サーヴァント・ユニヴァースからやってきた、自由奔放、生きる事にパワフルな神霊サーヴァント 。
本人はアーチャークラスを気取っているものの、なぜかクラスはアヴェンジャーである。
何の因果かジェーンとコンビで悪党を追う、その日暮らしの賞金稼ぎ（バウンティ・ハンター）。
「私はイシュタル。女神イシュタル。
え？ 混乱するからスペースを付けろ？
お断りよ、スペースとか可愛くないじゃん！」
身長／体重：154cm・??kg
出典：古代メソポタミア神話、旧約聖書、ウガリット神話、フェニキア神話など
地域：サーヴァント・ユニヴァース
属性：秩序・悪 性別：女性
通称Ｓイシュタル。
霊基１～３、それぞれが別個体ではあるが、根源は同じなので同一人物と言えなくもない。クールな１、おてん ばな２、超越した３、と覚えておこう。
『できるだけ真剣に、それでいて大雑把に』が女神とうまく付き合うコツである。
アウトローでありながら正義のヒロイン。
悪役ムーブをしているが、やることなすこと人々の為になっている不思議な立ち位置。
『人類の脅威』を自覚しているので属性も『悪』となっているが、これは悪党・悪者、という意味 ではない。
汎人類史のイシュタルとほぼ同じ性格だが、遊び気分で他人を弄ぶような事はしない。
個人が行う善行を『正しいこと』と誇らしげに認め、人知れず喜び、個人が行う悪行を『醜いこと』と敵意をこ めて睨み、堂々と罵る。
（そして相手が悪党であるなら容赦なしで資産も生命も運命も搾り取る）
Ｓイシュタルはイシュタル同様、自由奔放な性格で、人間社会の残酷さ・浅はかさを見下しているが、それはそ れとして、人々の生活をそれなりに考慮し、善良な人間はそれなりに気にかけて、最終的には自分への報酬より みんなの勝利を優先する……という、イシュタルにあるまじき方向性を持っている。
たとえばサマーレースの時のように、イシュタルの復権の為に周りを犠牲にしてグガランナを復活させようとし た場合、Ｓイシュタルなら最後に反省してグガランナを自分の手で破壊し、そのリソースを参加者たちに分け与 えるだろう。
「そりゃあ暴れたくなるほど勿体ないけど、そうするべきだと感じちゃったの！ ほら、自分にウソはつけない じゃない？」
このように、基本的にはイシュタルそのものだが、最後の局面では決して人類の敵には回らない… …
要するに、Ｓイシュタルは『イシュタルとして悪い』女神なのである。
○動機・マスターへの態度
人間のクセにサーヴァントと契約してこれを使役する、という『マスター』という存在そのものに 興味津々。
「え、そっちの世界だとそういう役職があるの！？ 人間なのに凄くない！？」
と、人間を『弱き者』と認識した上で、それがサーヴァントと通じ合えている事を素直に感心して いる。
マスターを敬いはしないが『大切なもの』と捉え、
「私の気の向く範囲でなら言うコトをきいてあげる♡」
と小悪魔的に微笑む。
違う宇宙・違う世界の生命なので、マスターには必要以上に感情移入しないように努めているが、心のガード（ 恋愛フラグ）が弱いので何かの拍子で道を踏み外すのもお約束。
通常イシュタルは距離感が近い為『隣の家のお姉さん味』があるが、こちらは他人行儀な分、隣の家のお姉さん 味は減っている。そのかわり『ちょっと高嶺の花だけど、すぐ近くにいて輝いている』感が強い。
○単独行動：Ｃ
女神として生まれ、ヒトとして育てられ、サーヴァントとして覚醒したＳイシュタルは、マスターと契約しなく ても現界そのものには魔力を消費しない。
○女神の神核：Ａ＋＋
イシュタルと類似した多くの女神……イシュタル、アスタルテ、アナト……の原型である『古き豊穣と戦の女神 』の神核を継承した為、ランクはほぼ最高位となっている。
○復讐者：ＥＸ
かつて大女神であったものが何の因果か最後には悪魔にまで貶められた怒り、苦しみ、そして「……振り返って みれば言い訳のしようもないわね私……」という哀しみがまぜこぜになったもの。
正義（秩序）側に立ちながら自らを悪と認めるこの女神は、復讐者としてはやや失格気味である。
※旧約聖書ではこの女神は「アシュタレト」と呼ばれ、豊穣の女神、異邦の女神たちの総称とされたが、旧約聖 書から生まれたこの名前が後の西欧では悪魔（アスタロト）に堕とされてしまった。
○デビルズ・シュガー：Ａ
