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==Character biography==
===Childhood===
Rishid is the adopted brother of [[Marik Ishtar]] and [[Ishizu Ishtar]]. Abandoned in the desert as a child, Rishid is found by the current tombkeeper's wife and taken in. Rishid's mother loved him as her own, but his [[Mr. Ishtar|his cruel father]] only saw him as a servant. When Rishid found out that they needed a son to carry on their legacy, Rishid asked if he could be that son, which his mother also suggested, but his father refused. When Marik was born, their father declared him his heir. His mother died during birth (the isn't stated in the dub, but is implied), and Rishid held her hand as she died, her last request that he take care of his brother.
Marik and Rishid were close siblings, but Rishid always harbored a resentment for him as the true heir to the tombkeeper's and legitimate son of his parents. When Marik was bitten by a cobra and took ill, their father beat Rishid, furious he allowed Marik to be harmed, and ordered he not leave Marik's bedside until he recovered. Rishid takes a dagger to Marik's room with the intent to kill him in his sleep (this is edited out in the dub, along with Rishid's resentment for Marik). Marik awakens and murmurs "brother", causing Rishid to drop the weapon in shock: Marik sees Rishid as his brother, despite the fact they are not blood related.
When Marik's father plans to have the tombkeeper's initiation forced upon his son, Marik admits to Rishid he is terrified. Rishid asks his father once again that he be chosen instead, as Marik is young and scared. His father once again denies his request and refuses, ordering Rishid to never ask again. When Marik is taken to have the ritual performed, Rishid, fearing what might happen to him as a result, performs his own ritual, tattoing hieroglyphics on his face as proof of his loyalty to Marik. (in the japanese anime, he carves the hieroglyphics on his face with a knife) This mark later becomes critical to sealing away the true darkness that becomes seeded in Marik during the ritual: Marik's other personality. When Marik and Ishizu sneak away on a trip to the surface, Rishid remains behind to keep their father from discovering this. When he does so, Rishid is savagely beaten, a sight that Marik and Ishizu return home to. Their father whips Rishid, when Rishid falls unconscious (this is edited out in the English anime, so it isn't how Rishid fell unconscious), Dark Marik is released. Dark Marik seizes the Millennium Rod from his father and kills him (in the English anime, he is sent to the Shadow Realm). Rishid wakes up as Shadi appears to warn of the return of the Pharaoh as Marik regains his sense. Rishid, refusing to let Marik discover the truth of his father's death, tells Marik that Shadi killed him (this is not said in the Japanese version).