Before the heavens and the earth itself had a name, there was nothing but the void, water and a lot of chaos, but one day, the water separated into the first of the Gods, Tiamat and Apsu, there they would alone, floating in the void, no other Gods, no planets, no stars or time, than a divine flash of creation, Tiamat and Apsu combined once more and from it, many Gods came to be, first the twins Lamu and Lahamu, then Anshar and Kisar, time started to flow and many Gods were made, eventually those Gods had children, and their children had children, making the universe filled with different Gods with their own Meš, but all of these Gods they made had an unintended side effect,
Apsu: These damn Gods cannot shut up! i can no longer sleep at at night because of these annoying Gods i have made! i can barely focus on my duties in the day anymore..
Tiamat: I agree Apsu, i cant be patient with them anymore
Apsu: Ill try and fix this and shut them up
He went and made multiple attempts to shut the Gods up, All wouldnt listen but one called "Zammaruk" who's had the Me of wrath and Strength, he surprisingly listened to them, being the loudest one, he did it out of the love of Tiamat and Apsu, since they made his great grandparents, who made his grandparents, who made his parents, who made him and his sibling Gods, But even after Zammaruk shut up, one God staying shut wasn't enough and they still couldn't sleep in the morning
Apsu: I have tried everything Tiamat, but they just wont shut up! i propose we just get rid of them all for good! so we have some peace and quiet again!
Tiamat looked furious at Apsu and told him in anger
Tiamat: How dare you even consider killing our children! never propose something like that again! even if they are annoying, we still made them and shouldn't destroy them!
She walked away in anger from Apsu and Apsu stood in defeat before his advisor Mumu came to him
Mumu: so she said no huh?
Apsu: yup..
Mumu: if i was you, i would just do it, they are even annoying me
Apsu started thinking and came to his conclusion
Apsu: you know what.. your right! i cant stand these Gods ruining my sleep or duties anymore! thank you for the advice Mumu, this is why you are my Advisor
Both Mumu and Apsu starting planning how they could kill all the Gods, But one of the Gods had been listening in on the conversation, Enki, God of Wisdom and Mischief, He made his own plan and when it turned night, he casted a sleeping spell on Apsu and then the next day when Mumu came to wake Apsu up
Mumu: Apsu, wake up, its time to do your Godly duties
after trying and failing he said
Mumu: I know the Gods have annoyed you and made you stay up late but you have to wake up so we can continue planning to kill these Gods
but after mutliple other attempt, he failed, and whatever he tried, Apsu stayed asleep , at that moment Enki leapt from the shadows, Killed Apsu and imprisoned his Servant, Mumu, for motivating Apsu to kill the Gods.
Enki: how dare you! Mumu! How dare you motivate Apsu to kill us, you will pay for this while your imprisoned.
After that, Enki built a home out of Apsu's reimains, when Zammaruk found out their father was killed, he approached Enku who was telling all the Gods what happened and landed a strong punch on Apsu.
Zammaruk: You damn bastard! why would you kill our creator! you will pay for this you evil bastard!
the Gods who were in support of Enki, started running towards Zammaruk and attacked him, Angered at him for disrespecting and punching Enki
One of the Gods: how dare you hurt our saviour!
Zammaruk managed to defend himself pretty well, even killing a few of the Gods, but than the Annunaki stepped in and all used their power to knock Zammaruk out
Enlil: That Moron! how dare he do this to our saviour, he i will be executed for this!
he said before grabbing Zammaruk's unconscious body and putting it on a guillotine, all the Gods cheered, besides Ereshkigal and Ishtar, both having a little crush on Zammaruk, after Zammaruk was beheaded, Ereshkigal looked sad at Zammaruk's dead body, knowing he didn't know the truth about what Apsu was planning to do to them, She had a plan with what to do with Zammaruk, But than she got an idea and went to her sister Ishtar
Ereshkigal: hey sis, i have a question
Ishtar: what is it?
Ereshkigal: so, you know the Zammaruk, the God of Wrath and Strength who just died
Ishtar: the handsome one right?
Ereshkigal blushed and nodded and than replied
Ereshkigal: Yea him.. I made a plan to resurrect him as a Baby in the Babylonian empire, he didn't deserve what happened to him, he didn't know that Apsu wanted to Kill us all
Ishtar understood and nodded
Ishtar: you are right Ereshkigal, but we shouldn't tell any other of the Gods, they would hunt Zammaruk down and kill him while he is still a baby
Ishtar paused and got excited
Ishtar: what if we watch him thru TV and watch him grow up! it will be so fun!
Ereshkigal nodded excitedly and used her powers to resurrect him as a baby in the Babylonian empire and than a baby appeared in the streets of Babylon, everyone ignored his cries and continued on their way until a commander named Naram looked at him worried and picked baby Zammaruk up
Naram: Little guy, who left you here... I guess from now on, ill be raising you as my own, ill name you
he paused to think than came up with
Naram: ill name you Shulmanu
he said before walking off with his new child
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