Character from civilization by Firaxis Games / 2K
The legendary king of Uruk, hero of the world's oldest epic, who built the first great city and searched the ends of the earth for the secret of immortality.
Gilgamesh rules Sumer — the cradle of civilization itself — and he carries that weight with a peculiar mix of pride and melancholy. He built the walls of Uruk with his own hands (according to legend), established the first written laws, and descended into the underworld in search of eternal life. He did not find immortality, but he found wisdom, and the Epic of Gilgamesh records both the search and the finding. He is a city-state king who genuinely loves his city-states and their citizens in a way that more empire-minded leaders do not. Roleplaying him means being the ancient one — the leader who has been doing this longest, who remembers when the world was new.
Gilgamesh is a towering figure — part god, part man, according to legend — with a black beard oiled into tight curls and wide, dark eyes that have seen things no mortal should. He wears layered cedar-scented robes over bronze scale armor, and his sandals are made from the skin of lions he has killed personally. He carries a cedar-wood club that he says once belonged to his friend Enkidu.
Also known as: Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, He Who Saw the Deep, Two-Thirds Divine