to explain the very complex universe of Dune.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Thanks.

[@nowhere474]

The SPICE must flow.... or else we're going to have to travel thru hell, like that other Franchise!!

[@jackdare]

Lol

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

With Gellar fields, you're gonna be just fine :P

[@nowhere474]

@@GrimDarkNarrator Are those Units currently being produced on IX?

[@salahal-din7564]

Yes, we want more, more, more. Dune is my favorite sy-fy novel, and once in a while, when I see the problems of our society, I always recall "Dune". Thanks you Grim. ;)

[@TrailerBoy]

frank herbert's dune novels a re a masterpiece of sci-fi epic. so far the cast for the new movie looks bombastic. i made an head to head comparison with the original cast and the new ones on my channel and i have to admit the new line-up is a lot better!

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

You're welcome.

[@Daimon-X]

The Lore must flow...

[@zathoth2945]

There's so much to talk about in this series. The Dune universe is so rich. I'd love to see videos on all major players and houses. But if you make a video on the Spacing Guild and another one on the Bene Tleilax and their technology I'd be delighted.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Thank you for the suggestion.

[@AfroChef]

I'd quite enjoy watching a series of this topic. You've peaked my interest in the books for sure

[@MrOliverdunn]

Awesome! I love the dune book, only read the first 3 and the history of the universe isn't exactly clearly explained, the narrative of the novel takes priority. Thank you so much for making this lore more digestible. Keep it up GDR, LOVE YOUR STUFF

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Thanks for watching.

[@silentspeaks2094]

I bless the maker, I bless his coming and his going. Fear is the mind killer.

[@KatanamasterV]

Woo hoo, another favorite franchise. Lets cover the mentats

[@lordofnothing255]

Love Dune so Grim must flow.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Thanks.

[@Diarmuhnd]

*Hi. **-You have to-** Never Mind, I will tell everyone to read the books in the proper order for the best experience.* I read DUNE when I was 10 years old. My mind exploded. Frank Herberts' original DUNE series 1st, then all the filler pre-quell and post DUNE books his son and the other wrote from Frank Herberts notes afterwards. *I'm about as fanatical for DUNE as i am for Warhammer. DUNE has one of the best bat shit crazy story spanning all the books.* Have fun, stay safe and all that jazz. :)

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Glad you recovered well after the head explosion :D

[@jpthespacemarine]

Just watched the new movie with my father in law. Very cool movie. Watching the 1984 movie this weekend!

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Its arguably better than the 1984 one adaptation wise. But the Lynch version has good things too.

[@unclebones]

Ooooh ooooooh yus please, suits you sir, never thought the first film was that bad, love a bit of diverse scifi

[@TrailerBoy]

the first film wasn't bad. it wasn't that accurate. its an all-time classic. i made an head to head comparison with the original cast and the new ones on my channel. the cast from 1984 is packed with acting grets like max von sydow and patrick stewart.

[@evensgrey]

@@TrailerBoy In one sense I'm sorry it wasn't commercially successful enough to generate the sequels. Patrick Stewart would have been in ALL of them!

[@truegravee]

I would argue any space fiction that contains a desert planet with giant worms could be connected to dune.

[@konrad8245]

Kind Sir, more Dune please.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Will try.

[@adamquelch8632]

As a suggestion do a brief time line of the events that lead up to the first dune book and explain what concepts, altered beings (navigators, mentats ect), technology & events that shape the current world of dune, like the butlarian jihad lead to the creation of mentats as an example

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

The altered beings are going to be their own topic, i think. A chronicle of events does sound like a good idea, though I'd have to make it sound not like a list.

[@paulsaunders5555]

The sleeper has awakened.... Love dune. Xxx

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Welcome sleeper :P

[@farkasabel]

Are you now princess Irulan Corrino? As I understood from the books although i read them many years ago the navigator guild ships are just huge engineless cylinders and the mutated navigators by bending space 'move' them to an other location in a mysterious process. Water is not really a shortage on Dune but more of a religious thing. As I understood they are gathering every water possible in great underground basins (much more they actually need) for the coming of Messiah. They probably gathered waters from outsiders too they killed. In my opinion the next video should be about the spice, its role, usage, source, effects. Then the third video should be the navigator guild as game masters of the known universe.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

I am FAR less attractive than princess Irulan :D Your topic points are good.

[@Ben_of_Langley]

Dune is a brilliant universe played some of the pc games the movie was really good as well I believe they are making a new movie which hopefully will be good so cheers gdn for the upload.

[@masterblasterT47]

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

@nickyiil They could also control you with the Voice :D

[@masterblasterT47]

@nickyiil counter argument: if you let fear cloud your judgment you might end up making bad decisions. That being said you do have a good point.

