Supreme Bashar Miles Teg (14929 AG - 15229 AG) was a highly regarded Bene Gesserit military commander and Mentat.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Teg, who lived some 1500 years after the death of Leto II, was a product of the Bene Gesserit breeding program, down the line of Atreides genes. He was the eldest son of Loschy Teg and Janet Roxbrough, and from an early age was conditioned to serve the interests of the Bene Gesserit.
He was regarded as an excellent example of pure breeding (whereby he possessed all of the physical and mental attributes of a classic Atreides male), to the point where he was said to resemble Leto Atreides I almost exactly, with the exception of being somewhat taller. Indeed, when Teg first saw the ego-likeness of the Duke Leto in a Bene Gesserit library, he had regarded the experience as looking into a mirror; suggesting that not only did he possess the facial features as the old Duke, but his mannerisms as well.
Teg's training through the Bene Gesserit involved much of the learning instilled in Reverend Mothers. This was largely attributed to Teg's mother, who was a Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother herself. Therefore Teg was both a Mentat and a Bene Gesserit adept, a combination that made him a formidable military commander for the Sisterhood.
Shortly before his thirteenth birthday, Miles Teg was sent away to advanced schooling at the Bene Gesserit stronghold on Lampadas, where his mother's assessment of him was confirmed. Word went back to her: "You have given us the Warrior Mentat we had hoped for." Teg did not see this note, inscribed on a small sheet of ridulian crystal, until sorting through his mother's effects after her death.
Military career[]
Teg had spent his career commanding Bene Gesserit military forces. He had developed a reputation for superior ability in successfully commanding men in battle, as well as engendering truces between implacable enemies. His successes were attributed to his genetic inheritance, since the men of the Atreides line were known to be charismatic and could elicit fierce loyalty in those who followed them. This potential was capitalised upon by the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood through their training of him. He had multiple daughters, including Reverend Mother (and later Mother Superior) Darwi Odrade and his eldest, Dimela, who herself had three children. Lucilla was also possibly a daughter of his.
On Gammu[]
Teg retired from a successful career to his home planet of Lernaeus. However, some time after his retirement, he was called back to active duty to train a Duncan Idaho ghola for the Bene Gesserit, as well as to activate his dormant memories and personality. The Sisterhood believed that Teg's superior abilities, as well as his resemblance to Leto I would assist in this matter, since the original Duncan Idaho had maintained a strong relationship with the Duke. During this period, Reverend Mother Darwi Odrade revealed to him that she was his daughter, and speculated that her fellow Reverend Mother Lucilla could also be among his offspring.
The twelfth ghola of Duncan Idaho, depicted in the Hungarian cover of Heretics of Dune.
After Teg had managed to restore Duncan's memories, Tleilaxu forces attempted to capture him and Duncan, using both Face Dancers and people returning from the Scattering. However, Teg used several cunning, unexpected, and brilliant military tactics to help Duncan and Lucilla escape the attack, but Teg himself was captured. During his subsequent interrogation, Teg was tortured severely with a T-Probe. The extreme pain he experienced during this torture awoke prescient abilities in him, as well as extremely heightened physical and mental abilities that allowed him to overpower his interrogators and escape.
Death[]
Following his escape Teg gathered many retired war veterans from Gammu who had served under him. He then travelled to Rakis where he created a diversion to allow Duncan and Reverend Mother Lucilla to escape. Teg was killed in this diversion, which was a massive battle involving millions between forces of the Bene Gesserit and the Honored Matres.
Rebirth as a Ghola[]
Some years later, however, he was brought back from the dead as a ghola (they referred to him as a ghola but he was actually a clone, as his cells were harvested prior to the death of the original Miles Teg) by the Bene
The Ghola of Miles Teg, from the Hungarian cover of Chapterhouse: Dune.
Gesserit, in an axlotl tank made with technology borrowed from the Bene Tleilaxu. In a curious reversal of roles, the original Miles Teg memories were awakened in the ghola by Sheeana (under the direction of Duncan Idaho). Duncan theorized that Sheeana could reawaken Teg's memories via Imprinting, but an original memory of hypnotrance suggestion (by Teg's mother) to repel Imprinting caused the necessary trauma for Teg's original memories to be restored. He then commanded forces which ultimately led to the subjugation of the Honored Matres under the Bene Gesserit.
After the merging of the Honored Matres and the Bene Gesserit into the New Sisterhood, Ghola Teg left to join the scattering led by Sheeana.
On the "Ithaca"[]
Teg found himself aboard the Ithaca when it escaped from Chapterhouse, along with Duncan Idaho, Sheeana, the Tleilaxu Master Scytale, and the rest of the crew. Teg had the prescient ability to see the gossamer strands of the tachyon net that the Enemy, Omnius and Erasmus, were trying to use to capture the vessel; although he saw them much fainter that Idaho.
When Idaho folded space to a different universe, Teg found himself in the unlikely position of taking orders from the older ghola, even though he had all of the memories of the former Bashar. As Duncan realized that the Ithaca could be on a multi-year journey began to delegate responsibility aboard the city-sized no-ship. Both Teg and Idaho agreed that Teg should be in charge of ship's security, and Teg was in full agreement of Sheeana's plan in creating a ghola of Thufir Hawat; to aide him in this role.
Miles Teg was killed in 15264 AG while the Ithaca was attempting to escape Synchrony.