#logno

Chapterhouse: Dune

Date Published: 1985

Author: Frank Herbert

Page: 438: “It was too much. Logno attacked, left foot slashing outward with blinding speed. Murbella grasped the foot as she would catch a wind-blown leaf and, continuing the flow of it , levered Logno into a threshing club that ended with her head pulped on the floor. Without pausing, Murbella piroueted, left foot almost decapitating the Honored Matre who had stood at Logno’s right, the right hand crushing the throat of the one who had stood at Logno’s left. It was over in two heartbeats.”

As a visual reference, it may have looked like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8lsl2uSZ5I

But, all with all females instead though since it’s Murbella attacking and quickly subduing her former Honored Matre sisters to death. Also, instead of the Planet Arrakis, it’s [Planet] Junction.

It was after killing Logno, the then and recent Great Honored Matre leader, where Murbella saw the death of her Bene Gesserit teacher, Odrade dead with her “neck” twisted. Murbella came over to kneel her head against Odrade’s to absorb her memories. Then, Murbella proceeded to kill Odrade’s killer, Elpek, another Honored Matre.

“Elpek saw death in Murbella’s eyes and took one backward step before trying to defend herself. Elpek was dangerous but no match for this demon [Murbella] in the black robe. It was over with the same shocking abruptness that had taken Logno and her aides: a kick to the larynx. Elpek sprawled across Odrade.”