悪魔堕ちした事を気に病みながらも『魅惑と興奮』の力を十全に使いこなす、まさに真の悪魔。
Ｓイシュタルの微笑みと投げキッスは味方の士気を向上させ、肉体にかかる負荷を無視して限界以上の力を引き 出させる。味方に使うチャーム（呪い）そのもので、既に魅了されている為、敵からの魅了を無効 にする。
勝利の女神の側面と、人を破滅させる悪魔としての側面が複合した、悪魔のカリスマと言ってもい い。
○ヴィナス・ドライバー：Ｂ
金星を動かすもの。あるいは、美を駆るもの。
金星の加護により宝具の威力を向上し、また、その属性を自在に変化させる。やがて様々な女神に派生する『原 始の女神』に相応しいスキル。
○マルチプル・スターリング：ＥＸ
ただ一つの大王冠。
イシュタルの元になった女神から派生する、様々な『天の女王』たる女神たちの王冠が重なり、完全なる形に戻 ったもの。
『原始宇宙に輝く王冠』
ランク：ＥＸ 種別：対星宝具
レンジ：１００００～気分
最大捕捉：気分（精神高揚により変化）
エディン・シュグラ・クエーサー。
原始宇宙において『女神の証』とされた古代神殿ベル・マアンナを呼び寄せ、神殿を構成する高次元の魂――― 霊基銀河を開放、これをエネルギーに変換して宙域を焼き尽くす対異星侵略宝具。
Ｓイシュタルはイシュタルのように『常時、舟に乗っている』事はない。
Ｓイシュタルが呼び起こすものは神殿であり（アナトが建てたとされるバアル神殿）、その姿は禍々しく、攻撃 的なフォルムをしている……と言われていたが……。
また、シュメル・アッカド語でエディンは草原、空野。旧約聖書でいうところのエデンの語源とさ れる。
シュグラはそのエディンにある王冠。イシュタルがエディンに入った時に与えられたもの。
クエーサーは現代の天体用語。準恒星状の意味を持つ。
地球から遙かに離れた宙域にあって、強く光を放っている事から『最も明るい天体』と言われてい る。
『原始の女神』が自ら切り分けた頭脳体。
蒼輝銀河で新しい経験をする為、サーヴァントとして転生した神霊サーヴァント。
スペース・イシュタルはサーヴァント・ユニヴァースにおける、『実在する女神』の最新型である 。
『地球人が見た（観測した）金星の、金星を司る女神』ではなく、『金星の古代文明に発生した、金星の女神』 なので、地球人から見るとエイリアンそのものとも言える。
原始宇宙は蒼輝銀河（エーテル宇宙。今のユニヴァース世界）よりもっと前の、『人間が、人間としていた宇宙 』を指し、
その旧い宇宙の中でもさらに昔―――地球に哺乳類が誕生する以前、宇宙の先史古代文明で信仰された女神がア シュタレトである。
この頃、ヒトに信仰の概念はなく、女神とはすなわち『生命が生きていける宙域』を指す言葉だっ た。
その概念がカタチになったのか、そのあり方を概念にしたのかは定かではないが、原始宇宙におけるイシュタル ・アシュタレトは『ヒトのカタチをした銀河』となった。本来ならヒトの手に負えるものではなく、またサーヴ ァントになるものではない。
そんな女神の霊核を偶然発見してしまったトキオミ教授は、彼女を『善の半身』として育てた。自分の死後も信 頼できる助手に娘の行く末を委ねた。
「自分には教科書通りの善を教えこむことはできても（Ｓイシュタルは賢い子なので）すぐにその偽善性を見抜 き、自分がそばにいる間はともかく、いずれ善に倦んで本来の悪に転じてしまうかも知れない。
しかし根っからの善人で裏表がなく、直線距離で真相にたどり着くもののその代償として周囲に破壊と混乱をも たらすこともままあるジェーンを見て善悪は必ずしも表裏一体とは限らないことを悟ってくれれば、少なくとも 単純な悪に堕ちることはなくなるだろう」
そんな教授の読み通り、Ｓイシュタルは悪に堕すことなく優秀なツッコミとして鍛え抜かれ、多少キレやすくそ ろばん勘定にはうるさいが弱きを助け強きにかみつく猛犬バウンティハンターへと健全に(？)成長したのだっ た。
なお、ジェーンの方はびっくりするほど全く変わらなかった。
Space Ishtar
A Divine Spirit Servant that came from the Servant Universe, who is freewheeling and powerful about living.
