Tuesday, 10 March 2015

Character writing #1 Ishtar-Mardek

‘The Bygone Era, Babylon, naughty, stoic, repugnant, towering, argumentative, radical’

Bygone Era – olden times, ruins, ancient civilisation

Babylon – Hanging Gardens, God Fearing, Babylonian Calendar, Neo-Babylonia, wrapped robes, shawls, colourful.

Naughty – Wicked, Playful, Mischievous, Fiendish, Teasing
Stoic – Apathetic, Indomitable, Dry, Unemotional, Resigned
Repugnant – Creepy, Vile, Horrid, Foul, Sickening
Towering – Monumental, Sublime, Elevated, Outstanding, Supreme, Superior
Argumentative – Belligerent, Combative, Opinionated, Factious
Radical – Agitator, Anarchist, Mover, Rebel, Revolutionary

Ishtar-Mardek

In the ancient times of the Babylonians, there once lived a priestess of immeasurable elegance. This woman enraptured the hearts of men as she watched over the ancient Babylonian Lunar Calendar; however this would ultimately lead to her downfall.

As the high priestess, Ishtar-Mardek was worshipped like a Goddess, men would shower her with gifts and praise for all she did for them, and each time they did it only served to increase her vanity, she would tease her worshippers forcing them to do her bidding and ultimately gaining what she desired. The King in particular took the priestess into his heart and eventually wed her making her queen, but this was short lived. After returning back to the castle after a day amongst the people, he found his Queen in embrace of one of his royal advisors within their chamber; the King became enraged and executed his once closest ally where he stood. Ishtar using all her wiles, attempt for the king to spare her but the king was not fooled; he exiled her from the Kingdom and left her to rot in the world outside.

Many years passed for Ishtar in her exile, this began to warp her mind and she became increasingly more vindictive by the hour. She felt cheated out of what was rightfully hers, the Kingdom of which she received Exile. Her vile and sickening thoughts led her to begin recruiting those who had also been banished by the King, causing rebellion and unrest within the small towns spread throughout the lands as more and more men joined her cause.

Soon she had an army that rivalled the kings, men both loved and feared her as they began to dub her ‘Ishtar the Supreme’, they would do anything for their Queen and soon marched on the Kingdom that they once called home.

The kingdom stood no chance against Ishtar and her unstoppable force, men, women and children all perished to their blades and the ruins that surrounded them. The King soon surrendered to the woman that he once loved, yet Ishtar showed no mercy in beheading him where he stood.

The once peaceful kingdom was now under her control, she used her vicious and tyrannical mind to deceive her people and keep them under her power. Many tried to kill her during her reign but all met their end as she brutally murdered them without care or emotion.

It is said that within the ruins of the Kingdom of Hanging Gardens that Ishtar sits silently on her throne. Her hatred for all keeping her alive but it is unknown what she is waiting for, perhaps death? Or waiting for the right time for the world to know her true strength?

Appearance

Ishtar has, long flowing black hair, dark blue eyes, and pale olive skin. She wears a cowl around her head and a shawl that rests on her shoulders. Jewellery all up and down her arms, she has the symbol of the moon emblazoned on her chest above her breasts, a dress that opens up at her cleavage, wrapped in a cloth belt, a skirt that flows from the right side down to her left foot, long boots that reach her knees, carries a sceptre with the crest of the moon atop of it. 

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