What is "xavier"

Usage examples of "xavier".

One time, Vor had jokingly compared Xavier to a machine, since he saw things in black-and-white terms, and the other man had scowled icily in response.

Not once had Rhengalid offered him any refreshment, though Xavier suspected that the elders had partaken of their own whenever the soldiers left the room.

At the sudden rushing noise, Xavier looked up and was surprised to see Primero Vorian Atreides striding along the rock walkway from the landing pad of his shuttle at the crude spaceport.

Smiling, the dark-haired man approached, still looking as fit, virile, and young as when Xavier had first met him after his escape from Earth so many years ago.

This time, though, the dark-skinned, brown-eyed young man had pleaded with Xavier until finally he was put in charge of the initial ambush against the machines.

For years, Xavier kept his brother from being assigned to front-line battleships, putting Vergyl in charge of building a giant memorial to fallen soldiers, which was due to be christened any day now.

The captive Omnius had been unable to warn them of the return of the robot war fleet against Zimia though that second attempt had been thwarted by Primero Xavier Harkonnen nor had the evermind prepared the League for the unexpected massacre on Honru, which had cost the lives of so many undefended colonists.

The fanatics stubbornly refused to accept that they could be in any danger, even though Xavier showed them transmitted images of the robot army marching overland toward their holy city.

He told of the time, decades earlier, when Omnius had launched a major assault on the Salusan capital city of Zimia, and Xavier had pulled together his military forces, making a grim decision to protect Holtzman's shield generators by any means.

Now Xavier had made a similar choice for Darits on a much greater scale.

But Xavier meant to take that prize from them, destroying the massed robot troops in the process.

Torn by the tremendous decision he had been forced to make, Xavier watched the stream of refugees.

While Xavier gathered the Ginaz mercenaries and his remaining soldiers on top of the canyon wall, thousands of fighters shouted and cheered, celebrating their great victory.

He would show Xavier exactly how victory should be achieved through wiles instead of destruction.

Vor knew the anguish Xavier must feel for the danger to his devoted brother, but he had spent a lot of time with the young tercero himself, laughing and playing games, listening to the homesick man talking about his wife and children on Giedi Prime.