Ten thousand years since Leto II began his metamorphosis from human into the s
andworm of Rakis and historians still argue over his motives. Was he driven b
y the desire for long life? He lived more than ten times the normal span of t
hree hundred SY, but consider the price he paid. Was it the lure of power? H
e is called the Tyrant for good reason but what did power bring him that a hum
an might want? Was he driven to save humankind from itself? We have only his
own words about his Golden Path to answer this and I cannot accept the self-s
erving records of Dar-es-Balat. Might there have been other gratifications, w
hich only his experiences would illuminate? Without better evidence the quest
ion is moot. We are reduced to saying only that "He did it!" The physical fac
t alone is undeniable.
-The Metamorphosis of Leto II, 10,000th Anniversary Peroration by Gaus Andaud