Although she pretends to be an Archer, her Class is Avenger for some reason.
Due some sort of fate, she formed a team with Jane and became a bounty hunter that chases after rascals all day long.
"
My name is Ishtar. The goddess Ishtar.
What? You want me to add 'Space' otherwise it would get confusing?
I refuse! 'Space' is not cute at all!"
A heroine of justice, yet an outlaw.
She is in a strange position in which, even though playing the part of a villain, everything that she does is for the sake of other people.
Her alignment changed to "Evil" due awakening as a "threat to mankind", but this does not mean that she is a rascal・evil-doer.
Her personality is pretty much the same as the Ishtar from Pan-Human History, but she does not toy with others for fun.
She boastfully approves the good deeds performed by individuals as "something righteous", rejoicing about it in secret, and glares in hostility at the evil deeds performed by individuals as "something unsightly", brazenly speaking ill of it (and if the other party is a rascal, she will mercilessly extort his assets, life force and fate).
Just like the normal Ishtar, S. Ishtar has a freewheeled personality that looks down on the harshness・shallowness of human society. That being said, she shows consideration for people's livelihood in her own way, becomes concerned over virtuous humans in her own way, and ultimately gives precedence to everyone's success over her own reward... in other words, she has an inclination that is unbecoming of Ishtar.
For example, while Ishtar attempted to sacrifice others during the Summer Race in order to revive Gugalana and restore her own privileges, S. Ishtar would probably repent in the end, break Gugalana with her own hands and distribute its resources among the participants.
"
True, this is such a waste that I want to go in a rage, but I felt that this was the right thing to do! I can't lie to myself, you see?"
Just like this, although fundamentally Ishtar herself, she will not become an enemy of humanity at the very end...
In a sense, S. Ishtar is a goddess who "is bad at being Ishtar".
*
Motivation・Attitude Towards the Master
She has a keen interest in the very existence of a "Master", who can form a contract and employ Servants even though he is just a human.
"
What, this kind of post exists in your world!? Isn't that too amazing for a human!?"
as you see, she is honestly impressed that a human (who she perceives a "weakling") can understand Servants.
Despite not respecting the Master, she does see him as "something important" and smiles like an imp while thinking "I will listen to him so long my humour doesn't change♡".
As he is a life-form from a different world・different universe, she is making an effort to not become more emotionally invested in him than necessary. Still, since the guards of her heart (romance flags) are weak, it is pretty much a given that she will go astray at some point.
The normal Ishtar feels like "an older girl from the neighbouring house" thanks to her intimate sense of distance, but S. Ishtar lacks that due to her acting unduly distant. In exchange, there is a strong feeling of "although out of my league, she is shinning really close by".
A cerebral body(1) cut away by the "primordial goddess" herself.
A Divine Spirit Servant that was reincarnated in the blue sparkling galaxy in order to obtain new experiences.
Space Ishtar is the latest version of "real-life goddess" from the Servant Universe.
Not a "Venusian goddess that governed Venus, as Earthlings saw (observed) it", but a "Venusian goddess generated by an ancient civilization of Venus". Thus, from the point of view of Earthlings, one could say that she is pretty much an alien.
The term primordial universe denotes "the universe in which humans existed as humans" from way before the blue sparkling galaxy (Ether Universe; the current Servant Universe world).
Back in the early days of that old universe - a time when mammals weren't even born on Earth - the goddess Ashtart was worshipped by the prehistorian, ancient civilization of the universe.
At that time, people did not possess the concept of worship and 'goddess' was a word that denoted the very "sector of space where life-forms live".
It is unknown whether she is a concept given shape or if her way of being was turned into a concept instead, but the Ishtar・Ashtart from the primordial universe became "a galaxy in human form". Originally, she is neither something that could be handled by human hands or something that could turn into a Servant.
By coincidence, Professor Tokiomi discovered the spiritual core of that goddess and raised her as the "good half". Also, after his death he entrusted the fate of his daughter to his faithful assistant.
"
Even if I manage to teach her textbook goodness, Ishtar will soon see through its inherent hypocrisy (since she is a clever child). It might be fine while I remain by her side, but she may become fed up with goodness and turn to her original evil self eventually.
