Description

[Kannon]

Close to the steep pyramid of the Harkonnen citadel there is a walled and protected area designated for various functions of the planetary administration, including residences of most of the personnel participating in governance, from military officers, to minor nobles, to industrialists, to clerks. The amenities available - mostly various dens of hedonistic and often sadistic vice - are also placed here. Baron Vladimir's personal tastes have trickled all the way down to the tiny cilia at the vestiges of Harkonnen power.

Here are also the representative offices of the Spice Miners and the Water Sellers, though as their main operations are placed outside capital, their officials are more conservative in what establishments they boast and how they proceed as they mostly serve as liaisons to the siridar authorities trying to soften the blows coming from Harkonnen autocracy. This cannot be said about the Guild Bank. The Spacing Guild doesn't fear the Harkonnen, and their opulent and tall building, made in white marbles and gold for contrast, is a direct counterpoint to the Harkonnen displays of authority. The Bank's personnel is a mixture of offworld and local though, so a level of interdependence exists for practical reasons - and mutual espionage.

Finally, there is the CHOAM Guesthouse, a posh hotel of sorts meant to provide a place for any prominent offworlders coming to Arrakis to do business with the Harkonnen. Located along the main road from the spaceport, the establishment is designed to be self-sufficient, but it would be a naivete to expect it hasn't been infiltrated in some way. It is open for the CHOAM audit teams whenever they stay in Carthag.