[@yurinuijten8051]

The spice must flow.... Wheels within wheels.... Nice... Awesome.... Yes phrase it yourself.

[@TrailerBoy]

the 1984 movie of david lynch is an all-time classic and i can't wait for the upcoming adaptation of Villeneuve. so far the new cast looks bombastic. i made an head to head comparison with the original cast and the new ones on my channel.

[@carmensavu5122]

I have this habit of asking about Arabic speakers Dune words and whether they are actual Arabic words. Ghanima actually means "spoils of war" and muad'dab means something like "polite and respectful".

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Interesting.

[@cosuinofdeath]

The golden path

[@einsteinsconcubine3303]

The factions will take some time. Yeah! Rack'em up Grim. Or. Please Sir, may we have some more please? lol

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

I'll do my best.

[@CMDR_Saber84]

Really one of Patrick Stewart's great early works

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

True, there was really not enough of him in the movie.

[@Reynevan100]

Dune, my favourite universe. Actually re-reading the series (The FRANK Herbert series, not touching his son's valiant, but misguided efforts). With the quantity and depth of it you're going to have material for videos for years :D Down the line, there is a topic for a very very long video, should you choose to continue this - "Life, Philosophy and Meaning of The God Emperor (The Tyrant, The Saviour, Human, God)"

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

I would like to do more, if the views are decent. Thing is, these take 2-3 times as long to make, so I can't make them if its not worth it, no matter how much I like the topic.

[@ArdWulf]

More, more, more

[@HMSConqueror]

LONG LIVE THE FIGHTERS!!!

[@thekraken8787]

More dune

[@jasonulysess3652]

Just had a thought. You might want to mention the correct spelling of the word Freemen because as some one who heard of the story and saw the movie and miniseries long before reading the book it is not something that is clear till you read it.

[@paumendez2004]

The new trailer brought me here.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Nice!

[@jasonulysess3652]

Here is another thought. Count how many pages are devoted to describing all the battles in the book than count how many pages are devoted to someone noticing that the future not Jesus correctly put on an calibrated his environmental suit.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Oh, there's definitely not a huge amount of battle time.

[@Jdogthakilla]

Might I suggest instead of Dune Narrator for the day you might refer to yourself as the GrimDark Navigator for this lore series? Just an idea GDN..

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

That's not a bad idea.

[@Da5hau]

Hmm, this should be interesting.

[@southerndurden7618]

The Sleeper has awakened.

[@jackdare]

Emperor, we come for you!

[@jasonulysess3652]

Hello KZbin algorithm. Comparing Dune or rather how Dune influenced Warhammer might be fun.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

It would be indeed.

[@scaoiligi]

Im halfway through the first book, is it safe to watch this video??

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

I'd say mostly yes. I don't go into plot points much if I recall correctly.

[@scaoiligi]

Thank you sir, I appreciate your work and you deserve more recognition!

[@lanmarknetworking3034]

Shai Huluuuuuuuuuud....

[@JimSwim308]

subtle is definitely the right word for dune. i agree with your themes, however i would add a somewhat troubling theme. the manipulation or exploitation of religion. paul (trying no to spoil) cant do what he does without someone else laying the foundation for him to take advantage of the fremin. Makes me wonder what herbert's thoughts were on religion.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Oh, there's many more themes outside what I mentioned. I just named a couple of them off my head.

[@reforgedrole-playinggames1035]

A "faction based" approach to videos would work nicely.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Thank you for the suggestion.

[@polyz911]

i still remember me wanting to mine minerals in dune rts and then worms...them fucking worms.....

[@TheSinisterBarman]

Do more dune :)

[@TrailerBoy]

i can't wait for the upcoming adaptation of Villeneuve. so far the new cast looks bombastic. i made an head to head comparison with the original cast and the new ones on my channel.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

@@TrailerBoy I agree.

[@timstylinski9061]

Glad you're doing dune and not Star wars yay

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Star Wars was not in the poll. it was Star Trek. Although I'd do Star Wars too if I knew it would get views, lol.

[@timstylinski9061]

SW is great SciFi but too much social and political stuff. They took the joy from it.

[@wmen48]

Saudakar plz

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Definitely a worthy topic.

[@frankk9152]

I don't like sand it's coarse and rough and gets everywhere

[@SB-mz8zh]

Sword masters

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Thanks for the suggestions.

[@kronoscamron7412]

D-Did you just fat shame baron harkonnen?

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

He was fat, though.

[@einsteinsconcubine3303]

Mr Horse says. "Yes sir. I like it!" Sorry, had to. hehe

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

😁

[@jackiesantos2121]

Yeah I kind of feel 40K was inspired by dune

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

40k along with a bunch of other sci-fi.

