Edric is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. He is a navigator of the Spacing Guild. In the novel Dune Messiah, Edric participates in the conspiracy to topple the rule of Paul Atreides. By his fellow conspirators he is considered comparatively unintelligent and his presence is only required because it prevents Muad'Dib from seeing the conspirators in his prescience. Like all Guild navigators, his body is mutated due to heavy use of spice: he has webbed hands and feet, is distinctly fish-like in appearance, and must live in a tank of melange gas. A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... The fictional Dune universe is the political, scientific, and social setting of author Frank Herberts six-book Dune series of science-fiction novels. ... Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science fiction author. ... Navigators In the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert Guild Navigators are humans mutated through high consumption of the spice melange, who is safely able to navigate interstellar space in a Heighliner. ... The Spacing Guild is a fictional organization in Frank Herberts Dune universe created in a series of science fiction novels starting in Dune and ending with Chapterhouse Dune. ... Dune Messiah is a Science Fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the second in a series of six novels. ... Alternate uses: See Conspiracy (disambiguation) Conspiracy, in common usage, is the act of working in secret to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations. ... Paul Atreides, portrayed by Alec Newman in the Dune miniseries Paul Atreides is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... Mutations are permanent, sometimes transmissible (if the change is to a germ cell) changes to the genetic material (usually DNA or RNA) of a cell. ... Melange is also a Viennese name for Cappuccino. ...