However, if she were to watch Jane (who is an unfeigned, virtuous person by nature that arrives at the truth in the most succinct manner, albeit at the cost of occasionally bringing about chaos and destruction to the surroundings) and come to understand that good and evil are not always two sides of the same coin, she will probably not sink into evil so easily at the very least."
Just as the Professor predicted, S. Ishtar was forged into an outstanding
straight man without falling into evil, wholesomely (?) growing into a savage dog bounty hunter that protects the weak and bites at the strong - although she is somewhat easily angered and fussy about cost-benefit calculations.
Incidentally, Jane herself has (surprisingly) not changed at all.
Height/Weight: 154cm・??kg
Source: Ancient Mesopotamian mythology, Old Testament,
Ugarit mythology,
Phoenician mythology and etc.
Region: Servant Universe
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Gender: Female
Also called "S. Ishtar".
Saint Graphs 1 to 3 are all different individuals, but one could also say that they are the same person since they share a common root. Just think of them as the cool #1, the tomboyish #2 and the transcendental #3.
The trick to skilfully associate oneself with a goddess is "to be both as earnest and sketchy as possible"
Independent Action: C
Having been born as a goddess, raised as a human and awakened as a Servant, S. Ishtar does not expend prana to remain in this world even if she is not contracted with a Master.
Divine Core of a Goddess: A++
Having inherited the divine core of an "ancient goddess of war and good harvest" that is the archetype of many goddesses similar to Ishtar (Ishtar,
Astarte,
Anat), her rank in this skill is pretty much the highest possible.
Revenger: EX
Something that jumbled the anger, suffering and grief of "
...looking back, I did something really inexcusable..." that were born from ultimately being looked down as a demon for some reason, even though she was a great goddess in the past.
The goddess who accepts herself as being evil despite standing on the side of justice (Lawful) feels somewhat unfit to be an Avenger.
*In the Old Testament, this goddess was called "Ashtart" and treated as general term for all foreign goddesses, goddesses of good harvest. However, that name born in the Old Testament would later be degraded as that of a demon (
Astaroth) in Western Europe
Devil's Sugar: A
Despite fretting over being degraded into a demon, she perfectly handles its powers of "fascination and arousal" - surely, she is a true demon.
S. Ishtar's smiles and blown kisses improve the morale of allies and allows them to draw out a power beyond their limits while disregarding the burden to their bodies. Since this is a charm (curse) to be employed on allies, it negates fascination from the enemy since they are already charmed.
One might as well call this a demonic charisma, which combined the aspects of a goddess of victory with those of a demon that brings ruin to people.
Venus Driver: B
One who moves Venus. Or maybe, one who spurs beauty.
The divine protection of Venus improves the destructive power of her Noble Phantasm and allows her to freely change its attributes. A skill befitting the "primordial goddess", whom many goddesses would later derive from.
Multiple Starling: EX
A single great crown.
Something derived from the goddess whom Ishtar is based on, the crowns of the various goddesses praised as "
Queen of Heaven" have overlapped and returned to their complete shape.
NOBLE PHANTASM
Edin Shugra Quasar - Crown Shining in the Primordial Universe
Rank: EX
Type: Anti-Star
Range: 10,000～her mood
Maximum Targets: her mood (changes in accordance to her mental exaltation)
An Anti-Alien Invasion Noble Phantasm that summons the Temple of Bel Maanna (that was regarded as her "proof as a goddess" in the primordial universe), releases the soul of a higher-dimension that composes the Temple - the Galactic Saint Graph - and converts it into energy to burn an entire sector of space to nothing.
S. Ishtar is not "constantly riding on a boat" like Ishtar.
What S. Ishtar summons is a temple (the
Temple of Baal that Anat supposedly built) of ominous shape and an aggressive form... or so it has been said...
By the way,
Edin means grassland, plain in
Akkadian・
Sumerian. It is regarded as the etymology of the
Eden that appears in the Old Testament.
Shugra(2) is the crown found in that Edin. Something bestowed to Ishtar when she entered Edin.
Quasar is a modern astronomic terminology. It holds the meaning of quasi-stellar object.
Located in a sector of space far away from Earth, it is described as "brightest of celestial objects" due the strong light it releases.
(1) not really sure what this is supposed to be. Maybe something akin to a
mental body?
(2) not sure if this is the right spelling.
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A wise and beautiful woman who exudes an aura of grace. She is a sly, cunning, manipulative person who always gets what she wants, whether through trickery or ruthlessness. Her own fighting abilities are low, but she should not be trifled with. What does she ride? Men, of course!
