Dune: Scytale
Last of the remaining Bene Tleilax Masters.
(More information will follow)
From jraynor@minerva.cis.yale.edu (John P. Raynor)
The original Scytale was a Face Dancer, who was born (or,
perhaps, "grown") prior to the development of the Master
caste. During his original life, the ability to force gholas
to recover their original memories was discovered. Although
Scytale, the Face Dancer, was killed by Paul Muad'Dib at the
end of "Dune Messiah," his body was recovered, a ghola was
grown, and then forced to recover its original memories. Just
what Scytale was at this point is a mystery: it depends upon
whether Face Dancers were, at that point, a biologically
engineered race (as they were during the
"Heretics/Chapterhouse" era), or the products of delicate, but
non-genetic, surgical techniques. Fortunately, however, it
doesn't matter - Scytale is reborn through an unknown number
of ghola incarnations. Eventually, the ruling class of the
Bene Tleilax (including the reincarnated Scytale)
intentionally decide to "adopt" the enigmatic, vaguely
disturbing "Master" form.
(Taken from the Dune FAQ)
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