Hasimir Fenring

Hasimir was a genetic eunuch. He was the son of Lady Cirni Fenring (who was also known as Chaola Fenring), who served as the wet nurse to Shaddam. The two boys were born very close together, and thus they became crib mates, and later close friends and often they would play shield-ball^[1].

He honed his deadly assassin skills, he kept his private penthouse impeccably shielded and regularly scanned for spying devices and liked to read the Assassins' Handbook. As a young man, Hasimir was bisexual and had lovers of both sexes which he eventually assassinated. He took a measure of pride in being a killer who could face the victim or strike behind his back, without compunction.

He was also one of the deadliest fighters in the Imperium, single-mindedly ferocious that could be compared with any Sardaukar. Elrood IX had made use of him in a number of clandestine operations. Over the years, Fenring had murdered at least fifty men and a dozen women.

With Fenring's aid Shaddam IV had disposed of his older brother Fafnir but still the Golden Lion Throne seemed no closer and his friend lost his ambitions. Having dreams for both of them, he pushed him hardly to resume his plans and eventually they both arranged to slowly poison his father.

After the ascent of Paul Atreides to the Emperor's throne, Hasimir was banished to Salusa Secundus, where he stayed with his wife, Margot Fenring; for just a short time. After the birth of his adopted daughter, Marie Fenring, sired by the late Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen; he, Margot, and Marie, made Tleilax their home. Hasimir and Margot decided that Marie was to be raised as an assassin and in Bene Gesserit Training, as she had the potential to be a Kwisatz Haderach. The Fenring parents decided early on, however, that Marie was not be trained by the Gesserit. They wanted her to be independent of the Sisterhood, although they accepted a nanny, Tonia Obregah-Xo, as a gift.^[2]

While on Tleilax, and under the guidance of the Tleilaxu Master, Dr Ereboam, they learned of the concept of Twisted personalities; which they decided against doing for Marie. In one of the main Tleilaxu cities of Thalidei, the three of them were introduced to Thallo, the Masters attempt to create a Kwisatz Haderach. When Thallo realized he was a failed super-being, he decided to commit mass genocide and suicide. Marie turned out to be exceptionally trained by her parents; and easily dispatched of Thallo, saving Thalidei, and its' inhabitants.

The Fenrings then sent Marie to live with Paul at the Imperial Palace on Arrakis, and Marie ingratiated herself with the Atreides family, and became the playmate of young Alia Atreides. Later, at a banquet, Hasimir and Margot sprung their trap on the Emperor, and Marie slipped into assassin mode. Despite heavy security and safety precautions, Marie almost succeeded in reaching Paul by stabbing him with needle-wire, but was stabbed to death by Alia; Alia earning the nick-name 'Alia of the Knife'.

As security surrounded the couple, Margot told Paul that Marie's father was Feyd. This caused Paul to momentarily hesitate, and Hasimir drove the Emperor's Blade deep into Muad'Dib. Paul's concubine Chani gave Paul the Water of Life, which forced him to repair his body on a cellular level; and Paul survived.

"I would gladly abase myself for the life of my Lady."

―Hasimir Fenring^[src]

As punishment for the attempt, the Emperor permanently exiled Hasimir and Margot to Salusa Secundus; and chastised them that they had raised their only daughter to be an instrument of death.

After Hasimir was re-exiled with his wife to Salusa Secundus, in 10,200 AG, Lady and Duchess Jessica Atreides visited Salusa with her daughter-in-law Chani to inspect the attempts at terra-forming the planet back into a more hospitable environment. While there, Atreides was peppered constantly by Hasimir and Shaddam as to the wisdom and valor of Paul's Imperial Rule, in light of the planets he had sterilized. Jessica left without providing Hasimir an answer.

Later that year, Hasimir's wife, Margot was visited by the Bene Gesserit Guilt-caster Stokia, who did not announce her intentions of trying to put Margot into a comatose state. As Stokia tried to inflict upon Margot Psychic waves of remorse, Hasimir drove a kinfe-blade deep into Stokia's back, killing her -- and saved his wife's life.

All during this time, Fenring helped Shaddam oversee the creation of a massive ghola army that the former Emperor was going to use to try to take back the Empire from Muad'Dib. This attempt would eventually prove to be unsuccessful as the Atreides stayed on the Golden Lion Throne.

• Dune: House Atreides
• Dune: House Harkonnen
• Dune: House Corrino
• Paul of Dune
• The Winds of Dune