Emperor: Battle for Dune - Elara's Quietus

Full-Motion cutscene from Westwood Studio's Emperor: Battle For Dune.

It should be noted that this movie appears after the player's House has defeated another House's homeworld.

During the first Great Spice War, Lady Elara was forced to take refuge with the Fremen. She became their Reverend Mother by changing the Water of Life (the poison created when drowning an infant sandworm). The substance that is created is a very powerful and very potent mental enhancement drug. Essentially pure spice essence. The Emperor Worm, which the Tlielaxu created with aide from the Spacing Guild, can only be awoken to it's full potential by the Water of Life which has saturated Elara's entire being. Should the Emperor Worm awaken, he will have control over all the sandworms of Arrakis, and thus, the spice melange as well. The entire Imperium would be subject to it's whims, and with time and power, no one can even guess the power which it could be capable of.

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[Ultrasstockholm]

The Guild have the coolest units in this game I think but I have never understand what the Spacing Guild realey are.

[smithdanger]

Imagine there being an enormous company (like the Dutch East India Trading Company) that regulated and controlled all shipping in the world. Now imagine that that company has grown so large because everybody depends on it, that it's basically its own country, and has an enormous amount of control in the affairs of the rest of the world. Now, the Spacing Guild doesn't want to overtly control the entire universe, but they do want things to stay the way they are. Remaining in control indirectly.

[PresidentRevan]

Theory, Someone Answer this: What if The Ordos Used (Needless to say, A lot of) Deviator Gas on this thing. What would Happen? Does Deviator Gas affect Spice?

[smithdanger]

Interesting idea. They've never mentioned a connection between the Deviator Gas and the Spice. The Emperor Worm is a strange dichotomy in that it has far reaching psychic powers (and presumably extremely intelligent or at least capable of it) and yet it is also completely subservient to the Tlielaxu and the Spacing Guild. Since it is subservient to at least someone, I'd imagine that it probably could be affected, if not by the Gas then at least more potent version of it.

[1992OS]

I don't know; why have they created an Emperor Worm? It's a plot. For what kill a worm to make another? Fuck you, Spacing Guild

[smithdanger]

I agree. Not to sound like the complete nerd that I am, but if the Spacing Guild wanted this kind of power in the first place, they should just stop all traffic, use their insane amounts of cash to put refineries all across Arrakis, and take their place as the ultimate rulers.

[LionTroy]

God damn... that evil guy for the guild is quite possibly the best evil actor I have ever seen... he's enjoying the moment so damned much!

[ZeroEffect29]

the voice will not save her

[shakaama]

couldn't she just use the voice on all of those guys? or even one, to cause chaos.

why did you use the word quietus .. that's ans assamite word, from vampire.

[Narania234]

Guys from the Westwood did outstanding work at Emperor Battle for Dune, the best plot in the entire Dune series.

Portrayal of Leto II The Tyrant(Emperor Worm), Bene Tlailax and Spacing Guild as the greatest evil is very accurate.

[KuDastardly]

@smithdanger

Or perhaps the gas may somehow release the emperor worm from servitude from the control of both factions.

[earthslosher]

What's wrong with the Face Dancer? Sounds like he's out of breath or something. Look at the grin that Shafla makes at about 0:43 when Seelix says "serve".

[Narania234]

@Chemodam Elara is defintely alive in the Emperor: Battle for DuneHarkonnen ending, she narrates the ending. Which means Harkonnens rescued Elara from Spacing Gulid and Bene Tleilax.

[Narania234]

@LionTroy True, Shafla, leader of the Spacing Guild i sthe most evil villain in Dune, just after Leto II the Tyrant Worm. Shafla's actor is Mark Bringelson.

[Narania234]

Westwood's plot is brilliant. Spacing Guild and Bene Tleilax inded are the greatest evil in dune series. They were trying to bred a godly monster almost identical to another evil-Leto II Atreides called the Tyrant of the known universe and Worm(human -sandworm hybrid )

Leto the Tyrant, Spacing Guild and Tleilaxu are true totaltarian evil of Dune universe, far worse than Harkonnens.

[Chemodam]

@DarthRushy Nothing says he's necessarily his son. He could be a half-brother (Seems old enough), with the other parent being someone even darker. Or, as you say, it's an alternate reality deal.