[@cm9241]

This guy sounds like a text to speech generator

[@uglyweirdo1389]

Algorithm chow

[@Da5hau]

The key groups - Fremin, Houses, Guilds etc.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Thank you for the suggestion.

[@tyreecebaker6600]

More dune

[@sagesheahan6732]

Awesome. There is hardly any Dune lore videos on youtube. Thisll be a great series to watch. :D

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

I found a pretty comprehensive series on a channel called Quinn's Ideas

[@juliodiaz1097]

I would like to see the geography of dune. Key cities and sieges, caches. And major locations.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

A video on Arrakis itself is possible.

[@dante001ish]

Grim & Dune Lore.....Perfect.

[@commissarstanley3055]

This is perfect! I always knew of dune but didn't quite know where to start! Love this vid

[@franksol428]

he who controls thee spice, controls the universe

[@seanbumstead1250]

He who controls the spice,controls the universe

[@adamfox1669]

Thank you thank you thank you. Awesome universe & Herbert wrote it in the late 60’s! Please do additional Dune when you’re able! Thanks!!

[@markblakey3456]

"To remind you of Maud'dib. And to remind all men make mistakes. And all leaders are but human."

[@UCSPanther20]

The sandworm is one of the most iconic fictional beasts to be introduced to sci-fi/fantasy.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Indeed.

[@tannerrennat7786]

Lets start with a bang. Axotyl tanks, of all the weird shit in Dune, the weirdest.

[@brasscog8890]

More Dune Videos. The Spice must flow

[@jackdare]

CHA-AKSA! Such heresy in this verse 😂

[@TheZombietyk]

Dunecat, nice one :)

[@tims8326]

topics....... Bene Gesserit, Mentats, Navigators, those shapeshifters I cant remember the name of and the other weird semi-human types

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

You must mean the Gholas and the Bene Tleilax.

[@franksmedley8619]

Hello Grim. Yet another good video, and one upon a topic fondly remembered by me from my youth. I first encountered Dune, the original book, at the tender age of 13 or 14 years old. This would be the early or mid 1970's. It was NOT my first introduction to 'Space Opera', since I had encountered Edward E. 'Doc' Smith's series about the Lensmen. But Dune was so much more detailed. And I admit, that at times, I felt I needed a score card, check off list, and a guide to make sense of it all. The universe that Frank Herbert created for Dune, and the later novels, is highly complex, layered, and extremely detailed. So much so, that many of my friends gave up trying to understand it and ceased reading the novel before they could absorb enough background for things to start to make sense. I could make comparisons of aspects of the Dune Universe to other novels and movies for days, but I will only mention one here... Ecology. Dune is very well depicted in the novel and detailed, and in the 3-part mini series back in 2003 made sure to highlight the ecological nature of the book. The most recent movie with a similar theme might be the 2009 Sci-Fi film, Avatar. So, having said all this, I would be highly pleased if you continued this series of videos. I will not 'nudge your elbow', so to speak, with my own desires as to the content. Since I am curious to see your interpretation of the vast pool of information Frank created, and your 'take' on all it's aspects. Spoken Frank-ly. The Spice, MUST flow.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Thanks for sharing the memories.

[@lexington476]

Here I've been following your BattleTech lore for several years, and had no idea you also were doing Dune.... shows how much I pay attention to my KZbin feed 😀. Well, here we go 🙂.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

There's 50 Dune videos for you now :D

[@georgesulea]

I am so very excited about this. My mom got me into Dune when we saw the first movie years back. I would like to see info on the armies, the ships, tech, weapons and the races of Dune.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

My mom was a Dune fan as well.

[@pbr-streetgang]

ok, maybe not stop everything, I so much love the mythical creature vids that you do.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Thanks. I might alternate between them. I'm not giving up on that, but it gets so few views, I had to try an alternative.

[@MrSphinchee]

I'd love to have you cover the warfare of the time and why they use blades

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Maybe sometime in the future.

[@evensgrey]

