Mardek Innanu El-Enkidu

You may be looking for MARDEK (Series). Template:Spoiler Template:CharacterInfoboxMARDEKMardek Innanu El-Enkidu is a young male human hailing from the kingdom of Goznor, the main protagonist and namesake of MARDEK.

Background

Well, Mardek is the only son of Lilanea Ae-Inanna and the wandering hero, Enki Ea'seph El-Regis. He, together with his best friend Deugan, wishes to one day become a Grand Adventurer and go on quests and save people. He's joined the Royal Guard of Goznor in the hopes that he'll be able to help people like his hero Social Fox once did. He's knighted at the end of chapter 2 for his heroism in saving the whole world from Moric's saucer. The 'death' of Deugan during that adventure has left him upset and somewhat more miserable than he used to be, but his temperament is the same as before, and he still approaches life with a sort of carefree cheeriness.

He's a bit dim at times, but he's well-meaning and has a big heart. Despite being the protagonist, Mardek prefers to follow than lead, going in whichever direction his party members, his King, and Rohoph encourage him. He generally feels that others know best, especially since he strains his mind when thinking sometimes.

Involvement

The main protagonist of Pseudolonewolf's MARDEK RPG series, the majority of the game's plot centres around the life and adventures of Mardek and his friend Deugan. The game follows Mardek's early childhood, possession by the annunaki Rohoph, and subsequent adventures to protect Belfan from the scheming Governance de Magi. Chapter 2 of the series centres on Mardek and Deugan's exploits as members of the Royal Guard of Goznor on the continent of Hadris. Mardek is promoted to Royal Knight after chapter 2, and as of Chapter 3 has built up quite a reputation.

Quotes

Main article: Mardek Innanu El-Enkidu/Quotes

I am viewing my Chat Log!
Tally-ho!
We'll kick your arse dragon!
I'll kick his evil so hard it'll fall down and prob'ly die next week!
Well, you talk too much, Thing!
Well, it’s a test. I don’t think tests are very exciting. More like… scary.
Well, I'd only kill a guy if he killed me first!
What are you talking about? I don't see any keys. Were we supposed to bring some for locked doors or something? And what's a 'menu'? This doesn't look like a restaurant!
(being roared at by the second Zombie Warrior) Oh no! A plot-unrelated boss monster!
We'll show you who's an old women! And we'll also win!
Well, he was our Hero!! We'll kick your shins and wobble your soul so hard for that!!
Deugan, no! You... you can't leave like this! You have to come with us! We need to be Heroes together!
Why can all the monster animal things around here talk?! It blows my mind!!
Well, actually, I've fought lots of undead before. It actually got really boring.
Again? I don't remember ever travelling with any Water Guardians. Did I go on a quest when I was drunk? It would be strange if I did, because I didn't think I drank! My world's falling apart! I don't know what's what anymore!
Well, I probably don't! I don't remember being topless and muscly or any of this, really! And they... I don't like what they did with Deugan...
J-just because YOUR friends are trying to kill YOU doesn't mean my friends would do anything like that! Y-you just have really bad friends! Or... or even, maybe it's YOU?! Maybe they hated your CONTROL FREAKYNESS and... and... I can easily see how they'd hate you! You're not nice! You think you are, but, but...
We were never allowed swords when we were little, but I always thought we'd use them properly! We weren't as stupid as the adults seemed to think!
Well, that still doesn't tell me why you were flying around here in the first place rather than sitting at home reading stories around a fire with your friends...
Well, tell me more about this Government of Mage's Eye that you were in! It sounds exciting, like some secret club!
(to Solaar) So you're a girl and a boy? I don't get it!

Techniques

Information on Mardek's abilities can be found here. Information on his imaginary hero powers can be found here and abilities as a child here.

Vital stats

Chapter 1

Hero Mardek

STR: 20
VIT: 18
SPR: 10
AGL: 12

Child Mardek

STR: 10
VIT: 10
SPR: 10
AGL: 13

Chapter 2

Guard Mardek

STR: 17
VIT: 15
SPR: 12
AGL: 9

Chapter 3

Knight Mardek

STR: 18
VIT: 16
SPR: 12
AGL: 9

Resistance

A list of resistance-providing equipment can be found here.

Trivia

Mardek wields a sword and shield, but the focal point of his powers come from the potent Light-elemental healing magics Rohoph bestowed upon him in Chapter 1, making him a powerful support character. This is unusual for an RPG of this type, where the hero usually is a nimble fighter or a brute-force physical type. Deugan befits this role instead.
Mardek's child image is used by several NPCs in MARDEK 2.
Mardek frequently begins sentences with "Well,". In fact, around half of all of his lines of dialogue throughout chapters 1 and 2 begin with that word.
His surname, Enkidu, is a reference of the Sumerian epic Gilgamesh, where as Enkidu was Gilgamesh's close friend and companion of his adventures.
His middle name, Innanu, could also be a reference to the Sumerian goddess Inanna who goes into the underworld to console her sister whose husband had been slain by Gilgamesh and Enkidu. She loses all of her material goods along the way, blindly trusting that she will be saved by one of the other living gods as that is the only way she can leave the underworld. She is eventually saved through the actions of Enki.
Mardek is the only playable character in chapter 3 who can never be taken off the party.