"Real business is where the resource is scarce. The Imperium knows this about melange. On Arrakis, there just isn't enough water."

• 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