Before Paul Atreides, the feud between House Harkonnen and House Atreides was fueled by those who set his existence into motion in 'Dune: Prophecy'.

There’s a whole new generation of Atreides and Harkonnen families introduced in HBO’s prequel series “Dune: Prophecy,” set 10,000 years before the events of Denis Villeneuve’s two “Dune” movies. Since the show is set so far in the past,

Dune: Prophecy Episode 1 introduced us to its central character Valya Harkonnen. Here, we discuss the character and the actor portraying her.