"So devious! No wonder that woman opened the door willingly and let me in; she had set a trap waiting for me to fall in!"
But then, a glint of cunning appeared in her eyes:
"Though she's crafty, we aren't foolish either; we came prepared!"
Saying this, Ishtar glanced at the five peculiar life plates inscribed with lines of cuneiform divine patterns cradled in her arms, her lips curling in a proud smile.
Upon learning that her husband, Dumuzi, had been lured into the Netherworld, she knew a fierce battle awaited her with the sister she couldn't see eye to eye with.
In order to successfully defeat her sister and bring back her beloved, she heeded the advice of her friend, Siduri, and made a trip to Eridu before setting off. Familiar with the place, she easily got the Earth God Enki drunk with divine wine and then "borrowed" some items from his Water Temple — seven Heavenly Destiny Mud Cards.
