"Real business is where the resource is scarce. The Imperium knows this about melange. On Arrakis, there just isn't enough water."
Physical information:
- Short, corpulent, ageing, dark-skinned, round bland face, large eyes, thick lips
- Dresses like an Arrakis patrician
- Often quiet, but also capable of cutting remarks and flowery language
- Founder and Director of the Water Sellers' Union, responsible for water shipping and retail in the Graben and Pan
- Elevated to House Minor under the Harkonnen
- Controls mining and refining of water ice at the Northern Polar Sink, where he maintains lavish estates
- Heir: Zenzi Bewt, niece
- Has risen to the position over the past fifteen years, following the brutal assassination of the water magnate Rondo Tuek who he worked under
- Is nevertheless apparently on good terms with Rondo's son, Esmar, who has built a business network of his own
- Has probably carved out a good portion of the Arrakis underworld for his family
- The Harkonnens use him but don't fully control him
- For whatever reason, he suffers financial supervision of the Guild Bank
- More precise information available to the Harkonnen/Spacing Guild/natives/on dedicated fact-finding