Astarte
Astarte is a Demon in Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation.
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Origin
Ashtart, Hellenized as Astarte, is the goddess of love in Northwestern Semitic cultures. Her Eastern Semitic counterpart is Ishtar.
According to the Bible, Ashtart was worshiped by the Hebrews.[1] The Masoretic text of the Bible vocalizes her name as Ashtoreth to resemble the word bosheth, "shame".[2]
Design
Astarte's design is essentially a female version of the design of Astaroth from Shin Megami Tensei.
Gameplay
Game Appearances
Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation
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Astarte is one of the demons that appear after Ayato Katsuragi and his friends fight Murmur the Fallen on Hatsudai Shelter, she specifically eats the heart of Yuuka Tachibana to gain power from it.
Depending on the choices you can hear from Sanshiro Soma that Astarte killed Yoshio Nishino at Gokokuji Temple.
She appears as Rui Asuka for the first time at the Yoyogi Labor Camp, she helps Ayato and Tetsuya Sonoda to escape from the place.
After Ayato is expelled from Pentagramma, she suggests the party to go to Harajuku Shelter since Adonis the Fiend is taking over the place. After defeating him, they go to Shinjuku and hear rumors that people have been disappearing during Full Moons at My City. After learning the truth of the incident, Rui decides to help Kazumi alongside Ayato and Tetsuya. She helps Mei while Ayato and Tetsuya help Kazumi.
After helping him overcome his werewolf powers, the party leaves Odakyu HALC, but upon leaving, Ayato receives a letter from Adonis, who challenges him to a one-on-one battle at the Shinjuku Ground Zero Colosseum. Upon reaching the place, Rui and Tetsuya are told to wait in a room as Ayato fights Adonis.
Mysteriously, Rui comes and tells Ayato that Tetsuya has been killed and his heart has been ripped out. If Ayato tries to mourn him, Rui will scold Ayato, telling him that he, as someone who only has lived in the shelters, does not know what it is to live in Tokyo, having been protected his whole life and thus not knowing that things such as death happen everyday in Tokyo. After that, they leave the place.
Upon hearing rumors that demons are at Sunshine City at Ikebukuro, Ayato and Rui decide to go there, and, upon killing Abaddon the Koutenshi, he leaves a body part of someone. Rui Asuka then tells Ayato if they get all the body parts they may be able to revive this person, but that she won't participate on this and leaves Ayato.
Ayato meets with Rui again at Shinagawa Aquarium. She asks Ayato if she loves Yuuka or her; depending on what Ayato says, the answers will change, but it ends with Rui having a breakdown and running away from the place and, depending on the choices, Ayato will have different affinity with her.
Ayato meets with Rui again at the Millennium HQ. She tells Ayato that she did not wanted to be with him at that time, but that now she wants to accompany him. She will not explain why, but she did not want him to refuse, and depending on the choices, Ayato will have different affinity with her.
After venturing through Tokyo with Ayato and recovering all the body parts of Ayato's friend, she tells Ayato that she will leave, but that next time they meet it will be at Bael Castle.
At Bael Castle Rui Asuka will reveal that her true form is that of Astarte the Tyrant and will make Ayato choose between her and Yuuka.
Depending on the choice Ayato makes here either Astarte or Ishtar the Megami will join depending on how he replies to Rui's question regarding who he loves, if Yuuka or her. Affinity with this characters also affect.
- Route 1: Ayato chooses Yuuka and depending on the affinity with Rui different events can happen, in one of them you fight her and on the other she rips out her heart from her body and gives it to Ayato and so Yuuka transforms into Ishtar the Megami, then at the top floor of Bael Castle they find Murmur the Fallen who after a fight is defeated, and then upon entering the main room they find Baal the Tyrant who after asking Ishtar to be his wife to which she refuses he starts a fight. Upon being defeated, Baal asks Ayato to pierce him with his own sword or if he'll be the new King of Tokyo, saying no to either question Baal transforms into a frog and can either die or escape depending on the choices. After that Ayato and Ishtar stand upon the ruined city and Ayato says that his love between him and Ishtar will be eternal.
- Route 2: Depending on if Ayato chose Yuuka or gets betrayed by her and had a Law alignment he instead will be greeted by angels calling him the new Messiah.
- Route 3:If Ayato's aligment was Light-Law after doing any route he will grow angelic wings on his back and also be called the new Messiah depending on if he did Route 2.
- Route 4: Ayato chooses Rui, this enrages Ishtar and attacks Ayato who after is defeated dies. Upon reaching the top floor of Bael Castle they fight Murmur the Fallen who after a fight is defeated, and then upon entering the main room they find Baal the Tyrant who after asking Astarte where is Ishtar, she responds that she is dead, and now enraged, Baal starts a fight. Upon being defeated, Baal asks Ayato to pierce him with his own sword or if he'll be the new King of Tokyo, saying no to either question Baal transforms into a frog and can either die or escape depending on the choices. After this, Ayato alongside Astarte stand on a pile of demons, now calling themselves the new rulers of Tokyo.
- Route 5: If Ayato chooses Rui and gets any route related to her and route he on the sky will see Ishtar flying to the moon with a sad face, the beautiful Goddess will await for his next time to reincarnate.
- Route 6: If Ayato says yes to the questions Baal makes or dies during the fight with him, he will then see everything is now darkness, he sees visions of demons he fought mocking him and then if he decides to struggle he will see a lot of demons praising him as their new King and after that he loses consciousness, and if he chose Rui he will also get Route 5.
- Route 7: If Ayato chooses Yuuka and has middle affinity with Rui Asuka then she will fuse with Yuuka regardless of who Ayato chooses Rui will fuse with Yuuka. Upon reaching Bael Castle's top floor they fight Murmur the Fallen and after defeating they enter the main room and they find Baal the Tyrant. But Ishtar despite having come along obediently to Ayato her face changed to one some resembling that of Rui and says how dare he betray her and depending on what Ayato says then a fight between Ishtar will begin and after she's defeated Baal will be enraged about losing his wife and so a fight with him begins. After his defeat if Ayato had a Chaos alignment he will be seen at the top of countless demons and he will now pronounce himself as the new ruler of Tokyo.
- Route 8: If obtained the requirements for Route 7 but had any other alignment that isn't Chaos you'll get Route 1.
- End of spoilers.
Trivia
- Astaroth is called "Astarte" when shown at the end of Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II.
Nomenclature
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
アスタルテ | Astarte |
Gallery
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Sprite of Astarte in Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation (PC-98).
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Sprite of Astarte in Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation (Windows).
References
- ↑ Morris Jastrow, Jr. and George A. Barton, ASTARTE WORSHIP AMONG THE HEBREWS. Retrieved February 10, 2024. Jewish Encyclopedia.
- ↑ "ֶֹ֯ probably artificial, to suggest בּשֶׁת, originally תַּרְתְּ ,-תֶּרֶת-, compare Ištar, Ασταρτη, etc." H6253 - ʿaštōreṯ - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv). Retrieved February 12, 2024. Blue Letter Bible.