(I'm new to the site so I'm not sure if I've opened this topic in the right section(Reading Group) or should I move it to Dune Discussion.)
I've read Dune Messiah twice (last time about 6 monthes ago) but the conspiracy confused me each time I've read the book. Somehow some steps of the conspirators, for me, doesn't make any sense at all or I consider them as mistakes. I think Frank Herbert was a really creative and inteligent writer so I don't think he made mistakes and paradoxes in the stories of his books! Can somebody help me to understand the conspiracy?
My first question is, why Scytale killed Otheym's daughter? If Otheym wanted to send his daughter to Paul, he would send her, so why replace her with a facedancer? Was Otheym a conspirator? (I remember as he wasn't)
(Maybe I don't remember some parts of the story correctly, so please correct me if I'm wrong, also note that I'm not a native english speaker, so sorry for my english
