Ishtar

Ishtar (also known as Innanna) is the Sumerian goddess of love and war, and is the founder and headmistress of "Ishtar's Academy for young goddesses".

History
Ishtar is the daughter of Anu, the god of heaven and king of the Mesopotamian gods.

As a child Ishtar was innocent, gullible, and passive but the chaotic world she was born into didn't permit her to retain this childlike naivety.

Her father and the other heavenly gods waged a constant war against Tiamat and her army of demons and primordial gods. During the age of Sumerian mythology, Ishtar underwent many ordeals and adventures that robbed her of her innocence but gave her power and wisdom in exchange.

Deciding she share her wisdom with others, she created a school for young goddesses.

Early years of the Academy
Originally the Academy primarily taught girls from the Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Greek pantheons,

Some of the students who attended the Academy early on include Aphrodite: Isis, Artemis, Astarte, and Persephone.

Personality
Ishtar is the archetype of a confident and independent woman. She talks about topics such as sex and sexuality in an honest and direct way which can be off-putting to some people. Ishtar herself is unashamedly hedonistic, enjoying sports, food, drink, sex, and violence all in equal measures. Because Ishtar has seen her own pantheon fall apart she understands how dangerous disunity can be.

Ishtar frequently forces her students to go through death-defying ordeals for combat training and when she's not doing that she plays the role of a trickster mentor, forcing her students to undergo humiliating or painful trials in order to gain wisdom and strength.

As a result of her teaching methods her students often respect her a whole lot more than they actually like her.

Aphrodite
==== Aphrodite and Ishtar have a complex relationship. Ishtar is the closest thing to a mother that Aphrodite has ever known. Although Aphrodite never became a great fighter she did learn from Ishtar the arts of seduction and how to charm-speak. Aphrodite is afraid of Ishtar as Ishtar is not only immune to Aphrodite's charm-speak but is also able to charm-speaking Aphrodite. ====

Artemis
Ishtar was the one who taught Artemis how to shoot a bow, ever since Artemis made a vow to remain a maiden forever Ishtar has been making fun of her for it.

Abilities

 * Standard abilities of a goddess
 * Charm-speak:
 * Love/Lust inducement
 * Unsurpassed archery skill