A Truthsayer is One of an elect group of Reverend Mothers adept in the ways of truthtrance and able to discern and identify falsehood, deceit, and insincerity but also anyone who can detect truth when it is being told. The ability to see truth was also seen as a gift that some individuals were born with. Paul Atreides was identified as one such individual by the RM Gaius Helen Mohiam when she first met him on Caladan in 10191 AG. The call to become one of the Council was a heavy burden of responsibility, placing inordinate demands physically, mentally, and spiritually on a woman