Dune: Prophecy fans 'work out' truth behind Desmond Hart's powers - and it would be a major twist

HBO's epic caller sci-fi bid Dune: Prophecy has already near fans with plentifulness of questions aft its debut occurrence - and immoderate viewers deliberation they've worked retired the information down Desmond Hart's powers.

*Warning - This nonfiction contains spoilers for the archetypal occurrence of Dune: Prophecy.*

The caller bid Dune: Prophecy has viewers connected the borderline of their seats aft its gripping premiere this week, leaving fans with burning questions astir 1 of its main characters. The HBO and Sky collaboration serves arsenic a prequel to Denis Villeneuve's blockbuster Dune movie series, unfolding 10,000 years earlier Paul Atreides' (Timothee Chalamet) rise.

The communicative centres astir 2 Harkonnen siblings, Valya (Emily Watson) and Tula (Olivia Williams), who look adversaries threatening humanity's destiny, laying the groundwork for the legendary Bene Gesserit order. The inaugural occurrence ended with a bang, revealing Desmond Hart's (Travis Fimmel) sinister abilities to the audience.

Early successful the archetypal episode, we're introduced to the warrior Desmond erstwhile helium reports to Emperor Corrino (Mark Strong) pursuing an ambush connected Arrakis.

Desmond is simply a battle-hardened veteran, having completed a twelve tours connected Arrakis and is the sole subsister from his unit, the remainder having been decimated, reports the Mirror US.

It's besides disclosed that helium was consumed by Shai-Hulud, the ineffable sanction the Fremen springiness to the colossal sandworms of their location world, yet helium managed to survive.

By the episode's conclusion, it's evident that Desmond has emerged with a "gift" from Shai-Hulud, arsenic helium appears to person the quality to incinerate radical from wrong without immoderate carnal contact.

The debut episode's chilling conclusion, which featured a kid execution country that echoed the brutality of bid similar Game of Thrones oregon House of the Dragon, has sparked a frenzy connected societal media arsenic fans dissect the narrative.

On X, antecedently known arsenic Twitter, immoderate users person concocted a fascinating proposal regarding the 'true' quality of Desmond's abilities.

One idiosyncratic speculated: "Okay but perceive maine out: if it turned retired Desmond is someway faking his powers that would really beryllium a large payoff for Dune reasons." (sic)

Echoing this sentiment, different chimed in: "I'm obsessed close present with the thought of the Sisterhood being truthful acrophobic of this guy's magic powers that they discarded loads of clip and resources earlier realizing he's conscionable utilizing an elaborate chemic cause oregon something, and past vowing to ne'er fto that hap to them again." (sic)

A antithetic idiosyncratic shared their thoughts: "My Dune Prophecy theory: What if Desmond Hart is simply a con man, lone tricking the Imperium to deliberation helium has powers.

"This shows the sisterhood the powerfulness of a 'false' messiah to power the universe, mounting the Kwisatz Haderach program successful motion," they added.

Another instrumentality expressed: "The Kwisatz Haderach was a BG plan. Why that change? I similar that helium tin beryllium a Ghola utilized by the Tleilaxu to get powerfulness oregon thing similar that."

Responding to this, the poster said: "I judge this amusement is astir the commencement of the KH plan. But yea helium could be." The instrumentality wrote back: "At slightest we're speculating astir and not crying about. I deliberation it's a bully thing." (sic)

Another perplexed instrumentality questioned: "wtf is desmond hart man! Is helium Kwisatz Haderach oregon the acheronian unit from fremen with mystical powers of spice." (sic)

In the Dune universe, the Kwisatz Haderach is simply a word utilized by the Bene Gesserit to picture a antheral fig who volition "lead the way" and unlock ancestral memories, a rubric implied to beryllium to Paul, who possesses the acquisition of sight.

The Tleilaxu, characters from Frank Herbert's Dune publication series, are a contention known for familial manipulation and biologic merchandise trafficking, though they person not been encountered yet.

Dune: Prophecy draws inspiration from Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson's novel, Sisterhood of Dune, and is acceptable wrong Herbert's broader Dune universe.

The Dune films travel Paul Atreides arsenic helium arrives connected the perilous satellite Arrakis aft his begetter takes up a position, and helium indispensable unafraid his family's and people's aboriginal amidst struggle implicit the planet's exclusive 'spice' supply, the Imperium's astir invaluable resource.

Dune: Prophecy airs Mondays astatine 2am successful the UK, exclusively connected Sky Atlantic and NOW. This coincides with its 9pm ET/6pm PT airdate successful the US, wherever you tin ticker it connected HBO oregon Max.