In “Children of Dune,” Paul returns in the form of the Preacher, a blind Fremen who attracts crowds by declaring that Muad’Dib was a false prophet. Few suspected that he could be Muad’Dib himself, though rumors circulate. In this new identity, Paul rants against the evils of the empire he created and urges his former compatriots to abandon their zealous loyalty to him.
We’ll leave the other details vague for those who might still want to read the books for themselves, but Paul’s journey as the Preacher ends violently. His strong words run afoul of the wrong people, and he’s assassinated in public for speaking out.
Once again, it would be reasonable to think that this is the end of Paul’s story. He’s dead for good by the end of “Children of Dune,” after all. But in the grand Dune timeline, death is seldom the end of things.
