Zayn de Witte

Zayn de Witte
Character Type	Trainer
Affiliation	Neutral
Status	alive
Added in Version	1.1.0.0

Zayn de Witte is a Twisted Mentat and Advanced Mentat Trainer. Formerly serving House Harkonnen under Piter de Vries, he can now be located in the Salusan Bull in Arrakeen, and offers advanced training in the ways of the Mentat.

Location

Zayne de Witte is located in the back of the first floor of Salusan Bar in Arrakeen.

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Journeys

Journey
Discipline of the Mentat

Dialogue

First Dialogue

Zayn de Witte: Who...who are you?
The Player: I'm looking to continue my Mentat training.
Zayn de Witte: C-curious. Very curious. Your deduction, that I can offer this training, is accurate. However. I compute your mind is not ready for such rigors.
The Player: And you know this just by looking at me?
Zayn de Witte: Mentats m-make mistakes. But not often. This conversation is terminated.

Zayn de Witte: I calculated your return a h-half hour ago. Hmm...
The Player: Tell me about yourself.
Zayn de Witte: M-my name is Zayn de Witte.
The Player: That's all you have to tell about yourself?
The Player: The Sh-sharing of personable details is exceedingly noisy. Exceedingly exhausting. I compute no benefit.
The Player: You're a Mentat are you not?
Zayn de Witte: Yes. A Mentat of no inconsiderable skill.
The Player: Yet you appear to be a Mentat without a noble patron.
Zayn de Witte: I served House Harkonnen. Now. I. Do not. I apply my skills in this underworld. That is more than you n-need to know.
The Player: Alright then, keep your secrets.
Zayn de Witte: I sh-shall.

The Player: Did you work with the famous twisted Mentat Piter de Vries?
Zayn de Witte: Yes. W-we had a falling out.
The Player: Elaborate on that.
Zayn de Witte: No.

The Player: Are you twisted Mentat as well?
Zayn de Witte: That term is reductive. but yes. This conversation is c-concluded.
The Player: I suppose this ends the conversation then.
Zayn de Witte: Yes.

Lore

Zayn De Witte is an Advanced Mentat Trainer in Dune: Awakening. He can be found within the Salusan Bar in Arrakeen and is identifiable by his paper-white skin, distinct stutter, and grey-colored, warrior monk-looking outfit. Zayn is a twisted Mentat that previously served under House Harkonnen, but is now in exile after a falling out with Piter de Vries, the famous mentat and Baron Vladimir Harkonnen's infamous advisor. Though he is an extremely skilled mentat in his own right, Zayn views the title as reductive given his messy past + current endeavors. He has an apprehensive demeanor and views humans as a series of relationships, the world a series of calculations - all solvable and to be exploited by leveraging correct information or data.

After his exile from House Harkonnen, Zayn began applying his skills and services in the underworld. He has since grown his own syndicate and drawn the attention from rival gangs, such as the Mobula. As part of his syndicate's plans, Zayn became obsessed with learning the tactics and fighting style of Thufir Hawat, the Master of Assassins and Mentat of House Atreides. Zayn's goal is to show the Atreides how vulnerable their Duke is by exposing Hawat's weaknesses. The player can interact with Zayn to embark on a series of quests that follow the Mentat class questline, such as interrogating + sabotaging the aforementioned Mobula gang. Beyond his issues with House Harkonnen, it is also alluded to that Zayn may have been experimented on or involved in the Tleilaxu Program.

Zayn de Witte is voiced by Jeffrey Combs, known for his roles as Question, Ratchet, and Scarecrow/Jonathan Crane, and many more.

Gallery

Full body shot of Zayn de Witte

Zayn de Witte during dialogue

Close-up shot of Zayn de Witte