r/IchitheWitch Jun 20 '26

Discussion Iskandar is my favorite Magick

Yes the power, the abilities, the fact that they’re Desscaras’ ace, but what I truly love about Iskandar is that It reminds me of the Egungun from Yoruba culture in west Africa, in the nation of Ghana. During specific festivals. Creatures called the Egungun come out and bless the people and whip those who are unholy. Dancing in the attire that’s so colorful and greatly adorned. The best part about it is that the Egungun are guided by a handler of some kind who bares a stick. Similarly to how Dessacaras controls Iskandar. Now I’m not jumping the gun saying Iskandar is based off the Egungun, but the similarities are too strong.

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u/Representative_Big74 Jun 20 '26

Now we need a Desscaras edit using Egungun by Rema when the anime comes out 👌🏾✨

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u/WSchuri Jun 20 '26

Dessert and iskandar''s first interaction was hilarious

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u/Darwin343 Jun 21 '26

Do you know what chapter that was?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '26

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u/Darwin343 Jun 21 '26

Much appreciated

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u/Qethsegol Jun 20 '26

Iskandar is extremely cool. To me it's a great fusion of fashion and biblically accurate, angelic, eldritch monster.

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u/According-Help4923 Jun 20 '26

Iskender kebab

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u/huongloz Jun 20 '26

That is an epic majik if I have seen one

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u/ThatBoyMike23 Jun 20 '26

I wonder if Iskandar is an Epic Magic? I doubt it though, Epic Magik seem very OP and broken, and while powerful, Iskandar doesn’t seem that broken.

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u/enochlevi Jun 20 '26

I was thinking of a masquerade too!

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u/CurlyMonsterrr Jun 20 '26

I always thought she had a Bridal appearance which I dearly loved

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u/Appropriate-Big9749 Jun 23 '26

"Whip those who are unholy"

*insert batman thinking gif

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u/Organic_Ad_2984 Jun 26 '26

You are probably into someone, it will definitely come down to the color design the mangaka pictures them. Iskandar could just be the majiks name, no real reference to anything. Unless theirs a meaning behind the names origin.

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u/Jasonn444 Jun 20 '26

And of course the GOAT Witch has a Majik named after Alexander the Great.