Given that you chose to deal with the books alone, the end quotation is unexpected, as that comes from the first movie adaptation rather than the novels. (The adaptation by David Lynch in 1984, in the 2, 4, or 6-hour version, which get progressively easier to understand the longer they are, have had an enormous impact on the way the setting looks in later art. For no reason from the novels, almost all later representations of Shaddam IV look like the one in the David Lynch movie, particularly notable being his neat triangular beard, which is not mentioned in the book but is almost always worn by later versions. Weirding modules are popular items in some game adaptations, but they also are only in the movie, 'weirding' in the books simply being techniques unknown to the speaker but identified as extremely powerful. Other things to not miss out on: The Bene Tlielaxu and their axolotl tanks and the products thereof, the Spacing Guild and the Guild Law and Guild Peace, the Ixians and their extremely valuable and barely legal products (along with occasional clearly illegal one)s, the Mentats and what they can do and why they exist, CHOAM and how it interconnects all the factions, and later the Fish Speakers, the God-Emperor and his downfall, The Scattering, the Honored Matres and their war with the remains of the Empire, the re-emergence of the Synchronized Worlds, the Golden Path and why Paul cannot bear to follow it and his son can, the various types of extrapersonal memory, Awareness Spectrum Narcotics and their uses... Frank Herbert is generally considered to be the first science fiction author to recognize that the people who live in a place are affected by that place, and the more extreme the place the more extreme the affect. It is impossible to overstate the importance of water and it's conservation in Fremen culture. It completely dominates things as small as how they phrase things, and as big as how they conduct funerals and marriages. The importance of preserving water also highlights the importance of the situations where Fremen will willingly discard water.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

I'm gonna be using movie material even if I talk about the books. While there's a lot of fan art on Dune, representations of a lot of things from the universe are still best served by images from the movies, I think.

[@evensgrey]

@@GrimDarkNarrator Except stillsuits. The ones from the David Lynch movie are mostly OK, but they stop at the neck and have only a weird little nose plug. This is convenient for acting, but quite wrong as far as the books go. The books say they have a hood and mask that completely enclose the head.

[@Ben_of_Langley]

Having finished the video now as got distracted half way through I do really hope this series takes off because I would really love to know as much as possible about this the movie directed by David L was one of my favourite films like I said in my last comment the game's were really good well I thought so very command and conquer style however I've never read the box which is a shame really because it is a good universe from what I do know. As always grim another great video your now covering three of my favourite topics now lol doom, 40k/fansty and dune now which is brilliant though I am really getting into the medieval creature legends some of those are really interesting.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

I hope to be able to do more of these as well.

[@Ben_of_Langley]

Just realised autocorrect changed what was meant to be book to box lol made that sound really strange "however I've never read the box" lol I really should start reading what I write before I post it lol I'm sure you knew what I meant anyway. But again would be really good to know more about dune I can imagine that it would be a lot of videos to cover it all I mean the lore for the dune universe must go pretty deep it's been around for long enough either way I can imagine that it's gunner be filled with interesting stuff all the way like how do those sand worms get so big I'm guessing they eat each other? I thought it had something to do with the spice I know the worms make it so is it why they grow so large. That's just one of many things I'm looking forward to hopefully learn. Also I wonder if I can get a ebook of dune surely I must be able to it or at least least some version of it will have to look

[@snoo333]

i love this intro. thank you

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

No problem

[@ShirleyTimple]

Just had your channel recommended in the comments of another dune video. Subbed and buckling in for this 67 video playlist! Cheers mate

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Hope you enjoy the plethora of Dune content. I didn't know I'd end up doing so much myself.

[@ShirleyTimple]

@@GrimDarkNarrator i came for dune, but I'll be sticking around for 40k. I'm vaguely familiar with it due to a cousin and the lore is fascinating

[@oriffel]

im glad your making these. I've always wondered about due, just like i did 40k, and your videos taught me lots about that. looking forward to more.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Thanks for the support.

[@MrOliverdunn]

Also, using your own words and making it more your own works great for me. Luetin09 does this too, he doesn't just read straight from sources, but uses those sources to craft a compelling Canon narrative. Much better than just reading from wiki

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

He can afford to do that more than I do. He gets more views from 1 video than I get in weeks' worth of videos.

[@MrOliverdunn]

@@GrimDarkNarrator of course, I'm not saying "why don't you try as hard as Luetin09?!". I love your videos, don't feel like your work is inferior on anything, just saying I prefer a more personal style :)

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

@@MrOliverdunn Of course, I wasn't implying you were in the wrong in any way :) I would like to have more openly scripted videos too. Problem is, when you get the same bang for your buck, one tends to pick the option that takes half the time.

[@Kainsdisciples]

Dune takes place in 10,191. Not 20k.

[@TrailerBoy]

yupp...anyway can't wait for the upcoming adaptation of Villeneuve. so far the new cast looks bombastic. i made an head to head comparison with the original cast and the new ones on my channel and i have to admit, except zendaya the new cast rocks! ....and yeh the gender swap of Doctor Kynes sucks a little bit too!

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

From what I read that's the date according to the so called BG and AG system. the date 10,191 is AG, which is After Guild. B.G is Before Guild. so the date in the AG might be 10k but it would still be 20-21k in our normal dating system.

[@JamesWilson-sg7im]

Please continue with this line of videos. It is such a rich source to draw upon.