Emishtar

Emishtar was a local woman in the alternate inhabited by an illegal Crosstime portal. She had been enslaved and found herself working next to Annette Klein, who had been enslaved and transported to the illegal alternate as well. Emishtar spoke a Semitic language that distantly resembled the Arabic Annette spoke; Annette surmised that she was most likely a descendant of the Phoenician/Carthaginians that inhabited Spain before the Roman conquest (a feat that did not occur in this alternate).

Both Emishtar and Annette shared a pointed disdain for Birigida, the useless and ineffective slave. The two taught each other their languages over their imprisonment, and Emishtar was very upset when Annette vanished, going so far as blaming Jacques for not stopping her.

When Annette and Crosstime Traffic arrested the slavers, Emishtar was brought to the home timeline, an experience she did not care for in the least.