Editing Arrakis (section)

=== Arrakeen ===
The capital of Arrakis and its long-time seat of planetary government is '''Arrakeen''' ({{IPAc-en|ær|ə|ˈ|k|iː|n}}<ref name="Pronunciation"/>). Leto I describes it as "a smaller city, easier to sterilize and defend." He and his family take up residence in the ostentatious palace previously occupied by the planetary governor [[Count Fenring]] and his wife [[Margot Fenring|Margot]] during the Harkonnen period of stewardship over Arrakis. In ''Dune'', Leto's [[concubinage|concubine]] [[Lady Jessica]] describes the Great Hall as being constructed of "bleak stone" with shadowed carvings, deeply recessed windows, buttressed walls and dark hangings. She notes, "The arched ceiling stood two stories above her with great [wooden] crossbeams she felt sure had been shipped here to Arrakis across space at monstrous cost."<ref name="Dune"/> Arrakeen goes through multiple transformations over time. It first becomes an Imperial capital of staggering proportions under Paul Muad'Dib, and millennia later is transformed into a festival city known as '''Onn''', explicitly for the worship of the Tyrant Leto II. Finally, in the centuries after his death, it is known as '''Keen''', a modern (though still impressive) city to house the Priesthood of Rakis.<ref>{{cite book |last=Herbert |first=Frank |date=1984 |title=[[Heretics of Dune]] | isbn=0-399-12898-0 |quote=The wide avenue was God's Way. Historical awareness said the avenue had been Leto II's route into the city from his high-walled Sareer far off to the south. With a care for details, one could still discern some of the forms and patterns that had been the Tyrant's city of Onn, the festival center built around the more ancient city of Arrakeen. Onn had obliterated many marks of Arrakeen, but some avenues persisted: some buildings were too useful to replace.}}</ref>

During the reign of Muad'Dib until the ascension of his son Leto II, the Atreides home-base is a colossal [[megastructure]] in Arrakeen, designed to intimidate, known as the '''Keep'''. In ''[[Dune Messiah]]'', the fortress is described as being large enough to enclose entire cities.<ref name="Messiah">{{cite book |last=Herbert |first=Frank |title=[[Dune Messiah]] |year=1969}}</ref> The '''Grand Palace of Arrakeen''', constructed during Paul's reign, is described as "the largest man-made structure ever built", big enough to contain "more than ten of the Imperium's most populous cities under one roof".<ref name="eye">{{cite book |last=Herbert |first=Frank  |title=[[Eye (short story collection)|Eye]] |chapter=[[The Road to Dune (short story)|The Road to Dune]] |year=1985 |publisher=Berkley Books |isbn=0-425-08398-5}}</ref> '''Alia's Fane''' (or '''Alia's Temple''') is a two-kilometer wide temple built by Paul for his sister Alia between the events of ''Dune'' and ''Dune Messiah''. A feature of the temple is the Sun-Sweep Window, which incorporates every solar calendar known to human history.<ref name="eye"/>