| “ | Humans are so foolish. They can never escape the suffering of life, or the terror of death. But in the age of gods, it's possible to lessen that pain, because humans can never fully understand the will of the gods. You can blame all the senseless, terrible things happening in your life on the gods. It's easier to deal with them that way. I believe that was the good way of life. And so, I supposed. | „ |
| ~ Ereshkigal's initial viewpoint on humans. |
| “ | If you can't bring yourself to understand... if you won't acknowledged the work that I had done, that's fine! I'll kill everyone, even you! | „ |
| ~ To Ritsuka Fujimaru. |
Ereshkigal (エレシュキガル) is a major character in Fate/Grand Order. She initially served as a secondary antagonist in Seventh Singularity: Babylonia chapter and a minor role in Final Singularity: Solomon chapter. She is a Lancer Pseudo-Servant and a Goddess of the Underworld.
She is voiced by Kana Ueda in Japanese and Mela Lee in English anime adaptation.
Her Evil Ranking[]
Her Villainous Deeds[]
- Before the events of Babylonia Singularity chapter, she had her sister Ishtar naked and executed. The reason for this is that Ereshkigal got angry at Ishtar when the latter told her to got and have fun instead of always staying in the Underworld fulfilling her duty as a goddess.
- She joined the Three Goddess Alliance in order to take Gilgamesh's Grail and rule over humanity.
- She trapped Gilgamesh, as well as hundreds of residents in Mesopotamia into Kur, her Underworld. This effectively made her a mass murderer.
- She repeatedly electrocuted and shrunk her twin sister Ishtar whenever the latter passed her gate in the Underworld.
- Out of her own free will, she planned to trap all of humanity into Kur as her property.
- When Fujimaru refused to understand her noble intentions, she attempted to kill him, Mash, Gilgamesh, and Ishtar.
- She revealed to Gilgamesh that she plotted to bring Kur underneath Mesopotamia, bringing the entire city into the Underworld.
Why She Doesn't Stand Out?[]
- To put it simply, she fails the Heinous Standard to too many Fate/Grand Order villains, many of whom had done far worse with less resources. Morgan, for example, attempted to commit omnicide all fairies in Lostbelt 6. Even in Babylonia Singularity, she fails to Gorgon, who not only murders humans, but also wants to make them suffer by bringing their bodies into her temple in a fate worse than death. Ereshkigal, with the immense recourses she has as a goddess, felt too standard by comparison.
- She is tragic as while Ishtar spends the joy and luxury out in the surface, Ereshkigal has to spend her time on her duty of watching over the souls who had passed on from their body all alone.
- She is a Well-Intended Extremist, as she wanted to rule over humanity so she can ease their pain and suffering whenever they die.
- Even before her redemption, she is shown to be affable as she gave Fujimaru genuine advice to fight against Quetzalcoatl.
- She has some comedic moments, like when she got spooked and slapped by Fou when possessing Ishtar and when she tries to make a spooky evil voice during the trial.
- After Mash and Fujimaru had defeated her, she felt deeply remorse for the deaths she caused. When Gilgamesh told her that if she released their souls, she would effectively revived them as normal. This could cause Ereshkigal to cry in relief, which she released them indeed.
- She developed a crush on Fujimaru.
- She fully redeemed herself by helping Fujimaru in defeating Tiamat and saving the Babylonia era.
Trivia[]
- She is one of two Fate/Grand Order villains, so far, to be Villainous Benchmark, along with Baobhan Sith.
- She is one of several Villainous Benchmarks who are Near Pure Good like Scorpion, Winter Soldier, Starlight Glimmer, Megamind, and Piccolo Jr..
External Links[]
- Ereshkigal on the Villains Wiki
- Ereshkigal on the Heroes Wiki
- Ereshkigal on the Near Pure Good Wiki
- Ereshkigal on the TYPE-MOON Wiki