Shai Hulud
AKA the Makers or the Sand Worms
Length: 2D4x100 meters
Weight: 50 tons per 100 meters
*MDC: 500 per 50 meters
*The worm is in 50 meter-long sections, each of which must be destroyed separately in order to kill the worm.
The worms are also the secret of the spice. It is their digestion of the soil, in combination with "little maker" creatures in the worm's stomach that make the spice. The little maker also makes the water of life, the poisonous bile that can give extraordinary powers to psychics. If a psychic drinks it and saves 18 or higher, his powers are increased enormously. His ISP is increased by 10 times and he automatically increases 5 levels in power advancement (a 3rd level psychic automatically receives new powers for his next 5 levels, to the 8th and then advances from there.) The water of life may only be taken once and a failed roll means instant death.