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They call me many things: Murderer. Cutthroat. Thief. But you may call me Giant Iscariotte. This article is about a subject that lacks an official name and is known only by its nickname, title, or alias. |
The Giant Iscariotte (died 1794) was a Frenchman that lived during the French Revolution.
Biography[]
Toward the start of 1789, rumors of the Iscariotte spread throughout Paris, depicting him as a "brightly-colored character covered in green scales and wearing iron armor, with hair made of snakes with gaping, blood-red mouths". He operated in the Cour des Miracles district, with a large four-story building serving as his hideout. Terrorizing the district, he forced some of its denizens to pay tributes to him, killing anyone who refused.[1]
Circa 1794, Arno Dorian investigated the mysterious deaths surrounded by the rumor and discovered the Iscariotte, after the death of a man who refused to pay tribute to the Giant. He followed the Iscariotte's trail to the criminal's hideout, and subsequently confronted and killed him.[2]
During the Revolution, the figure of the Giant Iscariotte was used to personify other political events, as the September Massacres or the nationalization of church property.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
- Historically, the Giant Iscariotte served as an allegory of the tyranny of the aristocracy, the name Iscariotte being an anagram of the french word aristocrate but also a reference to Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus of Nazareth.
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